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thom

Does anyone know what charges if any the guilty party faced?

thom

Unless you overflow pipe is plugged and you have a good gasket under the radiator cap, the cooling system is not pressurised, so it cannot "blow." Perhaps it failed, with a poor/suspect solder joint letting go. You usually get some advance warning of this, with a coolant leak/water staining/scale d...

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Not passing the buck but there was an older lady just in front of me driving a '55 Chevy, having some difficulty. She continually stopped, allowing the vehicles in front of her to put quite a bit of space between them and her. It would have been nice if we could have kept moving. My buddies were in ...

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We, two of my grandsons and I, rode in the local parade again today. Now my low gear pedal goes almost to the floor. The linings are very low hour/mileage so I hope it will adjust and work a while longer. All else went well until I got back in my driveway headed for the garage. Then the radiator ble...

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I would not have one. Which doesn't really matter since it will never exist except on computer screens.

thom

Have you considered doing your own spokes. The only cost is the cost of the spokes. I did my front right wheel 14 years ago and it was actually fun using the Regan Spoke jig. The first wheel will be the most difficult, but once you gain experience, it becomes much easier on the following wheels. Ji...

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Well I thought the 2023 local Christmas parade was to be our last with our '21Touring. I finally got around to listing the car for sale a few months ago. I had quite a few offers to trade but no cash offers. The trades were for newer model vehicles, airplanes, and even an expensive pair of hearing a...

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I recently advertised (not on here) our '21 Touring for sale. At 8900.00 the price was lower than most similar examples I saw listed. After two weeks I changed my mind and decided we would keep the car. While it was listed I got several responses, some interesting. I got low-ball offers for 5000.00,...

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I adjusted the trans bands in our '21 Touring today. Then took it for a drive. Works good again.

thom

On our '21 Touring, it has got to the point that I have to hold pressure on the lever with my left foot for high gear to hold. And the parking brakes, with aftermarket, lined shoes don't hold very well. I'm hoping I can adjust it and make it work but I am unsure what to try first. Shorten the rods? ...

thom

I look forward to seeing the GOOD videos every year. It's a shame though that some participants do the in car ride along videos. Not as interesting or entertaining as ones filmed from streetside. Kinda like being a sled dog, unless your the leader the scenery never changes.

thom

TXGOAT2 wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:50 pm
One advantage of a top with structure would be that you could use an evaporative auto cooler. They can be very effective in hot dry climates.

We have a "swamp cooler" that we use on our '40 Chevy sedan.

thom

If our '21 Touring doesn't sell in another week or two I want to install the new top we have. We've had the car almost 8 years. I have watched videos and read articles on how to. I will have some help available.

thom

I was wondering how much weight they add to the car. I could build one that would be lightweight but I'm not sure how it would hold up to the wind.
This is very interesting. Thanks to all who responded, any one else?

thom

I found this elsewhere on the www. It apparently is a top to convert a Touring into a closed sedan. I have never seen one, not even a picture before. Anybody else got one? Can anyone direct me to more pics & info on them?

thom

We, my wife and I took it for a ride this afternoon, about 10 miles round trip.
I will be sad to see it go if it sells, but my buddy has a '24 Chevrolet Touring I will buy to ease the pain.

thom

Two of my three have driven it in a large parking lot near here. The oldest was then 11, and his younger brother was 9. They are now 16 and 14, with a younger one now 8. He will drive it soon.

thom

Over the years I think I've probably tried all the available radiator flushes. Even CLR, but now the instructions on CLR say not for cooling systems. What is the best one for a Model T?

thom

A few days ago I put an ad on Facebook Marketplace for our '21 Touring. Since it was gassed up, tires inflated to proper specs, and ready to drive, we, my wife, and my three grandsons, ages 8, 14, and 16, and I took it for a ride today. Now I'm a little less motivated to sell it.

thom

My engine was completely rebuilt but had not been started when we got the '21 Touring in 2016. After about 10-12 hours running time a small pie piece shaped chunk of the #1 exhaust valve head broke off. It made some minor pock marks on the top of the piston and head. The piece(s) apparently went int...

thom

Have a little patience man.

thom

We rode our A Sport Coupe quite a bit and were comfortable in it. Rode some folks in the rumble seat a few times. The only time I would haul people in the bed of a truck would be in a parade. We would love a roadster pick-up but I doubt that we can find one in our price range, although I would consi...

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We have had our '21 Touring since late 2016. While we have owned it we bought, and later sold a '28 A Sport Coupe. We have enjoyed the T, mostly riding to local cruise-ins, parades, and ice cream runs. The Touring runs and drives well, needing the new top we have installed to be pretty much complete...

thom

Can anyone tell me about, or give a link about repairing (temporarily) wood spoke wheels with something called Quick Poly? Thanks.

thom

I hope the other driver is not living a happy life with no consequences. Anyone know what charges were filed and the results?
No offense to others on here but people need to be held accountable for their stupidity.

thom

Seems like a shame to change numbers on any block.

thom

I had at one time, hoped to maybe find a set of demountable wheels for it. But I now know that demountables take different tires that what we now have, so if someone donated a set of wheels, ( yeah right), the $1200+ for a set of tires would be a problem.
Being poor sucks.

thom

Our local parades are coming up soon, as are most I suppose. I'm thinking I'll ride our three grandsons in our '21 Touring. Then, I'm seriously considering selling the car. We've had it since late 2016 and enjoyed it. It has non-demountable wood felloe wheels, with new/old tires. I'm told the wheels...

thom

For reasons evidently known only to Ford Motor Co they changed to Positive ground when the Model A came out as 1928 models and stayed with the positive ground thru 1955, then changed to 12 volt, negative ground, I think.

thom

We, my son, his three sons, ages 5, 12, and 14, and I rode our '21 Touring in the local parade today. Good fun and memories made.

thom

I found a real nice hood for our '21 Touring today. We have two or three but not one as nice as this.[a

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Thanks, I believe it was late 2016. We got our '21 Touring in September that year. I was working on finishing the restoration and had planned to drive it for the first time on July 18, 2017 but another driver crossed the center and hit me head-on that day (I was driving our 1956 Ford F100) when I wa...

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At a local flea market with my wife sometime back, late last summer I think, I bought a large box of assorted Model T parts for $10. Included were a bunch, 6 or 7, timers. Our '21 Touring had a New Day timer on it but the cam seal leaks a tiny bit so I've been removing the timer and cleaning it out ...

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The wood wheels and combination of parts on our car have been pondered before. It's a '21 with electric start, oil lamps, and has the wood wheels. I understand that the combination of parts probably didn't "come together" in 1921.

thom

It now appears that the car is yard-art due to wheel issues that I cannot afford to fix. Door fit, or not won't matter.

thom

Guess I don't need to worry about them. The car has wheel issues that I cannot afford to fix so it will be someone else's problem.

thom

Looks like the T needs to belong to someone else that can afford to spend 1200-1500 + to fix it right.

thom

The drivers side rear door on our '21 Touring had become difficult to open, and even more difficult to close. Finally, today I removed the left rearmost body mounting bolt and installed a couple more flat washers. Problem solved. I hope it's good for another 101 years. Our car turned 101 on May 28.

thom

Thanks, maybe I've been doing it the hard way. I usually do things the hard way. I found that the length of the 888s, according to an old Schrader catalog, is 2 13/16".
And it appears that the threads are a non-standard size that I won't be able to buy taps or dies for.
Thanks again.

thom

A couple of years ago, I either lost the font. or someone stole it, from the oil taillamp on our '21 Touring. :shock: I have since found a replacement, but have not painted and installed it. Anybody got a tip on how to make sure the font is tight and secure, other than what would be obvious? I reali...

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I am now in the process of replacing the wood-to-rim rivets on the second wheel, so far, on our '21 Touring. I did one previously by drilling out the rivets, one at a time, and replacing them with flat head 1/4 inch screws with a flat washer and locking nut. I'm not too happy with the nuts showing i...

thom

Those who attend and can please make and post some good streetside view, as opposed to in car, videos this year. I/we enjoy them. I know it's not as good as having your own car & family there but some of us just can't make it. Thanks.

thom

I recently worked on a 1927 coupe for a family that wanted to to get it running again after having been parked in a garage since 1970. All appeared well with the vaporizer carb but I could not get it to run. I eventually found small holes in the vaporizer plate. Once it was replaced the car started ...

thom

None on the panels will interchange between low & high hoods. I tried when gathering pieces for our '21 touring hood. We still don't have a really nice hood. I finally just decided to remember that the side panels measure 12" tall at the front so if I find a hood at a swap meet I can identify it eas...

thom

We would love to take our '21 Touring but can't. I am looking forward to the photos and GOOD videos though. I hope someone takes some videos from street side. In car videos are not very interesting, looking at the back of the same car for the entire vid is pretty boring. HINT, HINT.

thom

Our Touring is 100 today!

thom

I found someone local, advertising a good looking and according to him, good running '22 centerdoor. I have offered to trade our nice '28 A Sport Coupe for it. I hope he agrees to the trade. The CD has a Ruxtell, rebuilt demountables, Rocky Mtn brakes, fat man steering wheel, and bud vases. My wife ...

thom

Fixed the misalignment rim/felloe problem with the LR wheel, tightened up the brake band and put a few, probably 6-8 more miles on it. We tried to take our little dog for his first ride in it but he wouldn't do it. He prefers the Model A coupe or my '55 Studebaker truck.

thom

Anybody take a Jelfie a Luray?

thom

We love our T. Every time I let it set without driving it I can't believe I did that.

thom

Almost a year ago I "discovered" (or created) that the left rear wheel & rim had an alignment/misalignment problem. Yesterday, I finally fixed the problem and drove the car. It still runs great. The T will be 100 years old on May 22 and we will celebrate my oldest grandson's 13th birthday that day. ...

thom

Myself, I prefer 'em just like Mr Ford made 'em.

thom

I've wondered and thought about installing the new top I've had for our '21 Touring for about 3 years now. Just never could get up the courage to do it. I had decided to have my upholsterer friend to do it, when he could work it into his schedule. Now he has had recent heart surgery and probably won...

thom

The black one would look good with more size appropriate tires & wheels, including the steering wheel.

thom

Burger in Spokane wrote: ↑
Sun May 02, 2021 3:36 pm
The word "abortion" comes to mind ....

Or abomination, sure is UGLY being all out of proportion like that.

thom

Seems like such a shame to do the conversion, but I guess I understand wanting brighter lights.

thom

Original Smith wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:04 pm
Since Model T's had no turn signals, why not remove it, and your troubles are over!

Same here, no sympathy from me, Model Ts are not supposed to have turn signals.

thom

Me again, the first day we got our '21 T Touring running and I drove it the first time, with my wife in the passenger side, she said "I thought you had never driven a T before." I said " I haven't , but I've ridden to town and back with Steve Jelf a bunch."

thom

Steve, like Hap Tucker said... Thank you for being such a good ambassador for our hobby. Remember even Jesus had enemies.

thom

Good luck if your order one. I have ordered from S&J in the past but the last few times it took much longer than it should, and it's only about a 2 hour drive from my house to their store.

thom

I hate those things!

thom

I like the simplicity, styling, especially touring cars, the sounds, including buzzing coils, can't understand installing distributors, the nostalgia others feel when they see them, pretty much everything. Except flat tires on cars with non-demountable wheels. I love driving ours, more than our Mode...

thom

The car in photo # 2 could be our car except our right rear tire is not low.

thom

I went back, uncovered the car and checked it out then talked to the owner. There are more parts missing than I first realized. Besides the fenders there is no, steering column, radiator, radiator shell, gas tank, deck lid, bumpers, or windshield frame. The quarter panels have been very poorly patch...

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I haven't gotten mine yet. I've ordered several things from Lang's, my only T parts supplier, since 2016, so I hope I'm on the list. I plan to order a few things for our '21 Touring soon and maybe some stuff, maybe a lot of stuff, for the '26 or '27 Roadster/Runabout I just found.

thom

I got a call today from my friend that found the car and took me to see it. The owner was not present, but we had his permission to check it out when I took the pics. The finder called to give me the owners phone number and to tell me that the owner had told him that he (the seller) planned to price...

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Tim Rogers wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:00 am
I swear to God- if vendors had a "bolt on" Ginsu knife set for the Model T people would buy it and champion it's greatness...

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Amen.

thom

Still waiting on a price.

thom

The car went to a new home in VA. Is the new owner on here?

thom

I'll be watching for mine!

thom

Thom, I noticed you are from western NC, I live 30 min west of Winston Salem and have a complete set of front fenders, rear fenders, splash aprons and running boards for a 26 roadster. Fenders are in decent shape/ solid and would be good for a driver. Let me know if you are interested in them if yo...

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Allan wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:05 pm
That A Model is worth a good few bucks also!

Allan from down under.

What A Model we talking about Allan? You seeing something in my pics I didn't see?

thom

I fixed this to actually show pics.

thom

I'm waiting for the owner to let me know the price. It appears to be complete, minus fenders and running boards. I didn't completely uncover it today but if we get close on the price I will go back and examine it or just load it up and bring it home. It does not have the Vaporizer carb on it. The en...

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I've been wearing hats like the smiling gent in the second pic every day, for years.

thom

I installed a new battery today. Next is to get the generator fixed and fix the left rear wheel. Then to get the top installed.

thom

Try to find a place where it is hidden. They look terrible on the dash or firewall. It's a shame to go drilling holes in an almost 100 year old car for one.

thom

Try to find a place where it is hidden. They look terrible on the dash or firewall.

thom

I've got another job lined up now because of the T repair. A fellow that was interested in the T has a '26 Chevy Touring that he wants me to get running for him. He says someone else who obviously (according to the owner) didn't know what he was doing looked at it and diagnosed it as a non-fixable c...

thom

I haven't been able to log in here for a while, till today. I got the '27 running today, with the new plate for the vaporizer carb. It runs well and I drove it. It drives good too.

thom

If you use one, please hide the thing. They are UGLY. I've seen many otherwise nice cars (and trucks) with their looks ruined by a battery cut-off switch.

thom

The thought depresses me.

But then, I don't like any modifications.
I like 'em the way they came.
I can't believe I've left the waterpump on our '21 Touring for 5 years, and put a solenoid on it. Shame on me.

thom

I tried installing one on our '21 Touring but it was too tall and the floor board would not set back down in place. I might try a thinner piece under the battery.

thom

Thanks for that Johnm. Very interesting!

thom

I have bought T parts from Lang's since we got our T in 2016 and have had great service. I wish they sold Model A and Studebaker parts!

thom

Got the sealant, just waiting for the plate.

thom

Yeah, it had a jagged hole the size of a dime in the plate. I've tried to post a pic of the plate but that's another story. :? The hole could be the reason the car was parked in the early seventies. I don't think the owner knew much about repair & maintenance. I have another plate ordered from Lang'...

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The plate-

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PC, same since 2016.

thom

I've been here since the old site, back in 2016. Now I cannot post pics and the "contact us" feature won't work for me to ask a moderator about it. Can I get some help, please? Thanks. :( Edit- I've learned a lot and been able to do a lot of things to our '21 Touring with help/advice form folks on h...

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One important thing to know about using a drill chuck is to tighten all 3 of the jaws and the drill bit won't spin in the chuck, it was years of frustration before I figured that out. Just my 2 cents worth. I agree. Simple as it seems to us adults, I remember when I was a young man, yeah it's been ...

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The owners/sellers want it fixed ASAP so I need to try the new plate first. They live in Florida and are staying here in NC until the estate is settled and I don't want the sell of the Model T to keep them longer than they want to stay. If it were mine I would ditch the vaporizer and install a carb ...

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The otherwise nice '27 Coupe that I'm working on for a family having an estate sale has a d**m Holley vaporizer carb still on it. I've done everything else I can to get it to run and when I removed the carb I found the vaporizer plate behind it had a hole burned in it. I tried making one but it didn...

thom

I have a few hours invested in the car so far. It has good compression now and good spark at the coils. I still haven't gotten it to run, except when spray starting fluid in the air intake. Unfortunately it still has the Holley vaporizer carb on it.

thom

https://images.craigslist.org/01010_9X11AmCsNZx_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00I0I_6eBHteoSlh3_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00404_glB0AIt0VOi_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00D0D_7lZcoh5dLQg_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg Here's the pics I have. I saw th...

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A friend called me a few days ago because he knows we have a T, a '21 Touring, and told be his family had one that they were going to sell. It has been in the family since 1960 and has been in a garage, up on blocks since probably the 70s. We went to check it out and found a very well preserved '27 ...

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The reason for the season!

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My wife and daughter decorated the house for Christmas, yes we still say Merry Christmas at my house, and my daughter created this little village for me. Two Ts and an Olds.

Thanks DM Deaton.

thom

Yeah, it's not the dirt and grease gotten on hands during the work that grosses me out, it's the black crap under the nails and in the wrinkles/ ridges that has obviously been there and probably stays there. To each his own but no need to go 'round like Neanderthals. I guess I watch at least as many...

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Call it my pet peeve but when I watch how to videos I hate seeing hands with nasty fingernails that appear to have enough grease under them to pack a wheel bearing. I'm no candy-a** soft handed wimp and I do my own work on my Model T (and Model A), but my hands and nails don't look like the ones I s...

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