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Some things just don't leave room for improvement [ATTACH]
Now that we see his name spelled correctly, was he any relation to Jack McGrath the early fifties track roadster and Indy driver ?
That looks more like a `39. A `32 would be about the same length, but would require an offset form to pass between the pedals. If you bent a `39...
Mill an 1/8" off each side of the axle. Or why not use a model "A" wishbone ?
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polished aluminum ? I once owned a Cessna 120 , mostly bare aluminum. When I finally thought I was done polishing it, it was time to start over !
On mine I had to put a shim behind the rear pinion bearing , in front of the pinion gear, to move it back toward the ring gear more. Because even...
WOW ! That's a rare item. I owned a normal cast iron one once, but never knew any were made in aluminum.
That's cool, but you might want a bigger trunk, for traveling.[ATTACH]
Try confirming a good ground, by clamping a good jumper cable to the ground on the battery and to that bolt you see going through the starter...
Another thought, once the whole thing is together the measured pinion drag is turning the whole carrier assembly inside of it's bearings, and axle...
If you set the correct backlash between the ring and pinion after the drag was set on the pinion, I don't see what could cause the pinion drag to...
I also would like to know when Mor-Drop axles ( of Oakland, CA) were first available. I thought Neal East once wrote an article about the history...
Those big truck sector shafts are bigger and won't fit through the hole in a passenger car frame. And the bolt pattern is also"clocked"...
The flathead v8's had a boss with a hole cast through them on each side of the engine near the rear, that the anti-chatter rods slid through to...
In order for the `32 trans mount on the back of your `39 trans to be flat against the center "K" member, as it should be, that puts the front...
This is an "early" `32 passenger car firewall, and I thought the pickup was the same. They are not bolted onto the cowl at all, ( except at the...
That doesn't look like a `32 pickup firewall, since I thought they were the same as a `32 car. And that is not the same as a `32 car firewall.
When I first saw those flat spots on a shifter, I also thought it must be worn, since the four corners are rounded. so I started paying attention...
I always thought that seal behind the speedo gear , on the front end of the drive shaft torque tube was there to keep the trans gear lube from...
[ATTACH] In my `32 5window with a 59a block, I used Red's Headers and 1.75" Diameter "J" pipes and 22" Smithy's, all from Speedway. And one...
Chuck Yeager's ride into the history books. [ATTACH]
It seems like everybody measures that in a different way, But I would put a straight edge across from the top of king pin bosses ( with the king...
The problem is the Walker radiator upper necks don't angle down at 45º like a stock `32 radiator does. If they did, then the set "Back order Bob"...
Uncle Jack's `32 roadster in 1947, Franklin Park, IL[ATTACH]
Tan, a taller top, a year or two newer.[ATTACH]
I didn't think model"A"s had a vin # on their frames, I thought they used the # that was stamped on the side of the engine block. I know the 1932...
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WOW ! That is beautiful !
My grand father, Ira's, Ford "T" hot rod. four years later ( 1924) [ATTACH]
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