Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:26 pm
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:40 pm
MadPick wrote:Dude, that is going to be SO COOL when you take that first drive down the road!
WaGuns members lining the street . . . ?
Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:20 pm
MadPick wrote:Dude, that is going to be SO COOL when you take that first drive down the road!
WaGuns members lining the street . . . ?
Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:48 pm
Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:58 pm
shaggy wrote:I think i already mentioned it, but make sure you torque the rear brakes down to whatever godaweful spec they say to. The tapered-key setup only works if there is proper pressure pushing the drum into the taper. It was the biggest failure of early v-8 rears in the day. I've talked to old timers that "kept an axle key in the glovebox", and ive seen my share of old axles that are scared up, including the '37 that is under the roadster i'm building now.
Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:07 pm
Fri Apr 19, 2019 7:56 am
gscott wrote:Seat belts weren't standard equipment until 1964. Not the 50s. So screw that! We don't need no gubmint telling us how to live! And your car only goes 45 mph. Hydraulic brakes on a Ford? WTF? Desoto invented them, about 1931. But Ford didn't use them for years, you don't need that new fangled crap! Rod actuated brakes is all you need!
Fri Apr 19, 2019 11:21 am
Fri Apr 19, 2019 5:23 pm
Arisaka wrote:I got a big tool shaggy, and I will yank on it mightily!
Thank you for the good advice you always have, sir! Clearly you have been under a car or two in your day!
Sun Apr 21, 2019 6:39 pm
Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:42 am
Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:28 pm
RENCORP wrote:Thanks to your project, I spotted a familiar shape in a box of junk at a garage sale on the weekend - an original Ford truck worm gear axle jack in perfect operating condition ! No jack handle, but for a couple of bucks, I scored a cool paperweight for the shop work bench. I'll post some pics soon.
Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:41 pm
Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:56 pm
Fri Apr 26, 2019 4:33 pm