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I installed a 12 volt battery in my 1915 touring car. Since it has no starter and generator, and all the lights are LED (except for the magneto headlights) I installed a 12 volt fuel pump, next to the under-the-seat fuel tank with hoses and a switch. I don't use the fuel pump to supply gas to the ca...

Mark,

If it turns out the deal falls though, PLEASE let me know. It would look great on the back of my 1922 Coupe!
I sent you an email about this also...
Thanks!

I bought one of these several years ago and it does a great job of tightening the nut without any fear of rounding the corners of the nut like the original open end wrench. It fits the 2 inch nut very closely and the gap will slip over the pipe. An extension and a ratchet is all you need to snug the...

I pulled out my cars and my truck out this morning, to sweep the floors, and decided it was time for a photo....

Once I got down on the pavement, I had a struggle getting up. Old age sucks.

The older I get, the less spry I am becoming and sometimes, (many times when I am by myself, with no co-pilot) and I hand crank my 1915, (it usually starts suddenly with no warning) and I try to run over to advance the timing before it quits, if I don't make it in time, it dies. If it is dead cold, ...

I have a '15 touring car, with a Stromburg OF carb. All my steel fuel lines from the on tank bowl forward are sleeved with Design Engineering Heat Shield Sleeve part #010403 available from O'Reilly auto parts. This seems to do the trick, keeping the excessive heat away from the lines. I also have a ...

when you are at an antique shop or a swap meet, keep an eye out for one of these copper soldering irons. I use the oxygen acetylene torch to warm the copper head up to a dull red. They will hold the heat for a fair amount of time, and are totally safe to use, since there is NO open flame. And, they ...

I made mine out of wood. The blocks catch each rivet. You simply push and hold some pressure on the base, and twist it, and it releases the rim on my 1915 every time, with no scratches or damage.

The town had a Trunk or Treat in the city park.
We dressed up the car and here is what it looked like.

We live just 10 miles or so from the Trace, in Mississippi. It is a wonderful Model T road. 50 mph top posted speed, with no stop signs, no commercial vehicles (NO semi trucks) and plenty of places to pull off. And NO gasoline... You have to get off of it to find gas. There is only one place, (1/10 ...

Rich,

I know the feeling. I had antique BMW motorcycles long before I bought a Model T.
Top photo is my 1936 BMW R12 with a 1939 Juwel side car
second photo is my 1942 BMW R75 from WWII
The third is our 1915 touring with the 1925 BMW R32

My father bought a brand new 1958 Rambler cross country station wagon. Two tone blue with the tail fins! 6 cylinder with a Borg Warner overdrive. I was 7 years old. I remember riding home with him in the new car. He had those clear plastic seat covers installed at the dealer. The car did not have ai...

Here is an idea for you. This is what I did. In our 1922 coupe, I removed the arm on the shift shaft, that pushed/pulled the rod to the ruckstell and moved it further over toward the passenger side. I also lengthened the arm, to get better alignment of the activating rod to the the final drive, and ...

This is what I did on our 1922 coupe. In the first photo: I bought a old universal add on directional stalk off of Ebay and made an adapter out of aluminum round stock so it would clamp onto the diamond cross section steering column. In the second photo, I bought reproduction '37 Ford LED brake/tail...

One other possibility. What size steel (or copper) fuel line is running from the tank to the carb? a 1/4 inch OD fuel line will not deliver near as much fuel and not near as fast, by gravity feed, as a 5/16 OD steel fuel line. I replaced the metal fuel lines on my coupe and touring car with larger o...

I used 2-56 all thread, which will pass through the fins easily with no damage to them. You can buy it from McMaster - Carr on line. The part number is 98790A47 and it is a 1 foot long piece, for $7.26 The 2-56 nuts are readily available at any good hardware store. I also made a backing plate out of...

Thanks for the kind words, guys. I neglected to post the part number and source for that replacement rubber boot. I bought them from O'Reilly auto parts, but they are made by Dorman products, and one should be able to find them locally, just about everywhere. As I said before, you have to enlarge th...

The front yoke ball, that seats in the oil pan, is exposed to road dirt, and water, since it is unprotected in any way. I have been occasionally removing the APCO cover, and cleaning up the old grease and dirt and re-greasing the ball and related parts. While staring at it, I thought of an easy way ...

Ron, I know exactly what you are talking about. We attended the "Cruisen the Coast" week long event on the Mississippi Gulf coast last October, that had over 9,000 registered cars. Our '15 was the oldest registered car on the street. We attended several car shows, and the 1915 was VERY popular with ...

If you are installing a hogshead, all by yourself , trying to hold onto it, and get the high gear brass "fork" into the slot, while maneuvering the hogshead while the gasket goo is drying before you can get it in position, can be a frustrating job. I was standing there, looking at the when I had an ...

I have worked on BMW motorcycles for over 40years, and like all old electric horns, they have a set of points in them also, so let me give you some advice. You said you ran sandpaper through the points to clean them. That is the thing to do. But, after you cleaned the points, did you take a white bu...

I'm sure all you long time T owners may have seen one of these, but since I have owned and worked on T models for only the last 5 years, this one is new to me. A friend of mine, who owns some model T's, was given this tool as a Christmas present. Since I have not found any reference to this tool on ...

We named our 1915 touring car after my wife's mother. Esmarelda... Has a nice antique name that suits the old girl....
The photo was taken at the Mississippi Cruisin' the Coast event last Oct. Out of 9,000+ registered cars, it was the oldest one on the street!

This may or may not be of any help, but go here: https://www.prewarcar.com/447226-ford-t

On the prewarcar.com web site, there are a number of other Model T's for sale in Europe.

I brought the "original owner" with me in my 1915 Touring car to the Scarecrow car show in Madison Ms last weekend.

My dear, long dead father took me aside when I was 18 years old, and told me that he wanted to talk to me about women. When he got me outside, this is what he said: "It is the only place you will ever come out of, that you will spend the rest of your life, trying to get back into!" :lol: And, "Even ...

Steve When I put my '15 engine together, the center of the rear horseshoe plate interfered with the SCAT crank, and the foreword edge had to be ground off, as you know. What I did not like, was how thin the front edge of the threaded hole had become, to get the clearance for the counterweight. it co...

Just for everyone's information, here is a link to maps of gravel roads in the USA. It is not always accurate, ( some roads are missing) but it is interesting to look at.

https://gravelmap.com/

A day or two ago, Coker tire notified me that they finally have white clincher tires back in stock.
I had a set back ordered for over a year. They are now in transit to me.
I thought I would inform those that are interested, that they are available again.

After having a near pants filling experience on a tour in the Tennessee mountains, steep downhill gravel roads, and getting stopped on severe inclines, due to stalled traffic in front of me, (and the car not wanting to hold) I decided to go with disk brakes. It seemed that most of the Tennessee T's ...

If you have limited room and limited height space, and your concerned about battery longevity and power, you can always put TWO or more of those batteries, side by side, and tie both + posts and - posts together. I used 4 of these 12 volt Yuasa sealed lead acid motorcycle batteries, under the rear s...

Andrew The 1915 in the above photo is my car. My wife, who was surfing the web, found, somewhere, a 1915 Automobile accessory catalog, and there was an advertisement, for a folding luggage rack, for a Ford. The ad showed a simple drawing of the folding rack, not a photo. My wife showed it to me, and...

Complete Tractor (on line) has an inexpensive universal 0 - 30 amp meter for use on a farm tractor. it will work. They are under $16.00 They say: 30 Amp Meter Ammeter Tractor Auto Equipment - Chrome Non Lighted Item #: 3000-0554 Complete Tractor amp meters deliver a precise reading of amperage Accur...

Oddly enough, I have never had the adjuster bolt move when I tighten the jam nut, on either one of my cars. If your threads are clean, and no one has over-tightened the jam nut an pulled the threads, it won't move. If yours wants to spin when turning the nut, have someone step down hard on the low s...

Adjusting the low band is not very convenient, unless you pull the floor out. I made this specifically for adjusting the band, from underneath the car, and I carry it with me in the car's tool kit. The photo pretty much shows it all, no need to go into any great detail about making it. I cut a socke...

Last Friday I got the engine back from the machine shop for our '22 coupe, (that had broken the crankshaft last November) The brass and steel cam gear shim kit for the brass cam gear I had to adjust, because the brass gear is thicker than a stock one. shim.jpg After doing some measuring, I had to th...

Yes, I am using one of their alternators, in conjunction with Snyder's 12v geared starter in our '22 coupe. I have had it in the car at least 2 years. Works great. (until the crankshaft broke last November) As a matter of fact, Tomorrow I am heading down to the machine shop to pick up my new engine,...

I have one on our 1922 coupe, along with the 12 v gear driven replacement alternator, that bolts directly in place of the 6 v generator, that they sell. I bought it 2 or 3 years ago, and both the alternator and the generator work flawlessly. Yea, they are not cheap. The starter turns the engine over...

Four days ago, driving back from town, with my wife in the car, our 1922 Coupe broke the crankshaft. My record is not very good. Two Model T's, and now two broken cranks! At least our 1915 Touring car, is all back together, with a scat crank, Chaffin's .280 cam, EGGE domed pistons, new rods with dip...

I confess up front, I can’t stand be cold…. That’s what is good about Mississippi. However, last winter we had three ice/snow storms that lasted for a week and shut everything down. On the first day, I did take the coupe out to put tracks in the snow. It was in the teens temp wise when the photo was...

We own a 1922 coupe. It has the original wood in the body.
It’s hard to read in the photo, but it is B184367

I have the engine completely torn down now. I found another 1915 engine, right here In Mississippi. I want to thank everyone for their help. This is the broken out web of the rear main bearing. When the crank let go, it destroyed the block…

I just noticed, as I was getting ready to take the pan off, that it shattered the rear bearing webbing of the crankcase. :cry: I am now on a search for a 1915 block. This block is not repairable... What a bummer..... Anybody out there have a good 1915 block they would sell? HELP!!! Screenshot_2021-0...

The engine was built in the 1970's by the previous owner. God knows how many miles they put on it since the 1970's.... I was told it was used on many many tours in California. I put at least 6,000 miles on it, since I've owned it. Stuff happens, things fatigue and break. I am really thankful that th...

Last Sunday, my wife and I took our 1915 Touring car out for a drive. We were cruising down a back two lane road at 38 MPH (according to the GPS) when suddenly, the engine sounded like little men, with BIG HAMMERS, where trying to get OUT of the engine. I got the engine removed from the car today, a...

When I installed directional and brake light on my '15 Touring car, I went to great lengths to insure that I did no damage at all to the oil running lights or oil tail lights. The wick assemblies are still in all the lights. I took them apart, and put the carriage bolts in a lathe, and drilled a hol...

Screenshot_2021-04-03_07-29-30.png When I installed the Ruckstell in our '22 I did not want the shift lever in the center of the car. I made my own shift lever, out of steel round stock, and mounted it on the extreme left of the provided shaft, to the outside of the pillow block bearing. I bent the...

We have a F350 Ford Dually with a slide in camper. Behind the the truck, I tow our enclosed Model T trailer. My wife had a lot or trouble climbing into the camper, when the T trailer was on the truck, using a plastic stepping stool. I got out the welder, and using steel box tubing, some hinges, and ...

0F57E18B-BCCC-45D0-BE77-55E3B66EE4DD.jpeg Craig, did you get this bike from a guy in Phoenix? Bill, No I bought it in Fort Worth Tx in LOTS of boxes.. it was very worn out and in terrible condition. The front end was badly bent. Lots of parts were missing. The side car tub looked like it has been a...

The R75 BMW was the only BMW made with a true differential that had a lock out feature. If the bike became stuck in the mud, you could lock the final drive turning the rear wheel and side car wheel into a live rear axle. When the lockout feature is used, it will no longer steer. It simply will move ...

Herb I have that exact heater on my 1922 coupe. It works very well.... Almost too well! It will cook you in 40- 50 degree weather. I the summer, the "valve" won't cut the flow of hot air off, so I made a cap on the lathe to plug the end in the passenger compartment, to keep from being roasted. That ...

Here in the deep South, it rarely snows. The last time was about 12 years ago. We woke up this morning, to a white blanket, so I got the Coupe out, and we drove to the city park, and took some photos. It was still coming down, at 8:30 am when I took these.

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Changing the subject on your coupe. I see the setup for gas and wonder how you now get to the battery. I just bought an original barn find 1925 coupe and had to install and charge a battery. I will also install a battery cut-off as I have in all my cars. I can't reach the battery with what I consid...

It is not a question of "how far are you from a gas station?". To me, the question is, "How far are you from a gas station that sells non ethanol fuel? I have a brass Stromburg OF carbs on both of my T's. Ethanol loves water. Water and brass don't like each other. I also have lots of antique BMW mot...

This may bend the originalists out of shape, but I got tired of spilling gas everywhere when I tried to fill the tank in the 1922 couple from a gas can on the side of the road. I converted our coupe to 12 volts with a 12 v alternator and starter, (from Snyders). The last time I had the tank out, I m...

The first T we bought was this 1915 Touring car. We named it in honour of my wife's 90 year old mother. Her mother remembers riding in a Model T as a little girl on the dirt and gravel roads in Mississippi in the 1930's. I made the front plate, by cutting out a sheet metal oval, and using hydraulic ...

No, none of my cars, or motorcycles were in the video. The situation was, one of my good friends had underwent a major operation, and badly wanted to go on the drive. But the docs forbade him from driving. So I drove my ‘39 Ford pickup down to his house, and I piloted is 1911 Torpedo, and he rode sh...

Last night, Mississippi ETV aired a program called "Mississippi Roads". The Magnolia Model T club was filmed, and I was in this video. Go watch it, A nice video The trick is going to be figuring out which of these old men I am! :lol: Here is the link. https://www.mpbonline.org/television/mississippi...

Thermocure will not harm rubber, or brass at all. No effects. The instructions say that heat speeds up the process. I recommend you drain and refill with straight water, and pour the stuff in, and drive it, to get it hot. At least 20 miles or more. Bring it back and drain it. Flush it out with water...

The company also makes a product called Themocure to dissolve through chelation, the rust in a cast iron block. I can give you first hand experience with this product. I have a 1915 touring car. I live in Mississippi and it get HOT here in the summertime. The car would overheat in traffic when in to...

I could not agree more, concerning problems with ethanol in gasoline. I never run ethanol fuel in ANYTHING that has a carburettor. I only buy it if I have no choice, when I am driving a carburettor equipped vehicle, and use it up as fast a possible when I get home, and refill with real gasoline. If ...

Yes, there are photos of Model T's but there also is various antique bike and other antique automobiles in the UK. It is worth looking at, if you have not seen this photo gallery. This is the event in 2019. It was cancelled in 2020 due to the virus. There are 314 photos to look at. Here is the link:...

On our 1915 touring car, I put LED boards in each light, and added a second oil light to the rear, and have directionals front and rear, and obviously brake lights on the rear. In order to keep from butchering or changing the oil lights in any way, I took the carriage bolt that mounts the lights, ou...

Here is my 1922 Mississippi tag on our 1922 coupe.

I neglected to mention that I bought from Restoration supply, a self cancelling turn signal magic box, that I am really pleased with. You can find it here: https://restorationstuff.com/ And, I bought off of Fleabay an old add on directional switch for the steering column and used it after replacing ...

I have a 22 coupe. In the interest of safety, (with today's idiot drivers) I searched ebay and found these two antique arrow directionals to use on the front. They are 4 inches in diameter. I made the stalks out of steel round stock and flat bar, and a bit of welding, to mount them under the same nu...

First, I bought an E timer for my 1915, and I was so impressed with it, (NO more problems with loosing a cylinder when running) I bought another one and put it on our 1922 coupe. Both cars perform flawlessly now, (with freshly tuned coils) and I am very pleased with the E timer. Both cars are now ma...

I have a set of four on this 1923 Coupe. I'm going to sell this car eventually when I get the 1922 coupe finished to my liking,

No, it is not on the low band. On early cars the shaft for high gear comes through the aluminium hogs head on the right side. I understand that on later cars, that was not an open hole.

I have a 1915 Touring car, with the aluminium Hogs head. Naturally, it leaks a lot of oil out from around the steel shaft on the right side. Fixing it "properly" involves removing the hogs head, and machining a groove for an O ring or even bushing the hole. That is a lot of work, and time consuming....

Our '22 coupe kept spitting the new brass nut off of the threads of the new exhaust manifold, so the last time, I made a clamp for the nut, using a everyday modern muffler clamp, that I welded a short piece of scrap flat bar, in the center of the stamped sheet metal part of the clamp. Worked like a ...

I put the top down, on our 1915 touring car, and repacked the car with everything I thought we might need, and loaded it in the trailer between rain storms, in anticipation of leaving this coming week for the Tennessee T's Reelfoot lake tour. Screenshot_2019-05-12_09-23-44.png Screenshot_2019-05-12_...

Go here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/drewgrant/ To see lots of photos and short movies, of very early cars, Steam tractors, and motorcycles: This is the Beamish Open Air Museum "Steam Fair" this weekend in England. There are some Model T's!

I didn't have to get her to support the T addiction! A couple of years ago, my wife and I visited a friend of mine, Richard Poole, who asked me if I had ever driven a model T. I said no, but I'd like to try. We took a ride around the neighborhood, with me driving, after a 1 minute lesson about what ...

I just found out about this. T thought I would share this with ya'll. At the Grand Gulf Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, is a one-man submarine that was powered by a Model T Ford Engine and used during the early prohibition period to bootleg whiskey and rum from Davis Island to Vicksburg, Mi...

My 96 year old mother in law's name is Ezma. Needless to say, we named our 1915 touring car after her. I made the plate from scratch, and hand painted her name on it, and bought the "1915" numbers from Lang's.

I finally finished assembling the the new Ruckstell rear end, along with two new axles, new spider gears, new ring and pinion gears, new sleeves for the roller bearings, new axle seals, inner and outer, new universal joint, and I painted it. If will will ever warm up on a weekend, I'll re-install it...

Since I am a new guy, I aquired my first T, this 1915 touring car, a scant 2.5 years ago. I was warned the cars seem to multiply, and they have, we now have added a 1922 coupe and a 1923 coupe. Now the work will never end! :lol: My wife is in the 1915 and I am on my 1925 BMW R32, the photo was taken...

The UK Daily mail has a rather interesting article on using model T's to play polo rather than horses. There are some great photos.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... derby.html

If you can read mine (it’s kinda small) it is rather self explanatory. But the best part is, it is a brass plaque my wife had made to stick on our 1915 touring!

Let's see if I have it figured out.

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