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05-02-2012, 10:03 AM | #1 |
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Late '29 Radiator Mounting Shims Redux
It was a crazy idea for the Company to be changing front cross members so as to require a total of 4 steel shims and 2 rubber pads...obviously some production aspect got out of sync regarding the new 1930 models. Anyway, how is one supposed to acquire these metal shims? And why not a single thicker shim instead of two thin ones?
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05-02-2012, 10:48 AM | #2 |
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Re: Late '29 Radiator Mounting Shims Redux
you can very very easily make them out of either steel stock or washers are very very easy to use.. Find the thickness you need, weld the washers together and you are done. simple and fast.
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05-02-2012, 11:38 AM | #4 |
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Re: Late '29 Radiator Mounting Shims Redux
oh I wasn't suggesting they should be making multiple frames ad infinitum, I meant that the timing was off. As other observors have thought, or maybe it was you, Marco, the Company was anticipating the advent of the higher radiators of the '30 models. I am puzzled as why all '29s couldn't have kept the high-boss design. But of course we face issues on the cars that were far from their imagination and concern in 1929.
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05-02-2012, 02:12 PM | #5 |
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Re: Late '29 Radiator Mounting Shims Redux
I think you missed one important point. They made both '29 STYLE models and the "new" models simultaneously for over seven months so it wasn't a clean transition from one to the other.
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05-02-2012, 03:49 PM | #7 |
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Re: Late '29 Radiator Mounting Shims Redux
I would make my own shims out of 1/4" thick fabric reinforced rubber. The original radiator pads in my 1928 Phaeton are made from brake lining material that looks like it was run through a roller to press it thinner.
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