[My 5 decades long restoration, nearly……]

Chistech, yes very similar problem except in order for it to work I needed to reverse the cable direction as the 1936 speedo accepts the new rotation when the drive outlet moves from the lower position to the top of the drive case.  I will enclose a picture of a friends transmission so others will know what we are talking about

[1936 Cord 810 Roadster]

This is the color you pick if you want sell a classic at a affordable price ( I actually would call this Gumby green), look at the positives, someday someone that is color blind will get a good deal.  Ask me how I know this

[My 5 decades long restoration, nearly……]

Three days before I have to load up for the pickups first car show. My friend Scott has pretty much taken care of loose ends.  The door handle exterior escutcheons are in along with the door handles.  These chrome plated brass pieces that are repops kept cracking and failing as they were to brittle when crimped. So they were annealed then sent to plater to be chromed again .  Next was a crazy backwards running speedometer. This was caused by buying 3 transmissions to make one good one, come to find out I bought three 1935 Chevrolet transmissions that were supposed to be identical, “ now see small print” except they changed the back case because the speedometer cable entrance into the transmission now has a hydraulic brake master cylinder in the way, so in 36 they moved the speedo drive to the top of the case and changed the direction of the speedo head. This required some phone calls and a little time comparing part numbers .  In the end all good, Scott was even able to change that back gear case without unhooking the torque tube rear axle , something you can’t do with a Chevy , because the longer wheelbase GMC has a 10” extention to the driveline. Next on the list was the poor shifting 3 speed transmission, i had a truck transmission shop rebuild this transmission for me with all NOS parts that I was able to buy over the years

( thank you Northeast transmission) however the transmission did not have a crisp shift, way to much slop.  We found that the trans shop did not properly place the shift tower guide plate in its tangs, lucky for us it did not require a total disassembly.  Tomorrow it gets a few miles of driving then a appointment with the muffler shop. I ordered replacement header pipe, muffler and tailpipe.  The header and muffler were correct the tail pipe just does not look like it belongs, so tomorrow that will be replaced with a new one, fortunately we have a sales brochure with a picture of it, getting close. My next story will be about all the fun and games to license and title in the state of California.  Those of you outside of California will be saying thank goodness we don’t live there and of course those that do live here do not want to be reminded of the fact. We should have a guessing game , A how many trips to the DMV and B how many trips did the California Highway Patrol came out to Verify ? Actually, Highway Patrolman wanted to help, DMV not so much

[1928 D B Technical advice on Seats]

Let’s see ride in comfort hour after hour or screw your back up with a foam seat, but you may be able to lift that light seat up easily 3 times a year, that is if your back isn’t hurting from driving all day.  If you need to go ahead and ask what I think of one of the foam seats that I have !

[Damage from stones getting thrown into underside of fenders]

Has anyone applied that clear plastic that you see around rear fenders and front sheet metal on some of the new sports cars , probably after market, it would look better than the tar coating and may be easy to remove?

[My 5 decades long restoration, nearly……]

I think I found a cap that will work, it is about a 1/2” smaller OD, found it in my tractor parts collection. Believe it or not it is a gas cap for the international farmall letter series gas tractors, our farm used model C, H and M models. I recently retired 8 of these tractors as I felt it was too risky having employees drive 75 year old tractors without safety equipment, like roll bars, seatbelts and neutral safety start protection

[I found a new Pierce arrow V-12 crate engine]

George, that’s exactly what I was aiming for

[1926 Buick Master 6 carb adjustment]

Perhaps the variable Venturi flap is binding, hopefully no one has replaced your original brass and steel carb with a 1928 pot metal one as these have a tendency to swell and bind.  I would look inside and make sure the flap moves and that there is minimal gap when flap is closed . Next thing to look at is the special double tapered spring under the big adjustment knob, sometimes these get stretch by previous owner or they get replaced with a spring from the hardware store, either way it will not work

[I found a new Pierce arrow V-12 crate engine]

Gosh since it does not have either a Johnson or Marvel carb on it we could get you to tackle it

[My 5 decades long restoration, nearly……]

I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion on where I could find a standard radiator cap for my truck.  The original one is pretty beat up and rusty.  As I stated before I only want to put on the GMC winged ornament on when I am around the truck.  I found out today that there is a additional item that is different between the Chevy and GMC.  The radiator neck is a lot smaller on the chevy.  Remember that up until the early thirties most vehicles had a threaded neck and by the mid thirties most cars had the more modern cap that was hidden under the hood. So what I have looks like the non pressure cap that I have seen on mid thirties tractors.  I will start calling vintage tractor companies and see if I have any luck.I have enclosed a photo of the backside of the cap along with the long awaited picture of the truck with the deluxe radiator ornament  cap. 

[I found a new Pierce arrow V-12 crate engine]

Ed, please send me your shipping address as I would like to send this to you to get it running, I know a lot of us have faith in your skills as SC38DLS has stated

1 hour ago, edinmass said:

Interestingly enough, we actually had a 1934 factory crate engine in the shop ten years ago. I don’t have photos of it on my hard drive. 

 

[I found a new Pierce arrow V-12 crate engine]

I can turn the flywheel and the fan turns, but when I grab a spark plug wire I cannot feel a spark, does anyone have the point gap for a Pierce twelve?

[I found a new Pierce arrow V-12 crate engine]

I needed a little humor today , so I went for it

[I found a new Pierce arrow V-12 crate engine]

I am pretty sure that this will be the one V-12 that I buy that will not come with a $40,000 surprise, although I might spend some money replacing those irregular looking spark plug wires, although it keeps you from confusing the firing order.  I will enjoy seeing how many minutes go by before Ed, AJ and George wait before they fall for the bait

[Retarding ignition timing.]

What was interesting to me is the sound was so unlike any bearing noise that I have ever heard, it was more of a crackle or ping sort of like when you go up a steady mountain climb And you have to much spark advance.  If the car had a oil pressure gauge on it I would have seen a reduction in pressure after the engine was test run, instead I did saw the “IDIOT light” went off so good to go, Right! Remember the improved Murphy’s law, if there is a 50/50 chance of something going wrong, 9 out of 10 times it will,

[Retarding ignition timing.]

In 1975 I rebuilt a olds 455 in a high school auto shop.  I did the top end and another student did the crank.  After we got it together i could not get it to stop rattling unless I kept the distributor retarded 8 degrees. Of course it had very little power.  Of course it was my car and some of my older car friends started helping by changing springs in distributor, they even tried changing the jets in the carb thinking it was all of a sudden running lean.  It was my car and it drove me nuts so I pulled the engine and guess what , my buddy ordered the wrong main bearings, he assumed that the engine had a standard crank and it was not, he claimed he read the plastigauge correctly, he did not! Lesson learned the hard way, engine was a front wheel drive Toronado , so no pulling pan off to look around.  Actually I learned a lot of lesson at 17 years old, some I am still working on,

[1936 Oldsmobile Sport Coupe 3 Window - $24,500]

Actually they are six hole 16”, not much interchange in the GM world.  I needed two wheels and it took for ever to find.  The 36 Chevy pickup also used 6 hole, but they started the first half of 1936 with wire wheels with 17” rims, they finished up using steel artillery wheels that looked like these but they were 1/2” narrower and still 17”. Eventually the Chevy and GMC standardized, but by that time the artillery style disappeared . You would never guess how many wheels I would see at swap meets , when I would dig them out they were either 5 hole off of a Gm passenger car or a 6 hole 17”

[Auction Damage - who is responsible?]

When I got out of high school I took care of a small fleet of GMC pickups 73 through 79.  We had a couple of them that bent, they were fairly new at the time and a Gm body man told me it is not lack of lubrication, because at the time they had not rusted yet and still had the white paste lube.  He said it was a design flaw and he showed me how to close it to prevent any more from bending.  You have to push the hood towards the windshield in a quick motion then put a little bit of weight on it to pull it down. 45 years latter I still do that with everything I own.  

[Recent article - how to Concours photography?]

I saw it last month and can’t remember if it was Hagertys or Hemmings

[1936 Oldsmobile Sport Coupe 3 Window - $24,500]

I would except I started on this project when I was twelve years old and now I am 63.  I am going to drive this puppy a lot,

[1936 Oldsmobile Sport Coupe 3 Window - $24,500]

I have a picture of my 1936 GMC engine , that is a 213 Oldsmobile (actually have 3, another story) I believe this car has that same engine, if you look below the water jackets you can see the outline of each cylinder’s outer casting were it meets with the crankcase.  The 1937 and newer 230 Oldsmobile engine enlarged the water jacket, so the jacket goes down to the crankcase.   You also can find some more photos of a pre 1937, a beautifully restored convertible that Chistech Here on the AACA Detailed his restoration in “our restorations”, his car is earlier but you can see family resemblances . Note gmc used identical block they just stamped the serial number with a T. They also used a different carb, distributor, generator, starter and clutch.

[1929 Studebaker President 2 Door Coupe - $24,500]

I heard some presidents were eligible for CCCA events, but not the model 82, how can you tell which one is or isn’t?

[1936 Chevy transmission parts]

Hi, I need the case that bolts to the back of a 1936 Chevy master, pickup or 36 gmc transmission, it encloses the Speedometer gears.  The part number is 590791# it is a 36 model year only, item 23# in picture below, thank you

[Who repair gauges?]

I have heard great things about Bobs, however when I needed my gauges repaired on my 39 Packard 1707 his estimated repair time was to long so I went to John Wolf & co. in ohio. They can make them look like new or they can fix them and clean them to look like they have patina, excellent workmanship 

[My 5 decades long restoration, nearly……]

Sun chaser, what is your opinion on survival rate of T-14’s and hood ornaments ?