[Private_collector]

Hello Bob,

Not how these springs are set up. The main leaf end has a threaded hole for a grease nipple (or is it a 'zerk'). The grease passes through bush and to the pin via a machined inner channel running around the ID of the bush. If not sealed, the grease would take path of least resistance and squish out the gap between bush and spring eye.

Having said all that, the pivoting rear pins of each spring ARE the type that have lubing via the way you described! I bloody well wish the fronts were too, to be quite frank. I think it's a much better idea. Some day i'll come across a couple of new pins like the rear type, and will make that change to the front.

I got the front springs painted this morning. Did the rear pin retainers and nuts at the same time. The U bolts have been cleaned this afternoon and undercoated. I am still to do the set of plates that attach the axle to the springs. Those should get blasted. They are not in bad shape, but there's no other way for me to clean out the recesses. I'll do that blasting at home. I would have had those finished today too, except I had to make an unscheduled stop to all work, to try and protect my 'new' little car from an approaching hail storm. Quickly lined the roof, bonnet (hood) and rear hatch with some carpet remnants, then put a car cover over it all to keep everything in place! This car was bought new by my Brother, 5 years ago. It has now been given to me. It's such a tiny thing and only had 19,750km on the odometer when I got it the other day. Now has 21,000km on it. Most of that has been in trips to/from Mothers place, just north of Brisbane. Not one scratch or paint chip on it anywhere, with exception of the wheel trims. The last thing I wanna see is hail damage on it. I need to build an extention to our undercover car storage, to preserve its great condition.

Won an auction for a set of 3 genuine Ford battery caps. The type for the correct battery that Ford would have used in the early to mid 40s. Hopefully I will have some exciting news to tell on the topic of batteries, in a couple of days time.