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Edwin The Kid last won the day on November 13 2023

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  1. I drove down from McPherson to check it out and get in on the Buick photo. Mostly Model T and A parts there.
  2. Still waiting on clutch and brake parts. New pilot bearing is installed, and a throwout bearing is on the way. Master and wheel cylinders are getting sleeved, and I need to order a few rebuild kits. Nicopp hard line is in the mail and new nuts from the club are here. Today I made some progress on the driveshaft, installing new u-joints from odyssey into the yokes. Once all the parts get here it's going to come together pretty quick! The Franklin is also in the corner spot while the Corvair gets some attention as well! Taking pictures of this car makes me realize how bent and crooked my bumpers are, lol.
  3. Ebay is more interested in selling advertising space than it is car parts, and the search pages are filled with sponsored listings that get pushed to the top no matter if they are anything near what you are actually looking for. I hate having to search through all the garbage listings just to find one real listing to find it sold years ago. Same reason I avoid looking at cars on craigslist. No matter what I search I get 30 listings for the same car. I much prefer parts hunting on forums like this!
  4. For what it's worth this is what the copper contacts look like inside the coil. I gutted the coil out of my switch and am converting it into just an on/off switch to retain original function and look but have a serviceable ignition coil mounted on the inside of the firewall.
  5. The coil in the diagram is also the ignition switch. This is less obvious if the car doesn't have the original coil/switch in it. They're a combined sealed unit as Paul mentioned. All this switch does is send power to the ignition coil. All other electrical systems(the lights) get power directly from the ammeter terminal. There's not much to it. With your setup, the foot starter switch is replaced with the button, and the combined coil/ignition switch is replaced with a regular key.
  6. Got to check out this sweet 60 Invicta custom while I was working as a mechanic at the Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction. It won the Barrett builders cup. Pretty sweet car!
  7. It is a Super! I'm not sure when I'm going to get back to working on this thing, but I'll be sure to update the forum with progress!
  8. I took some clips from GM promotional videos and turned them into GIFs for a presentation on the XP300 I gave in my history of automotive design class, figured I would share them here!
  9. Been slowly picking away at the car while I wait on the clutch to get relined. I removed the mystery ring from the transmission and sealed it up. I painted the shifter black because that looks better than peeling chrome! Pulled the master out and disassembled it as well as all the wheel cylinders. I will be sending the master and 2 wheel cylinders for relining, and buying two new front cylinders from Jeff Hasslen. Also took some time to clean up the bellhousing part of the engine. I also fixed the speedo/odometer, and found out my clock works! \
  10. Home for the holidays, but never enough time to work on the Buick. Another reminder of just how rough this car is makes me.feel better about everything I've done to it. Someday I'll get to finishing it... I also took some time to organize all the parts so they take up less space. Hopefully some day I'll be able to use some of these parts when I get a nice 50s Buick.
  11. Been busy with finals week but finally finished one seat for the Franklin! hand stitching the rear cover
  12. My big confusion is that it isn't a snap ring- there's no gap in it, its just a solid metal ring.
  13. I have the same style snap ring in that location. I'm inclined to just remove the loose ring, as it doesn't fit anywhere
  14. Do you have a picture of it installed? Having a hard time figuring out how it gets out in
  15. The ring is between the first/reverse sliding gear and the rear bearing Potential assembly error at some point?
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