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I have an aftermarket tank that was in my '52A1 and the mounting ring wasn't clocked correct in it and the PO had not only left the filter off the pick up, but took the float arm off the sending unit because it would have been hitting the front of the tank. You can see in the second pic where...

I was always going to get a 12-24V converter so I could use a standard 24V sending unit in place to a 12V gauge.

Yes, they all should have that baffle. I've refurbished a few of them and it's been in every one. What I have done in the case of the sending unit is to either re-orient the ring (labor intensive) or drill/tap new holes to orient the ring the correct direction. If you have any questions, give...

Can't say I would have made the connection (no pun intended) on the stainless fasteners.

It'll take it, I went out a month-ish ago and drove for an hour and a half straight, albeit at varying speeds, but was on the highway a good portion of the time. There's no reason you can't do a 50 mph drive for an extended amount of time. Yes, It'll howl being geared so high, but it wouldn't be...

Wait until you get side curtains and doors! Wait, you're in CA, you won't need those. 🤣

Is there something specific you're trying to identify?

I'll pull it out on the initial crank until it catches and then push it back in. It's designed to need the choke for the vacuum to pull the fuel .

Never used the hand throttle. On a cold start I'll pull the choke until it burps to life and jam the choke open and be giving it a little gas at the same time. Never needed the choke once it's warmed up.

Had a slight "scare" moment over the weekend with the '53. On the drive to an event early Saturday morning, the engine began losing power and had a wicked miss. Limped it to the event location without it becoming worse. Later in the day, I got a chance to poke around the engine and determined at...

Are you on FB? More specifically, there's a group titled M38/M38A1. I did a quick search and came up with a thread that Wes Knettle commented on, and since he's the closest thing to the Bible, I saved the pics of his replies. If you're not, shoot me a message and I'll send you the TM pages...

My '52 is #22040 DOD of 9/52. Probably about a month between the builds.

If you can get your hands on a decent power washer, those can strip paint as well. Granted, that old single stage paint can be more stubborn than today's thinner paints.

Now let's throw yellow and white in to the CD mix! I've got these on another thread in here somewhere. This is a '55 I got to do some work on last year. Really wanted to keep this one once I heard the intended plan for it.

Also could have been Civil Defense. If you happen to uncover some blue, that'd be an almost sure case of CD use.

Sounds like my interactions as well JEB. I've been in the classic car thing for longer than I can remember and in the few short years I've had my A1, I've had so many more interactions than all of my other rides combined. Wouldn't trade them for anything either. From talks with vets to letting...

I hate to be that guy lol. The variation change came in late '53. Hinged grille, support rods in the engine bay, 45° seam, longer front bumper and battery box straps instead of thumb screws were the changes made in Oct/Nov of '53.

Another dumb sounding question, but needs asked as well. Correct tire size? What's the story on the engine? Been rebuilt or overhauled in the recent past? A weak engine can give you shoddy performance. Other than that, there's not much else to give any reasons for such low speeds.

I did the same thing this year. They looked fine, and most had around 10psi in them. I'd never noticed any discernible difference. And yes, the tires are typically at least a 6 ply and can go up to 8 and 10 ply. That can really strengthen them.

Quite alright, mine isn't as sharp as it once was either. Paint and glue fumes...🤣