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back in the 70's Pa was collecting tax at hershey

back in the 70's the state of Pa. was collecting tax at hershey

The 39th picture picture of the 15/16 muddy T was taken on my wife's grandfathers farm near Seward Ill. My son posted this picture on the forum as a guest quite a few years ago. I am glad to see it again. The only problem I have is the fact this car is not in my garage (only in a cleaner state)

When I shut off my T I put the brake lever forward to relieve pressure on the spring and clutch pack, recently went to start it and forgot to pull the brake lever back----guess what --- got a free start and almost went through to garage door.

I have a great nephew who is one of those firefighters. Last I heard he was in the Columbia River area. A while back he was near Flagstaff. I have nothing but tremendous respect for this young man.

should have said third photo in front of the garage

The car in the center photo by the hotel loos like Dean Yoder might be staying for the night

when I was very young I used to stand on the front seat and pretend I was driving my Dad's or grandpa's 1917 or the 1927 (both touring cars) I also can remember when my Dad sold them to a "junker" for $9.00 each for the war effort. My Dad often said how foolish he was at the time but he felt it was ...

thats exactly what i was thinking. because its a A crank block, I think sleeving would be the best option. the block is in good shape except the bore has too much taper. I have no idea who did the A crank conversion since I bought the complete engine and transmission at an estate auction in 2000.

Can a T block be safely bored to .080 over or should it be sonic tested to make sure it has enough "meat" left to ensure it won't present a problem later on. The block presently has an A crank with 292 Y Block .060 pistons. I searched the internet and found that .080 oversize pistons are hard to fin...

the over engineered timer roller is from a Nelson Timer I just today bought some Model T parts and a Nelson timer was included