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I have a set of those as well. They don't always run true.

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I've used them for years. I did some work for Ralph years ago and had as many as a dozen of his heads. Only gasket failures I've ever had were corrected by a properly decked block

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That's a Reeder head. I've run them for years.

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Drive a stock center door in hilly country and you will wish you had a ruckstell and outside brakes.

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I fold them and put them in used plastic grocery bags. I double bag them and put them in a cabinet. I've stored them for decades like this.

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I air my Chippewa tires to 60, they are 32x4.5 WW2 era tires.

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I have silver soldered many bergs necks and run motor meters afterwards with no problems. Sometimes the chrome gets a little damaged. I rather have a serviceable neck.

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Hands down a poorly run T party. I've been touring for 40 years and this was not a great experience.

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I have 4 or 5 of the cast iron high volume intakes. They are usually cheap at a swap meet but the odds are against you finding one.

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I've welded one for a guy. He drives next to nothing and did not want to spend any money. It's still in the car. I would not tour with it but a parade would be fine.

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That alternator only needs power on one terminal spade. Usually there is an F mark indicating field. I would crank the engine up. Put power on one terminal and check for output. If none then go to the other. That alternator has no built in regulator. If you need a regulator use a 60s Chrysler stand ...

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It's only 140 miles, drive the car.

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Ford y block ran solid lifters and adjustable rocker arms. Those are not Y block292-312

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Reeder even made some ford script high compression low heads in the early days.

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I Install them dry in the car. Pour some oil down them once installed. Never had a problem.

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As the owner and driver of 2 TTs with ruckstells, 5-1 gears, and 3 speed transmissions I will say the underdrive ratio of the truck ruckstells with a 5-1 in it is about 8-1. The 8-1 gearing is much better when climbing a mountain of a hill in a TT than the almost 10-1 your typical underdrive 3 speed...

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I've run a pump and alternator on a pre-generator car before. Ran it on one belt as well all on the driver side of the engine.

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I've been towed many times through the years. Just throw it in high and go. A few miles won't hurt a thing

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I would drive the wheels off it. Pickups are handy, you get more gas rations in the war years.

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I drop the fresh engine in. Drive the car around the barn and then onto a trailer bound for a national tour. I've done it many times with no regrets. Change the oil while on tour. Retorque the head as needed.

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Had a made in Argentina ujoint years ago that was made square and would not go in the drive plate. Ground the corners down and it slipped right In. It failed years later.

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The 1954/55 ford 239 Y block and mercury 254 share very few interchangeable parts with the later Y blocks. The 239 does use the same piston rings as the Lincoln flathead 337!

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I don't remember which terminal. You can put voltage to either one. One of them will make the alternator produce output. That alternator does not have a built in regulator. Something like a WVE 1V1067 works well. It was standard equipment on a bunch of Chryslers in the late 60s.

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I have taken as much as .200 off a high head. I've also blown the combustion chamber out of a head. It's all just play time and what the operator is comfortable with.

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I copied the design. It was a cheap solution for a decent ignition.

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I saw that collection. Guy had 250 cars. Lots of 33-34 fords.mowt haven't run in many years

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People are busier, lazier, less interest. Our local club doesn't have many local tours anymore. It's going down hill for now but who knows what the future holds. Model A club is thriving, partly because anyone can drive one where as a Model T is an acquired taste. Early Ford V8 club is doing worse t...

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I've put many a seat in and have never lapped any but it takes experience to know what to look for. .060 width is good for gas motors. You could put a larger valve in to deal with the worn seat but it requires more seat grinding of various angles to get the seat width and diameter right. You also do...

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I use a separate voltage regulator that was used on the 60s Chrysler. One wire from the ignition switch and another to the field terminal. They are dirt simple. An electronics minded individual can modify the solid state ones internally by changing zener diodes to obtain any cutout voltage.

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That was David driving Periwinkle, he lives there and has a few Ts.

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I've had my 21 center door across the scale with tools under the back seat and three grown men inside. We hit 2900 and that was a certified scale at a tractor pull. A little over 2k empty is accurate

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I have approximately 4 cast iron high volume intakes. They are scarce and so rewarding when you find one in a pile for 5$.

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Center door seat hinges use a 5/16 pin retained with a cotter pin to act as the pivot point. The part that mounts to the floor has 2 ears and the seatpart has 1.

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No current source. The last 2 runs of axles have been some years back. I think Snyders made the last run. And texas t parts the run before that.

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I go to pate every year because I am a member of one of the clubs putting it on. There isn't much T stuff and the Prewar section has not caught on yet. I remember the old Pate fondly. Sometimes muddy, sometimes dusty but always an adventure.

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Early production Reeder low heads had Ford script. I have 4 of them. Reeder dropped the script after Ford found out and wanted money/royalties

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I have a geared alternator on a TT truck. I have to Rev it up to engage it. Once engaged it will keep the lights bright at a low idle. Way more output than a generator at idle. I putt putt through neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights every year with bright lights on 6 volt.

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Did you ever sell these?

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Tool for cutting valve relief in prewar heads when put on postwar blocks.

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I do It all the time. And have never had a problem. You can can even use your DC welding machine to jump a car.

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I just buy a new 009 head and pinch the advance mechanism from operating. Plug and play

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Have you put a straight edge across the block to see if it is flat. You may have a low spot on the deck which will blow a gasket every time.

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I silver solder the neck on and they never come loose again.

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I built the trailer in the original post. It tows fine. It has a modern axle with electric brakes. I have three sets of tires/wheels in different styles depending on which tow vehicle I use.

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I've always heard the washer between the axle ends never changed.

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Years ago we were driving our 27 truck home from a church picnic. My dad and brother were on back the truck. The tires were WW2 vintage. Coming home we heard a loud boom. Got off the truck expecting to find a flat but there was none. We drove on home and it was 2 days later before that old blown out...

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I read somewhere that a T is designed to power out, fuel flow stop, and oil flow stop on a 25% grade. Sounds like your T is performing as well as a stock car will. 4-1 gears would get you that last 50 feet.

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Steve, that's a modified low steel firewall making it 22-early 23.

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Got my touring project when I was 14. Got married in February with it. Best of luck to you.

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I converted this one some years back.

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I agree with Dan and have seen a 1917 widetrack touring on the 1991 Gulfshores, Alabama tour. I remember it well and have never seen the car again.

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Pressure check that head. You may be pressurizing your coolant system.

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I first met Steve and his family back in 1991 at the Gulf Shores, AL tour. He had his 1911 touring with 2 or 3 of the kids in the back seat. I was 11 at the time so my memory is a bit foggy. What a great guy. He and my dad got along well, probably because they were both younger men with families in ...

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I run hardened seats and valves from a 90s olds I believe. Springs are VS468. Have never had a problem with the valve train. Blown head gaskets are another story.

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I let them leak. I know a guy who sealed them so well he now has to grease the pedal cams manually!!

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It is also a wide bodied centerdoor. There were 3 companies making the bodies and one of them was 4" narrower than the other 2. This one is wide because it bulges in the middle of the body at the doors. Had a friend who restored a narrow one with a wide front seat. There was no way to get in the fro...

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It has straps to raise the rear windows so it is not a 23. I'm going with 20-21 due to the steel covered window pillars as well as the T handled door handles.

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Mayor of Oklahoma City has just declared a state of emergency

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The Oklahoma Horse Show Association has rescheduled their horse show at the Grady County Fairgrounds from March 14 to June 14.

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You may have a 1911 town car column with a 1910 touring car shaft. Town car column was 51" and touring car column was 50".

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I have probably 40-50 tubes in storage. I vacuum them down and double bag them in plastic grocery sacks. They are then stored in a metal cabinet. Haven't lost a tube to dry rot yet using this method.

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