Ghostchips

The tail lamp was suffering metal fatigue. Not surprising, given its alloy. So i made one fitted for the electric light. (re-used the old glass) That's not paint, that's indian head shellac.

Notice how they all focus on phones.

Phosphoric acid makes my skin go flaky after a few hours of scrubbing it on something.

I assembled a store bought kit, incorrectly.

They come back for repair? People drop them or use them for carving?

They're not mine, and that's not me in the picture but they're likely army surplus. @SOHC where do i find overalls similar to those? Someone i know said if i finish the cab' as a jailbar, or 41 pickup style, he'd consider either putting it back on it's chassis with a flathead or on a turbo ranger chassis. Neither sounds bad, i kind of like the idea of flathead + air ride myself.

SOHC welded that so if it sucks i blame him. He also welded that strip on the bottom of the gutter. Wasn't expecting that but ok. I'd like to believe this is an improvement. I'd also like to believe its in better shape than the trucks at the farm by the airport. R.I.P. airport trucks and farm.

Warkworth wreckers had one of these a week ago, as them if they still have it?

NH holly is T. The A often have a different carb', tillerston X is the aftermarket ones, that aren't as good at the updraft zenith Updraft zenith pictured.

"Straight through" Holley NH carb's share many parts with the economy version carb'. Same basic thing, but the economy version had more restriction. I'd be tempted to smooth the venturi a little, as it has a rough finish, but don't want to mess it up. I'll choose to believe that rust pitting help the mixture. So i filled in some pitting around the rim of the bowl seal with an epoxy. Used white metal normally used for engine bearings to build up work throttle shafts. Drilled small holes in the broken castings and poured white metal into them to build up the areas where casting had broken off. Built up the worn nut with more white metal. First i tried to replace the bronze throttle link with chunks cut from a worn bronze bushing, that turned out to be fragile. So i riveted and soldered, with more white metal (more resilient to vibration than solder due to no lead content) copper strips. I choose to believe i have improved this carb's condition compared to when i found it.

I've done wood frames before. If you take your time, you may not need to bend timber much if at all. But be prepared to spend some time getting the fit correct.

Remember all the contaminates in the oil have probably settled at the bottom. May want to remove the sump & clean it (pretty sure you can on those engines?) I thought the oil in an engine looked great, but it was acidic, so acidic i found the big-end bearings in the bottom. Dissolved to a fine powder.

1.5 Ohms was for points with ballast wasn't it?

No, you just take off the high spots. Fix the grinder to wood jig or something, not by hand.

I've wondered has anyone tried the "spin the disk while running a grinder with sanding pad against the disk' method. It's shit but for a crap daily might be ok?

I have some headlights for one of those. Or the donor, i can't remember.

Doing it to prove i can. And i've driven the coils from mosfets many times & burnt up every one of them.

I was thinking flush with argon at atmo' pressure, then vacuum out what i can. And i have 2 special 'getter' materials that's needed for this application.

Tried your diagram above with the stock coils and it's only producing sparks if i have the stock points attached. Produces spark with the points replaced by the mosfet or IGBT if i don't use the diagram above.

If i put in a one way valve that might work for a while. I was thinking of making a glass tube with metal contacts in it. A long tube to suck out the air, and when it's done you heat & pinch off the tube. Much how nixie tubes are made.

If my glass blowing is successful would you be able to de-gas some tubes for me?

You're not putting the air bleeder on the caliper at the bottom are you? A mechanic did that & spent months trying to get the air out. I swapped the calipers over, left to right. Fixed.

By the coil "blew" i guess you don't mean like this. /ling

If you get stuck for carbs i have random ones you could pick through.

I notice modern cars turn off a headlight & park light when the indicator comes on, pretty sure you can use the turn signal light as a park light if they are. My old white datsunpower car had that setup. Totally legal.