Restoring a 29 Essex Sedan

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I'm restoring a '29 Essex Sedan and I'm having a ton of fun finding info, photos, and parts. I've searched until my fingers went numb and I figured it was time to post a few questions...



We don't have the budget for a "Concourse Restoration", but I figure if we have to buy replacement parts that we might as well try and get them to look as close to original as possible.



Does anyone have any photos of the original cloth (canvas?) ball joint boots on the longitudinal steering linkage? The originals were caked with mud and grease, torn to shreds, and came off in pieces. I'd like to have the trimmer duplicate them.



We're also looking for original photos of the interior, as ours has been redone some time in the 1980's and it doesn't look period correct.



As far as parts go, We're looking for an original Horn and mounting brackets, an original vacuum fuel pump, the oil can that mounts on the firewall, the canvas straps that connect the front shock absorbers to the axle, and a set of rear shock absorbers and associated hardware, as they weren't on the car when we bought it.



We're also looking for someone who can surface the flywheel/pressure plate, and install new clutch corks all in one shop.



Thanks,



John K.