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This is an older bearing list that was compiled and posted to the forum years ago:

Warford Bearings.pdf

Video #2 I sent is a demonstration of a worse attempt.
Or how you can hurt yourself doing it wrong.
Those guys look like they are working really hard trying to hurt themselves.

I don't know if Steve made it as a warning or as a joke.
I take it as both plus a reminder of the danger when things are wrong.
Maybe he will answer with the background of...

High cowl car

And I’ll go further: No Centerdoor plans because nobody has either disassembled one or had access to one to make plans.

The folks who built this T Touring actual had more money in the parts, exhaust system, engine and the rest of the drive train than what this poor original T Touring was worth in its original as found condition. If you’ve got the money anything goes. I guess??
It’s just danged ugly.

I came across picture #7 a few years back, caption states crating for overseas shipping.

I just talked to him tonight and in spite of getting sick a few weeks after Hershey he is very much alive and doing ok.
His phone number still works.
Leave him a voice, text, or email message and he will get back to you.

Mike

Just went to Steve at Lang’s and ordered the complete set. Steve’s never let me down yet. When I went to checkout I grabbed my credit card and it was still smoldering from my last order.

Darren

110 degrees predicted here today, higher tomorrow! I'm going nowhere.

The RHD car is a Duncan and Fraser built car. Typical features are the crowned mudguards, curved cowl and brass cowl vents, one piece frameless windscreen and cast brass windscreen pillars Side lights put it at 1913-14.

Allan from down under.

Thank you. I have a can of Spar Varnish. I'll wait until the temps are on the + side of the thermometer.

The above picture of the transmission shows it is an up to 1925 block and transmission and band, not 1926-27.
It is a matched set and goes together.
The magneto ring coil could really use to be rewrapped but that will open up a barrel of snakes for you.

Serial numbers and engines got swapped around as these vehicles passed through their service...

Forget the short straight edge. A taut string line will give a better over-all indication of any sag in the frame. Takes only a few minutes to do, and can be quite revealing! There is no better time to make corrections than when the frame is bare.

Allan from down under.

Allan is correct although the photo doesn't show it very well. The felloe on the left is loose lug but when I bought the car there was a fixed-lug rim mounted to the wheel. No two wheels were alike on my car when I bought it so I've spent some time acquiring felloes that match. Even so, I have a pair of Hayes on the front and Ford's on the back....

Snyder's does BUT you have to purchase the complete sediment bulb !

Strange.Never saw that before. How about a photo of the front and back of your cap....I'm curious if you have an original or a repop. If the latter, there are good ones and bad ones and it is important to know the difference.

An original cap is brown and there is a small square hole in each of the contacts (see photo) - anything else is a...

I'd bet that very few people actually did all of that.

Lewis C
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Gents I made a post in the forsale section for these covers please refer there for prices

Cal Stewart recorded this as if he was informing friends about his new car. It’s interspersed with his laughs. Several artists after Cal Stewart recorded the story but I believe the original is the best.

I access the recording via archive.org.

That wishbone that takes normal nuts is the very first version of under-the-axle-wishbone . If you own a '22 then it migrated there from an earlier car some time in the past.

Thanks Scott! That's the answer I was looking for. I already have a tapered wishbone on and I will save this and not modify it.

What makes you think it is a 22?...

Chris, I am wondering if the difference between your '24 and '26 on the spring cup clearance is from the different width brake drum and push ring?

New spokes are too easy to install for you to waste valuable time and effort trying to restore spokes that are too far gone and dangerous…

In the UK they are spire nuts

Just a bump to the top. Need minimum of 12 per style to make a run. See post on the parts side please.

Nice ! I have a NOS w/the H.B. boot also.

Mike,

I used your ECCT when I rebuilt these KW coils for our 1911 T that I restored a few years ago. Since then I usually check them each winter and tweak them as needed. I cheated when restoring it by installing a new coil box that looks like the Heinze box but is sized for KW coils. 3 of the 4 Heinze coil that initially came with the car had...

Thanks Mark, and I'm aware of Scotts post.

Mike,
Well, I'll confirm your suspicions about white lithium.
When I tore down my TT in the 80's I had to store machined parts until I had the money to restore. That was one of the recommendations then, greased up and wrapped in oil cloth.
Only to discover later the onset of serious rust after only about 4 years. And that was in arid Calif.
Why I...

Jeff:
many years ago at a farm auction i saw a T motor with a Dodge Brothers starter generator jury rigged on to the front cover using the DB sprockets and a crude assembly of angle iron and flat plate ... possibly any DC motor might be adapted for this purpose and also double as a generator ...Gene French

How can I help?

Thanks, now I need to find one for a complete set. Dan

Mike, Your assumptions are almost entirely correct. In the interest of clarification I will restate that the genesis of this project was to create a mechanism which would allow me to test various versions of rare earth magnet replacements, primarily as an experiment. There are many options for rare earth magnet types (high temperature neodymium...

Art:
Congratulations! That has to be a tremendously rewarding project, one that meets the Steve Jelf definition of 'rocket surgery'. Best to you, jb

Thanks Henry,
I just bought one to put in the spare parts toolbox.

Some shims and caps!

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My gut is telling me it was a 26-27 coupe wood window frame body then chopped off right behind the quarter windows and reworked to make it into a truck.
The seam for the center rear upper panel is now bent to be sticking straight out the sides.
It has some kind of car to truck conversion (extra and longer frame rails) adding the stake bed to the...

Yep. I wonder if it was store-bought, or home made from an old casing or boot top and wired-on or laced-on with cord of some kind..... . Bumpity bump, shimmy and shake! The tires look a little under-flated, so maybe he had just got a rim cut.

Well, it's not a TT frame, and interesting use of a mating plate to adapt a car torque tube, ya wonder what happened to the TT torque tube given it would have to use a TT drive shaft (shortened as well), not a car ds, to spline into the worm.
Use what ya got!

Keith:
this is a 3 day meet March 26 thru March28 at the Stephens County Fairgrounds in Duncan,Ok. ...this is south of the Chickasha ,Ok, area with easy access of the interstate south of Ok. city and easy access to inside spaces ...a good event with clean facilities and good chow available from the High School band group ...i had good sales and...

It’s a reference from the Model T Ford Service Manual.
:D

That rim is indeed a Canadian rim. The give away is the pair of holes in the side of the rim each side of the split. These are there to accommodate a special tool used to split the rim. There are two similar pieces on each side of the split, like T model door hinges. A pin fites between the two pieces when the rim is properly, just like the hinge...

Many years ago there was a shop in town that specializes in Carburetors. On their counter was a carb off a B17. That thing was huge! Dan

Likely the same type as the ones we play with. The B 17s used R1820s. The T 28s do as well, although with a few changes.

Larry, No truer words were ever spoken! :D Russ

Gulf T's is disbanded, it was Kathy Tagert I was in contact with. Several from that club attend events organized by a South GA group, there was one last Fall in Tallahassee I missed, unfortunately.
My '14 wasn't local, it lived its life in Michigan, but nice to know there may be another '14 close by.

Finding a 55 210 2dr Chevrolet in good shape isn’t easy to find! Lot of those were hot rodded when I was in HS in the later 60’s. By now when you find one they are usually just a shell of a body at the end of the road. When you find one it definitely won’t be real cheap if it’s in decent shape.

I decided to put together a dedicated video of Austin:

It’s genuinely inspiring to see an 18-year-old with this level of passion for the Model T hobby. Austin’s enthusiasm, knowledge, and willingness to get involved give a lot of hope for the future of antique car preservation.

If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s well worth the time.

Matt

It was a great clinic as always. It was fun looking at serial number 22, but darn, there's now another preteen Model T in Kansas older than mine! :D

Thanks to Aaron, Chris and all the others who planned and put on the clinic!

Link to article to which Pat referred - scroll down once is opens to see photos of heater in engine compartment and vent on the floorboard:

I have acquired one Wilson hand cranked coil tester, one motorized Wilson coil tester, a StroboSpark, and an ECCT, over the years and have spent considerable time rebuilding and then checking a number of coils on them. I agree with what has been posted and am convinced that the time to fire method of tuning produces a smoother running engine, not...

About twice the speed of an ordinary phonograph record.

LOL My ordinary phonograph records are 78 or 80 RPM! :lol:

Can someone please post a link to purchase a “4-barrel needle and seat” as previously mentioned?

Thanks,
Rod

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Knock off wire wheel hubs are designed to support the wheel both at the inner flange, and over the hub nut. Almost all hubs are dramatically reduced in size in the center as they rely on the tapered axle to reinforce strength to the outboard end. I would be very skeptical of any original rear hub adapted to mount only from the inner flange.

Front...

I've not had good luck with Model S carbs, so I use a trusty NH.

Thinking outside of the box:

It's a tool for ease of removing and reinstalling the hogshead using your choice of hoist, gantry, cherry picker, rope, chain, etc. There is an eyelet or hook that bolts to the top of it.

The stub on the right is a handle. A stub is not required for the left side because you can use the pedals as a handle.

The Ectoplasm must have been stronger in photo 3....

Travis, I am just about an hour south of you and have assembled a working magneto/flywheel simulator that makes it possible to see and understand the construction and operation of the Model T system. You would be welcome to make a visit and we can discuss your situation at length if you would like. Email or PM me and we can discuss the...

Pedal ramp issue, missing a chunk of band lining, loose band adjustment??? Maybe all three.

My Model T website is a hobby, not my full time job haha! ... I fiddle around with the code behind the scenes when I get time to :lol:

Yes, a great site and thanks. Don't know how you find all the time, patience and focus to do all this. I sure don't!! :lol:

Check out how the early Bentley guys “lace” their springs. Similar to a wrapped steering wheel

Dave,
Thank you for the info, I have removed Fabulous Flivvers .

Mitch,

Please note that the “Fabulous Flivvers” in Bloomfield, NY is no longer active.

Also, thanks for putting this together!

Dave

Hi Dick,
Google Dan Erceg speedsters. Dan is a artist when it comes to building speedsters & most have Andre Hartford friction shocks on them.
Also look @ Ed Archers Yellow #4 it has Andre Hartford's on it that are a great installation.
Craig.

David.... Clean the coil unit contacts and coil box contacts with wire brush till they shine. Box contacts can be pulled out slightly to increase pressure on coils for better electrical connections. May have to use wood or cardboard strips to wedge units for tighter fit. As far as spark plug gap I use 0.025 . Lastly, you may want to have someone...

No one thinks of the Wattage a generator can produce and neither the voltage or current is the limit alone.

You can safely double or halve the generator output, although very few people do that change.

So, for 48 Watts, a 6.4 volt battery can charge at 7.5 amps from the generator.

Wit a 12.8 Volts fully charged battery, you can adjust the...

Thanks all for the info and discussion.

It's my sons' stewardship now, as is my one of my other T's by the oldest son...let them enjoy ownership now-with me-rather than wait for the fateful day. My son had already bought and planned on installing a 'G' since the car is a '15. The rebuild idea was based on an unknown as in his life that carb has...

Many thanks James !!

While I never had the personal honor of knowing Dick, there are many in our local Rockford Model T chapter that remember him fondly. He was a frequent vendor at Little Hershey swap meet in Belvidere, and new almost everything about model T's and accessories. He will be sorely missed by many members of our Hobby. Condolences to his family and...

Thank You Mike and Mark. That's what I was hoping you'd say.

Hi Jack,

That is awesome! Always nice to hear one of the younger generation is interested.

There are times when I wish i would have had kids so I could pass down stuff too as my Dad did to me (he was a mechanic at a GMC dealership all the years I was growing up), but it was not in the cards.

God Bless & Happy New Year
Bill

The first photos were posted because I don't know how to post a photo from my cell phone. This carrier was purchased by me many years ago. I restored it and hung it in the garage for several years. I decided to put it on finally and the photos show the result. This is an original aftermarket tire carrier that uses the original Ford carrier in the...

The way they are made today allows for trimming. In the era of the T the mats were likely thicker and the fibre punched into a woven backing. That means the mat would fray to pieces if the backing was cut. They had to be made to size,

Thanks for the lead Russ. We have Ikea here too, so they should be available to us.

Allan from down under.

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Nice suprise.
I sent you a P.M. re: head

There are enough parts to build up some good chassis to be sure. If you’re a tinkerer this is Model T Heaven. Model T Haven sold all parts they had. Could this be some of those or someone else’s. I’ll bet there are good rear axle Hyatt bearings in those rear ends.

Some nice Model T’s have been built up from worse parts than these.

Andre, my tester is a little simpler.

Thanks Mike, I found that out when I got further down the listings. Jim

While I keep getting distracted (like normal) I have made some progress getting engines ready to reassemble.

Mike
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I had some rough ones of these but unfortunately sold to someone to make a set some time ago.

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