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it's time has come to pass it on this 1929 model aa popcorn truck has come a long way at one time about 25 years ago it was complete on display and selling goods at a local shopping village . when i say has come a long way i'm saying that i got her 3 years ago in poor condition left to rust after th...

neil it's a 7 tooth can i test out of the truck i take it that no load is nessasary when rebuilding what holds the sector in is it jus the three bolts and cover or is there a snap ring at end of the housing that goes through the frame also i have two grease fittings one over the sector shaft & o...

neil i got it back together control rod line up and work well now it another problem turning the steering wheel it's tight all most binding and lots of strange noises could it be the felt that let fall off when pulling one of the rods out ????? has any one run into this ???? i'm about to pull the co...

hey now i know doing control rods can be easy if you've done them once so heres my story i changed to new rods and doing it alone i thought that it mattered being in the truck and not having another person to tell you if the rod came out at the bottom when puting in the new bushing only one rod went...

keith thats just what i might do after all the info i've gotten and it's all been great to hear i think keep it simple and the csr clutch sounds like it thanks every one bob

hey i hear all that every one commented great stuff to me it proves that this is a good places for info we all have & can share if a light fly wheel will rev higher and cause more harm then good like a possable rod knock that we don't need we don't need a lighter wheel ias we are not running a p...

hey brad

can you or will you be able to mention those other two boards i;d like to check em out i hope no one views it as being a turncoat
looking at other boards lol.

bob

hey now thats what i'm talking about , i really do appreciate the info . there is a lot of info on a web such as this to be shared, it does all of us alot of good to know how & why things work again thanks i'll get back later on some interesting items if i can ask more questions to rem & e. ...

hey sorry i didn't say this a pleasure ride working days were over a long time ago so heavy duty is not the key word here i want a new dependable very easy to operate clutch my thought is light weight fly wheel v8 set up i hear it's the way to go has anyone done this ? can i get some feed back ?

Hi Guys, As we all know those old AA Trucks can sure pull a load. The clutch system at that time was heavy duty and real tough to operate. It's now eighty years later and I'm trying to put some life back into this old popcorn truck. I'm hoping to get a lot of opinions on what I'm thinking of doing. ...

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no dout that looks great.

do you have any more sins you would like to confess.

ur photos look cool got any more

thanks bob

hi thanks neil ur jus the guy i was thinking would have input on my troubles if one would have an orig board it's jus a matter of lineing up all holes on brkt's i'm going to use a nice wood but don't have a pattern so i'm not shore of the apron , as it's being parallel to the frame rail i' ll work i...

hi guys photo'S to follow but in the mean while i'm open for any thoughts please. i'm puting HER back together, so on the curb side i have brkt # one with two 3/8 size holes they look as if they are used to hold the running board, now on the splash apron there is a small hole in the channel that wou...

hey

thanks guys , bought new from bratton's today
again great info & help from all

bob

hi ok can any one tell me what is the thickness of the block of wood that is used for the base of the cowl or should i say firewall my popcorn truck was build from an original cowl section and all i need is wood blocks that fit only the lwr cowl or firewall on the frame i 'm asking for measurements ...