What did you do today that was flathead V8 related?

[Model51]

Thanks Mart - especially coming from you.

[Adam/Mill Valley CA]

Took a lovely 80 mile drive 2 days ago in my '36 pickup, in West Marin County (just north of the Golden Gate Bridge), along California Route 1 + Ridgecrest Blvd on Mt Tamalpais overlooking the town of Bolinas-basically my backyard. Perfect weather, minimal traffic, pure enjoyment!

Adam

[ndnchf]

I just got back from a 105 mile trip to a country festival with about a dozen other local antique and classic cars. Had a great time and Miss Daisy didn't miss a beat. A great day.

[Model51]

I finally finished a 20-year long project to create an original exhaust pipe, muffler and tail pipe for my truck as it was built in 1935. The original exhaust had two parts, a Muffler Inlet Pipe and Muffler (Part No. 51-5230) and a 94” long Tail Pipe (Part No. 51-5256-B). I was able to get an NOS Service Replacement Muffler Inlet Pipe (Part No. 51-5245) which comes without a muffler and an NOS truck Service Replacement Muffler (Part No. 48-5230-C). I welded these two parts together to create a one-piece unit. Unfortunately the service replacement muffler has a universal fit exit pipe which is only 2 ½” long and the wrong diameter. I had a transition piece machined from solid stock to match the original muffler outlet pipe length and configuration (2” diameter transitioning to 1 ½” diameter and 5 ¼” long).

I was able to find an NOS truck tail pipe but it was for the shorter 131 ½” wheelbase truck. This required splicing in a 28” length of 1 ½”).060” wall thickness tubing.

Finally I have the correct two parts (along with the cross-over pipe (Part No. 51-5267)) to install an as-built exhaust system along with the three special truck exhaust system to frame clamps. This was all only possible because I was able to get a copy of the exhaust system Engineering Drawings from the Ford archives many years ago. It took forever as a lot of other projects got in the way but at least this part of the restoration journey is done. Maybe no one will ever notice this detail, but it makes me happy.

[ndnchf]

Wow - well done Dave. That is a huge accomplishment!

[pistonbroke]

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I had to cross the line but hey, it is a flat head V8. I'm parting out a 47 Cadillac and pulling the engine/trans today. Tim

[jimmy_paycheck]

Got this thing 98% ready to roll after 2 years of working on it. I still need to sort an issue with the carb/fuel pump/vacuum leak, and get the new tires installed. I want to get to at least one cruise/show before the season is over here in Ohio.

[ndnchf]

Made good progress today on this 1940s generator restoration. Just about ready to paint.

[rockfla]

Got this well on its way to be shipped to Norway. Just about ready for it to be run. Just waiting on the correct intake manifold bolts to get here and I can bolt up the generator from you, Steve, and it is pretty much good to go!!!!

[ndnchf]

Looks great!

[Tim Ayers]

Did a 110 mile trip in this bomb....

[rockfla]

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

Did a 110 mile trip in this bomb....

Looks like a load of fun there Tim!!!

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by rockfla

Looks like a load of fun there Tim!!!

Robert,

It really is. Will be racing on the beach in Oct at TROG. They've got over 100 cars racing this year. Should be a blast.

Tim

[ndnchf]

Just finished restoring a 1935 dated Ford 3-brush generator with refurbished original Ford cutout. This and others will be on my table at Hershey. South chocolate CJ 71-73.
Steve

[dajo]

Spent the day removing speedometer and gage assy to free up stuck speedometer and calibrate speedometer which was 20 percent off high. All of this was greatly assisted by members of Ford Barn.

[fordv8j]

Got best-of sh0w yesterday with 38 conv...today cleaned bugs off;put top up and put back to bed. Under cover

[Tim Brown]

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

Robert,

It really is. Will be racing on the beach in Oct at TROG. They've got over 100 cars racing this year. Should be a blast.

Tim

With 100 cars and bikes running this year, I hope you can get many runs in. Seems like you might spend a lot of time in line...

Have a blast. Tim

[ndnchf]

I picked up 30+ model A and V8 generators from auction. This will keep me busy for a while!

[Brian]

Today I had my first drive of the 39 Deluxe coupe that I've been working on for about the last 4 months. My step daughter wanted me to overhaul the brakes on her Mazda, this meant I needed to clear room to get it on my hoist; the coupe has been occupying that location all this time, so it was actually a blessing in disguise to have to move it. Still a ton of work to do on the old coupe, including fitting a Columbia. The initial run in procedure for a Columbia requires it to be run on jackstands, in overdrive for ten minutes to circulate the oil, then to refill to the level. I am reluctant to run the fresh engine in this manner until it's logged a few run in miles, so finally being able to drive it is a great feeling! I'll be doing a few more after I've retorqued heads etc.

[ndnchf]

I just finished restoring this generator. At first glance it looks like a stock 6 volt generator. But in fact it is a full 12 volt, negative ground conversion using a 12 volt armature and new 12 volt field coils. It will be going to Hershey in a couple weeks along with other restored generators and refurbished original cutouts.