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John, I was not aware that you had to go around the corners of the body as well as across the back. The maleable plastic does make the corners easy, but i would still use timber for the straight/slightly curved centre section. The panel is already weakened at that point by the bolt securing the centre upright for the seat. That centre upright also...

What kind of pressure washer will blast off paint/clear finish? If it will do that, I can't see it being kind on woodwork.

The best hand scraper is a strip of freshly cut glass. I have a glass shop cut me some 1 wide strips from any old scrap they have. Each strip will give you four scraping edges. It is important that you scrape with the grain,...

That is a cool front license plate. I didn't know they made them like that. Designed to let the air flow thru, so it can be mounted on the fins of the radiator.

Howell's makes ill fitting crap. I have a door panel I bought that is useless. No customer service. Won't respond to Email or voicemail.

SOLD SOLD SOLD

I'm one of those guys that took their mechanical watch apart when I was five years old and put it back together except for the main spring because my little fingers were not strong enough and because it cut me even though I knew what to do. Probably a good thing I don't have it anymore because I think it had a radium dial. Two years later when I...

They originally came with a rack that clamped them to the running board.

Hello. I am in need on one 30x3 (24 ) all white Firestone Non-Skid tire for my '12 Touring car. Would prefer new. I have one new front tire and both rears (23 ) so far but no more fronts coming until February I am told.
I am in Northcentral Ohio.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Scott...
By any chance did you try Coker? I...

Sorry I did not make it clear. I am using custom brackets that support the Rocky Mountain brakes and drop the axle. So different brackets are not an issue for me. I just need the right bands.

I'll take the 08 and June parts book

My friend found and purchased a very nice 14 Touring. Thanks to all who replied. Eric

It would be the most luxurious T out there, thick black shiny shag.
What does your car have for an ignition, is that an Eisemann magneto?

It runs nice and smooth now, not blowing black smoke as far as I can see in the dark. It idles smooth with the needle 3/4 turn out. If I turn it in any more, it starts to die out. A big improvement over when I first got it. My throttle rod is a little short, I cant get the throttle to close all of the way with the lever so I leaned it out to drop...

that could be so Jerry, but I was educated with the kings English, and the use of a comma is to separate independent clauses.

$450 plus shipping

I just put mine on yesterday. The throttle and choke levers are cast.

$30 plus shipping

Broken rear axle road repair. One uses a rear wheel One uses a front wheel.

Wow! Lucky duck!

Here's one in Ontario:

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Here’s a picture of the sill plates in my 24 Coupe. I’m pretty sure they are original to the car. Yes I think they must be zinc as Allan noted. They seemed a little different than aluminum. The 24-25 Coupes are pretty much alike until the 25 had steel framed doors instead of the wood framed doors. The floorboards are original to the car also. I...

Attached is a photo of a set of properly rebuilt KW 6 screw black oxide metal top coils.
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I was not aware that the Hyatt pinion bearing Was the same as a rear axle bearing, except for the length.

Allan from down under.

You are correct, it is not.
The pinion bearing is .562 dia rollers. Axle bearing is .500 dia rollers.

Thank you Layden, the second set is close to what I have. Again pictures are available,

A/C condensate may contain a lot of mold and pollen. I'd be careful about drinking it. I've had mold and lint/pollen block A/C evaporators here to the point air could not get through.

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Dadburn it Elmer, I done told you a dozen times you couldn't chase a coyote with your new fangled contraption...now you done broke yer tie rod out in the middle of nuthin and now we're fixin ter have to walk back to town... maybe next time you'll just let us sic the dogs on em instead of making them fat & lazy sitting in the car....

I think the wholesale outlet for most antique and classic tires made under the brand names of Firestone, Goodyear, and B.F. Goodrich is Kelsey Tire Co. in Camden, MO. At least, I know that is where Snyder's gets their Goodyear's from. I don't know who makes the tires under the different brand names for Kelsey. It would be interesting to know each...

Sold pending pickup

Hi Dan,
I try not to use replacement pins for this reason. If at all possible I use tapper pins & leave extra so if the pin comes loose later it can be driven
deeper to tighten it. You will need the proper tapered reamer to make the hole. I buy the longer tapered pins & cut to length. Welding should
be the last resort but if you do make sure to...

would like to purchase please.

I think I mentioned of an article in the Klaxon, which is a publication for members of the Piquette Ave plant, they had a photo of a key that appears to come out of someone's junk pile! It was a typical flat key that came out I believe in 1917, but the Klaxon stated it was used from 1909-1918 which is totally incorrect., in fact the key was used...

Dan

I sent you a Private Message

One wing & both dogbones are headed for new homes - thanks MTFCA !

I'm parting with some excess from our parts business that has accumulated over the last 30 + years - just found a stash of polished wings, dogbones & hex caps - some brass - some chrome - these are from the 70' - 80's. Drop me a note through the Forum if any interest.

Getting harder to find these

Case closed! I found and bought two at Hershey!

Only ***btt*** until this item drops into obscurity. Guess l lost that customer….

Interesting roadster pick up in picture #5,
Looks like a miniature version of a big truck bed, stock racks and all.
I like that idea ! :idea:

(Could that be an early version of the Minneapolis Moline logo ?)

I'm with Dan,
I know of no MFG. that recommends any procedure for cleaning oil contaminated linings. I have cleaned lightly contaminated woven linings
with lots of chlorinated brake clean, soak, dry, soak, dry again until they look new. If they don't look like new discard & replace. It comes down
to how much do you like those in your car with...

We took ol' Floyd out for a ride along Saratoga Passage on Whidbey Island, WA  to Coupeville and back for lunch.  Even got in 2 relatively smooth downshifts on the fly with the Warford - one to drop to a lower gear for descending a grade and one to help in ascending another - not always a smooth task . :o   The island is quite hilly.  The weather...

I'm not sure who owned the car before Ron Kipling in Seattle. I was surprised that Ed had it. I sold it to a Dr Basher in Northern California, and he passed away before he ever took delivery. I had it transported to his wife after he died and have no idea what she did with it.

I can tell you it was quick to go and damn fast. It was a fun car to...

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I second the recommendation for pirateship.com. You will get significant discount over USPS retail rates. Just print the label from pirateship and drop the package off at the post office. You also get instant comparison of the various rates from USPS, UPS, and FedEx.

Thanks
I'll give it a try. A comparison is great provided is holds true. I've...

So theres this:

He has a 200 page catalog (in German) and everything in the catalog is for sale on the website, although I found several items out of stock.

Jeff

While the HOME page lets you choose between English(British) or German the PDF catalog only available in German (Deutsch) Its is a very nice catalog and while not having...

I live in Maine, so I only get about 5 months of Model-T driving per year. But I got about 4000 miles this summer. 3000 miles on the '24 roadster, and 1000 miles on the '25 coupe.

1928 parts books, USA piston sizes from Ford, .0025, 005, 010, 025, 03125 and 033
Canada Ford sizes .001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 010, 015, 020, 025, 030, 033, 035, 040 and 045.

I've had older carburetors with adjustable low and high speed jets, and I liked them very much. A fixed jet cannot be correct for all engines and all operating environments, no matter what the EPA demands.

Getting permission to use any company logo is obtaining the rights to copy it. It is called copyright. Isn't our language a bit of a dill at times. It makes perfect sense for obtaining copywrite for something that is written.

Allan from down under.

Sometimes I think German is much easier, it's rules make more sense (or is it cents) to me.

A close up view.

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I had a hair from the felt gasket get caught in my needle valve.

They have improved gaskets now with no hair.

Thank you everybody. I appreciate all the experienced help. I will get the radiator repaired if it can be and then go from there.

Take a look at They have about everything you could possibly need and even a 3rd brake light in 6 volt. Their 1158 bulb part number 87934 may suit your purpose. I have some of their bulbs on my '25 coupe, but don't remember the exact number. From their description: The bulb fits the outline of a normal incandescent bulb. UP to 270 lumen output for...

Still for sale....

Still for sale.....

Mine is a speedster without fenders, so as far as I know, I need something like 4809 so I can mount headlights thru the holes in 4809, thus not needing and cutting off the rest of the fender iron.

As far as the year iron I need, I do not know.

This what is typically used for the headlights you have. They are fender irons with the rods cut off....

Thanks Mike. I guess that a former owner had the rear seat done and liked the buttons. I prefer to be original when I can. Barring a disaster, the rear seat with buttons will outlast me so it's going to stay the way it is. It's a late '27, and was owned by the Forbes family (as in John Forbes Kerry) and lived on two privately owned islands off the...

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All these books are sold.

All these books are still available except for the front and rear axle manual.

One copy is still available.

All are sold except the model T Ford service book and model T Ford service bulletin essentials.

All are sold except the model T restoration handbook.

If you can give me some pictures I can look. There are some of those things in the box. I don't know what the breaker plate looks like.

Take a picture of what's in the box & what's inside the top -

If the fan has a grease cap, it screws onto the back end of the shaft. The shaft is hollow, so that the grease cap will force grease into the void between the two bushes. Oil is for the later aluminium pulleys with the brass plug.

Allan from down under.

Still looking.

I have a 1914 Touring that was built in October of 1913. There are times I think I see some dark blue in a crack or crevice, but I just thought it could have been from a repaint in the past. Maybe it was blue from the factory...

Mine is cast iron!

Did this set sell?

In response to a USB/Bluetooth question. You can show a picture of this and explain that Tony Stark's (Iron Man) first prototype for an arc reactor . It was not nuclear based but used a smaller version of a Model T Magneto to act as a magnetic shield to repel the shrapnel in his body from entering his vital organs and blood stream. :lol:

I also have a steam cleaner that works very well after you scrap of the layers of barn cement (grease/oil mixed with mud & fine dust)
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TRDxB2:

Who makes that nifty steam cleaner, and how can we order one? Thanks!

Sincerely,

RB

That one is sold by Home Depot. In looking at the one that Harbor Freight sells I'd say its the same...

They are using old technology. They probably have to send their film in to be processed. Then they have to cut and paste. Do not know how they are going to get a kodak to show up on a web site?

Remember. If there are no pictures, it did not happen.

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Price reduced to $1,700

:D That’s 1 good idea Mack

I’m traveling for the next week
I can contact you later to arrange payment

Your file will not attach if you see the yellow triangle VS the green check: attach fail.png
You will need to edit the picture and resave it in order to upload to the forum.
Sometimes a simple crop down to the original file/photo will fix it, using the rotate might fix it, making color, tint, tone type of edit will help, and there are options to...

As per usual it's Dan who has the answer, Dan you must have a great filing system, you always seem to be able to find the accessory ad from the day or an article or in this case the illustration, many thanks!!!
No doubt, the description is a perfect fit. Amazing how many people/companies though they could use a Model T Ford as a base to produce...

I do like the colour combination of the wheels and body. Understated but quite appealing.

Allan from down under.

When I built my huckster, I put a wall between the cab and back which is what I think that it is. Agree about the tire, too small for a TT rear tire. Going with huckster on car frame.