1) I am going have the knuckles and wheel bearing redone. We will also update the steering linkage. We will rebuild the center arm. It does not appear tie rods ends are made for this year anymore and i need to buy a new tie rod. Do i need to buy a new relay bar as well? What about the drag link?
if you look in my build thread on annie, i'm pretty sure i listed the pn's i used for the steering rods/ends. do them all and be done. check to see what style center arm you have. your rig has been somewhat bastardized, but i doubt they changed out the early center arm and kits are very hard to find for those now.
2) The brakes feel fine and work well. (well for drum brakes anyways). Should i go ahead and rebuild the master cylinder even if it works? Is it foolish to not switch to the later model double cylinder? Also, anybody have a source for early model rubber brake lines at the wheel?
i would rebuild all the cylinders and be done with it, especially if you can find kits while they're still around...they're getting scarce too. going dual circuit isn't just bolt in. you have to split the front and rear lines and the ends will be larger (7mm v 8mm), so you'll have issues with all the lines threading in everywhere. for the soft lines, i had my local parker store rebuild mine.
3) The rear lights are hung from the body and not from brackets. I haven't found a picture on mud of the early 25 body mount brackets but i think mine are not original. The bumper brackets appeared in 1964 but does anyone have a 63 with the bumper bracket? Anybody know where i can find some old brackets?
in the picture, you can see the bolt holes on the rear crossmember where the stock taillight brackets bolted on
4) What fuel sending unit can you use on these earlier 40's?
never put a different on in, is the float the issue? i've seen a bunch cracked, if so, let it sit over night with the crack down and you can braze it again, or, in my thread, i think i posted a ford or chevy float that i used, i just had to bend the wire that holds it a little tighter
5) At one point there was a thread about the double sided turn signal repro lenses but the thread was really old. Is anybody making those?[/QUOTE] i don't know if it panned out, i think it was a limited one time run if it did and you won't find them. yours should have the single sided round turn signals, which are still available, about $40 ea.
now, lets see more pics
