Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-26-2025, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,799
Re: Ford Oval Porcelain Sign ID Help
Maybe it WAS a test piece for stamping dies. I have had 2 tailgates where the ford logo was beaten to death by users repeatedly dropping the tailgate free-fall onto a trailer ball. 35 years ago I...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-24-2025, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,659
Re: '35 Model 51 Transmission Removal
I have every part as far as I know of. NOS mostly from the now defunct Joblot automotive, back in the 90s, some parts from Bob Selzam's Half Ton Fun in NJ. Shafts, bearings, gears, all. They are in...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-23-2025, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,799
Re: Ford Oval Porcelain Sign ID Help
Don't feel bad, Even the experts at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn been fooled. I personally have spent (way too many) hours making creations of mine look old. Mostly parts for old stationary...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-21-2025, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,844
Re: Clarence, my 1948 F-1 panel truck; misfortune
I think it's commendable that you (and many others here) have kept the vehicle of your youth for so many years. Me, they seem to slip through my hands. Good story. Many would have abandoned it after...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-21-2025, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 754
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-21-2025, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,172
Re: Mercury vs. Ford
Good to know. Maybe I will pull off on the Alger exit next time I'm heading north on I-5. Not too often a young man follows in Dad's footsteps these days. And those were big shoes to fill. Did ford...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-21-2025, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 648
Re: 54 years ago for me
Great photos, great memories and yes, a very beautiful woodie wagon. I graduated HS in '71 and saw my first copy of Hemmings that year. In early '72 was daily driving a '28 AA stakebed. World's best...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-20-2025, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 700
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-20-2025, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 700
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-20-2025, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 700
Re: 66 Years With The 52 Merc
Another great ride and trhanks for not repainting this historical relic. Sounds nice too. What's your exhaust system? Rusted off muffler? Straight pipe? Glass pack? I have a cheap napa generic round...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-20-2025, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,172
Re: Mercury vs. Ford
Hmmmmm, pm sent :)
I do not think I have seen the subject of the ford sportsman show up even once since I'm been coming to the barn. Maybe me and a couple others suggesting that Ol Bob Brown was...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-20-2025, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,172
Re: Mercury vs. Ford
Find me a cowl and I'd build a phantom 'Sportsman'. That's a beautiful front clip.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-14-2025, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,470
Re: Making Bolts-- youtube video
I loved your video and far from boring, I listened closely to every word. I have altered bolts for some of my antique gas engine projects to remove grade stamping etc, and I carefully save every...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-14-2025, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,733
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-14-2025, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,733
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-13-2025, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 603
Re: On Down THe Road
Over the last 40 years, I have sold quite a few of my old trucks to guys in their late 20s and early 30s. They tend to keep in touch as friends and helpers. I'm wondering how old the new owner of...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-10-2025, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 337
Re: Parade Music for the Tonner.
This is the method I use. My bluetooth sound machine is called a 'tailgater' and it is plenty loud and lasts well beyond our 1/2 hour parade. No whiz-bang electrical components wired into your six...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-08-2025, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,920
Re: 16" Wide 5 drum replacement
The link above takes us to an extremely well done tutorial on how all of this brake drum stud swaging is done, along with removal of old studs. The photos are excellent and make the text easy to...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-07-2025, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 612
Re: Metric Ring Sets
Little less weight for the inertia change up, less wear on parts because of less drag too. Worth reading.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-07-2025, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 612
Re: Metric Ring Sets
Thanks for those links Big D, I have now entered the 21st century on the use of metric and thin ring packs. With my 40 mph speed limit here I still feel ok with the cast iron hastings in my recent...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-07-2025, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 612
Re: Metric Ring Sets
Still don't understand about metric ring packs. So now Shoebox doesn't have to be the 'dumb question guy', as I still don't get it. Are they thin rings stacked up in the lands? But they'd still need...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-07-2025, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 313
Re: Gas Gauge Sender Cork Float
While I know next to nothing about wine, my oldest son owns a couple of wine shops and he has given me some perfect corks for these king-seeley senders, They are from a 'Magnum' bottle. To the best...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-05-2025, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 672
Re: Weird Stuff Happens!
I guess the penetrant and the wiggling just had a delayed reaction. You almost got it out, and time did the rest.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-05-2025, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 672
Re: Weird Stuff Happens!
There's pretty much no end to the weird stuff that happens when working on our old vehicles. For me it's been the spring or clip that pops away during removal that just dissappears. Slow and careful...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
10-05-2025, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 506
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