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I've been to several in Fl. Nice places to go, decent food too. The onion rings are served on an upside-down metal funnel!
I especially like the restroom sink made out a tire and the faucets are gas nozzles

Do you still have the Radius Rod Cap (BC3)?
I'll take it. Let me know, thanks.

I resemble that remark! LOL

jiminbartow wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 27, 2024 5:00 pm

How tall do you guesstimate daddy long legs here is? When driving, his knees must get in the way of his chin.


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Thanks Ed!

Ed,
Interested in the Cross Country Bands.

Could always try some "water wetter"
A friend that has helped me on many occasions says it works well.

Moxie26 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:17 am

...... April 7th, 1947, Henry Ford died.

RIP Henry.
He "certainly didn't leave us like he found us"

Scott, email sent...through forum.

I have ones like Dan, Cokers from the early 70's made in Australia I believe. Just started to notice sidewall cracks last year.

NICE!!
Thanks Jeff!

On my '22 it is held on by the screws that hold the wires.

Lelah, after the original owner

The only car I've ever named!

Allan,

Sent you a PM a little over a month ago with a question, I can email if easier. I would like your opinion on something.

Thank you,
Ben

I have been to the one in Fort Myers, really neat place. V-8 engine on a stand on the sidewalk and a Model A above the bar, food pretty decent as well. I too thought the napkin holders were a great idea, as well as the the gas pump nozzle for the restroom sink! Worth the trip if you are in the vicin...

One of my favorite longtime diagnostic tricks is with flashlight in hand, in very dark time and place, hood open and engine idling. With flashlight on, find where you need to look, then turn flashlight off. Look all around the ignition wiring! When you see any flashing or running lights around the ...

ThreePedalTapDancer wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:03 pm

All the acquired manufacturing tooling for various T parts are being carefully stored in a warehouse until they can be unearthed and manufactured once again. Here is a link of the process of storing the various part manufacturing tooling.

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

LOL

OK everyone, Thank you all for your help! With the great help of another forum member that lives in the same town(thank you so much Bob), we've got spark! I suppose taking the coil box out and moving it around, and sitting was just enough for some things to lose contact and corrode a little. She sho...

I used 3/4" stainless brads/wire nails worked fine.

Just the one, no MAG post I never took the coils out until today, as far as I know, they've never been out. Another local Model T'er whom I've known for some time saw my posts and actually stopped by this morning, he is going to test the coils for me, Thank you Bob! BTW, I didn't see your posts unti...

OK, I get voltage right up to that terminal. I just never took the box apart before, not looking forward to it, that's why I didn't mess with it when I had it out. Do the coils just slide out once you take the contacts/terminals off? Can I test them individually once out? How do you test them? I don...

There should be a strip along the bottom of the coil box with contacts to the bottom of each coil.The coils are held down by the lid which should cause them to make good contact with that strip. I suspect that the bolt is either not making good contact with the strip. What year is your car? As I th...

So, it looks like I'm taking the box back out.

If you changed wiring does that include on the timer? If it’s off a bit nothing will buzz. Yes, the wires are in the correct places. Did you turn the key on and try grounding each of the terminals on the coil box that the timer wires connect to? * Is the engine grounded? Yes, I got nothing. The pro...

Hello Everyone, Round two. Finally got the steering issue straightened out, was buttoning everything up today from the long firewall job to get ready for cranking her over. All of a sudden I've got no spark. I took the coil box off the old firewall and put it on the new one, other than lightly clean...

Glad you found the issue! I suppose since we live and work in a different era and use to our modern cars that have overall closer tolerances in their fit up we tend to think our Model T’s are the same or close to it. Not So! Years ago when I became interested in T’s it became apparent they were cru...

Can you tell if your old pitman has any marks or wear on the side that faced the control arm ? It may have been hitting or rubbing and you didn’t notice it. If it was working good you may not have noticed it?? I did look. I does have a mark there, which led me to believe it was doing it all along a...

Your spark rod appears to be protruding to far forward of the steering bracket. You indicate to replaced the firewall. Did you go from a wood firewall to a metal firewall? Also, the firewall mounting brackets are different for both the wood and metal firewall due to the thickness of each one. If yo...

Does the gearbox under the steering wheel play any part in limiting the maximum rotation of the steering shaft? I was going to take that apart sooner or later, looks like it'll be sooner. I'm trying to get this darn thing back together because its 100th is next month, I'd really like to drive the t...

I'm going to take it off and take picture. I don't have the welding skills to weld a new one on, or the welder for that matter. I didn't necessarily replace it due to wear, just thought it needed a new one after 100 years! I'll call a few places on Monday and see what they say, they are probably all...

Yeah, the original Pitman's key slot was in a different position, only slightly. The parts houses seem to list them for '09-'27, there are probably all made in one mold anyway. I'll make some calls to them on Monday and pick some brains. Maybe I'll just put the old one back in!

Everyone, I've been installing a new firewall in my '22 touring. I started to button everything up today and I noticed this little interference issue. I installed a new Pitman arm and it is interfering with the end of the spark rod when wheel is cut hard to right and the spark lever is all the way u...

I’ve often wondered if the shorter springs could be made from a good longer spring if you didn’t have one. It could be cut to the needed shorter length and used. I’ve got pieces of springs from the remains of T trailers and thought about trying it. To me it seems like you could since the curve is a...

I have a '22 like old charley's. Mine is a starter car and has a battery horn mounted with the same bracket and same position, only one wire though.