Kev, no need to regret the bad news, and thanks for asking around. I have a feeling that it is going to be a long search. Don Hull knows someone who knows someone who may have one. We shall see ...

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Owen, he is fine, as normal as his DNA will allow! (he is my son). My wife is quite a crusader against the use of Thimerosal (which contains mercury) in vaccines, our next door neighbor's boy is very autistic, he had a bad reaction to a vaccination and many feel that it is attributable to the heavy metals used as preservatives in vaccines.

otdgy, to try to be more helpful, I've gone back and looked again at your original statement of the problem in post #1 of this thread, and find two statements that, if clarified, might help understand the problem better:

The problem is when I drive for a while and sit in idle (i.e. traffic) the car overheats.

and,

Car does NOT overheat if I start it and let it sit. Only after driving a while

No doubt you recognize tht prolonged idle is generally more stressful on a cooling system than driving along at a reasonable road speed, and that the higher the temperature difference between the coolant and the ambient air temperature, the more effective the heat transfer (somewhat simplified). I agree with your comments about the different rated thermostats and if the car was mine, I'd change to a 160 degree, not expecting it to solve the problem but at the least it would be give me a larger margin of operating temps.

You say the car runs fine - does it loose coolant? Steam from the tailpipe when first started? Any "wet" plugs after sitting overnight? Done a compression check? I'm thinking about a possible leaking head gasket. Does the lower radiator hose seem mushy? Does it have a stiffner in it to prevent it from collapsing under the suction of the pump?

Usually solving overheating problems isn't difficult, but I've worked on and off for several years with a friends 1950 Eight (288, standard shift) which runs cool at road speed but overheats at idle. We've been thru everything and I do mean nearly everything and thus far it has defied solution. New (4-row) radiator core. We've even magnafluxed the head looking for internal cracks, pulled welch plugs looking for obstructions, and much more. Though it's a lousy solution because it just masks a problem (and is tantamount to admitting defeat!), I think we've finally come to the conclusion to put on an electric pusher fan.

What a January that was for www.ahwooga.com.
Here is what the first 30 days produced
Net -4003 listings
105 sales through the site.
Google is downloading on average 4500 pages per day.
1000 shop towels and 700 key chains handed out at swap meets.

And the coolest thing is the hundreds of sellers we spoke to that have or are going to add www.Ahwooga.com to there media mix. I'm sure the next 30 days are going to be just as exciting and twice as busy.

Again, thank you to every one we spoke with and e-mailed us with some of the best compliments.
Don

If one was to install a 100 degree thermostat in an engine and the cooling system was good enough the engine would run at 100 degrees. If the cooling system was insufficient then the engine would run at whatever temp the cooling system could maintain. This is evident with changing from 180 to 160 thermostat and the engine runs cooler. Try jamming a thermostat open and running it. If your cooling system is up to snuff the engine will never warm up. This is the reasoning for me wanting to lower the temp of the thermostat. Wondering if the engine will continue to run at a higher temp and overheat or run at the temp of the new thermostat. Fuel for thought
OTG

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I moved around some of the articles into more appropriate categories. I also renamed the Dealer Information Category to Salesman and Dealer Information. As I think they was some confusion about the information being about dealers, instead of information that was for dealers.

. . . . I'd just like to say three words:

Aluminium, Nuclear , and lastly, Pack-ard! Ho ho! Us Ossies do have fun!

As well as a motoring reporter, Peter Wherrett became well known as a cross dresser - seems like strange behaviour to an old conservative gent like me! I can say that when the RHD conversions were done (not sure who did them), a "universal" steering box was mounted a little higher on the RHS chassis rail, necessitating removal of any heater as it fouled the steering column. The steering column was also slightly offset to the right under this arrangement, although it wasn't uncomfortable for driving. No power steering with this arrangement either, from what I understand. Most local cars in Australia at the time didn't have luxuries like heater, radio etc, so we were pretty much ignorant of the power options available to you guys. Oh, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm sticking with Pack-hard. Cheers, John

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