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I've installed several of these over the years on vehicles. I've never heard of putting them on the ground side so I always put them on the positive side. Here is the one I installed on my Delivery. Later I flipped it around so the swing arm of the switch is de-energized when open. I placed this one...

1925-ish with a 27 engine and transmission. 2 1/2 years. The pictures are out of order, just wanted to point that out so you didn't get the impression the restoration didn't go the other way. LOL

I've experienced the same thing with different parts on my T. Some things were hard as tempered steel when logic says they shouldn't be. I've ended up using a tiny dremal type grinder more than once to resize or make a new hole.

I just called my regular insurance guy and explained what I have and what I wanted to do. I drive my T less than 50 miles a year and only around town here where I live. Gave me a pretty good rate. Car is valued at 6-8k.

The one I use is also an old A horn and had the same problem. I discovered through trial and error that I needed larger wire in the whole circuit for the horn. I did disassemble the horn and clean / lubricate first. Then later discovered it needed larger wire.

Steve I used to understand things like this but this one stumped me. Without an oscilloscope I couldn't even begin to figure it out. The coil was a hail Mary and I'm glad it worked. My guess is the coils throwing electrical noise all the way to the battery. But it's just a guess.

I just fought this battle. I installed led blinkers and with the T off they worked great but with it running they were possessed. I tried using various different tap points for the power from the main switch, from the terminal block, to straight to the battery. Nothing made much difference. In the e...

The Roadster is named Kate after Kathryn Hepburn. She's old and shakes a bit when she speaks but man does she have spunk. The Delivery I was going to name Spencer after Spencer Tracy but it didn't work out that way. The first year I worked on the Delivery it smelled of Pee from 60 years in a cattle ...

I know your looking for a particular engine stand and there are allot of designs and styles built over the years. I have a very tiny shop and space is a problem. This is one I built that uses the engine puller as the stand. It worked great for holding the engine in storage until I was ready to trans...

Getting close to finishing this build. Had it out for a few test drives.

Just a note on adjusting the clutch screws. Before pulling the cotter pin, put a string through the head so you can't drop it. I learned this the hard way and it took forever to get the dropped cotter pin out of the transmission.

I once assymbled a wheel with the notch on the spokes facing the wrong way. Had them facing away from the hub toword the brake drum. I was on the 3rd one of the day and just wasn't paying attention. Only figured it out when trying over and over to get the brake drum bolted on.

I think it's a car bought for a purpose then life gets in the way. Dad had a few in the barn like that. A nice Volvo and a few Datsuns.

I can see that. Now that some aren't driving daily to work and back it time to get some of the squeaks and leaks repaired. Doing some repairs on my truck as well during this "quiet" time. As far as stimulus money goes, I haven't seen any.

My wife loves that show but hates it when I comment on the make and year of the Ts. LOL

My father would pop the lid off the coil box with the engine running and adjust them by sound. Ive watched him do this countless times while we were driving his Roadster around town. Now that I have inherited this T I've tried the same thing only to electrocute myself over and over. LOL

I'm so glad you posted this. I found myself this morning wondering how to replace a damaged one on the T I'm rebuilding and remembered this post. Thank you for taking the time to post it.

Coming to the end of my 2 year rebuild I am familiar with the struggle to find castle nuts. I wound up ordering from McMaster Carr. They have multiple sizes. I wound up buying the bolts from them too and making a jig for drilling the cotter pin holes. Beware there are different types of castle nuts ...

I bought some stuff from them a few weeks ago. I know they are not operating at full capacity because I received the parts before they ever charged me. Never had that happen pre-pandemic.

It's not a bumper sticker exactly but I put this on all my antique vehicles at some point some place.

So far this month I've added a battery disconnect under the vehicle, doing it on the battery is a real pain in the butt. I learned along time ago on the farm never store a vehicle with the battery connected. Fire can happen, damn chipmonks. I also change two bad springs on the transmission. I wish I...

To me it looks like a body of water ( pond or river) in the background with a dock on the right. Someone with one of those amazing photo softwares might be able to tweak it into view.

I finnaly finished installing the windows. It felt like it took forever because I had to keep adjusting everything to make sure there was enough room to allow them to slip a bit in case the body flexes. I won't know if I did it right until I get it back on the road. That's the next job; hooking up t...

I use eklers for parts on my daily driver. A 1970 F100. Never had a problem yet...

I used a similar press to get mine off. I C clamped 2x4s to the frame to keep it from shooting out and hitting me.

Hello Darin, I would like to see a club here in GA too. I know there are other T guys here in GA some on the forum some not. I don't get out of my area much due to a disability but I have met a few. I mostly like working on the Ts as a way to pass the time and only drive local. I can't do much more ...

This month has been slow go for me. I blame the heat. I'm still installing windows in the T. It's definitely a two person job but making work with one. Also experimenting with the chalk boards. I think I need to find an artist or a child for this.

Woo Hoo!!! I love projects like that. Can't wait for more pictures.

Wow what a great photo. The caption reads like one from this week. Notice the guy with no mask. Thank you for sharing this.

June has been a good month to get allot done. I have jacked up the body, removed and painted the fenders then reinstalled. Painting betwen storms was a bit tricky but i managed it. I have also come to think I will paint a chalkboard on all my vehicles, it makes it easy to keep track of what need to ...

I've used the type that looks like copper shavings with no problems to stop weeping radiators.

For the first time I pulled out my Delivery/ Hack out of the garage. I needed to spin it around and put in the shop the other way in preparation to lift the body to remove the fenders and splash shields. It took 7 months to build the body and the whole time I kept worrying that it would be to tall. ...

I suspect it was there for a prison break. LOL

Herb the article I found the information in mentioned the rail cars as one of their symbols. I want to thank you for the clue that sent me that way. A neat piece of history I never knew before. The old trucking-old thread is by far one of my favorites, so many truck I've never seen before. Thank you

I was curious at to the 40/8. A search on Google turned up this, The Forty and Eight is an organization of veterans of the United States armed forces. Its official name is "La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux," which is French, and translates as "The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses....

Mark I think Tilley is a great name for a T. It's a beautiful car and congratulations on getting her back on the road. I hope she creates many happy memories for you and you family.

I was hoping someone would start one of these because I've done some things. Didn't see one so I'll begin. I finnaly finished the front bumper on my Delivery/ Hack. The mounts are the rear mounts from a 1930s A with a tiny bit of modification and the bumper is from a 30s A also. I also finished the ...

May has been a slow month for me. With the pandemic going on I've been wary of going out for wood supplies. I'm one of those who have multiple " underlying " conditions so going out is a bit scary. I finnaly broke down and made the run to Home Depot. 4 days later I had a fever that lasted a few days...

I'm a believer in Rustolieum paint, spray and brush on, depending on the part. I buy from whoever has it the cheapest, Amazon, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, EBay. Maybe if I mention this enough I can get Rustolieum to " Sponsor " my restoration projects LOLOL

Looks like a great day. Wonderful photos. I have to say that the seat design for your truck is the best I've ever seen. Thank you for showing us the day.

I'm just curious, Has there ever been a cinder block recall?

Thanks for the heads up.

I googled looking for a picture and found this article. I'm not good remembering model numbers but a photo I can recognise.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/33572/har ... y-collapse

I love these photos. The second one looks like the driver side front tire has been cut by the rim but still holding air.

My daily driver here in Georgia is a 1970 F100 with no A.C.. It's something you just get used to and long trips are planned for early morning when the temperature is low.

Couldn't imagine a T with AC, would feel wrong.

I have a steel radiator that had similar problem. The neck on my 24 separated on one side of my radiator. It's a well used radiator so as an experiment I used JB weld to re attach it. I cleaned the area with a rotary wire brush, some fine sand paper, and acetone. I also pre heated the metal a bit wi...

I have a set of the same, love them. On this last rebuild they were indispensable. Word of warning; my shop floor is level but my driveway is at a slight angle. I pushed the T out into the drive to make room to build the frame for my hack and the angle was enough to send the T into my neighbors yard...

I did the rear seat in a delivery/ Hack I'm building with some leftover duck canvas I had from doing the top. I mixed rustolieum black paint with water and painted them with a roller and let dry before cutting and covering the foam seats. They defiantly look distressed and are quite comfortable. I w...

Got the front seats covered and the steering wheel installed. I'm gonna have to go to home depot soon to get more wood for the side panels. Not looking forward to that.

Comment to Anthonie, I opened a 27 transmission and found a similar band to the one you posted a photo of. I also found the transmission full of the brass looking material woven in the band. I never found a manufacturer who made them but the ones on this T looked almost new when I took them out. I d...

I like the idea of the tiny rubber duck on water but I would fill it with mannequin fingers to symbolize all the smashed fingers I've had restoring the T.

This is something I will be hunting for when I get to the rewiring of my delivery/hack. Just a quick search on Amazon.com turned up quite a few results.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=6+volt+led+b ... nb_sb_noss

I've never used any of these but it gives me hope that they are listed.

Jim

Haven't been as busy as some of you but I did finish the seat supports, the floorboards, and the dash. Onto the window frames while I wait for seat cushion supplies.

I'm gonna try and answer some of the questions that have come up. The duck canvas I found is a very heavy and thick material. To compare it to something it's thicker than cereal box material and a tight weave. EBay lists it as #6 COTTON DUCK - Natural 21oz - Canvas Fabric 60 inch wide. I remembered ...

Well that's what I did. I apologize for any typos or wrong words I can't spell well and the damn spell check makes up it's own mind.

I'm sure there are better materials and techniques but with my budget and skills this is where I wound up. Thank you for your patience.

Jim

Once the black was dried I removed the masking and used Hydum / Welting to hide the layered edges. I used a 7/16 staple on this and an air powered staple gun for this. I found if I held the gun at an angle so one end of the staple went into the upper layered part and the other end of the staple went...

Then the painting began. I used Rustolieum Rusty metal primer. For the first two coats. This stuff will stick to anything. The top Drank up about 3/4 of a gallon of the primer in the end. The best way I found to paint this was using a roller. I tried a brush but it looked awful. Once the primer was ...

Once everything was trimmed back I masked the area around the top and used drop cloths to cover the vehicle.

Once the canvas was attached I used anouther jig to mark the cutline around the edge and then trimmed everything.

Also this is a picture of the layers.

This is the canvas I used. It was attached at the front and stretched to the rear using some wood scraps and ratchet straps.

Once the batting was attached I covered this with a layer of black plastic. Not so much for water proofing but to keep the paint I used to seal the canvas from bleeding through to the burlap. The plastic wasn't stretched just pulled taught and stapled.

Once this was stapled all around I added a layer of batting material. This came off Amazon for about 30.00. It wasnt really streatched much, just enough to cover everything.

To keep the staples a uniform distance from the top I used a home made jig to set the distance from the top down. I used a hand staple gun and 5/16 staples.

In researching the top for my vehicle I found about half a dozen different materials and ways to do this. In the end I settled on Canvas. Duck canvas to be specific because it thicker. I bough the stuff I used off eBay for about 50.00. It was 56 inches wide and sold by the yard. I also bought the bu...

I've been meaning to submit this for a few days and want to do it before I forget again. This is how I installed my Canvas top on my Delivery/Hack. I found some information on doing this on the forum but not allot of pictures. So I wanted to do this with lots of pictures. For me I can read and read ...

Finnaly finished installing and painting my 25s Delivery/Hack's canvas top. Now on tho the rest of the wood body and the seats.

I've seen this topic pop up from time to time but have never answered so I thought I would this time. I just used my regular auto insurance company. I called them explained the limited amount of driving it was going to get and sent them a photo. It wound up being a few dollars extra a month. I set i...

I ran into the problem too. Bought some of these things from McMaster Carr but can't remember the part number. I think they we called press nuts or something like that. I ground out the stripped one and welded in the new one.

Finnaly finished painting the upper sections! That was more physically demanding than building it. Now to put the top covering on. Woo hoo!

That looks like a very nice set of steps on the back of the Traveling Grocery truck.

I love these photos

Not much original on the car or the girl

I'm going with abandoned. No one would drag that engine that far from the tracks.

Looks like enough parts scattered around there to rebuild her.

Thanks Erik I never new what that material was called. Your dad's Hupmobile is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for posting the pictures.

The seats in the crash look like velvet. Must have been a nice car.

I like the fire truck behind it where they cut the windshield to put in a bell.

The time change effects me more and more each year, I wish we would just split the difference and move the clocks 30 minutes and leave them be.

This has become my favorite thread. I can get lost in the photos and the stories they tell for hours. So much to see.

Thank you for this

Jim

I was looking through the images on that Bing search, this one shows more cars at the bombing

Link to article about a book about the bombing.

https://news.yale.edu/2018/02/09/pbs-ai ... olars-book

Still working on my delivery/ hack. This month will be devoted to the top. Still framing it in for the slats then paint before I install the top.

I like the rivets and scars too. Here's one on one of mine.

I'm still working on my T body. This is taking allot of time seeing how everything has to be custom made, tweaked, and adjusted to fit. I was hoping to be done by now but it's looking like it will be summer before it's done.

Hey that's the town next to where I live. I guess I need to keep a better eye on my Ts.

I think it a beautiful photo. Love the sign. I wish we could have some of that snow down here in Georgia. It's 70F out right now, 1pm Feb 3 2020. Makes me wonder what summer is going to be like this year.

Here is the electrical I used for a separate 12 volt led lighting system. I did not install the upper left part with the 6 to 12 volt converter. Also I installed side lights above the tires in the fender wells. These run solid when on and blink when the related turn signal is on. The blinker switch ...

My first T a 24 Roadster I used a small 12 volt battery and led lights for brakes and blinkers. It works fine I just charge the little battery now and then. I designed the system to be quick install and uninstall to keep the car as original as possible. I have a drawing some where for the system and...

I love that site and can get lost for hours just clicking through the pictures.

I'd like to build one of these next.

Cleaning rust has become one of my favorite things. I find it almost meditative. I use a Chicago rotary tool from Amazon for about 35.00 and buy the wire brushes off eBay at about 2.00 a piece when bought in quantity of 20. If you use this method wear a respirator and saftey glasses plus gloves. The...

I'm so sorry to hear about the person having the T flip and kill him. There are so few of us left and drives home ( to me ) how dangerous these things can be. My prayers for the family and friends. The holidays were a slow T time here. Between sickness and the holidays I didn't get much done. I fini...

Still working on the fame for my Hack / Delivery. I've never been a good carpenter so everything has been 3 steps forward 2 steps backward building this. This week I'm painting the wood structures. Limited space is a big problem as I can only build so much then paint, install, so I can build the nex...

That's very cool. Looks like a fun day.

I haven't had time to do much in the last month or so. Went to New Orleans for funeral then recovering from a bad cold. Hoping to get back to working on the T this week. I hope to finish the lower body frame and get it painted before the cold weather comes back. Might clean up in the shop, getting a...

Looks in better condition than the one I'm driving.

I've installed the new nuts on 2 cars ( a 25, and 24 ) and had to cut 1/4 inch off both to make them fit.

I finally got all the fenders and splash shields "adjusted" and mounted. Now to design and build the body. The hope is to build a Hack / delivery type body. The 2x4s on the back were just so I could mount the rear fenders and visualize the length of the T. It's taken me 18 months to get to this poin...

I had cranking problems on one of mine that matches yours. I found the pack nut felt on top of the carb was leaking air. I replaced it and added a few drops of oil to it to help seal it. Cranked fine after this. About a year later it started having trouble cranking again so I put a few drops of oil ...

I've been out of action for a month or more. Finally got back to "repairing" some fenders for a farm vehicle I'm building. The fenders had an are that was very thin with holes. I made some skin graph panels to support the steel. I originally tried to weld them on but I suck at welding. I didn't used...

I have one of those in line on my 24. Growing up on a farm and driving seasonal tractors, I like the option of being able to see the fuel. I never thought to just put it in place of the bowl. Good idea.

Don't give up, you can get her going again. Glad to see your brining in a younger generation.

I had an issue with getting the u-joint and the engine to fully engage. I rebuilt the rear spring and this moved everything back almost 1/2 inch. I wound up loosening everything attaching the springs then used ratchet straps to compress the u-joint and cover in. Then I tightened everything down. I h...

Beautiful.

I did get 2 video clips with my phone. I would try and post them but in the back ground is my political sign for 2020. I think the forum should be about Ts not bad politicians.

It took me over a year but anouther one lives. The last time this T ran my dad was a teen and he and his buddy drove it into the woods where it died. It sat there for many years until being rescued and dragged to a barn. Cow barn to cow barn for the next 50 years. The car still smells like cow pee s...

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