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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A neat Model T video
- Replies: 14
- Views: 834
Re: A neat Model T video
My T ran best on 98 octane... it was so low compression it shouldn't have made squat for difference,,, but it did. You do what your car asks for, and be glad it still runs.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Rajo OHV question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 177
Re: Rajo OHV question
If you have a stock T motor, then no way, the original thermo-syphon system is fine. Once you start adding heat to the top end (eg an OHV system) you MAY need more water flow... you won't know until you bui;d your mot r and atart taking temp readings... mzybe even a larger radiator. My biggest thing...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Supporting the Hood
- Replies: 4
- Views: 312
Re: Supporting the Hood
Foam or wedges have the possibility of damaging the paint when those with "curious fingers" decide to readjust the hood on their own... also I had foam damage paint. Thick, soft cloth would be my choice for a short long term display... Depending how creative you want to get... for a long term displa...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T aftermarket radiator?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1153
Re: Model T aftermarket radiator?
Thanks Susanne, I'm still equally impressed at what a good car it's been. One great package. By the way, speaking of a great package, I still miss your dad. One of the greatest. Ed aka #4 As do I, Ed... So many, many good times, from crawling through swap meets to late nights working in the garage ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Has Anyone Tried Laminated Glass for Acetylene Headlight Lenses?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 480
Re: Has Anyone Tried Laminated Glass for Acetylene Headlight Lenses?
My vote is plain flat glass. Laminated glass is thinner and may break easier. I would also be concerned about the heat and the laminate. That's what I was thinking as well - the glass on an acetylene light gets toasty, and I'd worry about the laminate between the sheets. I had a local glass company...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford Pliers Question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 348
Re: Ford Pliers Question
I was going to say Search and Rescue, which I still try to do to barn fresh parts in the wild!!! ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Reading the tea leaves
- Replies: 15
- Views: 637
Re: Reading the tea leaves
Those look normal - not oil soaked, I'm assuming the one on the right is #1 which IS the cold and distant plug, so yeah, it's always sootyish (at least ours were)... I chased that gremlin then realized there was no gremlin to chase.
Put em back in and run it!
Put em back in and run it!
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of Being Here?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 3154
Re: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of Being Here?
I’ve been following this with great interest, you see I’m the one who called Steve’s car a fauxleven. Now if you know me you know I always go for the cheap laugh. When Steve first brought his new car by to get running it looked like a reject from a Disney parade. To see the amount of work and the s...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: muncie
- Replies: 16
- Views: 949
Re: muncie
Me as well... for the short time I had a muncie it was perhaps a transmission second only to Ruckstell, if it's screaming, you have an interference, bearing, or other problem. Those were perhaps one of the BEST aftermarket transmissions for a T that were built, That's why they're so desirable. If yo...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T aftermarket radiator?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1153
Re: Model T aftermarket radiator?
Leaks All Water Completely Out?? Yikes!! That yellow jacket of a number 4 is probably one of the longest lived and best running T's I know of. I was infatuated by it in my teens, i'm 60+ and it STILL, to this day, infatuates me. What a machine. What a beast! And to think it survives the past 100 yea...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Where did it go?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 683
Re: Where did it go?
I think he's just getting his wallet out from between the cushions... the upside down pie wqgon is problematic, as I've had cakes fall in the oven...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Chickasha swapmeet ends
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1881
Re: Chickasha swapmeet ends
I agree that the times of yesteryear are days gone by as far as swap meets are concerned. The time is coming when antique cars will be less interesting than the later old cars because the later cars from the V8 era onward you can drive more safely and possibly get out on more main roads. Plus the r...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Chickasha swapmeet ends
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1881
Re: Chickasha swapmeet ends
It's not the only one. When Pate moved to TMS the magic was gone. I gave up Iola due to the increasing shortage of antique parts and the ever-rising price of admission (yes, you have to pay to get in and spend money). Seldom do you know you're living in a Golden Age until it's gone. Being old has c...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Firing order
- Replies: 20
- Views: 732
Re: Firing order
Toward the position on the cap where the wire going to the #1 plug is if the cap was on the distributor. I start with no wires, put #1 at TDC, look at where the dist. rotor is pointing, and that's where the wire to the #1 plug goes in the cap. Crank the motor 1/2 turn - now the rotor is pointing whe...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of Being Here?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 3154
Re: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of being Here?
Since finishing restoration and then taking my new "pride and joy" out on tours, it, and I, have been ridiculed by some in our Club for bring a "piece of $#!%" or a "Pho-11", or a "Hodgepodge" or a "Disneyland car" to the event. The kicker was when a long time and respected Model T-er said that my ...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Vehicles
- Topic: C/L 27 Roadster w/Crosscut Saw
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1008
Re: C/L 27 Roadster w/Crosscut Saw
The guy who owned that car was a real cut up! Someone would give an arm and a leg for that car....
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1066
Re: Bing! Bang! Boom!
First photo, AUTO POLO!!! I wouldn't mind building up one of those - looks like a LOT of fun!!
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Oil usage
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1251
Re: Oil usage
I always had awful luck with synthetic oils in T's Maybe because it was a while ago... but if it wasn't spewing non-dino oil everywhere, well.... nadd to that slippery clutch plates and bands, and yeah, I was one of them old conservatives who went for Dino oil 100% Then I ran sone 15W40 Blended synt...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford building lost
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2864
Re: Ford building lost
So How many Ford Related structures are still stand and being adapted to preserve them? I drove to the site of the San Francisco branch (which used to be quite close) , it was ruined during the 1989 Loma Prieta quake... they saved the face of it but razed 99% of the building (honestly, it really wa...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Russ Potters Passing and Arrangements
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2233
Re: Russ Potters Passing and Arrangements
I've been sitting here all day kind of broke hearted... Russ was one of the rare few who understood our cars (and especially fuel systems) and could make them work. He was one of those rare individuals who would give anything that it took to get someone on the road, to suss out a gremlin no one else...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OLD PHOTO - CHIC MAGNET!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 627
Re: OLD PHOTO - CHIC MAGNET!
I keep thinking, "These coulda been my buds in High School"... Except 2 or 3 of us would have had our own cars!
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 27 driving chassis, an I being cheap offering $1500?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1067
Re: 27 driving chassis, an I being cheap offering $1500?
My opinion, which is worth what you paid for it... $1500 is the absolute top dollar I'd pay for it, and that's assuming the rear end, transmission, and wheels are good. Even then I'd be inclined to say closer to half that - it's not wearing any sort of radiator, and the quetion is why not? We know t...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
- Replies: 53
- Views: 4947
Re: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
I can sympathize with that - Apple has a way of changing things around and messing with things that work... for things that don't. I haven't upgraded my laptop since Mojave, and I refuse to until they bring back the cool "widget" screen on the left. (And don't get me started about the silly "touch b...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Good selling price for a 1911?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1303
Re: Good selling price for a 1911?
There's nothing even remotely close to "1909" on that car that I can see...Dan Hatch wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:11 amCheck this one out !!!!
https://bids.auctionbypearce.com/auctio ... rd-model-t
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1123
Re: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
Don't be too hard on the HCCA. They had to draw a line somewhere, and wanting to be THE club to preserve the "earliest" cars, they fought for about forty years over how and where to draw that line. A lot of people, both in and out of the club think they made a few bad decisions leading to their cur...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: What's your MODERN? :)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2067
Re: What's your MODERN? :)
2024 Fiat Panda Cross 4x4. . Damn, I love that thing. And while I was predispositioned against Mopar (thaks to my awful work truck) I really REALLY love my little blue strugglebuggy!!!
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1123
Re: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
John, you can thank the HCCA for that, as you had to have a "pre-1916" vehicle to belong, and to do so, a LOT of post 15 cars got "converted, the T especially as it was the easiest to do so. I'm guilty of that. My dad (bless his soul) was a HCCA National President, but the car he used for his affili...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf Facebook Update
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2055
Re: Steve Jelf Facebook Update
:D :D :D :D :D :D (Sorry I couldn't resist) My thought - the one that keeps going through my head - is if someone told ME how I HAD to behave if I went through the (deleted) Steve did, I would be RIGHTEOUSLY pissed because, shit, I was driving my Roadster and how DARE someone plow into me? WTF, you ...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1123
Re: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
Why??? Putting an early radiator on a later car is poissible, but why would you WANT to do this???
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf Facebook Update
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2055
Re: Steve Jelf Facebook Update
Dare I say this, but Steve has his OWN life to live, if he decides a risk is worth taking it's HIS decision... For (deleted) sakes, he's not much older than me, he got in a car wreck in a T, and EVERYONE wants to be his nanny.... he's here, breathing air, not dirt, and now EVERYIONE has an opine on ...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Hyatt Bearings (almost)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2224
Re: Hyatt Bearings (almost)
Don't forget skilled labor and, of course, the government's cut and fuel use/surcharge, warehousing of materials until used, of course the factory owner's profit (they always gotta make something), the list kept growing.
It was not a pretty sight...
It was not a pretty sight...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Hyatt Bearings (almost)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2224
Re: Hyatt Bearings (almost)
The fixed costs to tool the manufacturing of spiral wound bearings would be simply too high. At Hyatt, square wire was wound on a mandrell to rolled lenghts of 20 feet. These lengths were thru-feed centerless ground, cut to finished roller lengths, carbonized, hardened, then finish ground. The cage...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T trailering question
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1790
Re: T trailering question
Cotton, Kevlar, or wood bands? :lol: For what it's worth - In the 70's, when we did a LOT of touring and traveling with the car on an open trailer (whichever car it was), Dad always put the top down, snugged one of those thin straps around the top to keep it from flopping / ballooning, car facing FO...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MTFCA search results not showing in Google
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2270
Re: MTFCA search results not showing in Google
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- Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Anyone remember building one of these as a boy?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5237
Re: Anyone remember building one of these as a boy?
These are the posts I wish we had a thumbs up icon for... I did a LOT of aircraft models, hung them up in my bedroom, to the point I drove the old man and his missus crazy! My uncle (when mom was going through radiaton and chemo at Stanford, when cancer treatment was still a HUGE unknown, and she vo...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Double stamped wrench
- Replies: 13
- Views: 802
Re: Double stamped wrench
Somebody probably lost their $5 a day job. Probably their 25¢ per hour thumb. Wasn't anythinig like OSHA back then, and if you lost some of your fingers in an indistrial accident, and you were REALLY lucky, they'd rehire you after you healed. Our cross the street neighbor ("Grampy Smith") when I wa...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Double stamped wrench
- Replies: 13
- Views: 802
Re: Double stamped wrench
Yep, it's a 1917 wrench (part number, not year). It probably got double struck when it was forged, like a double die coin. I just hope it didn't happen because a new person at Moore or Herbrand (or whoever was making these for Ford) was slow, and he didn't get his fingers out of the way of the die p...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: If you could ask Henry a question ...
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1974
Re: If you could ask Henry a question ...
Been unpacking a lot of stuff, and ran across my (to me cool) Delco Distributor for a late Leyland/early Ford Lincoln V8 (one of those rare treasures that for most of my life was one heck of a paperweight)... To me the most intriuging part of it (other than wondering if it could be rigged for a dual...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:08 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
Re: Over 20 years,,, Theft of my life's dream.
Sounds like your dad married a psychopath. It happens when men have been married along time and they loose their spouse.they can't handle being alone and that is the when the witches come in that know how to take advantage of the situation to the fullest. strange why you were removed from the museu...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:16 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
Re: Over 20 years,,, Theft of my life's dream.
Forgive my observations if they offend but folks like me have not heard of your loss until recently ,as in the past few days. And I can tell from your responses this hurt like h--- when it happened. but what I don't understand is why it was dropped so easily, 2 days ,30 days 30 years, if someone ta...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WTB - a $500 chassis. Where is it?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 983
Re: WTB - a $500 chassis. Where is it?
Thanks to most all of you. I'm looking locally (the duty bringing a US car here is crazy!) so yeah. Actually, I suspected finding the car was a long shot, and yeah, I got hot under the collar about it, but apologies to the group. It's over. And thanks, Karl... but yeah, shipping a car (or even a cha...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:27 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
Re: Over 20 years,,, Theft of my life's dream.
The time for settlement on who owned the 1920 chassis was 20 years ago , now is the time to move on. You're right. Best answer of all... it's at this point all water under the bridge. ;) Thanks Kevin, for talking sense to this old, addled mind. Jeez... I posted that flaming wreck? Sorry, folks!! Pl...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WTB - a $500 chassis. Where is it?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 983
Re: WTB - a $500 chassis. Where is it?
Sorry, I can't find them. Still looking, tho.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: WTB - a $500 chassis. Where is it?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 983
WTB - a $500 chassis. Where is it?
Just curious, as I haven't seen them around.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
Re: Over 20 years,,, Theft of my life's dream.
I've looked at the Towe auction catalog and the appraisal done on all the Towe cars in Sacramento and Deer Lodge, Montana. There was a 1924 T Ford chassis sold at auction in Deer lodge but no chassis was sold at the Sacramento auction. The California Automobile museum in Sacramento may have records...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
Changing gears
Sorry, that was pretty offensive.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
Re: Over 20 years,,, Theft of my life's dream.
Last question first - Yep, we moved to Italy about a year and a half ago. Retired from my state job, and enjoying the sub zero weather, er, "warm sunny Italian days". :lol: (Seriously, it was -4º C here this morning - Brrrr!!!) But that's part of the problem - were I still in California, I could hav...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2382
Changing gears
Not worth it. Sorry.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tail light bracket for 1927 Touring
- Replies: 6
- Views: 378
Re: Tail light bracket for 1927 Touring
It sounds silly, but it was to put enough light on the license plate to read it at night, and still have a valid taillight that was visible to the rear... the easiest way was to make the big window (with the door) clear and aim it towards the plate, and make the former clear window red and aim it ba...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Blockley Tire Info
- Replies: 4
- Views: 423
Re: Blockley Tire Info
My experiences with PP are equally frustrating - when we moved here, it was no problem, then for a short while I couldn't use them... then once I got that straightened out, I went to pay my PP credit account, and they wanted to send my phone a message or call my number on record to access my account...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Nice night for a drive
- Replies: 11
- Views: 851
Re: Nice night for a drive
My dad had a bearskin that we used for the same purpose - man, it kept you warm! No wonder people wore raccoon coats in the 20's - stylish AND you didn't freeze your tush off in your roadster! Somehow, tho, a horsehide blanket just seems, well, appropriate for a T. That way when someone yells "Get a...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model ts on auction
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1831
Re: Model ts on auction
I had a 1980's Ford Farimont that is older than a Model T, at least on Facebook... Horn on the turn signal stalk, motor ALMOST ran.
God, what a POS that car was... what bothers me most is someday someone will call it the ultimate classic Ford...
God, what a POS that car was... what bothers me most is someday someone will call it the ultimate classic Ford...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What happened to Model T Club of Facebook
- Replies: 10
- Views: 907
Re: What happened to Model T Club of Facebook
I keep finding the T club of FB is stocked with hot rodders and yahoos... I keep holding out hope. but I keep finding people that are "experts" who have NO idea about T's, and when I post how they work I get slammed... I wish it weren't so, but I've come close to walking away a few times, because th...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Solid rubber tires & felloes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 906
Re: Solid rubber tires & felloes
Solid rubber tires are illegal in most states today. They are hard on the roads. But not in California, where they are still legal... CA Veh Code § 27450 - §27453. (2022) goes over the regulations on wear and construction of solid rubber tires in California... but in no way prohibits them. Metal ti...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: putting a battery in a 1915
- Replies: 8
- Views: 645
Re: putting a battery in a 1915
If the car has all the original 1915 wiring, eg no starter or generator, constant loss electrical system for the coils and lights, then you can safely hook it up either way... in fact, it's better for the points of the coils if you reverse it every so often. I'll even throw another ringer in here - ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Help--need advice
- Replies: 9
- Views: 734
Re: Help--need advice
Aw f***, what a lousy turn of events... Good luck, God bless, Keep on fighting, because even as dire as the docs make it sound, it could turn around.... and if not, then leave a legacy that others will remember you by!! Find a trustworthy third party that can do this for you... and watch out for peo...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: January 6 (Now T related)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1161
Re: January 6
It's not T related.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: January 6 (Now T related)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1161
Re: January 6
Ours come down on Epiphany every year... not a problem. But why is this in the model T topic, not in the off topic topic???? Especially as politically loaded it is...
This should be in Off Topic, as it's not T related, sorry.
This should be in Off Topic, as it's not T related, sorry.
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: January 6 (Now T related)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1161
Re: January 6
I'm pulling our lights today as we always have... And sadly, we are heading for dark times. Appropos, oui??
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year
- Replies: 15
- Views: 784
Re: Happy New Year
Wishing all our friends, no matter where you are, a VERY happy and prosperous new year!!!!!
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- Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Parts suppliers
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1188
Re: Parts suppliers
try being over here... I had a Winfield shipped here, the shipping was $100 and the "Duty" I had to pay was an additional $175 (€160) which is fine, as Winfields are hens teeth here, but still, it's like stupid crazy to ship stuff now, figure the price PLUS 18% shipping PLUS 26 1/2% for the governme...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year
- Replies: 15
- Views: 784
Re: Happy New Year
Auguri, w un anno nuovo di Italia!!!!!
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Warford, gear oil, tips on shifting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 739
Re: Warford, gear oil, tips on shifting
My experience is only my experience, but I found thicker lubes (I use 600W steam cylinder oil) made my Warfords and Muncies much easier to shift and the heavier body oil muffled most of the gear noise. Everyone seems to have their "special recommendations" on what to run, but seriously, read what F...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What DAY was your Model T built? Try this...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1844
Re: What DAY was your Model T built? Try this...
I found this casting mark on the block, to the left of the serial number (there isn't any markings to the right)... maybe this might shed some light on the date? Or is this the plant identifier? https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=179404&t=1 Mold number and revision tag to the right o...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Head bolts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 985
Re: Head bolts
You can have them shipped, but the recent changes in import duties and just (a least down here) shipping from the States has gotten prohibitive... (Had I known I would have thrown all my hardware in the shipping container before we moved). Example - Got an (awesome) Winfield 4v carb (there was one o...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf is heading to California
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2366
Re: Steve Jelf is heading to California
Don't knock that cane... it is WAY better than a darned walker (Oooh, how I hate those things!) and imparts an element of class and distinction to the one who uses it. ;) Serious - I thought it was silly, but it really helped - and, well... let me tell ya... BTW last year, broke my fool ankle slidin...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Two Man Top Operating Instructions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 465
Re: Two Man Top Operating Instructions
And ditto to both of the above, not difficult to do once you know, and easily achievable by a 14-17 year old kid... the only harm is when you miss the socket and put a gouge right down the side of the passenger side back door of the touring... Something I learned on a national tour once... right aft...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Starting issues
- Replies: 14
- Views: 534
Re: Starting issues
I had a rather strange but effective starting ritual when the car had been sitting a while. Gas off, battery on, pull each cylinder to TDC and let the coils buzz for a few seconds each (I used to call it warming up the glow plugs, probably more like burning the oil off the ends)... Key off, Gas on, ...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Need help
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1149
Re: Need help
Crowsfoot socket will work as well... Connected to a T handle slid all the way to one end, it makes a decent job of it.
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T philosophy: What is a restoration?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 11145
Re: Model T philosophy: What is a restoration?
The positives of having varnished wheels VS body color is (a) you can see what kind of wood is there (you REALLY want white oak spokes?) and (b) IF they deteriorate you can see it easier. Offered for what its worth... it's your car, you can do what you want to... but if I see that really pretty cher...
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: The importance of preservation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1754
Re: The importance of preservation
I feel really bad for all those <15 Model T owners who spent a lot of hard time and effort collecting correct parts, hundreds of hours of time, and tons of money to get that 1912 Commercial Roadster just right and prepped for a 100 point restoration just to have them find out what they have ISN'T a ...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: The importance of preservation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1754
Re: The importance of preservation
Not a "replica". It was built the same way, using the same materials, as would have been used in the late 40's and 50's. Add to it the power plant IS high performance as was built back yonder, A "replica" would use an inordinate amount of modern stuff... this was built like the real deal. IDK about ...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: The importance of preservation
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1754
Re: The importance of preservation
when I was a kid my dad's '15 touring was to me the same age as his plain jane Ford Sedanis to a kid that same age now... Yikes! (And my first car, that 53 Ford Customline sedan, is the same age as a 2 lever 2 pedal...)
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Lueders Tx Model T river crossing. 1915?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 502
Re: Lueders Tx Model T river crossing. 1915?
Of course the absolute earliest it could be is 1917, because of the black radiator. I'm hazarding a guess, using not the car but the bridge and how it's built, to say it was early to mid 20's. As to the bridge - It was VERY common on wood deck auto bridges to have a second course of boards as "tire ...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Connecting Rods Debate
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1966
Re: Connecting Rods Debate
Dynamic. The rods (and dippers, if so equipped) hits the oil pools in the pan, splashing it to the cylinder walls and internals... the magnets (or dippers, if sans-magnets) literally throw a shower of oil into the oil pick up tube and over the transmission... If you've ever made the mistake of runni...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Blockley Tire import question.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1703
Re: Blockley Tire import question.
For some obscure reason I had lousy luck retrofitting metal stems on tubes... they never sealed right, and I'd end up with a flat. Now I know (Thank you Steve!) about the bridge washer debacle, and I wonder if that was the cause of my heartache for years. Something so simple... yeesh! :oops: People ...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old Photo - Wonderful Repair shop
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1511
Re: Old Photo - Wonderful Repair shop
It's a coal stove - you can see it in the scuttle ("bucket") and shovel. Loads through the "chute" on the side, and the gearing takes a hand crank on the center gear (it's on top of the stove, next to the back of the headlight) to moves the grates on the bottom to clear them out and break up clinker...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How Much Gas Should a 1927 Model T Use?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1600
Re: How Much Gas Should a 1927 Model T Use?
Susanne: Thanks for chiming in, and for giving serious commentary. Hopefully you are still reading, would you mind sending me a private e-mail jab35(at)cornell(dot)edu I read in an old post that you were considering making Hyatt style spiral roller bearings. Did that project get any traction? And i...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How Much Gas Should a 1927 Model T Use?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1600
Re: How Much Gas Should a 1927 Model T Use?
... the lenses have to be those old purple colored glass to do any good... True!! It has to do with refraction VS the speed of light, also the purple in the lenses are resonant to any nearby black holes, so there's a gravitational derivative involved... You have to be careful, however, as TOO MUCH ...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: Generators now availble with NEW Armatures
- Replies: 3
- Views: 746
Re: Generators now availble with NEW Armatures
THAT is a thing of beauty - well done, Jeff!
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How Much Gas Should a 1927 Model T Use?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1600
Re: How Much Gas Should a 1927 Model T Use?
I used to get a consistant 20+ out of Angel ('15 touring) but there was a caevat - it ran a Winfield V. In fact, about half of our family cars (including mine, the 15 and 19 roadsters0, had Ed Winfield's miracle machines of one sort or the other bolted to the intake... I certainly fell in love with ...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:10 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
- Replies: 229
- Views: 18065
Re: Some Humor to Brighten Your Day II
Lighting up the home for the holidays...
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Follow me for more electrical and heating tips...
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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:04 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: IS YOUR WORK YOUR SIGNATURE?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 703
Re: IS YOUR WORK YOUR SIGNATURE?
She swings a mean hammer, and you should see the damage her brother does with a sickle... From a better, earlier time (for them).... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ouvrier_kolkhosienne_2.jpg/540px-Ouvrier_kolkhosienne_2.jpg Side note - I saw this in person in Moscow, on a ...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:47 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Lost My Mind - Bought a Flanders 20 (Model T Competitor)
- Replies: 156
- Views: 24288
Re: Lost My Mind - Bought a Flanders 20 (Model T Competitor)
But... but... but... it's RED! Red and white... good thing this is in the off topic thread, otherwise it might be considered blasphemy....
Seriously BEAUTIFUL Flanders! I am jealous!
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Seriously BEAUTIFUL Flanders! I am jealous!
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:41 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: BYE..., And I do mean BYE!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2327
Re: BYE..., And I do mean BYE!
Fixed it, must have been asleep when I typed that! Yeah, #4 & #8 are real contenders, as were their owners... Of course, we all know that "the yellow jacket" still roars down the road (with a flash of a smile and a handlebar moustache!), but I always wondered what happened to #8... When I took the g...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: If you could ask Henry a question ...
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1974
Re: If you could ask Henry a question ...
Henry Ford seems to have developed an aversion to fancy rigs fairly early on. Edsel had a notable flair for style and color, which Henry had no use for. That may have been a friction point between the two. I wonder how much anyone outside of the family actually knows about their relationship. I thi...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: If you could ask Henry a question ...
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1974
Re: If you could ask Henry a question ...
You had a brilliant, devoted son who loved you, so why were you such a jerk him and downplayed all of his ideas and accomplishments, many of which were better than yours. There was no one who was more qualified to pass the Ford empire onto than Edsel. A Ford, with your blood and dedication and abil...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: If you could ask Henry a question ...
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1974
Re: If you could ask Henry a question ...
Why Harry Bennett?? Serious question, of all the controversial decisions you made, what was your attraction to a tough guy scumbag thug, so much so you bypassed your own family (who proved themselves more than capable to keep your company alive LOOOONG past your death) to suck up to this person who ...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:27 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Parts
- Topic: FS Winfield 4V Carburetor (SOLD)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 665
Re: FS Winfield 4V Carburetor
PM sent... ![Wink ;-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
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- Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:10 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: BYE..., And I do mean BYE!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2327
Re: BYE..., And I do mean BYE!
The 1/2 mile dirt oval... God, what memories! I think that's what gave me the speedster bug... ![Wink ;-)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
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- Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: Classifieds - Vehicles
- Topic: 1906 Model N Sold
- Replies: 1
- Views: 995
Re: 1906 Model N Sold
I'm not surprised, congrats on the sale!!!
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:16 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: BYE..., And I do mean BYE!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2327
Re: BYE..., And I do mean BYE!
Jeez whiz, what a bunch of sour grapes... :( What just happened, however, is partially WHY I can't stand people interjecting polits and political views into a non=political site such as this. Because people (to quote my MIL) are just too sensitive, and get offended REALLY easily over butkis. HAve a ...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:34 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: A Wake Up Call on How Times Are Changing....,
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4503
Re: A Wake Up Call on How Times Are Changing....,
Why all the political BS on a Model T site? Asking for all of us who are here for the hobby, and not a political discussion.... Seriously, I'm at the point of damned near leaving here because people are so sucked up into shoving THEIR politics down others throats that they effing FORGOT this is not ...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What Is the Capacity of The Fuel Tank ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 502
Re: What Is the Capacity of The Fuel Tank ?
9.75 gallons, and if you fill your tank that far, you'll have a gasoliney mess...
Get one of the tank dip sticks... run your car at 9 gallons...
Get one of the tank dip sticks... run your car at 9 gallons...
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Happy Thanksgiving
- Replies: 11
- Views: 707
Re: Happy Thanksgiving
"M" - Matchless??
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: ECCT: Hot or Hype?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4610
Re: ECCT: Hot or Hype?
I lost the memo, were we supposed to bring sickles, hoes, or knoves to this one? :lol: (I did learn you don't bring a knife to a gunfight...) - - - - - - - - The one advantage an "ECCT" (Actually it's an EACT - Electronically Activated Coil Tester - no crank on the box!) has over a "HCCT" i can see ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: negative ground?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1496
Re: negative ground?
My 15 touring of course has no battery electrics except for the one powering the stoplight and coils... I have it rigged so I can run either positive OR negative ground to avoid undue depositing on the coils points... not that I ran the car much off battery... maybe I was just being over, um, retent...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cracked block
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1611
Re: Cracked block
It was explained to me (in an autoshop class I took) that it involves first drilling the ends of the crack, then drill and tap overlapping holes along the crack, installing a threaded rod in each one,leaving a small amount above the level of the existing metal, peening the exposed metal over. I was ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What its For?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 532
Re: What its For?
You might be right, they were mercury bulb rectifiers, and if one out of 2 had failed you would overamp the remaining bulb. I think.