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A friend restoring his 1929 135 Victoria Brm has asked me to help machine him new body wood sills . His car isn't apart yet , I thought I would throw this out to the members and see if anyone has saved any old wood for patterns. Please email me if you can help. Thanks Mike 585 738 1541
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Yes I did . Ill forward them again. Thank you Mike
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Selling tall distributors for the side draft motors. Complete with distributor or just the tower and shaft with gear. 585 738 1541
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Hi Justin, You are correct ! Its Auburn 8. It was a spare for my 1932. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. Mike
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Great here you go !I could just adjust the camera to a lower setting.... Thank you Mike
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No , Back the brakes off and remove wheel bearings an hub/drum assemble off. Do you have a book? I have originals and the club sells reproduced books. at a good price. Mike
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Selling a NOS copper clad head gasket ,Has the bump in the side for the distributor shaft . Pictures upon request . $100.00 postage paid or $90.00 to Hershey. Mike West 585 738 1541 mawest729@gmail.com
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Kent you will need a drum puller to get the rears off. Buy a puller listed on the Franklin club web site.
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I'm interested in the gascolator.
Steve - Pictures sent. Mike
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Bob, I had to let off so the rest of the guys had a chance.... Mike
As stripped down, lightened and modified your '14 T was it just barely beat the time that my completely stock '15 Roadster turned at the hill climb. I remember your remark about me "chirping" the T tires when I left the start line. -
Im selling 4 of the deluxe wood wheel hubcap fixtures that are like the wheels on Hank Manwells station wagon. These are the type that used the 1929 wire wheel caps. $200 for the 4 in excellent condition. Mike 585 738 1541 mawest729@gmail.com I have digital pictures that I can send but cant post on here because the pics are too big.
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Selling 3 nice original 28 Franklin screw on hubcaps for wood wheels and the hard to find GASCOLATOOR for the vacuum tank. $40.00 each 585 738 1541 Mike
Email me at mawest729@gmail for digital pictures.
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Selling 3 nice original 28 Franklin screw on hubcaps for wood wheels and the hard to find GASCOLATOOR for the vacuum tank. $40.00 each 585 738 1541 Mike
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Not sure that this would make any power improvement without other internal modifications.
Its been my experience that every conversion from updraft to downdraft makes a noticeable difference in performance. I had a 1914 Ford speedster that both manifolds were inverted. On that motor I installed a small Tillison carburetor from a Crosley, pressure feed and i It made a huge difference. I bought a 1929 Franklin sedan that had the intake turned over and on that car the previous owner had installed a model 97 Stromberg. My friend and fellow club member tells of a 28 Chev4 cyl that had a downdraft installed when he was a kid and gain he attests to its much improved performance. I would try it out !
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Yes its a 30-31 Hudson. I assume its a split head straight 8 . Look at the front bumper,another give away. Can it be bought? Mike
Yes 1930Thanks John, I couldn't find that grille shell till I checked 1931 Essex.Howard Dennis
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At the entrance to a small village near me there was a sign nicely lettered that said " Close your cutouts". The old timers say the village fathers put it up in the roaring twenty's. Mysteriously it disappeared several years ago? --Bob
Bob, I thought I saw one like you describe in Howard Sharps garage!
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I think I have them. Ill look tonight. Mike
Looking for lock rings that fit 24" Houk wire wheels. Need three. -
Can anyone tell me who's car this is? I am looking for pattern wood for a speedster. Mike West 585 738 1541
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I would like to paint my 1932 Franklin Airman 163 with colors very similar to this car, but I don't know the colors.
Does anyone know the owner of this car, or can anyone provide me with the colors and codes for these colors?
Bill Myers
ASK THE OWNER?
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Need one taillight stand for a 145/147 .Mike 585 738 1541 Thank you
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Mike , Im sure I could sell the bird If I had pics. Are you still alive? I haven't been able to contact you/Please call me MW
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Sure, it's Cattail Foundry near Lancaster, PA. Being Amish they have no phone or computer access but they do of course do mail and UPS. I visit regularly and don't actually have their address. We provide a service where folks send us patterns or original parts. We modify the parts to allow for shrinkage and shepherd the parts thru the foundry for a modest mark up on our cost. Being Amish they are not very familiar with car parts so sometimes they don't understand what's critical on a part and what isn't. We can also do the machine work that is often needed to make a sand casting useable. If you post a pic I can likely tell you if they can cast the part from an original. They do cast iron, silicon bronze and aluminum. All their work is sand cast so don't expect the detail you would get from die casting or lost wax. They have done literally hundreds and hundreds of castings for us over the years.
Cattail Foundry
167 Cattail rd
Gordenville rd
Look up the zip code on Google.
Ph # is 717 768 7323 and they have a neat message machine recording with a steam whistle.
They do great work at a good price.
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Yes he is. What do you have ? Send pics to mawest729@gmail.com
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THANKS - I'll give you a call!
Bill, I found what you are looking for .Mike
32 Franklin Wheel Cylinder pins
in Franklin
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Chuck
Spin length of pins down in lathe. I had to do the same on my 32 convertible.
Mike