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It's still a good sign that my questions get easier each time I show up here.

I hooked up with someone to swap my '33 headlights with true '32 headlights, and I got his shipment in this week. One of these happens to have a reflector with only the main headlight socket and no little running light socket near the top. Did this happen to be a different set up for, say, the '32 truck?

If so, I thought I could just cleanly drill a hole in the reflector and mount the running light inside. Does that sound reasonable, or would I risk screwing up the reflector? :confused:

Ed Smyth
NEW official Elvira Dude

Hey "New Official Elvira Dude"! Welcome Aboard!! The 1932 Chevrolet reflectors came two ways....with the parking light and without. If the car didn't have cowl lights, then the headlights came with the parking light socket as part of the headlight reflector assembly. If cowl lights were used, like on the early Special Sedan, then only one socket was used in the headlight reflectors. :eek: :eek:

Ed, don't drill any holes. I may have the reflector you need, If not it should be easy to find one.

If I understand correctly, Skip, it's quite an exclusive club with very strict rules. Members must 1) not put 1928 rods in thier '32 motors, 2) not spend $66K on thier restoration, 3) never use Ford parts on thier old Chevys.

That's quite interesting about the cowl lights/parking lights set up. I'm always learning something new from you, Skip.

Well, this reflector is in fine shape with no need for plating, so I can leave it as is for now until I find a replacement. If you've got the right reflector, D2, sure - let me know. I'm going out to the Bennington Car Show this weekend and I'll root around the swap meet for one as well (kind of a East Coast version of the Junkyard Puppy tour ).

Ed,
You may have gotten the impression that there is only one set of rules. :rolleyes: Nah, nope, nada, no! There are many sets of rules. Each of us has our own. That is the main problem!

Some of us use parts and supplies from the Model A guys because they fit and are cheaper than from the Chevy guys. Some were apparently supplied by the same companies way back when these Chevys were built.

If you can get the '28 rods into the engine and make the pistons go up and down, have at it. No one will know what is inside unless you tell them or they come out at a unplanned occasion. :confused:

And spend as much as you wish (consulting with the spouce is recommended). Make your Chevy the way that makes you the proudest. Just don't expect all of us to agree that "it is the cutest baby that we have ever seen". Mommies (all, not just the baby's) are the only ones that try to make us believe that statement. They think that even the ugliest ones are cute, a consept that is hard for the testosterone crowd to understand. Let the first one that didn't spend way too much on at least part of a restoration or repair throw the first stone!!!

Them there is Texass rules. Here in OrWeGone, us Junkyard Dogs have different rules, such as:

"If it screws in it will work!"
"If it feels good, do it!"
"If it don't feel good....do it anyway!"
"If it don't move, pour beer on it, and if it still don't move, drink the beer instead!"
"Parts is parts and it don't matter where they came from!"
"Every car dude is your buddy....even if he drives a Ford!"
And our favorite one: "Down and dirty.....and then drive the hell out of it!".

As long as ya got a photo of Elvira in your wallet, you are part of the JYD group and you can do anything ya want! Ya! :eek:

By the way, our next annual Junkyard Dog tour is in November, and so far about 30 dudes have signed up! As long as ya can follow the rules, you are welcome! Ya!

Wow, I got some learnin' (or unlearnin') to do! :eek:

I'd agree with you on all points, ChevyChip. And...yeah, Skipper's rules are pretty easy to live by, too. You can see I can only be accused of simply paying close attention to everything that Skip has ever posted since the new chat room was started (see rule 2 below).

Ha ha! Good rules Eddie!! The second one is dead on and I can't argue with that!

On the first one, for it to work for us JYD's, I would have to change it a little. For us, it should read like this:

"As soon as it gets frustrating, just walk away and drink lots of Coors before you stupidly break something". Now.....that's how a Junkyard Dog does it!

By the way....are ya goin on our annual tour with us in November? All we do is check out vintage wrecking yards, vintage garages, drink lots of beer, eat lots of pizza, and check out all of the women that we can find! ha ha! :eek:

Well, yeah, the beer part is implied - relax=beer, beer=relax.

The puppy tour sounds like a blast. Sure would like to join up, but I'm on the wrong side of the country. :(

I guess the consolation out here is that Hemmings puts on a great show alongside this weekend event here in Bennington, VT. I'll try to conduct the same activities to the Junkyard Puppy standards, though! Thanks for the invite...!

Sure, you are more than welcome to come. Last year we had a dude show up all the way from the east side of Canada, so you are fairly close! ha ha! About 30 or more dudes are going this year. Bennington is cool...but it can't hold a candle to the annual Junkyard Dog tour! ha ha!

Have fun on your Junkyard Puppy adventure buddy!

JYD did you say those were Arewegone? rules or Texass rules? sound like TexaSS rules to me SS is for Super Sport!
Just don't let them chaps from Down Under ot OZ hear that those are Arewegone? rules... They will say they are Down Under rules!

Is Elvira serving the beer and pizza on the tour? :eek:

If so it might be worth the trip. Gotta go to 'map quest' for the quickest route.

ABSOLUTELY!!! Elvira will be serving the pizza and beer dressed in her leather body suit and her whip. Trust me.....ya don't want to miss this one! Why do you think that we have 30 dudes going on the JYD adventure this year? :cool2:

Sorry Macky Wacky.....them there is OrWeGone rules, not TexASS rules! Your rules are totally different and even though they are cool rules, they ain't as cool as the JYD rules and the OrWeGone rules. :( :( :( :( :(

Manitoba is more central really than the East side of Canada, but your right. It had been a fact that Oregon had 2 VCCA car club meetings in the same week last November as in the JYD "time frame". So I went. A Loooooong drive though. It is a good thing I am used to a long haul ! Hey.....I even met Skip G.......Wayne T.....and Mary M. toboot. Nice people all of them.

HELLO JUNKYARD DOG, YOU DO KNOW THAT I HAVE A BUS LOAD OF MODEL T DUDES THAT IM BRINGING THIS YEAR TO THE JUNKYARD DOG OUTING. THEY CAN HARDLY WAIT TO GO TO THE FORD JUNK YARDS, THAT YOU HAVE PLANNED TO TOUR. IM ALSO BRINGING BILLY BOY BILL BARKER ALONG TO KEEP ELVIRA ENTERTAINED WHILE YOU CLIMB IN AND AROUND ALL THOSE OLD CARS WITH THE MODEL T DUDES. WHAT IS NEEDED IS CHIPPER DIPPER PLAYING THE BUGLE AND MACKIE WACKIE YODELING, AS WE GET TO EACH WRECKING YARD.

Cool! But, I do have a problem with Chipper Dipper's stupid bugle! We can lay it under a wheel of the bus and then run over it! After that, many car dudes around the country will be very happy! Hey....the Junkyard Dogs did it again! Ya!

HEY JUNKYARD DOG, CANT YOU JUST HEAR IT NOW WHEN CHIPPER DIPPER IS BLOWING HIS BUGLE, :arrow: :arrow: MACKIES BACK IN TOWN

He won't be blowing that stupid bugle when the Junkyard Dog gets his hands on it, because it will then be playing "Oh Dog Dew In The Morning!" Ya!

Say Donald and Doggie Doodle, would it be ok if I skipped the Yodeling ( since I started Harmone replacement therapy I can't hit them high notes any more!) But I don't care! If it is okey doakie I will brang the car with the Dixie Air Horns, they play the first eleven notes to Dixie! I can't wait to show Elvira how a real Texas Gent treats a high strung lady! And I don't mean the bugle playing fellow from the Swamp, either!

Sure, no problem! But, you are going to have to do a lot to impress Elvira, because after hanging out with a Junkyard Dog, she is totally spoiled and I don't think that Texass has anything in the whole state that would impress her.......including Chipper Dipper's stupid dented bugle! Us Doggie Doodles are hard to beat ya know! :eek: :eek:

I swear - I don't have to watch sitcoms on TV because I get my laughs from reading all of your postings. You guys crack me up.

Manitoba to Oregon is quite a hike, so the tour must be great time to go that far. I guess us East Coasters just have to find other ways to entertain our junk car junkie habit.

Is it okay if I get back on subject? I came back from Bennington today with a full day of sniffin' around lots of car parts and neat old cars. Here in the land of winter salt anything that is older than 25 years looks pretty good around here. Couldn't spot a decent reflector, so I'll take D2 up on his offer.

However, I did find a correct radiator emblem for the '32. This reproduction emblem has a bolt mounted on the back, but the missing space I have on the radiator shell has a slight concave space with sort of a solid washer mounted in the middle. I recall a thread sometime back in the past where someone was asking about mounting their emblem, and if I can recall, the concensus was to use some strong bonding material such as SteelWeld to mount it.

Should I cut off and grind down the bolt ending on this thing and do the same? I'd hate to have to pull the entire radiator apart just to put an emblem on, but if it's the best or correct way, well... :rolleyes: ...I guess I'd have to.

ES

Hi Ed Smyth,

Speaking from sad experience on both a '33 Eagle and a '28 National, leave the bolt alone. It will probably fall off as you are working with it anyway. Use some space age two part plastic material that is available in white and grey. Don't use too much as this is GOOD stuff. After placing the emblem in the exact spot put some masking tape on it till it sets. The down side of this procedure is that it is kinda permanent. But, we ain't gonna restore these dudes again anyway.

Well Grasshopper wit the 32 emblem, I guess you do what you gotta do, but do you have to grind it off?
And a little secret, we just want everyone to shuck them stupid T.V.s that you can't talk back to! Here at least you can kinda' have your say., even if those guys from the Left Coast always show how jelouse they are of US Real MEN, even if we get out hair off of ebay and our deep voices from a bottle! Ha! Eat your heart out JYD.

Macky Wacky: I will.....when I meet a REAL man from Texass, but so far.....nothin'! Ya! ha ha

Eddie: The best way to mount the reproduction radiator emblem is to install it from the inside of the shell. That way it is done correctly and it will be a permanent installation.

Hi Ed,

If you elect to secure the emblem with the bolt and nut from the inside I suggest you tie a string to the nut and washer so you can "fish" them out later when they fall off or the bolt separates from the emblem.

Been there---Done that.