Re: Ken's 1937 120 Touring Sedan

Posted by Ken_P On 2017/3/13 11:27:40

Back after a busy and exciting weekend! Showed the car Saturday at the Amelia Island Cars and Coffee. The Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance was the same day and absolutely fantastic! Pictures to follow.

I also put about 50 miles on the car, and have a few new things to fix or at least things I noticed.

1. The gas tank started weeping from the seam. It looks very solid and was painted recently, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Maybe a failed repair attempt? I don't want to RenuIt if I can help it, just because of the external finish.

2. The exhaust hits the frame on take-off from a stop or rolling stop. It is hitting where the pipe crosses the back of the X in between the muffler and resonator. Anyone experience this or have ideas to fix? I will check the motor and transmission mounts. The clearance is incredibly tight, but it seems like it shouldn't hit the frame.

3. My rear transmission seal is leaking, and rapidly getting worse. I am going to pull the driveline because the front u-joint also feels suspect and that would knock out the seal if it were bad. Two questions here: is there any reason to try and source a NOS u-joint vice a Napa replacement, and how hard is that seal to replace? Normally, I wouldn't even think hard about it, but with the X-frame, it looks like it could be a pain.