Yes, you are probably right; the zinc strips are 3” wide. But I’m not prepared to completely disassemble the springs … yet.
The car’s odometer reads 23,700 miles. I have put about 10,000 miles on it after I got it running when I bought it in 1987. I suppose it could have turned over 100,000 before I bought it (between 1959 and 1987), but it was in pretty sorry condition when I acquired it. Believe it or not, I drive it home in 1987, and it boiled over twice. I found no (I.e. zero) compression in all four cylinders. When I dropped the pistons, they had NO rings. Some idiot must have just thrown it together for sale, and failed to put in rings. It had many other problems that I repaired to make it suitable for my commune car in Los Angeles 1989-1991. I quit driving it when I had to replace the fuel filter monthly. Moved it with me to Virginia, where it sat in my garage for 30 years. 2021 was the year I revitalized it, and use it as my golf car (not cart
). It has won awards in two of three antique car shows last year (no competition). But it does look nice on top; very ugly underneath
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