M.Kube,Charlie,NY,52Henry

[ford38v8]

Ken, I'm with 37coupe on that one. We know you want to make 'em look purdy, but... ......Clearcoat?


forgive me, I recently got hung up on these stupid emoticons!

[JM 35 Sedan]

Uncle Max puts a nice finish on his rebuilt 97's and it's not painted or sprayed on.

[uncle max]

The acid I use creates a barrier coating, impervious to fuel and mineral deposits.
Kind of a grey-green-pewter color and should last another 70 years.

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Henry, the old car radio is the catalist that makes the whole experience come alive. You can tune the hum out of the radio, listening to oldies, and thinking that at any minute you might here the news of the attack on Hawaii.

Originally Posted by Vic Piano

That quote was from General MacArthur's farewell speech to Congress, after he was relived from duty by President Truman in 1951, during the Korean conflict, a more appropriate reference for a “time traveler” in a ’47 Ford.

OK guys, let's get the history straight. In 1947 I wouldn't have heard the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor which was 6 years earlier in 1941. Neither would I have heard news about the Korean War which didn't begin until 1950. What I might have heard in 1947 were:


"Chuck" Yeager pushing his Bell X-1 past "Mach 1" to break the sound barrier

Howard Hughes perfoming the maiden (and only) flight of the "Spruce Goose", the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built

And, of course, the death and funeral of our founder, Henry Ford.

Oh, and what about the movies? "Miracle on 34th Street", "Gentlemen's Agreement", "Life with Father", "The Fugitive", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", and "The Bishop's Wife". Now there's some real news.

[ken ct]

Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

Uncle Max puts a nice finish on his rebuilt 97's and it's not painted or sprayed on.

It didn't seem to bother you when you were buying an 81 off me.Dont bother reading my posts if you dont like what i do. ken ct.

[JM 35 Sedan]

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Originally Posted by uncle max

The acid I use creates a barrier coating, impervious to fuel and mineral deposits.
Kind of a grey-green-pewter color and should last another 70 years.

Hi Uncle Max, I have seen that nice looking finish on carburetors you have rebuilt for several of my friends. I would like to send you two carburetors that have been previously rebuilt but unfortunately finished by another method that does not look as good as the finish you do on your rebuilds. I'm planning to run these as duals on my Avatar car in the near future and would like them to have the same outer finish appearance. Right now the outer finish looks completely different on these two carburators. Will be sending you a pm/email explaining all the details on this Thanks in advance for your help!

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by Old Henry

OK guys, let's get the history straight. In 1947 I wouldn't have heard the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor which was 6 years earlier in 1941. Neither would I have heard news about the Korean War which didn't begin until 1950. What I might have heard in 1947 were:


"Chuck" Yeager pushing his Bell X-1 past "Mach 1" to break the sound barrier

Howard Hughes perfoming the maiden (and only) flight of the "Spruce Goose", the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built

And, of course, the death and funeral of our founder, Henry Ford.

Oh, and what about the movies? "Miracle on 34th Street", "Gentlemen's Agreement", "Life with Father", "The Fugitive", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", and "The Bishop's Wife". Now there's some real news.

Old Henry...Thanks for the history corrections regarding previous posts. I knew we were involved in Korea after 1947 because I remember hearing things about the beginning of this war in school and from my parents around 1950 but did not associate all of those other happenings with the year 1947.

[Vic Piano]

My reference to Korea on the '47's radio was because December 7, 1941 was prior to the '47 being built. Anything that happened after the car was built, right up to and including today, could have been listened to on the '47's radio. As another point of interest, '47 was also the year the microwave oven was introduced, and the first food cooked in it was popcorn...

[37 Coupe]

Actually it was a chocolate bar that melted in an engineers shirt pocket,this was when microwaves were accidently founded to be usefull for cooking.

[Old Henry]

And, how about the transistor? There's another biggie for 1947.

[Vic Piano]

Originally Posted by 37 Coupe

Actually it was a chocolate bar that melted in an engineers shirt pocket,this was when microwaves were accidently founded to be usefull for cooking.

What was the engineer doing inside the microwave, eating popcorn perhaps?LOL

[37 Coupe]

I got the impression the entire laboratory room was one big microwave oven,lucky his eyes didn't pop out. He didn't like popcorn,he was a chocoholic.

[Vic Piano]

Originally Posted by 37 Coupe

I got the impression the entire laboratory room was one big microwave oven,lucky his eyes didn't pop out. He didn't like popcorn,he was a chocoholic.

Are you sure it wasn't caramel... that goes better with popcorn...

[JM 35 Sedan]

You guys are cracking me up ....and having been an engineer and working for 'Corporate America' my entire career makes it even funnier. I can actually invision the chocolate bar melting in the pocket scenario. I have seen similar funny things happen during my days of working on product development projects

[Bruce Lancaster]

Good illustration of the difference between scientists and normal human beings, too! The guy realized he had stumbled into something of possible utility...I would have just been annoyed at having chocolate all over my pen and shirt.

[Vic Piano]

It got my curiosity going so I Googled it and found this:
A Brief History of the Microwave Oven

Like many of today's great inventions, the microwave oven was a by-product of another technology. It was during a radar-related research project around 1946 that Dr. Percy Spencer, a self-taught engineer with the Raytheon Corporation, noticed something very unusual. He was testing a new vacuum tube called a magnetron (we are searching for a picture of an actual 1946 magnetron), when he discovered that the candy bar in his pocket had melted. This intrigued Dr. Spencer, so he tried another experiment. This time he placed some popcorn kernels near the tube and, perhaps standing a little farther away, he watched with an inventive sparkle in his eye as the popcorn sputtered, cracked and popped all over his lab.


According to this information it took place in '46, not '47... Maybe the guy that wrote this also published Ford Parts Catalogs...

[37 Coupe]

His young lab assistant was named Redenbacher ,Orval Redenbacher I believe.

[Bruce Lancaster]

On the magnetron...search books on WWII involving the development of electronic warfare and physics. The magnetron was the basis of radar as well as the "Radar Range"!
We have a book by one of the English mad scientists, and in the early days he was making experimental magnetrons in his lab himself!

[Vic Piano]

Originally Posted by 37 Coupe

His young lab assistant was named Redenbacher ,Orval Redenbacher I believe.

Yeah, his wife’s name was Betty Croker and their dogs name was Jiffy Pop

[G.M.]

In the early 60s a manufacture of fans and small appliances asked me to take a prototype micro oven home for the weekend to evaluate it and see what I thought about it. Saturday morning I decided I would make some soft boiled eggs. I put a couple in the micro wave and pushed the button and in 2 seconds they exploded. There wasn't anything that looked like an egg and no trace of shells. This oven had a small mesh stainless steel screen over the glass and took 2 or 3 hours with a tooth brush to clean it. G.M.