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Hard to believe 1938 was 77 years ago. Last night I watched a Bob Hope picture from 1941 and it seemed more "real" to me than the crazy things you see on TV today.
Hard to believe 1938 was 77 years ago. Last night I watched a Bob Hope picture from 1941 and it seemed more "real" to me than the crazy things you see on TV today.
Those are some good ideas. Thanks for the suggestions as to where to start looking.
My Mother was the oldest of seven children. All her brothers and sisters are still living and in good health and mind. My uncle Charlie (the one who drove the Austin to school when the boys in his class picked it up and put it on the stage in the auditorium) is just under my Mother in age (he's 90 years old). I need to give him a call and ask if he remembers anything. The aunt who gave me what information I have is the third in line in age, and probably knows more about the family than the others. All the rest of the aunts and uncles would not have been old enough to remember anything about the possible origins of the Austin.
Please post back if you learn anything - could be a neat backstory as it is odd that, that car wound up where it did.
If I find out anything more, I will post it here for sure.
Big Man, you should look on Hemmings.com to see if there is a Austin motors club or registry. They might be able to point you in the right direction for the information that you are looking for.
There's a car club you might find useful, try:That was a good suggestion. I checked Hemmings and found a link to a club. I've sent them a message requesting information. We'll see what the reply will be.
There's a car club you might find useful, try:
http://www.austinbantamclub.com/cars__values.html
I’ve got a question for the mechanically inclined members here (I know very little about working on old cars, just like to drive them). The arrow in the photo below is pointing to a part that will leak gas about 10 seconds after the car is shut off. The car starts fine and runs fine. No leaking here, even after a drive of well over an hour. No leaking at idle. Only when the motor is shut off, either after just a few seconds of running or an hour or two, will the leak start here (actually just a drip. Not much drips out, but enough to notice. The dripping will last about 30 seconds to one minute (I assume till whatever gas is left in the carburetor drips out).
Any ideas short of replacing the part? If replacement is needed, can just that part be replaced or will the entire base of the carburetor require replacement?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Well it looks like that is the end of the throttle shaft, the shaft that the butterfly is mounted to. I would think that your leak is from something fartherr up in the carb that's not working quite right. Maybe your float is not seating properly and it's causing some excess fuel to flow by. You should be able to get a carb rebuild kit for pretty cheap to clean things up in there. During operation there should only be atomized air flowing past that point and after the engine is shut off there should be no fuel at all in that particular location.
Thanks for the reply. With my limited knowledge of "things mechanical", I didn't think there should be any gas at this point after the motor was shut off. As this problem just started, I guess I should begin my look at the float and/or for a piece of trash keeping things from seating properly.
I guess I can give that area a look without messing things up too much.
Winter is officially over. After spending two hours chipping all the ice away from the garage, I got the Plodge out for its first drive of 2015 this afternoon. Thirteen miles around the bend, and all is about as it should be. The mothball smell should disperse around the first of May.
Got over 3700 miles last year, and hope to best that record this year.
We have wicked big moths here, and after a long winter they get hungry. A man was crossing the street down here last spring wearing a wool overcoat and before he got to the other side, all he had left was a handful of buttons.
Meanwhile, owners of 1937-41 Chrysler products who've struggled with the infamous unobtainable master cylinder will be happy to know this part, no. 858889, is now being reproduced and is available via ebay from Vintage Mopar Direct and will probably be available from Bernbaum, Roberts, and other vendors soon. It's selling for $199, which is a lot less than originals were going for when I was looking for a replacement a couple years ago. I can't vouch for the quality, except to say that I've used and been satisfied with the wheel cylinders I've gotten from this source.