Dave39MD
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What specifically is it that you find hard when you are driving it? It maybe the nature of the vehicle or something that can be fixed.
Sitting outside it will not increase in value.
Dave
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My Grandparents bought this new in April 1939, I picked it up in 1972. It had about 70,000 miles when I picked it up and now has 106,000. Still runs good.
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Good advice so far, it would not hurt to ask on this site as well. Lot's of early Chevy experts there.
Dave
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Very nice, congratulations!
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Please let us know where your car is and if you can post some pictures it well help attract interest. Including price is not required but suggested.
Good luck
Dave
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Very difficult situation. Only chance would be tell him your story and hope your emotion will move him. Lot's of those trucks around , you could find another to do.
Good luck
Dave
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Need to know what kind of car.
If it is a Chevy you might also try asking on this site ; http://vcca.org/forum/ubbthreads.php/forum_summary
Dave
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The Filling Station sells them FG-1 is rubber, FG-3 is cork/rubber. I would be very surprised if you can't find them locally. Bob's may also have them and you can get other Buick treasures to spread out the shipping.
The Filling Station is a Chevy/GMC parts source. The gasket also comes with gas filters such as GF124.
Good Luck
Dave
Bob's has them too FBG-295, check the size to be sure it will work.
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AC made several sizes of glass bowls, what is the diameter of yours?
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Try Rick's Radiator, Azusa, CA
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Tom,
The hub shaft from my 31, 60 series, measures 4.790 overall. From the gear face to the middle of the groove 4.000 and .790 from the middle of the groove to the end. My measuring is not the best so use it as an approximation.
I would not need one at this point, a great guy on this forum fixed me up.
Dave
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Nice job on getting the 36 for your dad, well done!
Dave
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Prestolite 14 7 crosses to AC 45. I would ask the men who own them what they are using, is there a Packard forum?
On the wide gap the side electrode is longer and more able to withstand a wide gap. They started being used a lot when HEI (high energy ignition) came out.
Dave
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In an old car AC catalog they show the plug 46 for 31-36 Packard's with 14mm plugs. 46 was a non resistor and discontinued many years ago, replaced by R46 which is a resistor plug that helps with radio interference. R46 is not available either but can be found on ebay once in awhile. The currently available plug is R45, slightly cooler than the R46.
X stands for special or wide gap.
Dave
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It may be the way I am conducting the test or I do not understand how it is supposed to look , but I don't trust the nickel double image test.
Every piece of glass I test shows two images. Plate glass from a 31 Cabriolet, the 31 Buick, the 39 Chevy, and even my 2006, 2500 with tempered glass.
Any thoughts on how to determine plate vs. safety other than breaking it? There are no imperfections. The glass in the Buick measures .210, the safety plate in the 39 Chevy measures .280.
Thanks for your ideas
Dave
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Good luck and I know you know not to get the starter to hot by cranking away. I really like the idea(s) of getting the fuel up to the pump with the vacuum pump.
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When starting my 31 Chevy for the first time with everything dry it took forever to get fuel to the pump and carb. Nothing was wrong it just took way longer than I ever expected.
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Very nice truck. On the temp gauge there is someone who specializes in their repair but the name is not coming to me. I would try searching on this site. There also a video out there about doing it yourself.
Dave
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Larry,
ACDelco was around long before Delphi. It started as United Motors Service Corp in 1916 and in the 1960's became United Delco. AC wanted to go their own way and did for a period of time then in 1974 AC and Delco merged their sales forces and warehousing. They celebrated their 100 year anniversary last year.
I guess we are getting away from the op's question.
Dave
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Thanks for the replies. If I figure it out I will let you know. Any other thoughts are welcome.
Dave
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Thanks for the reply. I suppose my question or point of concern is that there is no visible lamination on the edge of the glass but when you use the nickel test I see two reflections.
I suppose it could be carefully finished old safety glass with some type of edge treatment that hides the laminations?
Anybody have any ideas, is the nickel test definitive?
Thanks
Dave
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Like midman I have a 1931 Buick. The glass passes the nickel test as being safety but also like midman there is no lamination line like on the safety plate in my 39.
Does anyone have an idea on why there is no lamination line ? I just want to be sure it is safety glass as there are no markings on the glass.
The car has never been restored but that doesn't mean the glass wasn't swapped out.
Thanks
Dave
The Buick glass measures about 1/16 less in thickness than the 39 Chevy safety plate, about .210.
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No, that is not what we have been saying. The currently available AC spark plug is R45 and is available at Bob's and many of your local parts sources. R46 will have to be sourced from members as offered above or ebay type sources.
R46 is a good plug, just not as easy to acquire as R45.
Dave
1914 Locomobile spark plugs
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This may not help but an AC Vintage vehicle chart I have shows C86 as the AC plug for Model 8-78, and all others as C77. The C86 is a 18MM the C77 is a 7/8 plug.
We can try crossing what is in it?
Dave