|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
08-11-2017, 06:35 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 1,210
|
Picked up this 33 Tudor today
First EFV8 four banger I have owned, very interesting, it's a Standard, reported low miles, nice older restoration, so far its been a blast! Gas tank is dry as a bone so I have been running it off a coffee can 'gas tank'. Any suggestions before I pour gas into the real tank?
|
08-11-2017, 06:38 PM | #2 |
Member Emeritus
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Wichita KS
Posts: 16,132
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Very nice!
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
08-11-2017, 06:54 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: (Not far enough...) Outside of DC
Posts: 3,387
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Hi Everyone. Digger that's a beautiful car!
Does the tank have a drain plug? If yes, I'd fiddle with that. If you can get a bore-scope gizmo you can even get a look inside! Keep us updated. Oh yeah, what's the mileage today?
__________________
-Jeff H Have you thought about supporting the Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum? |
08-11-2017, 07:17 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Takoma Park, MD
Posts: 2,817
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
A beauty!
|
08-11-2017, 07:18 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 1,210
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Odo says 19,518
|
08-11-2017, 07:27 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 10,361
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
What a great find - just love it. |
08-11-2017, 07:29 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Shelton, WA
Posts: 3,800
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
A word of caution. A friend of mine bought a 34 phaeton that was an older restoration and the previous owner used some kind of gas tank sloshing liquid that was available at that time.
Problem came after driving it about 50 miles with new (alcohol) gas. It dissolved into the gas and passed through the fuel pump and carb but when it hit the hot valve stems, it turned back into some kind of varnish that stuck the valves so hard the valve stems punched holes in a couple of stock hollow lifters. He limped home on 6 cylinders and found this mess. I couldn't believe it when I saw the valves stuck HARD in the lifter bores. Your car looks fabulous. |
08-11-2017, 08:07 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Plainview, Texas
Posts: 757
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Take the rear bumper/spare tire bracket off. Remove the chrome screws/ bolts under rear wheel wells.
Tank cover will come off, remove fuel/airline/ spring bolts. Tank slides out the back. |
08-11-2017, 08:09 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Clarkston MI
Posts: 830
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
You're a lucky man! Beautiful car!! I don't know what the experts here are going to say or how hard it is to pull an empty tank but I know what I would do. I'd find out how long the car has been parked and if it's been a lot of years, I'd probably pull the tank and flush it and inspect. If it hasn't been that long, I'd put 5 gallons of gas in it, slosh it around and drain it from the tank and see if there's crap in it. When I restored my car, it had been sitting for over 30 years. Tank was pulled and thoroughly hosed out and inspected and didn't have a problem.
__________________
35 Ford Cabriolet 56 Chevy Pickup 63 VW Bug Empty wallet |
08-11-2017, 08:39 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Posts: 1,627
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
My brother had the V8 version of that car and loved it, except for the very hard steering, common to the early steering boxes.
I used some kind of gas tank sealer on the rusty seeping gas tank in my '35 coupe, back in the late 50's. It held for the three years I had the car. It was a fairly common fix to avoid the cost of replacing or repairing the tank. It was pinkish runny goo. Buy or borrow a bore scope video thing to look inside the tank. If you see any kind of coating on the bottom of the tank, you will probably need to replace the tank to avoid the catastrophe Deuce Roadster experienced. |
08-11-2017, 08:48 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 8,117
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Aah, the Model 40....The most beautiful car Ford ever made....
__________________
The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... "Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!" "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 |
08-11-2017, 10:09 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 1,210
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
It's a trip seeing an old Standard model, with the painted horn and windshield, especially the blank plate in the center of the dash. My recollection is there we just over 2500 made, only 79 made in Deluxe version. We're Standards pinstor was that just for Deluxe?
|
08-11-2017, 10:44 PM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Colfax, CA
Posts: 387
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Nice looking car!
|
08-11-2017, 11:00 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southern California
Posts: 7,031
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
You will enjoy having the 4 cylinder. They are so rare that they will attract a crowd because many people have never seen one. You will also find the 4 cylinder cars are reliable and easy to work on. One bit of trivia that may come in handy some day is that the drive shaft if a different length than the V8. I assume you have a copy of the restoration guidelines from the Early Ford V8 Club (https://www.earlyfordv8.org/Shop.cfm?id=17&pid=2)?
Charlie Stephens |
08-11-2017, 11:39 PM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 1,210
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
I have two, one that is all worn out in the shop, and one in the house that is nice an clean
|
08-12-2017, 01:36 AM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Reno Nevada
Posts: 391
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
That is one sweet sedan.
Trying to work on a deal 33 sedan myself Vic |
08-12-2017, 06:13 AM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Coastal Georgia
Posts: 131
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Very nice car, indeed. Check to see if marine gas in your area is ethanol free
John |
08-12-2017, 11:32 AM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: NE Iowa
Posts: 1,664
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
That's a beauty.
|
08-12-2017, 12:09 PM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Seattle
Posts: 179
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
After a scope to peek inside. Get the drain plug loose and pour a few gallons of gas in it and let it sit a few days, shaking the car around a few times. Then just drain it out and see what comes out. That,s a great looking car!
|
08-12-2017, 05:09 PM | #20 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 1,210
|
Re: Picked up this 33 Tudor today
Blew air backwards down the line, that's all it took, runs like a top. Already did the maiden voyage in foggy Pacific Grove, so all is well. Thanks for all the tips!
|
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|