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Fingers crossed low compression is just a result of leaking valve seats. Lap those up, new gaskets, ultrasonic the carb. Deal with the distributor. She might go well!…Here’s hoping.

Ordinarily they will tell you 60 psi is bad. But my 51 Cambridge has been like that for the 4 years i have owned and driven it,

I've got no compression on the center cylinders, #2 is weak at about 40 PSI and the rest test even at 60 PSI. I ran out of time to do a wet test, but I may fill all the cylinders with PB blaster ( I bought a gallon ). See if it's stuck rings or valves. I may have to pull the head off, so I may buy a head off the site and have it milled in preparation Oh and the cause of no spark is the wire running from the isolator to the points was broken, among all the connections being loose.. I made a wire but it does not fit right and seems to be shorted. Contemplating the pertronix kit as it bypasses the isolator issue. Not sold as I know recent pertronix quality is iffy. I found a cheap IAT-4003 and ordered it for parts. Hopefully I can fix the isolator issue and perhaps it has a usable wire

Today was glass day. windshield and back glass are out. Cleaned up both window regulators and soaking the window tracks in Evaporust. Ray J.

I think that looks pretty cool .... I might do something similar myself .... I wonder if using a larger hole so the wood panel did not interfere with the spring .... but the escutcheon does still cover the hole? That may not work and may need to make the hole large enough for the escutcheon to be countersunk into the wood .... just ideas. Dark stains would cover the exposed paneling. I picture that door panel with a arm rest and a leather pouch/pocket on the bottom to store crap .... it will look really nice. All sorts of ideas for edging around the paneling .... or again just dark stain. Keep us posted on your progress

My 49 has a 6 volt Delta Mark Ten CD ignition and it works perfectly. The way the ignition interrupt works is to ground the spark. Since the spark is going to the ground away your ignition doesn’t notice. The purpose of the ignition interrupt is to take the torque off the gears until the solenoid can retract. It happens so fast you can’t hear it from the engine note or feel it.

I thought that might be the case. The pins are loose so maybe it does both.

They are used to keep the trim bezzels up tight instead of flop around on the handles. They are not to hold the pin in place. If it were me I would put a little bit of lock tite on the pins.

I have been working on building interior door panels for my truck out of mahogany plywood. These are fairly stiff and am wondering if I need the springs behind the handles. It would be a real pane to put them in. Are they there to apply pressure to hold the handle pins in place?

Selling my 1952 Dodge B3B 1/2 ton pickup truck. Runs and drives. It is still a 6volt with original flathead 6 engine, manual, 3 on-the-tree. New interior kit from DCM which covered previous sound proofing and insulation. New bench seat upholstery. New generator. From previous owner replacements: master cylinder, water pump & hoses, new gas tank and sending unit, bed boards and rails, tubeless tires and more. Garage kept. Located in the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountain area. Asking $13,000. / OBO Open to any questions/offers. No trades.

whether you are Irish or not it is a good excuse for a good meal for family and friends, mums will be busy about the kitchen for such event today and plans are to sit by a nice fire in the firepit on the patio. Have a good day everyone.

Starting to get back on an old project car. I have a 37 plymouyh sedan and am looking for ideas to change out front suspension. I want to try and keep original frame. Will like to do some airbags in front. Has anyone build there own crossmember, controll arms,etc? Or is there any good dyi kits out there? Any help or feed back would be great. Thanks

Thx for adding the tips on making the tool.

Maybe a episodic rental agreement with free delivery and pickup? Then all we would have to do is dicker over the price.

I watched a YouTube video about the tragic story of that giant santa

Is that a no? 😢

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-3or4 stake bed at Porter Chevrolet on the FB

For use in 1979. Such literalists around here. 😹

Tucker at the big race DNF'd

$1979?! That was expensive, I've got a used one for $100 if you're interested.

All I can add in 1978 I completely worn out a snow new snow shovel and had to buy a new one for 1979.

1939 Plymouth or Dodge steering tube with worm gear. Mopar part number 691320.

Some may think you are joking. I can remember when the temp got to the 40s and people going to Lake Calhoun MN and suning themselves on lawn chairs in the snow.

The reason they had the ice age is; No cars, factories, aerosol cans, or freon for air conditioning. Well that's just my opinion but it makes sense with the woke people.

I moved from my home state of Minnesota in 1997 to England. The winter of 96-97 we saw windchills of -120 degrees. The coldest I have seen in MN was in the 80s, -47 degrees F. Now that's cold. I have to be honest, after spending 28 years of wimpy English winters, I miss the winters back home.