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Went to the central region show in Brown County with my 28 coach. Had a blast but also got a chance to work on some things while there I can pass on. I only put on about 80 miles on the car since I had it running and in flat ground country. I have the autolite 3077 plugs and gaped them to 35 tho before I left. When I got to very hilly Brown County I found out it pulled hills pretty good but sure didn't like to start when hot. Since the coil that was in the car was a very old Mallory with a phenolic type case I figured a new coil was in order. Went down the road to the Napa and got a new coil. Boy what a difference! Old coil had cracks in the case that were hard to see before removing it. Fired right up no matter how hot the engine was. Next thing was to go on a long country drive with the Girlfriend and the kids. Car ran great till we got about a mile out of town on a buzy State hwy when the Electric fuel pump gave out ( I hate those things!). Getting rid of that pump was my next order of business but ran out of time before the meet. Got a ride back to a hardware store, bought a 2 gallon gas can and some rubber fuel hose. Put everything on, tied the gas can on top of the engine and made it back to the meet no problem. Richard Oldenberg who has a very nice 28 roadster had a couple rebuilt vac tanks so I put on the new vac tank and back to the hardware store where I bought copper line and fittings and plumbed it up right there in the parking lot. Car never ran better! Stopping on the other hand is a different story. Even though the car has new brakes, the lining was put on the bands wrong. Each rear brake has 3 small sections of lining with gaps in between so when the band tightens the band collapses in the gapped area and the part where the lining is, raises up in the center where the lining is leaving very little contact. Not good to find out when in a very hilly area! Stopped fine in the flats. Old gal is getting brake work this week and I won't quit till all 4 can lock up the tires! For those who missed the show, it sure was a good time. Sorry you missed it. It was great to meet everyone who did come!

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Bob

It was good to meet you at the meet. Your car had a problem stopping from the hills and mine had a problem going up them. My leather cone clutch started slipping about half way up the big hill in the park. Something else to work on next week...

Take care, and cangratulations on the Gary Halford award.

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A point worth passing on re 28 brakes. I had the local brake place reline my 28 coach front brakes (which probably is 80% of braking) with the softest lining available, the back brakes were the old style woven linings. When I had my accident (T-boned a clown who right turned right in front of me)my son in law measured 22ft of skid marks on the road. of course because of asbestos these old 'good stuff linings are no longer available, however you can still get softer than normal material. Certainly worth an inquiry.
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Hi Bob,

Sounds like you had a great time.

Another wrap for 3077's, but more importantly a message for all not to under estimate the benifets of a good working coil.

What type of coil did you fit?

Pleased to hear someone converting back to a vac tank, as so many go the other way.

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Ray


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Hello Bob:

It was great to meet you at the Central Meet this past week. We all appreciated your assisting in the repair of a 1931 that had a loose rod bearing and ultimately a wrist pin issue.
Thanks for taking your time to assist Rusty and congratulations on receiving the Spirit Award.

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Ray, I put on a coil from our NAPA stores. I got one for a 54 Chevy since the bracket that was on the old replacement coil was the same size. It is 6V with no external resistor. One of these days I will get the oil filter bracket back on and I have a coil bracket that will fit the 54 coil and still fit the filter bracket where the original large delco coil sat.


28 Chevy LO Capitol 1 ton, 28 National 2 dr coach, 71 Chevy Custom Camper 3/4 ton. Also 23 Oldsmobile Economy truck and a 24 Olds sport touring.

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