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well, the rear settled and became to low, to stiff, and the shackles hung wrong. thats why i re-did the rear..... i set up the spring first , then...
stock is 49 1/4...i pulled my springs out and now have 5 leafs...after the spring settled i had to move the perches to 49 5/8...shackles are now...
vicky doors are much longer than coupe doors . the slant sedan about 1/4" shorter if i remember correctly.
Yes, mine is a 2 core.. i used one in a '35 truck too..sold it to a friend. it was his daily driver for 3 years...never overheated.
I used one....with a '57 chevy fan that i had to cut 1" off all four blades to clear the top radiator hose. It ran very cool.... cruised around...
A repo '32 spring is 31" long but they do seem a little short and hard to install. It appears it MIGHT be a flat '32 spring. If you put the spring...
Rip...... Ln7
"fresh engine" ...... that sounds like a new set of rings , hand lapped valves, a can of STP.
pete and jakes does.. they take their 2 1/4 axle and machine 1/8 off top and bottom.
If the cam is to big the engine cant produce enough vacume to work the booster. Although yours would be an extreme case. Usually you can get SOME...
Yes, its 90° everywhere.
all you need is 2" from the center of the front crossmember (spring hole) to the fan blade. It is tight but will work ..go 2 1/2 if you want...
The model A spring mounts at 49 1/4 the '37-40 mounts at 48" ..the '41 -'48 mounts at 47" ......eveyone does it but that doesnt make it...
did you try sherms plating in Sac? ive heard good things about the quality...dont know about the price though.
What you need is jeffco feul tank sealer....Ive used it many times (on aircraft) you can get it at aircraftspruce. Its not a slosh compound so...
bumpsteer is caused by the drag link not set-up to work with the radius rods/hairpins/wishbones.(when they dont swing on a similar arc) The...
heres a page on mounting the body http://www.classicroad.com/modelA/Pinch.htm
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/wppages/hysol.php this is the stuff!
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