Waking up a Sleeping Beauty, 1934 5 window

[The Art Doctor]

32 mile round trip in the bag. All surface streets. It was 45* out when I left and 50* on the way home and the laser temperature gun tells me that she is running way too cool. The radiator at the top was reading 140 and 110 at the bottom. Heads were showing some variety but averaging 155. Obviously somebody neglected to add thermostats. Something else to add to the list. As it was cold I started with the windows up, not far in I had to put them down as the exhaust fumes were unbearable. I had seen rust out at the low points of the mid and tail pipes along with a large damage and rust out to the muffler itself. This goes to the top of the must do list. Even with the windows down I came home smelling heavily of exhaust.


Steering was better with the grease in the box as far as effort goes, but everything else we have discussed still needs doing. The brakes seem to have settled into a good adjustment and it stops straight and if I really jam them hard I can lock them up. Idle seems to still be a bit high, its on the list again.


The car was well received by the breakfast gang who had been bugging me to bring it out ever since I had first told its tale. We rotate between venues and meet each Saturday morning at 745am. We had 16 this day as the venue, the American Legion Post #29, has an all you can eat breakfast buffet for $12 only once a month on the third Saturday, is popular. One of the more vintage members has a chopped, channeled and sectioned 32 sedan but always wanted a model 40. I let him and who ever wanted to try it on for size. Most of the guys have either c10 trucks or model A coupes but there are several who have multiples including a 35 and 40 coupe, 32 sedan and more.


Pics; parking lot show, breakfast crowd, the one and only Joe Hatfield trying on the Model 40 for size (Joe is the Great, Great Grandson of Devil Anse Hatfield)

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by The Art Doctor

The car was well received by the breakfast gang who had been bugging me to bring it out ever since I had first told its tale. We rotate between venues and meet each Saturday morning at 745am. We had 16 this day as the venue, the American Legion Post #29, has an all you can eat breakfast buffet for $12 only once a month on the third Saturday, is popular. One of the more vintage members has a chopped, channeled and sectioned 32 sedan but always wanted a model 40. I let him and who ever wanted to try it on for size. Most of the guys have either c10 trucks or model A coupes but there are several who have multiples including a 35 and 40 coupe, 32 sedan and more.


Pics; parking lot show, breakfast crowd, the one and only Joe Hatfield trying on the Model 40 for size (Joe is the Great, Great Grandson of Devil Anse Hatfield)

[Zax40]

That's great man! Can't wait to see it in person. Let me know where you plan to take it next