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46 woodie

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  1. Marty, you might want to consider using dual springs as a safety factor. If the spring fails, you will have a back up. Many after market carburetors come with a "spring within a spring" as a safety.
  2. My neighbor did $2400 worth of damage to his engine and electric system components with a pressure washer.
  3. I hope it works out, if it does let us know what the name of the company is.
  4. I restore antique lamps and deal with a few companies that might have what you are looking for. First is Sundial Wire and the next is Vintage Wire and Supply. Both have cloth covered wire in many sizes.
  5. Most car makers today will admit that most of the plastic parts in cars today will most likely fail in 10 to 12 years. Sunlight, heat and cold weather are the biggest cause of plastic failure.
  6. I don't think the oil and grease would be a factor, as they would burn up during the melting cycle and impurities such as dross and slag are skimmed off before pouring into molds.
  7. The term "pot metal" came from shops that do castings and literally threw zinc, lead, aluminum, tin, magnesium, and even small amounts of iron shavings into the "pot" for castings. It was used as a way to use scrap's of waste metals and cutting costs. It has a low melting point and easily poured into molds and castings. Over time depending on humidity and other conditions it can be attacked by what is known as "zinc pest" and "white corrosion" causing it to literally fall apart under the right conditions. It is almost unrepairable with weld, braze or solder. I don't believe there is a metallurgic standard for pot metal.
  8. Ford did produce two 1949 Sportsman prototypes for the 1950 model line. One convertible and one coupe. Both had wood paneling but nothing like the Lincoln pictured. They actually look pretty cool, but the concept was dropped and nether never made it into production.
  9. 30 Dodge, Well I'm not going to tell you his exact plate and how it reads, but let's say you have a 1940 Ford and you have a 1940 plate that reads "1940Ford", one would automatically ask, how the heck did you get an original plate from 1940 with those exact numbers and letters? Did they even make a 1940 plate with those numbers and letters, probably not, except perhaps for the Ford Motor Company on some 1940 show car? As I stated it was approved by the DMV. Now, I have seen 1932 plates that read "Deuce", did the DMV even call a '32 Ford a Deuce, can those plates be real? I'll bet a lot goes on that the various DMV's don't know about.
  10. 30 Dodge, I see the car and owner with the "purchased plate" at almost every local car show and I doubt any police officer can tell that it's fake, I can't. You would need a really astute police officer, well versed on early license plates to even wonder how he got this unique YOM plate with the letters and numbers he has. If I was a police officer and saw the plates and all his paper work from the NYSDMV was legal, I would just let him go on his way. I'm not advocating people just order "fake" plates for their vehicle, I wouldn't do it.
  11. In New York State when you register a car with YOM plates, the requirement is to send in pictures of the plate and the NYSDMV will give you the OK. The plate can not be restored/repainted, even if the colors are exact. Most people have the plates restored after the car has been registered. Sometimes the state requirement makes no sense at all. One local guy has a car registered with YOM plates and the plates are rusty and un-readable, but it was OKed by the state, but a beautifully restored plate will be rejected. Another guy has been driving around for over 10 years with a plate from a company that sells "novelty" plates with zero problems. We were all wondering how he got such a uniquely numbered plate and he finally came clean and told us it was fake.
  12. Zepher, It's the same way in New York, at least it is that way on Long Island. There are several DMV offices in my county. I once had what I considered a very small issue on a registration. The DMV agent rejected my registration and told me I needed more documentation. I went to a DMV office about 10 miles away and walked out with my new license plates. The right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing in NY.
  13. Dandy Dave, I see from your info that you are in New York State. In NY, if you purchase year of manufacture plates and use them on your car, the plates belong to you, not the State. If you sell the car, you keep the plates, they are considered personal property and you do not need to turn them back into the state as you do with normal NYS DMV plates.
  14. Rob Ida is still in business and located in New Jersey. He builds high end hot rods and restorations. His 1941 Wiilys Coupe is one of the nicest ever built. His shop restored Tucker, #1044 and it won both the Amelia Island and Greenwich Concours D'elegance. I believe he stated that he would not do another reproduction Tucker again.
  15. Brendan, I can give you the paint code for the "Woodie Brown" that is listed in the '41-48 book, but I'm not sure the color is the same for the 1939. Where are you located, Jeff Yeagle is in PA and has a 1940 and might have the answers you are looking for. As far as kit's are concerned I have never seen one available.
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