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Tony_H

Glad to see he is making positive progress.
Please forward our best wishes from his fans and friends Down Under.

Tony_H

So sad to hear this. Best wishes to Steve for a safe recovery on behalf of Model T Owners of Queensland. Australia. Many of us follow his posts.

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Thanks for sharing those great photos of this unique vehicle.
I wonder if any ever made it to Australia... now that'd be a find..

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Yeah, well 1925 makes sense Allan.
That was the year the Dalgety bodied ones had smooth pedals.
I had to scratch around to find a set in my heap of bits when I was putting one together.

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OK.. reading the Encyclopedia the pedals changed from CBR to Ribbed to Smooth during 1915 period. Here in Australia our cars were Canadian imported. I have quite a few transmission covers from later models, all starter motor castings, which have ribbed pedals. The question is did the Canadian produc...

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I give mine a rub over with a rag soaked in Penetrol maybe twice a year. It give a low sheen to the old paint.

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I got this bronze (?) dipstick in a lot of T stuff I acquired from the estate of an old time Ford mechanic. It is marked in (presumably) 1/2 gallon increments, up to10"1/2. It is19 inches long and is stamped above the 10 gallon mark with what appears to be Q then 400-846.... the 8 possibly is 9 If y...

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Just scratching through the spare block department looking for a useful 26/27 one. This is a candidate but without a serial number. ( Aussie Serial Numbers are generally preceded by C xxxxxx from Canada factory) I understand that unmarked blocks were used as replacements and that the service agent w...

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Have you taken the side plate off? It's likely that the retaining pin at the base of the valve spring has punched through the retaining disc. happened to me in my '26.

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What have I done in April.... got the sun visor on and completed the project.
Booked in for registration roadworthy certificate in two days , then drive the wheels off it !!!!!

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I was very glad the splash pans were on my '26 the day the top of the coil box came adrift and was caught there , not ending up on the road.

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There has been floods in our district...Grantham is just 8 k's away and has had a re-run of 2011, but not so severe as most of the town was relocated to higher ground. My place is flood free.. I have 40 acres of high country. The house is 150 ft above the valley floor, so if we get flooded there wil...

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Alan, Thanks for the offer... might be a bit of a drive from Qld.. I saw you in Maryborough at the Nationals so you know the Qld to SA travel time. I have a hub puller and I'll give it go chasing the threads... failing that the wire brush and thread file and a lot of patience...

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I found a bit of cotton rope 3/16 inch diameter and installed that . Left headlight lens went on relatively easily, with a little pressure... right side gave me a fight, but I think it was more due to the headlight bucket and the slots that the rim rotates in being slightly out of shape that wouldn'...

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I was thinking about trying to find a cotton type rope or cord rather than a synthetic type.

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TRDxB2,
Thanks for that. Appreciate the photo.
Now to look around for something... the wife's away and some of the sash cords look tempting

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Anyone able to enlighten me as to the dimensions of the gasket for the headlight reflector to glass. Our local supplier has none in stock, and to get postage from US to Australia borders on obscene... I got a quote the other day from one of the better suppliers there for $14 worth of parts and the p...

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They look very much like the ones on the '25 Coup I'm playing with. Mine have "BUDD" stamped in the centre just below the window.

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With the battery conundrum I cheated and made a metal battery box with a demountable side that can be accessed from under the car. Slide the battery out and gravity helps with the vertical problem.
Still an absolute pig of a thing to undo the post terminals though.

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Yeah.. the key seems to be the way Henry decided was the process.
I checked the suppliers lists and there is nothing listed .
Guess the key has worked for 97 years .

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Has anyone ever put a handle on the Deck Lid of their Coup to make it easier to lift .. trying to think of something that wont look out of place on my '25 work in progress.

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John, Thank you for that insight

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John kuehn,
Looks similar to mine.
Had a good day today with the help of friends and neighbours.
Got the coup pretty much assembled.. now to finish off interior and top.

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Steve,
The hinges on this Coupr are longer on the lower one. The curvature of the body necessitates this I guess.

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The doors are BUDD doors , full metal. Also the original front fenders were the later version that the line went under the splash panel.

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JTT3...Thanks for that information. I would never have guessed. This coup is allegedly a '25, though I purchased only the body from the former owner as he wanted the chassis and drive train. I am in Australia, and the coup is an import( from, I presume, the USA, as the radiator shell had Ford Made i...

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I'm in the process of assembling my '25 Coup project. The saddle that holds the top half windscreen in has a circular "hook" that sits on the inside of the screen. What is it's function? Or have I got something wrong happening.? The first photo is of the right side saddle, and the second is the left...

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Henry misses no opportunity to "go for drive"

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Allan
It's ironic isn't it , that the good stuff we used to manufacture in Oz no longer exists and we somehow have come to accept that second rate throwaway is the norm.

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OK . Thanks for the quick reply. Appreciate much the photos. Out with the Oxy Acetylene torch and the anvil in the morning.

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Up to the bit of the restoration where we put the Spare tyre carrier in place, before I pull it all to bits to start the paint. Do the kinks in the arms look right? The left has a much more pronounced kink than the right. Got a fair bit of straightening up of the lighter flat steel. The angle brace ...

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Well that makes more sense....couldn't see the sense of bicycle registration, but stranger things have happened.
Are these things common in the US...I saw a couple on Ebay for various prices.. not that I intend to sell it. I'll just put it on the Coup as it will be a bit of a novelty in Australia.

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I am in the throes of repairing a front mudguard (fender) for my '25 Coup project. I selected a rough old guard from my pile of rusty tin to get some cuts to replace damaged sections. On the underside of the one I selected was a tag that had been welded at the end of a roughly repaired rip , presuma...

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Thanks to all who answered. Had to have a bit of a grin to myself when you blokes commented "its on the drivers side" ..so is mine , its just that in Australia we sit on the right... appreciate the comments . I'll head back up to the shed and have another go... just a bit on the warm side in Queensl...

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<25 Coup rebuild progressing slowly. Have a folding support arm for the deck lid , took a guess at where it should be located and got it wrong. Would any one have a photo of where the support arm is located in the trunk to hold the lid up please. This is the support arm and where i put wrongly put i...

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Thanks for that ..I wondered if a replacement was available.. just in case... I'll give it a go with a flat screwdriver

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Been working on the Coup for a while, and got the Timber sorted.
Starting to fit panels.
This moulding that runs around the cab was removed with the nailing strip inside.
Any suggestion how to separate the two without causing damage ?
Both look reusable if I don't cause any unnecessary distortion.

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Been workin' on the Coup for a while , and got the timber work sorted. Now the time has come to fight and fit the panels. The moulding that runs around the cab was removed with the nailing strip in one piece. Any suggestions how to separate the moulding from the nailing strip without causing damage ...

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Sounds like you worked out the problems OK. Only other thing that I did with my 6 volt systems is to run an Earth ( Ground) strap direct from the battery to the starter motor and not rely on 90+ year old bolts to provide the contact through the chassis. That got the starter turning a bit more positi...

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Do you have a "friend" like this????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LONT1oboJrs

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I imagine the simplest thing to do is set No 1 so it's just past TDC on firing stroke and see what position the brush contacts No 1 on the commutator.

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Do not utter the word "drive" in front of Henry the 7 inch high dog, without being prepared to fulfil the obligation!!

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Only took a few hours!!!!! Ended up with Mr Google How do I reduce a photo to 21 kb... up came a page that let me do it in two minutes. I could reduce to the required pixel dimensions but the kb never dropped below the 40's...sorted now... almost feel clever!!!!!

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Nice lookin' car.

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