It's not reversed. Someone has just written on the back of the negative.
This is Punta Gorda not Piriápolis.
If you click on "Descargar foto en alta resolución" at the link you can download a high resolution scan. There's a lot of great detail in the shot.
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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A day at the beach - Playa Verde, Montevideo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 683
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A day at the beach - Playa Verde, Montevideo
- Replies: 11
- Views: 683
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Very interesting model T's on upcoming Aumann auction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 472
Re: Very interesting model T's on upcoming Aumann auction
Burger, you need to click on the line that says "View All Featured Photos".
Plenty of nice cars, if I was local I'd probably buy one of the high-wheelers.
Plenty of nice cars, if I was local I'd probably buy one of the high-wheelers.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Rug merchant's Model T - Uruguay 1921
- Replies: 0
- Views: 228
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fisk Tyres Model T - Montevideo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 677
Re: Fisk Tyres Model T - Montevideo
I imagine it was built at the Barracas Assembly Plant in Argentina using a US sourced CKD.
Argentina was right hand drive up until June 10, 1945.
It looks like it has "No-Skid" tyres on the back and slicks on the front.
Argentina was right hand drive up until June 10, 1945.
It looks like it has "No-Skid" tyres on the back and slicks on the front.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Video: The American Road
- Replies: 2
- Views: 504
Re: Video: The American Road
That's very cool. Do you still have any of the cars?
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fisk Tyres Model T - Montevideo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 677
Fisk Tyres Model T - Montevideo
Palacio Jackson. 18 de Julio esquina Plaza Cagancha, Montevideo. Circa 1920
https://cdf.montevideo.gub.uy/catalogo/foto/12530fmhge
https://cdf.montevideo.gub.uy/catalogo/foto/12530fmhge
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Firestone serviceman and vehicle, circa 1916
- Replies: 6
- Views: 497
Firestone serviceman and vehicle, circa 1916
Firestone serviceman and vehicle, circa 1916. Courtesy Wichita Public Library, Local History Section / #HTH100
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T in Rio de Janeiro
- Replies: 0
- Views: 289
Model T in Rio de Janeiro
Ford T with carnival-goers. Avenida Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro. 1928
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Video: The American Road
- Replies: 2
- Views: 504
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: E-timer
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1721
E-timer
I just realised I’ve been running with my e-timer for 10 years!
I think it’s the best aftermarket item I’ve fitted to my car.
I think it’s the best aftermarket item I’ve fitted to my car.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford dealership in Panambi, RS, Brazil
- Replies: 10
- Views: 587
Re: Ford dealership in Panambi, RS, Brazil
Interesting creeper in the foreground. I guess the hydraulic press is setup for removing the gears off axle shafts.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford dealership in Panambi, RS, Brazil
- Replies: 10
- Views: 587
Re: Ford dealership in Panambi, RS, Brazil
Panambi was founded as a German colony in the 1800s. It’s original name was Neu Wurttemburg (and the name at the time of the photos). The sign on the T wagon reads “3,360 kilos transported from Belizario to Neu Wurttemburg”. Local company Kepler started off making carts and truck bodies so it’s poss...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford dealership in Panambi, RS, Brazil
- Replies: 10
- Views: 587
Ford dealership in Panambi, RS, Brazil
Note the pan straightening jig and other goodies in the workshop photo.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Single Cylinder T Engined Grind Stone
- Replies: 2
- Views: 482
Re: Single Cylinder T Engined Grind Stone
Are they using a piston as a pillow block?
Very interesting!
Very interesting!
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fun Projects Voltage Regulator repair question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 962
Re: Fun Projects Voltage Regulator repair question
You're welcome!
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fun Projects Voltage Regulator repair question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 962
Re: Fun Projects Voltage Regulator repair question
I'm sure there's a circuit diagram floating around on the web...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Youth Club in Des Moines - Nina Leen - circa 1945
- Replies: 0
- Views: 350
Youth Club in Des Moines - Nina Leen - circa 1945
Teenaged boys, who are junior members of the Molesters Club (as indicated by large "M"s sewn on the seats of their pants) leaning into the engine area of Richard Burns' 1927 Ford Model T jalopy named "Tooty". Interesting Nina Leen photo series for Life Magazine, definitely a different era. Scrolling...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T based trailer - Sanilac County, Michigan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 827
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tamiami Trailblazers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 550
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: You tell me
- Replies: 80
- Views: 6811
Re: You tell me
Nice work Tom!
Thanks for posting the progress photos. This is the kind of stuff that makes the forum worth looking at.
Thanks for posting the progress photos. This is the kind of stuff that makes the forum worth looking at.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sarrasani - TT caravan
- Replies: 0
- Views: 278
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OLD PHOTO - Speedster Couple
- Replies: 4
- Views: 603
Re: OLD PHOTO - Speedster Couple
Great shot! They took it at the right time of the day.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Entaro Bus - Japan
- Replies: 2
- Views: 405
Entaro Bus - Japan
I'm not sure what the wheel brushes are for in the first photo.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Gallivan powered 1915 Ford Rdstr
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1067
Re: Gallivan powered 1915 Ford Rdstr
Frontyboy, that's a great looking engine. Can you post photos of the whole car?
There's a bit of info on the Gallivan on this page:
https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/gallivandohc.html
There's a bit of info on the Gallivan on this page:
https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/gallivandohc.html
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Artist drawing Model T’s
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1031
Re: Artist drawing Model T’s
You could try contacting Thierry Dubois in France if you want something in the Ligne Claire style. He has a couple of Model Ts.
https://passion.axa.fr/collection/actua ... onsieur-n7
https://www.facebook.com/tdubois.n7/photos_albums
https://passion.axa.fr/collection/actua ... onsieur-n7
https://www.facebook.com/tdubois.n7/photos_albums
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Any advice on brush painting a T?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1826
Re: Any advice on brush painting a T?
That’s a great article and it covers the important stuff people forget like eliminating dust.
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: The Importance of Better Driving
- Replies: 4
- Views: 553
Re: The Importance of Better Driving
Interesting story.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A picture is worth 1,000 words with Steve Jelf
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3956
Re: A picture is worth 1,000 words with Steve Jelf
Here’s a photo I took in 2016.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Migros and their Model TT vans - Switzerland
- Replies: 8
- Views: 658
Re: Migros and their Model TT vans - Switzerland
Beat, thank you for the additional photos and information on Migros. I found it interesting that Migros is a co-operative, we could use a system like that here in Australia (along with the fantastic bread you guys have). By the way, a very original 1912 Zedel came up for sale in Sydney last year, a ...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: **SPEEDSTER PIC's Please**
- Replies: 84
- Views: 4627
Re: **SPEEDSTER PIC's Please**
The Hall-Scott A2 V8 - Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal November 1910. The Comet would have had a similar engine.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: **SPEEDSTER PIC's Please**
- Replies: 84
- Views: 4627
Re: **SPEEDSTER PIC's Please**
One of Elbert Hall's Comet racers. He made 4, 6 and 8 cylinder cars. The article is from Motor Age 3rd September 1908 and most likely refers to one of the 4 cylinder cars. It's interesting to note that Halley's Comet was due in 1910 and in the preceding years it would have been very much in the mind...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Migros and their Model TT vans - Switzerland
- Replies: 8
- Views: 658
Migros and their Model TT vans - Switzerland
I found this interesting story in Transhelvetica (Swiss travel magazine) about the Swiss retail company Migros. The company started off selling goods out of a small fleet of TT vans. https://www.baremuenze.ch/klapprige-lastwagen-auf-der-strasse-des-erfolgs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migros Swiss...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T's on film
- Replies: 13
- Views: 837
Re: Model T's on film
The Night of the Hunter.
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: need early camera photography gurus, experts, or amateurs.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 814
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Roberts T marine engine magneto
- Replies: 4
- Views: 433
Re: Roberts T marine engine magneto
Is this it? It looks like a distributor rather than a magneto.
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Roberts T marine engine magneto
- Replies: 4
- Views: 433
Re: Roberts T marine engine magneto
Is it a Model J? Any idea of the year?
These are specs from Motor Boating magazine January 1928 and April 1931.
These are specs from Motor Boating magazine January 1928 and April 1931.
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Interesting spark plug video
- Replies: 1
- Views: 277
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What to do??
- Replies: 11
- Views: 898
Re: What to do??
I don't think low background steel is as valuable as it used to be.
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1910 car identification
- Replies: 10
- Views: 851
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Armidale Kempsey road 1920s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 627
Re: Armidale Kempsey road 1920s
This is New South Wales, Australia. Port Macquarie is still a holiday destination. It looks like the two guys in the middle have slouch hats and puttees covering their lower legs so they are possibly ex Army. This area had a lot of timber harvesting at that time. I’ve got an interesting timber-gette...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:30 am
- Forum: Services
- Topic: Voltage Regulator Building Progress Update
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1513
Re: Voltage Regulator Building Progress Update
That looks great!
Is the V cutout to help in the metal forming process?
Is the V cutout to help in the metal forming process?
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 12:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T parts in movies
- Replies: 18
- Views: 935
Re: T parts in movies
Charley Bowers video "It's a bird" from 1930 has a lot of T parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kS3pxz3QLI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kS3pxz3QLI
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T parts in movies
- Replies: 18
- Views: 935
Re: T parts in movies
The Night of the Hunter has a Model T in it, well worth watching.
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T parts in movies
- Replies: 18
- Views: 935
Re: T parts in movies
Wings (1927) has a nice speedster called The Shooting Star.
There's a short clip of it here:
https://www.tcm.com/video/1068100/wings ... ting-star/
Warning: the dialogue is a bit risqué.
Ok, I just realised you said T parts, not whole cars.
There's a short clip of it here:
https://www.tcm.com/video/1068100/wings ... ting-star/
Warning: the dialogue is a bit risqué.
Ok, I just realised you said T parts, not whole cars.
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: Services
- Topic: Voltage Regulator Building Progress Update
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1513
Re: Voltage Regulator Building Progress Update
Looks good, can we see photos of the die forming process?
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Alesbury wheels
- Replies: 2
- Views: 604
Alesbury wheels
These look similar to the Canadian wheels.
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New London to New Brighton run
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1993
Re: New London to New Brighton run
Nice photos, did the Le Zebre make it out this year?
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Weetbix - The cars that made Australia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 331
Weetbix - The cars that made Australia
This was a collector cards promotion run in the 90s. I came across two of these albums with all the cards in a second hand shop in Kiama on the weekend.
I wonder where that car is now?
I wonder where that car is now?
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 21” Blockney tires
- Replies: 5
- Views: 450
Re: 21” Blockney tires
Yes, very easy with a rim spreader. I put a few photos of the process here:
https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic. ... 62#p174862
https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic. ... 62#p174862
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 21” Blockney tires
- Replies: 5
- Views: 450
Re: 21” Blockney tires
I've had them on my Tudor for a few years now. They seem better quality than the Exelsiors I had previously.
- Mon May 29, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T in England 1918
- Replies: 2
- Views: 516
- Sun May 21, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Interesting narrow Model T
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1134
Re: Interesting narrow Model T
The vehicle was used in the construction of tunnels for the the Kern River Hydroelectric Plant.
- Sat May 20, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Interesting narrow Model T
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1134
Interesting narrow Model T
This has probably been posted before. I wonder what the function of the hubcaps on the front wheels was? There are more photos if you scroll halfway down this thread: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/518/ image.png.36d3a7fdd0a5eec45d747733f99a077f...
- Thu May 18, 2023 10:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T bread delivery in France circa 1930's
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1192
Re: Model T bread delivery in France circa 1930's
Gamla Bakaríið in Ísafjörður? I think that's one of those UK built Model Ts. I'm not sure if the front disc brakes were a factory option.
- Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T bread delivery in France circa 1930's
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1192
- Thu May 18, 2023 1:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Early Road Trip Books
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1261
Re: Early Road Trip Books
Motor flight through France by Edith Wharton (1908).
Travelling in a Panhard et Levassor, the brand that inspired Henry to use Vanadium steel.
Travelling in a Panhard et Levassor, the brand that inspired Henry to use Vanadium steel.
- Thu May 11, 2023 12:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Interesting 1909?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1135
Re: Interesting 1909?
Now we know who Rolls Royce stole their radiator design from.
- Wed May 10, 2023 12:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old photo? Or not?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3804
Re: Old photo? Or not?
One more detail with the original photo, I don't think string ties were a thing in the 1920s.
On the film front, Kodak Tri-X was 400 ASA and Plus-X was 125 ASA.
On the film front, Kodak Tri-X was 400 ASA and Plus-X was 125 ASA.
- Tue May 02, 2023 4:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old photo? Or not?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3804
Re: Old photo? Or not?
Hi Gerrit, this looks like an iPhone photo to me. Is this a self portrait?
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Need help identifying this part
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1244
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: YouTube page
- Replies: 3
- Views: 490
Re: YouTube page
Nice video and great photos!
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 12:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: old photo tt on tracks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 921
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Trained Ear, engine idle
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2579
Re: Trained Ear, engine idle
It looks like a nice ride.
The music soundtrack makes it difficult to hear any engine noise.
The music soundtrack makes it difficult to hear any engine noise.
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Grade B cast iron specifications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 588
Re: Grade B cast iron specifications
Thank you Scott & Dan.
I found Ford Methods and The Fords Shop on archive.org. That looks like it's full of great information. I'll keep an eye out for an original copy.
https://archive.org/details/fordmethods ... 0/mode/2up
I found Ford Methods and The Fords Shop on archive.org. That looks like it's full of great information. I'll keep an eye out for an original copy.
https://archive.org/details/fordmethods ... 0/mode/2up
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Factory drawing of two piece valve
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1946
Re: Factory drawing of two piece valve
I received valve drawings from the Benson Ford Research Center. These are dated 15th January 1927. The valve stem is cold drawn steel Type EE and the valve head is Cast Iron Grade B. Only the stem has rolled grooves, 18 per inch for 5/8". The two items are electric welded together. The chart is from...
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Grade B cast iron specifications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 588
Grade B cast iron specifications
The valve head drawing (15th Jan 1927) lists the material as Grade B cast iron. I'm wondering if anyone has the specifications on this material? I've seen other threads referencing "Shop Theory - The Henry Ford Trade School" listing the composition of EE steel and other materials. Does anyone have a...
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Vale Alan in Western Australia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 565
Re: Vale Alan in Western Australia
I’m sorry to hear that. I met Alan on a rally about 10 years ago. He was a good guy.
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Stable diffusion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1929
Stable diffusion
These are images generated by Artificial Intelligence on the Stable Diffusion website. https://stablediffusionweb.com/ You type in a description (eg Model T Snowmobile) and hit Generate Image. I wonder if anyone recognises the photos they are based on? Stable Diffusion 7.jpg Stable Diffusion 6.jpg S...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Factory drawing of two piece valve
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1946
Re: Factory drawing of two piece valve
I contacted the Benson Ford Research Centre and they have drawings which I'll buy. They are $30 per drawing. I've cut a valve in half, linished and acid etched it and it looks like the head is poured onto the stem, which has either a thread or series of grooves which deform under the heat of the pou...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 3:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Factory drawing of two piece valve
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1946
Factory drawing of two piece valve
Does anyone have a factory drawing of the two piece valve? Any year would be ok.
I'm putting together an article for our local club magazine and am after the material for the head and stem & also details on how the two are joined.
I'm putting together an article for our local club magazine and am after the material for the head and stem & also details on how the two are joined.
- Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:29 am
- Forum: Old Photos
- Topic: Help Identify Old Family Model T
- Replies: 2
- Views: 961
Re: Help Identify Old Family Model T
It looks like a 1910 Maxwell. You could try asking on the AACA forums.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/articl ... axwell-q-4
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/articl ... axwell-q-4
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Welding connecting rods
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4389
Re: Welding connecting rods
There was a failure of this setup in Sydney last year. The broken rod took out the side of the block. This was after 30 years of hard driving. I'll see if I can get some photos.
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Philomena Cunk....The Model T
- Replies: 3
- Views: 733
Re: Philomena Cunk....The Model T
I posted that last year without mentioning it was comedy.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32307&p=248751#p248751
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32307&p=248751#p248751
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 4:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Hardening valve stems!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 919
Re: Hardening valve stems!
Les, There's a quite detailed paper on valve cooling here: https://fredstarr.com/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-22-Starr-Valve-Cooling.pdf It's not related to your post but I think you would find it interesting. Fred Starr (retired UK metallurgist) has written a few other papers on the history of valves...
- Sat Mar 04, 2023 4:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model t radiator
- Replies: 5
- Views: 790
Re: Model t radiator
Bergs didn’t fold, it closed.
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T doing a wheelie in the 30’s?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1616
Re: T doing a wheelie in the 30’s?
You can see a few of these in action if you search for Leapin Lena. https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefordadverts/26839309454 https://www.antiquetoys.com/product/antique-ca-1920s-strauss-dizzie-lizzie-leaping-lena-flivver-jalopy-tin-lithographed-windup-car-for-sale/?v=6cc98ba2045f https://www.yout...
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: De nåede færgen - Model T?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1299
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: De nåede færgen - Model T?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1299
Re: De nåede færgen - Model T?
The bike is a 1948 Nimbus 750 Sport.
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: De nåede færgen - Model T?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1299
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Riveted triple gears
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1136
Re: Riveted triple gears
I wonder if the change to one piece gears was due to the Fellows Gear Shaper becoming commonplace? I assume the riveted gears were hobbed and the one piece gears were made on a Fellows Gear Shaper. The one piece gears have less width across the face to allow for shaper relief. https://en.wikipedia.o...
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 10:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: American Bosch Magneto Corp
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1826
Re: American Bosch Magneto Corp
Can you post photos of the setup?
- Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Women chauffeurs of the American Fund for French Wounded repairing car. Dec. 1918
- Replies: 1
- Views: 649
- Sun Dec 11, 2022 12:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: High-class French Model T
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3159
Re: High-class French Model T
Here's a similar looking vehicle from 1898.
Jeantaud electric.
Jeantaud electric.
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: High-class French Model T
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Re: High-class French Model T
Here is an ad for the car in L'Echo des Sports on 25th November 1922:
Here is the bankruptcy notice for Paul Jossu in Le Matin on 6th November 1923:
Here is the bankruptcy notice for Paul Jossu in Le Matin on 6th November 1923:
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:10 pm
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Re: High-class French Model T
French Patent - FR544615DA Application Date - 1921-12-16 Inventor - Paul Jossu Improvements to automobile chassis. The subject of the present invention is a particular arrangement of the controls in a Ford chassis so as to make it possible to adapt thereto a cab-shaped body or any other desired body...
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:26 pm
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Re: High-class French Model T
The photos are from 1922 but I wonder if it's one of the Model T's leftover from the Great War? Does the steering box look earlier than 1922?
It also looks like they changed the hubcaps.
It also looks like they changed the hubcaps.
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:59 pm
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High-class French Model T
I wonder if there are any still around?
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 6:10 am
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- Topic: Centredoor in Paris
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Centredoor in Paris
Salon de l'auto, 1923, devant le Grand Palais.
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 6:08 am
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- Topic: Model T rollover in London
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Model T rollover in London
Tipped over by striking workers, 1926.
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:34 pm
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- Topic: Another look at the other side.
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Re: Another look at the other side.
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- Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:24 am
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- Topic: Dr. Tucker and Dr. Linder in a 1911 Model T Ford wide track
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- Mon Nov 14, 2022 3:17 am
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- Topic: Ford with a Koupet top north of Calumet, OK.
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- Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:26 pm
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- Topic: crankshaft dimensions for regrind
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Re: crankshaft dimensions for regrind
You also need to make sure you maintain an adequate radius. If the place you take the crankshaft to mostly does modern cranks they may not be aware of this.
- Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:56 pm
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- Topic: Craftsman TROG Racer Engine
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- Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:50 am
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- Topic: Opening of the Geelong Gallery - 1915
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- Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:26 am
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- Topic: FT Thwaites - Wisconsin
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- Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:17 am
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- Topic: FT Thwaites - Wisconsin
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- Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:16 am
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- Topic: FT Thwaites - Wisconsin
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FT Thwaites - Wisconsin
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- Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:29 am
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- Topic: Cutaway Illustration Questions
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Re: Cutaway Illustration Questions
From a 1979 issue of the Japanese magazine
“Car Graphic”.
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“Car Graphic”.
https://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/4 ... 1403574911