Thread: 1934 Ford 5 Window Coupe Hot Rod

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Heck I hope you got the towels back in the bathroom before your good wife found that you were using them out in the garage,drive way.
Absolutely love the wheels/tyre change and man you are just reinforcing in my mine just how lovely a flatty can look. I think one will have to go on my wish list.

DMW,

Looking great doesn't even come close. Brings back memories of 1961 when I dropped a 50 ford into my 35 4 door sedan. The engine was just rebuilt with stock cam, Offy heads and Edmonds 2X2 manifold. Won't bore you with the story of what happened after the sun went down for the madden run. Lets just say I took care of all the infractions and all was fine. After all, I was just a youngin at the time.

Jack.

Here's a picture of the adapters used to install the 24 stud engines in an early chassis. See the blue u-shaped pieces.




The 59A engine had a double belt pulley on a long snout crank. I had to cut off the fan pulley so it would fit the chassis. Youcan either run an electric fan as I did or run a fan mounted alternator.

The clearance is really close I had to jack the engine up to get the alternator belt on.


Here you can the rake going on. Posie's drop front spring with 195s in the front and 215s in the rear.


Just a few shot of the interior work in progress.

dmw,

Looking good. Looks like you have a 39 trans and did you switch to electric wipers?

Jack.

Originally Posted by Jack F

dmw,

Looking good. Looks like you have a 39 trans and did you switch to electric wipers?

Jack.

Thanks Jack. From the numbers I think it's a 36 trans and yes, electric wiper.

dmw,

From the earlier pic it looks like the shifter tower is standing straight up but I could be wrong. If it is straight up it is a 39, if it slants back it is a 38 or earlier. Also, I believe 39 was the 1st year ford changed to helical gears, (quiet) from spur gears, (noisy). However, don't quote me on that one.

Jack.

Found this new/old aftermarket oil filter last week at a swap meet. It has a bronze filter element you can just take out and clean with a drain plug to drain and acuumulated sludge. Made by Permanent Filter Division of Continental Manufacturing Corp. Culver City, CA.Thought it would work good and only $15.