34 Ford 5 Window Coupe Hot Rod

chipper said:

very nice Don, now slap a ball on the back grab yur trailer and get some of the parts from me

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Finally had some time to work on the 34. Fabbed up a mounting bracket for the "vintage" oil filter. [ Made it sturdy enough not to flex the firewall.



I was thinking of using copper lines for the filter but since it's mounted on the firewall and not the engine it needs to be flexible. I didn't want to use rubber hose for several reasons and went with braided SS lines.





Also monted the solenoid and voltage regulator.



Now I just need to finish the wiring and a hundred other little things!

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you lucky son of a gun,glad to see you are taking good care of it.a dream find

Finally got everyhting to fit right. They just didn't make enough room under the hood in the Model 40s. 2" longer would have made a world of difference.

Finished up the wiring. Double checked everything. Powered it up with a 12 gauge wire instead of the regular battery cable just in case. Lights worked, turn signals worked, brake lights worked, dash lights worked, fuel pump worked, wiper didn't work, I'll check the fuse later. Hooked up the battery cable, engine turns over.

I'll work on getting it started this week.

That's good news. Good luck with the start up. I really like the way that radiator is made with the outlets pointing back instead of down. That will make the hoses look cleaner when connecting them to the 24 stud heads in my opinion.

Absolutely beautiful, I like that you ditched the electric fan...and I'm with you on the steel braided lines on the oil filter.

One step closer. It runs! Click on photo for video.
I'm still waiting for my upper radiator hoses. Then I'll take it down and have my "Smithy" mufflers installed.

awesome........

I love the oil filter!! Looks like its all coming together.

congrats on blow n smoke. is the oil filter one of the toilet paper roll type?

gww said:

congrats on blow n smoke. is the oil filter one of the toilet paper roll type?

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No, it's not. It has a bronze filter element you can just take out and clean. Made by Permanent Filter Division of Continental Manufacturing Corp. Culver City, CA. Thought it would work good and only $15 at a swap meet. Sold new in the early 50's for $13.95!






I do have one of the old Frantz toilet paper filters. They still sell them!

Congrats. Sounds good and looks good.

Here is a copy of the bill of sale when the previous owner bought the Coupe in 1958:

i think the good times are about to roll

That was a great buy even for being back in 58’ it’s pretty cool that you have old documents like that.

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Wishing we had the "thumbs up" smilie here...

Coupe looks AND sounds AWESOME!!!

Keep up the good work.

Regards,
Shea

Finally got the upper radiator hoses done with new thermostats.





Replaced the plywood toeboard with sheet metal and made a master cylinder cover.

I have not worked on this project for a couple months. I filled the radiator and noticed that the Brassworks radiator is leaking aroung the drivers side hose inlet. I'm kind of PO'd. That radiator was not cheap. Now I have to pull it out. I could send it back to get fixed but I threw the shipping box away and it would be several weeks before I get it back. I'll probably just take it to a local shop and get it done.

I hate radiator leaks..just went through this with a new radiator in the Lincoln.