A few 1929 CCPU questions

columbiA said:
Put an aluminum 2-blade fan on it & it will look more original & make it easy to change WP in future.
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I took a big gamble and put a 4 blade fan on my coupe. I did not want to take the radiator loose and wanted to put on a new water pump. So I bought a 4 blade fan that bolted to the hub and thus I could put the blades on after I installed the water pump which had the hub installed. Like I said, if those 4 bolts that hold the fan to the hub come out, I will have a bit of a problem. But for now it does the job I need.
 
I have two of these 4 blade fans, one is for the roadster and the other is for the pickup. My coupe is still running the factory 2 blade ( I know, I know) but it shows no signs of failure so it is staying. The truck came with the original 2 blade fan that you can tell has failed in the past because of old welding marks, maybe I should run it? Just kidding. Motor is going to get done over this next weekend so I should have updates soon. I have also ordered all new wood for the top even though some is still good and a new driver side door post, the rest of the wood in the cab is fine.
 
I am going to do just that, I wipe my coupe down about twice a year and it stays just how I got it. I might be crazy but I love the look of unrestored A's.
 
Got the engine on the stand today, had to modify the arms to bolt the engine up and remove the flywheel but it is ready for her rebirth this weekend.

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dont want ot hijack the thread -BUT. here is a pix of my '28 pickup with the wheel well showing on the right side. She (Tillie) is being redone and that is why the bed has been removed. The Rear Corners are being replaced and the two Rear Center Panels are being reworked.

Chassi had been redone complete with new Rear End and new Engine. Chassi work was easy and fast. The body work is ssslllooowww and my patience runs thin.
 

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Very nice Ken, I love it. That was the same colors as mine was originally. Alot of trucks must have been green.
 
Vanspeed said:
Very nice Ken, I love it. That was the same colors as mine was originally. Alot of trucks must have been green.
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I think you are correct about the color. My current Huckster which was a 29 CCPU in it's early life, had the same color green in back of the dash pannel when I took it off. Everything else was rusty!
 
Got some work done today on the engine. it looks really nice inside, very clean. Cam looks new with no wear. I started putting it back togther today, I know some things are probably incorrect but I think it is going to look great in the truck. Going to finish up on the oil pan and intake/exhaust manifolds tomorrow.

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The engine looks nice, but be carefull of that STOP sign leaning against the wall. It must be radioactive the way it's glowing!:D:p
 
Nice looking engine, but just as nice arealll the signs in the background.

BTW. The color on my truck above is commercial color fron PPG "Central Freight Lines Green". The Central Freight Commercial mix was half the cost of the same color custom mixed. The paint job was done in the early 80"s.

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The engine is DONE! The carb checked out to be ok so it was painted and bolted up. Can't wait until I get it in the truck. Taking the generator in to get tested but it looked good. Ken, those signs are just a small fraction that i have, most are original and the majority are on the side of my house overlooking my deck, to provide something to look at when we have people over.
 
Here are some pics from today. I do not have a sandblaster or else I would have blasted the exhaust manifold but I figure it will be ok.

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Thanks Tom, I will pull it off tomorrow and paint it. Also, I have 4 different generators that came with the engine. Two have posts coming out for the cutoff, two have two wires coming out of a hole? I checked my coupe and it has a post so I am going to run one of them. The two that have wires coming out alos have different back covers and they have alot of holes in them? What are the two that have the wires coming out instead of the post?
 
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Don't know if this is what you would want to do or if it is the wrong thing to do, but I painted my manifold with an aluminum heat resistant paint. Looks great and has stayed on. But it may be a little late for you to do that. I am not an expert on colors so that type of paint on a manifold may not be by the book but it does look nice. My huckster is just a driver so did not matter for me.
 
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