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A super deal for someone.

It was printed as a softcover around 1990 prior to "Model T Ford, The Car that Changed the World", which was published in both hard and softcovers about 4 years later.

Norman, There were about 120 Model T's from 23 states and Canada. We had planned the tour with hopes of even greater attendance, but were pleased with the results considering last June was a time of the highest gasoline prices in history. An excellent article about the Wonderful Wisconsin Tour was p...

How about this picture?

Many thanks to Paula. The videos are very well done and fun to watch. I love being able to relive that wonderful week of Model T touring in southeast Wisconsin.

I will buy it.

I am looking for the needle in the haystack. Here is a picture of the upper windshield hinge screw and washer on a 1916 sedan. They are missing on the opposite side. I believe these were used on the 1915 and 1916 closed cars. The washer reads: JOS. N. SMITH & CO. PAT. DEC. 15, 1914. If you can help,...

According to the November-December issue of The Vintage Ford, the deadline for nominations is January 15, 2023.

Please post a picture.
Thanks, Jim

The Snowmobile Company from West Ossipee, New Hampshire had red skis and steel tracks after they stopped using the canvas and steel tracks. I have found them with the original paint intact.

Pat, there were just over 125 cars. Yes, it was a lot of work to organize the tour, but the results of our work were very rewarding, and we were blessed with the best weather we could have hoped for this week.

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 49 days Joseph Seidl made his living as a photographer during the Model T era. He took thousands of photos of street scenes, buildings, and businesses. Many of his photos have survived today as postcards. Though he made his home on Teddy Avenue in Hartford, he...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 57 days Wisconsin Automotive Museum has the world's largest collection of Kissel automobiles, built in Hartford. The museum is also home to the Soo Line 1003, a working coal-fired steam locomotive. Built in 1913 for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Mar...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 62 days William and George Kissel built their first experimental automobile with help from Sam Toles, a patternmaker in their family business, Hartford Plow Works. They produced their own four- cylinder engine and roadster body, then assembled the automobile w...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 66 days The Wonderful Wisconsin Tour will be visiting the Mayville Limestone School Museum. Built in 1857, this magnificent building constructed of local limestone was used as a public school until 1981- a span of 124 years! It served a growing population attr...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 69 days If you have been around Model T's for a while or have attended the EAA Air Show, you have probably heard of a Pietenpol. What Henry Ford was to the automobile, Bernard Pietenpol was to the homebuilt airplane hobby. Born in 1901, Bernard Pietenpol grew ...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 77 days The Yellowstone Trail leads us to Fond du Lac, home base for our Model T Ford Club of America "Wonderful Wisconsin" National Tour, happening June 19-24. Fond du Lac was named by French explorers and fur trappers in the 1600's, meaning "foot of the lake...

Chad, I am in charge of Tuesday and Thursday of tour week. I believe Tuesday is the most miles at 98. Thursday is 72. I am not sure of total mileage for Monday and Wednesday, but I know that Friday is the short day going to the world-famous EAA museum in Oshkosh. Looking forward to touring with you ...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 87 days Before we leave Theresa, let's walk across the bridge and turn around. This photo was taken earlier than the view I shared with you 4 days ago, as the road is still gravel. This is the major road connecting Milwaukee to Fond du Lac and is part of the Y...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 91 days This scene will be created once again as Model T Fords fill the streets of Theresa, Wisconsin. The buildings in this photo look much the same today. Looking south across the bridge spanning the Rock River, the large brick building on the left was built...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour - 93 days On St. Patrick's Day, we turn our attention to the Town of Erin in Washington County, settled by Irish immigrants in the 1840's from predominately Counties Cork, Kerry, and Waterford. 36 square miles of wooded hills, lakes, and farm fields are dominate...

Countdown to Wonderful Wisconsin Tour- 97 days Yes, we have some hills in our "Kettle Moraine" region of southeast Wisconsin. Drumlins, kames, and eskers formed when the glaciers melted and left behind the rocks, gravel, and sand they carried with them from the north. This particular drumlin, named ...

The Dairyland Tin Lizzies are excited to be hosting the Model T Ford Club of America national "Wonderful Wisconsin Tour" June 19-24, 2022. Tour chairman Keith Gumbinger asked me to share some background information related to the tour, which I began to post on our Dairyland Tin Lizzies facebook page...

Jerry,
Yes, I have the sheet music for "0n the Old Back Seat of the Henry Ford". Thanks for the link to the recording.
Though the song is really about the Model A, I like the tune of "Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzy". I have that one also.

That works. Thanks Peter.

Preparing for the MTFCA "Wonderful Wisconsin" National Tour, I have a band scheduled to play which wants to learn some of the era Model T songs. I have sheet music for some, but I don't have "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along". Would someone be able to scan or photoscan their copy of sheet music a...

The truck is a faithful recreation. When Keith Gumbinger sees this post he will have more information on the truck, as he assisted the president of Snap On with the project.

The Snap-On Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin has the truck on display. The Dairyland Tin Lizzies visited the museum after a business meeting years ago.
The museum has a website and you may take a virtual tour.

1963 Ford Falcon Sprint hardtop 260 v-8 with 4 speed.

Great interview. I met Ed for the first time when he came to West Bend, Wisconsin to promote Edy's ice cream with his Model T ice cream truck in 1988 at the grand opening of the Sentry grocery store. Thanks for the memories, Ed!

Still waiting in Kewaskum. Received Jan-Feb Model T Times a couple days ago.

Years ago, Bob Pearson from Gardner, Kansas was the Cretors expert.

Cooper exhaust cutout.

Brian,
Yes, Van Dorn did produce and sell their version of a two-speed TT rear axle. I have one in my parts collection.

William,
Here is a drawing showing the parts of the Snowbird. The plate you are referring to is trapezoidal and replaces the bar under the front spring clamp. It should be easy to have one laser cut from 1/2" steel. I would love to see pictures of your Model T snow machine.
Jim

Billy, Thank you for hosting this event for the Dairyland Tin Lizzies. It was a fun day. I think we had between 40 and 50 people in attendance, with many visitors from the Milwaukee chapter of MTFCI and a good number of Illinois Model T guys. The demonstrations by Gregg Z., Dave D., and Jim H. were ...

Re: Model T Snowmobile meet-- 2/1/2020 Any pictures and report?

Any pictures and report?

Flexible pipe to carburetor intake?

I'm sure this topic has been covered before. I am looking for drawings/ideas to build a fixture to set up the rear axle and driveshaft assembly.
Is there something in the Ford Service bulletins? Thank you for your help, Jim.

Heater.

I have been on tours with the blue Ames cloverleaf touring pictured. It was owned by Don Lasater.

Was it a tan color? Gary Hylton's car?

Keith,
I have a green touring car I could sell to you.

I don't have speedometer experience, but it makes sense that the small gear would turn 1/18th faster with one less tooth, which would give you about 2 mph higher reading at 35 mph, which would be closer to your GPS reading of 38 mph.

Nice. Looks like it has a Turner timer.

For what its worth, here are my experiences of not using rim flaps and using rim flaps on 30 x 3 1/2 clincher tires...… When I built my 1922 huckster as a teenager in the 1980's, I started out with old cotton cord tires that I purchased as I found them at swap meets, flea markets, etc. They still ha...

Lots of white stuff this year. Heard they had 100 inches in northern Wisconsin this season. Bed is sold to a Dairyland Tin Lizzies member.
Thank you MTFCA.

Nice 26-27 Roadster pickup bed. Note front panel with battery bump out and filler strips are intact. Inside flanges where wood would be mounted are in good shape. Channel under tailgate has some rust, but every one I have seen has rust here and that piece is reproduced, to my knowledge. Flat surface...

A spare tire carrier for under the pickup box was produced by International Stamping of Milwaukee in the 1920's. I have seen the advertisements in the Ford Owner and Dealer magazine. I have one, which was mounted on a 1926 roadster pickup. It is constructed of lighter gauge strap iron riveted togeth...

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