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  1. Will the oil pump from a 1941 346ci work in a 1948 346ci?
  2. 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?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Mine has fallen off somewhere. Does anyone have one?
  6. When will a decision be made as to whether or not to have the show, given the forecast of rain?
  7. Bringing this back up to the top to see if anyone has some original upholstery out of a car they can sell me.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. Starting a new post from my original one about the badly pitted engine block from my '41. I am now on the hunt for a good block. I would of course prefer a '41. I am told that the '41-'47s are all the same, so I will consider one of those. Please let me know if you have one or if you know someone that might.
  12. So I bought the 1941 Cadillac Authenticity Manual. It has a copy of the Hydramatic transmission brochure. On the last page, in the lower corner it says, "5M-2-41". That means they made 5,000 of this brochure (the letter "M" is the Roman numeral for 1,000). "2-41" means they printed it in February of 1941. So, as I wondered, the Hydramatic wasn't introduced in Cadillacs until later later in the model year in 1941.
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