by Steve
on April 8, 2013
I found a company in California that restores original aluminum finish on Heads and Intake Manifolds. So I sent my ’34 aluminum intake manifold to www.jandpdeburring.com They use a vibratory process for cleaning, then a media that contains aluminum to refinish. The results were outstanding. It looks just like it came off the assembly line. This puts a skin on the surface of the part and it looks just like the original factory finish. It also seems to seal the part so that gas, oil and grease doesn’t penetrate the aluminum. If I remember correctly the cost was around $25 – $30.
J & P Deburring Inc.
9135 Alabama Ave. Unit D
Chatsworth, Ca.
91311
(818) 998-6079
Looks just like the day it left the Ford factory floor.
I did not send my 34 aluminum heads into be refinished because I bought a reproduction set from www.kearneyfoundry.com located at
Kearney Pattern Works & Foundry
40 South Montgomery Street
San Jose, CA
95110
(408) 293-7414 or toll free (877) 551-4421
These heads were not cheap but they are an excellent reproduction of the original heads.
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by Steve
on April 7, 2013
Once the original Cowl was stripped they found it to be in not too bad shape. There are some problems with both lower inner cowl supports which will be replaced. I will be updating photos as the guys in the shop make progress on restoring the cowl.
Once the cowl was stripped we found the inner cowl supports to be in very poor condition so we decided to replace both.
Photo: Ed Solari
I must thank Ed Solari from FordBarn for sending me numerous photos of the inner cowl supports and this excellent example of a 34 roadster original inner cowl support. This will help immensely when they correctly rebuild the reproduction cowl supports.
The reproduction inner cowl supports look correct, but are some what crude. In order to match the original configuration they will need to be modified.
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by Steve
on April 7, 2013
When the car was together and running I noticed the 34 radiator had a slow weep at its top corner. Plus it had a few dents on the top of the tank. I looked for a radiator shop in Calgary, Alberta but could not find one that I felt comfortable leaving my radiator with and a few of them didn’t even want to touch the 34 rad.
So I found Don’s Radiators in Lethbridge, Alberta which is about 2 hours south of Calgary and the best part is that Don Soenen knows flatheads. Don’s specializes in vintage and custom built radiators. When I went into his shop there sat his 1934 Ford, and here is Don with his 34.
Also in the back of Don’s shop was a 1932 Ford that he is currently working on.
So I drop my rad off and there was another 34 rad sitting on his shop floor.
Call me picky but you can see the dents on the top of my rad’s tank and they always bugged me. When I pick the rad up they will be gone. I will pick the Rad up in about 2 weeks and show the finished product then.
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