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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour The steering box is looking good. You're going to think you are driving a brandy new 39 CS.
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour I sure hope so Chuck.:) I know you'll like it too...;)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Rejoice...:D As Topless Time returns to Tampa! Yes, after almost 23 days of rain :(, the sun has returned and it is glorious... :D Time to go for a ride.:cool:
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Yesterday, Mike and I drove Joe's '48 Mercury Convertible down to Sarasota, actually to Long Boat Key, to deliver it to him, after doing some work on the car.:) The weather cooperated on the drive down but, we experienced a heavy rain for several hours while we enjoyed lunch at the Columbia restaurant in St. Armands Circle. Thanks to Joe for treating us to lunch.:) We had a slight problem getting the Merc to start, after a short shut down...:( We surmised that the problem was heat... related to the starter motor... After a cool down, the Merc fired right up... We'll pull the starter and have it tested (again) this time at a different shop...;) Mike and I drove back to Tampa in my F-150, and smoked some really good cigars on the trip...:D Another fun day with Flatheads and friends. Here are a few photos I took while driving the Merc... Can you tell I was having fun...?:cool:
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Mike and I went to visit our friend Don, yesterday. He is recovering form a major operation. He's in psychical therapy now, for several weeks but, he'll be back behind the wheel of his '37 Ford LowBoy Coupe, and playing in the garage with all of us real soon. Hang in there Don.;)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Sweet, Mike and Vic, you guys rock. Don, keep on keepin' on.
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Good luck -- don
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour I met Don some time ago at Vic's shop. Fun guy to have on a car project. I had several rides in his hotrod. One long one up to Garlits museum. Boy that will get your bladder working overtime.
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Vic, many thanks for the update. Don, stay strong and looking forward to seeing you cruise in your 37 Coupe real soon!
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Our best wishes to Don for a fast, complete recovery.
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour I'm thinking about converting my '39 CS to tube shocks...:eek: It's shocking, I know but, I've gotten just about every other mechanical situation resolved, and it's only taken me 26 years of driving her to get to this point,;) so I thought I'd go the next step. I've been procrastinating, thinking about having the OEM shocks rebuilt, and I still might go that route but, I'd like to hear from any of you guys that have used the various 'kits' available to do the conversion, with pros and cons. Lets just say I'm doing my due diligence, before committing myself...:) Or having myself committed...
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Glad you are considering having yourself committed Vic. I have thought about having you committed myself, but too many hoops to jump through. ROFLMSAO Lawson
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour vic --- x :mad: ? :mad: x :mad: ? :mad: x :mad: ?
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour I know Bill, I just wanted to stir things up a bit...:eek: Haven't done that in a while...;) See Lawson's response above...:D LOL I wanted to find a 'bolt on' kit, so I could remove the OEM's and send them up to you for rebuilding. Guess I should have made my intentions clearer.;)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Lawson, I can always depend on you to 'take the bait'... You're getting too predictable... LOL
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Well send me 2 CIGAR CITY flathead decals & I may be able to forgive you !!!
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Hi Everyone, If you were on the boards early this morning I was using this as my avatar.
Other than Lawson's dragster, this may be the best photo I've seen on FordBarn! Vic, I'm sure you didn't shoot this yourself while driving, so this must be credited to the official Cigar City Flatheads photographer/lackey, right!? Otherwise, I vote for the stock shocks rebuilt by you-know-who and his staff of assistants. |
Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Hi Jeff,
That photo is actually my attempt at a selfie,:eek: while I was driving Joe's '48 Merc Rag Top...:) LOL As for the shocks, I will most likely keep the stock set up. It was just another example of me thinking out loud... If I can remove the OEM shocks (for a rebuild, by this guy I know ;)) and temporarily install the tube shock conversion, that might work for now. As it is, the OEM's have not functioned properly for a number of years...:( I can drive over a dime and tell if it is heads or tails... |
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour The weather here in Central Florida has not been Convertible friendly of late :( so; I haven't really had a chance to experience the joy of driving the '39 CS with a rebuilt steering box. I'm hoping that next week will bring back the sunshine...:) The steering box was a relatively easy rebuild, the toughest part was getting all the old grease, oil, etc. out of the housing... The actual rebuild took only a few minutes, and adjusting, to remove any binding, was easy.;) The hardest part, up to that point, was reinstalling the unit and bolting it to the frame. I did run into a problem with the horn/headlight rod. The new worm gear and shaft had a slightly smaller ID and the rod would not remain stationary when turning the steering wheel.:mad: I removed the rod, checked it for true, and did a little massaging and filed off the 'crimp' marks. This made the rod travel freely down the shaft until about eight inches from the hub (horn & light switch control).:( I removed the rod once again and used some heavy grit sandpaper, followed by some fine steel wool. After that, I cleaned everything with some brake cleaner. This time the rod went in with no problems.:) I hooked up the headlight switch and took the car for a test drive. Everything worked as it should. :D Now, I want to be able to put some miles on her and enjoy not having to anticipate turning a half a block before I need to... :eek::cool:
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Hi Everyone, Vic, I don't know what it is with those horn rods, but it seems like as soon as you take one out it gets grumpy.
Like it was gravity or something. No matter how careful I was with it the couple of times I've had it out, I always had to do a dance like yours to get it back in! Didn't think of the BrakeKleen trick. That's handy stuff for squeaky-clean surfaces. Isn't it nice to have a drop-top? I can hardly imagine going through a rear-window with that thing. |
Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Jeff, I'm just happy that the '39 CS is the only car/truck I have with the horn/headlight rod set up. Edsel had the right idea with the Zephyr, use an in dash headlight switch...;)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Hi Vic - hope all is well. I read your post and was wondering.....I been looking for a good cleaning product for my 39 banjo steering wheel. You think brake cleaner can be used on a paper towel?
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour If you are talking about the painted hub and wheel, I would not use brake cleaner. I'd try something like Simple Green or Purple Power, to get the built up grime off. I would try brake cleaner, on a Q-tip, to get between the spokes from the hub to the wheel.
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour The weather has taken a turn back to normal,:) sunshine in the am with rain showers in the late afternoon so, I'm planning on cruising down to Sarasota Saturday morning, in the '39 CS, to help Joe install a new generator and voltage regulator in the '48 Merc. Hopefully the new units will expel the electrical demons that have plagued the car. Anyway, I'm looking forward to a nice topless cruise.;)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Are any of you planning on going to the Race of Gentleman in Wildwood, NJ, the first weekend in October? Mike and I are going to be driving up to attend the event, and we'd like to meet some FordBarner's and some of the northern members of the Cigar City Flatheads. The trip is just over 1000 miles each way, and we are contemplating driving one of our Flatheads up from Tampa, my '39 Ford Convertible Sedan or Mike's '41 Ford Business Coupe... We are also considering driving a more modern vehicle like one of our F-150 Pickups... We'll see... Let us know if you are planning on being there.:)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour I left my house at 8:00am today and headed south to Sarasota, in the '39 Convertible Sedan, to go play with Joe and his '48 Mercury Convertible. The weather was perfect for topless cruisin' and I made the trip in just over an hour, the little '39 Ford was cookin' along between 65 and 70mph.:) The steering box we rebuilt made the drive even more pleasurable.:cool: When I got to Joe's, the Merc was ready for a topless cruise. Joe and I took a nice ride down to St. Armands Circle and had an early lunch at the Columbia restaurant. We both had the 1905 salad, and washed it down with (made right at the table) white sangria.;) After lunch we cruised back to Joe's and I fired up the '39 and headed back to Tampa. It was another great day spent with friends and Flatheads. And, I got home just before the afternoon rains started.:)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Looks like you went by way of the sunshine skyway?
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I would think it'd be a interesting ride! Only "mountain" around here.
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Nice, where is bridge located???
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Bruce it links st Petersburg to Sarasota, Florida. It's the only way to go south if your in st pete and the pinellas coast beaches. The bridge replaced a previous bridge that was crashed into by a tanker. Parts of the old bridge are used for fishing piers still. At one point it was the largest suspension bridge in the world. But not anymore.
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour It is a fun ride in a Flathead powered Convertible.;) I've driven over it in most of my Flatheads. :)
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour Attention all Cigar City Flatheads. We have been invited to the 4th annual Heritage Picnic and Car Rally on Sept 12th, at the home and restoration shop of Brando Pistoreous, from 11Am-2PM.:) Bring the wife, the girlfriend, or both...:eek: If you attend, they request that you bring a 'covered dish'. I'll be there, driving the first Flathead in my garage that fires up... ;) Hope to see a bunch of you there.:cool:
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour vic tell us more on the race
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Re: What I Did on My Lunch Hour This thread reminds me of my present project. I started it in 2010 and was hoping to finish it sometime this year, but gave up on that idea, maybe next year.
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