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I'll buy the carb. Sending you a pm. Bob

Very nice. Thank you, Sir.

Howdy, Mr. Gates. I'll take both sets. E-mail sent. Thank you. Bob Hester

Howdy, Scott. I hope all is well with y'all. Your work on this part is beautiful, as always. Just a word about your reference to the horrendous waste of material. As you know I worked in a machine shop for many years. Maybe I'd be machining a big shaft for a gearbox and the lathe pan would be holdin...

Thanks, Mark. I did send you an e-mail to the address in your heading. It has my e-mail address and phone number. If the other deal doesn't work out please let me know. Bob

well, Mark, seems I'm finding it impossible to contact you so just forget it.

Hi, Mark. I'll buy the extension. I'll send a private with contact info. Thanks, Bob

I think the car in the first pic with the horse collar must be an early concept car for the Edsel. Apparently, the engineering team didn't want to be recognized.

Hi, Mr. Peterson. My first car was a 1947 Mercury Club Coupe. Given to me by my parents on my fifteenth birthday in 1955. Beautiful car. However, I don't recall the 114X designation. Could you tell me what that means? Your car is a real looker also. I can't believe somebody hasn't snapped it up. Tha...

I've actually had a few people ask me if I bought my T Model new. I always tell'em Yeah, but I only owe three more payments.

Hi, Norman. I'm located a few miles southeast of Tampa and we were okay. Just some pretty high winds and good amount of rain. Most of my fellow members of the Suncoast T Club are located in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area, some near the beaches. We were given plenty of warning and these folks are...

Howdy, Steve. I wasn't able to reach out to this guy since I don't do anything with facebook. If he is in the north Tampa area he is surrounded by Model T people, including at least two clubs. Someone more savvy than I will contact him, I'm sure. Meanwhile, it sure is good to see you back on this fo...

The large brake drum just means 1926/27.

I think that is a car chassis instead of a TT. Appears to have a full length running board and a rear wheel the same as the front with only four bolts. Even the tiny bit of the rear spring that can be seen seems too narrow for a TT.

Hi, Mr. Butler. I'll take the bearings. E-mail sent. Thanks. Bob Hester

The Muncie in my TT only whines in overdrive during deceleration. Pretty quietly and a little louder when braking. I kinda like it.

Howdy, Steve. Your post just made my day. I have followed your progress anxiously ever since the accident. Sure glad that things are getting back to normal. I hope to get by there to see you again one of these days but probably won't be this year. If I do I might need a ride in that touring car. :) ...

Thanks for your posting, Tom. I second everything you said. I displayed flywheel engines and other junque at Flywheeler Park for many years. Bill and Jane were my two favorite people to visit with while there. Gotta tell this story. A bunch of us were set up in the infield of the Daytona speedway ov...

Attaboy, Steve! Seeing your post on here is the best news I've had in weeks. Best wishes, Bob

I learned about this from my dad many years ago. In '62 I had a brand new Ford Fairlane 500. Our neighbor's dog would come over every day and pee on one or two of my hubcaps. Up near the radiator was a clear path to the ground underneath where we stuck a section of 1/4" copper tubing three or four i...

Perfect sense, Mack. Thank you. Bob

Tom, as always, thank you for the pictures you post. And a double thank you for dedicating this group to Steve.

Well, dang it, Steve. What a bummer. Hang tough, Buddy. I know you will. Bob

Howdy, Mike. I haven't done this myself but someone on the forum advised me to contact Tom at Model A Ford Works. He supposedly has better Inner felts for the TT than what the vendors have. Phone, 503-282-2212. Hope this helps. BTW, I've enjoyed reading all your posts about your TT adventures. Thank...

On you tube is a video about a T Model tour in Australia titled "T Model Movie 2017". The whole video is well worth watching but if you scroll over to 15:00 minutes you'll find my favorite T Model song of all time. I think the title is "Gonna Buy Me A Model T Ford". Give a listen, it's a great song.

First for me was the 1933 Plymouth Sports Coupe. With it's chrome headlights and horns on the front, wire wheels and two side-mount spare tires just a great looking car. But the one that stole my heart and never gave it back was the 1959 Jaguar XK-150S roadster. That was during my days in the USAF a...

Never on a T but back in the sunny days of my mis-begotten youth I installed a Judson supercharger on a friend's Austin Healey Sprite. Really brought that little booger to life. The most fun came with the "stop light grand prix." If the Sprite sat idling for a minute or two a few drops of Marvel Mys...

Hi, Rich. Thanks for letting us know about Craig Breedlove's passing and for that great photo. I was following his exploits with much interest back then. Supposedly, on one of his runs he lost it and skidded out of control for almost a mile and wound up in a lake. When help arrived he announced that...

Hi, Rich. I don't have the 30x3.5 wheels for trade but might be interested in your wire wheels and hubs if you'd care to quote me a price for them. I'm assuming that these would have the large brake drum for the 26/27 cars. My e-mail is bobhester28(at)yahoo(dot)com Phone 8 one 3 786-87 four 2 Thank ...

The idea that you can't push a TT truck because of the worm drive is a myth. My '22 TT has the lower-geared rear axle (7 1/4:1) and a Muncie auxillary transmission. With the Muncie in neutral and the truck on level ground I can push it with one hand. Worm drive gear boxes are known to be hard to tur...

When life gives you lemons it's time to search around and find someone whose life has given him tequila.

At the far right is Ben Umberger, president of the Suncoast T Club, Clearwater, FL standing next to his wife, Linda.

There is a hearse on a TT chassis here in Riverview at a funeral home. I haven't talked to the funeral director about it but plan to. Maybe I'll show him the article after it comes out. Bob

Thanks, Adrian. Great picture. The train always has the right-of-way and always wins the argument. Bob

Thank you, Sir, many times over. Your pictures were always a highlight in my day. Best wishes, Bob

Supposedly Will Rogers said that it will probably be a hundred years before we know if Henry Ford helped us or hurt us but he sure didn't leave us where he found us. If Mr. Rogers never said such a thing, well, he should have.

Brent and others said it well but really, the T Model is the car that changed everything. Bob

Thank you, Olivier. I enjoyed the video and look forward to the next. Regards, Bob

Thanks, Rob. Nothing sounds better than an in-line six. When they're turning slow enough to count the strokes, even better. I could listen to it all day. Regards, Bob

Gentlemen, thanks for your input. I still don't know if I'd ever want to use them but I guess I'll keep 'em around for the time being. The purpose of the weights seems to be to allow the engine to smoothly rev up faster. I don't know if I'd even want to do that. Something to think about. Bob

Yesterday I scored a set of counter weights at a price too good to pass up. So this is the first time I've actually given any thought to using them in a engine. I would be interested in the opinions of you guys who may have used them in the past. So tell me what you think, pros, cons, successes, fai...

Nice work, Scott. It sure is fun making pretty things that will do their job. Bob

Good rule of thumb for ring gaps is .003" per inch of bore diameter. A little too much is better than not enough. On a T Model engine I'd shoot for about .012". Bob

Yes Sir. Sounds right to me. Bob

Beautiful! Thank you, Sir. Bob

In the second picture the man with no hands car has some kind of starting device in front of the radiator. I wonder if it could be an inertia starter as was widely used on aircraft engines. I've often wondered why they weren't used more on auto engines before the days of electric starters.

Rob, thanks for the video. You always choose great background music but I'd much rather hear the stack music from that big old slow-turning six. But please keep making videos. I love seeing that Model K and will probably never see one in person. Bob

I suppose that whoever put Steven's engine together wasn't sure so he decided to be half right.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Lang family during this very difficult time. Karen and Bob

Don, I appreciate your comment because my father-in-law was a bridge builder and anything he built was pretty much here to stay. Bob

Hey, Tom, I'm not on the west coast and don't have a trailer for sale but please show us what you bought.

May she rust in peace, rip.

Congratulations and welcome to the affliction. You've got the best kind of T Model to have. Not one of the early ones that's too precious to drive. Not an over restored trailer queen that's too pretty to drive. When you're out and about folks will flock to it and you can let 'em sit in it for pictur...

Thanks for clearing that up. Good luck with your article. I look forward to reading it.

Hi, Peter. The pic of the jitney of the Dunedin-Clearwater-Largo line difference in seating arrangement (one less seat) and apparent use of front fenders at the rear suggests it may have been a homebuilt machine. Or perhaps just a different year. As the rig hinged up and down over uneven places in t...

I know that guy. A few years ago, I sold him a T Model accessory and delivered it to him in Nashville. Seemed like a nice feller.

For several years in a row I drove a friend's 21 touring car in the Independence Day Parade in Brandon, FL. Weather so hot you could barely breathe. This car had an original round tube radiator and no water pump. It also had no motometer so the way I could tell when it was too hot was by leaving the...

Rich, maybe Ford Cream could cure this T Model affliction that we have.

Tom, thank you for this post as well as all the others. I love the Ts but TTs, they're kinda special. Happy New Year. Bob

Congratulations! That's a great looking car. I just hope you can get the hang of that weird modern transmission.

Hi, Steven. The file printed out very nicely for me. Thank you so much for providing it.

I hope you and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas. Bob

Me too. I'm willing to pay someone to make a copy of his Muncie manual. Bob

I'd say your magneto is doing purty good.

I charged up the battery on my 26 touring in preparation for our Suncoast T Club tour on Saturday. The genny doesn't work so I have to keep an eye on the battery.

I've said it all along. Those tiny people in photo #7 are who the T Model was made to fit. Sure wasn't made for folks my size.

Only in the USA do we park cars worth tens of thousands of dollars out in the weather and fill our garages up with worthless junk.

I have a '22. All it needs is everything.

Howdy, Scott. After looking at some of your work it's easy to tell that you used to be a watchmaker. I haven't heard this term before but you might be what's known as a micromachinist. I always call myself a metallurgist since I spent 35 years in a machine shop urging metal to do what I wanted. Alwa...

I have one. A 1922. I hope t get it going next year. Bob

Yeah, Brent, I think that's a Graham and a '38 Ford.

Hi, Lester. I checked a TT axle I have on hand and I see that you will need 5/16" square keystock about 3 1/2" long for your truck. Your local hardware store may have it. I see that Amazon has it in 12" lengths for about eight dollars. You can just saw it to the length you need, dress up the ends an...

Never doubted him for a minute.

Count me in.

That's a valve spring compressor for over-head valve engines.

Come on guys. Everybody knows that a T Model needs a water pump. I haul mine around in the tool box. Makes a dandy wheel chock when I park on an incline.

The worm doesn't make it hard to push. My 22 TT has an auxiliary transmission. With that in neutral I can push it with one hand.

Driver was probably typewriting.

I install manifolds the way Scott described with the two outer clamps set vertically with nuts run down finger tight. This holds the exhaust manifold in place while you install the intake, no cut-off clamps or other special tools required. The exhaust manifold on my '26 is slightly warped so I could...

Speedster or fishing car. Who cares? I'd take it. I think that one of the few things more fun that driving a T Model might be driving a piece of one.

Hi, Jim. Due to the fact that the passenger door has been opened about 5000 times to the driver's door once maybe you have worn hinges and pins. With the door open a few inches lift up the back of it and check how much wiggle is in those hinges. It could be that you need to make new pins or maybe ev...

Howdy, Scott. Beautiful work. When I grow up I want to be a machinist. Please say "Hi" to your bride for us. Regards, Bob

Hey, Scott. Kilroy is on the trunk lid. Or should I say cooter hull.

Nor a chimney.

Good one, Steve.

If that chunk fell into the transmission you have to get it out of there. Probably best to get another hogshead.

The Stutz claimed, "There's nothing worser than driving a Mercer".

The Mercer bunch, "You'd have to be nuts to drive a Stutz".

Just a little harmless banter that probably led to a few fistfights.

1933 Plymouth Sport Coupe, 1947 Mercury Club Coupe, 1959 Jaguar XK-150 S roadster, just to name a few.

John, the girl in your barn is prettier and she ain't packing a pistol. There's nothing funny about a woman with a gun. :lol: For me it would be a Jaguar XK-150 S. I owned one for a few years back on the sunny slopes of long ago. That car was pure fun and with the right exhaust system Jags make the ...

The smoke could be from a locomotive.

Tmodeldriver, because why not? Sometimes in the South we call 'em T Models and A Models. I don't know why. Yesterday afternoon I had the 26 touring out hauling grand younguns and some cousins and a couple aunts and uncles around the heighborhood while others hid the Easter eggs. Everybody said they ...

Thanks, Steve. Thanks a LOT, Steve. I was sitting here wishing I was at Chickasha. Then I opened your post and wish it even more. But that's all right, I ain't mad.

We're thinking of taking a road trip in a month or two. Might drop in on you like before. Bob

Might be able to salvage some of the tar.

I was advised to use horse manure on my strawberries. I tried it but I'm going back to whipped cream.

"Gonna buy me a Model T Ford." Absolutely the best Model T song I've heard. On Youtube go to T Model T Movie 2017. It's a video about a tour in Australia. Well worth watching. The song starts at minute 15. Bob

Leonard, you and I will have to get together. Mine came two days ago missing the back cover. Seems okay otherwise.

Thanks for your input, gents. Jim, I like your idea about vaseline and 3 in 1 oil. That's probably the way I'll go.

and how often? Thanks. Bob

Thanks for the neat poem, Uncle Stan. Thanks also for the .22 story, it brought back good memories. I got upgraded from my Red Ryder BB gun when I was twelve. For Christmas I got a J. C. Higgins .410 bolt-action repeater. Shot many rabbits with that little shotgun. Mr. Sweat, who ran the little coun...

Do they still have their V8 Model T engine?

"Candy-a** soft handed wimp" Sir, that's exactly what you are. Worrying about another guy's dirty hands look like? Kinda makes me want to puke.

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