61polara

It looks like late '40's or early '50's, but I don't know from what car. It is not '41-'48 Chevrolet. It is not bakelite, which is brown. This is a cream colored plastic, which was greatly used in the '40's. The center of the knob is stainless steel. A cat's eye lighter would have colored, translucent plastic in the center where the stainless is so you could see the glow of the element when it gets hot.

GAHH is the best source for the 220SE top.

On these Lincolns, the heater water control valve is open (full heat) when there is no vaccum applied to it. Check that all of your vaccum lines are connected under the hood and not leaking. The vaccum is also limited by a bi-metalic switch mounted on the side of the heater core box on the firewall in the engene compartment.

Hopefully this will put this one to bed...........Here are photo's of my '42 DeSoto conv in all of its unrestored, in storage beauty! There is no boxed higher floor for an additional frame. The floor is flush to to sill.

The photo posted above by James B is a '42 DeSoto, not a '41. The floor is just like mine with a transmission / driveshaft hump. At the sides of the floor pan, the floor is flush with the sill step plate. There is no boxed riser section. I'll try to take a photo this weekend of the door sill area and post. It looks like your friend owns the black '42 conv. Can you send me a PM about it's location. Just trying to determine if it is one of the four known to exist or another one that has surfaced. Thanks

The '42 DeSoto floor is flush with the rocker door sill. It's the same body and frame as the '48 Chrysler pictured above.

The floor is flat in my '42 DeSoto convertible, with no boxed section.

Buick did, at least through 1964.

This car has always been in the Carolinas. The current owner purchased it about 20 years ago from the original owner's family. It has never been restored, only "fixed" as needed.

Heaters were an option and many times dealer installed. The heater kit (factory or aftermarket) contained all the brackets. The dealer would drill holes through the firewall based on the heater to be installed. Plugs are on the engine to pipe into the cooling system or gas line if it were a gasoline heater rather than hot water. The least expensive heaters only recirculated inside air with no provision for defrost. The more expensive heaters had defrost tubes and ducts. I have a '41 Chevrolet purchased new in Greenville, SC (in the foothills), which has never had a heater installed. The young lady who purchased it as her first car could dress for the cold, but had to have a radio, so the dealer install one for her.

See this one as well! Great '50's cars and snow.

David has a typo in his link above. Try www.thehogring.com

West The '41 Cadillac was modifed before Chip bought it.

Ted, It looks like you are correct on no one reproducing the original battery. In that case, what you need for AACA judging is a black case side post battery that best fits the size of the hold down and battery tray. Remove the labels from the battery. It would help if you could determine if the original battery had individual caps, two flat caps or a sealed battery. The closer you can get the better and again with no brand logo on the battery. For BCA judging, they will accept it as long as it says DELCO. I think your best fit may be a group 24 side post, but check the dementions including height. This is the closest to a group 74 which I think your car came with. Some cross-reference charts show a group 78 which is a smaller battery. Hope this gets you moving in the right direction.

If you will be showing in a BCA show, a Delco battery is required to prevent a deduction. AACA does not require a specific brand of battery, only that is is period correct in appearence. If you go with the Delco which is the closest to what was used in 1977, you will have both covered.

The car should be judged with the spare in place in the car. An AACA judge will not ask you to remove a cover to judge a component.

Sounds like the float is hung up inside the carb or the needle is not closing off causing the engine to flood.

You will find several links through LCOC www.lcoc.org They are the largest Lincoln club in the US. Herb at lincolnoldparts will be one of your best sources for parts.

Here's a picture of my '61 Polara. My Dad bought it new and it became my first car. Still have it, but need to have the transmission overhauled to get it back out on the road. I think there may be a picture of the ashtray in the sales lit. I'll check and scan it in. I've seen one car where brushed stainless was used in place of the plastic. Do you have the plastic inserts on the front door moldings? What shape are they in? I have not been able to find those either.

The key word in everything said above is EPOXY primer. The spec sheets for epoxy primer state that body filler can be applied over the primer and it will hold. If you are not using epoxy primer, the filler should be applied to bare metal. When applying filler over epoxy primer, you must scuff the shine off the primer with a grey scuff pad or the filler will not hold.

They had a plastic cover with metal knob. I've been looking for quite a while for a pair as well.

It's interesting also that this '48 has 46-47 style gauges and cream color steering wheel and dash buttons rather than black as used in '48. Also it is wearing a '47 emblem on the hood.

From the current judging manual: "The following items are accepted for judging without penalty under the “Grandfather Clause”, due to their initial acceptance in the beginning of the judging program.a. Whitewall tires. Must be proper size designation and proper style. b. 1941 Last use of double whitewall tires" My personal interpretation of this is that if the car is displayed with the correct size and style tire there would be no deduction for single side white wall on a pre-1942 car. I believe Ford continued double whitewall through 1941. HPOF would follow these guidelines as well.

Looks great, can't wait to see it in person!

You would flip up the lid and load the cigarettes side by side. When you pull down on the knob, a cigarette slides into position. When you release the knob, the cigarette is pushed out the top.