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Trivia question:
what am I looking at on the driver's side of the engine (please see picture)
looks like some sort of natural gas regulator but I know it is not
appreciate any help

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That's a 1934 engine, not a 1933 as evidenced by the vertically mounted Purolator L-6 full-flow oil filter (replica) and oil cooler attached to the water jacket side plate. That was a one year only arrangement. 1933 did not have an oil cooler and used a bypass type oil filter.

The theft-proof number on the cowl indicates that the body is also from the 1934 model year production.