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bud delong

Long ago in a Chevy plant that no longer exist there was a V-8 engine line from the block casting to the running engines.At almost the end of the engine assembly line there was a [Air Motering Machine] where the spark plug holes were covered and every V-8 engine was run on air. Later in a Olds plant...

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Grim reaper indeed!! Makes me wonder how many were injured by that very poor jack?

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Great car,Great pictures,and Great story! Unless you know Rob though i think the story falls short from not telling about his willingness to share his car"s,info, and friendship!!!! Thank you for all you do!!!

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Yup next Sunday 1/26/2020 is the Script A swap meet in Saginaw,Mi.Lot"s of almost anything inside and most have both Model A"s and T"s. McDonald Cadillac on State St in Saginaw.

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Rob,Please do post the article when you can!!

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I love this but on the other hand someday i would like to buy at least two copies of a nice hard bound book before all Robs work is gone!!!!!!!! :D The Internet has any and everything [now] but will it last long term or be gone like farts in the wind??? Something you can get your hands on in the fut...

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WoW!!!!

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Glad to hear it"s started and running but i can"t understand a lot of suction and dry spark plugs and with questionable valves? I wonder how dirty the engine is in the valve chamber? Needing that much advance to start,that sounds like a lot even on a mag start? Is the spark rod over or under the wat...

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Great pictures and thanks to all!!

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PS,Anyone see the background?

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Easy to try and they are like something else,everyone has one? Whatever you use can a meter be found to check air quality?

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Rob,Is that 6-40 in the picture the one you now have?

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Today i feel inspired with dumb ideas but would a shop vacuum work with extra hose in and out?? Portable would also be nice for welding?

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I know nothing about this except my 52 years of wedded bliss tell me [Never To Ask The Wife To Help Tow Anything]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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One of my favorite auction"s was clearked by the local banker and they hung the stone pile on him!

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With a friend cranking hold your hand over the air inlet of the carb. You should get a strong suction.Just pulling the choke might not do so use your hand.Are your spark plugs wet with gas?? If not before you reinstall the plugs put a little gas in each cyl then replace the plugs and try it.

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Same day service!

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Likely much less than it would cost to build it! Model T values are usually highest for the very early and correct cars.

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Growing up in the 50"s i loved most of the music and the Everly Brothers were favorites!! We were lucky to see them perform in Lost Wages once. As for jingles,i like the Carnation Milk ditty!!!!!

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Dallas are you saying i would be lucky to see out of the windows? Wonderful car but it is not what i normally think of a Duesenberg ? I don"t recall if i have ever seen a Lufkin center punch but i remember being in the closed Lufkin Rule plant in Saginaw long long ago.When Lufkin closed a welder cam...

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It"s been years but i think there is one in the RV museum in Elkhart IN? Bud.

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I remember we had a WW2 surplus Jeep and my mother would tow us kids behind on our sleds.I really enjoy reading of what people remember of day"s and people gone by.I do not know how small or trivial it matters but i do know if we don"t learn from history we are doomed to repeat it!

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Nice work!

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We spent a few months in Baldwin over the last two winters and only saw one forties car!

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I think a lot of this is political as too what many say! I like it because it uses corn and we can grow all that is needed for any purpose under the sun.Recently i was in shock when my youngest grandson told me of all the birds killed by wind turbines.My comments are only what i [small i] think and ...

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Why not use the complete model A engine? Way way back when Bill&Jean Barth were still in the mitten they showed up on a short tour with a late 20" coupe and a V-8 60 HP. Really nice car and nice people!

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I think 10 commandments are not enough!! I think when JQ Public ask dumb questions owners/drivers should not act as if their hair is on fire!!!Kids will be kids and unless we were chained to a large tree [WE] were also dumb kids once!!!! When it is not fun anymore sell or pass it along! :oops: Guilt...

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Thanks to all!! Bud.

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Rob,So the head was built that way for dual ignition? My question about the camshaft i was wondering if the extra places in the head were of the atmosperice type of valve??

Is this car in running condition,or plans to put it that way? Thank you for all you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I noticed what looked like a drive at the back but i thought it might have been a later add on for a self commencer or? I see there are no priming cups as on the N engine. Are all the valves on the 6 cyl camshaft driven? Nice to see you back on the forum!!!

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The threaded rod and seat should be able to seal off the water in the top tank,then be adjustable by drops per min.The fill cap on the top tank has a piece of brass wire through it which also is a slight vent.Bud.

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I see the timer position was improved!! WOW!! Bud.

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After we got rid of the cows at one time we had 11 head of riding horses.In all my years of riding [long ago],i can"t remember seeing spurs used except at the rodeo.Long long ago there was the Michigan State Championship Rodeo at Sparta,Mi but i doubt it still exist? A rodeo came to Midland and they...

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Hap"s story reminded me of a mistake my dad made 60 years ago.Our crank start tractor liked to start with the spark advanced and the throttle wide open.Dad forgot to check if it was in gear and spun the crank!! He managed to jump clear but the F-20 had ran over a 3 section spike tooth drag,through t...

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Yes! Mine went bad and i went to a industry seal seller and had a O ring made.Cheap and it will last a lifetime! Bud.

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To me it would seem easy and cheap to weld 2 pices of flat stock on a old/worn/or off shore socket!!

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I think the left rear would get you away from most of the exhaust??

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In rust we trust? Bud.

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Just a kid at 74 but for those who remember [sell the bicycle]!!

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Back in the day people would use a snap gauge called that because it snapped over the starter wire and it would tell you what the amp draw was from the starter.The books would tell you starter drag hot or cold and it took a lot of guess work out of finding starter problems.Many years ago Ron provide...

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Very nice!!

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What"s a phone book??

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About 20 years ago the Central T"s were invited for a light brunch and a look at the collection.If any get the invite,GO LOOK!!!!! Nice T"s and very nice people!!!! Bud.

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Jem,we do not hear from you often enough so please don:t wait so long!! Bud.

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Has anyone had contact with Rob? Bud.

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Merry Christmas to you and yours Dallas! We lost a fan motor on the corn stove after 13 years and had to use fuel oil for a day

The corn stove is back on line and soon we will be a house full of family,warm and happy!

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My favorite because that"s the way it was. I hope everyone is well and happy with whatever the holiday means to you and yours! Merry Christmas!!

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Sorry,That aint me,that music is from Stan!!

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Almost 60 years ago i was standing next to Pete Yoder during prayer when the worst stink ever drifted by!! Pete said in a low voice [it smell"s like someone sort of eased one out]!!!!! Bud.

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One of my first jobs was driving the C-Allis on the big rope to haul loose hay into the mow.Later when we had a bailer come i think that was more work throwing bails up into the hay mow.Mowing,raking,cultivating,picking stones.In the fall while Dad picked corn i shoveled it all into the crib,and in ...

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Very Nice!!

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I wore Round House bibbs to church today and when i make that last mile it will be in Round House Bibbs!!

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A lot of very nice machine work!!! I really like the picture of the heavy duty oil pan with all that hanging and all the extra power i think that pan is a good foundation!!!

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I have always thought constipated can" pass a thing would be fitting!

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The water pump/oil pump combo looks nice as you would still have a generator?? Has anyone ever thought about a battery powered pump in the sump? With 6 or 12 volt you could supply oil before even starting the engine.

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We should remind young people there actually was a time when a gas station was a service station where people pumped gas,checked your oil,belts,wipers,and tires!! I do not miss getting gas in Indana when pump atendents had to add in the tax after the sale! I do not need to remember the restrooms whe...

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Good on ya!!

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I have seen a model T engine that used a plunger oil pump driven off a cam lobe?

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I watched the video of the kick start but i think i'm built too close to the ground and i"m also as nimble as a stone.

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Thanks to everyone and i will try simple things first as i know it should even start on the switch if things are right.I have jacked up the right rear and i still get a bind? Once started it runs very well and i will ask the one who must be obayed to print this for saving.To my friend East of Emma,i...

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Yes i do not want to go starter unless i could adapt a early such as a Dayton. The cold is not the problem as the car seems to bind while cranking even in warm weather. I was just thinking a little extra on the crank would be hard to spot and might help??? Bud.

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Our T was only out 3 times last year because i can"t crank it easily anymore. I looked at it tonight when i brought in corn and i wonder [out loud] if adding 3 or 4 inches to the crank would help the old person who lives here??

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It must have taken a lot of dynamite to build that road!!

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Dallas,It was gone long before my time but my father once had a G P!! I was told it was a very stylish auto? Bud.

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Long ago when i found one in my grand dads barn i asked what it was used for? As told 60 years ago it was to get the timer up and out of all the mud,water,dirt,and snow of the roads of the time.

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I wonder if the staged photo was either a adv for tires,tire chains,Ford,or better roads.The well dressed driver looks more like a salesman ? Uncle Sam"s tires from way back were harder than rocks and now some have a way to adjust air pressure on the go.Speaking of on the go,Rich drink more water. :...

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I think tall tires of any type tend to step over mud,snow,or ruts rather than plow through.Ever drive a two wheel drive tractor in deep snow and see the front wheels slide rather than roll??

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Lately the worst of many old age problems is learning of friends you will never see again.Bud.

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One cold winter day when we were cleaning out the grandparents house i got the tractor pulling a model T trailer stuck in deep snow.My dad hitched the team and the snow was so deep i had to dig a spot to crank the F-20! The team stepped into the pull and the tractor did not move.My dad backed the te...

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I hope to see you there ED!! Bud.

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Yes no,and none of the above.The teams were largely kept for old times sake long before the 50"s with the advent of semi modern tractors in the 30"s.Often much like horses the steamers often had to sit while their boilers could make more steam to go on.There were steamers that burned straw for the p...

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That picture shows not the need for any Ford but the number of horses to do that work.Horses eat hay or pasture and if they are worked a lot of grain!The cost of the barns,hay,grain,horses,harness,and man power sold many crawler tractors and while Ford built the Trackson i think it was much too smal...

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Gray Marine??

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Trial and error pushed by hand then a rope with hooks on it.So is there a exact date carved in stone?? Do the fore mentioned ideas count or is it a actual conveyor chain? Bud.

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Now that"s funny!!! Bud.

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As one can see what is going down the engine line even then i wonder what the odds were if 15,000 000 had been no starter or generator?? Thank"s Rob! Bud.

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One seat or two? Very nice! Bud.

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Always a few but the hardest thing to find is a good parking place!

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If oil burning is not a problem i think it is a higher compression ratio that makes the need for colder plugs?? Bud.

PS,There is a man in Indiana that sells spark plugs and has a cheap list that will show the many variations of Champ X. I can't find the list or remember his name?? Bud.

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I thought they looked cool so many years ago i bought a set.They must be here somewhere. Bud.

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Using the org Ford grease cups/hubcaps you can easily force the water from your front wheel bearings!

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Sir my question about your ignition was if you had org coils or a after market single coil unit? Bud from the land of round door knobs.

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What sort of ignition do you have? Bud.

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With the power outages over and over proves if you don"t learn from history your doomed to repeat it!!

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The org question was [how were model T bodies painted?] I think a better question to have asked would relate to what year,body mfg,body type,and where built.We are not all the same and neither were Model T"s

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My question is what year did Ford start building their own bodies??????????????????????????????

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Yes i heard you got about twice what we did.Yesterday at the table of knowledge i was told a few were still trying to dig sugar beets in the mess!! I would have liked to escape between Christmas and the new year but i might have a problem now.

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Snow being either good or bad depends on the amount received and when. If the crops are still in the field a little can go along way.When you only get a little and you wonder why the combines are not running,it is because when a slight amount of snow hits the fan it will melt causing ice to freeze o...

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Funny when all the experts say for one reason or another the electric will not work most are thinking cross country.I think i have yet to see note of the small towns and suburbs where many simply use a golf cart.I do not see any in the winter but in late spring through early fall they are all over t...

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When we bought our first model T i was really disapointed it did not make the same sweet sound the model A engine makes! While i like the open soft ride of the 14 that self commencer on the A is nice for some of us old people.That looked to be a very nice A so even if i wanted another T i would stil...

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Last night i got to thinking about the long lost can do crest that were on my uniform. I asked the wife to search and try to find one to wear on my vet hat and low and behold she found one.I looked at my dress greens in the closed and low and behold the crest were intact! I did not try to put my uni...

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Well on the bright side the lawn will not need mowed for a while,there are no fly's or bugs,and i doubt if i will see any snakes! Another nice thing about snow is it will not burn!All we can do is not gripe and make the best of it and it"s way too early to get cabin fever!! Good luck to those who hu...

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We have about 5" and there are still people trying to pull sugar beets!! Lots of corn and soybeans still in the field and the ground was very wet before this mess.It should make for a good start of deer season 11/15 Bud.

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Everyone in this country has a 6 year obligation if needed to serve. What better way to say thank you than to say yes i will!! Bud.

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I just drained our 14 and the model A is next. When in use i use distilled water with a qt of antifreeze to hopefully stop any rust.It has been years since i ran both cars year round.

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Lots of model T parts but it makes me wonder how it handled? The new ones also make me wonder how they handle? The nature of the build of the first picture reminds me of E J Potter and some of the Allison powered tractors he built.

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Has anyone noticed this off topic has grown into a spot for some to preach post after post?? Advancing age brings many bad things with it and being in great shape will not help if your hit by a truck while standing in the middle of the road expounding others faults!!! :D Bud the boomer who paid his ...

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Good on you Dick,and thank you for your service!!!!!!

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Dallas,As a matter of fact we just unloaded our second ton this morning.Yup without a good power stand by it could get very cold quick!! I hope your well and warm this winter! Bud.

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Well that is what this part of the forum is about off topic.We have had and will have loss of power so many years ago we bought a 7,000 surge 6500 cont generator that will handle the house/farm and a 3,000 Honda for when we travel.I really love the little Honda!!!!!

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A simple tire change could speed you up and much cheaper than many other fixes.Bud.

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