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Updates for the 1938 Delehaye 135 MS and the Pontiac engine. I fixed the front corner, side and valve cover as pictured. Also, I started GM's controlled-coupling hydromatic transmission. It was produced from 1956 through 1964. Pontiac called it the Stratoflight in the begining and Super HydraMatic later. Olds called it the Jetaway and Cadilllac the 3215 Hydramatic. The file is still a work in progress.

As I may have mentioned before, I need certain engines for the car files I have. I'm missing a first gen Pontiac 55-60 and a Buick nail head 401. I've started on the Pontiac and this is what I have so far. The only part that is complete so far is the head. There aren't an abundance of reference pic's for this engine, so I had to really dig deep. The head was exceptionally difficult. But, I got it done.

This is my next car that Dan has started. It's the 1938 Delehaye MS coup by F & F.

It's right below my name. It's a Facebook page.

I have one that I created in 2017. There are people in this on this from that have 1 or more.There is a duel quad and single quad version. Follow my link below to view it.

The 36 Buick Century is done. The only thing I need to correct is the peek of the top at the center if the windshield. It's too far forward. One of the reasons I had Dan create this for me is that I couldn't create the back of the top. The bodies at this time were created by Fisher Body. This body on the Buick is the same body as the 35 LaSalle. The sceond to last 2 pic's show this. I can finally create what I started in September 2013. The 35 LaSalle coupe.

Timing chain cover, water pump and fuel pump added. It only need the 2 pulleys, a fan, a trans and some touch up and it's done.

I created the generator bracket on the passenger side exhaust manifold and created the exhaust manifold for the driver side. The oil filter was changed and the starter motor scaled.

Some more on the J2. Olds used 2 different air cleaners for this engine. The one pictured is an oil bath unit used in 1957. At some time during that year, they switched to the round cartridge unit. It doesn't say when it happened. I'm going to use this one for this engine as it will be going into 57's. I have the round one file started for the 58. Also note that I have the passenger side exhaust manifold work in process. Olds utilized a single exhaust system on most vehicles. If you notice the large part on the bottom, it was used to connect the crossover pipe to the pipe going to the muffler. When duel exhausts were used, a block off plate closed off the side going to the crossover pipe. I will use duel exhaust, so the plate is there.

I finished the back of the block, created the correct oil filter adapter and ruffly created the oil pan. Note what appears on the side of the oil pan just below the spin on oil filter. Olds created this on the 57-58 371. It holds a quart of oil. The oil pan hold 5 quarts of oil without an oil filter, and 6 quarts with one. There's still some adjustments to be made yet.

I'm back at creating the Olds 57-58 J2 engine. There is some confusion as to what this engine looks like. Olds started with their first v8 engine in 1949. It's a 303 c.i. that was later bored out to 324 c.i. In 1957, the engine was bored and stroked to create the 371 c.i. The list of parts that either changed in appearance or design are as follows: the oil pan, the block, the exhaust manifolds, the bottom of the bell housing, the oil filter bracket, the starter and generator and a Olds factory built tri-power intake manifold. An Olds 303 or 324 with an aftermarket tri power manifold was listed for sale on the internet as a J2, but it was miss labeled. The J2 was painted gold and called the Golden Rocket. Here is the mislabeled green engine, followed by a real J2 engine and block side.. My progress as of yet

I'm 79. My health is good. I expect to be building my creations for many years to come.

Updates on the 36 Buick. The interior comes next. The Nash Healy is in the printer.

Dan hasn't finished the file yet. What is it you, the file or the 3d printed car?

The Studebaker is, the Nash Healy isn't.