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Thank you all for your comments. I greatly appreciate them. Are there any other photos of the early 1917 coupelet? Where there many of them made? Thank you especially for the commentary on the driving experience in a coupelet with the top up. That lack of visibility makes it seem a little less than ...

For many years, I have admired 1915-1916 Coupelets. They are good looking and, dare I say, practical seeming. I have seen many threads here about people restoring their Coupelets or just discussing the model in general. How are they as cars? Do they compare favorably with runabouts or are they top h...

I received a PM on a wanted ad on the classifieds today from member wend555. Data from his profile: wend555 Posts: 0 Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:57 pm First Name: wendell Last Name: loadholt Location: chicago Model Ts owned: Prins Bertil Memorial 2010 Board Member Since: 2019 Contact: Contact wend555...

Hi Allan,

The milling is definitely the part of the venture that is especially time consuming and difficult to reproduce. What sort of blades are you using? How do they terminate at the butt end? What was your wood of choice?

Are you planning to make a lot of them?

Allan, How much will they be? Are they making more of them? How many may be available?

The print Dan has posted shows the blade to be made of tool steel which indicates it’s a quality piece of steel. But the information for the wood handle just says a “wood” handle. If the screw driver was to be reproduced I wonder if there is a source for the type of wood that was used. That is an i...

Dan, That drawing is fantastic. That's what I was thinking of doing. I located a company who can make the handles with the proper fluting and another that may be able to do the assembly. Before I went further in my effort, I wanted to make sure that I'm not the only one having trouble finding one in...

Les, Here are a few links:

https://modeltfordfix.com/the-1911-mode ... -tool-kit/

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/70 ... 1512865533

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/25 ... 1345364465

Richard

I've been trying to find a source for a new Model T tool kit screwdriver. Are these available anywhere?