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I really like the beautiful shade of blue on the body with the black fenders. The pumpkins are nice too. Frank

Mike, sent you an email. I will take it. I need a hot air pipe also for a 17. Frank . 8one eight 254six seven 97

The ad said it has a two speed warford not a ruckstell. Is there such a thing as a two speed warford? If it has a clamshell rear axle it may be worth fixing up but who knows what condition that axle may be in. Looks like there is a starter and smooth pedals along with a cutout switch on the floor. N...

Be ready to answer inquisitive questions at any time. What color black car are you driving, are you the original owner, can you put unleaded gas in it, how fast will it go, and or stop, where do you go to have it serviced, how often do you have to wind her up? These are just a few, be ready for more...

Sorry to see that you are selling the T, I guess you like to drive the A better. Missed you at the meetings. Frank

I know I am asking a stupid question, but..... I have heard the term for the last twenty five years, but, heard so many versions that I am no longer sure. Clarification, or your version greatly appreciated. Frank

The last time I spoke to him he had cars spread out between different museums all over the east coast. He may have brought home the flock since then. Frank

Right there with you Henry. Love to hear the positive note on the future of our affliction. So many dreamers are talking about not having private cars and only robot driven cars in the not too near future that somehow does not compute in my head. Just my thought on the subject. Frank

Thank you John Zibell for Mr. Ben Martins information. I have been looking for someone to repair my ignition switch for a long time. Spoke to Mr. Martin, super nice gentleman. His father was from my neck of the woods and we had a wonderful long conversation. Brett, if you need a new key and tumbler ...

Steve, love your sense of humor. The momma feeding the baby wrenches. Priceless. At first glance at the momma I saw the word COVID on her neck, but after enlarging the picture I saw I was wrong. It would have been even more appropriate for the times. Thank you for the laugh. Frank.

I have had a set of wheels respoked with teardrop configuration many years ago and they are still beautiful today. After looking at all the pictures of the shop I would hesitate to think that after so many decades of making wheels and spokes they would make such a foolish mistake as to leave out a s...

I always get a kick out of the boat with the skeleton with the huge chain and anchor in the middle of the desert whenever I drive by to pick up parts from L.A. There is a gentleman near there with a beautiful collection of antique cars along with several V12 Cadillac’s and other antique cars in his ...

You can take 1/2 “ inch copper plumbing pipe, flare one end to where you like it, fit Into the stem hole to see where it needs to be cut, cut and put back into the stem hole and flare the inside by placing the flaring tool across the fellow. In other words the flaring tool is touching both ends of t...

Peter, can you post a picture of what the choke rod assembly you created looks like on the motor side of the firewall, please. Frank

I am in the finishing stages on a 14 with similar findings. 15 frame, 17 motor with 14 serial number, ruxstell, disc brakes, touring body of a 21 since that was all I could find after several years of looking, 27 split rims, parts from roughly 25 different people on this website from carburator to f...

Come on people, the comments and interests have come to a halt on this beautiful rare automobile. It would look beautiful in your garage and or with you driving it. I have no connection to the seller, just love the car but no money. Frank

I helped my friend replace the top on his 25 touring. He watched the tutorial several times and it turned out nice. He is a machinist and knew nothing of upholstery but made key notes to follow as we went along. I am going to be putting on a top on my 21 touring this winter also cause it only has th...

What year and model T’s does he want to trade for a towncar?

I may be wrong, but, Mark Chaffins was selling a T with that exact body a few months ago.

Sounds like a lot of fantastic advice from folks that have actually done it. Thank you. Now Dennis wants to do the whole nine yards but he wants to keep the wood wheels. How can he accomplish putting back the wood spoke wheels onto the model A front and rear axles.? He doesn’t want to fool anyone bu...

It is free, just pick it up or pay for shipping.

My friend wants to replace a worn out T motor with a model A motor in his 25 pickup. Any suggestions and advice on the exchange and things to watch out for. Would appreciate any and all advice, pro or con. Frank

Sunny, sent you a P.M. can you let me know if you got it or not. Frank

I have a used set, right and left side, Aries brand Stainless steel step bars or nerf bars for a newer Toyota Tundra. It is in a box with the brackets and bolts that I took off from my 2015 truck. I did not clean them, but noticed I dented one on the bottom side which does not show when installed. O...

Well, after grinding down my fingers to the bone on the keyboard with all the letters I wrote all over Europe, I finally made contact with the model T club president in Hungary. In my quest I also made contact with several wonderful people in Europe, such as the president of the model T club in Aust...

Don’t forget, the model T transmission is either in gear or not. It is not a slide transmission like on the modern cars. The pedal has to be either all the way out or all the way in. If you have the pedal partially down and act like with modern sincro transmissions too much you could do damage. It i...

I have had antique cars since I bought my 19 Star touring when I was 16. Been to many antique car swap meets like Bakersfield and Anaheim and many more over the years and even was a seller in my twenties and thirties. I am appearantly are not too smart since I could never catch on. I saw prices all ...

I see a lot of new and mostly used model T parts for sale, but, where do you get the prices? I look on the forum and don’t even get me t bay prices, can never figure out what some of these people are thinking. You may have a part with a price and right after that someone posts the same part for eith...

I would love to have that beauty, especially since I was a day old that day in July, but a few years later. Too bad I don’t have space in the garage. Best of luck on the sale.

I would like to have a pair. Frank

Parts to a front end/axle alignment tool. Maybe.

Bump it up to the top.

If you have read the above text, PLEASE COMMENT as to, keep trying, stupid idea, or whatever in between. I have nothing to gain personally with this adventure except maybe hoping that by the time I cannot physically care for my T it will still be worth something to other enthusiasts. Frank

I have been trying to find model T owners in Hungary for the past several years to make contact with but keep coming up with dead ends. I have written many emails, private messages and letters to model T people in Europe without any replies. I even reached out to Susan Yeager in the mtfca museum who...

[image][/image]More pictures of the towncar. I cannot move it at this time to give side and rear views since I had hernia operation a couple days ago. No lifting or straining.

Bernd, I sent you a private message. I hope it did not go into your spam folder. Hope you can get your vibration problem solved. Frank Seress

Thank you Hank, I am over the moon that I finally got this far but rotating the pictures is in the next lesson, if Bob has more patience to teach me further.

My friend Bob Doris has been helping me over the phone now for several days to learn how to post a picture. I am not too bright and the size of the picture and certain steps kept getting hung up and now I just might have it. Hope it works. 7C267D71-7463-42E4-BE21-B65A96657A06.jpeg Now I have to lear...

My first car was a 19 Star in pieces when I was 16 but after getting it home and spread out in the garage, my mom got so angry at the pile of rust that she made me sell it immediately. Luckily I didn’t lose any money on it but the person that bought it put it together and I did get to ride in it. I ...

There is an ad for brass spare tire carrier for sale about 20 ads up from your ad. The position may change as new ads are posted or this site or it will go to the top as comments are added.

I have the same side mirrors attached to the windshield frame. The factory bracket was so flimsy that it was useless, so, I cut 1/8 inch brass plate to put inside of the original holder one for each side and now it is nice and sturdy. Also have an old piece of water hose under the clamp to keep from...

Dallas, that is a fantastic idea. I keep losing my gas gauges, paint sticks. To put in a gallon at a time might be more accurate than what the vendors sell. I learned something again. Now all I have to do is remember to actually do it tomorrow. Frank

Ray Wells does a fantastic job and makes it seem easy and fast. Unfortunately he is getting up in years and is thinking of slowing down and or retireing all together. But Ernie Romero makes the upholstery look like a million dollars car. The smell of the new beautiful leather even two years later is...

Chris, you are much more clever than people give you credit for. You caught on to Magyar as being Hungarian immediately. Thank you. I have been trying to contact a model T someone/anyone in Hungary for a while to meet with in October but no one is willing to reply to my emails. I even sent several e...

I think I saw one on eBay a week or so ago. Good luck. Frank

Na mi van, a Magyarok nem számítanak bele a játékba? Feri

Thank you Susanne, you are a true patriot. My exact thoughts and beliefs for owning and enjoying my old cars. Frank

I have been putting together a touring with a 14 runningear and a 21 body for close to a year now. Used up most of the parts I have been gathering for a couple of years, parts from friends, eBay, parts stores, and now it’s a Johny Cash special. Been getting frustrated, so a month ago I rattle can pr...

In the seventies there was a company that manufactured Brand new model A reproductions with all modern runningear that had everything from A/C to cruise control. A friend of mine has one in comiefornia but never uses it since he is too big height wise. I assume it had to pass certain criteria like c...

Kim Dobbins is advertising a whole bunch of brass lamps for sale. Talk to him regarding as to what you need. If he cannot educate and guide you in the right direction, no one can. Frank

Don, don’t get upset, under your personal information of cars owned it states you have a 22 centerdoor. Sorry, my mistake.Congratulations on the restore, it is a beautiful car. I wish I had not sold my 18, I loved that car. I have a brass bail handle, I wrote that also in my last thread. I bought it...

That looks like a beautiful centerdoor. I had an 18 that I did the same thing to as far as lower hood and hood former, brass radiator, brass cap on cowl lights and tail light, sanded all the wood around the windshield along with the mouldings around the windows on the inside, wheel spokes and even t...

Is that taillight sideways or is it just my old eyes. There should be a red lens where the clear lens on the door lens is and a clear lens where the red lens is pointing to the side. I think but I am frequently wrong. Frank

So the seat springs should be about two inches below the top of the tack rail? Frank

You see the “ Corona “ emblem on Glenn’s roadster. About 20 years ago I was in Chaffins and Dave was not in and Glenn and I were talking and I made the unthinking comment that he must like corona beer a lot. Glenn just gave me a dirty look and said this is city of Corona. Talk about making an ass of...

When I got my towncar body back from getting new upholstery I used two 4x4s since that body is considerably heavier. Raised the body above the gastank with a ladder on each corner and just rolled the chassy under it and then slowly lowered it down. The ladders as it turned out was not the smartest i...

They are folded over on all sides and cut out for the hand brake.

I have for sale 1912 to 16 model T touring or roadster splash aprons available. They are repops made in the 70s or 80s but never installed on a vehicle. Never been primed or painted. They do have surface rust but No pitting. From front to back they are 57-1/2 inches long. Someday I will learn to pos...

Well Hank, in light of the situation she has some electrifying ideas. Looking good.

If you are going to change out all your spokes it would be better to send them off to stutmans in Ohio. Recently I had paint and bad or rotten and split spokes so I used spokes from a spare wheel, cleaned them up and reinstalled them. They look nice but what a pain in the backside. Had to build a sp...

I just checked and the 21 inch spare tire carrier is still available but the y piece is being sold by someone else in a different place. FYI. Frank

There was one on tbay just recently, maybe still there.

Darel, do you still have a plate for a 12 ? I know I have asked before but life got in the way. Frank

After reading the heading, I realized the confuser corrected me and instead of Rewooding instructions .......
sorry. Frank

Is there any information on rewooding a 21 model T touring? I don’t need to redo all the wood but some of it is either rotten, bent, broken or missing. I have a nice table saw and a bandsaw, and belt sander but no installation instructions. Thank you. Frank

If that firewall bracket is on the wrong side of the firewall, how did he get the hood to fit right. The hoodformer should be much further from center since the hood is wider than the frame on each side and the firewall bracket should be In front of the firewall and be farther from the frame. I have...

Dave, you have received a lot of excellent advice but the best would be to contact one of the club members in your area and have them look over the car with you. The car looks like it has stood out in the rain and snow for many years so shake the body and doors well in case the small amount of wood ...

Bob, sent you a p.m. regarding the touring body. Frank

Beautiful building. Just a coat of brown paint on that white door would be a huge improvement to make it period correct looking. Maybe someone that has some period correct posters or wall decorations could donate to bob to make it more welcoming for for the old timers like me in case we go to visit....

Is your handbrake cross shaft bolted with the ears on each side to the underside of the frame or topside of the u shape bottom part. Since the holes line up it has been a common mistake. Just a thought. Frank

Could it be that some of the prices reflect condition of the car. For instance the motor is in such condition that you couldn’t go to the end of the street and back with it. Or it has been in a museum somewhere for an extended period of time because it was a place for the owner to park it till he co...

Terry, I ran into the same problem but three out of five had broken bolts in the treads that wouldn’t budge for the life of me. I took it to my welder and he knocked out the original pieces and welded in those nuts that you just ordered. The nut protrudes just right to hold the split rim tab and no ...

Tim, it is interesting as to what some of the minute details we notice on pictures posted, not just here but on other posts as well. This should not be a deterrent to post pictures in the future but a reminder to the rest of us that shows we are paying attention and would like to see more. Speaking ...

Bob, sent you a p.m. Frank

On a picture that Mark posted several posting back from here, there is a man squatting and making something like a tower of dough, I wonder if they realized there was a bear some thirty feet behind his left shoulder peeking through the brush. I guess what they were cooking smelled good and he wanted...

Joseph, I will take the rear axle seals. Sent you a p.m. Frank

Want to buy seats and cushions for my 21 touring. I have no springs or anything. When I bought the body the seats were supposed to be with it but when I got there, 500 miles away, he told me he was mistaken and no seats. I need seats for the summer cruising starting in one month. Someone please look...

Wow, that huge nail instead of the hinge pin looks factory to me. Lol. Actually a great idea On the threaded rivet and I learned something again today. Thank you. Frank

Glenn has always been in the background while I was on the phone with Dave or when I walked into the store. Dave also deserves a lot of credit for being a fantastic people person and above all he will talk your head off on the phone or in person, to make sure you have all the right information for t...

It is mindbogling as to the wast knowledge of the men and women on this website. Every time someone asks about something rare someone seems to come up with the answer right away and most times even has one of those or knows where to get one. Love it. Frank

Does anyone have either just the springs or complete seats with upholstery? Frank

Terry, I am not here to argue with you. Yesterday I did as Hank told me and added a thin flat washer under the ground down head of the bolt and installed it. The washer is larger than the hole of the latch plate and it holds the whole thing together. If the screw falls into the hole of the latch pla...

Larry, sent you a P.M. Frank

My rims have 5/16 x 24 thread, bolt is 3/4 inch long and the head has to be 7/8 or one inch otherwise it won’t hold and the bolt head will fall into the hole that is supposed to hold the whole thing together. I spoke to Hank and he told me that a grade five bolt with the head shaved down thin, while...

JEFF, check out Prescott Arizona for a beautiful destination. It is up in the mountains at 5500 feet in the mountains with beautiful forests and a mild four seasons. We get snow several times in the winter but it usually melts by noon or the next day, 80 to 85 maximum in the summer and all the shopp...

I am in need of 5 of these screws also for my project. Frank

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Anybody have a set of seats?

Henry, sent you an email, Frank Seress

Want to buy front and back seats, just springs or completely upholstered, old or new, for a 21 touring. Most touring has about the same size seats, what have you? I can pick up in Bakersfield in April. Frank. 818-254-6797

I have used a 12volt motorcycle battery temporarily for a while before getting a proper one for lights and cranking. It is close to the size of the trailer battery but with a lot of cranking power. It is the -Bike Master lithium ion battery DLFP20HL-BS. 12.8 volts and 500 A cranking amps. Look it up...

On the hood it says “ Hubba Hubba Hubba “. The tires are flat due to the cargo is worth it’s weight in gold. Lol

That man is either very small or that is a custom made extra large vehicle. My biggest problem, besides my stomach, these cars are small and the steering wheel is just too far up on me to drive it comfortably. Just my fat two cents worth. Frank

Do you still have a 12 data plate? Sent a pm. Frank

Steve, for years there was an early centerdoor with buffalo wire wheels parked at the Bakersfield swap meet that I always admired. My centerdoor had only wood wheels but always thought the buffalos were the most fantastic addition to the centerdoor. Once, before I sold the car, had the opportunity t...

Tim, just for laughs, check your computer trash or spam folder attached to your email section. You may find all kinds of emails that you have looked for in the past but never realized you actually received. No disrespect but this happens more often than not. Frank

Tim, look for my emails in your spam files. I replied and even sent you a check already. Frank

Have a friend that would like a model A body for his project. Let me know what you have and I will get you in contact with him. Frank

There is no contact email or phone number to get a hold of you. If these spokes fit a 25 - 26 T with 21 inch wheels I will take them. Frank

Thank you gentleman, I have seen this diagram but couldn't find it now that I needed it.
Appreciate the help. Frank

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