bkahler

I ordered a set of those wiper refills on 5/22/2020 and they arrived yesterday 6/15/2020. They are indeed a direct rubber replacement item and look and fit great It will be a long time before my truck ever sees rain so I can't say how well they actually wipe the water away but these certainly look promising. Brad

I too would be skeptical of nylon but I wonder if Delrin would be a possible alternative. It's used for bearing loads in a lot of different areas including heavy equipment. My Triumph TR6 originally used nylon bearings in various parts of the suspension. The original nylon parts had to be replaced every so often but the newer stuff seems to be pretty good. I also know racers that run Triumph sports cars use nylon and Delrin in the suspensions with great success. I'm not advocating a switch to something like Delrin but it would be interesting to know if it is a viable alternative. Brad

Roland, You connect the positive terminal to the frame.

Steps for people with tiny feet?

I've not heard of using expandable rubber plugs in place of soft plugs. Do you have any details you could share?

This is the same as my 51 B3B.

A while back Tinlizzy (Lee) asked me to fabricate an MC bracket for his truck. Attached are a couple of pictures of the bracket installation on his truck. One question that came up was what to do about the brake switch. For myself I am replacing the union that mounds on the frame behind the MC with a T and will mount the brake switch there. What have others done? Brad

Your welcome

I would definitely have preferred that option.

I bought a couple of kits from Then and Now and it included two pins in each kit. One is just long enough to reach from side to side and the other is shorter and I believe is intended to be used with two small freeze plugs or cups as shown in the attached picture. Has anyone else had a kit with the short pin and two cups? I'm assuming the intention is to use the two cups to hold the pin in place. On the longer pin my guess is you're supposed to stake the housing so the pin can't slide out. Anyone have a preference as to which would be better? Brad

I thought so at first too but it looks like the mounting plate is much longer than the one in the picture. I think Dan nailed it about being an aftermarket "upgrade".

People certainly haven't changed over the years have they! Thanks!

I've been googling ornaments for the last hour and haven't found one that matches. I agree the car sure appears to be a 37 Chevy. Thanks for the info. Brad

I think you're right, it appears to be a 37 Chevy Sedan. The only oddity is the ornament. Was it a popular trend back in the day to swap out ornaments for something more flashy? Mecum auction Thanks!! Brad

I figured I'd post this on the car side figuring I would have better luck getting an id. This is a picture of a car my mom drove in Colorado springs back around 1950-51 or so. She called it her "Chev in the Springs". My Siblings and I would really like to identify the make and model of the car. The hood ornament is fairly distinctive but I have yet to find a match for it. Thanks! Brad

Todd, Your welcome. I believe the key holder is now in the right hands and I'm glad you're going to try and find a little history about it. I'm looking forward to what you might find out Brad

Todd, Send me your mailing address. Brad

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That happened all over the place. There's nothing to be found here in Kentucky.

Well that was 20+ years ago and I think I just had the afternoon before catching an evening flight home so my memory is rather vague about this! The trip was to Appleton so the yard had to have been within an hour or so drive of the city. I do remember it was filled with nothing but old vehicles. Kinda of a nice yard.

My 51 came with a the ignition key on the right, it didn't work in the door which tells me one of the two were changed out over the years. While working in Pasadana for a year I stopped by a locksmith shop and hand them rekey the door lock to match and make a couple of new spare keys. Unfortunately the new keys have the Ford logo on them. Years ago while on a working trip to Wisconsin I stopped by a local junk yard and while browsing the many Dodge trucks I found this key holder with key laying on the floor. Oddly enough the ignition switch was missing. At that point I decided to liberate the orphan switch What I found most interesting was the key holder itself. I remember seeing people using holders like this when I was a kid back in the 60s. Brad

Glenn, I haven't checked my toe-boards yet. I'll do that today and let you know. Brad

I've given my previous reply some thought and I think I have agree with Brian about fixing the problem by enlarging the notch as it was probably intended too but missed by the factory. The last thing I want to hear is the screeching of the pedal against the sheetmetal. Unless you're going for a 400 point concours restoration then modifying the floorboard is probably the smart answer. I think that is the direction I will go when I get ready to install the clutch pedal. Sorry for the poor advice previously Brad

Jocko, My early 51 has the same issue. My pedal numbers are correct for the year as well. Note, I don't have the spacer between the pedals installed but I left a small gap to show position. If it rubs on the cab then I would have to say the cab is not sitting in the same place it used to. You might look into that possibility. I'd say just assemble and go, don't worry about notching anything. After all, it survived almost 70 years the way it was Here is a picture of mine before I started taking it apart. You can see the pedal is offset from the slot. Brad

About 15 years ago I stopped at a small out of the way gas station in Arkansas and filled up my Triumph Spitfire. I got about 3/4 of a mile from the station on my way home before I sputtered to a stop. The Spitfire has twin Stromberg carburetors and what I found was both fuel bowls were full of water. I had to pull the tops off of each carburetor and using a rag to soak up the water. I repeated this process about 10 times before I got home I didn't buy gas from that station again! Brad