What are you working on?

Nope Nope and........ Nope.

You guys are trying way to hard. This car is owned by the same guy who owns the car I worked on last winter.
 
1929 Oakland Roadster?...I wondered if it was another Oakland, but thought it had to be a different car. And I was too lazy to go back and dig through the thread to be honest.:shifty:
 
Yep. Its a 1929 Oakland sport roadster with the optional buffalo wheels. It also has dual side mount spare tires (also buffalo wheels). The original color combo is gorgeous. Its cream with orange wheels and the body rib is also orange. The fenders are a bluegreen color.

Here is a pic of one with the same color combo but wood wheels rather than the buffalo wheels.

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This car restoration was started around 20 years ago by a guy in Ohio who lost interist in the project when his wife passed away. He had the carb rebuilt and the engine done but it has been sitting never started or assembled any further than what you see in these pics. In fact the body was just set on the chassis for the trip home when mark bought it.

The first thing I'm going to do is verify the engine has been rebuilt and then get it started. Then I am going to take it down to the bare frame and start rebuilding it from the ground up.

I took the carb apart and found that it had been gone through quite some time ago. I found that the float is stuck (From sitting) and the bowl cover is broken and has been glued back together. I hope this isn't a sign of what is to come.

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The good news is it's a one year only carb. It's a Marvel model 228. So that should be easy to find! :D
 

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Probably someone a little over zealous with a screwdriver when trying to pen it the first time. That sucks that it's a one year only carb.

But the summer and winter selector on the top of the carb is interesting? What does it affect, fuel flow through the needle and seat set-up?
 
The carb for the '28 has that too. It lifts the needle out of the main jet on the winter setting and lowers it on the summer setting.

The good news is we found a guy who can cast a new one. I'm getting a Email ready for him with the pics and numbers as we speak.
 
i was about to say..casing one should be EASY if if you have the stuff to do it...especvialy when you have such all the parts..even better if you use the one off the other car to cast it from
 
Im kind of suprised that Cow and 69.5 didn't comment on the first pic on this page. I thought 69.5 would be all over that one. It's a vintage overdrive unit for the old girl.
 
Stretch said:
Im kind of suprised that Cow and 69.5 didn't comment on the first pic on this page. I thought 69.5 would be all over that one. It's a vintage overdrive unit for the old girl.
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Yes I noted it, forgot to mention how cool that thing is. The two shafts held together by a chain wrap....that is neat as well. Is that metal frame around the unit(s) original, or just for storage and transport? Who is it made by?
 
That is for storage/ transport. I wish I could remember who made it. I'll ask Mark next time I talk to him.
 
i was wondering who made it..i assumed it was OD..which is rare in itself especialy if its stock or era vintage....funny thing is it looks like its the tail end of my 58 fords OD unit with the front section modified...which wouldnt suprise me in the slightest cause it wasnt actualy made by ford and went back into the 40s i think
 
All I really know about it so far is if you try to use it in reverse it will destroy it and I believe its cable operated although it does have a electric motor on it.
 
even the shift arm on the side and motor(6v motor was larger than the 12v motor) look EXACTLY like my ford...and yeah that same arm on mine is cabled
 
I think it was Borg-Warner who made most of the early OD units. They usually went by a "R" designation...R7, R10, R11...etc.
 
This was produced in Ohio I think and it is called something like Dougs OD. I haven't seen Mark to ask him.
 
Ok I have a little info on the over drive unit. It's a Lloyd Young unit. It's a Borg warner unit. I'm not sure how Lloyd Young fits into the equation. He might be the guy who modifies the Borg Warner unit to work with these antique cars. I will be checking out his web sight soon. I need the electrical kit and the cable kit for it.

Ialso found a guy who can rebuild the brake cables. (The '28 I did last year had rods) I guess "Cables By George" can rebuild the brake cables for these old cars. I will be checking out his sight soon as well.
 
Well I had some time with the Oakland today. I sorted through boxes and boxes of parts. I looked at the "wood Kit" for the body structure. I removed the body, engine, & transmission. Tomorrow I'm going to remove the brakes so I can send them out to be relined & I will finish striping the frame down.

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