Some believe I've crossed over to the dark side. 39/40 vs. '36

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Originally Posted by 1952henry

I will enjoy following along.

Well, I suppose I should try to "catch up" with you guys.

Thus far, well, I'm having a blast. Amazing how much less anxiety there is NOT restoring a car as I'd done for decades.
So, thus far (as it comes to me) some of what I have done:

*Disassembled the entire rear chassis. New gaskets, seals and NOS bearings. Ring / pinion are beautiful.
*NOS rear spring installed along with NOS shackle pins.
*Rebuilt transmission. Used mostly NOS gears from '38 so helical vs. original spur cut. Should shift easier and run quieter.
*Rebuilt clutch assembly and NOS universal joint of course.
*Brakes: Drums are at 12.000" and appear to be new / never used. They are beautiful. I have installed a NOS cross shaft mechanism (old one was shot), all NOS clevis's and last but not least, Ted's floater kit.
Amazingly, even the backing plates are gloss black on the inside.
*NOS exhaust system from front to back, including correct muffler
*Front chassis was quite tight. I did install a NOS spring and shackle pins.
*Rebuilt steering gear assembly. Gears were great but figured a good time to clean it out and replace bearings and seals / gaskets.
*Engine: Ah, the engine. I did take it mostly apart. It appears to have been rebuilt. .060" over, crank is .010" / .010". No cylinder ridge, no wear.
Cleaned everything very well and reassembled. Managed to obtain a pair of NOS aluminum heads and will install those before I put the front clip back in place.
*Rebuilt (correct) fuel pump, water pumps, carburetor, distributor, generator, etc. Just got a set of NOS plugs yesterday to install.
*Radiator has been boiled / rodded out.
*Okay, don't laugh but I did install a NOS governor. I removed the throttle plates, so it's only purpose is appearance. It is not functional.

I have been busy as time allows.
So, what ya think? I'm crazy? Or?