Repro Spark and Throttle Levers

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2010: Repro Spark and Throttle Levers
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry A.Woods on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 12:44 am:

I know this was discussed earlier this year, but my keyword search is not producing results. Who supplies the most authentic looking stainless steel spark and throttle levers for say a 26-27? Snyder's lists them for $64.95. Lang's sells them for $83.95. A price difference like that leads me to believe they come from different manufacturers. What's the verdict? While I'm seeking opinions, who supplies the most authentic rear curtains for an enclosed car?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick - (2) '26's - Bartow, FL on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 04:45 am:

Try: www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/122273.html
Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick - (2) '26's - Bartow, FL on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 07:19 am:

PS. See also: www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/126128.html. You can also make your own with 5/16" stainless steel rods available in 6', 8' and 12' lengths from McMaster Carr. For the 6' length, go to www.mcmaster.com and type 89325k13 into the search box. Using your old rods as a pattern, You can flatten and form the end of each rod to how you want it bend it to a 90 degree bend at the proper place and polish the whole thing to a mirror-like finish on a buffing wheel. Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR. on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 09:28 am:

Seems to me that the trickiest part of making your own would be getting all those little holes drilled in the right place and at the right angle.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Jeffrey Cole on Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 09:45 am:

I was thinking the same thing Mike said about the drilling.Drilling stainless can be aggrovating.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 11:14 am:

My advice is rebuild your old ones. Weld up the underside where it wears, and dress them down with a file. That will make them as good as new. You can also take a 3 corner file and clean up the notches in the quadrant before you reinstall them. Send them to a good nickel plater, who is familiar with nickel plating old cars, and you should be happy. Also make sure the rivet heads are the correct diameter.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ivan Warrington on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 11:42 am:

"send them to a good nickel plater" Who is doing nickel plating now? I have some small stuff that needs plating.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Gould on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 01:15 pm:

The rods aren't too bad to make. I've done them. Use the old ones to determine the placement and size of the holes. Dimple the rod with a transfer punch and drill using a drill press or mill. Take your time and you can do good job. I recently drilled two small holes in a short piece of drill rod for the Perfecto shifter just that way and I had no difficulty.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick - (2) '26's - Bartow, FL on Friday, July 16, 2010 - 02:38 pm:

I don't know if it is true but I heard a story about an American tool making company who claimed to have made the smallest microscopic drill bit in the world. They sent a sample to their competitor in Gemany who promptly returned it to them without comment. The hole they drilled into it was comment enough.


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