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I was wondering if bad motor mounts are most noticeable a idle...? i.e. shaking...
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You need to stop looking so closely. 
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You need to stop looking so closely. Its these darn new glasses.... I'm sure the front motor mounts are bad too... if they're even there! I just haven't stuck my head up in there to see how bad they are yet.
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You're scaring the heck out of me... After my earlier posting, now I'm not even sure that my '36 has a '36 engine in it.   I need to stop looking --- AND --- stop posting!!! HA! 
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You need to stop looking so closely. I want to blame the shaking on the motor mounts rather than the carburetor, Haha...
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If the engine is hitting on all 6 and has even compression it will not shake with broken motor mounts.
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A few current pics... That front window did NOT want to come out, the rubber had turned to glue after all these years. The last under the dash pic shows a little light up thing made out of the same grey swirl plastic as the steering wheel. I traced the wire through the firewall and then down under the cab a ways but lost it. I'm thinking hi/low beam indicator? ![[Linked Image from i1257.photobucket.com]](http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii510/pzkfw1944/Image005-6_zps213a5f67.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i1257.photobucket.com]](http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii510/pzkfw1944/Image004-7_zps8cd9054c.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i1257.photobucket.com]](http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii510/pzkfw1944/Image002-15_zpsd33cd4ee.jpg)
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Looks like your removing more than just the windshield...What's up with that...?
That wouldn't be the original color showing thru on the roof, would it...?
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All the glass has to come out, its all cracked or delaminated badly... The doors need help, the vent windows are froze up as well as the locking/latch mechanisms being almost non working. The goal is to save as much of the car as possible in its present condition. Moldy fabric, rotten metal, or peeling paint has to go. A lot of stuff should clean up really good with a little elbow grease... i'll bet the dash will sparkle with a good cleaning and polish!
There is no remaining original color anywhere on the outside of the body i've found, the shine is from the lights above. Whoever repainted the car either stripped the original paint off or it was gone before they did it. I've poked down through the paint and found a layer of white primer and under that steel. The deeper I dig the more i'm sure this car had an exterior cosmetic resto a number of years ago. In protected places like the firewall I find the original frosty green paint with red primer underneath. Since the original finish is long gone outside i'll be stripping it and repainting it... I guess somebody else didn't like frosty green either... lol!
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Did you figure out what your light is for yet?
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It runs down to the hi/low switch on the floor... it was a high beam indicator!
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Nice looking car! That tire looks familiar tooo
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Nice looking car! That tire looks familiar tooo
Joe I'll bet it does... i've got a few more floating around 
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