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I'm sure many of you who use YouTube are familiar with Matt and Jim from Strong's Garage. Recently, a video was put out by Strong's Garage informing of a recent accident involving Matt. Figured I would pass along the news. He was driving his 1966 Ford / Mercury pickup truck wind someone ran into him...

It's sad they aren't worth a lot in times like today, but it sure gives people a heck of an opportunity to get started in the hobby!

I put a set of wilwood disc brakes, like what can be bought from the vendors, on my 22 touring. I have probably had them on about a month and a half and I've put about a thousand miles on them already. Personally, have nothing but good things to say about them. They came with all of the spacers, bra...

Dan Hatch wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 01, 2025 3:06 pm
You didn’t happen to see an R4 or R6 by chance?
Thanks for the pictures Dan

I do not think so.

Pretty eggsiting...

Find the ford

I've always been partial to the bombers. It's rare to see a B 17 anymore, so here's some of EAA'S Aluminum Overcast. She does not fly anymore.

Storm birds

Started toget windy one evening

Aaaand more

Sunset is nice, a lot less people, and nice pictures.

More pictures.

Blimp aerobatics, quite humorous, frankly.

This was pretty neat. An airworthy C 47 that was in D-Day and assisted in europe with airdrops and more duting WWII. The interior is original, down to the zinc chromate which has been signed by WWII veterans. It has been over the ocean 4 times, 3 as commeration flights and once in the 40s. 20250722_...

Gettin' in trouble with the trimotor. Where there's a ford, there's trouble. I got told to back off when they started the engines, aparently I'm not supposed to stand behind it when running who would've known...

More pictures. This year, there were 2 goodyear blimps. One was painted as it was in 1925 and they flew.together during the show. They are fascinating and sound like a big weedeater and look quite comical when they do 'aerobatics". Almost like a whale. Also there is the privateer, T28s, B 25, and mo...

Thanks guys :) Yes, I would've liked to go to the international tour in Minnesota this year, but since we work on airplanes I usually am up there, although I want to skip Oshkosh one year and attend a national tour! Maybe next year I can drive my T to oshkosh.. :?: Here's a few of the airplanes I've...

UPDATE! It's been approximately 1,000 miles since I did my temporary repairin my block. I wanted to say that JB weld High Temp paste and RTV ultra black silicone has so far held. It isn't the most pretty thing, but it is so far holding. I'm hoping that it will hold until I get my old engine rebuilt....

Pretty much the title says it all... I'd be interested in your recent experiences with custom classic tubes. I ordered 4 tubes and did not know they were custom classics until I opened the box. I don't plan on returning them, I opened one and it looks ok, kinda thin, but ok. I know Steve Jelf had pr...

More warbirds.

The privateer needs a new prop blade!

First day of the show. Fifi the B 29, the constellation, and more.

First day of the show.
EAA's B-17 aluminum overcast, grumman wildcats, p 38, and a pv1 privateer, which was the navy's version if the consolidated B 24.

Better late than never... True Model T fashion ;). As per the last few years, I was able to go to Oshkosh for the annual airshow. I was there 4 days this year. I did not take as many pictures as I did last year. I am more interested in the warbird aspect of the show, although I do enjoy vintage and ...

Sorry to hear you are selling your T!
Good luck with your sale!

For those of us who aren't familiar, what will this machine be doing?

Rear axle housing

Today's Ford

The more the merrier

Anything T related with Ford on it.
It's amazing all the places it can be found.

It's always fun, to me, when working on the T, to look for where there is 'Ford' stamped into each and every part. I thought this would be a fun thread to have, posting pictures of all the 'ford's on our Fords. :) Here's one, on a rear axle shaft. Where's the ford on your car? 20250701_175001.jpg

Welcome to the affliction! The T uses a VERY thick rear end 'grease'. It is practically a hybrid between grease and oil. It is 600wt gear oil. The modern oils from the vendors (langs, snyders, chaffins, etc) are the closest thing to what it originally was. You're not wrong, it is practically like gr...

I wonder if any military reanacting sites could be of any help. Some of the old straps have similar clinched ends.
Good luck with your search.

Happy 4th of July!

The corn is a little taller than knee high by the Forth of July this year...
Stay safe everyone, and make sure you keep all your fingers tonight

I was able to drive the car a little, the rear end makes some noise, and the steering is loose, otherwise it went well. Except for one small problem. This is the second time now a headlight lens has fallen out and broke onto the road! :cry: Unfortunately this lens isn't just a ford H lens, but a ne...

To be clear, I AM NOT CUTTING UP A TOURING CAR.
I have a roadster body already for it, and will be removing and saving the existing body.
I have the same feelings. I do not want to cut up the body. It is a nice body and will be saved!

Looking for Lecalite junior headlight lens. Lens rattled loose and fell off car. :cry: I would like to find a replacement. If you have a set of 2 and don't want to seperate, I'll take both. Thanks! Lens says "Top- lecalite junior - 8 1/8 - pat. 12-12-16, 5-1-17" 20250628_203504.jpg 20250628_203512.j...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WcwEuu ... p=drivesdk

Hopefully the link works.
As of this posting, this is what I've accomplished so far.

More to come...

I was able to drive the car a little, the rear end makes some noise, and the steering is loose, otherwise it went well. Except for one small problem. This is the second time now a headlight lens has fallen out and broke onto the road! :cry: Unfortunately this lens isn't just a ford H lens, but a nea...

I started working on getting the car ready to run this week after work when it wasn't too hot. I found a lot of the headbolts loose, so I tightened them up and filled the radiator with water and left the drain plug out of the pan. I rebuilt a coilbox quick because we had stole it off to replace the ...

The first thing I had to do was pull it out of the back corner of the garage where we had put it after we bought it. I was able to jack the 20 centerdoor up and put it on dollies and get it out of the way. I was able to put the touring in gear and use the crank to pull itself out of the corner and e...

EDIT: TO BE CLEAR, THIS CAR IS NOT GETTING CHOPPED UP, THE TOURING BODY WILL BE SAVED AND A COREECT ROADSTER BODY INSTALLED. The adventure begins! I am going to try and document my progress here on the forum of working on converting our 1924 touring into a roadster pickup. My uncle bought this car a...

These videos may be of some help.
https://youtu.be/NXzZRZx9yy4?si=RLs_hpvUJYLwwZBD
https://youtu.be/6J8-eOjInEQ?si=WScEW6AaRyag6P6e

I am very interested in this!
Do you prefer call or text? I could get ahold of you sometime this weekend.

Would this be for a touring, roadster, or enclosed car?

JTT3 wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 09, 2025 8:43 am
Mechanical brake cable adjuster. Mid 30’s tool for real car folks.

Thanks!

I found this KR wilson bracket with some things I bought, does anyone know what it is? It is roughly a foot long.

Thanks guys.
My plan is to first get the car running. When we ran it a few years ago, it was mixing oil and antifreeze bad. I'm hoping that it is just a head gasket, but we'll see. If I can get the car to at least run and drive that would be great.

Here is the car as of now, in the corner of the garage.

We have had a 1924 touring car that has sat in the back of the garage for a few years. It wad originally purchased to be my first Model T. We looked at it and we did get it running but it had many issues and it needed a lot more work than what we were originally hoping for. Since then it is not done...

Thanks guys! I really appreciate all the ideas and help!

KWTownsend wrote: ↑
Mon May 26, 2025 9:25 pm
Depending of the year of your car, flags can be hard to find. Post 1912 flags with 48 stars are easier to find than 47 star flags....

I'm just looking for modern Flags with 50 stars, something small like what the vendors sell and what you find on gravestones and cemeteries.

This past weekend, I put a few flags on the car and drove around a bit. I went to work and a few other places, and my flags are already frayed. I've tried flags from the stores, and ones from vendors, and they all seem to shred the ends within the first 20 or so miles of driving! (30 to 35mph) Is th...

GarJen127 wrote: ↑
Sun May 18, 2025 8:01 pm
too bad these aren't still available, I'm in the market for a chassis

Im pretty sure they are still available, they aren't marked sold...

See you tomorrow at the show!!

Bumpity bump! Little Hershey is tomorrow!
Weather looks windy, but promising!

Car sold for 12k. Someone got a crazy deal!

RajoRacer wrote: ↑
Mon May 12, 2025 4:58 pm
I believe I have complete 11/13 engine that was powereing a wood saw - I'll verify the numbers BUT not sure how to get it across the country ????????????

Fastenall?

If its cold, mix 50,50 antifreeze, or drain it. Unless you're making a high performance speedster, does it really matter? I throw 50 50 in mine with distilled water and don't give it a second thought. Top it off and go. The model t is practically a glorified gocart. It dosent need to be rocket scien...

Im getting ready to respoke a set of wheels for our 25. The old spokes are removed, and im looking to order new ones. I want to make sure that this is not a ford felloe, but a hayes, needing the slightly longer spokes. Im holding an old spoke up to a new spoke in my 22's wheels, which has the slight...

VE, victory in europe day.
We remember and honor.

Wooden wheels are very strong, but only when they are tight. I would HIGHLY recommend checking the front wheels too! Wood wheels are strong front to back, but side to side, if loose, they can collapse. Being the steering wheels (quite literally) they take a lot of side load going around corners. Now...

Just a reminder that the Little Hershey swap meet put on by the Rockford Model T Club will be Saturday May 17th this year at the fairgrounds!

Email sent.

Up for auction is a very nice 1922 Model T centerdoor sedan in Monroe Winsconsin on May 13 2025 Auction company is George's Auction service. https://www.georgeauction.com/shirley-stauffacher-auction-listing This car is built for touring! It has a Rajo head, ruckstell rear axle, auxiliary disc brakes...

Sent email regarding roadster body.
Thanks
Austin

Thank you all! Thanks shrshot, im talking to the man with the one in Winsconsin. Thanks for the lead, it has all the parts im loooking for. Karl, thank you for looking in your stuff. As of now l hope to purchase the one from stephens point, but if it doesn't work out, i will let you know. Dan, I do ...

I may have one here in pleasant prairie wi not terribly far from you ill take a look may even have one with glass. Your top window doesn't look hurt I would be interested. The top is better than the bottom but is damaged, and broke the glass, I was able to bend it back mostly but was left with a la...

I am looking for a usable windshield frame for a 1922 touring with a two-man top. It has the rounded corners on the top half. I am also looking for and oil lamp bracket/windshield mount for the left hand side only. I only need the two windshield halves, I have a set of usable hinges. Preferably with...

That picture appeared on the forum on January 31, 2009 with the story. There was a play set in the 1910’s and the call went out for anyone having a period car they could use for the street scenes for the duration of the play. One of our members, Steven Augustinovich, answered the call and delivered...

What's the story with the last color picture?

Our 25 touring runs 8 volt. When Grandpa was still alive before I was involved apparently he was having troubles with it running or starting on 6 volts so he converted it to 8 volts. He added a bunch of light bulbs and other jerry-rigged things to the wiring to converted back to 6 volts when it came...

Well, you could use a foot pedal, just the top, and really confuse people and say its the gas pedal...
Or an old rear axle roller bearing. Might be a bit more ergonomic.
Maybe an old bushing or radiator cap.

Just a few ideas

The major parts vendors, langs, and snyders has them as well.
https://www.modeltford.com/item/3925B.aspx

WillyR wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:30 pm
I just ordered the bulbs from Lang's, they are 3-4 weeks out on a re-stock on them.

I have some bulbs I ordered from amazon @ $9 each, I'll install them in the mean time, and compare those to the stock bulbs, then compare the logos to the $9 bulbs when I get those....

If able, post your results!

Seems pretty good here. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Bump to top.

namdc3 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:02 pm
I could probably open a can with it if I swung it hard enough.

Before you do, make sure you're up on your tetanus shots...

Thanks all.
Im glad that it is probably an old crack that reopened. I have noticed that it is quite Rusty in the water jacket and I have been progressively taking chunks of rust out and flushing the system.
Hopefully, its been that big since it froze, and I dont have to worry about it getting bigger.

I was looking my T over yesterday and noticed that the left rear half of the engine block was wet. It has always been a little moist near the bottom and since it never caused an issue, I just left it be. This time however, it was the whole side, up close to the head. I cleaned off the moisture and w...

For those who may not like the varnished wheels, don't worry my next wheels will be painted classic model T black!

Aside from a few smaller things, my wheels are done and ready to roll. :roll: I enjoyed the process and found it challenging and a good learning experience and I learned a lot. I encourage anyone else who is not trying to build a professional restored car to give it a go. I was quite intimidated by ...

Once I got my new spokes I sanded them and varnished them with the teak oil and clearcoat. I drilled the holes for the hub bolts and installed the hubs. I am happy with how the wheels turned out and unless you look close the two new spokes look pretty much like the old spokes. I should add that I de...

This is a controversial subject for some. Others don't care. As Larry says, for cars before 1925 so-called "natural" wheels are a modern fad. I'm less of an originalist than Larry, but I'm with him on this. Before 1925, Model T wheels should be painted body color. Even on 26-27 Fords, I believe nat...

I painted my rims twice, with just a brush, and they turned out pretty well. After the paint dried, I started working on the staining. I decided to use watco teak oil and rustoleum/varathane varnish to protect them from the UV. I brushed on 3 coats of the teak oil with a bristle brush, being careful...

Great post Austin. These kinds of info posts really help the hobby. Thanks! Thank you! I figure it will help with others to take the plunge in refinishing their wheels. Personally, I dislike natural wheels. They were not offered by Ford until 1925. I have a car that had natural wheels when I bought...

Thank you for all of the work you have put in to all of these parts! It gives me hope, being younger than most, that there will be NEW QUALITY parts for sale that don't cost an arm and a leg in the future.
Thank you!

Once all of the hubs had new races, I could focus on my rims again. I decided I wanted to sandblast the fellows, without removing the spokes. I took masking tape and covered all of the surface before I sandblasted one wheel, it turned out better than I thought, so I repeated the process with the oth...

Once I got the old inner race out of my new hub, I had a coworker weld a bead onto the outside race. Once enough weld was built up, we quenched it in water, and I was able to tap it out with a punch using the weld bead as a lip. I was happy, I sandblasted it and prepped it for the new races. I had t...

Switching to my hubs, this is where I ran into my problems. I started by masking off my races with aluminum tape and sandblasting. I was going to remove my races anyway but decided that they were still savable. Sandblasting went well and both hubs looked nice. My issue came when I removed the races....

After I removed the hubs, I began experimenting with sanding the spokes. I started with 60 grit sandpaper and going with the grain, resisting the temptation to wrap a piece around the spoke and go the other way. DON'T SAND AGAINST THE GRAIN. I spent probably 3 or 4 afternoons after work doing this f...

I began by removing the tires and wheels from the car. I took out the inner bearings with a punch and a tap of a hammer. I them removed the outer hub plates from all four wheels. I wanted to clean and inspect them, remove the races and paint them anyway. I removed the hubs by tapping on the ends of ...

I recently got done refinishing my wheels on my 22 touring. For the most part, I enjoyed the process. It presented a few challenges, but I learned some things to do, and not do when I do it again. I decided I wanted to refinish my wheels not too long after I got the car and began working on it. The ...

I got my wheels refinished and my engine back together, now it's just the rear end!

Interesting, the first car looks a lot like a T that was on (auction?) Not too long ago. Note the ragged top, solid tires, and square radiator.

https://www.classicandcollectorcars.com ... rd-model-t

Flivver wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 01, 2025 8:01 am
Where do you find so many incredible and interesting old T photos?

Yes! There seems to be a never ending supply of new qnd interesting pictures!
Where do they all come from?

Thank you all, I have managed to find a vendor who has the items in stock. I should be getting them soon.
Thank you for your help!
Austin.

Anybody else have a 'confirm you are human' page pop up before getting to the forum?

WTB standard stainless valve with T spring keeper hole, not modern style. Only need One. They're temporarily out of stock. Also WTB 2 spokes for a wooden wheel. 5/8 tennon. They're temporary on backorder. New, or useable original would work. https://www.modeltford.com/item/3052SS.aspx valve https://...

Thank all for the work you do, nice and fast in Northern Illinois!

My apologies if this is a dumb question, but can this style of dust cap be used on a rubber stemmed tube?

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