37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[bluestang67]

Hey fellas,
I did a small little project on mine today. I purchased a halogen headlight conversion kit from Bob Drake several months. Since I had a little time to kill today, here's a few pics of what I did....

Now I just need to clean up the buckets and paint them.

Randy they look great , was thinking of this mode also .

[randyr]

Randy they look great , was thinking of this mode also .

Hey, thanks, Bobby! I hope it works well. The bucket mods were really simple and a lot cheaper than buying their pre-fab buckets.

Glad to see you posting. It's been a while. Hope you're feeling better.

Randy

[bluestang67]

I purchased off ebay a sealed beam conversion kit from the early 40's but its still 6 volt . Never did check the bulb size maybe a modern one will fit ??

If it don't I do like this idea so much better .

[bluestang67]

Just saying hey all , have been on the mustang , stopped to say hey . Looks like everyone is still quilt wrapped from the winter LOL .

I will say I have too probably 80% of this winter cant shake the chill and warm up .

[IC2]

Just saying hey all , have been on the mustang , stopped to say hey . Looks like everyone is still quilt wrapped from the winter LOL .

I will say I have too probably 80% of this winter cant shake the chill and warm up .

Bobby - glad you surfaced through the snow and cold. Sounds like you are doing a little playing with your car. Me, between snowstorms, a little - that is when not swingin' a paint roller to my wife's "encouragement". March 15th used to be my normal first day out with which ever car, but doesn't look like it this year. April 15th in tune with the tax man???

[bluestang67]

Dave the snow and Ice was easy but thanks . Been piddling around no straight direction but some head way all the least !!

[Don Shillady]

I don't belong here since I have a plastic roadster with a SBC but I find Dave/IC2's details helpful. I just want to say that while the trees are still totally bare and the mornings are still in the 30 F temperature range, we now have a few flowers jumping up here in central Virginia so I will be checking the thermometer in the garage. With a fresh attitude, wiring the '29 just can't be that bad. All I have to do is check it again before I give it the smoke test! A Model A restorer just three houses down on my street has a heated garage and has been working all winter. I am going to look into his heater arrangement because in the past he has turned out a whole restoration over a winter while I am hunkered down in the house. Twice I have had horrendous sinus illness from working in a cold dusty garage and I plan to avoid that in the future so I am interested in how my neighbor heats his restoration garage. This year January was almost a psychic experience with a feverish head cold and body aches that just would not go away for almost the whole month so Spring will be very welcome here! There was an optimistic "Flower Show" in Richmond on February 12 (!) and it was a "must" for my wife so I went along and the best part for me was one of the Florists who had a 1930 Ford Sport Coupe as a driveable restoration. Sometimes I wish I had a real steel "A" because they are so simple mechanically (except for the lousy brakes), then one could envision a counterbalanced crank and pressurized oil pump with a high compression head and a 3/4 race cam and just be satisfied to make it run! Hey, how about the snow in Los Angeles!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder