Fordy

I have sent you all the required info as a direct message. Check the top right of your screen and there will be an envelope icon (probably now with a number next to it) -click that and it will open the message - you will need to respond using the email address supplied within that message as you do not have enough posts here to use the forum's system. Steve

Good old beeswax. KISS principle. Steve

PM sent Steve

"California" Top is how they were advertised for Hupmobiles - a mate in Adelaide has one on his 24R as it was on when it left the factory - car is an untouched "survivor" with known history from new.

Glass negative and hand colored? Steve

I have actually seen and done worse! At least that is made for the task at hand - imagine all the OH&S hand wringing and tears if you tried it today! Steve

I run mine at a charge of 2-3 amps. I do no night driving in it and when not being used I have the battery on a maintenance charger. Steve

There is no regulator - what is mounted on the generator is a cut out relay. The Westinghouse is a 3-brush unit and charging rate is adjusted by moving the 3rd brush relative to the adjacent main brush. It is usually set to suit your driving habits. Higher charge rate if you do a lot of night driving etc. If the cutout sticks it can ruin the generator as it will try to run as a motor against the engine compression and burn it out when the engine is not running. Likewise, if it is stuck open and there is no output going to a load (battery or lights) it will also burn out the generator. I have swapped the internals on one of mine for a diode and on another R, I am running an A Ford one from Snyders. To run a voltage regulator you will need to modify the generator so that the 3rd brush is removed and run a wire from where that brush connects to the field connection on a suitable regulator. I believe someone on this forum makes a reg that fits under the brush cover band so everything looks original - it may take some creative searching to find his posts. I hope this helps Steve

On the front of the timing cover there is a cover plate over the front of the generator gear - your car may have its engine breather there. with the plate off and the generator loose to out slack in the chain. make some wire hooks to stop the chain dropping when the generator is removed. An alternative would be to make up a round support that sits just below the chain and bolts to where you took the plate off the cover - slide that in as the generator comes out. If you need new brushes PM me - I have had them made, Steve

Hershey is an event - car show and massive auto jumble. The organizers would be unable to give any detail on the car because they have no way to track any sales that are usually a handshake between buyer and seller. Steve

I think your best bet would be to find something that compares the dimensions (shaft diameter + length), Rotor diameter + length and commutator diameter and segment count. Starters are generally expensive to "rewind" due to the rectangular section wire - nobody wants to buy a roll for 1 job and get stuck with leftovers. I have had success reinsulating starter fields and there is a few YouTube videos of guys in India reinsulating the rotor copper bars - I am yet to try that! Steve

Some of the veteran car guys start off with a lot less. The bones of the truck were obviously sound and if someone originally made it the someone can remake it. Yes I would love to have that truck! (even in the "before" state) Steve

Just stop it breeding

We have had that here in Adelaide's northern suburbs. A developer sold off a whole new area right between a sewerage treatment works and the Air Force base. Of course, the new owners wanted the base closed and the treatment works moved. I bought a place in a country town with a speedway and a rail line not that far away from me - before signing the contract I sat there with a few beers and a pizza on speedway night and decided that the noise it and the passing trains made was tolerable. It only took a few weeks after moving in where I ceased to notice them. The world is full of cry babies who want it all their own way despite no "due diligence" on their part. Steve

Even a drag line bucket used in mining is too small let alone a dinky little 2 gallon one. Steve

Ditto - and he actively tried to discourage me by regular tip runs with MY treasures. Didn't work at all as 60 years on still bringing home rust. Steve

Clever folks there with that anti-gravity job where car and viewer are suspended upside down from the ceiling!

As mentioned in my earlier post, The Bend Motor Sport park has recently opened its drag strip (in contrast to the closures being mentioned). For the weekend that has just been (13/14 Jan) attendances for "The Drags" exceeded 20,000. There is life in the sport of drag racing still - at least in South Australia. Steve

French make Le-Zebre had a vee radiator on their 1920's cars, but I don't think the pic is one as the radiator looks too squat. Steve

This is available for the Pommy cars. Steve

Amazing that there were so many after-market bumper companies. It would be a mammoth task to correlate the different offerings of each to the make and model of the vehicle. Steve

As an apprentice electrician, there was a pub across the road from the trade school I attended. We were banned from going there at lunch time as somebody had wired up the urinal with a charged condenser. The practical joker should have been made to use the thing! Steve

The Dixie Aero magneto as fitted to the R series Hupps sold in Australia has a winding "coil" inbuilt which is connected to the starter so it gives the magneto a boost on slower crank speeds. Perhaps he has something similar? Either way 12 volt on a 6 volt winding for any period is going to make it hot and degrade the enamel insulation. Steve

I am not going to ask what put you there as it is none of my business. I will say speedy recovery and leave those sexy nurses alone - they only lead to trouble! Steve

Try "the filling station". they have a big range of all eras Chev parts Steve