leomara
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I was most fortunate to find a good radiator for my roadster restoration. It is a honeycomb diamond type and it does not leak. What would be the least offensive product I could use with water for a good cleaning with no pressure.
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Gunsmoke, you are a great resource on this forum, you have helped me out on several occasions and your reasoning is spot on. However, I'm sticking to my observation on pedals for my car because after I removed all the crud and got down to bare metal there were spots that were green and nothing else was under that green but bare metal. If only Chrysler had been slightly more attentive in keeping records (Ha) about what they did when they assembled their cars there would be no speculation required about anything.
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Who really knows what was and was not done in the name of convenience and resource allocation during painting of frame and drive train components.
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As the song goes "Ain't necessarily so". After cleaning on my model 72 I found them to be that avocado green like my engine block, bell housing and transmission.
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Check out one of the interchange books to see if these parts were used by other makers, it may help finding what you need.
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4 Wood Spoke Wheels, 2 front, 2 rear, the wooded spokes a bad but the brake drums, wheels and hubs are good. $100.00 each. FRONT Spoke Wheels have been sold.
3 Tire Rims, $100.00 each. These parts are heavy so local pickup is preferred. Will consider shipping for packing and freight costs.
1928 Chrysler Model 72 Roadster windshield frame. $100.00
1928 Chrysler Model 72 Sedan fenders, very nice pair $400.00. If you are working on a roadster or coupe finding fenders will be an impossibility, I know because I've been there. A good metal man could alter these to fit a roadster or coupe.
Shipping the most reasonable way is extra. Reasonable offers will be considered.
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My latest experience is if your not working on a Ford or Chevrolet parts will be hard to find and expensive. Any work needing to be performed by an outside source will defiantly be expensive. Mechanical, body and upholstery are all at a premium today because the old timers have retired and skilled professionals in these disciplines have a captive audience. Covid and the inflation which has resulted because of it makes our dollars worth much less than they were 3 years ago. This hobby which I love has become a hobby of the wealthy.
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The first photo is what I found on my 1928 Chrysler Model 72 for the oil filter. It is not original but is a functional filter assembly probably from the 1940s and has a readily available Fram cartridge filter insert. The second photo is what I believe to be an original throw away Purolator filter I found on a 1928 Model 72 sedan parts car I own.
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Thank you for the tips. The vacuum tank is now bare metal, it was blasted with a low abrasive compound as well as the inner float tank so I believe the surface is etched enough to proceed.
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I bought a small can of their Gas Tank sealer based on the reviews I read. The instructions say to slosh it around the inside of the gas tank. I'm not working on a gas tank I'm working on a Stewart Warner vacuum tank. I tried to call their customer service number to ask if it could be applied with a brush etc. I got the strangest sounds over the phone trying to reach the technical service people and the end result was my connection went dead and I hung up. Truly bizarre.
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Start calling all the providers here in the US and then if needed go to the internet and look for tubes in Europe. I had to buy a set of tubes from England for my 1928 Chrysler restoration. The price and shipping were not as bad as I would have expected. You may have to settle for a smaller tube than is correct for your car if nothing else is available. I was told by a professional in the tire business you can use a slightly smaller tube but never a larger one. Good luck.
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This is what mine look like, they are not originals they are a repro. If you study the photo of that original Model 72 roadster above you will see the saddle edge skirts around the edge of the cleats. I cannot verify how the saddles are anchored to the cleats but a good guess is a bolt running up into the saddle from under the cleat. Wish I could find just one saddle so I could have them cast. There was company called Verdone who cast the one in my photo above but they are no longer in business.
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Oh yeah, for the top rest or saddle that I've been trying to replace. You can just make them out on the roadster bellow. None to be had, the best I may be able to do is have some cast if I can find one for the model.
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Su8overdrive, REALLY! Overpopulation? Not in this country, if we do not increase our birth rate there will be no one left to fund anything going forward. Oh, and importing unskilled and uneducated people from third world nations will not improve the situation either. Wise up.
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I live in New Jersey and having pumped gas as a job in my youth know it's dirty and miserable in inclement weather so I'm no fan of self-service.
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I believe it's plausible that the sources of "free"/"pollution free" energy already are known but for political and economic reasons are being withheld from the public.
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You may know this but if not Jay has a Model 75 coupe maybe he knows the answer.
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Mark, thank you for your great faith in my abilities. You are correct of course.
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There was a person doing this under the name Classic Preservation Coalition but it appears to no longer be operable. Is there anyone else specializing in this area?
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OK, there is a lot of information in these forums about vacuum tanks. What brand and model is the first thing to determine.
1928 Chrysler Model 72 "Gentle" Radiator Cleaning
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Mark, pardon my naivety but what exactly is Green soap?