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Posted By Discussion Topic: New Club Member, New 1936 V8 Owner, Introduction -- page: 1 2 3     Ketronj281989 07-31-2020 @ 4:48 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 Hello, I wanted to introduce myself as a new registered member of the club. A little bio, I am 31 years old and am an enthusiast of all things 1930’s. I specialize in pre-WWII tube radio and record changer restoration, having over 12 years’ experience in this field servicing all 1930’s radio makes and models including car radios. I use a special 6V power supply to test each application will under restoration. I have lightly dabbled in the past with 1950’s cars; my true passion has always been the mid to late 1930’s automobiles. I was always fascinated with Henry Ford’s flathead V8. In my opinion it was a revolutionary engine for the 1930’s time period; no other manufacture produced a V8 on a mass production level. Very few auto companies offered V8 engines to the customer aside from the niche market of 1930’s Cadillac that I know of. This message was edited by Ketronj281989 on 7-31-20 @ 4:57 AM Ketronj281989 07-31-2020 @ 4:56 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 If I were to have a 1930’s car, I discovered it would have to be one of the superior engines of the time period. Affordable as well as plenty of parts available and beautiful body style’s including deluxe features and innovations, I knew it would have to be a Ford product. I have always liked the 1936 year, love the grille and updated body style compared with the 1935 year car. My dream of owning a 1930’s car came true just a few weeks ago. I was looking for an original, good/excellent condition, unmolested factory original car. A two door example that ranged between a Tudor and coupe was on my list. The Tudor’s are more affordable regarding my current budget. A coupe would be nice down the road if I ever have an opportunity to own one. This recent purchase I made met the above criteria, I purchased an original un-restored/well preserved survivor 1936 Tudor touring deluxe sedan. I wanted to share this car with all of you. My goal with this car is to achieve maximum factory original mechanical performance just as when the car was new off the assembly line. I want to make the car reliable, able to make a 100/500 or more mile trip if I so desire. I want the car in top mechanical shape; I do not want to deviate from factory specifications. I want to preserve the original interior; original enameled black paint as well as all cosmetic details. I may do an engine rebuild way down the road, transmission if needed. Right now I am in the process of evaluating and servicing to achieve road worthy status. My goal is to have a sound mechanically serviced cosmetically original car ready for showing and driving enjoyment by next spring or prior. I want to preserve this car in its original state as much as possible. I will not deviate from factory specification and will remain with factory re-production parts as needed. I value history as a whole; I view this car as a rare original specimen that is not often seen these days. I am an enthusiast, although still learning. I may ask plenty of questions, please bear with me! Such a great website, I look forward to becoming more involved with the club as soon as the pandemic subsides for all of us. Pictures shown in both posts are of the car I purchased. Picture with previous owner (wearing cowboy hat) shown as is the car in his garage prior to my purchase, I am the guy on the right with the turquoise button shirt! Picture of the car on trailer with me and another fellow in grey shirt: I couldn't of done this without my friend's help and his truck/trailer. He collect's 1950's Chrysler products. Jon Ketron This message was edited by Ketronj281989 on 7-31-20 @ 4:56 AM Ketronj281989 07-31-2020 @ 5:16 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 For those that are interested I have uploaded several YouTube videos. Click the links below for a detailed close look at exterior and interior of car. I included an engine start on "Video of interior of car". I am still relatively new to the early Ford V8, there may be several items within the videos I am incorrect in stating. Still learning and grasping regarding early Ford's as well as those specifics of the 1936 year model 68 car. Please correct me where I am wrong. Video of exterior of car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2r3butdXZY Video of interior of car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNBAVuo4eJs Jon This message was edited by Ketronj281989 on 7-31-20 @ 5:20 AM trjford8 07-31-2020 @ 6:33 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4355 Joined: Oct 2009 Jon, welcome to the Early Ford V-8 Club. Lots of good information here for you when you have questions. TomO 07-31-2020 @ 6:53 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 7385 Joined: Oct 2009 Welcome to the Club and the Forum. Ypou have a very nice survivor. The Club has a good book on the 35-36 Ford. It is meant to be a restoration guide, but it will help you in determining what is correct on your car. If your car has not been filled with fresh fuel in the past year, I would drain the tank and fill it with fresh fuel. I would also add a fuel stabilizer in proportion to the amount of fuel that you add to the tank. I would also drive the car each year before storage to get most of the fuel out of the tank and then fill it with fresh fuel and stabilizer. This is probably the best place to get answers to any questions that you may have, so keep in touch. Tom kubes40 07-31-2020 @ 7:54 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 3577 Joined: Oct 2009 Welcome young man! Neat '36... good for you! Mike "Kube" Kubarth therunwaybehind 07-31-2020 @ 9:58 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 180 Joined: May 2019 If you don't overwhelm me I am interested in your work with 1930's radios. My father was a HAM radio guy after being a civilian MORSE code instructor in early WW-II and then joining the Navy and working on radar at the MIT Radiation Laboratory after training at Princeton. I really didn't like the noise and heterodynes and twilight short wave sounds on 2 meter and 10 meter as the ionosphere shifted through the years and he moved to a mobile rig in his 1949/1953/1957/1959/1962 car powered by a rewired dynamotor and conditioning hardware. At some point he did buy a Motorola dash insert car AM radio. I built a crystal radi0 kit with him and wound the coil from a cardboard form and a reel of fine copper wire. Later in 1962 I took a course in Electronics at the university of Michigan that used a 300 volt breadboard (B+) and a Tektronix dual trace oscilloscope. My introduction to graphics was Lisajous figures. We also used a Vacuum Tube Voltmeter (VTVM) about which a friend of my father's Reese Samuels wrote a book. https://www.amazon.com/Rhys-Samuel/dp/B000GWGIWG/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_2?dchild=1&keywords=vacuum+tube+voltmeter+%28vtvm%29+by+reese+samuels&qid=1596217546&s=books&sr=1-2-fkmr2 Might seem I would be a good match but I moved on to transistors and 12 volt audio circuits and away from Class A amplifiers. My Ford radio was a 1948 Philco that my father disconnected the cage of signal seeking choke slugs from. He also opened up the vibrator metal cover and used a point file to polish the vibrator points. I know how to test tubes in a drug store tube tester. I can solder but my best effort was a Radio Shack Archer kit short wave using transistors and solid state diodes where I would install the parts by a North window and then solder them in at night in the basement to artificial light. When I was done it did not work and my father found one of the transistors reverse in its three wire socket. My uncle had bought it but could not even start it. When I was a small boy my father would give me the military surplus chassis he had stripped the capacitors and resistors out of to pull the tubes. Too bad the idea of digital eliminating the need to bias tubes and carefully match impedances led to connnection protocols like RS-232-C and IEEE-488. Kirchoff's law led to the digital logic probe. This message was edited by therunwaybehind on 7-31-20 @ 10:47 AM kirkstad 07-31-2020 @ 10:33 AM reply profile send p.m. Member Posts: 204 Joined: Jul 2017 I enjoyed watching the videos Jon, welcome to the Club and congratulations on finding such a beautiful 36. Frank JayChicago 07-31-2020 @ 2:25 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 556 Joined: Jan 2016 Let me add my "Welcome!" Its really nice to see a young guy join the club, a young guy who appreciates these cars, history, and originality. And your knowledge of electronics will be useful, as these old cars do have their electrical gremlins. You have made a great find in that car. It should give you several years of enjoyment as you work thru the various minor issues. Take your time and enjoy the journey. Ketronj281989 08-01-2020 @ 4:22 AM reply profile send p.m. New Member Posts: 143 Joined: Jul 2020 trjford8, Thank you for the welcome, I am looking forward to becoming more involved here on the forum as well within the club. Jon

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