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Firestone Steel Products?

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Looks good. Can we a see a photo of the whole car?

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You’ve probably seen this page before:

http://www.castleequipment.com/Museum/a ... istory.htm

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Allan, the tubes are Hartford.

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Chris, the paint did get scratched but it wouldn't be hard to do it again without any scratching now that I have the knack.

Alan, these tyres do look good. I think the tread will give better grip in the mud than the Excelsiors I used previously.

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Fitting Blockley tyres to my 24 Tudor.

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That looks like a well put together display, with a good mix of cars.

I’d love to try one of those Auto Polo cars!

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Jonah,

You might get a better response if you edit the title to state that you are looking for Rocky Mountain Brakes. Most people don't bother looking at posts with non-descriptive or cryptic titles.

I'm in Australia so can't help with your actual request.

J.E.G.

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There is some interesting information here:

https://www.cool386.com/regulator/regulator.html

https://www.cool386.com/battery/battery.html

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A lot of photos here - 1914 Ford Times Canadian Edition Special War Issue:

https://www.xr793.com/wp-content/upload ... an-WW1.pdf

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I'm not sure if this has been posted before.

https://www.xr793.com/ford-1903-1909

https://www.xr793.com/ford-1910-1919

https://www.xr793.com/ford-1920-1929

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Interesting Ford Owner Dealer magazine here:

https://www.xr793.com/wp-content/upload ... er-Jun.pdf

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Here's a Canadian torque tube. I'll see if I can find a butchered one in my stash and take it apart. The threading seemed obvious on the torque tube in my 26 Tourer (the worn out car at Maryborough) as it had spun but looking at this one maybe it was an optical illusion. DSC07704.jpg DSC07705.jpg DS...

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It looks like it has Mini Moke wheels.

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Martynn, The ball joint end (2582FC/2577) is threaded onto the torque tube (2533) and stopped from rotating loose by 4 rivets. I haven't looked that closely at it but isn't 2582FC & 2577 the same part? There is no step on the outside between the flange (T193B) and the torque tube (2533). I think the...

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This was posted on the forum a few years back.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/25 ... 1347283759

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There is an Australian made coil on ebay at the moment. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antique-Ford-Model-T-Style-Wooden-Buzz-Box-6-Volt-Ignition-Coil/203133835373?hash=item2f4bb8586d:g:6ZwAAOSw-1lfP5zr&frcectupt=true I've seen ROFO coils for more modern cars but this is the first Model T coil. Rofo 4....

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Here's mine. It looks like I've got the gap.

Sorry I don't have a detail shot handy.

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I’m not sure if this is the part you are talking about but I welded up the hole and then redrilled it.

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Peter, is that Centennial Park?

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Keith, this was at the Seattle Center Armory in 2013. I imagine it’s still there.

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Has anyone seen this style of front axle before. I can’t tell if it’s store-bought or home made.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/274495506350

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Here’s the radio forum member JohnH put together for his tourer.

https://cool386.com/tradio/tradio.htm

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Here's the new web link for JohnH's electronic coil tester page:

https://cool386.com/tester/tester.html

https://cool386.com/fordcoils/fordcoils.html

The links on the first page of this thread don't work any more.

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https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/brie ... arking-lot

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https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cultur ... r-history/

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Ted, thanks for the drawing. That is very helpful. The 30° angle in your drawing makes sense. Hopefully I can replicate it freehand.

What kind of metal 3d printer do you have access to? Those are high dollar items!

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Those springy doodads look in good shape.

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Thanks guys, that spiral will make it a bit more complicated to get right. Here is a clearer photo showing the cam wear. The hole for the linkage is also a bit worn so I’ll have to deal with that as well. She’s had a hard life. 25925382-FF82-41D7-9DFF-518BA752BE55.jpeg A5C3E56A-B4E1-4722-BD3B-38D9D5...

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The clutch pedal on my 26 has excessive wear on the cam. I'm building up the surface with weld and then filing it to shape. Does anyone know what the ramp angle should be on these cams? The photos are as found when removed from the hogshead. DSC07455.jpg DSC07451.jpg DSC07452.jpg DSC07449.jpg DSC074...

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That's sad news. I visited Charley in 2018. He was a great guy.

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That photo is titled on Ford’s website as “1918 1 Tonne Stake Bed Truck”

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Thanks Frank!

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Some nice stuff.

Does anyone know what these are?

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I guess the thing on the front of the car in the second photo is part of the Everful Water System.

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The building in the second photo:

A few more Wichita photos.

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I push a big ball of steel wool through with a broomstick handle. I follow it with a rag soaked in degreaser and repeat the process a few times. It comes out very clean.

I got the idea from a foodstall in the Far East.

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I came across this going through some old papers. Unfortunately I don't have details on the book title. My best guess is that it was a book on automotive transmission design from the 40s or 50s. Andrew_Fastmail_20200724_110005.jpg Andrew_Fastmail_20200724_110205.jpg Andrew_Fastmail_20200724_110735.j...

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Brooklyn YMCA boys organize hospital unit for work in France. Reviving a "victim" with a pulmotor; Washington Irving High School girls present war ambulance to the Red Cross https://www.loc.gov/item/2017671793/ Ambulance.jpg brooklyn-ymca-boys-organize-hospital-unit-for-work-in-france-reviving-a-vic...

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https://youtu.be/RS27u6IqWt0

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Jerry, the photo is Sterling Hayden in the Nick Ray film Johnny Guitar.

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Gene, I think it's a Stoddard & Dayton.

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Previous thread:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/70 ... 1508519203

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Here are some fitted to the front axle out of a Cole 8-50.

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Tom, I've got a set of Regal Underslung fenders you made a few years back. They're really great, thanks for that.

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I took my 26 down to Luna Park yesterday.

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László Szilágyi may be a guy to contact (ph: +36 30 572-8877).

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Is there a Bogan language pack available?

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Mike, thanks for the additional information. I guess this was similar to the Duramold process used in aviation at the time.

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Interesting story, probably should be in Off Topic but almost no-one ever goes there.

https://www.thehenryford.org/collection ... -bean-car/

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Are those homemade aluminium/steel shims in the first photo?

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How about The Night of the Hunter? That has a few Model Ts.

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A friendly and helpful German farmer near Waukesha Wisconsin allowed his farm to become the test facility.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52632396

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That’s very cool. It reminds me of this:

https://youtu.be/ddQVuhd7xLI

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Nice car!

Here’s my Imperial. It’s a Model 34.

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Fascinating.

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I was reading an article on the Weebermobile and came across this photo of a Ford Model K.

The article is worth a read:

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/common/nysm/f ... bile_0.pdf

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There are also a lot of interesting films there.

Here is an one from 1953 covering the story of Ford:

https://archive.org/details/72712TheAmericanRoad

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I’m not sure about South Australia but it’s definitely autumn here in New South Wales.

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Great song!

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Interesting video.

https://youtu.be/l7hpDm8lTME

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Steve, it looks like you've made a mistake in the fourth sentence, "twice ac fast" should be "twice as fast".

Code broken BTW.

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Two more photos.

Model T Ford motor car, with unidentified driver, outside the business premises of Henry J Ranger, agent for Ford

Row of men with motorcycles outside Henry J Ranger's Christchurch Garage, photographed 1908 by Steffano Webb.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/modot/set ... 612116995/

Some nice detail photos on the Missouri DOT flickr site.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/modot/set ... 147996027/

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Sounds good to me!

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Figures 488 & 489 below show some information on the Westinghouse system, from Automotive Electricity 1925.

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dl ... stinghouse

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My 24 Tudor had two left perches on it when I got it. I drove it for a year or two before someone noticed the problem and pointed it out to me. With the two left perches it had a noticable shimmy after going over speed humps. If you get a new perch it is a good idea to check it as some of the new on...

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Thanks Rob, nice to see a Le Zèbre out and about!

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https://www.ipa.org.nz/pdfs/Early_NZ_Po ... hicles.pdf

The tyres on the Model A look a bit sad.

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Thanks Peter, that's a clearer picture with a better description. It looks like the photo was taken by a German press/travel photographer named Walter Gircke. https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/alaska-motor-sleigh-in-alaska-vehicular-with-occupants-ca-news-photo/543909715 There are a l...

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I came across this interesting photo in The Oriental Motor magazine.

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It looks like one wire wheel and one artillery wheel up front.

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b ... .r=voiture

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Transferring mail bags in Philadelphia, PA, to an airplane bound for New York, May 1918.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight ... f-airmail/

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I reported his posts using the exclamation button.

There are some suspicious links at the bottom of his posts too. Don’t click on those!

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https://www.justcars.com.au/cars-for-sa ... JCW5092250

Looks fairly original...

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Ben Shahn was part of the photographic unit of the FSA along with Dorothea Lang and Walker Evans. He used a Leica with a waist level viewfinder. Here is the photo on the Library of Congress website. https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a16000/8a16200/8a16233v.jpg You can download a large version of ...

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Here’s an interesting article on McIntosh Labs in New York. It’s not really T-related but they do still pot their transformers in tar like the Model T coils.

https://www.popsci.com/story/technology ... ory-photos

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Duey C, this thread from 2011 has a lot of useful information about coil capacitors: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/249885.html?1322781074 I had the Bosch ZE1 in my Le Zebre rebuilt a year or so back by the local magneto guru. The capacitor in that was a lot smaller than the Model T cap...

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Some really interesting shots. I think the car in the last photo is a Model T.

https://torontoguardian.com/2016/02/vin ... m-toronto/

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Yes, a quality drill bit will be fine. I know someone here in Sydney who has had drill bits as retainer pins in his tourer for the last ten years/20,000 plus kilometers without any issues. He did this as he found the repro pins were to soft. I don't know if the current repro ones are better or the s...

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Not Model T but still interesting.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar ... ls/606781/

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https://youtu.be/mtTkpCeA4yg

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That was a nice video.

I remember the one he made about his grandfather's T-powered buzz saw. That is also worth watching if you haven't seen it.

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I think the Glion Museum in Osaka has a few Model Ts. http://glion-museum.com/ There is an interesting carpentry museum in Kobe that is worth checking out if you are stuck in Japan for a while. Its a 10 minute work from Shin Kobe station. A visit to there and Himeji Castle is a decent day trip from ...

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The suppliers have two types of adjustable lifters, self-locking for 2 wrench adjustment and lifters with locknuts which require 3 wrenches for adjusting.

What are the pros and cons? Are the ones with lock nuts less prone to coming loose?

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That's a great museum. They used to offer Model T driving lessons.

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It looks like Hertzian fatigue/macropitting on the crownwheel.

The pinion looks like corrosion. Could it have been like that when you assembled the axle 20 years ago?

I would replace both.

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Here's a truck at the 2020 Berrima Rally.

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Previously on the forum:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/33 ... 1384208197

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Thanks for the advice guys.

I'll go with the 40T/12T combination on the Tudor and set aside the 39/13T gear set for another car.

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Allan, it’s got a hopped up motor so it should be fine.

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Dan, thank you, that is a relief. I'll use these in the car.

I know Fairfield for their Torque Hubs. It's interesting that they made aftermarket Model T parts.

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I'm rebuilding the Ruckstell on my 1924 Tudor at the moment. I have a new 39T/13T crownwheel and pinion that I picked up a few years ago off a guy who was getting out of the hobby. The crownwheel has a copper colour to it. Has anyone come across this before? The item is magnetic. Both items are stam...

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Bob, that is a great way to pour the tinning sticks!

I used to pour the babbitt onto a length of angled aluminium but I think your method is more appropriate for Model T work.

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