LarrBeard
08-26-2015, 08:19 AM
Here's the paperwork and finally, a plate.
Indiana doesn't do custom plates any longer because of several levels of foolishness and First Amendment Free Speech lawsuits that impacted everybody. PC and Lawyers - Bah! Humbug!
The tube is what we fabricated to go between the air horn on the carburetor and the air cleaner, with a port for the oil breather line. By the way, Willys didn't use the oil breather as PCV for pollution control purposes - no way back then, it was for oil control as piston rings wore. Keeping the crankcase under a little vacuum helped control oil vapor migration into the combustion chambers. This was a first try, we'll need a little bit different configuration to turn the corner in the tight space we have. Nothing from the catalog fits with the F-head engine and stock air cleaner.
And, the bed sitting on blocks on the frame. It's a lot closer to level when it's not on 4 x 4's.
We sent seats and door panels to the interior shop to get onto his list of things to do. There is still some original seat cover material on the driver's seat - a red that matched the original vehicle color. We'll try to match that, with a welt to match the interior color. As mentioned earlier, we plan to cover the door panels with a textured vinyl in the trim color (Ivory). And, we'll need to make new kick panels since the old ones were way beyond salvage.
The shop guys are working 6-plus days a week to get the 1919 Auburn Beauty Six ready for the Auburn-Cord-Deusenberg Festival Parade on Labor Day weekend. I agreed to let the '48 slip to help the other guy make the once a year event. It's my good nature that's slowed things down.
Indiana doesn't do custom plates any longer because of several levels of foolishness and First Amendment Free Speech lawsuits that impacted everybody. PC and Lawyers - Bah! Humbug!
The tube is what we fabricated to go between the air horn on the carburetor and the air cleaner, with a port for the oil breather line. By the way, Willys didn't use the oil breather as PCV for pollution control purposes - no way back then, it was for oil control as piston rings wore. Keeping the crankcase under a little vacuum helped control oil vapor migration into the combustion chambers. This was a first try, we'll need a little bit different configuration to turn the corner in the tight space we have. Nothing from the catalog fits with the F-head engine and stock air cleaner.
And, the bed sitting on blocks on the frame. It's a lot closer to level when it's not on 4 x 4's.
We sent seats and door panels to the interior shop to get onto his list of things to do. There is still some original seat cover material on the driver's seat - a red that matched the original vehicle color. We'll try to match that, with a welt to match the interior color. As mentioned earlier, we plan to cover the door panels with a textured vinyl in the trim color (Ivory). And, we'll need to make new kick panels since the old ones were way beyond salvage.
The shop guys are working 6-plus days a week to get the 1919 Auburn Beauty Six ready for the Auburn-Cord-Deusenberg Festival Parade on Labor Day weekend. I agreed to let the '48 slip to help the other guy make the once a year event. It's my good nature that's slowed things down.