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I bought this motorcycle lift for $25. The jack needs new seals, otherwise like new. My grandson wants to rebuild a 1978 Yamaha Enduro I bought new, so this should be useful. With its low profile, maybe useful for removing and replacing a transmission.

no worries at all brent or keven. heck, i'd forgotten that i'd had to alter the speedo in my '48 to get it working. i can barely remember doing it.. damn, i'm getting old.

Nick, you won't be able to consistently shoot the new low-VOC paints without orange peel. But there is a remedy. Search YouTube and the internet for "cut and buff" or "color sand". You sand the color with very fine sandpaper until the orange peel is gone then machine buff to a high gloss. The new paints respond very nicely to this procedure, that is how the show-car finishes are done, even with clear coat. Here is an example of a back yard paint job with single-stage PPG Concept that has been sanded and buffed: Yes, when the chrome on the bumpers is shot you can paint them body color for the time being. It's been twelve years since I painted that car and the bumpers are still painted.

Update: most of the work has been on the harness. Since, a project, one off, car the harness had to be constructed in the car. That really pushed my limited knowledge but it’s done. Engine installation this weekend. Weather here now is 100+ through this entire week, 107 next three days!

That Floor looks better than most I have seen... Nicely done

@Jocko_51_B3B Thanks for re-starting this thread. The PO of my truck replaced the fuel tank with a modern one by moving the rear bracket, and using modern bolts. I had no idea there were springs on the fuel tank.

So, Mom asked how she could help. To be completely honest, pound for pound she's the strongest and hardest worker among us with the highest attention to detail. That said, the car would be pink with lace curtains in the back if she had her way. We did however find a good use for her sense of color and style.

Okay Dad called this phase Frankin-Floor, and this is just the beginning ? He assures me I'll be able to clean it up in the end. He also assures me that It will be covered up by insulation and carpet as well.

Good morning, I have read all the reply's and am very grateful for all the input. I did check the resistor and it appears to be just fine at 11 1/2 OHMS . Then I took off the carburetor that was brought up and boy was I surprised at the condition of the insides. The amount of very fine stuff (rust ,sand ?) was amazing. I slowly cleaned and blew out all the passages with a piece rubber hose. Then removed the hard line from the pump to the carb as to add a fuel filter before the carb. I have driven the Coronet and all seams to be great once more. Many thanks to all. Frank

additional information - throttle return spring

Very nice Nick.

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Robert those look great! did you fabricate the floors yourself or buy them? I know I guy in New Concord who did a couple hotrods and said I could make my own but I'm not sure how easy that is going to be compared to premade floor pans.

I think the Le Femme are rare! I saw an episode of my classic car and there were 2 at 1 car show! I bet a 426 would catch spectators by surprise! I took her to her first cruise in since getting her all back together. Most everyone said something to the effect of "you don't see many of these around ". One guy that looked over the car returned in about an hour and said "I've looked at every car here now and this is my favorite " I've got the ac ordered, I'm trying to figure out how I want to build the fan shroud and still have it look period correct. Here's some pictures from the cruise in.

My best use for wd40 is a cleaner. I love using it in my air tools. Add some wd40 and then run the tool and run the tool and blow out what you just added, do this a few times and it cleans out all the old gummed up oil in the tool over the years. Then add fresh clean air tool oil. The tool will have power just like it was brand new again. Same when people claim I sprayed wd40 on my old ford door hinges and works like new again, I swear by wd40! They just cleaned all the old grime off the hinges, now they are working like they should, now grease them. wd40 is a good cleaner in my opinion.

I took some photos the other day of the linkage setup on the '48 with the Ball&Ball on the 218; the '49 1-ton with the Stromberg on the 230 was an almost identical setup (currently partially disassembled for short test runs), as well as the '51 1-ton with the Stromberg on the 230...the return spring is attached to the floorboard with a cotter pin as shown. The return spring has tension on it while at zero throttle. Also shown is how close the throttle linkage on the back of the bell housing gets to the bottom of the cab when the cab mounts are worn and the motor mounts are new. The only other engine setup that I have that is complete is on the '53 Spring Special, and it's a bit of a head scratcher. The engine appears to have been replaced at some point, so I'm not totally sold that the B4B setup is original. The return spring, which is smaller than the ones used on the B-1s & B-3s, is attached at the throttle linkage rod at the pivot linkage as there is no clip present like the ones shown in the manual. This spring is then hooked to the lip on the floor board, not to a cotter pin through the floor board. I could not locate a hole in the floor board for the cotter pin to fit, so I'm kinda wondering if this might have been a running change near the end of B-series production...