'34 Dodge Brothers, double build.

MercuryMac · Thursday at 9:10 PM

[pic one] is the long handled emergency brake that won't fit under the dash, and the shorter, older one with no mechanism.
[pic two] is the mounting bracket added and some of the notched semi-circle for the ratchet.
[pic three] is a return spring mounted to keep the dog engaged in the ratcheting teeth.
[pic four] is the whole new E-brake manufactured and mounted on a mock-up trial.

MercuryMac · Monday at 9:27 PM

I put the freshly painted E-brake back on and started a couple of other projects. The first one is the gas pedal and linkage. [pic one] is the carburetors back on, so I can plan all of the new linkage.
The second thing I worked on was the speedometer cable. It was broken and the drive unit is at the back of the transmission and in front of the E-brake drum. [pic two]. It is also counter sunk about four inches and behind the E-brake mechanism. It is really, really hard to mount anything to. I made a five inch adapter and thought 'if I have to weld an inch onto the cable, why not weld six inches on there and call it good'.

05snopro440 · 2025-02-04T09:40:38-0600

I've always wondered about fuel distribution and atomization from those 3x2 to 4-bbl adapters. Curious how hard it will be to tune. Looks like you have progressive linkage for the outer carbs?

MercuryMac · 2025-02-04T22:29:44-0600

SnoPro, I always wanted to have the three deuce look so I got one of these units, as there weren't many intake manifolds for three carbs made for these motors. I did get to hold a three deuce intake in my hands at Pamona Swapmeet once, but the guy wouldn't sell it. The three deuce set up on my flathead looked a way more sophisticated, but it starved two cylinders with the progressive linkage. I think this set up will work better than that one did. I made the linkage for this set up. And those are three Strombergs.

Today was speedometer cable day. [pic one] is the long cable repaired. I brazed about 1 1/2" of new cable onto the end of the 1934 broken cable.
[pic two] is the five inch extension housing that I talked about yesterday. [pic three] is the cable for the short housing. Both ends of the cable are brazed.
[pic four] is the short housing screwed in place. The cable is inside it. Yesterday, I was grumbling about the horrible place this housing had to screw onto, well, I wasn't lying this time.

'34 Dodge Brothers, double build.

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