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We could get into a ten page discussion..........long story short, if you over carburator that engine it will blow up. Adding to a pre war straight eight to make it perform better is a risky and expensive gamble. The crankshaft is already flexing and winding up and down........add in more power and lower in crankshaft failure will occur............you should post what you are trying to accomplish. Speedster? Hot Rod? Rat Rod? Explain more of what you are doing please.......

Peter, do you have any wiring diagram showing the magneto firing two or three rows of plugs.......either 4 or 6? Intrested to see an actual diagram showing twin spark with both sets of plugs.......probably a Mercer or Simplex..........thanks, Ed.

I'm one of the guys who always says not to go changing the shitty carburetors on any early Cadillac. You can make the run well........it's just an asinine amount of time, money, blood, sweat, and tears. There isn't anything much worse than a Cadillac Johnson unit. Get them dialed in, and they are ok, except for the constant fuel leaking out over time. On a CCCA tour I was passing a 1941 Packard 160 with my 1931 Cadillac 355 V-8 on the hills....at the next stop, the Packard guy came over to me, and said......I'm opening you hood, I have one of these, and there is no way you're running a stock carb and fuel system. He was wrong...........it just took about 75 times pulling the carb to get it set up correctly. By the time I figured it out........I decided to sell all my Cadillacs and drive Pierce Arrow's.........so I should say thank you to them for building suck a pile of junk.....it's what turned me into a Pierce guy. 35 years later, and now I have to deal with them at work during company time...........One of the cars in our collection took me about 80 hours to get dialed in........just the fuel system........and it was a 100 point car. Once set up correctly, the Cadillac Johnson will stay where it's put.....and then become trouble free.........getting there is like climbing Everest.

In 1930 you went to a gasoline station to buy gas. Today, we go to the gasoline station to buy what the EPA says is fuel. Fact is, anything pre war is a bit of a chore to make right, and some are very very difficult. Fitting any non stock carburetor to a pre war engine larger than 300 cid can be a challenge, and it WILL be expensive. If you do it half assed the first time, you get to pay twice.......which makes it ridiculously expensive. And the odds of your car running right? Slim to none.........there are about ten shops in the country that still have a clue. Find the right guys to help you.....yes, it costs money. At least the car will start hot or cold and run down the road decent.

The best 10,000 dollar advise you can get......and it’s free. Sadly, almost no one will listen. No, I don’t own stock in the company......but I wish I did.

That pump is how we shall say.........not worth the effort, because I can’t curse in public here. They are trash.....and are broken when new out of the box. In the shop we call it an “outstanding pump.” Put it in your car and you will be out standing on the side of the road broken down.......buy a Carter........for 125 bucks and you will be fine.

The carb you show the close up of with the brass plug is failing from pot metal fatigue, and probably has already failed internally.........not only can the body’s crack......the fuel channels restrict and plug......so a carb that looks good on the outside, or doesn’t leak, doesn’t mean it will function properly. I have worked with countless Strombergs but have never rebuilt a DD-3. Most Strombergs made from late 1928 to mid 1930 suffer from the issue. The earlier the carb, the more issues it has. Once you see the pimples develop.......it quickly becomes unstable and deterioration accelerates. DD -3 ‘s are fairly rare and one doesn’t seem them for sale often. Carbking can be helpful to you but carburetors usually can be difficult to identify without spending hours on them..........Joe M in New Hampshire is the go to guy on all things when it comes to big Chrysler’s.

It’s a Mayfair Packard owned by a friend........it’s actually a very nice car, and very well,restored. Most post W O Bentley era English coachwork does nothing for me..........

Just got this one in the mail yesterday! 👍 Merry Christmas! Thanks for the Packard heater! 👍👍

Looks like a fun car for the right guy..........

Yes, the exact nomenclature for that window is......... not particularly attractive rear side window. Thus ends today's lesson! 😂

Jon, the issue is one guy who lives in the flatlands places it on on a car.....and he THINKS his car runs well. It doesn't, it's just that it ran so shitty for years that the new incorrect carburator is an improvement over the POS they had on it for forty years. Fact is, less than five percent of pre 1942 cars are running and performing at 100 percent. Most are usually around 75 percent at best. Too many shady tree mechanics are certain of their skills........when actually they have no skill. For a car to run correctly..........as you know, you need a perfect ignition system, a perfect fuel delivery system, and a good mechanical system......the three are almost never present in the same engine........I could go on for hours, and I'm sure you could go on for weeks........my new carburator is doing the exact same thing as the old one held together with JB Weld........... I just got a car in that had 12k worth of work done on it, and the hole in the carburator was fixed correctly.......with J B Weld..........literally true, and just in the last 60 days.

When you build a car for God, divine intervention comes in the play somewhere! 😝

Walt, Lee and Anne Davenport were good friends. As the youngest guy at the CCCA events, and he as usually the elder.......I became close to them. I would carry their bags, keep an eye on their car, and just generally keep close to them on the tours. Lee was similar to Bob Stark........both American hero’s from WWII, and they never said a word about their accomplishments. Lee Davenport actually changed the world, and no one knows who he is, or what he did. He saved hundreds of thousands of American lives in the war.

The list is short, and distinguished. A breed quickly going extinct. Like the Passenger Pidgin, from billions to zero in a few short years............only question now is who will be the last man standing.......and breathing.

Ok, it’s not a Christmas theme, but it’s from a Pierce Arrow guy who shared it with me..........

So, it’s interesting that while I have no idea about the transaction, I’m 100 percent certain who here bought the project. Let’s say it’s up in the cold, cold north. The pre war car world is a small place.........😎

Bad safety glass……..

Busy…..

Bob Stark was a great American, and a fascinating human being. I got to know him as a very young man, and he was generous enough to let me drive his cars. He worked into his 90s. Sharp as a tack. Never had a negative word and always had a smile on his face. I miss my old friend. Someday I hope to get up to the museum and get that Lincoln running again.

The Flying Wombat is a national embarrassment, and should have been put in the crusher years ago. B&S fxxxxd up ten times more cars than they improved. Anyone who would admit to designing or building the Wombat has no soul. PS- yes, I have had my hands on the Wombat…….only for a few minutes, so I know what I am talking about. It also smokes more than a WWII destroyer laying a smoke screen at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Not Pierce Arrow..........

Walt......I agree. I always thought Inhad good taste in Whiskey, Women, and Willoughby’s!

A 1934 Lincoln KB Willoughby Enclosed Drive Limousine has always been one of my favorite cars........