My 1939 Ford Standard Coupe

My 1939 Ford Standard Coupe - The Restoration
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	I took my brand new Offenhauser dual intake to the good folks at Cincinanti Powder Coating. We came up with a nice metallic light gray finish, and they added a clear epoxy that is resistant to gasoline. You'll note that this is the '49-53 style intake with the road breather tube opening at the very front, and the oil fill tube opening just behind it. The plan right now is to cap both, unless I decide to use the oil fill tube for that purpose. Plenty of time to set this up.
	I had the oil pan and front timing cover powder coated red. Other than that, I have used "Ford Red" high temp engine spray paint to finish off the engine.
	Here's another view of the painting process. I masked off the heads since they are already installed. In this picture you can see the locating holes in the back of the block casting (just above the oil pan) where the anti-chatter rods go. They are mounted on the center frame rails and extend forward about a foot. Although the engine is turned the wrong way for installing here, you can just make out one of the rods in the lower right.
	Finally, all painted (including the new water pumps) and settled back into the frame. To keep from scraping up my oil pan, I set a soft rag on the front crossmember. I also put a wrap of masking tape on the threads of the "anti-chatter" rods to protect them and to protect the new red paint on the engine as it went back in. To me this is a two person job to ease the engine back in. Someone has to work the hydraulic jack and help push the crane back and forth as the other person guides in the anti-chatter rods into the holes in the back of the block. After that I just unraveled the masking tape and installed the locking nuts on the rods. I haven't tightened them or the motor mounts down yet until I have the tranny bolted back in, to make sure I have everything lined up nicely.

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