The Jalopy Journal
That 5/16", 1/4" socket solution is really great! That said, I accidentally bought a rare 1964 oil pickup tube for my engine, so now I'm stuck...
Cool! I'm glad you got it sorted out. Where'd you post the tutorial. The HAMB changes so much between my infrequent visits that I never know...
Yeah, I don't know then why it'd run bad. Mechanically speaking distributors (especially points ones) all pretty much do the same thing. The...
My truck doesn't run well at all because it has 100 PSI of compression in each cylinder and blows through motor oil faster than gasoline. I'm...
I was planning to take it to a machine shop to have the gear machined out to .530" or whatever it happens to be. As for the coil, I'm not sure....
Good to know! That'll get me moving on this engine put-together project. I'm swapping a worn out engine for a better one but I want to also make...
My main part I am in the dark on is the carburetor. I didn't know what effect blocking the load-o-matic port had on it working like a normal 1904...
Yeah, I mean the thing that sticks off of the side of the carb. [IMG] I didn't know if these particular carbs end up having different vacuum...
Thanks guys! That linked thread is the sort of info I was after. One more possibly dumb question. Once I have a new distributor and vac...
I've got a 1960 Ford that I'm going to swap in a different I6 223 engine into. I've procured a NOS 1964 oil pickup tube so I can run a 1964 oil...
[img] This is my 1960 118" that I'm going through. I hope to have it on the road shortly. It was barn fresh and needed everything, but it's a...
I tore the radio out of the dash and took a look. It might be too far gone to save. I'll have to see if I can get a replacement potentiometer...
I found this in the March 11th 1960 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette: [img] Kinda cool to think whoever owned this truck might have seen an ad like...
That silver streak blanking plate is quite alright! I found the radio on ebay (new in the box for three hundred buckeroos!) It's a Motorola...
Thanks guys for the added info! The original knobs were in the glovebox. I took a couple of photos. The tuning dial knob is too dirty to see...
I'll know later when I take delivery of the pickup if there's a brain box or more guts located elsewhere. If I can't replicate this, I might...
I'm back after a several year hiatus of not owning any vehicles that qualify for the site. I agreed to purchase a 1960 F100 today, so I'll be...
Still in Ames. Hang out in Des Moines mostly. I sold my Ford sedan last year because it was getting expensive to store it off site. Still have...
I just found this on the AHS website. I live near where this was. I read "2 miles south of Ames" and kept thinking south of my house. It was...
I'm still around. My car still runs. It's still just plain jane stock and probably always will be since I like driving it that way. I get...
Thanks much! I'll dig the parts out of the clutch cover and see what I can make of it all. God bless simplicity.
I dug though my library of car stuff and found a diagram of the system. It appears that the spring is actally bolted to the shaft?? I'll have...
Today I was out cruising and swung by my storage shed to check on another car. I turned my Ford off and when I came back, it refused to start....
I'm a tri-annual lurker at this point since I typically have 8 other hobbies going on at a time and rarely think to hit the HAMB to check on all...
I'm easy to spot.. I'm the skinny guy with the black glasses on the left. I've typically got some sort of goofy camera loaded with b&w film at...
I'll be there with friends, but not sure what the itinerary is as far as when we're showing up, leaving, etc... I'm not driving. Not that I do...
That was my thinking.. Move it right over to the Smithsonian as it is and let us all get a look at it, as it was pulled from the ground. I'm...
The other night I ran into a HAMBer's (Farmer) photostream on flickr on accident, and thought, "Oh yeah, I almost forgot about the HAMB...." and...
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