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Old 06-03-2024, 06:27 PM   #101
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I just finished rebuilding this really nice, original paint 1940 generator. I'll be bringing it and other rebuilt generators and cutouts to the Richmond Virginia AACA meet this Saturday.




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Old 06-04-2024, 05:53 AM   #102
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took the old girl for a ride. Never wants to go back home
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On Saturday took the sedan out at 11AM this is 9:00PM. Seventeen miles out fourteen on the way home when it stopped going forward, lost power but didn't stop running??? I took the fuel pump and carb apart, didn't fix anything but did manage to lose the (97) float valve. So ended up on a piggyback to get home. More fun today, found a float valve, but still not running, now I think it's the ballast resistor. Leave that for more fun tomorrow.

I should add, that car has never been outside overnight since 1955, It spent 39 years in a barn from 55 to 94 when I bought it and it's been garaged since then.
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Old 06-09-2024, 08:03 PM   #104
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took the old girl for a ride. Never wants to go back home
Your wife or your car?
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Old 06-09-2024, 09:07 PM   #105
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On Saturday took the sedan out at 11AM this is 9:00PM. Seventeen miles out fourteen on the way home when it stopped going forward, lost power but didn't stop running??? I took the fuel pump and carb apart, didn't fix anything but did manage to lose the (97) float valve. So ended up on a piggyback to get home. More fun today, found a float valve, but still not running, now I think it's the ballast resistor. Leave that for more fun tomorrow.

I should add, that car has never been outside overnight since 1955, It spent 39 years in a barn from 55 to 94 when I bought it and it's been garaged since then.






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Old 06-11-2024, 03:50 PM   #106
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Had a fun day at our V8 club get together. Not my car, but the '34 made a good photo op 😀
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Old 06-11-2024, 03:57 PM   #107
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Had a fun day at our V8 club get together. Not my car, but the '34 made a good photo op 😀
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