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I am laughing. It seems where ever you try to save money on your T, there is another reason to spend money on it. I had to read up on what safety hubs were. I definitely see the benefit to having them. Add another $500 to the restore LOL. I really do not mind. Just need to plan out the expenses over...

Fully agree that the rear end needs to be rebuilt. Just happy it's not locked up. Trying to be optimistic that the rebuild will be without any issue.

I do live in the western suburbs of Chicago so not too many hills

I greatly appreciate everyone's feedback. I will keep the Model T as is. Who knows, I may drive 5 miles on its maiden voyage and turn around and park it and order me some auxiliary brakes. I hope that is not going to be the case. I disassembled the T twenty years ago. Before that it never ran. I was...

I will be attending my 1st MTFCA meeting this Friday. I will research other gearing alternatives and the pros and cons of rocky mountain brakes.

I have not driven a Model T yet. I have a 1925 fordor I am getting back to restoring. I was wondering if I should wait to install a ruckstell and rocky mountain brakes so I can get the feel of how a Model T was driven off the showroom floor. This way I would get a better appreciation how they were d...

I am sorry I missed your post. Thank you so much for the kind words! I look forward to be a long time member and getting my T restored and on the road.