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Good Karma............Bob

Thanks Joel, that gives me place to start googling........bob

Below is the description of a 1944 ALF fire truck engine. For sale. I'm curious. Can anyone tell me more about the engine on general.?...........Bob "This is a v-12 engine with 24 spark plugs, 4 coils, and 4 distributors. "

I,m above water on all my cars only because i did almost every thing myself. Of course if you figure in my labor and overhead i would be better off if i spent the time flipping burgers....bob

If you want to make a small fortune in the old car hobby start with a big one. Notice I said HOBBY..........Bob

No brainer. .........Re-paint it. Make it pretty..................Bob

Pump is too far gone.... It's off to Cat Tail foundry to be turned into something useful..............Bob

Thanks. That's a great start for my search. Much appreciated............Bob

Long shot but thought I'd ask. I'm trying to resurrect a Kellog American 321 compressor with a bad rod knock. it's an oldie with poured con rod bottom bearings. If there is a reference somewhere that lists bearing inserts with dimensions it's maybe possible there is a size insert that i can use to modify the rods to inserts. If not it's off to the scrapper. Thanks in advance.........Bob

Small town or not that might be just a tad too trusting. That said, I take my 39 Chevy JC pick up to breakfast most mornings and do leave the key in the ignition. Of course anyone that would steal it wouldn't have a clue as to starting it and even if they got lucky getting it running they couldn't figure out how to drive it. "WTF is that stick coming out of the floor for? And what's with all the pedals? No cup holders? Where am I going to put my weed?"...........Bob

Roger that. If the fronts show significant improvement i,ll also put on new rears. I won, t get the shoes until monday. A report will follow....bob

Funny you should mention. Rockauto just now came up with a front set of Wagner Z160R's for Olds and they should be in the mail. Wagner advertises them as "Quick stop" linings made to match OEM specs. I'll post results maybe next week..............Bob

FWIW.........I topped off my 39 chevy trans with 85/145 because that's what i had on hand. Very noticeable difference in the shifting. Synchronizers are not working so nice. I'm going to drain it and go back to 90W..............................

No fronts for 55 Olds, just rears. I'll check again........Thanks...........Bob

The power brake shoes on my 55 S-88 just don't have enough stopping ability. Does anyone have a shoe recommendation that they know has a high coefficient of friction. Fusik has shoes but they won't comment on stopping ability...........Bob

If one is here long enough and is interested in participating, who they are, what their interests are and their bio will become apparent. If one just drops by for some advice or info and then splits, so what. In any case a thank you for the help should be offered without fail........Bob

Me too. The golf ball mortor really barks but I haven't found a ball yet...........Bob

This is the way the compressor/turbine stack was clamped together on at least one of the planes I flew. I think the tech said they jacked until they saw 50,000 pounds psi on the gauge then snugged up the nut that held it all together. He didn;t know what that translated into for the amount of linear stretch to the shaft.........Bob

My thoughts would be unless you get a certification sheet with grade 8 (or any) bolts you are rolling the dice as to alloy and yield strength. I'm guessing that is true of many hardware store bolts. Pretty easy to add a couple of extra lines in the heading die at some Chinese bolt factory. Just saying.........Bob

That's just the nature of the beast. My dad had a sheep, a ram, that just LOVED it if you kicked him in the forehead. To him it was like "Oh yeah. Game on." Best be prepared for a kick/butt fest or just beat feet to safety............Bob

It will look like modern super glossy street rod paint on your beautiful 1922 stock Chandler..........Your choice..........Bob

Be easier to answer if we knew your budget, number of helpers available and estimated entries. Since you have an eatery a voucher for a hot dog and soda, on site, for each entry and guest might be better than yet another dash plaque. BTW they make excellent mouse hole patches. Speaking of awards I'd much rather have a gift certificate to your fine establishment than yet another trophy. They both eventually end up in the same place. ............Bob

As an aside, I was at the Macungie show a few years back and my 57 Buick would not start/run. No gas at the carb. I primed the carb and it started and would run as long as I kept the RPM up. I drove it about 2 miles like that. When I got home and tore the pump apart I found one of the check valves had dropped completely out of it's seat. As long as I kept at least a fast idle the carb drew enough vacuum to pull gas up and out of the tank...........Bob

An ounce or so of gas down the carb, once or twice, will do the trick 99.44% of the time.....bob

Well now you know of one, Me. One local rag and the WSJ delivered daily. You do realize that Cal is a whole nuther country, if not world?...............Bob