I've been fluffing around with the front end on the '40. It's a "little" loose and the old girl wanders a bit when the camper is on board.
In my attempts to tighten up the steering I find the tie rod ends are a little loose. They were injected with some plastic product about 20yrs ago as a cheapo repair of the day. It has come to the end of its useful life and I want to put new tie rod ends in.

You KNOW it's not that easy eh.

All the USA sellers eg, Filling Station, Jim Carter etc etc list replacement ends , but they all have a female thread on the rod end and my truck , and the 3 others I have dismantled have tie rod ends with the male thread, 11/16" .
The '39 car has a male thread 9/16" . Not much help there. I've found a local shop that remanufactures the ball , but the price is outta this world .

Still working on finding a solution to this issue.