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Darren J Wallace

Thank you very much RV! And thank you everyone else who has chimed in here! Very valuable info for sure!

Darren J Wallace

Anyone know why the coils have the alphabet numbers on them? Better yet, why the fraction on the one?

Darren J Wallace

Now that is neat!

Darren J Wallace

Got a nice late 1912 original Heinze coil box looking like it belongs on my "not so mint" early '13 with everything functional

Darren J Wallace

Today, I decided that if I use my coil box I would have a convenient way of quickly checking and/or adjusting them at home. I made an adapter to run them in a Strobo-Spark tester, but it will also work fine in my hand cranked coil tester!

Darren J Wallace

Made a key today for the coil box

Darren J Wallace

Might be a needle in a haystack but before I make one or buy a repro from Lang's, anyone got an original they would liberate from their stash of goodies? Looks like the Lang's photo I borrowed
Thanks in advance!
Merry Christmas!!!

Darren J Wallace

I thought I would share with you guys how I did some of the repair work to my original 1912 Heinze coil box and coils. For the most part, I've done nothing to the coil box other than clean it up a bit. I'm not sure whether I will leave it original or restore it, as it looks and performs just fine th...

Darren J Wallace

Thanks everyone for your help! I have a coil working, and I think RV nailed it! :) It seems to have the least amount of double sparks at 1.0 amps. Please comment if you see anything I'm doing wrong so far. I've built many regular coils but this is a first time for me doing a Heinze. It's not potted ...

Darren J Wallace

I would also like to add that I'm only rebuilding these Heinze coils and their respective original wood box just for a fun project. Whether I actually use it or not on my car is up in the air. I like the challenge, and I want to have a "era correct" coil box for the car. I'm currently running a KW r...

Darren J Wallace

I'm rebuilding some 1912 Heinze coils and am using the new primary and secondary windings you can buy from the vendors. I had a new winding left over from an old batch I bought and put together a coil. I potted one coil before checking it (my stupid mistake) and of course, it didn't work at all. I d...

Darren J Wallace

Thanks R.V. Anderson too for pointing out the little details! Because my car is an early ‘13, I can put fairy accurate dated coils in my car

Darren J Wallace

Thanks Don and the MTFCA! Now I have plenty of spares!

Darren J Wallace

Hi Don, PM sent

Darren J Wallace

Looking for a couple of 1912 Original Heinze coils to have as spares. They will be rebuilt so they can have bad capacitors and secondary coils. They do however need to be complete with all the top hardware. Pictures will be a big help. They should look like the coils in my photos in particular, the ...

Darren J Wallace

It was a nice enough day to make a quick Christmas video with our Canadian early '13.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So2Gnis ... e=youtu.be

Merry Christmas!!

Darren & Jennie Wallace

Darren J Wallace

My Early Canadian '13 was pinstriped

Darren J Wallace

Also forgot to mention that the zinc die cast alloy made great bearing material in many products.

Darren J Wallace

It’s been my experience with the thrust washers that out of the dozens and dozens I’ve looked at, none of them were babbitt. They are all zinc die cast. They look like Babbitt but they’re not. If you look at mint condition ones they have the tiny Ford script cast in them. It was a cheap way original...

Darren J Wallace

While repairing my 1913 Ford's Jno. Brown model 19 headlights, I found this manufacture's logo etched into the reflector glass before it was silvered. Neat! The original holding wedges are pot metal and badly fractured. I machined a 6.5" appropriately shaped ring out of a convenient sized chunk of b...

Darren J Wallace

Hi Tim, any way I could get a nice scan of that for my generator? Thanking you in advance, Darren

Darren J Wallace

Found an entire replacement lamp thanks to good friends here on the forum! Thank you!!!

Darren J Wallace

Speedo is a model 26 I believe

Darren J Wallace

The speedo is for a 1912, or very early 1913. I have this on on my early '13.

Darren J Wallace

My car was built in late September early October of 1912, and was striped, and it was painted blue. I had this photo colourized and it comes out blue but I don’t have that photo handy. This picture is from 1929, original owners daughters wedding. I’ve posted it a million times

Darren J Wallace

Looking for all brass font with burner for the 1912 early 1913 Jno Brown tail light model 105. I’m trying to restore my original light and the font and burner are missing. I would also be interested in a complete light, or a donor light or what have you as my original all brass light is in pretty to...

Darren J Wallace

This is the oldest photo I have of our Canadian 1913. According to what I have found out about the car and it's serial number, it may have been built in Sept/Oct of 1912. The original owner's documents which I have says John Horman of Tavistock, Ontario, bought it in the fall of 1912. The results ar...

Darren J Wallace

I too am a happy customer of Mike's. I'm very happy with the top kit I bought from him for my 1913 touring. Very high quality materials, and a great guy to deal with!

Darren J Wallace

Thanks to two good model T friends here on the forum, I've found 2! Thanks Steve & Ron, and the MTFCA!

Darren J Wallace

Many thanks in advance!

Darren J Wallace

Needs to be in useable condition and like the one in photo. Thanks!

Darren J Wallace

My early Canadian '13, built in I think Sept. or Oct. 1912 has double beaded, billed front fenders. Engine number C872

Darren J Wallace

Can anyone tell me what the MAXIMUM inside diameter of the phenolic material with it's 4 metal segments can be machined to before it is deemed too big? Also, what was the original inside diameter supposed to be when these were new from Ford? I'm referring specifically to the 1913 cast aluminum timer...

Darren J Wallace

Sure is Pete

also...do you still want those Stewart castings?

Darren J Wallace

Just as the title says, probably wouldn't mind two of them so I have a spare. It would be a huge help to me if you take PayPal. If you don't, I can send a US bank draft which are safer than personal cheques and I'm in Canada. Thanks in advance! Here is a photo of what I think I need:

Darren J Wallace

Hi Ron, tried to call you, but number you gave me didn't get me to the right place

. I've sent a PM here. Thanks

Darren J Wallace

Looking for correct 1913 aluminum timer and roller for my 1913 in decent condition that won't break the bank

Darren J Wallace

Finished a new top kit installation from Classtique. Very happy with the quality and my results!

Darren J Wallace

A little more progress....too cold to tack to the bows. Classtique left the Murphy fasteners off of the bottom row so I could match them to the car's original fastener positions. I wonder why they put them on in such a manner?

Darren J Wallace

Thanks again everyone! I still have all the original side curtains including the ones in the old picture, but they're only good for copying. They're pretty beat up and petrified. That's a project for another winter!

Darren J Wallace

Much better now!

Darren J Wallace

Had to correct the top pad on the driver's side, the pic was taken before I did that. These projects require a gazillion checks and rechecks. So far, all the dimensions are really good. I've been using a pictorial guide from Royce Peterson's website and it's been a huge help, with a lot of time sav...

Darren J Wallace

Had to correct the top pad on the driver's side, the pic was taken before I did that. These project require a gazillion checks and rechecks. So far, all the dimensions are really good. I've been using a pictorial guide from Royce Peterson's website and it's been a huge help, with a lot of time savin...

Darren J Wallace

More pics from today's work

Darren J Wallace

Thanks guys for your input! I'm going to leave it off but may take Keith's advise and see if it can me made "removable" without messing up the rest too much.
Larry, thankfully, Clastique's great top kit has a better sized window! Everything is going fairly well and yes, I have no finger pads left!

Darren J Wallace

Here are the top sockets locating bushings for lack of a better description, they're quite thin, and not like later ones which are much fatter looking, and the original material over the front bow if this helps.

Darren J Wallace

This photo from 1989 shows the original rear window

Darren J Wallace

Darren J Wallace wrote: ↑
Sat May 25, 2019 9:07 pm
In this picture of the car from 1929, you can see fairly clearly there was no flap. I see the top straps running right to the front bow. Even though the car is 16 years old in this picture, what are the chances that piece was removed?

Darren J Wallace

In this picture of the car from 1912, you can see fairly clearly there was no flap. I see the top straps running right to the front bow. Even though the car is 16 years old in this picture, what are the chances that piece was removed?

Darren J Wallace

I'm installing a new top on my early Canadian '13. It had a new top sometime in the past and the original "top covering" was still on the bows up until today. Because of the amount of tack holes in the wood needing plugging, I decided it was best to replace the front bow top material covering. As fa...

Darren J Wallace

Installed the correct style coil box in my early '13

Darren J Wallace

Yes, this is the sheet, thanks for posting Keith!

Darren J Wallace

Thank you very much Larry!

Darren J Wallace

Does anyone have a good resolution scan or a copy of the printed sheet originally glued on the inside of the 1912-1913 KW coil box? Thanks in advance!

Darren J Wallace

I used gloss black paint and a very tiny brush, then some 0000 steel wool to bring out a little better definition than my shaky hand would allow, and to give a sort of matte look you get like the anodizing gives. I need to correct all the little mistakes......

Darren J Wallace

So I did this....two of the original hubcaps were very badly cracked so I got a couple of new ones and relegated the bad ones to the tool box....

Darren J Wallace

Painted my hubcaps for my '13

Darren J Wallace

Very cool Keith! Thanks everyone for chiming in!

Darren J Wallace

One of the hubcaps on my car.There is a raised edge around the front but it's very faded.

Darren J Wallace

Were the "backgrounds" on the hubcaps for 1912 & 1913 painted black?

Darren J Wallace

This set was welded up and turned on my lathe. All of them are mig welded. The fronts, I used a bit of braze rod to fill in some pits as I didn't use enough mig weld. They have 15 miles of use on them. The only reason they're not still on my car is I found 3 more Mae West shackles for my car. I used...

Darren J Wallace

Hi There,
PM sent.
Cheers,
Darren J Wallace

Darren J Wallace

Hi There,
PM sent regarding shackles,
Kind Regards,
Darren j Wallace

Darren J Wallace

When was the Holley H-1 carburetor discontinued and the Holley S carburetor implemented? From what I've read, the H-1 was used in 1912, and the S in 1913. I'm wondering if there's any documentation as to when the transition actually took place. I currently run an S on my '13, built roughly in Octobe...

Darren J Wallace

Many thanks everyone for your input! A lot of great ideas here, so I've got some choices to consider and some searching to do!

Darren J Wallace

Pending sale

Darren J Wallace

So how obvious of a change would this be using the wood coil box with later coils? If it's a blatant thing, then maybe I'd consider going to authentic style coils. If the only way to tell that's it's not 100% correct is to look under the coil box lid, I can live with that. My car will never be a sho...

Darren J Wallace

So I have this idea of buying one of the Vendor's reproduction boxes for the regular coils, the switch, and parts. I've put so much time money and effort into a nice set of 1913-ish regular style coils I thought this might be the best way to go for me (?). Snyder's web site says the holes in the fir...

Darren J Wallace

Mike, That's a beautiful car you have! Thanks for sharing! I have the correct bulb horn on my car, the Klaxon was put on in the 1920's. You can still see it in this 1956 family photo. This photo also shows the incorrect bulb horn which I have saved, and installed the correct one. The 1920's photo al...

Darren J Wallace

Will the original or reproduction 1912-13 KW coil boxes hold the standard style coil?

Darren J Wallace

Very nice Larry! Thanks for sharing, and thanks to all who have chimed in here! It is very much appreciated! Nice enough day today to get her out and go for a ride!

Darren J Wallace

Larry, The engine pan was changed but the original engine was kept. I have a correct pan, but I'm not going to change it until the engine needs to come out, or a winter project to go over the engine some day. It's still the same pan as in the photo

Darren J Wallace

My car from 1929, the earliest known photo of it.

Darren J Wallace

One thing I find fascinating, and fun with the ongoing repairs, restorations and upgrades, is trying to put my car back to as "period correct" as reasonably possible. My 1913 Canadian touring was built in September/October 1912. It has quite a few 1912 features. B-872 engine, steering column, front ...

Darren J Wallace

Open to any fair offer. Thanks!

Darren J Wallace

Open to any fair offer, thanks!

Darren J Wallace

Sold! Thanks Bob! Thanks MTFCA!!!

Darren J Wallace

Sold to Rick, Thanks MTFCA!!!

Darren J Wallace

Hi Bob, will call you later today,thanks, Darren

Darren J Wallace

Pending sale on this item, thanks Rick!

Darren J Wallace

$40.00+ shipping. Thanks for looking

Darren J Wallace

Works great, piece broke off of inner part of switch that does not affect function. Outside housing in good condition. Used this on one of my T's for 16 years.
$100.00 + shipping
Thanks for looking!

Darren J Wallace

I took these off of my 1913 Touring. I do not know what condition they're in, but I was driving my car with them on it. Neat accessory.
$100.00 + shipping.
Thanks for looking!

Darren J Wallace

Complete set of front axle Hasslers. The shackle bolts need to be welded up and turned, or buy a new pair from Snyder's. I took these off my 1913 Touring. Will throw in the spring compressors for free!
$100.00 + shipping
Thanks for looking!

Darren J Wallace

Boy, March has been a busy month for everyone! I got my '13 rear end rebuilt and installed. Works like new, and safe! Went for a test ride today.

Darren J Wallace

Rebuilt a '13 rear axle to put in my '13. Ready to install!

Darren J Wallace

Hi Dan, here's a pic of original fasteners from my original top. There's only one in this photo with the "M" on it, but there's others still on the car. When I re-do my top this year, all the original fasteners will be going back on the car. They appear to be exactly like the one on the right in you...

Darren J Wallace

Here's photos from today of my Sept/Oct '13 Canadian touring block and head. Never had anything cast into either one of them except the Ford logo. There's NO casting dates anywhere. I've looked really hard to find any evidence the motor ever had casting dates on it but it does not.

Darren J Wallace

I have all the original fasteners still on mine, and they all have the "M"

Darren J Wallace

My 1913 Canadian touring is very complete and fairly original. I have all it's documentation since new. There are no Robertson screws on it. However, the '15 I had did! It also has four doors

Darren J Wallace

Rebuilt the entire front end on my early '13

Darren J Wallace

Larry, your comment above was key to my decision

Darren J Wallace

Finally finished making the '13's front axle assembly correct & safe. Replaced welded spring perch, repaired axle where the welds hit it and carefully hid the repair as to only alter the original axle enough to make it right. Replaced front spring to correct tapered leaf spring assembly. Tightened u...

Darren J Wallace

Thanks Allan!

Darren J Wallace

I proposed to my wife in 2011 while driving my 1905 Queen with the premise I was going to teach her to drive it. The 1915 and the 1913 model T just fell into place very shortly and easily

Wedding in 2012 was fun too as you can see

Darren J Wallace

more pics

Darren J Wallace

More pics

Darren J Wallace

Well, I haven't decided whether the Hasslers are going back on or not. I'm leaning towards a yes, but I'm not 100% certain yet. They've been on the car for most of it's existence. The figure eight shackles are very worn and need to be either built up and turned in the lathe, or I look for a new pair...

Darren J Wallace

Thanks guys for your input. Everything came apart easily with no issues or problems!

Darren J Wallace

I'm in the process of removing my front axle assembly to install a correct 1913 tapered front spring and also to repair a nasty spring perch that had damage and was welded partially to the axle. What I need help with before I proceed is this: I've never dealt with the Hassler shocks. It seems to me ...

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