37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[Irelands child]

Hey Dave, here's another question for you.....I assume that aluminum cylinder bolted to the passenger side of your frame is a transmission cooler....I haven't seen one like this before......is it more than adequate to keep the trans cool? I can run mine thru the radiator but it would be nice not to have those lines running up there to the front.....please let me know more details about this product and it's effectiveness.....thanks.

Randy,
I did take a look at the attachment in the other post of the '37 Flatback - really nice car. I had forgotten how relly small the engine bay is on the '37's - and I even have owned two of them in the dim and distant past.

The 5" firewall really allows you to dress out the engine and have it so it can really be accessible.

That is a transmission cooler on the RH side of the frame. As I have yet to run this car, not sure how well it will do though it is a 2 pass, 24 inch long unit. There is a lot more cooling surface then a radiator mounted unit and it is in a lot cooler environment, so should do well on this car. I ran a smaller unit on a previous car and never had any trans overheating problems.

Here is a thread that shows mine better as well as the manufacturer:
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...mission+cooler.

The TCI chassis is nice but if yours is still reasonably good, then really not necessary if you are on a fairly tight budget.

Chassis Engineering has a replacement set of 'X' cross members - you will be $$ and time ahead instead of trying to repair ancient and crystallized steel:

http://www.chassisengineeringinc.com/page60.html
Then go to p61 for boxing plates

You might want to get their catalog as well.

The weather here is finally turning a bit and the snow is starting to disappear so maybe I can get my car painted and starting to be put back together next month. And yes the Xmas wreath is long down.