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Those are looking good!

Ouch! Good luck on your parts hunt. Hope you find everything to put it back together.

Great looking project! The fold down seats are really neat. Looks to be pretty complete from the photos. Have fun. I will be following along with the progress you post.

I would think you want the float rod travel in the tank to match the full travel of the sending unit. When the arm is at the bottom of its travel in the tank it should also be at the bottom limit of travel on the sending unit. Should be showing empty on the gauge. When the arm is at the top of the tank it should also be at the upper limit of travel on the sending unit. Should be showing full on the gauge. If the arm doesn't travel the full range of the sending unit it can't send the proper signal to the gauge. Just my thoughts on this.

Looks like it turned out well. A published article as well. Excellent!

What did you build? I have restored a few old tube and fabric aircraft over the years. A 1946 Cub, 1953 Tri-Pacer, 1959 Tri-Pacer and 1 metal - Cessna Aerobat. Never did any welding on any of them. A great art to watch someone skilled at it. Sorry, a bit off topic.

What a beautiful automobile. Stunning.

Nice work. Thanks for the photo tutorial on how you did things. I'm sure it will help someone in the same situation. Well done.

I'm thinking it is the M6 transmission gear box.

I had a block that was supposed to have been tanked and cleaned and it didn't look like it at all. I took it back and they baked it and brought it back. Looked like a brand new casting. Perfectly clean and beautiful.

Here is another photo that shows both the oil filter lines and the oil pressure line. My oil pressure gauge line is a hard line up to the flex line and then a hard line through the firewall.

If you look at the right side just above the starter there is a rubber hose. I believe that is the oil pressure feed line. It will to up to the firewall and through to the oil gauge on the dash.

Isn't that the coolant temperature sending unit in the head? Not oil pressure.

Coming together nicely. Looks great!

Congrats! It's great when you finally find the issue and fix it. Smooth sailing for you in the future.

Looks beautiful. I'm sure Alick would be pleased with your results.

Looks like it might be an E?

Damn, that is cool! What a monster.

Rest up and get well. Hard to be motivated when you don't feel well. Cold weather doesn't help much either. Winter is coming here in Iowa. Snow flurries outside right now. Went out to clean up some leaves that have blown around. Cold.

Adventures in travel. Looks like it was a wonderful trip despite the mechanical breakdown. Thanks for the posting with photos.

Sent you a message.

Yes, I want to see how it all ends up. Good luck with it and keep us posted. Thanks for all the research.

Sounds like you are prepared. Enjoy the trip and all the experiences that will come with it. Safe travels.

It has been fun watching the rebirth you put her through. Thanks for the videos and commentary as you went. I'm sure you will average more than 1,200 miles a year from here on out and it will get better care that it saw for many decades of its life. Keep up the good work.

It's a new car again! Did the new car smell come back? Great accomplishment - 100,000 miles in 84 years - only about 1,200 miles a year average.