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    Franklin Fat man steering wheel accidentally deleted

    in Franklin

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    I was trying to delete a quote box in my post.  And delete actually meant delete the thread.

     

    As well thought out and engineered as a Franklin was I can see them having all these sorts of specialty hardware.  If the time ever comes to part out a car I can see everything from the lowest nut to cotter pin needs categorized and saved !

    Raise your hand if you drove at least one old Buick this weekend

    in Buick - General

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    On 7/2/2019 at 6:42 PM, philip roitman said:

     

     

     

     

     

    Just a quick 30 mile run for lunch on this holiday weekend.  A buddy at work details cars on the side and told me to try the turtle wax ICE spray on wax.  So at 6 am I washed and waxed the old girl again with it.  Did not realize how nice it looked till this picture taken at lunch.  This is 20 year old plus paint with some cracking it.  getPart?uid=AKEMGqlm8BlfXR5O4wckIPY10yo&partId=2&saveAs=Resized_20190704_133007003.jpeg&scope=STANDARD

    Old car bargains from around the Web

    in Automobiles and Parts - Buy/Sell

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    I am working on getting a 1931 Franklin right now but for the past week we have been playing phone tag. It is a club members car that is in very good condition not needing much of anything.  But I have competition. Looking at 4 door sedans but can persuaded otherwise if it just grabs me.  Budget is at 24-26 k max which tells me I can get one great car or two decent drivers.  (That Ajax posted on here was very tempting) I have my sights set on a Franklin though. If that happens to be a coupe then if enough is left over I can look at a lesser 4 door sedan of other makes or a lesser Franklin. I know I can get a very good semi-project running and driving 4 door Franklin right now in the 11-13 range.

    Still Looking...

    in Franklin

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    Our arch enemy in football !  I never played.  Just stuck to the rifle team. Our coach was a Marine Vietnam vet and rifle instructor. Good training as I went into the Corp 2 days after graduation. I still have a lot of family in Blue Point and Holbrook.  Parents buried behind BP fire house and I will be there one day as well.

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    This came up on craigs list.

    in Franklin

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    5 minutes ago, John_Mereness said:

    All custom work, but Franklins have pretty plain interiors (keep in mind that in 1930 that plain is modern and fussy is old fashioned).  

     

    I really would be tempted to do the 1930 145  brown sedan on the club site - very nice car and can be detailed to be most presentable.  Offer them 8K, clean it up and see if you can live with it and if not then put it back out via such as bringatrailer.com, hemmings, or ...  Interior is original and scruffy, but still respectable and some of the chrome needs done but will pass for a while.  As complete a car as they come (better than some well restored cars too).  

    They still have it listed at 25k.  I think if I offered 8k they would drop the phone and laugh !

    Still Looking...

    in Franklin

    Posted · Edited by Brooklyn Beer (see edit history)

    Really appreciate the offer but I have obligations with diabetic rescue dogs that require my attention on a 12 hour schedule. See you list you live on the eastern end of Long Island.  I grew up in Blue Point.

    This came up on craigs list.

    in Franklin

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    Yes indeed Paul.  Way out of my league for a Franklin starter car.  I have some searches I do and this popped up.  A shame it has been left to rot when it used to be someones pride and joy.  By the wording in the add you can basically tell it is most likely an inherited car and put out to pasture when garage space was no longer available.  Sad. a good tarp would have helped some what as they decided what to do with it.  Basically the year and style I am looking for.

    46 Dodge clutch question.

    in Chrysler Products - General

    Posted · Edited by Brooklyn Beer
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    Finally found the time to get the old girl back together after finding a cracked transmission among other things.  So while the trans was out I did a clutch replacement.  Bernbaums supplied the disc and pressure plate and the new bearing and sleeve were same length from another supplier as the old one that destructed to start the whole mess.  Now I have a couple of problems and the first being the clutch which I am hoping is just a rod adjustment. The floor pan is out. When I step on the pedal it goes over center and stays to the floor.  The over center spring is attached still. I notice now that with the pedal up there is an easy 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch of gap between the rod fitting in the socket of the fork when I have the bearing touch the pressure plate. When depressing the pedal with return spring attached it doesn't feel like much pressure is being applied to the pressure plate and the pedal just goes over center and to the floor and will not return. I notice a little "pop" as well from the torque tube as it goes over center. The torque tube has some movement to it   and I am wondering if something broke with the bracket and torque tube that is now causing the length differences in what is required to get the release bearing to make contact after clutch replacement.  Is the torque tube supposed to be rigid? The clutch pedal pull back spring is not a factory part at this time but it is the one that was in the car and functioning before the release bearing sleeve destructed.  That is function to pull fork away from the pressure plate.

     

    The second one will deal with the trans not going into first but will go into that once I get the clutch issue worked out as I think it is related. I had the shift lever cover off to inspect and I might not have the the gears inside set correctly after inspecting.  But it does go into reverse, second, and third easy. When trying to get into first it sounds as if it is clunking against something in the trans.

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