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Paul Steinberg

Paul Steinberg

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The car arrived home 3 weeks ago today and was delivered to our store in the next town. It ran long enough to make it across the street to the gasoline station to have the tank filled. The battery was just about dead, and it ran a short while after being jumped. After I filled the tank, I headed home. and made it out onto the street where it died. Along come the local police, who immediately call for the tow truck, to get it removed before it caused an accident by the rubber neckers. Glad that I have an AAA card. Once it was home, I started to investigate the dead battery problem, and quickly learned that the alternator was dead. Off to the alternator shop with this monster. The next morning I get the bad news that it has 3 blown positive diodes, and they can't find replacements. I started searching, and within a couple of days, they were delivered in the mail. The alternator is repaired, and installed on the car, and finally the new regulator arrives from California. I am thinking that finally I am out of the woods, and I can drive the car. Nope, the newly rebuilt alternator isn't charging. After fiddling with it for 3 more days, I finally find an intermittent broken wire at the terminal end. Fix that, and it is now charging. Just about ready to close the hood and go for a ride, and I smell raw gas. Checking the engine, I find that there is gas dripping from the carburetor. Another day fixing that, and finally, I was able to take it for a 2 mile "shake down' cruise. Along the way, I found some assorted loose bolts, and other things that needed attention. I told Ed that I would take care of fixing the mechanicals, and that is what I am doing. Why the alternator died, no one knows, except that I am guessing that the delivery company forgot to turn off the batteries, and then tried to jump the car, but had the cables on back wards.
Today, it got its first bath.............. I just couldn't post a picture with it as dirty as it was when it arrived.
 

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strange looks the same in your yard as it did in mine. now how long do I wait before announcing I have an alternator for sale!! but I told him and showed him how to shut off and turn on the car. he was busy figuring out how to get the other unit between them. but his big concern was how to earn enough money to get back to Turkey a rich man. not how manly laws he broke doing it. a real Gipsy's trucker. I will confess the carb I did but my big fear was over tightening it and striping out the filter nut. probably had tension on the SS line and it finely loosened it up bouncing home. some of us need to stick to body work. as much of that engine I had apart I'm was flabbergasted when it fired right off.
 
John ED Renstrom said:
strange looks the same in your yard as it did in mine. now how long do I wait before announcing I have an alternator for sale!! but I told him and showed him how to shut off and turn on the car. he was busy figuring out how to get the other unit between them. but his big concern was how to earn enough money to get back to Turkey a rich man. not how manly laws he broke doing it. a real Gipsy's trucker. I will confess the carb I did but my big fear was over tightening it and striping out the filter nut. probably had tension on the SS line and it finely loosened it up bouncing home. some of us need to stick to body work. as much of that engine I had apart I'm was flabbergasted when it fired right off.
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The hardest part of anything is figuring out what is wrong. On the carburetor nut, I found that the original steel / plastic coated washer was still in the carburetor, and that it also had a copper crush washer. Once I removed the steel washer, the copper washer sealed fine. Tomorrow I will start resetting all the carburetor and downshift linkage to the factory specifications. If my energy level stays high, I can fix almost anything, once I figure out what the problem is. You are a great body man, and I don't expect you to be a mechanic also. The mechanical repairs that you did that were necessary because they were discovered during the engine painting were well done. I have no complaints. Thanks for your dedication and work to preserving this old car.

Steve Lichtman said:
Looks good.

What is the circular thing on the roof?
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That is the roof mount for the B & M Super Chief. Once I have all the mechanicals completed, I will be installing the lights and siren. If I get tired of working on the mechanicals, I will move to complete them sooner.
Tomorrow I will post some additional pictures.
 
Paul....she looks AWESOME !!!:thumbsup:

But...could you PLEASE hurry up with the mechanicals and lights/siren ??:rolleyes:

I am holding a Code 3 for you !!!:D
 
Paul can blame me for this one. Several years ago, I sent out an email to a bunch of people with a Craigslist ad for a 68 Cadillac Limo. In the background of one of the pictures was this ambulance. Paul spotted it, called the guy & th rest is history! BTW, the limo has reappeared on CL recently!
 
Looks great Paul. Ed, you outdid yourself again. Great job. I followed the restoration, on Dropshots, throughout the process and all I can say is it was like going back to school. What a treat it was to watch the progress. Thank for keeping the pics updated.
 
Paul and I talked a lot when we were doing it. the first time I got in it, it was a strong running car. the both of us we very surprised to find as many things amiss as we did. but like everything else you know what you know. I got the necessary mechanicals back together and the car running. Paul knows how to make the fine adjustment to them. me I got the doors to open and close. making the fine adjustment is time consuming and mostly a test and fit a 100 times thing. thats what very few production shops will do. to them doing mechanical or body work it's a in and out thing. this car, when Paul gets done will be better mechanical then when new.
 
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