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Here’s how I’m storing my emergency gasoline and oil. John Mays gave me this gorgeous old wooden box when he sold his home. It’s being held in place by a cut-down running board rack and a bunch of rolled up burlap sacks. The rack was with the car when it was pulled from the hay shed, so I wanted to ...

That's really cool Dallas....mark me down as officially jealous.

That's a shame. I spoke to him on the phone one time. I love motorcycles, but will not ride them because of this very thing. I had to lay down a two week old Harley 883 when I was in the military for this reason. A few days ago, the guy who was considered the local expert on motorcycle safety was ki...

Interesting radiator cap ornament.

Original Smith wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:44 am
Even the Ford dealer couldn't get the year correct!

And only 24 years after the car was made.

Heck....they probably still had Model T parts in their parts department.

The old girl's in good shape. Probably wearing original paint.

I'd love to have it as is.

However....it's a high cowl car. And, it has the metal trim piece under the radiator. So....not a 22....maybe late 24 or 25?

ivaldes1 wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:52 pm
I've decided to wear it to church.

As a hat? A ring? A necklace?

Please elaborate.

Still horse manure on the street.....a time of transition.

Neat

Looks like a full resto would be in order and a lot of woodwork but it also appears that the impossible to find bits are there.

Rocky Mountain Brakes are on the “to-do” list...just not in the budget yet.

After body being separated from frame for a little over a year, we placed them back together after a thorough mechanical review of the chasis. Fenders, running boards and splash apron were removed when i got it. This the the first time this cut down touring has had the body and those parts on the f...

DHort wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:18 pm
...........No problem stopping with the cars in front of me, at least the ones that know how to drive.

That really narrows down the number

I agree with you Don. I have more issues backing up. The bows are so high I do not see that little car parked behind me. No problem stopping with the cars in front of me, at least the ones that know how to drive. Yeah...I can see that. I haven't had top bows on my car since I revived it. As I get c...

Ok...that statement may cause some eyebrows to be raised, but bear with me.... In my build thread (see link below), I talked about how I wasn't adjusting the brake band properly, this was causing the brake to be pretty mushy and insufficient. I drove the car like this for a while and, sadly, got kin...

A small bit of novice learning for me recently....total rookie mistake. :oops: My transmission drums were turned by Ross Lilleker. He also installed the kevlar bands that I'm using. So...everything was/is in good shape. Ross told me that the bands would need a bit of adjustment after I drove it for ...

These are the instructions that I used when I mounted my new tires last year and it went very well....almost enjoyable dare I say.

Very nice. Congrats on getting it running.

Walter Higgins wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:04 pm

RustyFords wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:44 pm
Summit Auto Racing usually has them for around $99 apiece. Free shipping on orders over $100.
When is the last time you've known that to work?

A few months ago.

Summit Auto Racing usually has them for around $99 apiece. Free shipping on orders over $100.

That is neat. I bet there’s still a few folks around who rode to school in it as kids.

Welcome Lisa. I’m three years into Model T ownership and chose to buy a completely worn out car with the intention of going through it to learn about it. I did just that but it’s probably not the best choice for everyone. For people less crazy than me, I recommend buying the best running car you can...

Incremental progress...it all adds up.

It's beautiful Dallas. Grand old trees fascinate me.

Exposure and education is the key. Park Your T outside at least one day a week or so that people driving by can see it and know Henry's car is on the road alive and well. not just in museums. it will help generate interest. Take it to the local fast food or walmart and just sit in the parking lot f...

There's a small handful of books and articles I read over and over. This is one of them.

It's sublime.

One of the neat things I see on a regular basis is the "knock engine room" at the big Valero refinery in Houston. I'm oversimplifying but essentially it's an internal combustion engine with a head that can be raised or lowered thereby changing the size of the combustion chamber and the compression r...

I want to know more about that magnificent tree.

I figured you must've done a wicked burnout in the T and it caught the boxes in the bed on fire.

I'll be tackling this soon myself.

There's a lot of great information and advice on this thread.

Nice to see.

Congratulations to these young people!

I have a complete set attached to the skeleton of a 25 frame if you want some more....free to a good home.

Nice chatting with you on the phone the other day.

You're turning into quite the T guru!

Don’t have a degree in economics but looked up what the GDP numbers are but I have to disagree with what Rusty Ford said. Looks to me like it is 32% decrease. Here is the government’s web site. I maybe wrong in this case but when someone says something about media bias I try to check the source. Li...

Nothing cooler than a build thread. I’m glad you’re posting it Ryan...looking forward to following along.

If it sold and had 1700 views, I'd say interest is pretty decent. Texas turned in record sales for the month of July (even compared to last year) based on tax receipts. My business would be having a great month if I could get my hands on any disposable gloves suitable for refinery use. The glove man...

Don, I'd drill a small hole at the end of that crack. It may well stop it getting any worse. If the crack stops there, there may be no need for any further repairs. On Henrietta, the rear mudguards were mounted under the tray with a bolt through the outside bead only. This allowed them to wobble an...

The driver’s side fender/splash apron support bracket was missing and the sheet metal in that area was beat up pretty bad. A forum member kindly donated an OEM bracket and I installed it this morning. I’m going to come up with a support patch for the sheet metal that looks 75 years old, but for now ...

That’s awesome Hank

It is cool.

I consider myself fortunate to be about an hour’s drive from his shop.

When working with any of the cotter pinned nuts on my T, it typically demands a small blood sacrifice...usually from one of my fingers.

After that, it’s happy to oblige.

Here's a couple shots of the T's current state. The focus right now is wood and interior coverings. A little interesting tidbit: When I started running this freshened-up engine, I installed one of those accessory transmission screens with the little magnet. Then about a month ago, I removed it to cl...

The rolls of plastic for wraping skids about 20 inches wide works well. You can wrap the top and all glass. Keeps the doors shut also. I used this method to bring home a wood cab. Floorboards and hood will need removed or fastened going at highway speed. You can get plastic wraping at walmart. I us...

Congrats Richard. It's good to see another T returned to the road.

Thanks Steve....for selling me two nice original pieces!

I have one that you can have Ignacio.

Text me at Two81-787-eight418.

Professor Fate wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:17 am
A car based out of Maynard Massachusetts.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fK9PiRzoMnQ

The kid running alongside (at 7:30), doubled over in laughter is worth watching the whole video.

Neat. My first thought is always...."is that thing sitting in an old barn somewhere?"

Wow.

This level of coolness is exceeding my vocabulary's ability to provide a description.

Stan...I'm 51 and I plan on selling my interest in my oil refinery service company in about 5 - 7 years and I'm looking for something I can run out of my home shop. Something to keep me busy and make some spending money. Not sure if you'd be wanting to step away from things around that point. If you...

I'm just running a lowly, standard NH on my equally lowly 24 Touring, but wow....I do enjoy looking at your handiwork Stan.

What you do is partly art.

I shouldn't as it's late but holy crap! I bet it's very comfortable already! Thanks to people like you and other good-scroungers (one of our Mark's!), I look for leather couches around here... I'll get you my pretty! Eh hem, leather. It is VERY cozy...so much so that I'm hesistant to mess with it m...

I recently donated an entire front axle/hubs/spring/perches/steering linkage/etc assembly to a group of guys who are reviving a clown wheelie car here in the Houston area. It was used in rodeos around here from the 1950's through 70's. The guy who's spearheading the effort was a teenager when he hel...

There was one that looked exactly like this for sale at the big Conroe, TX swap meet a few years ago. It had the same headlights and the same trunk.

The guy was putting around in it to drum up interest.

Looking for used armrest endcaps for my 24 Touring.

Pieces showing wear are fine...even preferable.

Text Two81-787-eight418 or email rustyfordsATgmailDOTcom

Neat idea using old couch upholstery! Are you going to install any buttons? If you have enough material on the sides, you can put in some pleats to more closely match the factory look. The attached picture is my first attempt using a Cartouche kit that came with my 1924 cut-off touring when I bough...

More upholstery work on the T....using the old leather couch that I scrounged, for the material. I ripped the factory couch seams in a place that I thought would sort of match the contours of the front seat bucket and then draped it over the area. It's just loosely laying there and there's a lot of ...

They're both pretty cars.

Those big, more upscale cars from that era always draw such a stark contrast to the T's. They must've been impressive beasts to someone from the country who was used to seeing Model T's and the like.

I’ve daily driven old cars with no AC, here in the Houston area. And the summer heat here is as bad as anywhere I’ve ever lived and I lived in some of the world’s hottest and most humid places. It’s ok under the circumstances you’re describing where the drive is short and you don’t have to stop a lo...

Now, I am sure that many of you MTFCA users have seen T's in many movies old and new, even in Laurel & Hardy shorts and Mack Sennett comedies (though I am sure some of you will cringe at the sight of abused and destroyed Ts). This in itself is just a neat thing to see. And, one evening, I was doing...

George House wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:33 am
What’s an anime ?

It’s a specific type of animation. I think it originated in Japan, but it’s common now. I have teenagers in the house still and I’ve watched a couple of anime films with them. Artsy stuff...not my style, but I can see the appeal of it.

My tried and true vacuum leak detection method is to spray something flammable around the possible vacuum leak areas. If you have a leak, it'll suck in the spray and make the engine rev up. Spraying flammable things on a hot engine is probably not the safest thing in the world so use caution and don...

Neat....another thing I'm adding to my "must see" list.

Thanks Joshua and George.

I'm formulating a plan based on what yall have shown and described. This is all going to be covered up, so I'm thinking a hybrid approach might be best.

Some folks use grease cups with Zerks inside so they can use a grease gun. I haven't done that with the small cups because using them as designed is no problem for me. The giant u-joint cup is another story. Arthur Itis told me to put a Zerk in that one. :D I did the same thing. All of my grease cu...

Every time I see one of these Model T saws, I immediately think of a blade sharpening business my dad used to patronize when I was a kid. The man who owned it was missing his legs and sat in a wheelchair. Behind the counter, he had a giant circular blade (more than 6' in diameter) mounted horizontal...

Welcome to the forum!

Please make yourelf at home. There's lots of knowledge here. I've spent the last few years reviving a T and there's no way I'd be as far along as I am without the good folks here helping me.

I took the even lazier man's route and bought the modern version with the sealed bearing.

The new/clean aluminum look didn't really seem at home with my weathered car so I painted the exposed parts flat black.

Kevin Pharis wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:59 am
If you saw em off just behind the gear (band saw... not hack saw!), the axle stubs pushes right out. And this way there’s none of that “shoot outa there” paranoia

This is what I did in order to salvage some nice gears that were mated to bad axles.

Don, The '23 touring I bought last year that was in pieces has that piece, I will go out in the barn & look in a little bit, do you have samples of the 4 armrest segments for the front & rear? I have the 4 metal end caps. The wood I have for this car is near perfect, I would like to get it duplicat...

Truly an example of what owning a Model T or TT does to your mind and sense of humor. What a wonderful time. Rich So true. Owning and driving my T has been one of the best things I've ever done. I've always had interactions with folks in my newer old cars, but the T illicits more geniune smiles and...

Awesome!

The only thing missing from that story is me riding along and laughing until my belly hurt.

I'm wrapping up replacing the rotten and/or missing wood in my 24 Touring and I've come to the vertical wood slats at the back of the rear "tub". These are the ones that the rear backrest seat spring will lay against. My question: how are they secured at the top and bottom? I see four holes down low...

I LOVE this thread.

Thanks for sharing Hank. No doubt about it...you’re changing their lives.

The driver's side rear fender on the 24 was sitting at a skewed angle...almost certainly a consequence of multiple things and people using it as a shelf or step back in the day. You can see the degree to which it was out of whack by how the fender mounting rod was sitting in the hole in the rear tub...

I waited thirty years to buy my first T. Taking my time and enjoy the journey on the rear end rebuild. Three years ago, I did not know the difference between a muffler and carburetor. I had to keep reminding myself that clockwise was tighten and counter-clockwise loosen. It took me a long time to s...

Gorgeous stuff Adrian.

I'm in awe of those who can make wood do things like this.

I went to those early pasture Pate swap meets. Around 30+ years ago at the very least. Me too John. Those were great meets. Used to walk half of it one day, then sleep in the bed of my pickup in the parking field across the highway and walk the second half the second day. As for the screened-in TT....

When I read other's questions, I tend to ask myself, "What would I do if this were mine?" In this case, if the condition of the rear end was unknown and I planned on driving it, it would get torn down to check the bearnings and thrust washers. With this approach, the condition of the current lubrica...

It took me a while to figure out mine. When Ross Lilleker freshened up my transmission, he installed modern clutches and I've heard they can take some getting used to. I found (through trial and error and the advice I got here) that matching the engine and transmission speeds is an important factor ...

I know yours is a preservation car. They're often harder to fix than one you could simply repair and repaint.

It almost looks like a previous repair that's coming apart again.

Good stuff Ryan....you should start a Build Thread for this project.

I couldn't get mine to completely seal without a bit of silicone. The silicone, in its wet/non-dried state also acted as a bit of a lubricant to help the hoses slide into place a bit easier. As for the silicone making removal more difficult, I'll happily cut off the old hoses and buy another set. No...

Thanks for the update....I was wondering how you were getting along.

Looks like the T is in good hands and on its way to recovery.

Looking good Ignacio!

You seem to be slightly ahead of me on the Model T infection. If so, it won't be long until I start in on my second one.

.....Me, I have racing in my blood and like to go fast. I have other things to go fast in, so I tend to baby my T’s. We're birds of a feather. My dad's main hobby was drag racing, which he did from the late 50's through the early 80's. I came along in '69 and tagged along and got that high octane i...

Your sentiments are right on track. I've lost track of the great people (there's been so many) I've dealt with through this forum and the MTFCA in general. I've spoken with you on the phone, through email and on this forum and you've always been a pleasure to speak to. Looking forward to one day mee...

Good folks...good times.

I'm always amazed at how visually different the early T's are from the later black cars.

What a beautiful car. Thanks for sharing the photos and info.

Gotta be super careful with all concentrated acids. They each have their bugaboos.I always keep a water hose nearby when working with them and will sheepishly admit that I’ve had to use it a couple times to thoroughly rinse my skin. Back in my hazmat days, I used to keep boxes of Arm & Hammer in my...

I'm with Don and Scott. I'd rather pull the engine and do the job out of the car. Anthonie's suggestion of a hoist is especially good with a cast iron hogshead. Agreed - as we get a bit older, it's easier on the "old bod" to just remove the engine and you get a much better job at sealing up the tra...

This week’s main focus will be woodwork. The budget won’t allow me to order wood kits for the two doors that need it so I’ll have to make it myself. Woodworking is not my strong suit, a fact made worse by my lack of a table saw. The door wood has some interesting curves that having me scratching my ...

(p-s-s-s-t... Lead acid batteries are sulfuric, not hydrochloric... HCL is used to adjust pH in water among other uses.) True. Thanks for the correction. Hydrochloric is used in battery production, but sulfuric is the stuff you find in them. Gotta be super careful with all concentrated acids. They ...

Several of you who've followed this thread have commented on this 66 F100 shortbox that's been in the background in several photos. This rust-free, original paint, Texas truck is for sale. $17,500. It's truly exceptional. I'm not sure you could find another one like this without a lot of effort. The...

I’ll probably get a lot of disagreement about this but...I’ll never pull and reinstall another hogshead while the engine is in the car.

That was the single most unpleasant automotive task I’ve ever done.

I’ll happily pull the engine to do it should the need ever arise again.

Low to mid 90's Don with 65- 75% humidity in the midwest. The T's dont overheat but if sitting still very long I do. I have flat recored in both the TT and pickup. I'm jealous. As soon as I retire and sell my interest in my company, I'll be moving away from the Houston area. I love it for it's abil...

Here on the Texas Gulf Coast lately, the actual temps have been at or near 100 degrees and the heat index has been around 110-115, with high humidity. Brutal to say the least. I took a break from working at home yesterday and had the Berg's radiator equipped 24 Touring out during the peak of heat. M...

The cut-off Tourings are certainly cool. They represent a specific window into the past when T’s were just used cars that were repurposed. My dad once bought a similarly repurposed Model A coupe that had a homemade pickup box inserted in place of the rumble seat. He immediately put a rumble seat bac...

I wonder how many countless Touring back-halves laid around fields over the years.

It looks like someone had the forethought to place this one on a pallet.

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