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Hello everyone, i own for 10+ years now a 1938 Ford pickup. Restore it 10 years ago, body off. I restore it to stock condition, cable brakes,...
a couple weeks ago i posted a thread about the fuel pump rod, my rod can taken apart in 2 pieces and someone put 2 shims between both parts so the...
thanks for all your reply's. I ordered the viton rubber locally at a rubber bussines that sells rubber for industrial features. When you do a...
My 38 Ford Pu has sitting for a year and this winter i take some time to get het back on the road. There was some old fuel in the tank and carb,i...
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As everybody knows the mechanical fuel pump diapraghm did not hold long with the modern fuels of today. So, there a few options, switch over to a...
Today i worked on my 38 ford pu. Cleaning the fuel system and removed the fuel pump. I checked the push rod and i see i can take it in 2 pieces,...
Today i work again on the generator and i found out that when i let the engine rev up to max rpm the voltage regulator did his job, see some...
Thank you all for your reply. The generator is converted to 12 volts, even as the rest of the car, i have negative ground. When i motor the...
Hello from the Netherlands, I just convert my 38 Ford pu to 12 volts. Starts and runs good, but did not charge... First idea was to convert the...
That sounds good! Do you have some pictures from your project ? You are right, all (clasic) USA car parts parts are not much avalailable here,...
Thanks for al the reply! Before i buy it i will see the car in person, seller told me that al the wood is been rebuild and in good shape. He...
its a 33 Chevy, i dont have much information, dont see the car in person, only a couple pictures from a car that is buried under a lot of stuff....
Hello everyone, Locally i can buy a Chevy master project. Whole car is in parts and a long long time ago someone starts restoring it. Body and...
oke, clear. Leave the galaxi frame by its owner. Them we go further looking for a complete Ford from the thirties. (i have the engine, so if...
Hello everyone and a happy new year! Iam located in europe so its not so easy to built a hotrod. USA Ford parts are not easy and cheap to find....
Thanks a lot everyone, this is the dealer it comes from ! Great work! Found this on the website that was given on the forum...
Hello everyone, We heve here a 41 Harley Servicar that belongs to a studebaker garage, that is what we can read on the box, its a bit rusty so we...
Hello everyone, From 10 to 26 sept. i planned a round trip from San francisco to San francisco. I know that there many interesting things to see....
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I have already replaced the condensor, that resolves the problem for a few hours or so. Maybe, the new condensor blow up again, what can be the...
Hi everybody, I have a restored 38 ford Pu here in original condition, 6 volt system, positive ground. The engine starts easy and runs good to a...
thanks, i talk with my painter about the stripes and he will first spray the stripe color, then cover the stripes with tape and then spraying the...
I restoring my 38 ford pickup and have a question about the paint. I see that it was an option in 38' to order the truck with factory...
hello everybody, For my 38 Ford pickup i looking for hub caps. I have 4 hubcaps with the car but they all different (the chrome cap is al...
allright, i build some homemade tools and wrench the caps off, not a easy job but when you are handy you can do it.(need a welder and disc to made...
today i worked on the houdaille shocks and remove the arm, i also open them up (what a hell of a job!!) made some tools so that i can do it. i try...
thats not wat i looking for, what i will do is only remove the houdaille shocks and replace new cilindrical shocks.
Hello everybody, Today i work on the shocks from my 38 ford, they are original houdaille type. the shocks are bad and need rebuilding. Cost...
I take a look in the parts book and i see that a rear spring have 12 leafs. the rear spring on my truck have 14! leafs. Wich ones can i remove ?...
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