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Couple new photos, new price and posted for sale. Thanks for your help.

My 85 year old father has been restoring this car for a few years. Frame-off restoration. He is about 97% done, but I don't think he is able to finish. He wants me to list it in the classifieds somewhere. We have no idea the value or the best venue to list. Many hurdles to sell: Dad lives out on the Olympic Peninsula in WA state, I live 3,000 miles away in NC. He has no internet, and is very hard of hearing. I don't have any current pictures, just a few I snapped last year, but much progress has occurred since. The vehicle runs now, new radiator, etc. but still needs some final tuning. I think he has about $28k in the vehicle, but I have no idea if he is under water in the value. I am going to visit him in a few weeks, so I'm trying to formulate a game plan. Thanks for any advice. Is there a default standard site for classic classifieds? Auto Trader? Hagerty? Hemmings? etc....

Restoring a '27 Roadster. Any ideas on where to get weatherstripping under window, or what you guys are using as a replacement. Thx, James

Awesome!! Just ordered some off Amazon. Should be here tomorrow. Thanks a million!!! James

Yes, I looked there, but not available. thx.

The rubber bushings on the front shock dogbones are toast. Where can I find replacements? Both sides. 4 qty needed.

Car will not be a show car, just a weekend fair-weather pleasure cruiser. I was hoping someone would say "the standard '32 Ford radiator from Summit will fit" or something like that. Was hoping to stay around $500 or $750, but have no idea on a realistic number. Car is in Washington state and has been on the Olympic Peninsula for the last ~15 years.

My father just picked-up a '27 basket case. He has been putting it back together. Noticed that the radiator is leaking in multiple spots. Looks like JB weld was applied in one spot with a putty knife into the honeycomb to stop a leak. The core is pretty much a mess. Also, the previous owner attached the grill cover with all-thread through the radiator core, to the 4 mounting holes on the cover, which we believe causes a sawing action on the core and seems inappropriate. So a few questions... 1. Where to get a new radiator. 2. Is the grill cover in the attached picture correct? Maybe it does not belong on this car? 3. Proper way to mount?

So is the correct answer to insert a current cutout relay, or have the generator rebuilt? My father has never run the engine yet; bought it as a basket case. He is finishing-up wiring. Probably prudent to have the generator tested and go from there? Sorry so vague. Trouble-shooting long distance is painful.

My dad is rebuilding a '27 Buick. He live 3,000 miles away and does not have internet access, nor can he send me a pic on his phone. He says there is a diode between the battery and generator. He says it flows both directions and he wants me to order a replacement. Any idea what this part is called, or what size I would order? I did a Google search and saw some Power Generator Rectifier Diodes. Most have metric studs on them. Any info would be appreciated.

UPDATE: Drove the car around the neighborhood yesterday for about 20 minutes. Started great, ran like a champ, idled like a sewing machine. Wife went to go take for a spin today; would not start. She told me, I went to go start it. Turns over fine, not firing at all. I pull a spark plug and tell her to turn it over. NO SPARK. WTF!?!. Did a quick inventory of wire connections, dist cap, point gap, etc. Was running like a top when I pulled it into garage yesterday. Today, nothing... Condenser? Coil? I'm beyond pissed to even look further today.... If it were my decision, I would sell and buy wife a new Mazda Miata or Mercedes Convertible....

Yes, '32 PA. I got it running tonight. New plugs & wires. New distributor ground wire. Strong spark now. Plugged vacuum leak at intake manifold tee for windshield wiper vacuum. One shot of starting fluid and off to the races. Craig is going to hook me up with some spares. Hope to get another 89 years out of her....

That's for the replies. I just left a message for Craig Mobile Parts. I already made a new set of wires; the existing ones were terrible, not sure how it ever ran..... Installed new plugs. There appears to be some sort of ground wire attached to the side of the distributor to the engine block that is half-fried/chewed-up, so going to clean that up. Making progress....

I'm pretty sure it's weak/no spark. My father was a diesel mechanic and I've rebuilt a few engines, so I'm not 100% illiterate. It was running last year, although getting harder to start after sitting for a while. I hit it with the starting fluid, but it has not fired one time. Coil has 6V in. Getting some spark at plug after cleaning everything. Spark plugs were pretty grimy, so sand-blasted. The plug wires are pretty loosey-goosey, as with most other connections, so even if that is not 100% my current issue, I want to replace all and start fresh. The point actually look pretty good and the gap was correct, but I hit with file just to be sure. Not sure how to test a condenser. Anyways, I'm not poor, and don't mind the parts swap, so I think that's where I want to start.

Inherited car from mom. Car sat all winter. Ran OK when it was parked, now will not start. Was not getting any spark at first. I have cleaned-up all the electrical connections and now have some spark at plug, but still won't start, even with starting fluid. Never fires. So I am going to give it a tune-up. Wires/cap/points/condenser/plugs etc. Everything is pretty old/crusty/dirty. I hate to go down to Auto-Zone and ask the kid for cap/rotor/points for my car, because you never know what you'll get. Anyone have a better place to source parts? I don't want to go to the store 12 times trying parts that might fit....