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39 Ken

12-15-2010 @ 4:06 AM

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Thanks for the detail. I've got an 8BA (276cu) built very similar to yours except for the cam and the Glyptol. It's ready to go into a '39 when I can get to it. Good luck with your machine. Ken

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12-14-2010 @ 10:18 AM

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I wanted to attend the Deuce Days Victoria meet but was on a trip at the time so missed it. Many of my friends here in the Northwest did go and from the pictures I have seen--it was fantastic. Maybe next year.

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12-14-2010 @ 10:03 AM

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Ken, first off I DO have stock flatheads and am finishing up a 40 woodie Dearborn style! Here is probably more then you want to know!
This engine was a factory relieved 59 series block to start with. Redi-stripped and checked, then ported and polished, painted with Glyptol insided, urethane outside, Stainless tuplip valves, 1.5 ex 1.6 in Schnider cam 260 duration 355 lift,Isky vavle springs,Johnson adj.lifters, Edelbrock Super manifold, 2 97s jetted .044, powr valves .76 (I think) Newest design Edelbrock heads that match the Best composite gasket and redesigned combustion chambers/spark plug area. Equal length tube headers with Cermichrome finish (visible in this picture also cermichromed intake)2 1/4" SS exhaust through Edelbrock SS mufflers. Point style Mallory distrib with revamped advance curve (all mechanical advance),Taylor wires, NGK plugs, 80 lb Melling pump, full flow filter, chrome pan, cut down, lightened steel flywheel, 10" clutch, 4" Merc crank,8Ba rods, Ross forged pistons, Grant rings, Best gaskets, ARP studs and nuts and bolts, home made aluminum water pump pulleys, electric fuel pump (I would probably leave the mechanical one if I was doing it again, just for how it looks) Holley fuel regulator set to 2.5 lbs, 55 Brand X ballast resistor with 12 volt coil.
39 top shifter/Lincoln Zepher gears/ 40 banjo with new 3.55 gears,cut down 40 torque tube.
Very easy to drive, not radical at all but has rump rump idle, good low end, with my tires at 65 mph on the freeway it is at 3000 rpm--will run all day like that. Have logged 6k miles in this fun car. Was a rusted out 50s hot rod body when I got it and it would have been too expensive to try to gather all the 32 stuff to restore it.

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12-14-2010 @ 7:49 AM

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A black deuce roadster with a hot flat motor,tuck and roll upholstery, cool pinstriping, Halibrand wheels and Pontiac tailights. It doesn't get any better unless you had an Ardun under the hood! Thanks for the photos and Tacoma was a great meet. Did you go to Deuce Day in Victoria?

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12-14-2010 @ 5:00 AM

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Very, Very nice! Thanks for the pics. Would you care to share the specs on the motor and drive train? Ken

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12-13-2010 @ 9:12 AM

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Ken, 1 other pic. This probably isn't the best way to share pictures. These Mt. Rainier pics are from a tour during the Western National Meet in Tacoma our RG hosted.

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12-13-2010 @ 9:08 AM

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Ken, except for the pinstriping and tuck&roll leather I did all the work on this car. Hammerwelded lower 10 inches all the way around it. It is great to drive when I need some "roadster therapy".

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12-13-2010 @ 9:07 AM

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duece: Yes, we have built a few, but seldom found a block that could be bored to 3 5/16 without hitting a sand pocket. Some could be sleeved, others popped in several places. Anyone contemplating a big bore should consider sleeving all the cylinders to be sure that the walls are uniform so no hot spots are produced. Back when blocks were a dime a dozen in junk yards, we tried to make a big bore engine for our stock car racer, and finally got one together. We hauled it to the track, and allowed it to run on the trailer to be sure it was OK. Before the first heat race, a cylinder wall gave way, ending our quest. Back in those days, you could run anything that wasn't visible, so a Merc crank and an extreme overbore was about the best way to "hop up".

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Wow! Nothing like a Black, Full Fendered Deuce Roadster with a slight trim off the Windshield and (I assume), the top. Can you show us other photos of the rest of the car and the motor? Would be appreciated. Ken

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Super,
I can tell from your posts you have a vast wealth of experience and knowledge building flatheads. When building my roadster I had Griffin build me an aluminum radiator that fit in the stock sh*ll with whatever their maximum cooling tube/fin combo was. Also, as you know, a clean block is essential and I had mine Redi-Stripped. It was a real good block, all the cyl walls sonic tested well over .100 after being bored to 3 5/16 so I had a few factors in my favor.

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