Well, that was fun. I couldn't wait anymore; had to drive the car. We swapped the Model A radiator back on & I went for a quick jaunt then we adjusted the pedals and shifter to a more drivable position... then the car was so fun to drive I didn't want to work on it anymore, I just drove the shit out of it until I broke it. I got carried away & hit a deep rut at about 40. Without the strut rods to keep the top of the radiator located, it flipped forward and pulled the upper hose off. Worse still I think it busted the bottom tank on the Model A radiator. Sucks, because this was a good original rad... After limping it back I noticed the wheel bearings I installed... 2 years ago? had a lot of play, so I'll have to redo that. And salt in the wound: the clutch has started chattering real bad when I push the pedal. Not sure what that means just yet but I'm sure the fix will involve removing the motor. But yeah, I like the car. The experience is more like flying a biplane than driving a car. It's scary and exhilarating and addictive. I'm back in love.
Very cool! The running, driving part anyway. The radiator falling, not so much, but at least it didn't fall backwards into the fan . Did Robin get on you about that? Keep at it, it's going to come out alright.
I know, I know, nothing traditional about an aluminum radiator. But once I paint it black nobody will know! This is a T-bucket radiator, the Mustang rad was posing too many challenges. Got to add some reinforcements to the brackets I made & that should be good to go.
I had to take the key and steering wheel away from him to keep him from driving it in spite of the radiator hoses not being hooked up!
26 sedan,cut down into a pickup cab, sitting on a A frame. Plan on using a 32 grill shell, cut down. Flathead powered, Transmission, Lincoln rearaxle.
I forgot to mention in my last post I didn't break the transmission. It turns out there is a grease zerk on the throwout bearing and it just wanted some grease. Smooth as butter now with fresh oil in the transmission. I was making some parts calls at work today and just for grins I asked the O'Reilly commercial guy how far back their computer went on model year. He checked and came back with 1896! So I asked him to look up my 1928 Model A and to both of our surprise they have a lot of parts in the system for the chassis. I was able to get new inner and outer wheel bearings and races for the front for $105, delivered to the shop same day.
Won't be touching my car much til after Lead Ain't Dead but I went to visit a friend and he gave me this... Homemade dual carb intake with what I think are two early 50s Carter YFs. They will both need to be rebuilt but what a cool piece of garage hot rodding! Any good resources for YFs? How can I ID them for sure to make sure I'm getting the right rebuild parts?
I have stripped & ID'd the carbs, they are both Carter YF 964S from a Chevy 216 stovebolt. They are exact twins and both are in good core shape. In all honesty they both would probably have run as is but one has a slightly sticky throttle and I want to get it soaking in some evaporust so it doesn't wear out the throttle shaft bushing & and will just go ahead and rebuild them while I'm at it.
Got the twins fully broken down & ordered kits. I am gonna need to come up with some kind of fuel pump to run these. It will pretty much have to be mounted to the firewall so needs to look cool... maybe an older Walbro/Dupree bellows style... there are rebuild kits available for them. This will almost certainly be way too much fuel for my engine.
Trevor, If you're still running a 6v system I had an old 6v Bendix pump laying around. I can try to dig it up if you're interested.
I guess that they are just fancy resistors but you can buy "voltage reducers" intended for gauges, fan motors etc. from a variety of sources.
I thought it was a Bendix pump, turns out it a Dupree model 6v-802 4-6 psi. I hooked it up to my 6v charger and it pumped a bit but its crusty inside with old fuel. Needs a good cleaning and a kit. I found new bellows and gaskets for $18. Think about and let me know. P.S. I should have mentioned, it's yours for free.
I can't find anyone saying not to run a fuel pump off a reducer, so I'll rebuild it and see what happens. At least let me cover the shipping?
Is your address still the same? Nah dont worry about the shipping. It shouldn't be much at all and it makes me happy to help a young man such as yourself. I had a lot of the old guys help me with parts when I stated building my first hot rod and I want to keep that alive!!
Trevor has been a valuable asset for my build. He does all the young guy stuff, crawling up under the car, helps with the too heavy stuff, and comes up with some damn good suggestions! He is definitely a hot rodder and a great friend!
That's awesome!! I love seeing the younger guys getting into hot rodding! Getting their hands dirty and building cars out of a pile of parts. keeping the hobby alive!
My address is the same. I really appreciate it... I've said this before but I would be lost without the generosity of other guys in this hobby whether sharing parts or decades of knowledge. I try to pay it forward as much as I can.
Carbs are done. My eyes just about popped out of my head when I pulled those air horns out of the evaporust and they were hard chromed!!! These are gonna look so bitchin on the car.
No progress to report but I did want to share this fantastic little 327-powered coupe I saw at Lead Ain't Dead.
Lol. I really wanted to catch him, "how does that banjo cope with a 327?" was the number one question on my mind. But it's a great build...
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