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Mike Penserini

Thank you Dan, This info certainly spares much frustration and dollars finding caps and rotors.

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It's a CPC "Balanced Pressure" steering box. The adjustment at the back pulls all the slop out. I have one on my Mercury Speedster.

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Stronghold brakes were made by A-C for Montgomery Wards. They were cable operated as shown in the Wards catalog.

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Maybe the original manifold is Winfield.

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I've seen Dan Treace's pictures before, but I not blown up. Kinda puts a whole new light on things. I went out to the garage and looked at my other Mercury and I'm thinking Andy's car is probably correct. Jarvis is the best for original photos.

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Here we have a photo of the ex-Harrah Mercury. Note the "hide em welt" as used on Model A tops.

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Here is a photo of my Model B Mercury door. The Model B has many differences than the Model A. This is how I received the Mercury, I didn't mess with the upholstery. There is wood in the door and it definitely has a tack strip.

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Anyone have any info on this head ? Anyone else have one ?

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Hi Mark, I would like to buy Riley sump. Mike Penserini Sacramento

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Here is a photo from the Bill Smith collection of a Roof 8 valve head converted to overhead cam. The front and rear of the head has had holes drilled and plugged for water passages.

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Looking great Andy !

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My Mercury came with this Lawco shell that has had 3 inches added to it.

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Steve, It's made to fit a Model T, I have one too, mine is pretty old. I believe it was originally intended as an updraft. Horizontal ports were used in T blocks back in the day. Photo of is the Ed Winfield engine, not mine !

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Yup the yellow mercury runs and it is licensed and insured. It needs windshield glass cut and a few adjustments and that's about it. Right now it's trapped in the back of the garage while the front of the garage is occupied by the disassembled black mercury and boxes of parts. There is a lot of stuf...

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Dr Jekyll (rocker arm Fronty} and Mr Hyde (single overhead cam Fronty)

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Mercury

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I have a Fronty S head that has the same rockers, they are Nash but I don't know what year or model.

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Mine is in the center, the body is smaller, it's a Model B Mercury.

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It was the late Bob Scherzer who cast the lower steering column mount. They were sold through Langs as a speedster steering column mount and never identified as a Mercury copy. I had one around for a while but it now lives in a friends Faultless.

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With my maintenance free paint job I let the chains run naked and free. Safety is assured with the "Keen Lite" tail light / stop light combo as well as the other lights and reflectors in the back, and lets not forget the Great Dane alarm.

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Stronghold brakes were made by AC for Montgomery Ward.

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I sent Richard an email early on and haven't heard back from him yet. Hope all is well. Mike

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Lots of speedster stuff still floating around. A few years ago I picked up this original Morton and Brett windshield frame, seller said it was too narrow to be a car windshield and believed it was for a motorcycle side car.

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Blauvelt, Does this photo look familiar ? Don't remember when or where it came from as it's been in my computer for years.

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Hi Kevin, I'm late for the party. I'd like a water manifold, please add my name on the list. Thank you. Mike

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I take all this as a sign that we should abandon our flatheads and move on to overheads. Fronty and Rajo gaskets are readily available.

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Rajo with Gallivan single overhead cam from the Museum of American Speed.

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13938030_10153731650581680_50804352081832517_o.jpg The distributor in my Green triple drive is a modified Delco 668, 1930 Studebaker that came with a 4 lobe cam and dual points and dual coils. It had been modified for 2 spark 4 cylinder and to fit a Bosch front plate. I had to buy the Bosch plate t...

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I'm pretty sure it's a 23 Chevy Superior.

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Langs sells a bolt on lever #6297 that might help you.

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The late Jerry Hunt reproduced Multi Lifts a while back and sets pop up from time to time. When Riley was originally making his Multi Lifts he was also producing a head to be used with them.

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It was intended to fit over the intake/exhaust manifolds of the B and BB heads and retain heat. Somewhere I have a Laurel - Roof advertisement showing it in place. Fred Houston put one on his A head.

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Photo of Jerry Sherman Jr's booth at Bakersfield a few years ago. At the end of the table are 2 SOHC cover castings. You might check and see if he still has one or if he has the casting pattern.

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Stronghold was Montgomery Ward's brand. They were manufactured for Montgomery Wards by AC.

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Hi Tom - I'm also interested in the Miller head , Please add me to your list.

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The bottom end of my DO Fronty sprint car engine. Wills Saint Claire V8 crank in a Model T block. Bronze main caps with steel reinforcement plates. Tube rods with full floating pistons and aluminum buttons pressed into the pins.

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I have a fondness for flatheads. Here is Jerry Sherman's.

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1925 California, Mercury Speedster

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I have a similar crankshaft with no counterweights and a 3 inch stroke.

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I had and sold some of the same rods years ago, they came from Townsend Automotive. I still have a photo of the paperwork Townsend sent with them.

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Chevy 490

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Thanks Jeff, I'm back on with a new password and everythings working great.

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This Green Engineering triple plate is a NOS era accessory. The distributor is a Delco Studebaker reworked to fire 2 plugs at once. Complete triple plates are a hard item to find, Green Engineering equipment is darn near impossible.

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Mercury #1070

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Mercury body #253 B, Fronty S head

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Very happy with new forum !!

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I don't know how fast I was going, the speedometer needle went around the dial 3 times and flew off then this flew out the side of the engine !

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Photo test, Green Engineering

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