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The Exterior Paint Work is Almost Done...
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RAK402 |
10-17-2022 @ 6:36 PM
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carcrazy, Thank you sir! I should have done this decades ago, but I really couldn't do it without being retired-it would have taken years. After a two day struggle (and a new switch) the turn indicators are working! Cleaned and lubed the air cleaner. Started the engine for the first time in three months (less three days). The carburetor bowl was bone dry after sitting, but it ran well. Took time out for a brief radio/transmitter test. Stock 1940 Ford Philco radio tuned to a transmitter in the glove box. Music is from Artie Shaw (from 1940 of course). https://youtu.be/whvMtvayKfs
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1940 Tom |
10-17-2022 @ 8:10 PM
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OK - let's get fancy here... Can you receive satellite radio (Sirius/XM) on your Philco radio? If so, tune to their "40's Junction" channel. You'll get all the '40s music you'll need while driving your beautiful car. Artie Shaw's "Begin the Beguine" is one of my favorites. But nothing beats Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade". The car looks terrific! Tom
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RAK402 |
10-17-2022 @ 8:54 PM
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Tom, Thank you very much. I can get Sirius FM on my phone and listen to 40's Junction all the time-most of the time I have been working on the car it is on. Before I took the car apart, I did have the phone connected and I have listened to 40's Junction while driving it (it does work)!
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1940 Tom |
10-18-2022 @ 6:14 AM
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Driving your 40 Ford and listening to classic 40's music just adds to the fun of owning the car. Continued success with the car. Tom
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RAK402 |
10-18-2022 @ 6:53 PM
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1940 Tom, Thank you again sir! Another long day on the Ford... (and it doesn't look like I accomplished much)... Took each wheel off, cleaned the 40+ year old white walls as best I could (a friend has a bottle of Bleche White for me-that should help a lot), cleaned the wheels, installed the Beauty Rings, re-installed the wheels, did a minor brake adjustment, topped off the Master Cylinder, and installed the new Hub Caps. After that, I started working on fitting the Fender Skirts properly (I am now convinced, sadly, that they are not stock Ford but aftermarket as I have found out since they attach differently than stock (information in the book "It's Ford for Forty"). These must have been on someone's Ford as some point, as they were Folkstone Gray when I got them. I re-installed the rubber strip that keeps them from rubbing the fender (it was installed backwards), and started fitting and straightening (over and over). The right one needs to come off again, but is fairly close now. Trying to do this without scratching the paint (on the Fender and the Skirt).
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RAK402 |
10-19-2022 @ 9:51 AM
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Looks like I will finally be able to get rid of my ancient tires-I found some Firestone 600-16 Belted Bias Ply Tires with wide white walls!
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RAK402 |
10-22-2022 @ 12:21 PM
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Four of the five new tires are installed-the tire place ripped the inner-tube on one (which they are replacing), but I will have to wait a week or so. I re-fitted the skirts-the fit quite a bit better now, but I am still not happy with them.
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fortyman |
10-23-2022 @ 6:42 AM
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I am in need of the rear arm rest panels. Does anyone make these or know where any would be available? Looks like it would be hard to come up with something because of the shape without a pattern.
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RAK402 |
10-23-2022 @ 8:11 PM
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Are you looking for the actual arm rests or the panels above them? My armrests were ok-the panels above them were disintegrating. Between the two I was able to trace them onto door panel cardboard to make new ones. The first one I tried to curve with scalding hot rags-it worked but too quite a while. The second one I formed with a steamer and had it done in about a half an hour. I could not get staples to hold the panels to the armrests-I don't know if this was due to the type of staples I was using, the old cardboard of the armrests, or some combination of the two. I used blind nuts (T-nuts) and bolts to hold the panels to the armrests (they are hidden when the armrest and panel are in place).
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fortyman |
10-24-2022 @ 5:56 AM
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I have the panels above the arm rest. I need the arm rest panel that the cloth covers.
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