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West Peterson wrote:
Nice detail work. You may want to investigate the use of a heat shield above the fuel pump, and a heat sheild behind the carburetor.
Also, and I only bring this up because I know you're trying to get the details correct, you might want to use correct hose clamps. The first two items may be helpful once you start driving, the hose clamps only for judging.
I'm curious about your upper radiator hose(s). Shouldn't that be a single hose?
Would you be interested in making another heater pipe support bracket? I need one. Also, I'm interested in how the intake drain tube bracket attaches (fuzzy photo). Did you make that, too?
Thanks West, yes the upper hose proper application is one piece. What you see there is an inline water filter (sold under the trade name Gano Filter) that I always use for the first several miles after disturbing any cooling system. It sure saves a lot of headaches with plugged up radiator tubes.
I agree about the style hose clamp, not because of judging as this is not a car that would qualify for many judged events (AACA preservation class perhaps) but because they are correct. I have had terrible experience with the correct type clamps seeping and found that using the worm style (Gates) will seat and conform the hoses to the rough castings of the radiator and cylinder necks. Once installed for a period I can change out to the correct style and rarely encounter leaks.
I considered retrofitting the '41 and latter heat shielding, but haven't encountered fuel delivery problems on the '39 or '40 thus far, and that's been in operational temperatures exceeding 105 degrees.
As for the heater tube support bracket, I am sure it would be no trouble, with the only concern being that I made the bracket specifically to work with the height of the tube that John Ulrich supplies. One that is a little taller, or shorter would make the support worthless. I am sure we can figure something out.
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