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Terry, thanks for asking. I ended up buying a rebuilt 1948 346 and installed it. But I am eventually going to get new valve seats in the old block to replace the two bad ones and then rebuild the engine. I would eventually like to get it back to a "numbers matching" car.

I need the dash gauge. Needs to be tested to know it is accurate.

Great. Thanks.

Will the oil pump from a 1941 346ci work in a 1948 346ci?

On my 1948 engine, the fuel pump has a clear glass top on it. I think people sometimes call that the sight glass. When the engine is running, air bubbles inside this glass will rise from the bottom to the top. Even after the engine is shut off, for at least a couple minutes, the bubbles will appear and rise to the top. I have an electric fuel pump back near the tank that is pumping through the mechanical one. Though the electric is of course off when the engine is off. Are these bubbles normal? If not, what do they mean?

Has anyone ever found the fabric that goes between the leaves on these springs? I'm going to have the spring shackle bushings replaced and while the spring shop has the springs off I'd like them to replace that fabric if I can find it. They say that in 47 years of owning this shop they have never come across that fabric.

Not only have the wheels and tires been converted to a modern style on that LaSalle, but so has the transmission. You can tell because there is no clutch. Very like the original engine has been replaced with something modern. Normally, you wouldn't put a modern automatic transmission on a vintage engine. The LaSalle has also had air conditioning added (the vents under the dash) and likely the steering column has been replaced with something modern. Which probably means the suspension and/or steering has been modernized. With these modifications I don't see how someone could say he had a 1933 LaSalle.

Mine has fallen off somewhere. Does anyone have one?

All I'm interested in is the carb.

How much do you want for this?

When will a decision be made as to whether or not to have the show, given the forecast of rain?

Bringing this back up to the top to see if anyone has some original upholstery out of a car they can sell me.

My car is a 49,000-mile original with an entirely original interior. I want to keep the interior that way but it has a couple holes where the driver sits. So, I'm looking for original upholstery to patch the holes. By "original" I mean a section of original upholstery out of a car. SMS Auto Fabric can make something similar, but it's not going to match as closely as something that actually comes out of a car. My interior is the standard one, not the Deluxe. It has the ribbed wool fabric, as can be seen in the attached photo. What I am looking for is someone who has a car with the upholstery so far gone that it needs complete replacement. What I would like to do is buy a section of it that is still good, to use for patching. A square yard is probably sufficient but more is always better. If you have something like this, please let me know.

Thanks for the info. I know of the tank engines, supposedly after the war there were a lot of surplus ones available. But I would like to stick with a passenger car version.

David, thanks. I am in Ft. Worth, TX. Has the block been magnafluxed? If so, has the machine shop checked it over for any other kind of flaws? What is the car serial number on it?