Just a Quickie

OK, today I went to my favorite Okie machinist (I sure know a lot of Okies, it seems) who told me to grind down the F1 bearings to fit my '42 spindles (like all the hot rod magazines said anyway, despite my other friend's well-meaning advice). Plus, he'll try putting the (7 degree?) ball joint taper in the top of the spindles' steering arms so I can have the tie rod ride above the wishbone (all of this is lost on the non-car folks without a visual, I know; I'll try to add an "after" photo so you can follow along at home).

Next, I went to the brake emporium to get hold-down hardware for the F1 brakes, and confirm my wheel cylinder setup for the '46 rear brakes. I either have to modify the backing plate mounting holes for the modern 2-bolt wheel cylinders, or cross my fingers that I have a good set of 1" straight-bore wheel cylinders to use, so that my brake pressure is evenly balanced between the front and rear brakes with my dual-reservoir master cylinder. (Whew! Try saying that 3 times fast!)

Brake Parts Galore
This weekend I'll try to set up my '32 frame on the front spring, wishbone, and axle, and a couple jack stands in back, and use it as a test stand for my junkyard flathead. Hope to assemble 'Lucky's front end and brakes and, finally, order a chunkload of hot rod parts for the flathead, etc., to arrive in time for my two-week vacation car thrash coming up!

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