[Jordan Baker]

David the build date is October 1944.

Yes my radiator mount had the swivel latch you mention. I’ll have to dig it out and put it back on. I forgot about it until you mentioned it. I suspect that the unknown metal part mounts on the upper right side of the radiator mount. The one mounting hole and the bump out match up to that spot. I’ll get a picture tomorrow.

As for the long splash guard. From the picture I can see why this part was tossed. You can’t access the master cylinder adjustment from below.

As for the engine. Yesterday’s issues have been resolved. I went back over and looked at the engine drawings I had from the CMA-01 Major Assemblies manual. The fuel and vacuum lines went under the water pump and then went up to the level of the hookup on the carburetor. However they took a slight bend just before where the throttle rod comes out. So I copied all this and voila everything fits.