Is that a 39 or 40 ford? Great car.
It’s a ‘40 Ford, one of my favorites.
And some high-temp epoxy putty.
Isky, Edelbrock, Offenhauser, George Barris, the 40’s through the 60’s in SoCal must have been such a fun place for car culture.
I was born in 1969 so missed most of that, but grew up within earshot of Ascot Park raceway. As a kid I could hear the rumble from my backyard. Today’s hot rods are faster and safer, but man, they just don’t have that raw, gritty feel.
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There’s a number of parts involved. That looks like the thermostatic valve assembly. To deliver heat to it, they used to have what we always called the stove. A sheet metal shroud that covered the exhaust manifold and had a circular output protrusion where a flexible, thin walled pipe would connect to the thermostatic valve to heat it. The manifold cover and pipe would rot out in no time due to the thermal cycling and cheap metal.
Same here!
I grew up fixing things with whatever we had lying around. Turns out, not having money to just go out and buy new parts makes you figure out how to make do and that is beneficial in more ways than one. Certainly one of the great lessons taught to me by my Dad. We didn’t have a lot but he could have bought me a new bike if he wanted. Instead, he told me to go out to the shed and build one out of the parts there. You learn a lot about how to solve problems, develop mechanical and mental skills and learn to really appreciate what you have. That has served me well for my entire life. I resented it at first. It wasn’t until later in life I truly understood the gift I was given…
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Some confuse the heat riser valve with the heat stove or air intake heater.
The heat riser valve used on one side of a “V” banked engine forces exhaust gases through the crossover port in the intake manifold during engine warm up.
Both of these are mostly obsolete with fuel injected engines. Diesel engines use a heating grid to preheat intake air.
No, it a Studebaker Starlight Coupe, but I would need to see the grill to tell the year. 
Hopefully a 51-52 Commander V8. Took a closer look, appears to have horizontal tail lights, making it an earlier model
The pic shows a Studebaker, circa 1947-51, plus a 1940 Ford and a ‘50s Ford pickup.
I know, that’s why the emoticons.
I guess we jinxed it. I just saw that Ed died today. RIP Ed Iskenderian. I hope he was proud of his contributions to the hot rod world.
RIP, the father of the performance camshafts, one of the greats, sad but he lived a long productive life…
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Before fuel injction IK was considered perfectly normal for a cold engine to tall once or twice before the car warmed up. I can’t remember the last time I had a car stall.
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Maybe Minneapolis didn’t get cold enough, never had a carbureted engine stall when cold.
Now, what is IK?
Internal Kombustion?
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I’m glad I am not the only one wondering about that… lol
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Seems to have been a typo for “it”.
