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    What are these?

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    Posted · Edited by dustycrusty (see edit history)

    18 minutes ago, John_S_in_Penna said:

    I think it's a Bic lighter, Model XJ2, circa 2019.

     

    Oh--you meant the other things.

    Damn! you beat me to the Bic!

     The other things are:

     

     1)   a slab of oak

     

    2)   a Burger King napkin

     

    3) a set of top-of-the-fender trim pieces that look like  the never photographed in any useful detail parts the 1966-67 Dodge Monacos sported .Is there a part number underneath?

     

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    Speed part??

    in What is it?

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    a four barrel carburettor spacer. Those little propellers were supposed to further atomize your fuel droplets giving you 100 more horsepower and 40 more MPG!

     Not sure what the little grille on the side did, but it must have been equally amazing.....

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    Early 70s Mercury Capri

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     Body parts are extremely tough to find in the U.S., but it shared a common engine with the early Pinto (1.4L) so you can get mechanical parts, including some performance bits!

     The example you found was probably built in Cologne, Germany, but a few built in England made it to the U.S. as well- the first generation Capris (ultimately there were  3 versions) were based on the  Euro-centric Ford Cortina. Got any gear-head , scrap-yard scrounging friends 6+ time zones ahead of the Newfoundland?

     

    That nasty hue of brown paint is nothing a gallon of "Safety  Yellow" Rustoleum and a couple of brushes couldnt cure!

     

     

    https://autopolis.wordpress.com/2018/06/24/1970-1974-mercury-capri-fords-other-pony-car/

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    Grandpop's Race Car In 1917

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    16 minutes ago, C Carl said:

    Never seen that type of propulsion system before. That would be rather low on the list of vehicles I would prefer to be run over by while out playing in the snow.    -    Carl 

    I thought the same thing! A dual Archimedes screw type drive, somewhat  likethe pontoons in this Fordson Snow-Motor video (sorry about the soundtrack...)   WARNING! THREAD DRIFT!!

     

     

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    Mystery early engine and chassis

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    Posted · Edited by dustycrusty (see edit history)

    Here is an image of a similar engine from a 1905 Gale Automobile made by Western Tool Works of Galesburg, Ill., USA from 1904 until approx. 1910. Quite a few manufacturers supplied engines to early Automobile manufacturers, which in many early examples didnt make the individual components necessary to build a complete machine and simply assembled their finished product from various parts (engines, transmissions, front and rear axles- even bodies) supplied by other shops.

      Whatever machine-shop jobber supplied your engine to its ultimate (automobile) destination probably had a hand in building the ones that Western Tool Works bought as well.

     

    The oilers appear to be Lunkenheimers. They did beaucoup business as a top-quality supplier of oilers and carburettors to the late 19th and early 20th century industrial boom.

     

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    Is there pressure?

    in What is it?

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    Depends on the manufacturer --  by your name a Studebaker President 8? It looks like they went to a pressurized system in 1941, so a cap with a 3-7 lbs pop-off pressure is required. Even in an unpressurized system there is a modicum of pressure. As your coolant heats up it will expand slightly- the hotter it gets, the more it will expand until it gets hot enough to cause some liquid to separate into a gaseous form (the bubbles in boiling water). Pure water will boil at 100C/212F at atmospheric pressure, but pressurizing the system (and using coolant additives) will raise the boiling point of the coolant, hopefully beyond the operating range of the engine it is attempting to cool! Non pressure radiator caps allow the coolant to escape the upper tank as it expands beyond the height of the neck, a pressurized cap will keep the coolant contained until it hits a pre-determined release pressure.

     

    If you want to pressure test a radiator, I probably wouldnt exceed 3 lbs PSI-  use the rubber stopper and plunger pump type tester with integral PSI gauge  or drill an old cap , install a Schrader valve in the hole and give it a few pumps with an old-fashioned tire pump- OR take it to a radiator shop and have them do it  while you watch (they're insured....).

    Escutcheon plate ID

    in What is it?

    Posted · Edited by dustycrusty (see edit history)

    It's from a Ford, just not from a car or truck- it fits the 1939-1952  Ford Tractors, specifically the 9N, 2N, or 8N models. It is the headlight mounting  "Winged" escutcheon-  and is STILL available (and usually in stock too) at your friendly New Holland tractor dealer!

     

     

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    Trying to Identify Car

    in What is it?

    Posted · Edited by dustycrusty (see edit history)

    It does have an WWII era "A" gas rationing sticker in the rear window, so  the picture was taken in 1942 or  later. Those stickers tended to stay on long after the war was over, I remember cars and trucks well into the 1960's with them still hanging on!

     

    Maine plates (along with Idaho and Utah for similar reasons) are eliminated from consideration because they had their state name above the numbers and a "Vacationland" motto below.  Only Ohio plates of this era had just the state name and the year at the bottom, but  Ohio also transposed the location of the state name and the year ,  leaving them at the bottom but switching them back and forth depending on the year issued.  IF it is in fact an Ohio  plate, 1942-43, 1945, 1946 and 1948 had "Ohio" before the year, and were light coloured plates with dark numerals and letters.

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