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

[Don Shillady]

lightswitch001.jpgYahoo! There are two blue wires marked PWR in the TPI wiring set. I had the two reversed as to the "Battery" terminal. This was discovered using a test light. Now FINALLY I have hi/lo beam headlights and very nice yellow parking lights! Thanks for putting up with my angst. At Present I have the power to the Parking Lights connected to the Acc/Park terminal and the Tailight and Instrument light wires are attached to the Running Light/Park terminal. The mixup was fixed by putting the hi/lo foot switch to the headlight terminal and the "headlight PWR" wire to the +12V Battery terminal. Now it works! Brian is the Tech at Speedway who suggested the test light check.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

[34_40]

That is good news Don. It is always a good feeling when it all comes together, isn't it!?!?!?!

[Don Shillady]

This Friday I stopped in to a local "Bring-what-you-got" car show at a local Chic-Fil-A just north of Richmond and saw a beautiful '34 Ford coupe with a perfect chop. A slight slide of the hand under a rear fender revealed a fiberglass body to explain what was an amazingly perfect chopped roof. Of interest was the way in which the owner satisfied the Virginia requirement of a front license plate by mounting it to a bumper bolt in what is probably not a legal way since half the plate was hidden by the bumper in front of it. Anyway I have the same problem on my '29 roadster. The correct place for a front license on a Model A is to hang it from the front headlight bar but that really blocks off a large area of the radiator so I did not want to do that. Often restorers who actually drive their Model A to meets swing up the front plate like a knife edge to allow more air to reach the radiator. Anyway this thread is supposed to be about mid-thirties Fords and I have been an interloper made welcome by IC2 who is not here to support me. Thus here is a little bit of '33-'36 Ford equipment adapted to the right front bumper of a 'glass '29 replica. The whole thing ended up costing me about $50 because I tipped a machinist to shear the aluminum plate and I had to pay $15 for a one-time exact fit use of a 9/16" metal bit. The actual bracket is Speedway Part No. 911-30103-SS stainless steel '33-'36 front license plate bracket. Add in postage from Lincoln Neb. and the cost of several stainless bolts and it all adds up but I needed a way to fit a front license plate for Va. Inspection. It does look a bit clunky and the bracket has a built-in angle which is not noticeable unless you take a close look. Well here it is 1/4" Al plate and all. I painted the Al plate with aluminum paint, maybe I should have used black or body color?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

[bluestang67]

Don we too have to run a front plate in Illinois . Yours looks really good and well placed behind the bar tie . I haven't made it to this yet and am sure it won't be as well planned as this . I will have to remember this one so I can get something close when it comes time .

[406Rich]

Don we too have to run a front plate in Illinois . Yours looks really good and well placed behind the bar tie . I haven't made it to this yet and am sure it won't be as well planned as this . I will have to remember this one so I can get something close when it comes time .

We`re supposed to but I haven`y had mine on in the last ten years, reason being now for red light cameras, any ways might go with a electric or vaccum hidden plate in front.

[randyr]

We`re supposed to but I haven`y had mine on in the last ten years, reason being now for red light cameras, any ways might go with a electric or vaccum hidden plate in front.

They recently got rid of the red light cameras in LA cause they were costing more to operate than they were bringing in....YAY!!!! However, they'll still ticket you here for no front plate. When my truck got the front bumper ripped off of it in a crash, I put the plate on the dash with a note and pictures while I was waiting to get the new bumper. The idiot meter maid still gave me a ticket! It was a big PITA to jump thru hoops at the DMV and they still charged me $10! A little common sense on the part of the meter maid would have been much more appreciated but I know they are trained to be like pit bulls!

[randyr]

Don we too have to run a front plate in Illinois . Yours looks really good and well placed behind the bar tie . I haven't made it to this yet and am sure it won't be as well planned as this . I will have to remember this one so I can get something close when it comes time .

I got by without running a front plate on my '37 for a few years before starting this rebuild. They seem to be cracking down in Cali these days so I've been thinking about something similar to what Don is showing except I want mine to be easily removable for car shows and stuff. The front of a '37 is too cool to be cluttered up with a stupid ass license plate!!