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Loctite 5900 would work well in that location. LOCTITE® SI 5900 is a moisture-cured, heavy-bodied, silicone-based, form-in-place flange sealant with excellent resistance to oil and joint movement. Its heavy-bodied properties allow it to withstand in-line, low-pressure tests before the product begins...

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https://www.flickr.com/groups/14132259@N00/pool/page8

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I went through this a few years back. I built the area back up with weld and then used a die grinder to get it back to the original geometry. It’s been working fine since. I started a thread here (Rejuvenating cam on clutch pedal) but I didn’t post photos of the result. I’ll see if I can find photos...

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That was a lucky catch Mark!

In response to Allan, Loctite 243 or 263 would be fine in that location. The transmission won’t get close to the temperature where either of those products starts to loosen up and your threads don’t need to be super clean either.

John E. Guitar

That’s what I ended up doing. I had mine metal sprayed and then ground to size.

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These are the values I came up with when I looked into it a few years back. I don't know if these match the factory print.

In hindsight it would have been easier to contact the Benson Research Centre and asked for the drawing.

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Harry Clinton (Second left) and Grandfather Clinton (Third left) with others outside family blacksmith shop in Wellington Street, Perth.

Interesting signs out the front.

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https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encor ... 0?lang=eng

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https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encor ... 0?lang=eng

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https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encor ... &suite=def

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https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1972793_1

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Does anyone recognise this magneto drive?

https://www.prewarcar.com/646012-ford-t ... nd-gearbox

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American Bosch Magneto Corporation. If you scrape the paint off the logo below the Magneto Corpn lettering in the last photo that's the Bosch Red Devil/Camille Jenatzy logo. https://www.bosch.com/stories/camille-jenatzy-red-mephisto/ https://www.chuckstoyland.com/category/automotive/other-auto-racin...

John E. Guitar

The distributor cap looks correct for the ZR4 Dual. There should be two connections on the other (input) end of the magneto. One of these is the "5th" terminal.

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There’s a manual here.

https://michiganmotorcar.com/wp-content ... U4-ZR4.pdf

I’ve got the DU4 version on my P&L. It works well.

Your magneto looks like it’s missing some bits.

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Peter, is your article on just the first photo or tracked vehicles in general? Bombardier did some interesting stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=492574ZtmOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-uAIar-Tjs Here are two of the Virgil White patents. US1245293-drawings-page-1.png US1236638-drawings-pag...

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I don't know why they were built but here are some photos from The Henry Ford: https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/365110#slide=gs-204632 https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/365108 https://catalog.archives....

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https://beachgrit.com/2025/01/aussie-su ... a-burning/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP81f6k8eDI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFi1MIa49fA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dql1IYluVW4

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If its only half a pallet & a one off you might be better off selling it on EXW terms and letting the purchaser take care of freight.

DHL do have an ocean freight division. It's called DHL Global Forwarding.

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https://aoghs.org/technology/halliburto ... oil-wells/

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An Amilcar in Pakistan:

https://youtu.be/6vYDFUR0GNA?si=uASA8b_hxyx-BtaA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roygyGnjTZ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLxIAXXq2g

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There are quite a few Amilcars in Australia.

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Those Amilcars look nice!

I've subscribed to the channel and look forward to your Montier videos.

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Click on the links for more detailed images. A lot of great photos. ICE FOR FRENCH SICK AND WOUNDED SUPPLIED BY AMERICA. The American Ice Flotilla Committee has sent several Ice Flotillas to the French front to supply ice for the sick and wounded. The only possible way to have an ice supply at or ne...

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German soldiers examine a hastily abandoned field workshop where two examples of imported armoured cars were in the process of being repaired. The Russian Army received 22 Lanchesters in December 1915. 19 of them were later rearmed with 37-mm naval Hotchkiss gun instead of a .303 Vickers machinegun....

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https://youtu.be/d1J3NLNWAPU?si=TQtydtqeDU0-g-wl

Is it a 1926 Tourer?

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Lithgow to the Glow Worm Tunnel is a great trip on a very rough dirt road. It gives the Model T chassis a great workout. An added bonus is showing off the Model T's capabilities to the all the 4WDers who make the trip. https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/walking-tracks/glow-worm-tunnel...

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As mentioned above Replicore in New Zealand make cores. Your friend could contact them to see if they know of someone in the US they could recommend.

https://www.replicore.co.nz/manufacturing

If he was in Australia I would suggest Lester Thearle in Gunnedah.

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Jason, the Entaro model was there when I visited in 2014. I think I posted photos of it on the old forum. It might have been in storage when you were there. John E, Is that a new addition to the museum? I was there in 2020 and didn't see that. At the time, they did have a separate display for the Mo...

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Wheel brushes on a 1935 Toyota G1 truck at the Toyota Technology Museum.

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Scale Model at the Toyota Automobile Museum in Nagoya.

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The link works here in Japan.

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I wonder if the change was to the pressure angle, from 14.5° to 20°?

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https://youtu.be/s6eq8ABvyYQ?si=hDcctdCLaGjdppl2

The Model T gets a mention so it's not OT.

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https://youtu.be/JtavUaKEIvg?si=b0w5-V9ggLGcIMLx

The Model T shows up at around the 4 minute 30 mark.

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Here is some more information on nucleate boiling in an automotive context.

https://archive.org/details/introductio ... 6/mode/2up

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Neil's post covers the original question, but it's worth remembering that when the radiator boils you are getting nucleate boiling which gives very good heat transfer.

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Could the first one be a wheel hub spanner? It looks like it says Continental 25254C, maybe Continental Tyres?

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It's not reversed. Someone has just written on the back of the negative.

This is Punta Gorda not Piriápolis.

If you click on "Descargar foto en alta resolución" at the link you can download a high resolution scan. There's a lot of great detail in the shot.

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January 1936

https://cdf.montevideo.gub.uy/catalogo/foto/06634fmhge

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Burger, you need to click on the line that says "View All Featured Photos".

Plenty of nice cars, if I was local I'd probably buy one of the high-wheelers.

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https://cdf.montevideo.gub.uy/catalogo/foto/02786fmhge

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I imagine it was built at the Barracas Assembly Plant in Argentina using a US sourced CKD.

Argentina was right hand drive up until June 10, 1945.

It looks like it has "No-Skid" tyres on the back and slicks on the front.

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That's very cool. Do you still have any of the cars?

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Palacio Jackson. 18 de Julio esquina Plaza Cagancha, Montevideo. Circa 1920

https://cdf.montevideo.gub.uy/catalogo/foto/12530fmhge

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Firestone serviceman and vehicle, circa 1916. Courtesy Wichita Public Library, Local History Section / #HTH100

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Ford T with carnival-goers. Avenida Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro. 1928

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Worth a watch if you haven't seen it before.

https://youtu.be/m4Xt_hF0_20?si=nL5naPVTt59NGkoE

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I just realised I’ve been running with my e-timer for 10 years!

I think it’s the best aftermarket item I’ve fitted to my car.

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Interesting creeper in the foreground. I guess the hydraulic press is setup for removing the gears off axle shafts.

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Panambi was founded as a German colony in the 1800s. It’s original name was Neu Wurttemburg (and the name at the time of the photos). The sign on the T wagon reads “3,360 kilos transported from Belizario to Neu Wurttemburg”. Local company Kepler started off making carts and truck bodies so it’s poss...

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Note the pan straightening jig and other goodies in the workshop photo.

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Are they using a piston as a pillow block?

Very interesting!

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You're welcome!

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I'm sure there's a circuit diagram floating around on the web...

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Teenaged boys, who are junior members of the Molesters Club (as indicated by large "M"s sewn on the seats of their pants) leaning into the engine area of Richard Burns' 1927 Ford Model T jalopy named "Tooty". Interesting Nina Leen photo series for Life Magazine, definitely a different era. Scrolling...

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https://www.loc.gov/resource/anrc.14769/

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Interesting radiator mascot.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669946/

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Nice work Tom!

Thanks for posting the progress photos. This is the kind of stuff that makes the forum worth looking at.

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https://vaderetro.com.ar/el-ford-t-del-sarrasani

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarrasani

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Great shot! They took it at the right time of the day.

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I'm not sure what the wheel brushes are for in the first photo.

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Frontyboy, that's a great looking engine. Can you post photos of the whole car?

There's a bit of info on the Gallivan on this page:

https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/gallivandohc.html

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You could try contacting Thierry Dubois in France if you want something in the Ligne Claire style. He has a couple of Model Ts.

https://passion.axa.fr/collection/actua ... onsieur-n7

https://www.facebook.com/tdubois.n7/photos_albums

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That’s a great article and it covers the important stuff people forget like eliminating dust.

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Interesting story.

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Here’s a photo I took in 2016.

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Beat, thank you for the additional photos and information on Migros. I found it interesting that Migros is a co-operative, we could use a system like that here in Australia (along with the fantastic bread you guys have). By the way, a very original 1912 Zedel came up for sale in Sydney last year, a ...

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The Hall-Scott A2 V8 - Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal November 1910. The Comet would have had a similar engine.

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One of Elbert Hall's Comet racers. He made 4, 6 and 8 cylinder cars. The article is from Motor Age 3rd September 1908 and most likely refers to one of the 4 cylinder cars. It's interesting to note that Halley's Comet was due in 1910 and in the preceding years it would have been very much in the mind...

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I found this interesting story in Transhelvetica (Swiss travel magazine) about the Swiss retail company Migros. The company started off selling goods out of a small fleet of TT vans. https://www.baremuenze.ch/klapprige-lastwagen-auf-der-strasse-des-erfolgs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migros Swiss...

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The Night of the Hunter.

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Lens needs a clean but looks good otherwise.

http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/gundlach/view.htm

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Is this it? It looks like a distributor rather than a magneto.

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Is it a Model J? Any idea of the year?

These are specs from Motor Boating magazine January 1928 and April 1931.

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https://youtu.be/-ZZkfFaUGYM?si=x7QjQbGoIDnW5w7a

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I don't think low background steel is as valuable as it used to be.

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Original here:

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/s ... 25924v.jpg

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/d ... 24/?co=det

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This is New South Wales, Australia. Port Macquarie is still a holiday destination. It looks like the two guys in the middle have slouch hats and puttees covering their lower legs so they are possibly ex Army. This area had a lot of timber harvesting at that time. I’ve got an interesting timber-gette...

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That looks great!

Is the V cutout to help in the metal forming process?

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Charley Bowers video "It's a bird" from 1930 has a lot of T parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kS3pxz3QLI

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The Night of the Hunter has a Model T in it, well worth watching.

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Wings (1927) has a nice speedster called The Shooting Star.

There's a short clip of it here:

https://www.tcm.com/video/1068100/wings ... ting-star/

Warning: the dialogue is a bit risqué.

Ok, I just realised you said T parts, not whole cars.

John E. Guitar

Looks good, can we see photos of the die forming process?

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These look similar to the Canadian wheels.

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Nice photos, did the Le Zebre make it out this year?

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This was a collector cards promotion run in the 90s. I came across two of these albums with all the cards in a second hand shop in Kiama on the weekend.

I wonder where that car is now?

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Yes, very easy with a rim spreader. I put a few photos of the process here:

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic. ... 62#p174862

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I've had them on my Tudor for a few years now. They seem better quality than the Exelsiors I had previously.

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Is this a custom body?

https://youtu.be/20nFnLWQeHM?t=473

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The vehicle was used in the construction of tunnels for the the Kern River Hydroelectric Plant.

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This has probably been posted before. I wonder what the function of the hubcaps on the front wheels was? There are more photos if you scroll halfway down this thread: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/518/ image.png.36d3a7fdd0a5eec45d747733f99a077f...

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Gamla Bakaríið in Ísafjörður? I think that's one of those UK built Model Ts. I'm not sure if the front disc brakes were a factory option.

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Bédélia!

https://www.retromobile.com/Archives/Ev ... etromobile

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Motor flight through France by Edith Wharton (1908).

Travelling in a Panhard et Levassor, the brand that inspired Henry to use Vanadium steel.

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Now we know who Rolls Royce stole their radiator design from.

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One more detail with the original photo, I don't think string ties were a thing in the 1920s.

On the film front, Kodak Tri-X was 400 ASA and Plus-X was 125 ASA.

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Hi Gerrit, this looks like an iPhone photo to me. Is this a self portrait?

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Nash speedo drive

https://patents.google.com/patent/US1443848A

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