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Modern anti-seize is metallic and will short out spark plugs. Champion makes a non-metallic type for plugs in their aviation line.

Why not letter the doors with "Private Vehicle -- Not For Hire"?

During the years that the cad plating was used, the Korean war was going on, and there was a severe shortage of nickel. Cars made during that time had inferior chrome plating because they plated chromium directly over copper without the nickel in between. The chrome didn't bond well with the...

Those bearings are made of Oilite which is a type of porous bronze that absorbs oil. It's available as tubes that you finish machine to size. https://oilite.com/Our-Products

You're going to have to get the flange off the shaft. It could be screwed on or pressed on. Then you can get the bearing race off using a small splitter with a puller or press.

I recently found some of the little folders that used Stanley blades at Amazon and other places at very nice prices. I still have a mark 2 fighter and a boot knife, one of which I always carried before I was able to get a carry license.

At the time, it was the only spread bore carb on the market. It also had Delco electronic ignition. We weren't afraid to use what we wanted.

I'll give it a shot: Flathead Ford-Mercury-Lincoln. 13/16 spark plugs, 1/2 fits carburetor, fuel pump, and distributor. My other guess would be an 8N-9N Ford tractor.

It's probably because the German forging dies are now being used in India.

The regulator has a flowmeter on it. You adjust for flow, not pressure.

Brownell's sells a set of punches that use the ejector pins. I've had mine for years...

We used those at work. Everyone called them Shakespeares.

In 1967, I was working at the Ford Scientific and Research building doing engine build-up just off the Research Garage. I worked with **** Ronzi building a 300 six engine that was stroked to 332 cid and had a SOHC aluminum head with an overmounted camshaft using rocker arms and hydraulic...

A friend built a dragster that used a 300 Ford block. He took two aluminum Ford NASCAR heads and cut and welded them together to make a Cleveland style canted valve head.

I remember working 50/50 back in the 1960s. I had a $110/week guarantee. The labor rate was $6/hour. But back then, you could fill a shopping cart to overflowing for about $35. Then, I got a salaried job at the Ford Engineering Center building test engines that paid $530/month with free Blue...

That was called a "Whirlaway". It allowed the prop to freewheel if the engine seized. The bad thing that happened was that the driver would launch when the boat stopped and he could very well be run over by it. For a while, the drivers wore parachutes that would slow them down faster than the...

You can if you have a Square D QO panel. It is the size of a 240 breaker and has a wire that goes to the ground bus.

Here's the Harris silver brazing guide...

I remember wrong, it was a #4. These will bend anything if you have the right tooling. https://www.diacro.com/product/model-4-bender/

Have you ever used a Di-Acro bender? We had a big #3 in the shop, and it would do everything if set up properly.