Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-13-2024, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-29-2024, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,272
Re: Bead blasting 33 hood
Blasting done wrong ie at high pressure to save time will destroy your hood. Low pressure = good job = lots of time = lots of money -Karl
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-10-2024, 03:00 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,939
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-20-2023, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,247
Re: Ford oddities on my car….
The passage of time makes things complicated But they certainly didn't all come from the factory equipped as the books say-
My early RHD 1934 Fordor Has a 34 Grill, Shock arms and most other...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-18-2023, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 925
Re: Using epoxy resin on a radiator lower tank
I've used epoxy resin to repair a broken dental syringe. I reattached the handle with it . We autoclave after use each time to 130C and has held together for the last 5 years. So will probably...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-16-2023, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,247
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-12-2023, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 776
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
07-05-2023, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,878
Re: KR Wilson distributor fixture V-126
I have one but never use it - I have a 'Bear" Gauge which is easier to use and allows you to set up both the left and right points with much more accuracy than the KRW unit
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-21-2023, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,817
Re: Broken greyhound leg repair
Mine had been repaired previously with some sort of Glue
Was virtually invisable -right up to the point were it fell off last week
Not sure what I will do as obviously lost the broken...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-16-2023, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 154
Views: 31,641
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-09-2023, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,117
Re: Shipping a Ford/Heyer test set
I looked at buying one and shipping to New Zealand and found I just couldn't justify the shipping cost . Probably the easiest way is to ship in the back of someones car container. Maybe worth...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-22-2023, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 12,788
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-15-2023, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,908
Re: C&G lack of service
Yep it all comes down to the dollar and in fact we probably need to accept that if we want quality we will have to pay for it and refuse to accept junk,
However Kube's point is not about ...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-08-2023, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,961
Re: shipping help needed, transmission
Try shipping something to New Zealand!! I met someone today who is an international shipping agent -He tells me that international shipping rates out of ASIA after soaring with COVID are now back...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-06-2023, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 6,181
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-21-2023, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,812
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-15-2023, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,767
Re: alternative to red fluid fuel gauge?
I use the original fluid that I brought of ebay complete with its corroding bottle. I wear gloves I don't smell it and I don't drink it. I apply it to the top of the gauge using a small 1 ml...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-13-2023, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 867
Re: Firestone Whitewalls made in New Zealand??
I can't give you an exact date -but not for sometime ie decades. I believe that the dies were sold to Vietnam -If so then even with the made in New Zealand its possible that the tyres were made...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-31-2023, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,032
Re: At least it has a ford engine in it !
Graeme Don Adams was in hospital in Wellington during the Second World War when he was in the Marines . Also the Tiger in the clip is now in New Zealand and is owned by Barry Hoffman in...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-31-2023, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,032
Re: At least it has a ford engine in it !
Graeme I think he has passed on - certainly his Tiger was sold a few years ago. The originality is the thing I like about it most -I'm probably mad but on reflection if we have to put a new...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-31-2023, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,032
Re: At least it has a ford engine in it !
Its the 260 . Only the Mark 2 at the end had the 289 (and Chrysler by that stage owned Sunbeam and could not live with a ford engine in one of their products and stopped production rapidly) The...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-29-2023, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,032
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-29-2023, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 4,032
At least it has a ford engine in it !
Just about to purchase my dream car ( apart from my 34)
I've lusted after one of these (Sunbeam Tiger) since I brought my Sunbeam Alpine (same body shell but much less go ) as a fresh faced 19...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-23-2023, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,431
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-18-2023, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 6,005
Re: Jeff Beck passes.
Yep the band spawned Eric Clapton , Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. All brilliant guitarists. Of the three I have only seen Clapton live -A brilliant guitarist but like his good friend George Harrison...
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