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  1. There is a Nash engine for sale on Facebook at the moment listed in the Nash Club of America. Nash Car Club of America
  2. I would replace the condenser first. They are very cheap and the symptoms you describe fits a failing condenser. If that doesn't work move on to the rest of the of the possibility's.
  3. Tommy bars are the steel rods used to turn the Tube (box) spanners. I see they are on the left side at the back in your photo.
  4. No Tube spanners or Tommy Bars. I thought they were part of all Rolls-Royce took kit.
  5. As a matter of interest MichelleP is this the car you are refering to?
  6. There are no numbers stamped on the chassis. The only numbers are the chassis number stamped on the Metallurgique plate and the number that is stamped on the engine. A few photos I have seen show the plate fixed to the firewall, mine is fixed to the battery box.
  7. I have a car I am slowly restoring and the PPG 2 pack primer was applied to the bare metal body and panels approx. 10 - 12 years ago and the car has been inside a shed ever since. I have now sanded it down (600 grit) ready to be painted with base coat, clear coat finish but I have been advised that the base coat will not adhere properly to the primer as it is too old and the car should be given another coat of primer to get proper adhesion to the old primer before the final coats are applied. Does anyone have any knowledge of this type of thing and can advise me whether this is correct. Thanks
  8. I think the first thing to do would be to replace the 20 + year old tyres then I would suggest you take it to a Hot Rod builders shop and they can probably tell you exactly what has been done to the car and what would needed to bring it up to your expectations.
  9. "A close-coupled sport sedan variation would have been a real knockout". Something like this?
  10. We were breaking in an engine on the stand one time, and I primed the oil pump with a drill to get oil moving through it before startup. We forgot to plug the oil pressure sending unit hole, I too am a member of the oil distribution club. 🙂
  11. Keep at it Matt, you'll get there. We are pulling for you. Just a thought though and it may have been mentioned before but I couldn't see it. Are the head gaskets exactly the same as the originals, ie do they have the same size and shape holes for the water to flow through. Some head gaskets have smaller water jacket holes at the front to force the water to the rear of the block and if they are installed backwards the water flow will not get to the rear of the engine and the motor will overheat very quickly.
  12. I have just done a 1947 Mercury. It is 1/4 inch closed cell foam with aluminium foil each side glued to the floor.
  13. I had one in my company car in the eightes with the horn connected and there was nothing worse than standing in a food shop to get lunch with the car was parked just outside the door when the phone rang.
  14. " I assume the hot air is exhausting out the bottom." Not that easy on an original car as they were fitted at the factory with fairly extensive splash pans installed between the frame and the engine. The gearbox and fan etc. have full covers under them. The sides and joints between the pans have leather gaskets fixed to them to seal the dirt out so they dont promote a good airflow.
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