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ford38v8

06-14-2015 @ 7:44 AM

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The "Do Not Remove" caps are also correct for 1938.
On the application of the Testors gold, the oval is a raised flat area, lending itself very well to the use of a roller, without masking at all. I used a 3" soft rubber roller found at the same hobby shop i bought the Testors gold. That battery case is actually sitting outdoors in the weather now, gold paint still good, and had not been originally roughed up as Mike had done. I wish my house paint held up as good!

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06-14-2015 @ 8:23 AM

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Alan brings forth a good point about vent caps. The place that sells these repop batteries has consistently installed the Ford script caps on them even though I have each and every time told them specifically to install the correct caps.
They always "make good" after a not so very nice "exchange" with the owners wife.
Why this continues, I do not know...

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06-14-2015 @ 5:46 PM

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HA! I had the same experience, they insisted the script caps were correct! No charge to send the right ones, though.

This issue also brings up another point about where and who to believe on what is correct, the vendors of parts or the V8ers who've actually done the research?

Alan

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06-15-2015 @ 7:29 AM

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Alan, your question as to whom should be "trusted" as to what is correct, vendor vs. proper research, is worthy of its own thread.
You and I have too often experienced owners, not satisfied with their judged results, argue, "I got that from so and so and his catalog said it is correct".
I tend to respond that one must remember first and foremost the vendors are just that, salesman. Their #1 priority is profit.
One glaring and nearly consistent issue on 1939 - 1940 Fords are script radiator hoses. NOT correct. End of story. Period.
Still, Drake and others continue to hawk them as "correct".
As you know, the list goes on and on...
Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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10-18-2020 @ 12:51 PM

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Can you still purchase Ford Script Optima batteries?

If so, from where?

Thank you.

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10-18-2020 @ 5:47 PM

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BatteryCentralMall.com

Ford 2HF/RR
Classic Car Script Sealed
Maintenance Free Battery, $379 in stock.

Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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RAK402

10-19-2020 @ 2:02 PM

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Thank you again, sir!

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01-25-2021 @ 3:43 PM

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kube would you have the paint # for the testors gold they have a few of them

RAK402

12-11-2021 @ 10:07 AM

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Is this the correct, sealed, Optima battery for a 1940 Ford?

https://www.batterycentralmall.com/Batteries/TurboStart/Script/S2HF_R.html

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