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

[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

[35fordcoupe]

I don't think any of us around here shun 'glass cars, Don . Hang in there it should be about 60* today! I've been trying to work through the cold this winter (mostly outside ) because with any luck we'll be driving this summer. The biggest hurdle probably being the DMV since there is no numbers on the car and no proof of ownership for a car in the family for 50 years

It's good to see you around..I'm looking forward to some updates on the A.

[34_40]

I don't belong here since I have a plastic roadster with a SBC but I find Dave/IC2's details helpful.
Hey, how about the snow in Los Angeles! Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

You belong as much as anyone else Don !!! My feeling is, that if it didn't come out of Henry's "shop" it ain't "real", so the many running around saying I've got a real steel car is bull! Dave and I have spoken of this a couple times and we agree it's all bull! There are many topics that decide why you own what you build, financial and availability being probably being the 2 biggest choices! And what really busts my buttons is the knucklehead saying his car is "real", then he cut's it up and creates something that Henry and Edsel never envisioned! It ain't real anymore! IMHO!!! That's what is so great about this site! A lot of tolerance and acceptance to others in the hobby! Stepping off the soapbox now!

Sorry to hear about being ill. Hope your feeling better now and like you I'm close but not close enough!

I missed any story about snow in L.A. and it's funny because I'm near San Francisco as I type this and completely missed this event! I guess I'm working to hard!!

[RestoRod]

! 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. Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Don, you should check out the Garage Journal at:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/f...splay.php?f=26

Lots of good discussions and comparisons of heating systems for garages there.

[bluestang67]

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

Bullocky I have been watching your build for a long time . I don't care about it being glass I just care about the fun you have in building it . If it wasn't for glass cars there would be a lot less seen out there today . You have to keep up the history for the young guys who are still looking !!!!