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I can't even imagine trying to pick up one of those 1/8 balls with a tweezers. Yikes.

"I look at my floor and see that it needs degreasing
While my old car gently leaks"

My brother makes 3 string cigar-box guitars but he sure can't do that!
Thanks Mack, that's really neat!

Cool.

Aww shoot. Guys, I swear my posts really aren't spam. I live in my own basement! Well, the office feels like one sometimes... Might have to try that Mack but I'll fry my Spam first and dry that salty and tasty little slice/slices on paper towels first. :) Then I can justify more butter. My nephew Ri...

Christmas tree stand peddlers around here are for the birds. :lol: Mom probably still has the one very similar to that 40's version Perry! Best idea yet for those Wolf brand doo-dads. "Wolf candle molds hold their string." "Telegram: ZAACY one each FWUEF XAYUZPCTY." Oops, that's a washer for a steer...

Prob'ly best not to go that far but here's a VERY simple pdf for your wife!

Form follows function they say but I haven't passed function quite yet.
Still a real cool Multi-National piece of wood, copper, brass and porcelain.

Man oh man, I like that extension John! Do you happen to have a pic of the extension with brake applied? I'd like to see. Mack, take a couple of railroad/monkey wrenches and get those turkeys out of the way. They bugged me bad until I Zee'd them. Love 'em. Now. There was a good thread for ideas and ...

Cool details!
Just gonna say it. Really neat toilet! Nice find/save! And ya can sharpen a pencil while in there!
Looks like a dream shop to me.

Oh. I might steal some ides.

Would you sign me up for a copy of the second run also when all is ready Donnie? Thank you. Take your time, make sure all is well and we'll happily wait awhile. We don't have hay down right now. :) Money pits: Right there with ya Chris. I'm working on an (OT Warning!) old tractor and by the time he'...

"...bad boys corner" Hehehe! I like it Wayne!

I've felt a dork most of my life so being a part of "Wayne Sheldon and the Bad Boys" is kinda cool...

I'll let my Apple using wife know about the emails. Thanks!

Had a '67 Cadillac Coupe de Ville a long time ago and had used M&S tires from dad's '76 GMC 4X4 on the back. Kinda narrow lookin'. He sure could navigate some snow tho. Maybe the 320 pound piston was in the trunk yet, don't remember. Later the '69 Chevrolet posi pickup had similar good snow tires, e...

The larger carb is very reminiscent of a Hart-Parr 18-36 or so carb.
Once set, they're very reliable carbs.

Pretty cool, I hadn't seen this before.
Was the stamping guide just stuck on the water inlet? Looked as if the guy with the 5 used his third finger to hold the guide in/on.
Thanks for posting this Rob!

We finally got our snow Mark. :) Warnings abound til noon tomorrow.. A let-down here. 4-5 inches so far of 14 predicted. Eastern MN may get it deep. Don't be envious. OK, ya can be! We move along until the snow locks us down some! A melt-down sure may come before January... Not far to go to get all ...

Sounds like my days too Burger! :) WTH was I doing? I successfully pulled off the finger test once and now they just will not... :) Back to the OT little shop, WTH was I up to? Oh ya, cleaning! What? Out here: Darn it. Gotta go potty again. Aha! Vacuum more scale out of those heads! Back on track, A...

That fuel shut-off turned out super neat/cool! You'd warned us about that faucet handle. Ding! Winner! Goll, he's pretty. The Touring, that is. ;) Took the 18 Runabout here up to a friends building for safe keeping for the winter. Haha! About 200-some feet UP and 5 miles. :lol: The brother and our c...

Glad you saved that big on tires for your Mack! Doggone Friday-back in the black instead of the red deals. IF they had a Late Winter Deals day in Jan or Feb, I'd be happier but need to pay attention... :) TT lucky still waits patiently for tires while I funnel $$$ into OT projects. Itchin' to see th...

Another "Dare I post this"... :) Not beatin' that poor horse Jeff, we're just excited to see you have a new friend. :) A lathe is a great friend just as long as he's respected like Walter suggests. I grumbled a little Walter at your post but then was completely appalled that someone deemed that vide...

Looked good to me Tony!
Nice finds! Wow! Those prices! Shoot, now I have to study those Sears pages again.

8 The little lake getting away from us. 9 Stop to see where we’ve been. Looking back at lake level. 10 The road ahead. See the sharp point nearly straight ahead? Destination. 011 Upper water levels. My eyes saw two ORANGE figures out there hunting/waiting. The camera wouldn’t. 012 At the top! The ha...

:lol: OR Just taking the psychOdelic 18 Runabout UP to a friend’s place for winter. OR Toodles without Maw. I’m in between two lakes on a small hill in the woods. I have cattailed, swamp-front property at the bottom of my hill. I like it in here but it’s nice to get out and on a hill once in awhile....

Jeez, that looks worse than the 24 here! I am glad you're enjoying this car as he is. Even new/fresh perches! Woohoo! Perches? How many Saturdays? :lol: Just kidding. Your enthusiasm sure shines thru in your posts! :) Love this thread. You give me inspiration with all projects here! Love that Ford p...

I will argue only one point gentlemen. With a dose of back info. I also have a missing tooth on 975's back gear shaft (perhaps imperative for some SB lathes-I do not know) and he never skips a beat. This back gear shaft looks just like yours Jeff. A tooth gone. Don't ask me how he doesn't mess with ...

And a dork like me hasn't even shown my toys yet Burger.
Oop, outside the scope of Rich's thread, Carry on.

Good lathes for what they are! Get that sweet boy sorted out and ready Jeff!
Charlie, what number is yours? 975 stands out here in the grudge. An '11 or so.

Oh, how we can battle but if I lose my wife I will be a little bit lost.
Prayers for you Mike and your wife.
Don't forget to carry on. With life.
Much respect and condolences.
If ya ever need to bend an ear of a stranger, give me a holler.

You guys are incredibly busy! My efforts are still WAY OT based.
Drove the 18 about 5 miles to Winter Lodgings yester, far and above water level. What a beautiful, breezy fall day!

I've got the same wheels (F&H?) on the rear of my 24 short box pickup but the dish turned the other way. They bolt right on and work good. My set were trailer wheels too. A couple new tubes and your buddy's used 4X4 tires and you've got a trailer again. Or in my case 20 years ago, rear wheels! :) Ne...

Sweet pupper Steve!
Dallas, how these surreal last pics? Very cool.

Fantastic you folks!
Ooh wee! That is one naughty T engine.
Shane, your lady is a perfect "partner in crime".

Carry on!

Ya, good call. :) From the encyclopedia here: JUL 19 Acc. 235, Box 38, Ford Archives "We wish to call your attention to the new style pressed steel running board brackets which has gone into production and as shipments have been made to some of the branches we ask that you kindly note the changes wh...

Don, you are so right.

I'll lip off and say it's a good thing you don't have a stock exhaust in your stash. Once I took off the cobbled together headers and put on original it took all the wind out of the sails and tossed out the torque...
I like your exhaust system!

And they still claim the time machine hasn't been invented...

"I LOVE this little car.

"
Sucker.
We all told you and told you and still, ya had to figure it out for yourself, didn't ya.

You sure have some nice residential streets to drive on.

You said you can feel......... when driving.... alive..... This.

I'll bet that feels great! Cool speedster.
"The wife has told me to slow down this project is to last the complete winter."

Beautiful. Lucky find too.

Pretty neat hideaways, Allan!

Doggone it, I've been too busy with other things to pay attention. I'm so broke, I can't afford to pay attention.

Haven't even bothered RV yet.
I'll try this weekend.
Thanks guys

Thanks Erik, I figured as much, he knows he provides an important resource for folks and will help us... Oof! You guys have the Minnesota shows so bloody far south! I felt lucky to have driven BACK, all the way from Delavan some weeks ago on a very OT project! It is a four cylinder tho. :) Erik, You...

That seat looks great! I find the new material goes good with the beautiful original paint on your Runabout. Smooth wire on the canvas against the new material above. It’ll cut it to ribbons... No sharp ends I see, they’re inside. Mark, may I save your pics? My 18 project weighs heavily. When I get ...

FJ Hahahahaha!!!!!!! It took this very busy brain 4 whole minutes whilst doing something else! Fantastic First the brain drops into.... or some.... Wha?....... BAM!! :lol: A joke grenade! Ya pull the pin, sit down with it at the table, release the lever and wait......... EDIT: I hadn't looked at the...

Shoot, I didn't paste the verbiage into my post. Sorry 'bout that.
The "We got this" pic at the airport.

All these are are known as are Kubota stands because of the color.

I'll be darned, American buys those Kubota (orange) stands from us too. An old co-worker from the other place is part-timing it with the rest of us misfits.

Neat pic FJ!

A beautiful winter's eve in December not so very long ago, son and I hauled a big battery out to his fish house on the lake with 2 or 3 feet of ice out there. Fished for awhile, caught nothing so I headed inland. 24 degrees above. Goll, it was nice out.

Great update John! You bet, in fair tune they'll pop right off and run good with a couple cylinders with really crummy compression. Been doing it with one of mine for 20 years, I just pull on one of the good'er' cylinders. 8-) I'll just ask, by chance did you happen to know Robert (Bob I think, 1917...

John, it turns up just fine when ya click on it. :) Chad, I'm glad you linked your thread here, sometime between then and now, I commented about "The Marcheese plate". An obvious and important task that can be done "in-car",(dare I?) like another job I did in-car that is not supposed to be. Right no...

Jack, THAT was the exact photo I was thinking of too!
I didn't see the dates at all but thought the same about "the lancaster spammer".

Grief: Funny the spokes on said wheels aren't painted... Dare I say it? No.
Good for you on the new wheels!

Eehehehe! I taught myself John's harmOnizin' ways some years back. Will sing it with my daughter publicly one day... Ya, his shoes seemed a little diff...... Darned steering wheel is facing the wrong way and what t is up with those wheel hubs? Love this song! "Mmmm, we got married in a fever, hotter...

Now I'm embarrassed Don! Muriatic acid and (duh Duane) batteries. :roll: I was looking for some Clean Cast Iron paint and a tiny can of naptha thinner at the store and the muriatic is right there next to all those nasty thinners. Didn't find either. Muriatic is good for a flush thru a high mile heat...

Keep watching Rob. I'm glad you're not kicking yourself and I do hope you run across the Waltham that's meant to be yours. You'll know.
Almost like the elusive, used N Ford. I missed the last one. The poor little beauty is prob'ly being restored.

"But Henry would be proud."
If kinda original for a Mack? OK.
If not? Noooooooooooooo!

Oh oh, now you have to... No, please no, I have these Twin City's and the T's to finish yet...

Gloss, satin or flat?

I think Freddie Prinze said this way back in the day on Chico And The Man with Jack Albertson. Loooking goood! :) Up here, 1st coil box for me was Mayor Keith's 25 TT. Been done for months but both of us are too darned busy to put it in! Shoot, I'm just gonna ask. What is HCI used for otherwise? Man...

Art? It sure is! That drive is gorgeous Paul and those sprockets look great! What color? No wait, show us when painted.

Yesss! Great to know that Fun Projects coil box kit has breathed new life back into your 24!

The 18 is 3rd in line here for the Fun Projects kits. 18 Tin Cup works OK but getting a bit less than OK. A 40 yr old wood kit.

Nice links Scott! Thanks for bringing them up. :) I used Toon's re-lining notions and found them to be very good for me too! Jed, I sat down with the fresh bands, in my chair, with another good drum on my lap. I closed the gap with my hands and oh my! My bands were so very far from round! Yuck. High...

Wow. That did turn out nice.
Itching to see it in the scene!

For me. The 18 with a 23 engine, top rebuilt and snug, knocks like a door downstairs, needed help after I started it, 30 some year old "rebuild", he over heated at the very notion and I put a pump from the pile on the engine. Happy. He doesn't need the pump anymore and it will go. I like the smell o...

Perfect last ride.
Beautiful casket to lay in and looks like a lovely day.
He'll rest now yet I think you already take-in the beauty of the day/situ. We must.

That's too funny Steve. I wonder how many of us remember the rice in the shaker? I still rap the shaker on the table from time to time. Hmmm, why doesn't pepper have the same issue... GREG, same here. Fear of frost, drained the T and got the pressure washer inside the grudge for now. :) Only to fill...

Both videos are very interesting!
Some with abstract thoughts will love the pattern maker's/casting video as ya really have to think.
I can see the casting in the core. Too cool.
Your links led me further to flights with The Flyer and far beyond in that era this evening!
Thanks Herb!

When replacing a couple linings in the 24 in 15, used a spare drum here to be sure the bands were round in a relaxed state, clamped down on the drum too and would fit nicely on the drums in use. Drum on the lap and started tweaking the re-lined bands around the drum. Found the bands were very tweake...

I saw this someplace, typed it out, printed it and put it on my office wall a LONG time ago.

FJ, I'd go out into that "maze" and still forget what I was doing.

Really neat project and it turned out gorgeous! Thanks for sharing this with us Joe!

Kep is King! Of the cheap... Been there.
Cool stuff Kep.

Erik: What a dip! Sounds like that guy should've had his tab broken off for that "favor". Head, ear, finger, arm etc.

Hope it wasn't a friend.
I often worry the door will flop open when my eyes aren't facing backward and the flame will go out.
I still like the wire.

Getting closer for a name on the Type B_______ (I think I see) coil set. I'll check with Keith this weekend to be sure he brought it back home so it can get closely inspected. Perhaps I'll drop R V a note and see if I can lead him here. Once this one is sorted, I'll go to the curio cabinet and grab ...

Dallas's tongue in cheek question and Stan's response reminded me of my own thoughts and understand both sides. There's an OT big (to me) Stromberg M-3 in Stan's queue (his shelf) that he knows I'm not ready for quite yet. :) I had thought the same thing when I ordered it. It should look like the re...

He picked this up at a garage sale lately. What's it for? Very cool find, I thought. Mayor Keith just put it on top of the display case at the show-grounds. I hid it up in the cupboards. Thankfully, he found it in my absence. IMG_20190831_141222724.jpg IMG_20190831_141210940.jpg IMG_20190831_1412330...

I have one or two of the "blue box" linings in my 24 since 2000-15. A friend gave the box of linings to me. We'll see.

As I was looking around for that blue box I realized it's 50 miles away at the showgrounds in the display case.

Nice finds Dallas!

Interesting topic! Have the cast bracket on my 18 Runabout. Original, far as I can tell. The bolts have been pulled thru the rear cross frame so much they needed a second nut to secure the bracket. It is what it is. :) Wondering if I have the correct red-lensed Kero tail lamp... ;) Like the wire Eri...

I'd bet I'm not the only one that likes your bike the best. 30 years ago I was at an auction looking at a parts tractor/project. There was a 20's motorcycle frame that said Harley-Davidson on the back. The license plate holder or somewhere. Started out at $50 and ended at $2600, I was appalled! A fe...

Yuck. Intrusion. There'll never be any alexa like device around this place. I was messing around on the way back machine a few months ago. Handy archive once in awhile. Started looking around and found the company that owns the way back machine. Their name is.....wait for it alexa Handy: The phone c...

Watching this closely as I have the same diagrams along with Mart's drawings but no idea where I found the diagrams...

At least you got two years out of it before it leaked Ignacio! :) Mine leaked right away. :oops: Smooth, clean surfaces with the dings and high spots brought down with a file... I need to do this yet: Perhaps clean the bottom mating surfaces with thinner, dry it and smear on some ultra black. Good r...

Larry, you are of the few that would catch that and I'm glad you did!
The holes are there if we look.

Kim, your notions are clear and this car is another to keep as is.

Thank you for your digging, commentary, introductions to the diggin's you find, the dream, living it and re-waking Henry's, Frank's, Joe's and Ed's dreams/work on fast Fords as you dream/live it now and bringing us along the ride. CudaMan Mark, I was thinking the same thing, what a beautiful manifol...

Wow, what a cool find Craig! 11,500 out of 825,545 or so produced that year and the mounting bolts still inside. :) You gone after it with WD-40 or some-such and a soft scrub brush yet? There's color under the rust on the back at least! Wow. Yes, great pictures Craig! Thank you! Tiny bit of garbage ...

By gum, someone figured out how to get those welch plug monsters into those little holes and expand 'em into place. See the punch marks?
I struggled with those little buggers and now I cannot recall what I did.
I believe I laid them in place and stuffed the modern cover on, over the top.

The data for a "smart" phone can be expensive tho and did anyone ever pay attention when Steve has said he's a little frugal? :lol: Me too. I spend like a madman sometimes but I cheep like a bird. My best computer is my desktop, my new phone works real good but simply put, it sucks. And then there's...

Gorgeous little magnet charger! $100 bucks? Oh yeah and worse sometimes. And a Niehoff to boot! If the windings are still good, plop a magneto magnet on there, hook it up to 36 volts, give the magnet a bunch of short jolts, maybe even tapping the magnet top with a wooden hammer HANDLE while jolting ...

I'm glad you did that Robert. And a trophy too!
Welcome to the forum!
George, like Red Skelton said so many times on the Dean Martin roasts "Never got a dinner!"
Recognition schmeckognition. You made a lot of people's day at that big show...

Great video! I'm also glad that Jeff showed your 8-in-1 bed conversions!

Oh yeah.

Thanks Marv!

You guys....

Mark, how is the pedal extension working. OK? I should too.

I'm with Larry and Richard C. If I got a couple of memberships for a couple of grandkids, the others'll scramble to get their own, young as they may be and later on, we might grab a couple of 'em for life too.

Clyde sure did like grabbing the V-8 Ford when he could...

Funny how it works, you have a car assembled in Minneapolis and I have one assembled in Milwaukee.

Thank you for showing us your trip Dave!

Looking great!
Preston, is that a 12-24 H-P (code

) sittin' close by to your TT? Cool. My brain said 12-24.

Congratulations! I looked in today and thought "When I grow up, I want a shop like that." :) Reference back to July 10th, 1:35 & 1:48, Rich and Dallas. Right there with you guys! Shop is way too cool Shane, should be illegal or something. :lol: "...someone else......can reference this thread for at ...

Neat thread. :) Kuhner is kinda right too, It does take money to supply nice prizes for some participants to bring stuff.... It works, beautiful cars show up. I like the '66 and '67 Pontiac Tempest/Le Mans' personally. We usually get a couple of nice/blue Poncho's. Beautiful! They are not perfect, t...

They're beautiful! Wow.
Found the lower pins for the springs. Cool and simple.

Glad I stopped in here again. Enjoy your time with those kids, I had written and then X'd out. Then maybe grandkids will come in a few. Even more fun! :) You guys have me thinking about plug gap on the '18 here. That's a good thing as I have a funky 35 year old X that isn't that happy so I have thin...

Your mom rests now. I'm glad you took the pupper to see her. That simple act eased her mind.
Take care of you and your lady now.

Very generous thing to do Bill!

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