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Well,....SHOOT! Egg on my face!!! Now that I look at the photo closer, that "dark spot" might just be a shadow! I didn't notice that when I blew the photo up larger for a close look. I'd still replace the valves tho' as others have suggested.

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John Kuehn - I got interrupted while writing my "epistle" above and didn't see that you had already just stated some of what I also said,....sorry,.....harold

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Ignacio - You've gotten a lot of good advice here, but I think John Tannehill in particular gave you some very good advice. I don't think you've got burned valves. In blowing up your photo of the engine with the head off, I think I see something that the wet & dry compression test that John T. sugge...

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Rich Bingham - You bring up a very good point in regard to tire "materials"! I don't know much about "clinchers", but my '26 touring, '27 Depot Hack, and '29 Model A Town Sedan all use 4:50 x 21" tires, and any time I can find 4:50 x 21's with "NYLON" casings, I buy them! I have been told in the pas...

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.....hmmm,.....since I originally started this thread a half hour or so ago, the "RED" has now mysteriously returned without any forum action by me! (???)

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Until recently, I could determine which forum items I had already read as the "unread" items were shown with the color red until I read them. That red color for unread items seems to be gone,...??? How do I restore this feature,....????

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......oops,.....in reading more carefully, I see that John Warren already suggested this,....sorry John,....harold

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Carson - Might just be something as simple as the starter bendix is jammed. Push the emergency lever all the way forward and rock the car back and forth (....it should move back and forth a few inches) and if it's the bendix jammed,....that should break it loose. Hope this helps,.....harold

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.....dang it! ....the right WAY,.....not "the right was"! My "poof-reading" is as bad as my typing!

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Mack - Using as many of the original parts as possible as you said, seems to me to be the right was to build a speedster that is as similar as possible to the way they were built during the depression era. Not sure if the term "period correct" is applicable to speedsters, but when you think about it...

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Well Steve, you did it again! Like you've so often said,...."everything somebody says, reminds you of something! Radio,....... Growing up in the Chicago area in the '40's & '50's, and especially in my high school days, I had a '28 Model A Ford standard coupe. Bought it in 1957 for $350.00, so as you...

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Steve Jelf is right,....when you get old enough, everything reminds you of something else. A post in this thread reminds me of an "experience" I had nearly 50 years ago: My wife and I are both from railroad families and grew up in the Chicago area in the '40's and '50's. Working for the railroad pol...

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.......well, as usual, I get too "wordy", but there is one other advantage to the solenoid besides the features Kevin mentioned: Depending upon where one might choose to mount the solenoid, it could/would be a very convenient means of utilizing a remote starter button like so many "modern iron" mech...

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Scott - I think you and Kevin both raise some very good points. I certainly agree with you that the solenoid is indeed, one more electrical component that could fail. On the other hand, as Kevin said, the solenoid handling the heavy current to energize the starter pretty much ensures that the Model ...

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.......I thought Spark Plug was a horse!

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I've had a sort of "off & on" problem with that on a couple different Model T's and also a Model A, and invariably, it's due to a bad ground!

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I have a cousin in Australia and he and his wife and most of their family live in suburban areas around Sydney. When I first heard about the fires a week or two ago, I called my Australian cousin to see how the family was doing as I had read that while there are serious fires all over the entire cou...

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John Booth - You probably know this already, but just in case, I thought I'd let you know what I've learned from "experience" about 3M 5200! Used to have a '29' sailboat and used 3M 5200 quite often. It had/has the reputation among the "boating community" that you use 3M 5200 when installing & seali...

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.....oops! Just re-read a bit more carefully Stan, and I see that Dick Lodge is even older than both of us!

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Hi Stan - I'll "chime in" here with a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to you also! Thought I'd let you know that we're about the same age, except that I've got you and the other guys here beat as I'm a "41 model", and I'm told that my dad brought my mom and I home from the hospital on "Pearl Harbor Day", December ...

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A "thought" just occurred to me! (....oh,oh!) Nowadays, duct tape comes in various colors besides just the ol' familiar silvery gray color. Howscome they don't offer duct tape in various shades of rust? Sheesh! Just think of the possibilities,......harold

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Burger - Some time ago, I heard about a car show (....I know how you LOVE car shows) where only two cars showed up. One was a 2CV and the other was a VW Thing. Neither car won,....they both got a trophy for second place! ......harold

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Aaaagh.....! Really screwed that up!!! I meant to say "when it becomes necessary to tap a BEARING into a sleeve" and it's too tight of a fit, and a useable bearing with a bit more wear is not available ........sorry,.....harold

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I should stay out of this discussion as I have never really had any experience with replacing rear wheel bearings or sleeves, however, just to show my ignorance I guess, I have to admit that reading John in Illinois original post that started this discussion, the though occurred to me that perhaps w...

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Aaron - Not to start a discussion on religion here, but I believe George Washington was a believer in deism. As for me, I've obviously "memorized" my 6 year old grandsons definition of Christmas,....."a birthday party for Jesus!" And in my previous post, I forgot to say,....Merry Christmas to all! ....

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The best definition of Christmas I ever heard was from my 6 year old grandson (at the time) who, when I asked him if he knew what the real meaning of Christmas:

His immediate answer with no hesitation was,...... "sure G'pa,....it's a birthday party for Jesus."

Out of the mouths of babes,...huh?

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Oops! ....My mistake! .....Sorry to get so "long-winded" here, but it's late and I guess I'm not thinking too clearly. In thinking more about it, I guess the HF electric impact wrench that I have used so successfully on motorhome lug nuts is actually 110 volts. Now that I think about it, I use it by...

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.....actually, the Model A hand crank might be pretty awkward to use "two-handed" unless some way was devised to support the crank for one-handed cranking,......???

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Bud - Just sort of "thinking out loud" here, but how about something like this: If by chance your "T" has been converted to 12 volts, or, if not, if you might consider converting to 12 volts, as I have often wondered if a $49.95 Harbor Freight 12 volt electric impact wrench (produces 230 ft/lb of to...

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.....oh, and I meant to say (but forgot) that that's about the most beautifully done set of pictures and videos I've ever seen of a car for sale!

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No question that any "dyed-in-the-wool" Model T guy could go on, and on, and on, picking this car apart. However, minus the Model T "perfectionist/authorities", 999 people out of a thousand would say that this is one absolutely beautiful Model T Ford! The problem as I see it is that it's very much i...

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Larry - I agree with you,....the body is not particularly "beautiful", but looks more like something I would build,.....not "beautiful", but "hell-fer'-stout"!

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Scott Conger - Not trying to be some kind of "know-it-all" butt-head PITA, but I agree with you completely and would add just one word to your clarification suggestion of Ultra Black Gasket Maker RTV, and that is that it will be found on most auto parts store shelves in a group of "Permatex" product...

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I've never really actually seen one of these Akron heads with the ball bearing filled tubes that supposedly took the place of, or operated in place of rocker arms to actuate the valves, but I don't think their rarity should be surprising, because I remember reading somewhere (a very long time ago) t...

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Just a rough guess by the quick "glimpse" of the chain & sprockets in the video, but looks like about two to one! Lots of power but half the speed, huh? Great video, and I also wondered what happened to those beautiful Model T bodies that were set aside during those truck conversions. I'm sure they ...

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......by the way, I believe that particular part you mentioned is called the "lead screw", used of course for cutting screw threads and other such power feed operations. Maybe you can somehow "restore" the threads or whatever on the present lead screw, because I'thinking that with today's prices, th...

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I don't suppose this comment will be of much value but for what it's worth,.....I took "Machine Shop" in high school in suburban Chicago in the '50's, and even 60+ years later, I'd recognize that lathe anywhere! There were about 10 or 12 South bend lathes identical to yours in that high school machi...

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Leo - Obviously, a search on the internet produced nothing in addition to the Bonhams information that you posted. Certainly interesting, and appears to be a pretty well built tractor. Only thing I could offer is that altho' it is hard to tell from the picture, but in addition to the Bonhams descrip...

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Always knew I would eventually become "elderly", but I honestly thought it would take longer!

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Hank - Please see my note on my original Nov. 4 post entitled "Warford Support Bracket" (?) Plus, I have sent you a "PM",.....harold

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Hank - Please see my note on thanks on my original Nov. 4 posting entitled,...."Warford Support Bracket" (?)
plus,...I have sent you a "PM",.....harold

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Hank - I am presently studying your two Nov. 11 forum postings,...the one on building the rear mount for the Warford and the other on adapting the TT Warford transmission to the Model T car. Your step-by-step instructions and excellent photos are tremendous encouragement and help to me and I can't t...

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This discussion has been extremely informative so far, and I have every expectation of learning much more from the upcoming write-up you are working on Hank. Thank you Hank (and all others on this thread as well) for sharing such helpful and beneficial information. I can't help thinking that the dis...

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Not sure which is more difficult,.....remembering to take my pills in the morning, or, sometime about mid-morning, trying to remember whether or not I took my pills!

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USMCR 1963 - 1969,.....Paris Island "boot camp" 1963,...ITR at LeJeune 1964.

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Hank - Thank you so much for following along in this thread that I started in regard to my "26 Touring and what now appears to me to have been an "improper" Warford installation by the previous owner. As you say, details of your Warford "installation method" just may be of great interest to others a...

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Henry (Hank) - Kinda' hard to visualize just exactly what you mean but very encouraging to hear that you have a "technique" with some sort of "high carbon spring steel" shims and some way of "bonding" with J.B. Weld that has apparently been very successful for you. I'd sure like to hear more about h...

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Henry - I was just thinking about that, however, I had kind of dismissed the shim thought as it seems to me that somewhere, sometime in the past, I think I remember reading that "the shim thing" was in fact done, but was not too successful. Might be that the success of the shim solution is dependent...

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Yup! John Deneuser (R.I.P.) for sure! (....not sure I spelled that correctly however). I bought a couple items from John at Chickasha!

I really, REALLY enjoy seeing your artwork Rich. And as beautiful as your paintings are, the pencil drawings run a close "second"!

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Great pictures Steve! And from that first picture, I can now visualize what Mark G. was talking about in his post above when he said that without even seeing it, he would bet that my car does NOT have the little cast extension and 2nd U-joint/coupling between planetary and Warford! Because the Warfo...

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Dick - Thank you so much for your post with full explanation and great photos! I knew that there needs to be "SOMETHING" additional installed between the Warford and back of the Ford planetary, but never knew until now, just exactly why, or, what it was that was needed! The car is in my garage up on...

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RajoRacer - Simultaneous typing Steve,....by the way, Gary London did respond, and he says that he thinks he can make a bracket for my IRON Warford, but maybe not 'till Spring. Says that he thinks the only difference from the one he builds for aluminum Warfords is a difference in location of some dr...

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Mark - Thanx for the response, explanation and great detail photos. (....and thanx to everybody else that responded too) I really like the fact that your bracket/brace/crossmember (never sure what to call them) is entirely CLAMPED in place, rather than bolted Mark, because I really feel that this is...

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Well,......!!! Hi there Steve! Ya' post an "inquiry" and who knows who ya' might hear from, right? How ya' doin' Steve? "Auxiliary" transmission hanger kit"! And "inexpensive" too, huh? Sounds like just what I'm probably looking for Steve! And you and I talked about this Warford support thing some t...

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Some time ago, I bought a '26 Model T Touring, that was equipped with an iron case Warford auxiliary transmission. It's a very nice set up, and the car drives well, however, I haven't driven the car much, because I am of the opinion the Warford definitely needs some additional support with all of th...

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That "sawdust thing" sounds like some used car salesmans "TEMPORARY FIX" just to sell a car with loose and sloppy steering!

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None of them look like '26's or '27's to me! I do see the one with the nickel radiator shell, but it's front fenders do NOT look like like the "improved" '26 or '27 to me! (???)

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Marshall - FWIW,....they "HAVE TO" make valve stems a bit too long, so that the machinist or mechanic can accurately grind the stems to the perfect length for proper clearance! Every engine is different, especially after "who-knows-how-many" valve jobs your Model T has "suffered", right? :D And by t...

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I forgot that you were talking about "adjustable" lifters, but the same careful & accurate grinding of valve stems is still important IMHO,.....harold

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By the way,....I always get too "wordy" when posting on the forum, but there is another point or two that might be worth mentioning to add to the excellent explanation and advise from Scott: Besides the wear that Scott mentioned, there is also quite often, considerable wear on the top of the lifters...

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Marshall - Scott C. "touched" on the main reason that I set valves at .015",....I have always felt that valves initially "pound in" a thousandth or two when the engine is first started up,....again,....FWIW,.....harold

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Scott & Henry - You guys type faster than me!

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Marshall - I'm going to be following this thread very closely, as I expect to learn something,....either that the way I've always set valve clearances is O.K., or that I've been doing it wrong! As far as I know, I think your .011" for intake valves and .015" for exhaust valves is just fine, and pret...

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Mechanically hand operated turn signal semaphore arm thingie!

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.....and then on the other hand Mark, you can "mess with" too many things all at once before a test drive, and inadvertently create problem that might take a lot of time and work to diagnose and correct! I guess there's a "happy medium" in there someplace, between your way, my way, and Tom's unique ...

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Tom - Looking at your beautiful photos again, of course I notice that the car is equipped with a distributor and single coil, which means that the factory Ford magneto and 4-coil ignition system does not work, or, more likely, because you said the engine has been rebuilt 2 years ago, the flywheel ma...

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Tom - An absolutely beautiful car, and great pictures! Hope you have no trouble getting it running, and I'm not near as qualified as many other forum members to give you any advice, but in reading this entire thread over again, a couple things you said kind of bother me: You said something to the ef...

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After many years of experience with Model T's and Model A's, it is my opinion that there's a very good chance that one of those will fit!

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Tim Rogers - Well, not to be "argumentative", but,....the Model A had "nothing in common with the Model T",....."completely unrelated",.....REALLY??? Can't quite agree there Tim: Comparing the Model A with the "new improved" '26 and '27 Model T,....how about the cowl tank with gravity feed and STILL...

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When in high school, I had a '28 Model A Standard Coupe. One Saturday or Sunday, I was over at my girlfriends house (who eventually became my good wife of now, 55 years) and apparently, somehow, had accidentally left the headlights on all afternoon, and when going to start the car to go home, found ...

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Burger - I think you only told the woman half of the story,.....Abraham Lincoln drove a Ford, and Henry Ford drove a Lincoln!

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I'm not usually one for offering "tips" on much of anything, and I can't take credit for this one as it's a handy little thing I learned from one of the other guys in our club, but I think it's a really good little thing to consider: No two carburetors are the same, and even two seemingly identical ...

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Oh,....one more thing,....not really important, but just to use proper "terminology", there is no "high Ruckstell", or "low Ruckstell"! You're either "in Ruckstell", or "out of Ruckstell"! There's no "high" Ruckstell, or "low" Ruckstell. Out of Ruckstell is direct drive, just like a conventional For...

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Robert,....I probably use Ruckstell a bit different than most, but here's what works for me: I live in the densely populated Seattle/Tacoma area, and I drive my Ruckstell-equipped depot hack exactly like I always drove a conventional three-speed stick shift Ford or Chevrolet of the '50's. Remember, ...

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Not talking about original Model T Ford ignition "timers",....I mean I miss some of the ol' timers that used to post on the forum! Anybody else feel that way too? What ever happened to guys like Ray Elkins, Seth Harbuck, Ken Kopsky, Hap Tucker, Mike Walker, the Chaffins, and a bunch more I can't thi...

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Dang! Thought I just posted a reply, but don't know where it went,...??? I'll try this again. If the advice you just got makes sense to you about dry cylinder walls, you might try something that I've been doing for awhile: I've had a problem now and then with an engine that doesn't want to start due...

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Marshall V. Daut - I brought this back up to the top again, because you asked a question in regard to refacing valves, and if it is necessary to take "T" valves to a machine shop to be refaced,....???? I entered this discussion as I believe comments (altho' much to long-winded as is typical of me) I...

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To add a bit to what Scott Conger said, the Neway valve seat cutting equipment he mentioned allows a three-angle valve seat, which is far superior to just an old-fashioned "lapping-in" valve job. In my opinion, the narrow and uniform width valve seat provided by a modern three-angle valve job goes a...

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Dallas - Very enjoyable video,....thanks so much for sharing,.....harold

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Steve - I have to "second" what Brent Burger just said,....I have enjoyed following your OCF adventure immensely, and I really wonder how you had enough patience to photographicly (sp?) document the entire trip from your home in Kansas, the OCF itself, and the trip back home to Kansas, considering a...

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Oops,...typo,....last line in my above post should read,....doesn't KNOW what it is!

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Okay,...I just have to post just a bit more here, and then I'll "shut-up"! Promise! For what it's worth, with use of Neway valve seat cutting equipment (discussed in depth on this forum in the past), and an antique, hand-operated valve refacing tool like mine that I just described above, an excellen...

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Scott C. - I have a very antique similar tool/fixture to the one pictured, except that mine appears to be of better manufacture & quality. Mine was originally sold by Warshawsky in Chicago, who I believe eventually became J.C. Whitney. The cutter was a carbide insert in a fixture that was adjustable...

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Oh boy! So help me, I think I'm "losing it"! I must have been looking right by it, because after I just posted my previous post, I looked again and there it is!!! Weird! Guess I should avoid posting so late at night when I can't sleep. Sorry,.....disregard all of this,....harold

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Now that I'm back on the forum after my surgery, I don't see a forum feature that I used to use a lot. I used to use the feature that appeared at the top of the forum that you could "click" on that said something like,...."mark all topics red", or was it "mark all topics read". Anyway, I don't seem ...

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Thanks guys,......the encouraging words mean a lot!

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Frank,....the guys above type faster than me and said it better anyway,.....harold

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That piece of metal is part of Ford's ongoing attempt at "modernizing", or maybe you'd say "streamlining". When the '24 came out with the new panel (can't remember what it's called) that fit under the radiator and served to hide the front spring, that piece of metal added to the front edge of the fe...

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Got a real "surprise" two weeks ago. Went in for my annual "treadmill stress test" like I've done since 2 heart attacks in 1984. Cardiologist said my test this time was somewhat "abnormal" and scheduled me for whatever they call the test whereby they go up into the heart through a major blood vessel...

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"FJ" & Scott - I'll be darned! In checking Google, there's a Redneck Trailer Supply in Fresno, CA. that serves all the west coast too! Guess that'll teach me, huh?

.....harold

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FJ - I'm not too sure that a "Redneck Trailer Supply" store would be very easy to find in the Columbus, Ohio area!

.....harold

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