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My wife had both knees done. In the short term, ice is your friend. We had a machine with circulating cold water that could be put on the knee and keep it chilled. Works as good or better than some pain pills. In the early stages you may still need some pain pills, definitely take them as prescribed...

online versions https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/232186/ can be downloaded https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/newspaper-article-henry-ford-gives-10-000-000-in-1914-profits-to-his-employes-ford-motor-company-archives/rAFBTv8vSNj4vQ?hl=en&ms=%7B%2...

I just saw this auction coming up in Mendota, Illinois.

https://www.estatesale.com/sales/view/7 ... 68be0c06ca

I see several Model T's and some old tractors. FYI

This is the straw wheel color as determined by PPG .

Note that it is a modern Toyota color

I have had problems on at least two cars. Both times the needle sealed very well for a long time, then started leaking. I tried removing the needle and let it dry. I tried wiping it off as best I could to remove any debris. No luck. Both episodes were 5 years or so ago.

My problem in the midwest is that the needle and seat will work perfectly...for a while. Then it will start leaking and the only way to stop the leak is to replace the needle.

Looks like I forgot to include a link to Forrest's obituary.

https://kutisfuneralhomes.com/okeane-forrest-w/

Ron Dupree

I just recently found out that we have lost two long time midwest Model T friends. Gerry passed on April 21 of this year https://kutisfuneralhomes.com/okeane-geraldine-nee-hassler/ Forrest joined her soon after on May 22 of this year. We enjoyed seeing Forrest at a number of Illinois/Missouri/Iowa a...

Check at your local hardware store for "Elevator bolts". Our local Menards carries them, others probably do as well.

We went on the tour once. A very good mix of some really nice early cars. Nice roads and good lunches. The only complaint we have is that the tour is done parade style with the slowest car leading the pack.

I will let you decide on which it is. The body was built by Ray Wells, who built the bodies for Craig Beek and Jim Finney using Jim's body for a pattern.

On the way to Dalton on Wednesday we passed this- IMG_1834.JPG It was not some kind of demonstration, it was a group of Amish farmers threshing a wheat field. It was a sight I thought I would never see. After lunch we stopped at a buggy shop/farm implement dealer and talked with the gentleman there....

I am planning on bringing some to the tour in Baraboo for the swap meet.

So sorry to hear. We always enjoyed touring with Pete and his wife.

Vince's videos were EXCELLENT. I wish they were available online. I had Vince do a top and interior kit for our '16 touring before his untimely passing and the workmanship was excellent as well

Today I received an email titled "Click to confirm your subscription". In it was a link you are supposed to click to join a mailing list. The scary thing is that the return address appears to be a valid one for Steve. I sent an email to Steve at his MTFCI address, and he confirmed that HE had gotten...

When I visited the parts stash that I talked about on the forum I found a rusty/crusty carbide generator IMG_1493 resized.JPG This thing has some dents and a lot of crusty surface rust, but no rust through that I can see The only thing that I see is missing is one of the clamps. Even the carbide bas...

Several of us had the opportunity to visit with Bill Scott in Kewanee, Illinois. Bill and his wife put on the Labor Day Model T rally for over 25 years in honor of his father in law Ray Behnke, who was an avid Model T and Model A parts collector. Ray died over 25 years ago, and the parts have been s...

I have used the pvc boards as well. You can use a hair dryer or heat gun to help the plastic make the bends. The pvc seems to hold staples well. I have not tried to use upholstery tacks. I have found that the pvc does not hold screws too well.

I agree with Mike about the floorboard wood. The floor board is in two pieces to allow access to the battery. The piece of the floorboard with the hole is the piece that sits over the battery.

This is the wood that goes along the side of the body.

and this

Simple... Before you disassemble the carb either scribe a line or use a magic marker to mark lines on the butterfly on either side of the shaft. Use your marker to mark the right side of the throttle plate. If the carb is already apart, line everything up with the shaft and plate out of the carb, th...

The 82302 paint code referred to in the encyclopedia is for a 1977 to 1980 Fiat

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedi ... 02&rows=50

Several years ago I requested the Ditzler archives people to provide a modern cross reference for the straw wheat color. This is what they recommended: Straw paint code.jpg The important code is the Toyota color code. There could be a problem getting a current formula, since this color is for a 1974...

By now we would usually have had several reports back from the tour.
Did anybody go?
How was it?
What are the plans for next year?

Don's family has consigned his cars to Sullivan Auctioneers in Carthage, Illinois for dispersal. The auction is online only and will be happening in early February with inspection starting in late January. https://www.sullivanauctioneers.com/auction/car-auction-2-7-22/ This is a general auction anno...

I have a newer version. Mine came out of a Chevy dealership. It is the ideal tool to align the rear wheels of an older Corvette, and works great to align the front wheels and be sure the steering wheel is centered.

Mr. Donald R. Krull, 81, of Galesburg passed peacefully, in the company of his children, at 6:43 p.m., Friday, November 12, 2021 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg. He was born October 27, 1940 in Streator, Illinois, the son of Raymond and Ester (May) Krull. Donald married his beloved Marjori...

I just got this message about Don Don passed away on November 12, following a short illness. For those who don't know, Don is a past president of the MTFCI and a long time Model T tourer. He and his wife Marge were there when we did our first MTFCI international tour in 1995. He will be missed. Visi...

There are some European Classics listed on the auction site. I have no connection with the ad, and no experience with these tires. https://www.ebay.com/itm/183926862676

Let me know if you need any more photos of the Wheels O Time cutaway

More photos...Note that the machined surfaces had all been protected by shellac or varnish

Not surprisingly, the oil pan appeared to be a reject, unfit for use on a car

I had the opportunity to do some conservation work on the display engine at the Wheels O Time Museum in Peoria, Il. This was an original Ford display unit that had been donated by Ford to a local school. It had the appearance of being at least partially disassembled at times in the past. My work con...

This is the paint that was recommended by the Ditzler archives when I checked several years ago

The Ditzler code is 82172
Dupont is 43334

This was used on 1974 to 1978 Toyota's as OEM paint code 528.

I have used both products. I found that I had to thoroughly check the Cartouche order to be sure that all of the 'parts' were there. The Classtique kits are complete, nice quality, and fit nice.

What are you working on? Wood? Welded wire? Aftermarket wire wheels? This is the trueing fixture I built 100_1855.JPG I tried just welding a spindle to the channel iron, but about all that will allow you to do is to see the runout. If you need to use any force to remove runout, you will need some ex...

Just got ours today in central Illinois

I have tried a little bit of everything for exhaust manifolds. The paints all peel away with time, regardless of the prep. The stove polish looks great, lasts a long time and is easy to touch up.

The Dupont color code would be 43334 and is darker than the 43353 color code.

Several years ago I asked the question to the PPG archives. Their recommendation was Ditzler code 82172. For Deltron single stage paint this would translate to DCC 82172. This color was used on 1974 to 1978 Toyotas with Toyota paint code T528.

Yup. It's the "Reeder Rattle". More than one of us had the same problem. On my engine I only had a narrow range of timing adjustment where the car ran like it should, and didn't have a light combustion knock.

Like RajoRacer said. Just swap the field coil leads and all should be good.

One thing I would do prior to shipping my parts is true up the flanges on the wheel hubs, particularly the front wheels. It seems like a lot of wheels have suffered from curb checks and are bent, sometimes quite a bit.

One possibility

Ron Dupree

Just completed a full restoration on a 1927 touring car. With less than 100 miles on the car the mag quit. The mag post looks like Bill's. I disassembled the post, wiped it out good, and the mag started working again. I could not see any metallic debris inside the post, but it looks like the perfect...

My 1981 Snyder's catalog does not have any listings for a distributor.

Sorry to hear about your loss Dave. We always enjoyed touring with Wally and Fran and his magneto coils were the best money could buy.

Like several other applications on the T that pin is made from an odd size wire gauge that is not readily available.

I just bought a new pair of Montgomery Wards for the front of our 16

Ron Dupree

Looking at the credits, this was filmed at Coker's wheel shop

Several years ago I asked the question to the PPG archives. Their recommendation was Ditzler code 82172. For Deltron single stage paint this would translate to DCC 82172. This color was used on 1974 to 1978 Toyotas with Toyota paint code T528.

I don't think so. The problem appears to be strictly associated with EBAY motors searches. Regular EBAY searches are working like they always have been. The 'work around' search appears to be working well too.

Another example of Ebay breaking something that didn't need to be fixed. I am having the same problems with EBAY motors related searches. This is one work around from the EBAY discussion board. https://community.ebay.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Ebay-search-issues/m-p/30862197/highlight/false#M69931 It a...

Wards Riverside tires with free shipping=-

https://www.performanceplustire.com/ant ... blackwall/

Note- I have no experience with this supplier

Has Coker run through another price increase? Like in the past, the Summit price is the same as the price listed on Coker's web site.

I have used the PVC material in several applications for nailing strips. In my opinion it holds staples very well, but is not good at holding nails or screws. You might try your nails in some PVC before using it on the corners, since the bow pads need to be nailed to them.

Ron Dupree

This method worked for me

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/822076/908662.html

It still required steaming the wood, but I found that it was VERY difficult to just steam the wood and install, even when using two thin strips.

Ron dupree

I tried using period glass lens taillights for turn signals with poor results. These lights were intended for use at night, and typically either are hard to see, or cannot be seen at all in daylight. What works for me are the simple round taillights that are sold for trailers. Replace the 12 volt bu...

The metric washers are not much larger than the od of the springs and are about the same size as the Ford washers. They should not require drilling larger holes in the frame.

Go to the hardware store and look for some metric flat washers that will just go over the end of the hook. Install the spring and hook as an assembly on the block. Be sure that the cotter pin does not extend past the od of the washer. You should now be able to install the hold down and block as a un...

WOW!

I bought an axle several years ago at a swap meet for parts. Somebody had done the same thing...

Did you change the steering gearbox? I fought this same problem on a 1927 touring car with a steering tube and gearbox that came from two different steering columns. My final solution was to trim off the end of the tube to get the steering shaft to fit the way I wanted it to.

Air filter assembly.

Dean, I have an early style combination wrench made by Buffum with the swastica logo on it. Several years ago we did a club tour to Louisiana. They had a mural on a downtown wall about Buffum tool co., so I went to the library there to see if I could find out any more about the company. The libraria...

My experience with the low Reeder head was similar to yours. I found that even with high octane gas, I had a very narrow range of spark positions between so retarded that I lost performance, and the presence of the 'Reeder rattle'

Ron Dupree

Thank you George, Ramona, and all of the hard working members of the Tennessee T's for a fantastic tour. Job VERY well done.

Ron and Linda Dupree

The family of long time Prairie State Model T member Dale Sutter is selling off the contents of his farm near Bloomington Illinois in a large tag sale https://www.estatesales.net/IL/Bloomington/61701/2301597 on August 22 to 24. In addition to a nice 1927 touring car there is a ton of antiques as wel...

I have to log in every day I visit the forum. In addition, I have to log into each of the forums (2019, cars for sale, etc.) separately.

Ron Dupree

Sadly, I received word yesterday of Marge's passing. She was the wife of Don Krull. Don and Marge have been very active in the MTFCI, and have been on numerous tours. GALESBURG - Marjorie A. Krull, 78, Galesburg, died at 11:33 a.m. Thursday, July 18, 2019, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria...

Always enjoyed seeing Howard on the Florida Winter Tour. RIP old friend.

We went to Bloomington Il yesterday to see the cross country group. This was press coverage on a local TV station

https://hoiabc.com/news/bloomington-nor ... oomington/

Ron Dupree

Brent just sent out an e-mail with some last minute details about parking at the motel, etc. He is printing route books and will have them for us when we get there.

Ron Dupree

We will be there on Saturday as well. I have emailed Brent about the route books. He usually has them emailed out by now. Expect a short day on Sunday, start after lunch. The other days will be an 8 or 9 am start, at least that is what we have done in the past. One day will be cooker day, to use you...

Nevy was a participant on several Winter tours, and is well known in the antique car community in the South. Another loss to the antique car world.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/savan ... =192704601

Ron Dupree

Keep in mind that for sending a simple package there may be four (or more) ways to send it with widely varying costs. In addition, if you sold the item on EBAY or send it through PayPal, there are special corporate discounts. As an example, I sent a set of triple gears from Illinois to California a ...

This is where the auction items came from. Anybody recognize?

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Can't say I didn't warn you. Small crowd, lots of model T related items. Truly a bidders auction. I brought home a pickup load. Examples- 26/26 gas tanks $6 to $10 FOUR 26/27 rear fenders $7 Aluminum hogshead $5 Two radiator shells (one high and one low) nice $25 Two boxes full of universal joints. ...

Why would you use tempered glass in a windshield? That should be laminated safety glass.

My wife ran across this in a local shopper newspaper

https://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/3207083.html

This appears to be in an auctioneers barn near Arcola, Il, south of Champaign. I have no connection to this auction.

Ron Dupree

I used that link, but it was good only for a few hours. Now it seems that even though I didn't change anything, I was able to log in from the main index page and I am staying logged in. Strange things happen....

The problem is that Ford used a big key in a small diameter shaft. If you try to use a standard woodruff key, it sticks up too high and you cannot tighten the pitman arm on the steering shaft. The 'special' Ford woodruff key has been ground to reduce its height by flattening the rounded side. This a...

I cannot tell from your pictures, but an easy way to see that a spring is for a Model T is to look for the oil hole at the spring eye. Model A's, for example, have the oiler built into the shackle so they did not have to have the spring eye drilled for the oiler.

Ron Dupree

Tony's login worked. I was not trying to use the 2018 login, but I went to the 2018 forum. Then selected the 2019 forum, that took me to a page with this on it- This link will take you to new forum software. YOU WILL NEED TO RE-REGISTER ON THE NEW SITE. Your old user name and password will not work ...

I tried to respond to a topic. Got the login page. Tried to log in. No luck. Tried logging in using the 'login' at the upper right corner and it sent me to the 2019 formum home page but I am still not logged in. Went to the 2018 forum, then from there logged into the 2019 forum and I am able to post...

I just saw in the Tennessee T's newsletter that Vic passed away last November. We really enjoyed touring with Vic and Lori. Anybody have any more details or link to his obituary? I couldn't find anything.

Ron Dupree

I just got a very official looking email from "Amazon.com" confirming a purchase. The return address looked legitimate. The only giveaway was that it was addressed to "MTFC" then my name. Luckily my virus program caught it when I opened the invoice to see what my wife might have bought. Not sure if ...

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