My '29 has been giving me fits the last couple of weeks. All of a sudden started running rough and stalling at idle, but only after the engine was hot -180 degrees or so.

So, changed condensor, almost killed myself changing the coil under the dash, changed the plugs, filed and gapped the points, car runs fantastic now, better than ever, until it gets warm - about 180. Not spitting and running rough like it was, seems to be just plain old vapor locking. I got the car last August, drove it a fair amount then when it was quite hot down here and never had an issue with this. Now it wants to stall once she's good and warmed up. Experimented, leaving the hood open on carb side, she runs fine, doesn't try to stall.

It's running an electric fuel pump, gravity pump is dead and gutted, but again, it ran fine until the 22nd with this exact same setup. Also changed the fuel filter. Have read the winter blend gas may be part of this issue, running non-ethanol 87 octane fuel. 1-1/2 psi at the regulator, tried upping it all the way to 3, made no difference.

So, anybody got ideas? I've read about people adding all sorts of things to their gas. Finally, this is Louisiana, it was 88 degrees here today with 65% humidity when she started having problems after about fifteen minutes of driving. Thanks!!

That does seem a lot cheaper! Got plenty of wood laying around, good project for the weekend - thanks!

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That's the one! Thanks for the link, I'll get on the horn and order one up! Waaay to hard to get behind that thing! Thanks again!

It's an American Fiat - they had a plant in New York in the teens, only turned out a few cars. Not sure about the fenders on this one, but, here's a pic of a touring car I found on the web that's identified as a 1918 American Fiat.

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Unfortunately it's not the lug wrench, it's the hubcap cover removal tool. I have the original lug wrench with the car. And hubcap tool, I don't have that one. Only a couple of the car's original tools stayed with it - the crank, the lug wrench, and the jack! Doesn't seem to be much way of grabbing that thing.

Okay, I know one of the factory tools did this, but, I don't have the factory tools. So, how do you get the crank hole cover off a 1929 grille?

Going to do new plugs, set the valves, and give Sophie a decent little tune-up over my Christmas vacation (hopefully), but gotta get that cover off to hand crank over the engine.

Hopefully this is something so simple I'm just overlooking it. Thanks!

KFI radio is still broadcasting, it's a talk radio AM station in Los Angeles. Very interesting car - strange little bar stools in there! Looks like a lot of fun to drive.

What do you guys put on the leatherette type covering on your trunks to protect them from the sun and UV light?

Thanks!

Looking fantastic! What color combo are you going back with?

I can't imagine they kept records of the blackout models. They were just gradually phased in with a variety of parts as the chrome and stainless ran out.

My father (back in the late 1940s) had a '42 Plymouth convertible coupe, complete blackout model, thankfully he liked to take photos. Only things chrome on that car are the dog dish hubcaps and the bumpers and windshield frame. everything else was painted body color, including the entire grille and the headlight rings.

Always been my understanding they just kept building until they ran out of parts, doubt they kept records of how many cars were shorted the "correct" parts.