Posted by downsouth on June 07, 2011 at 17:57:21 from (64.12.116.74):
In reply to your earlier message on the gorgeous 40 model Ford you found and brought home, I copied your message to my 88 year old Dad who has been a Ford man pretty well all his life. Thought I would share his reply from him to you:
Pull all the plugs and put good old transmission fluid in the cylinders and let it sit about 48 hours and then try turning it over by hand !!! Use a big wrench on the crankshaft to do it.. once you get it to turn over by hand (all the way) you can probably change to oil and try to start it by hand. That sure has a great grille. All but the color....that is just like the one my oldest son (Paul) bought and got killed in a few days later.
FYI, Paul was my half brother that I never knew, he died at the age of 16. Interesting to find out this information this way, but hey.....what ever it takes! All I was ever told was he was at a HS prom to help out and they needed something and he volunteered to go get it. He was rearended at a stop sign by a guy and he was thrown through the windshield. His shoes were still in the floorboard.
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