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They may look basic to most people here but remember who there target customers were.

I just got done cleaning rust off a bunch of 1/2" long 10-32 round headed screws with white vinegar in a small jar, cost less than a nickel. I have also used vinegar on fuse holders, wood screws and non greasy bolts.

The 2 beads on the ruining board aprons is a bit different, no ribbon or peak on the head light rim and has front drums, so it is a later 1926 or 27 six.

This piece must be called a Spitfire. I was at a antique shop in southern Utah and I was told it was some type of burner and it was not a wire loom.

Yes, the fluid drive was replaced in June of 1953 with the Powerflite transmission.

I have made shop heaters from old radiators and small 110V water heaters, functional wall hangers and better than scraping.

If you find something in Nevada, southern Utah, north west Arizona I can maybe check it out for you.

The head light ring is spring loaded. You need it push on it and turn it (I think) counter clockwise about 1/8 turn.

Those are not 1908 lights, more like 1928.

A local swap meet would be a good place to bring the best car and a bunch of photos of the other cars. Expect to get little more than scrap value for any incomplete car, no papers = parts car

They could be for port and starboard engines.

For the cables and knobs look at dashknobs.com They also have labels for the early Chrysler gauges.

It probably is not shutting off on its own but is dying from a vacuum leak or electrical problem. When it stops is it like you turned the ignition off or runs ruff and dies ? Will the same thing happen with the AC turned on ?

I put an air space between the floor and the tires. Jack stands work well for this, it helps if the inner tubes loose air when instorage.

Your car is a Model 62 from the motor number( starts with"M") and the FEDCO plate IDs it as a 62 made in mid production, without the breakdown at hand I would say Feb, 1928. The model 62s were made from late July 1927 - early July 1928 You have the correct bumpers as they were changed from the flat to the ribbed bumper late in 1927. Your bumper medallion seems to be from 1926. The carpet and shift / E brake boots are the week part of the interior. Wooden framed bodies normally don't make very good hot rods. If you want to build a rod, the best buys are a stalled project or fire sale, one you can finish to your own liking.

I see a few things that are incorrect on your car. Painted radiator shell, radiator cap, tail light, inside you have an extra hole with a switch(?) in it, broken handle on the light switch. Post some more photos of your concerns inside the car.

It could be running a bit rich and what you are seeing is a fuel and oil mix running down from around the intake valves. Worn valve guilds ?

Many were Marine Blue with Black fenders, seats - dark brown leather almost black

Maybe that rootes means to pull out, like a strong wind on a tree.

Put it on the H.A.M.B.

First car or first car legal enough to drive on the street ? I started driving yard trucks at 12, I bought a "54 Ford at age 15 that I kept at a friends house. My fist legal car was a 1962 Turd Brown 4 door Plymouth 318 3 speed that I got for $35.

There is a guy here with a kit Auburn Speedster that is always welcome to bring his car.

I took my test in my 1963 Thunderbird. I would have aced it but I got points off for poor posture - - whatever that is. I should have taken my father's not so sporty green Plymouth wagon.

My youngen (30 year old) has no real interest in anything that is more than a year old. Everything is has to be disposable or rented.

A few days back a report came out on the average age of America's cars and light trucks. They increased this year to an average of 11.5 years old. So I had to average all my house hold's current vehicles, Mine turned out to be 52.666 years old on average, a bit older than the national average.