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I've been noting the sea change in model T enthusiasts the past ten years. There seems to be an increase in younger owners who are inheriting cars their fathers or grandfathers had laid by, often for decades, or buying them in estate sales. This is a great thing, as it points to continuing interest in the hobby.

I hope new owners will respond,...

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The one curved one fits my 27 steering column, but it has a bracket welded onto it, so don't know. The other two brackets sure look like a right hand and a left hand, but I can't see them as firewall to frame brackets. Some sort of body mounts? Or nothing T related. Just want to find a good home for them
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Well, I got my 1926-‘27 Western Auto Supply Catalog. It has some amazing items crammed into its’128 pages at some incredibly low prices (low for today). Rather than posting random pages in trying to anticipate what you’d like to see, I am taking requests on items you’d like me to look up and post pictures of the pages of items you are interested...

Would anyone have pattern or drawing of size and cuts for 21 roadster floor board?
Thanks,
Clay

I am helping a local friend straighten out a very poorly restored 1920 Touring. Virtually NOTHING works. I have slowly brought this creature back to something akin to life, mostly centering around electrical problems that a previous owner completely skipped over, including a non-functioning starter and generator. But, I digress.
The problem du...

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With the Carmine Red painted 1909/1910 vehicles, specifically what was the pinstripe color used on the Body Mouldings and Fender Mouldings? Was the pinstripe a single width stripe in the center of each moulding?? Were any other body panels or parts (i.e: Hood, Body Sill sides, Seat, etc.) striped in other areas other than what was striped on a...

What is the recommended radius for the ends of the bearing journals when grinding. I have a coupe of cranks on hand, it seems the last fellows that ground had different ideas.

Dave

Do you have to take hh off to put kevlar bands in? Josh.

Is anyone from the Denver area coming to Chickasha or the MTFCA Annual meeting in Oklahoma City or coming anywhere east that would be willing to pick up a set of Model T Wheels and meet me? I'm try to save myself a 1000 mile trip. I would be glad to pay for some gas. I have purchased a set of four wheels and tires and I need to get them to...

I have an engine apart to replace the clutch plates and brake drum. Just noticed these rub marks on the magnets. They are 5.25” off center. I’ve looked extensively at the area of the mag ring and see nothing that has been causing this interference. The oil pipe is intact and is 4.5” off centerline. Baffled. Any ideas? Nothing is laying loose in...

I would like to hear from members who have purchased and installed the 5099-12v Model T WOSP stater.
How does it perform and if the standard bendix assembly fits.

Thanks

George

I have the front half of what I believe is a speedster body. At the booth edge it has about a 3/4 inch lip toward the inside with holes spaced along it. To mount it to a plywood base would I build a framework for it and attach this lip to the bottom of the framework and then attatch that framework to a 3/4 plywood bottom. Would that flat base then...

There appears to be a few options on the floating safety rear hubs. Different bearing types, roller, needle, and ball bearings. Different suppliers have slightly different approaches. I am considering them for my 1915 Model T. What advice can you give me or experience you can share on the various options? Thanks.

I got this bracket… I can’t identify it. It’s made of heavy brass and painted black. Any help?

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I am in the process of buying a model t Fordor sedan. However the paint has been removed. Does anyone know of anybody in southern California who can paint a model t?

I am wondering if you have gotten you Jan/Feb vintage Ford and if so how do I check to make sure that my dues are current so I can get mine too? Thanks

Does anyone have 1912 touring front floorboard dimensions or a drawing? A friend needs this for his touring car.
Thank you for any help,
Rob

Last week I started a thread that related to the 13/16 gap for the clutch spring.
Mine was tightened so the gap was way over an inch, close to 1.25 .
A few readers gave some suggestions which I tried but still had a bad vibration around 30mph.
I decided to go ahead and see what was involved in replacing it with the engine in the car.
Ordered a new...

We’re headin’ for MAY, and that means LURAY!!
Yes, the 10th Annual Mid-Atlantic Pre-War Swap Meet will soon be here, and that means it’s time to get ready for our 10 and 2 Event!

So, buckle up, as the Shenandoah Valley Racket “T”ers brings you the 10th Annual Mid Atlantic Prewar Swap Meet , immediately followed by the 2nd ANNUAL MTFCI SPRING...

In one of the old forums I found these 2 drawings of rear curtains for Model T
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Now looking on this picture taken by Peter Elfelt for FMC A/S on the assembly plant inCopenhagen in august 1923 of a nice Centerdoor body, I notice 2 Torings in the background with oval rear windows in the rear...

Would anyone have floorboard pattern for a 1921 roadster they would share?

Thanks,
Clay

I decided to add side curtains to my 1915 Model T Runabout. After contacting Mike at Classtique and getting the process started by obtaining his patterns, I realized that there are no fasteners for the side curtains on the car side. Whoever replaced the top did a custom top without adding the side curtain fasteners. In addition, whoever restored...

Well, at least a mystery to me. Set of four on the parts shelf. Rear mounting lip does not match the angle of my 27 splash apron which I presume they would mount into. And, no holes in any of the splash aprons on any of my projects, so just picked up along the way. Just enough crud on the backside to indicate that they were mounted on a vehicle at...

I found that the library in the small NW Ohio town that I grew up has an online search capability of the town newspaper going back to 1922. Today I searched Model T to see what I could find, and saw this ad from March 1928 placed by Ford assuring Model T owners that Ford would still make parts for their cars until the last Model T is off the road...

Does anyone have or are bringing to hershey an engine adapter plate that allows you to mount the t engine to a modern stand ?

Are there any differences in the coupler to connect a TT rear end to the driveshaft? We had a coupler in a working snowmobile with a ruxstell and Watford come apart .we had a spare stock rear end so we took the coupler off of it but it won't fit? Splines seem off.splines on rear end drive gear could have a twist I guess but look ok

I found this postcard from 1958 mixed in with some old papers for a Model T Long Weekend in Helendale, CA (between Barstow and Victorville.) From Arcadia, CA to Helendale, following Route 66, was about 80 miles, going over Cajon pass out into the High Desert. Quite the adventure for a tired 20 horsepower engine.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a Model T Fordor that they are selling, as I am in search of one. Looking to spend $8000-16,000. Thanks!

Do any of my fellow TT C Cab owners have any information on the strip that fills the gap between the cab and the windshield. From what I can see on the parts book, it is likely called a visor part #TT12350. I assume it’s leather but would like to know dimensions, attachment details, etc. Pictures would be great.

One of out T club members is a locomotive driver instructor. In the railways if ever a tiedowm is even slightly damaged, in any way, it is discarded. He saved a heap of them a while back, and I scored a good few to use with my T trailer and around the farm.
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Hi, I was wondering if anybody has a Model T touring for sale anywhere near Southern California? I don't mind driving to Arizona to pick one up. I'm looking to spend about 10,000-15,000. Thanks!

20240209_215548.jpg My son was over visiting me last night. I was attempting to start a fully rebuilt engine I just finished with a Chaffins 280 cam that's no longer available. It was firing at the wrong time. I realized the NOS Tiger timer I had installed uses the same wire colors as original but in different order. The Tiger Timer is pretty much...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a Model T Fordor that they are selling, as I am in search of one. Looking to spend $8000-16,000. Thanks!

Many years ago, Stan Howe posted an item on this forum on stewardship. At that time, I only knew Stan from having seen his forum posts. I was the editor of the St. Louis club's newsletter (I said it was many years ago) and I emailed him to ask if I could use it. He graciously replied that I could use anything he posted on the forum, so I did. I...

I got this photo from old cars, trucks, and trains on Facebook.

I haven’t seen this photo before but maybe some of you have. The caption was multi purpose T. They must have removed the hand crank to mount it? It looks like it has a priming pump on the side of it.

I wasn’t successful at finding any info online for “taped rear hub” via the MTFCA site.

Most likely operator inability to use the right phrases 😝

Thanks for any insight on this piece.

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Looking for help from someone that has a 12 commercial roadster and has the top on it. I need to know the length of each bowl from either the top or the bottom of the bow to the top of the metal sock. All three of them really appreciate the help. Also, will enjoy the conversation

He knows who I am…?

Was the glass plate used in the coils used to insulate the condenser from the winding around the core or what?
Is it still used when coils are rebuilt?

Does anyone know where I can buy the front hub bearing dust cover with felt? I need the original style, not the neoprene one: I’m still using the ball bearings. I think all the normal suppliers are out of stock.

Members of the Long Beach Model T Club were surprised and honored to have Steve Jelf show up at our monthly T club meeting!
Shortly after we learned about Steve's accident we had several discussions about driving our T's and the risks we take especially here in SoCal. We sent our thoughts, prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery. Many months...

I stumbled onto this web site but am sure a lot are aware of it. For those that are not aware of it here is the URL

It starts at 1903 and ends at 1927 and also has a section at the bottom for unknown dates. I always wondered what all the models before the T
looked like. Shows pretty much from Model A to Model S.
It is free and every brochure is...

Does anybody have any information on this cover plate TAPLATE 1923-1924? It is designed to drain all the wells of oil, so no old oil is left in the wells.

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Does anyone know by any chance, how hard it is to fix a leaking oil pan? Mine is leaking and I don't quite know how to fix it.

Looking for information on the original Ford drawings for the 1913 Model T exhaust pipe. According to Bruce McCalley’s book, Model T Ford, The Car That Changed The World , in 1913, “the exhaust manifold was modified during production to use the flanged exhaust pipe, instead of having the pipe fitting into the manifold and being sealed with...

Anyone know or tried to see if Rootlieb will sell just the louvered hood sides for a 26-7 T? The sides I’ve got are so hammered up at the louvers they look pretty bad, and to try to hammer out each one individually out straight seems like a task. I’ve contacted them to no avail yet and just wondered if anyone had tried to buy sides only…

Back in November I shared a picture with you that showed a pile of crates in the Copenhagen Free Habour all containing Model T parts for the newly opened assemply plant on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. From june 1919 to 1924 they establiseh the plant in first existing buildings at Heimdalsgade in a then industrial area in the nothern part of Copenhagen....

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Here’s a Touring that’s a trailer. Sort of! 🤔

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Recently I was able to compare heads made by Waukeshe engine company. If you look closely you can identify several differences in these two heads. I do not know which one is the earlier of the two.

I know better than to try and start work on my 24 Coupe without asking how first so how do i go about taking off the windshields? I would think i should take them to the glass company with the frame on. So how do i get them off?

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Anyone have an oddball coil for a Brush automobile? The Brush only has a single coil and the coil box measures 3 1/8 X 2 1/2 a little different size than a Model T Ford coil and it has 3 contact points/ buttons , one on each side of the upper area and one at the back on the upper area. It's all we need in order to get this contraption running....

Just curious I have 2 rear end carriers is one just a earlier version which is which?

He looks happy 😊

As I understand it, the rearview mirror was a dealer-installed option. Do we know if a jig was used to position the wiper and the mirror or did Ford recommend a certain position?

I ask this because my car has always had the rearview mirror holes offset to the driver's side, but I always used a clamp-on mirror which I placed in the center. After...

Sorry for monopolizing the forum lately, but there is wisdom in the masses. So, I messed up and it's not a deal breaker, but wondering if I can cobble something up or if there are some other options to bail me out. Installed shutter on front of radiator grill because I had one is tock and I think it looks very military for my WWI ambulance...

So, thread on trailering and enclosed trailer doors and garage doors got me pondering about vehicle height. My WWI ambulance project calls for an overall height of 81 . But, that is based on a 1917 chassis with 30x3 wheels and tires, but I am using a later chassis with 21 demountables. Is there a height difference,and, if so, does anyone have some...

Mu son in Smithville, TX just sent me this link. Some of you may be interested, I have no involvement financial or otherwise in this, just here FYI. Respectfully, jb

It can be done.
This is the exhaust manifold from the barn fresh tourer I am working on returning to the road. It is not as warped as some, as the front three ports are still in line.

To enable fitting the bent manifold, I make offset glands like this.
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I cut one gland ring from a piece of exhaust tubing and fit it into the...

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Bill was a great guy and avid model T’er for many years. He had not been active in the club for a few years due to declining health. Bill was always a very entertaining chap, having run Willy’s Used Up Car lot at Flywheelers Park in Florida. His show using a model T as the prop, was always a hoot. His wonderful collection of odd ball tools and...

Seems I'm on the home stretch getting my coupe back on the road, so hopefully I can finally get the trunklid fitting well enough to latch. I've been trying to adjust it all kinds of ways, and so far I've only gotten it to catch on the lip of the sheet metal panel, not where it's supposed to. This past weekend I figured out that the lid itself...

So one of the photos that I have for reference for my delivery car is this one with some guys standing next to a Ford delivery car with the rear doors open. The name E. Lauer & Sons is visible on the side of the car. If you look closely there is the wording Alturas on the bag that is setting on the road. I did a google search for E. Lauer & Sons...

The answer to my question is probably in the archives somewhere but does not seem to show itself by searching.
I have had my T for just over a year now and still classify myself as a newbie to the passion. Have a 26 Coupe and when I got
it there was a '22 engine in it and probably the transmission to match. It drives good up to around 30 mph....

I am looking for a Firestone red sidewall tire for display. I have a 1916 building with the original ad restored on it. A lot of people have never heard or seen one. Here are ads from the mid teens to 1920. thanks, Bob. five07458677eight.

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I received this with some model T parts.
Not sure what it is.

Thanks,
Clay

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I am restoring a 1912 Runabout and happen to have two of the rare Kingston 6 Ball carbs. One is complete with a new float, the other is needing a new choke valve shaft and a new float to replace the old cork one. (I will be in search for someone who works on these old carbs-Russ Potter doesn't mess with them anymore, or so he tells me.) My...

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Can the earlier transmission bands be replaced by the later 2-part bands?

Does anyone know the radius (or diameter)
of the mounting bolt circle of the magneto field coil?
If possible I would like to know the dimension from the Ford drawing.
I need to layout the hole pattern for a HCCT spark ring.
Thanks for your help.
 
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This question oftten comes up in my other hobby, WWII military vehicles. Early jeeps had one piece rubber radiator hoses and then switched over to a steel tube in the middle of both the upper and lower hose lines. It is usually explained as a way to save a few inches of rubber during the war, although it involved twice as many clamps and hose...

I'm trying to identify what this tie rod was originally used on. Hoping someone would recognize them.

Has a part number of S1041 on the cast ends of it.

It looks like the tie rod has good off set for a upcoming speedster project to clear a lowering bracket.

The spindles and spindle arms looks to be off of a 1926 chevy.

Any information is...

On my recently acquired 26 Runabout, one of the five wire wheels has this hole in the hub. Any ideas why it is there? I've considered it could be used for some kind of lock like a bicycle cable lock, but there doesn't seem to be a way to use a cable lock on the spare tire mount.

Don't know if the current set up is OE or Bubba, but it looks sketchy to me. Current fuel line runds straight back from Holly NH carb awfully close to the exhaust pipe and then bends 90 degrees or so and under the round fuel tank to the sediment bowl. Don't know if line should go over or under exhaust pipe and current set up has absolutely no...

For those of you who weren't aware, MTFCI hosted a Polar Bear Tour on January 19-21, 2024 in conjunction with their membership meet in Dayton Ohio. The tour was hosted by BJ and Casey Miller of and the NOKEN T's club. Well as a member of the NOKEN T's, my wife and I were blessed to participate in this polar bear tour with our awesome club and I...

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Are there any vendors that sell new axle gears? I see new axles at the vendors, but not the gears that attach to them.

I have a 1926 TT with a ford enclosed steel cab. What would be the proper floor mat to fit this? A 1915-25 open car front rubber floor mat? Or a 1926/7 open car front rubber floor mat? Pictures of a mat installed in a truck would be helpful too. Thanks!

Never seen one like this, it is a very nice casting. The distributor part is off of a mid 50's VW.

Sorry, but I had that journal of fotographs that Elfelt had where I could see there was a lot of pictures missing - well, I found a way to find them all ut a few. I shal spare you more here, but there is a lot of pictures showing the process and interiors of the first asssembly plant in Copenhagen - so important documentation of what's going on....

One of the first things I did was an oil change. Drained, filled with 4 quarts of new oil and then opened the top drain tap. Was surprised that a full quart drained out. Is this normal? The T is on level ground.

Also, am I supposed to pull up the floors, open up the trans cover and pour a quart all over the gears since it's been sitting for 20...

A group from the NokenT’s of Ohio went on a two day tour this weekend. We left Friday morning with the temp at 25 degrees. We never saw 15 degrees until today. All cars performed flawlessly. Start temp this morning was 8 degrees with snow on the ground. Ignition systems to include coils with standard timer, coils with I and E timer, truefire and...

25 Tudor. Small square tank under driver's seat. Seems like it should be straight forward to remove. Why can't I find the bolts underneath? Do I need to remove the seat first? I also can't see how to do that. Before I start ripping up the carpet, I'll take advice.

I have a quart of acetone in it and want to remove to give it a good shake.

My neighbor Sterling shared this story, and these great photographs of the time with me and thought it would be a good one to share

Seems his dad Willie hand built this T speedster he named Bare Model It had Rajo Overhead valves, counter balanced crank, and attached high-tension magneto for ignition. The body he built using cowling from aircraft...

I am harvesting a neat series of pictures taken by Peter Elfelt, a well know Copenhagen photographer, hired by Ford Motor Compagni A/S to document the start up of the new assembly plant.
I have reasons to believe that this picture is of the engine of the first car assembles based on other pictures in the serie:
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