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I had the same problem when I bought my 15. Someone who owned the car before me installed a later dashboard and the coils could not be removed unless I removed the coilbox from the firewall. I cut the front of the coilbox and installed a hinge on the front bottom and closers like you use on the coil...

Does anyone have any wide track axels or parts for a model T? I sent emails to collectors that I thought would have wide track axle parts but I have not received any emails or phone calls back. Please call or email me with any information. Thank you, Frank Seress sarikatime@yahoo.com eight one eight...

Does anyone know as to what mirrors would be appropriate and look good on the door posts. I can’t see out from the car while driving and at my age I could use any help in staying out of trouble as I can. If you have mirrors on your coupelet, would you please take a picture and post it or send it to ...

Looks like since this one is home built, it has much more room for the driver than the original town cars. Mine is leather in front and back, but that was my choice and I like it that way. You can customize a towncar for yourself anyway you like but you cannot do it with the regular model T. Someone...

Mark, do you need the shoes to have liners or metal only.

Still available.

There is a beautiful towncar just like this, color same and all in a car dealership in Phoenix Arizona. For this price, you can’t go wrong. Surprised it is still available.

Rainer, I will be in Vienna first of December, maybe we can meet again and go through some problems as necessary. Frank

Steve, Those are, I believe, two different brake drums stuck together. Call the Rocky Mountain brake drum manufacturers, phone and information available in the Vintage Ford magazin advertisement. Also, maybe call Dave at Chaffins garage, he got me new linings when my brakes got hot and caught on fire.

Still looking. Anyone in the Arizona vicinity?

Want to buy a small drum standard rear axle for my model T.
Frank. Eight one eight two five four six seven nine seven.

If you have one rear axle that you don’t need, please speak up.

I am looking for some background information on a gentleman named David Howell. I understand he has passed away, RIP. He put together a model T that has gone to a person that I am buying it from. Just want to find out if someone knew him and what sort of quality restorations he performed. This is no...

Jerry, I removed the oil and gas running board boyco cans, and will be removing the ruckstell rear axle since I live at 5500 feet elevation and there is only hills in my area including my driveway. I am installing a standard rear axle. I repainted the fenders and running boards due to some scratches...

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Wow, this post went sideways fast. Did I miss a post somewhere?

I called Mr. Carnegie and left a message but he has not gotten back to me as of yet. The message on the phone number seems like a car dealership and may be a wrong number. I will call again today.

Steven, I bought two oil dipsticks in Bakersfield many years ago that are what you discribed, replacing the drain plug in the pan. Sorry but I do not recall the company or the man’s name. They do look very period correct but I cannot stop them from leaking oil like crazy. No matter how much Teflon t...

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Tom, thank you for the offer to trade model T’s. I am not looking for a project or a speedster, sorry. Would like to have a nother brass model, maybe coup or centerdoor. Coupolet would be the most ideal. The ruckstell you sold me is working just fine. Frank

I tried to ship some wheels from Arizona to New Hampshire less than a year ago and they told me they will not ship east of the Mississippi. I don’t understand what the guys are talking about. This has been like this since the start of Covid.
Clarify before you commit to shipping.

Bill, what would it cost me to transport a model T from Illinois to Arizona. You have been to my house in Prescott. Frank

Trade for a nother model T may be considered.

This car has rebuilt motor and transmission, 12 volt system with starter and alternator, new tires on demountable rims, rebuilt wood spokes, new interior and top, brake and directional lights, and much more. Bought a nother model T and need the space in the garage. It is ready to tour, already has e...

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I have a list of all the towncar members some fifteen or twenty years back, some still around, some sold since then and some are garage decorations only. One towncar owner has mentioned to me not long ago that they would like to create a new list that would be current but have not done anything abou...

I would love to have this beautiful car in my garage, I can afford it but I have no clue as to what to do in case something goes wrong. My dilemma! Frank

I have thought about this for a long time but it is time to ask those who know better than me. We drive our toys once in a while or less, and fill gas into the tank rarely. I use regular gas to fill up before a tour or when I don’t want to be stranded without gas around town. Now, there is obviously...

Sold, pending payment,
Thank you Mark

Guys, make an offer, I would like to have them gone, I just don’t have the space in my garage.
If I read it right, the tires were made in early 2024.

Just the Firestone tires cost $220. Each plus tax and shipping.

Thank you guys for all the information. Finally got linings from Langs.

On a tour my drivers side rear brake must have been too tight and it got hot and cought on fire. I need either a Rocky Mountain brake pad or the pad and the metal it is riveted to. If you have one or know where to get one, please let me know. The Rocky Mountain Brake Company is not operating at this...

Bryan, sent you a reply. Frank

For Sale - I have four 19” demountable wheels with back brake drums. There are three Firestone 4.40 4.50 21” 4 ply almost new tires, no cracks and hold air, made in the USA. There are also two spares that are not mounted, same size, different brands. Some of the wood spokes have some cracks, I bough...

One more week of me moving it around in the garage and falling over it due to lack of space, after that it is going to the scrap yard.

John, Shipping to Ohio would be around $100 to $ 110. Dollars. That is what I was quoted by usps in December. Ups and fedex might b more or less.

Come on guys,someone must need this gas tank. It is free, but, shipping far from Arizona might be spicey.

I will take the timers.
Sent you a pm.

It is a timepiece that would look great at car shows when someone wants to lean on your fender.
Those belt buckles do a lot of damage even in your own garage.

It was very difficult but I finally found the model T tires on Summit Racing but the tires were no bargain, they were $414.00 each. I guess I am waiting with that spending spree for a while.

I want to buy 30x3 and 30x3-1/2 blacwall tires for my T. 2 front, 2 rear and 1 of each for spare. Which is going to give me best for the money. How do the Blockleys working out for those that bought them a year ago?
Thank you. Frank

Eric,sent you a pm. Frank

Sorry guys, that pickup box was beautiful, but, I looked everywhere for it today and no matter where and how I looked, could not find it. I changed my mind and wanted to buy it for myself also but it must have sold.

There is for sale on Facebook marketplace a new oak pickup box, all it needs is stain and install. looks really nice for $850.00

I bought this fender cover in the early seventies and it is time for someone else to look at it in their garage. Somehow I never used it since I always had plenty of furniture blankets. It is dirty from moving it from place to place for fifty years. It is still nice and flexible, no cracks. $ 35.00 ...

Steve, I fully agree with you. When I replied to your Facebook post regarding older model T values and who is buying what years, everyone jumped in as appearantly I was wrong. What I noticed that 26 and 27 models along with TT trucks are the new selling items today. Some are also buying barn find as...

New price, $ 25.00 plus shipping.

Sarikatime wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 03, 2024 12:43 pm
For sale, Oval gas tank. Sealed the tank about 10 years ago but now needs to be sealed again. Restoration supply in southern califunny is selling it. Bought a new tank before I finally found out who sells the sealer so I dont need it any more. $25.00 plus shipping . Contact info in my bio.

Sarikatime wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 03, 2024 12:43 pm
For sale, Oval gas tank. Sealed the tank about 10 years ago but now needs to be sealed again. Restoration supply in southern califunny is selling it. Bought a new tank before I finally found out who sells the sealer so I dont need it any more. $25.00 plus shipping . Contact info in my bio.

No longer available. For sale, Oval gas tank. Sealed the tank about 10 years ago but now needs to be sealed again. Restoration supply in southern califunny is selling it. Bought a new tank before I finally found out who sells the sealer so I dont need it any more. $25.00 plus shipping . Contact info...

It looked like he was ready to show us some porn candy ( model T cars ) but changed his mind.

I was contacted by a presumably 90 year old gentlemen, in a wheelchair going in for surgery soon, regarding a model A four door that I advertised to want to buy a year ago. He sent me pictures and even offered to deliver the car for me to Europe, door to door from Pittsburgh. I am in Arizona, but th...

I had close to 20 proper grease cups but none with the clips on the inside to keep it from untwisting so I bought 3 from eBay. Thanks Steve.

Is it a good idea to put an inline non restrictive filter? I installed a new gas tank six months ago.

Steve, you are completely right. I have some of those grease cups with the pinchers in the middle and spike in the lid but never knew why so I did not use them. I have lost four or five caps because I did not know. Thank you.

Every time while driving my grease cap on the fan hub untwists and falls off. No matter how tight I twist it on it is missing after a tour. How can I keep it on ?

Beautiful brand new trailer that I just bought. The trailer is 7’- 6” wide by 7’- 6” tall interior by 16’ long plus the 2’ V nose. Rear door fold down, led lights, plywood interior sides and floor, silver color with screwless outside paneling. I ordered the 7’- 6” wide since I like to know what is h...

Yes Steve. Nice guy, we chatted for a while, all the polishing equipment smell was burning my nose.

I ordered an 8’ foot floor to ceiling interior height trailer a month ago and it should be here in a couple weeks. Went to at least five dealers that order trailers from the factory but they all declined because I only wanted the trailer to be seven and a half foot wide. I am old, like most of this ...

Took every brass part, screws, nut, bolts, lights, horn and anything that needed polishing on the 12 towncar and took it down to San Diego califunny to be polished. Eight hour drive each way. He talked me into not just polishing everything but also spay a coat of clear on everything so I won’t have ...

I bought this 1915 touring five years ago, since then I had most of the repairs done and new parts installed within the last year or two. - Had the motor and transmission professionally rebuilt with about two thousand miles on it since, New aluminum pistons, new valves and seats, 280 cam, new Babbit...

More pictures of the 15 touring.

I bought this 1915 touring five years ago, since then I had the motor and transmission rebuilt, scraped all the paint off of the wood spokes, installed safety glass in the windshield, installed a rebuilt ruckstell rear axle, new Rocky Mountain brakes, brand new gas tank, new radiator, redone the fro...

Karl, take some pictures of all the parts you have, individually or just in a pile, that you would like to sell. Let people pick and choose what they might need, make you an offer and everyone comes out happy. Just a thought.

Thank you John. Now to my original question. Where do I place the two field connection wires, to which carbon brush?

Gentleman, great advice, Franks data I cannot open.
As you can see from my picture, I have a situation. What should I do next, my starter does not match the diagram above. Do I cross the leads?

JTT3 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 28, 2024 11:35 am
Hope this helps. Note the positive & negative configuration of the field coils.

A friend gave me a starter, working well but full of mud.
I took it apart to clean it but forgot where the two field wires were hooked to.
Can someone enlighten me as to where the two field wires are supposed to be hooked up!
Thank you in advance. Frank

If anyone has a use or a need for the tank, it’s yours, Free. ( shipping on your dime )
Frank - eight one eight two five four six seven nine seven.

Maybe it is Kevin Prus. He has some brand new beautiful cams for the model T. Call him.

I coated my gas tank with the proper liquid liner five years ago. Followed the directions and even waited longer than necessary for proper cure of the gas tank liner. Always had gas flow problems and now I finally figured out why. ( I am slow ) The liner is coming out in sheets from the sediment bow...

It is tricky to put a floor jack under the rear end with the truss in place. It is also difficult to know when you are supporting the axel or possibly over tightening and causing more problems than good. I adjusted mine several times but I was never happy with the functionality of the truss and nobo...

Just a side note. What do you get when a psychiatrist and a proctologist decide to open up a practice together. The name of this thread, ( odds and ends.) lol

Mike, thank you for the reference discussion clarification. I have seen and sat in Bryan’s 10 touring but never really looked close at the steering column. My column had 1/4 inch hex head bolts securing the column to the one piece firewall when I bought the 12 towncar. I guess I will be changing the...

Can anyone provide a picture of the different steering columns and when they were produced or I the cars. I have no idea what I have in my 12 but it would be nice if I knew.

You could get a much better response if you washed it before taking pictures. The paint looks like it is much nicer than with all that dust. Just my .02 cents.

Installed a somewhat period correct model T generator on my 12. Made the bracket and a friend machined an extension to the armature so the fan belt will line up. First bracket I made was too high, thinking if I wanted to have a water pump but made the second one to place the generator lower next to ...

Steven, that is one extremely beautiful car. My 12 has a Ray Wells body but everything else is original, just like yours, but, it has a starter, Rocky Mountain brakes and a ruckstell axle so I can get up my 35 degree driveway since I live in the mountains. The first time my club members saw my 15 to...

The aircraft EZ lube works great. Make sure the extra goop does not block the hole or you will be taking everything apart again. While apart, try to stretch the spring a bit, not much, to make up for the collapse that happens naturally over the years.

Keith, I think that 16 coupolet is the one I was very anxious to buy a year back. Fell in love with the car and wanted it desperately. The fact that it did not have a starter and the freeze crack on the block and the hole in the side of the block kept me back. I brought it up to the owner but he jus...

Scott, talk to Russ FurstnowinFlagstaff. He has every year coupolet in his barn and he is extremely knowledgeable. Also Gator in Alabama, I think.

This is not mine but I saw them and they look really nice. This guy advertised them as model T and when I went to pick them up, they are actually model A. He wants $25.00 each. Shipping from Prescott valley AR. is on you.
Frank 818-254-6797

Not to be nasty or insensitive, but, about a third of the drivers drive with their high beams all the time. When you flash at them, they do not readjust or CARE. Unfortunately the new cars, especially the new Ford trucks are so bright even on low, and they get upset when you tell them or flash on th...

Contact Corey Walker. His contact info is in his bio.

We need to make the reservations for the hotels. Please call for clarification and further information. Frank 818-254-6797

There are several companies in my town that straighten the car body every couple years after a good hailstorm. They don’t mess up the paint but take out all of the dents. You may also consider just replacing the front face piece of the radiator.

I have used Flitz polish for close to 20 years but the lamps that I got with the car have never been polished since day one, that is why they were black. I simply don’t have the time or ambition to bring the shine up properly as I would like, that is why if they were done professionally, I could mai...

Does anyone polish brass lamps and horn on the west coast? Mine were black when I bought the car six years ago, tried several times to polish but I just make a mess.
Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Frank @ sarikatime@yahoo.com

Tim stated that Easter decorations are going up next week. Hohhot? This new generation has the holidays all screwed up. It is odd that Christmas related items were out in Costco and all the stores in July but everything disappeared the first of December when it should have been just put out for the ...

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IMG_0206.jpeg Registration is now open for the tour of a lifetime with your own model T or similar size antique car in Hungary this coming august. Experiencing the sights of Eastern Europe from behind the wheel of your own model T. Indulge yourself in the culture, great food and guidance of local e...

I have seen these in Vienna for the last three years. They are smaller than a real model T. Highly doubt they would survive a crash. They are merely glorified golf carts.

I had one identical to this years ago. Asked an expert on early T’s and he told me he has never seen one like that and did not know what it belonged on. Thank you guys, now I know it is the right hot air pipe for my H1.

Corey is a knowledgeable and good honest guy.
Corey Walker 1-903-681-2871

Russ Furstnow would be your best source for the right parts.
Call him at 1-928-699-2376

Thank you Allan, finally someone gets it. You had the right idea. All the well intentioned was beginning to worry me with all the gore.

Make sure if you do not have the green arrow when you want to attach, you go back to your pictures and resize the picture and try to attach it again.

Fastenal did not ship west of the Mississippi during Covid, now they won’t ship at all. That’s what they told me six months ago when I wanted to ship something.

Thank you guys, as I stated, it is a 1912 towncar, all wood body, no foredoors available, no dashboard on those years to hang onto. The best suggestion, thank you, is to put seatbelts anchored to the seat wood frame with a 1/4 inch thick 2” x 2” angle iron under the seat frame, then bolted together ...

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