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Chris Haynes

[/quote Hi Chris, Would you, by any chance, have photos of these on the car yet? Kinda been dying to see them since you said you received yours - haven’t yet ordered mine. Posting photos on this site is a real PITA. I used to be able to post photos here. Now that they changed things my photos, whic...

Chris Haynes

Allan, I'm also sweating on Blockley tires and tubes being available soon. Getting too old to have to repair flat tires on the side of the road because of blow outs when they are caused by rubbish products. and one has about 1 in 5 chance the tire is damaged resulting in it not being usable again. ...

Chris Haynes

Erik Johnson wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:39 am
Even though you bought the tires direct from Blockley, couldn't you have saved some money by purchasing the tubes from Coker, Universal or Lucas?

They only carry the thin tubes. Only Blockley has the thick tubes with the correct type valve stem.

Chris Haynes

Seems to me they are all made in Vietnam and shipped to different vendors. Which tires or “tyres” does Coker actually make? Try Universal or Lucas or that other place if you are in Australia or New Zealand. I bet the tires all come from the same place. I have four recently acquired sets plus a coup...

Chris Haynes

All of my pictures are JPG and won't post. I don't have the Windows Live Photo Gallery and I have no clue how to convert them to a GIF. In the past my Photobucket links had always worked.

Chris Haynes

I just bought and received 4 tires and tubes from Blockley. That was $989.91 on the day I ordered them. Add $150.00 for US Import Duty to the price. 4x 30x3.5 Blockley Tyres @£149.00 each £596.00 4x Inner Tubes @£32.00 each £128.00 1x Delivery Charge £145.00 Total £869.00

Chris Haynes

Pardon my ignorance but I don't see where to post pictures directly from the computer???

Chris Haynes

When I try to post pictures using photobucket I get this message.
"It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is correct."

Chris Haynes

Thanks you for the information. My rims are a bit rusty but not a bit sharp.
https://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp2 ... 2smq2h.jpg

Chris Haynes

If you have a rim with sharp edges that you absolutely must save, one approach would be to obtain a pair of "rim savers", they are made in Australia. I got mine through the kind efforts of Andrew Brand, I don't know if he is still able to obtain them and ship them to the US. http://www.mtfca.com/di...

Chris Haynes

I will be installing my new tires and tubes on rusty rims. I am thinking it would be a good idea to paint the inside of the rims with Rustoleum to prevent more rust and smooth out the surface.

Chris Haynes

Can you post a picture of Phil so we will be able to recognize him and give him our sentiments at the meet?

Chris Haynes

Philip Lawrence
2020 Mother Lode Model T Club President rants on.

Phillip,
You need to lighten up a bit and learn how to recognize satire.

Chris Haynes

Where are they used?

Chris Haynes

The caption for the photo says 1944. Abandoned Model T at a railroad crossing in Arkansas (Ben Shahn, 1944)

Chris Haynes

I just got off the phone with Glen. He is retiring and his son will be taking over the business. So Chaffin's will still be operational.

Chris Haynes

In CA you fill out the Application for title or registration. https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/forms/reg/reg343 Assuming that the vehicle isn't registered to anyone you then bring it in for serial number verification. The vehicle must be complete for this process although it doesn't need to ...

Chris Haynes

When dealing with the motor vehicle NEVER EVER TELL THEM A VEHICLE WAS BUILT FROM PARTS.

Chris Haynes

As I recall the way Henry won the first time was that all the other cars did not finish.

Chris Haynes

Why not just apply for a title?

Chris Haynes

I'm not finding anything in the classifieds

Chris Haynes

dmdeaton wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 24, 2020 5:23 pm
I think Bob just posted a new LED conversion for these in the classifieds

I have seen the LED's that Lang's has. Battery powered and no brake light.

Chris Haynes

I am looking for something like this to hold a dual filament bulb.

Chris Haynes

Thank you for the information.

Chris Haynes

What brand and number Valve Stems were used in 1921?

Chris Haynes

There is no number visible in the pictures. They only show one side. Hopefully I will have it in my hands in a few days.

Chris Haynes

The key and its operation for the FORDLOC is totally different. The lock operates by the key being pushed into the tumblers. Here is a picture I found online of what the key looks like.

Chris Haynes

I just bought this FORDLOC. Does anybody know where I could get a key made?

Chris Haynes

Long Beach and Orange county are a bit geographically undesirable. The Long Beach address is 46 miles from my home and especially difficult during rush hour traffic on a weekday night. Shouldn't take more that two hours to get there.

Chris Haynes

150 bucks for each tire with unknown shipping charge from Bloxley. I'm waiting to hear their shipping charge.

Chris Haynes

I am looking to get my engine rebuilt. So Cal area.

Chris Haynes

My Non-demountable wheels are currently at Vintage Wheel in Sonora, CA He makes new spokes and installs new wood felloes. He makes spokes for many brands of cars besides Ford. He has a duplicating lathe.

Chris Haynes

A Warford has overdrive and a Ruxtel is underdrive. What is the benefit of slowing your car down?

Chris Haynes

I am looking for recommendations on the best brand of tires to buy for a driver. Best for wear and safety, not for correctness.

Chris Haynes

ThreePedalTapDancer,
E Mail sent.

Chris Haynes

I bought mine from Speedway for a lot less. https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Offenhau ... 25041.html

Chris Haynes

I need a good 1921 block. Mine has rusted through the water jacket into the valve chamber. My block was cast July 2nd 1921.

Chris Haynes

My water jackets also have rust holes in them. I am stripping the block and having them furnace welded.

Chris Haynes

Later the commercial plates were the same color as passenger plates. The were either marked SC for Solid Commercial or PC for Pneumatic Commercial. Trucks with solid rubber tires paid much higher rates as the solid rubber tires damaged the highways.

Chris Haynes

Is anybody selling electric conversions for kerosene lights? Lang's doesn't stock them anymore.

Chris Haynes

I would love to go. Unfortunately it is the same weekend as the Turlock Swap Meet which I can't miss.
http://www.turlockswapmeet.com/

Chris Haynes

Rootlieb will be there selling all of his wonderful new stuff. He is usually in the small building on the East end of the meet past the car corral.
http://www.rootlieb.com/fenders.html

Chris Haynes

I visited Chafin's and was amazed at the huge quantity of parts he has in stock. He is looking to retire and wants a million dollars for his business. I doubt that includes the building it is housed in. At my age buying a business is a silly idea. Not to mention the lack of having a million dollars.

Chris Haynes

I haven't tried Evaporust but I am a big fan of Rust 911. I have even used it is the cooling system of my car. It dissolved all the rust from the block and made the radiator sparkling clean.

Chris Haynes

I'll see ya there.

Chris Haynes

What make and model Forklift rods are guys using in their T Engines?

Chris Haynes

What is the date?

Chris Haynes

Is this an overdrive or a underdrive?

Chris Haynes

I[ am in the process of tearing down my nonelectric 1921. I found an original Ford script head gasket and standard bore pictons. This engine is well past being worn out. :-) I assume that it has never been torn down before. At any rate here is a picture of my no stater flywheel with a virgin ring ge...

Chris Haynes

My Globe Safety Scooter had a Continental Red Seal engine in it.

Chris Haynes

I would like to convert my 1921 Kerosene tail light to electric without butchering the burner. Are there any kits available?

Chris Haynes

It is a 1940 Harley transmission with an F0 casting mark. The transmission is for a knucklehead. The 47 transmission pictures were just reference. FO is for June of 1940. Most likely it wound up in a 1941 model as July was switch over month. These cases were made by an outside vendor. Had to be del...

Chris Haynes

I forgot to add, that’s cleaned up and working price, but here is a link to the casting dates to tell exactly which year Harley transmission it is. http://www.hydra-glide.com/joomla/index.php/documentation/miscellaneous/692-date-codes You will find the date on the bottom near the mounting holes. Th...

Chris Haynes

In CA as long as the plate number is not in use you can register it. Sadly the number on the plates I bought are currently in use on a motorcycle.

Chris Haynes

I receive a lot of Pay Pal payments. They always include the senders name and address. Otherwise you have no idea who it is from or what it is for.

Chris Haynes

Still waiting for my gauge.

Chris Haynes

EGGE Machine makes the correct pistons for using an A Crank and Rods in a T block. https://egge.com/

Chris Haynes

Living in Los Angeles I had to travel to Vintage Wheel Shop in Sonora, CA to have my wheels rebuilt. I couldn't find any of the vendors in So West who could replace wood felloes. I saw stacks of the wood felloe half's and asked George if he had just made them. He smiled and said he has them made by ...

Chris Haynes

Some months ago a couple people recommended a engine re-builder in the area just South of Los Angeles. I am ready for the rebuild now but can't find that post. Refresher please.

Chris Haynes

Dropacent wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 01, 2019 2:21 pm
Chris, please email me your postal address

It should be on the Pay Pal E mail. I would send it to you but your profile doesn't have contact information.

Chris Haynes

Payment sent via Pay Pal.

Chris Haynes

I am looking for ideas on how to clean a fuel line. Of course a 6 foot long pipe cleaner would be great but they don't make them that long. Looking for suggestions.

Chris Haynes

I am looking for a Short Radiator hood for my rusty 1921.
Chris
hd36knuckl@aol.com

Chris Haynes

hpetrino wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 27, 2019 4:59 pm
Wayne,

Years ago I too used that Spanish work to describe things I couldn't identify. I got a few funny looks from people who speak Spanish, so I stopped using it. I still do not know the literal translation.

To put it politely it means a fornicator.

Chris Haynes

My car came with the cast bracket and electric lamp. I am sure it didn't leave the factory that way. For now I am using the cast bracket and oil burning lamp until a correct bracket finds its way to me.

Chris Haynes

In the LA Area it's Jack's in Tarzana. http://www.jacksautointeriors.com/

Chris Haynes

Howell's stuff is crap. No customer service either.

Chris Haynes

I loaded "Rusty 21" on a U Haul auto transport today to visit The California Highway Patrol inspector. It seems that after out phone conversation about frames he went online and learned a lot about model T's. I explained to him about date codes. He verified Rusty 21's Engine number and signed off th...

Chris Haynes

I need to beg, borrow, or steal two rear wheels for a day. I need to move my car to CHP for inspection. My wheels are being re-wooded and won't be ready in time. Los Angeles area.

Chris Haynes

There is one listed on the facebook classifieds. Use this link and search for Model T Ford firewall. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 149486218/

Chris Haynes

Has the block been pressure tested?

Chris Haynes

Tide and a scrub brush works well.

Chris Haynes

I always thought those were overload springs.

Chris Haynes

What is the benefit of longer axles?

Chris Haynes

Someone out there is making dummy Schrader valve stems for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. They screw onto the metal valve stems. They look 100% real. I was wondering why someone hasn't made them for Model T's?

Chris Haynes

How does it attach to the car?

Chris Haynes

As a newbie who is learning about my "T" can you tell me what this actually does? Doesn't the "T" have a kingpin that fits snugly in the axle and into bushings of the spindles?

Chris Haynes

Shim for?

Chris Haynes

I could pick them up on Sunday afternoon.

Chris Haynes

I pulled off I 5 in Oregon for gas. Not only did they pump the gas they gave my dog a milkbone.

Chris Haynes

I learn something new every day. I wasn't aware that there were pressed steel brackets prior to the change where the light and bracket were re-designed so the light was turned 90 degrees and had a large clear lens and a small red lens. I don't think I've ever seen a pressed steel touring or roadste...

Chris Haynes

RajoRacer wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:17 pm
Here's what a pressed steel non-starter Touring bracket looks like.

Where would the kerosene lamp mount to that type? That mounting is three holes. My car has only two holes for mounting.

Chris Haynes

ISO original Licence plate and Kerosene Tail light bracket for a 1921 Runabout.

Chris Haynes

I am looking for an original. Rusty and crusty is fine.

Chris Haynes

I have all four stems which were still installed on the rims. The tires and tubes had rotted away. The tubes that were in it were red. I was looking for tubes with the hole. Not one that I had to cut the rubber stem out of.

Chris Haynes

Are inner tubes available that use the Schrader valve stems?

Chris Haynes

Does anybody have one they could part company with?

Chris Haynes

I have found a kerosene tail light for my 1921 Non-electric Runabout. I am now looking for the mounting bracket. I would like to see a picture of one so I know what I am looking for.
TIA

Chris Haynes

Take the car to a diferent CHP office to have it verified... Some of the guys doing that have a chip on their shoulders, mainly because they're stuck in the office doing this boring stuff than being one of the guys out on patrol. The car is a complete car, right? So the issue is... um... it's not a...

Chris Haynes

That’s a guess for sure but anytime you buy a car with no paperwork it’s a chance proposition. Just the way it is. There was no paperwork as this car was abandoned on member of my family's land 75 years ago. He was going to fix it one day but eventually disappeared. I have titled many vehicles with...

Chris Haynes

Chaffin's Garage sells new Ruxtels and ships world wide. http://chaffinsgarage.com/index.html

Chris Haynes

In California the DMV states "This form (REG 31) is used only by authorized DMV and Auto Club employees, DMV licensed vehicle verifiers , California Highway Patrol (CHP) and other peace officers, when performing a physical inspection of a vehicle or trailer vehicle identification number (VIN) and o...

Chris Haynes

kmatt wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 02, 2019 2:03 am
Chris; What type of title paper do you have on this car, a old Ca., or other state title, or just a bill of sale from the prior owner ?

No paper of any kind. that is not the problem. The problem is the Chippie making a simple number verification a federal case.

Chris Haynes

Without the whole story, I’m inclined to ask why he was asking. Was it to determine that it wasn’t a stock frame from some other year or was it to determine that you weren’t trying to sneak a hot rod through as an original car. I believe some major hot rod shops were pinched for that a number of ye...

Chris Haynes

TRDxB2 wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:43 pm
Not sure what you meant by "it has the pressed steel running board brackets instead of forged steel" I read this a '21 should have pressed steel.

It means that my frame is a 1921 because it has the pressed steel running board brackets and not forged steel.

Chris Haynes

cdromtom wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:32 pm
I know it costs money but in CA it is better to use a third party vehicle verifier who will understand what the car is. I did that and had no issues when I went to the DMV.

In CA this has to be done by the CHP. not a licensed verifier.

Chris Haynes

I have run into a hard ass CHP Vehicle inspector. Although every part of my car, including the engine number, puts it as a 1921. Block cast 7-2-21 vin 5130623 puts it as July 1921. It has the pressed steel running board brackets instead of forged steel. The problem with him is how do I know that fra...

Chris Haynes

Dan Hatch wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:07 am
The red lens is celluloid too. Dan

My lens is definitely red glass.

Chris Haynes

Celluloid? I have been looking for glass. I didn't know they had celluloid then.

Chris Haynes

Whenever I see this type of light the licence plate lens is always missing. I don't see how they were held in place. I need one for my taillight.

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