Hey RJ

[fendermender]

RJ the 1931 ford coupe you saw on the board is ready for you to ride   The engine is 327 auto with cold air and power windows 

Charlie

[R J]

If the body hasn't been extended, my fat arse and belly won't fit behind the steering wheel.     LOL.....

Years ago, and I mean years ago, several of my buddies and I put a V12 Lincoln in my 30 Coupe.    I drove it from the back of the cab, The front seat was moved back about 2' to make room for the motor.  Also had a La Salle transmission and of course the Lincoln rear end.

That was our Hot Rod Lincoln in San Francisco, during the early 50's.   It set at the warehouse on the base while I was in Korea on my 1st tour.      Got home and a couple of my buddies had serviced it, oil, filters and such, with fresh gas and new battery.     I wasn't there but one of my buddies, said it fired and ran on the 4th time over.     He also said rat nests and little hairless babies came out of both exhausts.      3 days later I drove it to Camp Lejuene, NC.

Drove across in 3 1/2 days and NO Interstate.............   Total trip, food, motels, and gas just a tad over $50.00 and the Marine Corps paid me $90. travel $$$.

[Highbinder]

RJ...last month while in Maggie Valley we stopped at the Wheels of Time and they had a V 12 Lincoln in there...that thing had to be at least 4-5 feet long...I can't image what that looked like in a '30 coupe, got any pictures?  They did have camera's back then, right??   ....

[R J]

Don, I only have pictures anymore from about 1990 to current.      All of our belongings were in my parents basement when it flooded. I had just retired and we were looking for something to buy.

Salvaged a few items, but ended up taking the rest to the dump.

I lost my Marine Corps pictures,  Boot Camp, Korea, San Francisco, Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune and all my CHP pictures also.

The pictures we lost that really hurt, was all of the kids pictures growing up.    Shortly after birth, 1st steps, 1st teeth, kindergarten, graduation from Grade school, graduation from Mid-school as they call it now, was Jr high back then,  high school, and from college of those that went and got the degree.

You talk about length of the engine, it only had 2 more holes, in length, to go into the firewall and into the drivers compartment.    We opened the door to change the back 2 plugs.     Pistons in those engines are only the size of a silver dollar.    The engine looked a lot bigger than they were.    The open driveshaft in it was like the Chevy Trikes, about 12" long counting the u-joints.   We built a doghouse to set over the engine, to keep out some of the heat a flying debris.

Buddy of mine who lives in MI, who I talk to at least once a week, corrected me last night on the rear end.   I had said it was a Lincoln on the board, we were reminiscing last night and he politely informed me it was an open end Cadillac, he had helped put it in, and we got it 1/2" off center on installation, and that I'd said screw it, it is close enough.

[R J]

Wife just reminded me we also lost all the pictures of when I was racing Stock Car and bikes in the BARA (Bay Area Racing Assoc).    We raced all over the Bay Area, my favorite track was the one that used to be in Oakland, CA.    It got demolished for a Mall.

This is one of the very few pictures we retrieved.

 

I was still in the service and just before I became a CHP officer.   Was in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.