Projects Building My First Roadster in San Francisco

There is quite a lot of talk about pressure plate bolts on the Ford Barn. This is a particularly interesting thread https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=308483 I'm sure ARP would be a good source. Just remember grade 8 and shoulder.
I googled 'ford flathead v8 pressure plate bolts'
Warren

 

ARP has them, I used a set when I put the Cad in my '40...

 

Should work, the Green Bible lists them as being 5/16- 18 thread, 25/64" long, but I'd double check diameter, length and thread with ARP before ordering as they don't list the length of them. A hair short shouldn't hurt anything, a little long shouldn't either as long as they don't hit the oil pump drive cover on the back of the block. And it's easy to shorten them...

 

Chipping away at it good deal
Man the only thing I’m chipping away at is the ice on my sidewalk lol

 

getting stuff done as usual! good to see you making progress, some of us are just freezing our toes off. (-12 is NOT roadster weather)

You'll be driving with an AV8 before you know it!

 

The Speedway ad says the ARP pressure plate bolts are .780" long (under the head), which is about 25/32". Perhaps the 25/64" cited earlier is a misprint? That works out to only .390", or a little over 3/8" long.

I bet our European friends must think we're nuts with our funny old English units of measure!

 

Great stuff, Joey! Did you have Driveline Service Santa Rosa do the work for you? I'm at the point I need to get my driveline fabbed up so I can figure out my radius rod mounts.

 

I think it might be a misprint; I checked the listed Ford part number for those bolts in the "Numerical list of special bolts, pins, washers, etc." in the back of the Green Bible and in that section it lists them as being .77" long.

 

By the way, what's the "Green Bible"?

 

https://www.faxonautoliterature.com/1928-1948-Ford-Green-Bible-Mechanical-Parts-Book-Reprint

 

Love your work mate! So exciting, you have inspired me to get mine going

 

Yeah buddy

 

That's the best. Years ago, I lived in a cul-de-sac with a bunch of cool neighbors...me - a single guy in his '20s - and three families married with little kids. I'm sure I'll never find another group of neighbors like them, we were out chatting several nights a week when the weather was nice. We'd look out for each other, babysit when necessary, you name it.

With three cars and a motorcycle to mess with, I had many a job interrupted or delayed by chatting or showing one of the kids what I was doing. I wouldn't trade those memories away for anything. We all keep in touch and invite each other to milestones, but it's sad I'll likely never have a little community like that again.

I guess bucket drumming is one way to pay for parts...

 

The anticipation is thick, like this morning’s fog

 

Hey Joey, Sorry to hear you'll take a hiatus from the GNRS this year. Will see you 2025?
Anyhow, a great source for your grade 8 shouldered bolts is in Santa Fe Springs, CA.
Great online catalog, they have it all. Look up McMaster-Carr. Reasonable pricing and they ship even the smallest order. Happy hunting.

 

Hey @J.Ukrop
What's the back story on the cool retro abstract painting on the wall?
Was it a score from some cool rummage sale in the neighborhood?
Or was it something that you actually created?
Inquiring fellow artistic minds would like to know!
That dash and the gauges are cool !

 

You still haven't gone to bed? I stayed up waiting for the update.

 

Gotta pay for them parts 'n paint somehow!

early ford steering column? the whole assembly? Year range?

 

Great pic, Joey! I love that building. I wrote a book report on that building when I was in Junior High School. Focused on FLW, but really on the Civic Center, which if I remember correctly is one of his only "commercial" building on the left coast???

 

I'm going to bed, I just keep dozing off. I'll see the up date some other time.