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The brand of the shocks Houdaille is pronounced "Who-Die"

Did that a few years back, except adjustable drag link upgrade, which comes next. Thanks!

My family made a trip up to Oakland in either '65 or '66 to visit my Dad's best friend's family. We all had a ball. On one of those trips we went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and all I could remember was going into the big building. They had this big slide for us kids and my mind went blank on those slides. It was like a piece of me was captured and never left Santa Cruz. I lived there for four years during my late 40s and early 50s, but for some reason, a piece of me is still there and that Boardwalk had something to do with it.

All the cotter pins on a Model A will drive a Baptist to drink.

You missed it! The rod bearing is not wide enough and has no side Thrust surface ! The rod s are grinding the crankshaft!

U see how clean it was.

I think I would turn it over and inspect the bearings before I tore it all down. You can tell a lot about general condition. Also if all looks ok you can snug up your bearings if there are sufficient shims to do so. Good luck! Looks like a well done engine from appearances.

Why would you want to remove the dipper tray?

Good to hear John Denver again 😌

Cool video

I'm gonna be able to do this soon ,putting a 1929 fordor on road😊😊😊

I hope these beautiful cars have bullet proof glass .

How did the scuffed piston debris make its way to the valve spring area. I haven't seen a pathway from the videos. The debris from the spring area looked to be cast iron swarf from machine mark done and not cleaned out properly. Oil pump and main bearings should have been wiped out from that amount of metal going thru them, rod bearings would have picked some also thru the oil scoops

Back in the sixties a few friends and myself would hitch hike to Santa Cruz , with sleeping bags and a sack of canned food. We would sleep at National bridges park , body surf for two days. Go into Santa Cruz and the boardwalk. Waking early being in the morning ocean water.

what kind of 4 speed tranny does it have?

When leaving car shows you're supposed to light'em up, fishtail, and hit oncoming traffic. Oh well, maybe next year!

I took videos of the cars driving through Boulder Creek that morning and also down at the railroad crossing on Hwy 9 in Felton.

Can't hardly wait to get mine on road ,have a1929 fordor😊😊

Just a note: 600w oil is not really 600 weight. Viscosity-wise it equates to about 250.

Wherd you get those size 5's

why did that happen to it, what went wrong?

To do it correctly they should be backed off an eighth of a turn before tightening.

H&H engine

At the 3:16 mark you can see in the 60's how much more beautiful the historic Charles Looff carousel was. It had the nice mirrored panels on the inside of the riding platform that hid the center pole and motor. Also the riding platform was a nice wood vaneer finish instead of the ugly greenish/blue finish it has currently!!! 👍🎠

Lived on E.Cliff drive across the Pajaro River from boardwalk...1960...was a retirement community 'till UC came in '69...what memories. thanks.

wow! easy peezy, Thanks😄

I will forever be grateful this video exists

Looks like someone welded chunks of metal to the rod faces in order to take up the side play resulting from the babbitt-to-insert conversion. I've never seen or heard anything alike - probably for a good reason.

Yep if that motor ain't stock it will do that all the time cause the radiator ain't big enough. I had that problem till I put a thicker radiator in it thin no more problems.

I always wanted to ride those swinging cages but they were gone by the time I was big enough. I did come back as a ride operator in the 70's and I worked the ferris wheel. By myself; I didn't have a ticket taker helping. You had to hold on to the chair in case it slipped when people were getting off, you didn't want them thrown onto their faces, and it did happen. I loved the gas powered cars, you got to run and jump on the moving cars to throw on the brake and pull back on the gas. I also drove the cave train. Last year I rode the Giant Dipper roller coaster (for the last time, ouch). And, I threw 3 rings in a row into the clown's mouth on the merry go round! That was also a nice ride to work on, if you didn't mind the constant music. I also miss the fireworks on the 4th of July.

This is not a model A .It is a Model B. It has a oil pump and counter weights. Model A has no oil pump oil or counter weights.

The equipment (rides) didn’t malfunction back in those days

Nice job. Looking forward to see if you are gonna rebuild the motor or install a Burtz block and use a high compression head.

That's one of the best views!

The original suv, no paved roads needed...

Love seeing the black license plates with yellow.

Great ride! Did anyone have mechanical issues? I didn't see a rescue vehicle in the pack.

Great engine sounds! Looks like a fun event. 👍👍👏👏

I only see whites. What year were people of color allowed to go to the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk?

Nobody getting shot, nobody getting robbed. I bet they also parked their cars with the windows rolled down too. I was a small kid in elementary school in the early 60s and remember these times well.

Thanks for uploading! It's great seeing the things that aren't at the Boardwalk anymore.

i really miss the 1960s with my family. once a month we would go to the san francisco zoo then go to the exploritorium in golden gate park, and visit fishermans wharf. those were the good old days. and at least once or twice a year we would go to santa cruz beach boardwalk, it was a little further away. 🏖 🎡 🎠 🪁

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I think everybody in this video if still with us would truly want to relive this again. The epitome of a club

Thanks for sharing! Nice quiet afternoon and a shiny hood

What a wonderful look back in time. Every A was someone's pride and joy! Where did time go?

The most beautiful sports car of all time.

That is art by an engineer.

What a beauty and it is not from China.

"Sex on wheels", right there....