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Homecoming video is up

https://youtu.be/g0bzwjD5Q3A

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I have some swap meet video. I'm editing things together now and should have an overall homecoming video ready by Friday

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I will be there with early rear end parts and a ton of other stuff

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I thought you would have some insight here. Obviously the seller likes it quite a bit, but I thought it was interesting.

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Anybody know the story on this?

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Bq5oeY2 ... tid=wwXIfr

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I can’t get past the American Underslung clown car

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Just uploaded a video of what I'm think is from the 1952 OCF showing some Model T's and other cars. He's the link for your viewing pleasure

https://youtu.be/WWRSzcckegk

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Another great time. I did a quick Youtube looking at a few of the cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5roYBE4hGys

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I plan on being there. I'll send in my swap meet application in the next day or so

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Great, thanks guys.

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Hello, Is there a measurement or does anybody have side by side photos of transmission end plates? I know the 26/27 sits down inside the drum ID and is not interchangeable with the earlier ones, but I'll be darned if I can find how to tell the difference just looking at a loose one sitting on the sh...

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Couple of nice T's in affordable condition. I would go, but I've got a lot on my plate at the moment

http://whalenauction.com/?es_feed_targe ... fid%3D7420

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I still like the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou scene about to R-U-N-N-O-F-T

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So this latest movie has me thinking, what are people favorite Model T Ford scenes in movies (or TV shows)?

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There is some profanity. here's a breakdown

https://parentpreviews.com/movie-review ... lower-moon

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Mt video of walking around the swap meet area

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwQEl8b6jbY

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I'll be back at my usual post at OAI-21 with a truck and trailer load of stuff. I've got a pretty nice Brass windshield for a Torpedo Roadster among other things. I've even got a transmission for a Locomobile. Stop by any time

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To what degree to aluminum pistons help vs cast iron ones for the noise situation?

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Apparently the trick is to get to the game late so that you're the last one in the packing lot if you want to get out of there in any reasonable time

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Great, see you there

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Sorry for the late post, I finished this on Friday, but now I can't log into the forum from my home laptop, doesn't like more than 20 re-directs or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzjSUDE4OZ8

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I have a whole 20 min. video that I should have done by Friday night. I'll post a link here when it's done.

...free pie? I somehow missed the free pie

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I'm going to be there and I'll take some video

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A guy wrote to me asking for information on his grandfather's speedster. This is him sitting in front of his shop in Jamaica, NY. I can't say much beyond that it looks like a pretty slick setup. Does anyone recognize if this is a commercially available body? Feel free to discuss.

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Damn it. Just missed it

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Looks like it sort of also function as an exhaust cutout that you open ones the engine warms up. I’ll have to keep an eye out for one of those manifolds now.

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I was gifted this accessory intake manifold that looks like it like it draws hot air in at the top and out at the bottom to preheat, but I think there must be a matching exhaust manifold that Mayes. Does anyone know anything about this one? B4E11ACF-1ECC-49B0-AFD4-8E1E00906279.jpeg 4ED93096-F1A3-43A...

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Thanks, I'll let him know and see if he's interested

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Don, I’ve got a guy asking about the coil tester over on my YouTube. What are you asking for the remaining one?

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First of 3 Hershey videos

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mpOPEg_6clA&t=35s

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They're not Chevrolet. I would post maybe over on the AACA forum where there's a greater amount of multi-make expertise and see if someone over there can help.

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There ya go. There’s part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk5cnxED8-M

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Several years ago, I decided after I arrived that I might want another space to park my trailer so that could arrange my selling space better. I went to the main tent and paid for another spot and got it. Sure, it was way the heck out in no mans land, but I was just looking for a place to dump my tr...

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The first time I changed bands was 'through the hole'. It took me a complete 8 hour day and fiddle farting around. That did include the time required to remove the old band material and rivet the new ones on though. It was also done in a random parking lot rather than in my garage. Still, I prefer t...

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EJCSmbj ... e=youtu.be

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I was the one in the arm cast. Saw you drive by once. I didn't go to the Friday reception since I didn't need to drop off my TT. Couldn't bring it this year with the broken wrist. We must have just missed each other.

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I used Linseed Oil on my Fordor with good results. I did a wipe down with Kerosene as a cleaner and that worked better than you would have thought.

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Voting matters.

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I'll be there in my usual spaces, but I still will be forbidden to do any lifting with my broken wrist, so I won't have my usual trailer load of parts. Maybe just a table or something, I don't know; playing it by ear. I really want to bring my trailer though since I have three '28 Chevy engines with...

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I'm just finishing up the first part of a 2 part Youtube. I should have it wrapped up tonight after work. I'll post a link when it's up. The second part should be done by this weekend.

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No, nothing with car insurance. I was a little vague at the hospital though and just said I was working on an old engine. I figured a lot of the details were kind of unnecessary to throw out and somebody who probably wouldn’t know what I was talking about anyway

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Upon examination, in addition to not paying attention to cranking form, I had the truck in gear. It has an auxiliary Muncie that I was careful to put in neutral, but I didn’t have the hand brake pulled back enough and the engine was in gear. That’s why it didn’t feel normal. I double checked the spa...

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I’m going to keep it as a non starter since I like the originality of the whole thing. I don’t know if you noticed, but did you see the vaporizer carb had only a single arm on the choke? A special part only for non starters!

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=watyKyYclGI&t=908s

That’s the truck there

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It’s actually a 1927 non-starter TT

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I was spinning it all the way around, which I know better than to do but I Was distracted and in a hurry. Always pay attention to what you’re doing

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Officially joined the ‘not paying attention while hand cranking’ club

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There was a '28 Chevy rear end there also that was pretty nice, but was just going to be scrapped, so I took that because I could picture somebody out there needing it.

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Thanks, I'm kind of struggling to determine their worth.

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Hey all, I find myself in possession of three complete 1928 Chevrolet motors, all with the complete overhead valve assemblies that people like to use on T's (theses are the ones with the dual intake and exhausts). All in what appears to be pretty good shape. I'm not sure if these are considered valu...

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Even if there is asbestos under the rug material, it's safe as long as it's not exposed. If the rug is nice and tight all around, the asbestos would be considered encapsulated and would pose no danger. The problem would come if you were to try and, say, replace the rug and disturb the underlying asb...

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The first two are not T parts, not sure what the top part even is. The windshield looks like it has the uneven hinges of the 1917-22 style, but it's a little hard to tell from the angle of the photo

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I think this is 1911, but I wanted to double check

The hinge is marked "Model 3 Automatic"

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Ya Dave, it's weird how they target those ads based on your own personal search history

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You just need a cheap adapter. I think you can pick them up for about 10 dollarydoos

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I was going to go with ‘The final word on E-Timers’

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At my daughter's urging to try social media, I've opened a Youtube channel where I figure I'll show videos for Hershey, Greenfield and whatnot. I just missed taking more long form videos at Homecoming, but maybe next year. I'll try and post successful videos of big events here for you guy's viewing ...

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Here’s some shots from the museum

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I'll be at the swap meet with a trailer load of T stuff to unload.

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Might wanna give it a quick shot with a sand blaster before using it. Otherwise pretty cool.

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She might do well to contact the HCCA

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Radiators are different between the 23 and 26 (different thickness), so remember to switch those if you do the engine swap

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Either one isn't super tough. Take a look at body bracket locations. There may have been bracket modifications for either the speedster or the hack or both. It doesn't need to have been done, but people do weird thing.

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amp meter on the drivers door panel?

The first thing I'd check is if the engine number matches the number on the title. You may have a challenge there.

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A friend of mine here at work had some sent out for analysis, turns out is just Automatic Transmission Fluid. Now whenever I feel I need MMO, I just substitute less expensive ATF

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He's decided to just leave the fender as-is.

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He's actually still building it. He finally got the second fender filled, sanded, and painted and was showing it off to me. He hadn't noticed the rivet thing until I pointed it out. Not he's considering painting a rivet head and sticking it onto the fender with JB Weld so they both look the same.

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So looking at my Dad's '14, I noticed his front fenders were different. One has the expected three rivets, but one only has two. I can find nothing in the encyclopedia about '14 style fenders with two rivets. Anybody seen these? (the car came with no fenders and these were picked up at separate auct...

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When in need, I've used a literal stick. I really only have three measurements.

That's a lot of gas
I'm OK on gas
Geez, I better get some gas

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My uncle had a whole bunch of T parts stored in a family owned barn with no house around it that was about a 45 minute drive away from his place. A few years ago, scrappers cleaned it out of everything remotely heavy, including a complete 1915 engine.

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It looks like I can mix and match the different styles of differential halves. I can used the bottom half with the thru bolts, and then go with a top half with or without grooves. Both look good in terms of wear.

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I have several with those grooves. If we’re looking at the same thing those are supposed to be there. Here’s another one with the grooves

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But what does that mean in terms of yeas used?

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Correct

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What is the difference in these differentials ?

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We’ll be at the usual spaces at OAI-21.

I’ll have a nice 1920 engine, tons of transmissions & drum sets, lots of split rims and who knows what else. Still loading

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Here a ‘14 with a fancy dress radiator, an American flag on one fender and a ‘Liberty Bell’ signal on the other (with Eagle topper for extra Freedom) AA3D8952-0C39-47A2-BA9A-30F940187E5F.jpeg 6AEB13B8-53A0-4E8E-A43E-5B7A7BFA9848.jpeg 5350F642-49A7-4115-96F4-045735F588C2.jpeg 08601554-1FFE-4D80-95C8-...

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These sort of little augments are why I no don't belong to clubs any more. I stopped attending the local club when they started obsessing about by-laws. I don't actually miss it one bit.

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I'm going to assume that the bootlegger contest will be some sort of demonstration of how much alcohol I've managed to sneak onto the museum grounds. At first I thought it might be a contest of how much booze I've managed to surreptitiously sell at my swap meet space, but that would be more of a Spe...

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I'll be there selling at the swap meet. Loading the trailer now.

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When thinking about the future of my cars, I often think about the line in Ecclesiates about not knowing if the next person will be a wise man or a fool. The next owner of my car could cherish it or maybe hot rod it. He could completely disassemble it to restore and then lose interest. You can leave...

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Kerry, if your rolling downhill backwards at any reasonable speed, the brake band won't stop you. I found this out when my engine got staved for gas at the top of a fairly steep incline. It was exciting!

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Hey, I've got a quick logistics question on the swap meet. I've never been there, so I don't know the layout. If I drive in in the morning with a trailer, can I unload it during the setup time and park it somewhere else (I see it says there's no trailer parking at the museum)? I want to have a coupl...

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Here it is in that 1953 movie

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My advice is to get the biggest, most heavy duty trailer you can reasonable afford and/or pull. As soon as you have a trailer, you'll find more things that need to be hauled. It's like as soon as you build a garage, you suddenly find more things that need to be stored in it. Here's an example of a c...

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Have you considered an AA? You may have picked up from the previous comments that 50MPH may be achievable with the right combination of equipment, but it's really pushing the envelope for a TT.

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When you try and start with the NH, do you get gas into the bowl? Sometimes those little float valves stick, particularly if it's been replaced and hasn't been worked up and down much.

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I've only had one weekend in May so far, so all I did was pull the T out of the barn and turn in around in preparation to pulling the rear. I figure I'll lift it by putting a 2x4 across the frame rails, pulling the rear floorboard (touring car) and lifting it with a come along through back seat floo...

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I got the same paperwork as usual. I registered and they did cash the check, so current data says it's on

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I had heard the same thing that Susanne pointed out. I will add that I have a stored inside, untouched black '23 that I had to pull the engine out of a few years ago. I took the hood sills off and saw paint under them that had not seen the light of day since Highland Park. I was actually shocked at ...

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Warning: Side effects may include tetanus, skinned knuckles, greasy palms, spontaneous multiplication of spare parts, handcrank forearm and oil puddles. If you find yourself telling stories lasting more the four hours, see a doctor immediately.

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Not a T, but one of my more favorite old car paintings. I saw this at Hershey a few years ago. It was done as an advertisement for Houck quick change wire wheels, for when you need to change in a hurry

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Everything mounts the same as the car with the pan ears sitting on top of the frame rails with the same pan. The brake shoe on the TT is quite a bit taller, however, since the brake lever mounts under the frame and the TT frame is quite a bit thicker.

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Still sorting parts and I got this bronze steering wheel spider that came with the same batch of stuff that had the Model K coil (that I sold to RV Anderson, if anyone needs it). Anyway, I thought Ild better check and make sure it’s not also Model K before I list it as a random wheel for a speedster...

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Wow, ask a question, get an answer. Need any of these RV? You can name whatever you think is a fair price.

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I'm sorting parts (to sell) and I'm wondering if anyone recognizes this coil. Its 5" x 3" x 2-3/16".

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