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The Ranger, Texas street scene can be located on Google Maps, if you go to Ranger Texas, then Street View, and then go S on Rusk St where it crosses Main St. The building with the White Stripe rows of brick or stone is still standing, although if you move along with street view, you will see that the roof has fallen in, and you can see collapse...

Thank you Kim.

An EXCELLENT source for rivets and the proper punches and tools to install them is Hanson Rivet and Supply Co of Pacoima, California. Their phone number is 818-485-0500. If you use the correct tools for the rivet you need to install, it will be done in 5 seconds, and will look perfect.
Or you can half-mule it, and look at those results for the...

Rich Eagle,
yes #220 once belonged to Ben Snyder.
Ben Invited my dad to his place to see #220 just after he bought It.
My Dad owned #714 & Ben wanted my dad to see #220 before he started the restoration.
I was lucky enough to tag along with my dad on that visit To Ben's place !

I find that new brake shoes often don't fit used drums very well. I think that shops used to have equipment to arc grind new or re-lined shoes so that they fit the actual diameter of the worn or re-machined brake drum they were being installed in . That gave a full lining contact and allowed the new brakes to function properly from the start and...

The MAG is problematic!!!! I recently opened the hogs head to adjust the high speed clutch. As I removed the cover and the filter, something fell out of the filter and plinked to the bottom of the transmission. A light revealed the small bar that holds the magnets. The net result was to remove the engine and drop the pan to insect the mag. I found...

Mike Vaughn?

Steve Hughes........?

I was going through a few colorized photos. First, Henry Ford entering the church for Alexander Y. Malcomson's funeral. He was an honorary pallbearer, and postponed a planned vacation in order to attend. FMC CFO James Couzens is on Ford's left (right of photo):

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When you can't buy local, look else where.

1919-27 Negative Earth Semi Conductor Cut Out T-5055-SS

6v Negative Earth Semi Conductor Cut Out.

This is a state of the art semi-conductor cut out unit which modernizes and replaces the original relay type of past years. It is identical to original exterior appearance and dimensions and is plated...

Neat! Hope it holds up to the wind if you drive with it. :)

Super rare barn find all original 1929 Model T!!!! 350 Chevy with auto, PS/PB, Mustang II front end, killer sound system, 9 rear with coilovers, air.....

Pat

Yes, this site is great, lots of info.

Here is the link to view:

Well if you meet in the middle it would not be an ocean to ocean trip now would it!
I guess you could call it Ocean to aw that's far enough tour.

Compared to my 25 roadster pickup, my 26 coupe has a lot more leg room.

When using Teflon tape ( for you military people its Sealing Tape Teflon) it needs to be wrapped in the direction it is tightened in and should never extend past the first thread other wise it will end up in places you don't want it in.
Craig.

Mark,
This one was leaking pretty bad I don't think turning the hole down would have been a issue getting oil to it. May have not even helped. I think more oil & more often would have saved the engine. But if you are going to end up on the trailer sooner or later sooner is better & less expensive & time consuming.
Craig.

That was what I was thinking. Thanks Dan

Congratulations George on a job well done !

Many times swedged wheel studs are improperly replaced by driving the swedge thru the hub without first cutting it off. There are cutters for this but quite expensive. before I got the cutter I used a 5/8 hole saw with the drill removed, the ID is very close to 1/2 and will remove enough to get the stud out without adversely effecting the hole in...

Does this look like a New Beauty original mount?

I don't know if they are original New Beauty crankcase support arms. They are attached correctly as there is just enough of the bolt head to show it attached to the transmission mount

Saved this list off this forum, if it helps.

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My original pads were extremely worn and areas were missing. I bought the new webbing, peeled off the paper and the adhesive stuck them right onto the body. Here they are glued into place.
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Your originals look pretty nice.

Thanks guys for all the input. Looks like I will stay with what I have. I plan to put a few new oilers in to replace some missing/damaged ones, so I will try to position the ones in the shackles for easiest access.

Those side pillows are the top pads, they get installed on the top bows one layer at a time, then get hand stitched.

Allan, A threaded nail was used on the two lower holes in my cowl, where there is no access to the back side. The nail is shown in the attached photos. I will try to reuse the nails, but if they don't work I will do what you did.

Frank, Move the Ruckstell lever to the far left side in line with and directly behind the hand brake lever, then make new floorboards. You can get in from the right side and have nothing in your way.

Keith

Thank you, Allen, I will get a better picture of the hinge when I get back from the Petit Jean Swap Meet. Its badly deformed.

The way the head appears to be hollowed out at the same curvature of the long cylinder, the cylinder and head were likely made for eachother. Though it was obviously an early Model T accessory, I have no idea what it does, unless… I used to spray water into the carburetor of my 1974 Camaro to clean the cylinders of carbon. If I had to guess, I...

Likewise !! I hope someone adopted this TT wrecker.

Hi George,
did you ever get your engine cranking?
Craig.

A few more Miller style sample heads will be cast soon for further testing with a dyno.

Tod

Sorry I can't help but wanted you to know that your first post, it was very clear to me what you were trying to do. Hope you get it figured out.

I did find this latch (left) with a straight laver. I guess it would be earlier but don't know what year. It is much the same otherwise.
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First thing I did this morning was print this, thank you Ron.
Ken

So did I.

Thanks for posting this Tim. I wish it was closer.
Rich

Last one for now. I've found two times Ford racers made the front page of foreign magazines. Both times, this French magazine featured Ford. First, Henry Ford driving the six cylinder racer:

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The second, in 1911, when FMC sent a Ford Special to France. French Ford agent Henri Depasse drove the Ford...

I use an Android phone. I always get the dreaded yellow triangle. No matter how small I make my pictures, they still will not work. As far as I know Chris and Jeff have not been able to solve this problem. If I take pictures with a camera, no problem. I wish I could contact the software writers, but have no clue who they are.

Therefore I no...

when someone says you can't do a particular thing , it usually means THEY can't do a particular thing

shockingly, but not surprisingly, they often yell at the sky in utter disbelief when someone shows them that it is done all the time:

First off we are men we don't use instructions, if we open the little sheet up we have already screwed it up and at that point they become corrections.
Having worked on some real old construction & refinery equipment I have learned the virtues of taper pins and having had to have the reamers I have found them invaluable on model T's I use them on...

Scott, You are right. I did previously have a post regarding this piece, April 27. I forgot that I had that post, and it didn't show up on my search of BLB27.

My recent post asked for photos of the pad in place. I would still like to see some.

I've seen the wrecker wreck before...interesting to see the other shot where it shows that it was wrecked while towing another T! Check those ball-socket studs!

Thanks guys for the responses.
So these Snap Hooks are too small to have been from a Model T top strap.

Russ...thanks for sharing your knowledge...this is just what I needed to know.

These will go in the non-Model T parts pile, and I can stop wondering about them.

Thank you guys, Bob

FYI for anyone needing Atwater/Kent spares. Tom has NOS cap, rotor and point set

Thank you for that, so it seems the wood strips bolts directly to the body with no other metal bits?

Mine is missing, there are holes in the body where it looks like the strips would bolt, also someone drew marks with a sharpie beside the holes as it to locate them when hidden with wood during install.

I have several pieces of new wood that I...

John, my car is a 22 Touring and it has a key in the Cross Shaft for the Hand Brake Leverm George Clipner's 26 Touring also has the same set up. The Factory Number parts list also notes that it was used on 09-27, now whether this is a select few cars or ones made domestically or whatever, I don't know....all I know is that it is on mine and...

That was an excellent use of a half hour! Thank you for starting this thread!
Starting 19 would be just like starting some OT's (Old Tractors).
It was so surprising to me when I put a correct exhaust manifold on Ol Crappy after removing the home-spun header.
It turned a torque boy into a putz.
Let them breath and they're just snotty little...

The hogshead is bolted down, the starter is hanging in place with no bolts and the bendix is on it. I am concerned that the mag coil might be damaged. The wheels are non-demountable with wood fellows. I did not look at the front tires to see if they were 30x3 or 30x3.5. They were kind of stand offish about letting me look at it. She had a family...

HARBOR FREIGHT sels a box of multiple various sized copper washers. Lots of places you can use them. They used to be 10 to 11 dollars.

How better to stop Climate Change? We'll need thousands of these vehicles by 2025.... 150 billion should get the program rolling....

Tom, that smaller inlet is the idle air inlet, while the larger opening feeds air once the barrel starts to uncover more and more holes on the jet bar.

Take a look here and steal the photos...it shows exactly what your inlet should look like...don't worry about its larger throat...you are interested in the outline and details of the inlet:

an...

The first picture:
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's Superman.

the fork is inserted over the clutch pedal shaft and braced on the brake and reverse pedals (on the outside of the hog's head)...it keeps them from flopping or moving around when lowering the hog's head into place

Thanks.

If I had room for a '26 I'd want one just like that.
What a great PU?
Rich

There was a discussion on this subject just a few days ago
Without some specifics, responses are assuming that your battery box is a standard size Model T 6 volt car battery, GROUP 1 size. (not 12v or a motorcycle)
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These are the dimensions for the battery box that Lang's sells.
It does not account for the space from the top of the box and...

Good for you Ken! A bunch of crap! Challenge their butts!

Hank

$240 apiece right now. Made in Mexico. Designed in Milwaukee.

1927 Touring, yes, with New York state plates ???

Among the heavy metals, mercury is best known for causing brain damage. The term Mad as a hatter is related to the prevalence of lunacy observed among hatters, who worked with mercury or mercury compounds. A goldsmith might well have had occasion to handle mercury. Lead can accumulate to harmful levels in people, but a great many people have...

Bruce, if you are replacing the side window channels, I did this a few years back but had trouble with the kits sold by the vendors.
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Also, Stan Pro has been merged with another company so may be hard to find. Last time I looked them up I found it through a marine/boat company
So, for the side and top channels, Measure the thickness of your...

I met Brian Dowell at the OFC last fall. He is one of the most caring persons I have ever known. A great asset to the model t hobby.

Art Mirtes

Looks like a Model A crank. As for bore to stroke ratio, The Model T, at 3 3/4 X 4 is comparable to many modern engines. With the compression limits imposed by low octane fuel and crude combustion chamber design in the early T era, a short stroke engine was not practical. Crankshaft design and other design considerations also limited engine speed,...

Yes, it DOES require some sort of shimming between some of the spokes. I sometimes glue oak veneer on a few of the spokes.
I have a few times also bent sheet steel so that the steel goes between the hub and spoke and then up the side of the spoke. In that way, the steel shim between the spokes CANNOT slip out. A bit of effort, however makes a...

Lang’s has a good reproduction door lock and keys for the 24-27 closed car for around 15.00.

Folks,
We've had a hiccup on the Chapter page of the Website.
It's being worked and hope to be corrected soon.

Kathy Tagert

My grandfather once told me about him running his moms Model T off the road and down a barbed wire fence, out in west Oklahoma. This would be in 1926-1928. Cars can last forever if you can get parts and don't wreck them.

I had a similar issue on one side of my 1912 Flanders earlier this year. I finally got it to start coming out by applying steady pulling pressure with two hooks while slowly rotating the axle by hand. Progress was extremely slow, but the bearing eventually came out just far enough for me to slip a couple of screwdrivers between the bearing end...

Later model Fords had the Fordite steering wheels painted. It usually began to wear off fairly quickly, revealing the dull black material underneath. The bare material could absorb dirt and grease from people's hands and get a gummy feel. It might be difficult to get paint to stay on an old wheel rim. I'd try cleaning and polishing, then applying...

I worked for the Hot Wheels bunch for 14 years before I was retired (layed off with a severance package) at 57 years old. Calling it a '27 doesn't surprise me at all.
The funniest thing I've ever experienced was when one day I was taking a stroll through the Matchbox area, when I noticed a Collector Line car in a box sitting on top of a cabinet...

Quite frankly it’s easy to go out and find a T to buy and just buy it.
BUT it’s a different experience to find a restorable T acquire parts and pieces and build it from the frame up.
I have a 24 Coupe that I inherited that was a mostly complete car and restored it. The other 2 that I have were built up.

The 1919 Runabout and a 21 Touring were...

I might have a couple of the fat ones left Pat - I'll check.

Quite sure the Montana 500 rules require entrants to drive a Model T only !

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I chipped out most, but not all, of the seal with a screwdriver. I still have a lot of hardened rubber to get out. I was surprised to find about 6 of clean shiny rust-free surfaces in the bottom of the groove. I was not expecting that given the outside rust.

I believe the 1913 head have square mold marks.
1914-1916 were pretty much the same. Casting date, (month-day) not year was toward the back.

Lots of information here:

: ^ )

-Keith

Most 1925 open cars still used 30 X 3 1/2 wheels. Most knowledgeable people use Calimers wheel shop in Pennsylvania.

For those interested, these wheels are French. I found mention of them on an old car site where someone had a French Accessory book which listed them, seems that they were used on several French cars in the 1920's including Citroen.
When talking with Montier expert Chris Martin a close friend who by the way is just finishing a book on Montier to...

Wayne,
You do read every bit......... I haven't read this article for years, and went through again and caught Charlie too. I've often wondered (and found examples) how accurately names were reported in the day. Imagine, a 'cub reporter of many small town newspaper (and often multiple small town newspapers) reporters attempting to write down in...

I've kicked the idea of a whistle on the car down the road.... other, bigger things to focus on at the moment. Not a priority at this time. Thanks for pics and ideas.

Our Canadian sourced cars have a built in deflector riveted to the rear end of the muffler. The exhaust is deflected downwards but forward progress still results in a dirty rear axle.
My Holden bodied Tarrant special tourer has its fuel tank suspended under the spare wheel carrier at the back, necessitating a vacuum tank on the firewall for fuel...

As requested here are some pics
It was built by Vic Groah some 25 years ago

Attach a toolbox to the floor. Put it in there with a bunch of tools you no longer need, and make it messy, just so it looks like it has been there a while. They probably will not be looking for any tools.