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Wipe it down with lacquer thinner to get the surface oil and grit off from the manufacturing process. Take a paint brush and paint on a coat of metal prep. Then use a scotch brute pad and rub the surface to remove any matter that didn’t come off with the thinner. It will also remove surface rust. As...

Looks like the Spanish American War monument in the background which sits at the corner of Delores and Market Streets in San Francisco. I remember seeing cars with Hughson Ford license plate frames when I was a kid.

1911-12.

Bottom pic looks like a fuel pump

It’s a late teens REO truck. 4 cyl.

I’ll take it. Throw it on the pile.

. This double sided one sold for $8750 in 2014. Today I would say $12-15000. If it’s one sided, cut the price in half.

13 or 14 touring front seat.

We have all combinations of the front (crowned) fenders, so we know they existed. Their use on which vehicle is not completely known. Here is what I have seen. I have not seen a passenger type fender (the skin has the bead inward that follows the leading edge of splash apron) as well as the central ...

Still looking.

. This is what I have, hogsheads and lower steering column bracket.

Need two front Hayes wire wheels. 30x3 1/2. With or without the demountable rim. Thanks.

What year?

It’s great to see a young man use his talents and vision to create. I am impressed with the design and execution of this project and the solutions to problems that present themselves as is always the case with building something where nothing existed before. You should be very proud of what you have...

Had the same problem once with some original wood wheels once. Broke em down and took a chisel and gave the inner edge of the rim a good cross smack about every 6”. No more slipping.

Howard was a great guy. We would laugh about goofy things people did to Model Ts and at the same time marvel at how people got them to go so fast. He was a good salesman when he would twist my arm when it came to things of club business. Usually at swap meets our paths would cross and he was always ...

My choice- paint the rims and hubs black. And the fellows and the spokes green. OR all green. You did so much work with the rest of the car to keep it looking correct, I think with natural finish wood you’ll find it takes on the circus look. Just my 2 cents. I like the car.

My guess on what’s going on. My guess is they are reproduction fenders. They did not realize that the rear of the flange on the skirt (the area that lays on top of the frame), should be cut away to clear the frame to firewall brackets and allow the fender to move back to allow the fender skirt to cl...

I have NO plans to make these again. So if you need em, I’d get em!

Now that my friends looks like exactly where I would like to be doing about 30.

1928-29 Model A

I don’t think anyone has to worry. Who reads Time? Haven’t seen one or read one in decades. Don’t know anyone who has.

B07BE91C-4D1B-4DE3-9661-CF4E73718573.jpeg . Here is a 1909 or 10 sitting in front of the Siebert Colorado bank on Christmas 1911. My father, Hank Rootlieb was born in a sod house, 20 mi. outside of town, in 1922. In the late 80’s he and I found ourselves traveling nearby and decided to take a look ...

Do we get to name our own price?

Model S brought $14,000 plus the juice

at auction Friday nite. Brass was stolen by vandals, otherwise appears to be correct car. 40 yr. old restoration. Sold for $16,000 plus the juice. 93CE9901-5384-4600-AE74-E20986BAAB8C.jpeg A045429F-51AE-4BA4-A55B-4E927F2475D4.jpeg 976BDC98-3C12-4E56-A003-7F01A2F2F5CD.jpeg ADDF7280-72FD-473F-BD21-FF8...

Thought I should chime in here. The fenders, aprons and boards are 10-11 torpedo. Your 15 frame is perfect for this project for the following reasons. The front crossmember does not need to have the ears trimmed, as well as already having the 3 holes in place for the front fender iron to bolt to the...

Doug, what great pictures and interesting story.

Pic # 2 is actually a 1909 or 10 repurposed to be a speedster. Can you point out what gives it away?

You can find all 3 styles of solid brass dash moldings at the bottom of page 36 in our catalog. It can be found online at our website rootlieb.com or call 209-632-2203. Thanks Tom

The round hole brackets are correct for a 1912. The early bodies have an exposed stringer at the bottom of the body, that mounts sideways to the brackets in question. The carriage (or step) bolts mount from the outside of the stringer, thru the stringer, with the square shank under the head, buried ...

So sorry to hear of Freds passing . My condolences to his family.

Yes we do. Call 2096322203 and ask for Byron. He will help you. Thanks Tom

It’s 14 or 15. Not both. Picture appears to have crease inboard of top edge make inferences its a 14. 15 has no crease and rounded edge at front nose. We can’t see that in pic. Good luck.

Here are pics of a town car and you can see the beads on the fenders appear to be black. In any case they are much darker than the field area of the fender. In the contrast of color pics I’ve seen, it is harder to see the contrast of black/green than black/red. So if I had to guess, I would say thes...

Yes baby Chadwick, your dad made the wheels on this car. I remember giving him the parts and saying to him “do your best to make these wheels run true”. Fast forward to running across the great expanse somewhere west of Laramie and we passed one of the other cars. Later that night we were having din...

E2D1CFD2-9A4E-437B-89EB-EA8B4E49B8B1.jpeg 1B0080DF-0144-4EB1-BED6-43B52E3D2019.jpeg AC619DB3-E438-4E68-935A-C5AF5DBB8713.jpeg 029427BA-5F2D-47DE-A340-B0B4D9E4A344.jpeg 59E00273-600C-4DCC-AE0A-1DBB3273B446.jpeg The car only had one issue. After leaving New York the fan assembly came loose. Happened ...

Then with a week to go we started to assemble the car. Everything went pretty smooth and I’m sure there were hiccups that I don’t remember. Oh- one. The cyl head was no good and had to be changed at the last minute. And lots of little things had to be adjusted, reworked or fabricated. 8DB2C59D-F80E-...

And that’s as far as the build got for some time. I had not heard from the committee so I assumed I was out. Then with 4 weeks to go I get a phone call saying that I have been accepted and they are looking forward to seeing me in New York City. Holy shit! I got to get to work. So with the help of fr...

35 yrs. ago I remember seeing a little article in Old Cars Weekly, that the MTFCI was going to rerun the 1909 New York to Seattle race. I thought that would be fun to go on, so I contacted the person in charge and was told that the entry list was full with about a dozen on a waiting list. It was sti...

This forum is so much easier to use and load pics than the previous one. And the fact you can touch the pics to go full screen makes use so simple. Good job guys.

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