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87Delta
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:25 pm 
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Old cars that are just sitting rotting away.

Olds Buick Roadmaster (?) Special (First Picture made a great desktop when edited with Photoshop)
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Couldn't get the hood open to take a pic of the engine.

Old Chevy, unknown kind.
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3 on the tree...
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Strait 6
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Old 70's T-Bird
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I wish I had the cash, space and time to restore all of them, but I can't. Im really thinking on the T-Bird. It's not bad and it would make an awesome cruiser.
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........ Olds Buick Roadmaster (?) Special ........

Olds? No. Buick? Yes. Year? '39.
Roadmaster, Super, Century, Special, or Limited? Don't know. IIRC, all had OHV straight eights.
It has all gauges, doesn't look like it has a radio.

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........ Old Chevy, unknown kind ........

Looks like a '41.

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........ 3 on the tree ........

Full gauges. No radio. Aftermarket Turn signals.
Chevs had vacuum assisted shifting. Shifters moved from the floor to the column in '40.
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........ Strait 6 ........

216 cubic inch "Stovebolt". It has a heater (optional at extra cost), but no oil filter, also optional.

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........ Old 70's T-Bird ........

Not one of Ford's better ideas.

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Are you serious...oil filters were optional!?! I did not know that....

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Are you serious...oil filters were optional!?! I did not know that....

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IIRC, it was into the mid 40s before chevy added main bearings to the crankshaft... :shock:



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Are you serious........

Yep. State of the art "oil bath" air filter was also optional.

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mid 40s before chevy added main bearings to the crankshaft

You're probably thinking of the change from 3 mains to 4. Change from poured babbit mains to inserts was in '53 'glide and '54 Sticks.

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87Delta wrote:
........ Olds Buick Roadmaster (?) Special ........

Olds? No. Buick? Yes. Year? '39.
Roadmaster, Super, Century, Special, or Limited? Don't know. IIRC, all had OHV straight eights.
It has all gauges, doesn't look like it has a radio.


I know it was a Buick, the extra "s" on old slipped. I know it was a Buick because it said "Buick" on the side. Damn typo's... :confused:
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88 Coupe wrote:
Brando wrote:
Are you serious........

Yep. State of the art "oil bath" air filter was also optional.

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mid 40s before chevy added main bearings to the crankshaft

You're probably thinking of the change from 3 mains to 4. Change from poured babbit mains to inserts was in '53 'glide and '54 Sticks.

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Yes Norm, That was exactly what I was thinking of... Am I correct in thinking that the Babbit mains were not replaceable?



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........ I know it was a Buick ........

I knew, you knew it. Obvious typo. I can use the preview feature ten times, and still f**k up a post.

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........ Am I correct in thinking that the Babbit mains were not replaceable?

They were/are replaceable, but the material (in liquid form) was/is poured into place.

Not very familiar with the process. I'll check it out at my local shop when I get a chance.

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Hi All,

Found a Link to a pdf scan of a book (copyrighted 1927) from the day. More than I need to know. Good chance it's more than my shop can tell me.

http://www.metalwebnews.org/ftp/bearing-book.pdf

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Hi All,

Is first car is from the famous depression area?



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Hi oldsman83,all,

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Is first car is from the famous depression area?

Depression era was before my time, but it started in '29 and our economic recovery was nearly complete by '39.

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