dalef62

Flipped Farm O Road... Today was the day to flip the body over and sand the bottom. There are some imperfection on the bottom but it is good enough for me. Stopped at the paint store and had some paint mixed up, 1 pint. Unfortunately it was the wrong color... Tomorrow I will try again, I think I have it figured out what went wrong. So close...

Try submitting them after you back out of this thread and then coming back in. I have had problems uploading photos also, but once I leave the thread and come back I can upload more. File size is too big.

Give us a few pics of the distributor and if you can get one down the hole, with and without tape measure. Remember, pictures are worth a thousand words. When you measured down the hole and the distributor shaft were the measurements the same? Maybe it will take a bigger hammer???? LOL

More of the same... I had a few spots on the body that I was not happy with so I shot another coat of primer on. Once the primer drys good, I will flip the body over and sand the bottom side and then color will be applied!

John, haven't seen a report in a long time, hope all is well with you and your family.

All the shifter and brake levers are done with the exception of paint. Now on to the next project.

I sure love my camera on my cell phone! There are just some places I can't get my head into to see what is going on. Take a picture with the cellphone and there it is! Changed the oil in the Hupp today and added the oil, 9 quarts, and I couldn't see the gauge on the block. Snap a picture and bam, it is right on the full mark. Without the camera I couldn't even read the markings! Technology is great!!!! I am now ready for cars shows.

One more picture.

I spent the day working on the FOR transfer case shifter levers. Cut, grind, file, weld, then repeat. I have made an extra set for a friend who has a FOR with missing levers. I still have to bend the shorter levers, grind the welds, and drill the holes in them, but they are looking good. Also welded the emergency brake ratchet area on the handle.

Last Sunday we took a trip to the Meyersdale Maple festival car show with the 1977 Corvette, beautiful day and lots of cars! A big change from last year's 25 degrees. Finished the plug wires on the Hupp today. Looks pretty good to me. Now if it runs it will be even better!! Did some checking into the paint color for the FOR and I think I might have a match! I will get a pint made up next week and see how close it is. The weather has been fairly nice lately and I hope to get some painting done soon.

What is the correct number for the distributor rotor for a 1929 Century M 8 cylinder? There are several rotors on eBay but they do not say whether they are for the 6 or the 8. I bought a cap and need the rotor now, as the rotor that was in there is wrong... The cap I got was a AU - 88 or IG - 1325. I have the Autolite distributor. Thanks, Dale

As luck would have it a friend of mine came to my shop today bringing waste oil for my furnace. He saw the Hupp and saw that I was working on the wires. I told him I was looking for a crimping tool. He told me he just bought one from Summit racing and said I could borrow it. He hasn't used it yet. It looks like a nice tool, About $50 he told me. Worked great.

You never know who might have what you need... I was doing the spark plugs and wires and needed the crimping tool, I asked on the technical thread to get information on what I should use. A friend came into the garage today to drop off waste oil for my furnace and noticed I was working on the Hupp. I told him I was looking for a crimping tool and he told me that he just bought one from Summit for his car, but hadn't even used it yet. He got it to me and I started crimping the ends on. Works really nice! I still have the distributor cap side of the wire ends to put ends on yet, but want to get them the correct length. I also picked up some black engine paint and painted the head. I will slowly turn the engine black the way it should be. It sure makes the plug wires pop!

Thank you all for all the information! Will now look into buying one of them. Dale

I am working on a 1929 Hupmobile putting new spark plug wires on it and would like to know the proper way to crimp the ends on the wires. It is the standard ends that get crimped on to cloth covered wire. Is there a special tool? What does it look like? Has anyone done it with normal tools and how was the results? Thanks, Dale

Today I started to work on the Hupp. At Hershey last fall I bought new plug wires and ends and a new distributor cap as the wires were almost 50 years old. I marked the old cap, stripped the wire cover and then sand blasted and powder coated it. I am thinking about painting the block the proper black? What do you think?

You can buy a basic powder coating kit from suppliers like Eastwood. Powder coating is basically dusting, using the gun and compressed air from a compressor, a clean metallic part with powder under a electrostatic charge, then baking that part in an electric oven or under a heat light for a period of time(20 minutes at 400 degrees, usually). I bought my kit from Eastwood and it came with the powder coating gun and several starter powder colors, I have since added many powders and I use a kitchen electric stove/oven to bake my parts in. It works real good but I am limited on the size of parts I can do as to what will fit in the oven. The nice part about powder coating is that when the part comes out of the oven, after it cools you can handle it and install it immediately, no waiting on paint to dry.

Today I powder coated the valve cover a nice red and slipped it on the engine. I put the fan blades on just to see how it looks. Now I have get the generator checked, painted and installed. I still need to paint the CROSLEY script on the block red.

Today I was able to put a lot of painted parts on the engine. Got the clutch and pressure plate installed also. Still need to get the generator and water pump checked and cleaned up then installed. The weather is warming up some, hope it continues so I can paint the body soon.

More pictures.

Yesterday I sprayed lots of gloss black paint.

I got the intake and exhaust manifold on over the weekend.

I am getting a pile of parts that are ready for paint.

Today I was able to get some "Crosley Gray" on the block. Still need to paint the oil pan and valve cover. Looks good. Soon it will be going back together.

Yours looks slightly different than mine. Looks to have gusset at the corner, and the part where the pump bolts up is notched different. Does your engine have the oil fitting on the side of the crankcase? That is why someone notched my bracket. Either Crosley or fly by night mechanic... What # is your FOR? Had some extra time this afternoon to powder coat the exhaust manifold. Another part ready to install.