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by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: You tell me
Replies: 73
Views: 6217

Re: You tell me

Is that the gasoline tank you are going to use there? Just curious, it would look great!
Wonderful, beautiful, work you do!
Thank you for sharing it here.
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: I think theres a plastic coil box rebuild kit in my future.
Replies: 6
Views: 485

Re: I think theres a plastic coil box rebuild kit in my future.

Ohm meters vary, mine, I usually test for shorts on the ohm X 1000 or even a higher setting. Low settings can often miss active shorts. I would suspect the timer still, or one of the contact posts around the timer. Even if, maybe especially if, the timer was recently cleaned. Seen it many times, and...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:13 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Coupelet Lamp Brackets NEED!
Replies: 10
Views: 560

Re: Coupelet Lamp Brackets?

The little I know. The earliest convertible couplets had different side and tail lamps, and the taillamp was mounted nearer the fender to gain access into the early style rear door into the turtle deck (for those not familiar with the early couplets). Therefore, they not only had different lamps, bu...
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:43 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: “Least he’s not on the hood!”
Replies: 16
Views: 857

Re: “Least he’s not on the hood!”

Thank you Allan B for those details. I had wondered if the trees might offer a clue. I wanted to expand a bit on the notion of the "speedster pickup". While not a commonly seen thing, over the years I have seen a fair number of era photos of what amount to "speedster pickups". They are an interestin...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: “Least he’s not on the hood!”
Replies: 16
Views: 857

Re: “Least he’s not on the hood!”

#7 Is the bucket lengthened or the frame shortened? It isn't a USA Ford factory body. Although similar to the 1926/'27 open car cowl, the fenders indicate the car should be earlier than that. It could possibly be an Australian bodied T (photo flipped?)? Or an after-market speedster/roadster type bo...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: I'm a complete Moron
Replies: 9
Views: 812

Re: I'm a complete Moron

And by the way Bruce K? Everybody makes mistakes getting started with these silly machines. Give yourself a bit of time, practice in relatively safe areas, and you too can become as comfortable behind the wheel of a tin Lizzie as though you were sitting on the sofa watching television.
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:49 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: I'm a complete Moron
Replies: 9
Views: 812

Re: I'm a complete Moron

Been several years since I had the opportunity. But in the past, when I taught anybody how to drive a model T? The first thing I would tell them is to "forget everything you ever learned about driving after you were five years old. When you were five, you knew mommy or daddy sat behind the wheel, di...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Why the need to change?
Replies: 16
Views: 1269

Re: Why the need to change?

Jerry V, Interesting idea!
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Why the need to change?
Replies: 16
Views: 1269

Re: Why the need to change?

That of course would require turning the bottom piece around.
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Why the need to change?
Replies: 16
Views: 1269

Re: Why the need to change?

It would really mess up the "Y" flow pattern. The number 3 and 4 cylinders would run stronger and richer than cylinders 1 and 2. If someone wanted to do this for some reason, it would work a bit better if the triangle "Y" was turned end for end to compensate somewhat for the change in flow distance.
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Why the need to change?
Replies: 16
Views: 1269

Re: Why the need to change?

To put in a larger generator, or one with maybe an oil pump behind it.
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:26 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Ruckstell 13 tooth pinion gear
Replies: 3
Views: 275

Re: Ruckstell 13 tooth pinion gear

Before a thousand 13/39 gears were made post WW2, those were the usual "3 to 1" gears. Yes, they are not exactly 3 to 1, but that was what people called them. There were also some other companies back in the era that made 13/40, 13/39, 13/36, ten tooth pinions, and even a couple other unusual ratios...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Ruckstell with 12 rivet Housing??
Replies: 8
Views: 537

Re: Ruckstell with 12 rivet Housing??

The Horseless Carriage crowd around California loves their Ruckstells in their brass model Ts. Personally, I don't. I have only had one brass era T that I actually toured with a lot, but a few more that I haven't been able to use in recent years. For all of them, I have avoided getting or having a R...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 8- Spoke Steel Wheels
Replies: 11
Views: 724

Re: 8- Spoke Steel Wheels

Those Parker Hydraulic pressed steel wheels are a sort of love/hate thing for many people. Some people really love them! Some others think they are silly looking or even ugly. Personally, I like them! But I am not crazy about them. One thing I do strongly recommend. Check your wheels over very caref...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:42 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Rusty pan
Replies: 14
Views: 739

Re: Rusty pan

Encapsulated rust can still break loose and find its way into bearings or even plug small passageways. Chemical cleaning is probably better. Harsh acids may do a good job of dissolving rust, however great care must be taken to protect your health and prevent damage to surrounding things (buildings, ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 25 Touring radiator shell-nickel or black
Replies: 10
Views: 428

Re: 25 Touring radiator shell-nickel or black

After-market nickel plating goes back a lot further than most realize. Fifty years ago, nickel plated brass radiators, headlamps and sidelamps would often show up at swap meets. A 1914 blacksmith built pickup I was restoring almost thirty years ago had one nickel plated sidelamp (acquired by a previ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:37 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: That’s a carload!
Replies: 12
Views: 1112

Re: That’s a carload!

I love that charabanc!
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Nice roadster.
Replies: 9
Views: 971

Re: Nice roadster.

The second photo is very interesting. It appears to be a late 1917 or very early 1918 model with the offset windshield hinges and top of the steering column horn button. But what is most interesting is the demountable wheel wheels! Of course the first obvious clue is the spare wheel on the driver's ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:04 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: A.R.M.Co Radiator
Replies: 9
Views: 894

Re: A.R.M.Co Radiator

I am not familiar with that company. However, I have seen a couple other similar heavy duty radiators made and sold for use on the model T Ford. Most such radiators were used on TT trucks or tractor conversions to better withstand the abusive conditions they often worked under. It appears to have be...
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Bugatti bogie !
Replies: 20
Views: 689

Re: Bugatti bogie !

I knew it was in the 1920s, and an earlier Bugatti than we usually see around, but had to google it for the exact year and details. This occurred at the Caerphilly Mountain Hill Climb in Cardiff Wales in 1924.The car was Raymond Mays' second Bugatti type 13 Brescia. According to reports, the car sto...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Sad News
Replies: 10
Views: 1258

Re: Sad News

It always saddens me to read or hear such things. However, it is a fact of life, and something from which nobody can escape. For a lot of us, the model T people we have come to know, whether in person or through interactive forums such as this one, become like our other family. For some of us, they ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What is this body bracket?
Replies: 3
Views: 339

Re: What is this body bracket?

I may be wrong? But if I recall correctly, that bracket has in the past been identified as a tail lamp bracket, one a few designs, intended for TT one ton trucks. What bracket might be used on a truck depended on the style and builder of the body.
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Brass cap on 1915 side lamp...brass plated?
Replies: 7
Views: 454

Re: Brass cap on 1915 side lamp...brass plated?

Test it with a small magnet. A lot of people back in the 1950s and 1960s brass plated the steel caps to get the brass look. Willian Harrah on his invitational tours and the HCCA used to test the 1915's for authenticity on their tours! Hobbyists in those days believed that ALL 1915 built model Ts had...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Let’s go camping!
Replies: 7
Views: 596

Re: Let’s go camping!

Another of those very rare shots of a "I ain't ready to accept that new fangled technology yet" guy with his car. Photo number eight, a 1915/'16 touring car with acetylene gas headlamps retrofitted. Three speedsters, two very basic "cut-downs" (one is a 1915/'16, the other can't tell how early?). Ph...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:17 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 10,000 octopi can’t be wrong !
Replies: 13
Views: 1045

Re: 10,000 octopi can’t be wrong !

And speaking of "missing fun" Richard B, I hope a few people notice your posting's "address" Pilgrim.

I better stop now, or the drift might be too deep!
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:06 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: disassembly for clean and paint - 1915 sidelamps
Replies: 7
Views: 465

Re: disassembly for clean and paint - 1915 sidelamps

If the sidelamp is rusty, about nine times out of ten, just turning the brass cap will break the long stud that holds it to the rest of the lamp, and in turn holds the top half of everything together. Usually, that stud can be replaced by very careful brazing (put the brass cover into water to keep ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 10,000 octopi can’t be wrong !
Replies: 13
Views: 1045

Re: 10,000 octopi can’t be wrong !

What are you John M, some kind of engineer? (I had the same thought when I read this thread the first time!)
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Top for a 12 roadster
Replies: 3
Views: 337

Re: Top for a 12 roadster

Richard G, I have met him, but don't really know him myself. He is well known to the Santa Cruz and Salinas area HCCA people as well as some of the Nickel Age crowd. He has been doing restoration work for a quite a number of years (about thirty years I think?) and his reputation with most of the HCC...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Bugatti bogie !
Replies: 20
Views: 689

Re: Bugatti bogie !

I can (often have) imagine the photographer, standing there, waiting for cars to round the corner, hoping to get a good shot of them. Raymond Mays comes into view, and the photographer readies himself, and squeezes the bulb! Then things get crazy for a few seconds. The car skids to a stop just feet ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:07 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Bugatti bogie !
Replies: 20
Views: 689

Re: Bugatti bogie !

I love that photo! A one in a million shot with the wheel in the air that high and the dust flying! The look on the driver's face is PRICELESS!
By the way, the driver is Raymond Mays, a wealthy Englishman and playboy driving his Bugatti. He was a respected and accomplished racing driver.
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:39 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Has anyone ever driven their T across the Mighty Mac?
Replies: 30
Views: 1373

Re: Has anyone ever driven their T across the Mighty Mac?

Thank you Tim M and Tim J for the clarification and more! One thing I love about this forum is how we/I can always learn about many things in addition to the model Ts.
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: That’s a carload!
Replies: 12
Views: 1112

Re: That’s a carload!

My guess is that that fellow made a decent living providing temporary power when and where needed. Lots of equipment had been made to run off stationary engines of many types, harvesters, corn huskers, saws, pumps, and the list goes on and on. During harvest season, many farmers might need stationar...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Has anyone ever driven their T across the Mighty Mac?
Replies: 30
Views: 1373

Re: Has anyone ever driven their T across the Mighty Mac?

"Yoopers" and "trolls"????
I get the "Yoopers" part of it. The "U" and "P" of "Upper Peninsula". But "trolls"???

I may be two thousand miles away and never been there. But I did know of the bridge by name, even the nickname.
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Finally got windows.
Replies: 12
Views: 1072

Re: Finally got windows.

I don't care what anybody else says, that is a great looking model T!

Funny though, just yesterday, I almost posted on your "You Tell Me" thread about your speedster build asking whether you had finished the red touring yet or not?
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:35 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Jumbo Giant Transmission?
Replies: 2
Views: 355

Re: Jumbo Giant Transmission?

I have a couple of them, actually three I think, but one has some serious water damage to the lower cluster gear. I have never had one in a car or driven a car with one. Several people that I have known with them liked them very much and a few even preferred the Jumbo Giant to the other more common ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of Being Here?
Replies: 88
Views: 3558

Re: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of Being Here?

:D My '23 touring has disc brakes and a dip stick. I've never had MTFCA decline my annual dues for non originality. The only "dipstick" any of my model Ts ever had was the one behind the steering wheel! Ahoooo-ooogha! (I'm jokingly putting me down! If I want to put someone down I wanna put ME down!)
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Mercury Update
Replies: 22
Views: 1701

Re: Mercury Update

"Safety Last", a GREAT Harold Lloyd movie, and probably his most famous film (Harold hanging from the big clock scene).
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Mercury Update
Replies: 22
Views: 1701

Re: Mercury Update

Wait a minute! Those look like real brakes? What are they doing near a model T?
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:28 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: muncie
Replies: 18
Views: 1300

Re: muncie

I have had two good (and still have one junk?) Muncies for model Ts. Both were quiet in all gears. Loved them! The Warford I ran for several years was also good, but a little noisier.
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Bronze Thrust Washers
Replies: 5
Views: 524

Re: Bronze Thrust Washers

I use one of our brass $1 coins to replace the fibre washer between the axles. They are thick enough that they can be sanded down to make a custom fit for the particular job. A collapsed bronze diff thrust may allow the crown wheel and pinion gear to over-ride one another. Hence the safety compromi...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: For Don Booth
Replies: 8
Views: 831

Re: For Don Booth

I have noticed quite a few people in recent months complaining about not being able to post photos here. I have no idea what the problem is or where it lies. I haven't posted a lot of photos for several years myself, for a different issue. I have never had much trouble on this forum for many years p...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Those darn college kids!
Replies: 12
Views: 659

Re: Those darn college kids!

Several wonderful photos! Number one, I don't know if college kids are clowning around or what they are doing? Everybody appears to be alive and well enough. Are they pretending to be victims of the "crash"? The right (top?) front wheel is spinning (slow shutter speed blur of the wheel spokes) and t...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Why stop at 12 languages?
Replies: 18
Views: 969

Re: Why stop at 12 languages?

Mixed culture households fascinate me! How a couple from very different backgrounds navigate their home lives, deal with extended families with different languages, different religions and holidays. Very often, when I have met people with families like that, I am impressed how well they make it work...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:41 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Question about axle shaft length 1912 Runabout
Replies: 11
Views: 474

Re: Question about axle shaft length 1912 Runabout

Definitely take it apart! Too many unknowns. You should not have that much measurable difference in how much the axle extends out from the housings. Although some measurable difference may be acceptable? Make certain the thrust washers are bronze type. Make sure one of the axles isn't excessively wo...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:24 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Princess Kate has cancer
Replies: 2
Views: 399

Re: Princess Kate has cancer

Over thirty years ago, my wife's older sister died of stomach cancer at the age of 36. Way too young, and a very difficult time for her entire family. I feel so much sympathy for Kate, her husband and children. I do hope Kate's condition has a better prognosis than Diane's stomach cancer was. I do h...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:06 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Why stop at 12 languages?
Replies: 18
Views: 969

Re: Why stop at 12 languages?

My wife's grandmother grew up in a home that spoke Finnish. Talk about a language that is difficult! I took German in high school, can still speak it and understand it somewhat. What I learned in German has on occasion helped me to read Dutch! On a few occasions in my life, I have met German tourist...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:03 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Model T aftermarket radiator?
Replies: 18
Views: 1292

Re: Model T aftermarket radiator?

THANK YOU Ed! For the life of me I couldn't pull it out.
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Can this drag link be straightened?
Replies: 14
Views: 745

Re: Can this drag link be straightened?

A long gentle bend like that indicates that it was somewhat bent before the rut it hit. Speedsters often need to have that drag link bent slightly to reach between the pitman arm and spindle connections. And they rarely get bent like that while being driven. As Mack Cole says, "It bent cold, straigh...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Radiator Stone Guard
Replies: 13
Views: 1375

Re: Radiator Stone Guard

There he goes again! Rambling down some historic recollections rabbit hole? Stone guards were very popular accessories for hobbyists during the 1950s through the 1980s for the big Classic automobiles and model A Fords. I actually knew a fellow that made hundreds of the model A versions back in the 1...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:18 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Where did it go?
Replies: 12
Views: 784

Re: Where did it go?

Oh, and one other thing I intended to mention. I love that radiator cap and Motometer! In spite of the fact it is like wearing a belt and suspenders. It is not the first era photograph I have seen with this, however, "wings" and a "dogbone" were usually not used on the same cap. Yep. Sometimes they ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:12 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Where did it go?
Replies: 12
Views: 784

Re: Where did it go?

Picture number four has some interesting details. After studying it closely, I suspect the windshield has been changed to an earlier one. The windshield clearly has the even folding hinges used 1915 into mid 1917. However, the "H" lenses in the headlamps first came about very late in 1921. A reflect...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:47 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Model T aftermarket radiator?
Replies: 18
Views: 1292

Re: Model T aftermarket radiator?

Such upgrade kits were made and sold by several companies! Peerless sheet metal and Ames were two of the best known. And I must be getting old, I have known the name on Ed's number four shell for more than fifty years, but it escapes me at the moment? I probably have twenty different photos on my co...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: muncie
Replies: 18
Views: 1300

Re: muncie

I agree with JTT3 ! That is the heavy or big case Muncie, and most likely has under, direct, overdrive, and reverse. I had one in my first speedster (they do fit and were sold for use in both Ts and TTs! Don't fall into that "Truck" Muncie Bologna. If the gears are in reasonably good condition, they...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Looking for Tut.
Replies: 28
Views: 1320

Re: Looking for Tut.

I sure like that second photo with the two 1915 touring cars! Both appear to have brass trimmed lamps, so likely both true 1915s. I can't see enough detail of the license plates to pin down a year. And I would really like to know what the car the other side of the two Ts is? Notice, that the nearest...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Looking for Tut.
Replies: 28
Views: 1320

Re: Looking for Tut.

Thank you Allan B for the clarification! I had read that before, but forgotten about it.
Again, thank you.
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Looking for Tut.
Replies: 28
Views: 1320

Re: Looking for Tut.

I thought likely British, based in part on the license plate, but the TT is left-hand side driven, which I would expect to be unusual in England. British Empire, its colonies, and much of Europe, were all more likely to nickel plate the radiator shell than was the USA. For them, the model T was an e...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Looking for Tut.
Replies: 28
Views: 1320

Re: Looking for Tut.

Number five, the milk bottle TT, has the 1921 only green painted visor headlamp lenses. Nickel plating the radiator shell was unusual on black era model Ts, on TT trucks it is almost unheard of! The license plate looks like it is from outside the USA? Anybody recognize it? Really a neat interesting ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of Being Here?
Replies: 88
Views: 3558

Re: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of being Here?

NorthSouth, Steve, As I mentioned not personally knowing John Karvaly, but knowing him through years on the forum, I have also enjoyed reading many of your postings and feel I know you somewhat. I truly hope to get to meet you at some tour or swap meet and be able to shake your hand! Hopefully, I ge...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: I texted a friend asking "How was Chickasha today?"....
Replies: 39
Views: 3761

Re: I texted a friend asking "How was Chickasha today?"....

Wow. I do wish i was there though. However, I remember when any swap meet with fifty sellers was considered a BIG meet! The very first swap meet I went to (still in high school then) had thirteen sellers. I helped a local model A club with their swap meet for several years in spite of me not being a...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of Being Here?
Replies: 88
Views: 3558

Re: Is a 1911 Built With Many NonOriginal Parts Worthy of being Here?

Where to start?! Speedytinc indicates he knows you. While I do not personally know John K myself, I have known him and his reputation through this forum for many years. What he says means something! Your 1911 is as authentic as half the brass era model Ts on the road! While the 1926ish engine "techn...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Finally got some good hel
Replies: 8
Views: 966

Re: Finally got some good hel

Okay. Do we want to see a photo? If it is a baby, we want to see a photo. If it is a grandchild, we want to see a photo. If it is a dog, we want to see a photo. If it is a cat, we want to see a photo. If it is a racoon, we want to see a photo, although also send it to facebook, my wife says they lik...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Front Spindle That Took a Hard Hit
Replies: 5
Views: 468

Re: Front Spindle That Took a Hard Hit

Like Allan, I have seen several photos of the odd defective spindles on here. It has been said that Ford sold some defective parts that had been rejected from the assembly line. Whether that was a deliberate action, or some employee's bad judgement has never been determined as far as I know. In some...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:36 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
Replies: 53
Views: 5208

Re: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound

I am so glad to see you doing so well!

The high point of my day!
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Engine block numbering
Replies: 9
Views: 683

Re: Engine block numbering

Additionally, I have no idea who "AN" might have been. Things like boats and farm machinery usually did not need the transmission, or want the extra weight. So they would buy just the short block engines and use their own proprietary pan and flywheel. Some farm machinery needed just a bit more horse...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Engine block numbering
Replies: 9
Views: 683

Re: Engine block numbering

The numbers ahead of the water inlet are likely mold and pattern numbers, used by the factory quality control to track defective castings back and replace or repair the offending molds. The serial number is unusual, but actually not all that rare. Rarely found in the books, Ford sold many thousands ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
Replies: 16
Views: 1155

Re: Bing! Bang! Boom!

I am sorry. I just can't help myself. :roll:
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
Replies: 16
Views: 1155

Re: Bing! Bang! Boom!

Thank you Tom for the look at the backside of that photo!
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
Replies: 16
Views: 1155

Re: Bing! Bang! Boom!

Photo number six, the flapper standing by the side with her dog on the fender (my first glance I thought it was a racoon coat!) of the touring car. The car appears to be about 1922, shiny and nice, with pancake Hasslers, front fender braces, a triple A radiator badge, and a neat dogbone cap and Moto...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
Replies: 16
Views: 1155

Re: Bing! Bang! Boom!

You beat me to it Darel! I had just noticed the same things! I also see that it has the higher radiator neck. An interesting late 1910 to early 1911 model? It would be nice to know the story behind the photo. It looks so much like a marketing photo, pretty girl at the wheel an all? Yet there is a fa...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:14 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Hang on buddy!
Replies: 21
Views: 1434

Re: Hang on buddy!

Were you a columnist in a previous life, Wayne ? (Me, laughing.) One might think so? But no, there were a lot of things I should have been but never really was. Antique automobiles in general and model Ts in particular have been a lifelong passion for me. I have been reading about them since I was ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Hang on buddy!
Replies: 21
Views: 1434

Re: Hang on buddy!

Thank you Larry S, I appreciate that. If you ever catch me in a factual error, please correct me. I want people to get some of this stuff right. I find it so very interesting that I just cannot help myself for looking closely and trying to figure out the details of our beloved model T's history. The...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Russ Potters Passing and Arrangements
Replies: 36
Views: 2364

Re: Russ Potters Passing and Arrangements

Saddened to see this. We have known this was coming for quite some time now, but still sad to know it has happened.
Russ has been a major player and a fixture in this hobby for a very long time. He will be missed, and remembered for another long time.
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Professional Driver
Replies: 4
Views: 574

Re: Professional Driver

It was a strange and special time for humanity. Many millions of people stepping almost literally from the stone age into the modern age. Anyone born before 1880 knew hard work, they knew splitting wood, plowing fields the hard way, and moving heavy objects without heavy duty equipment. They mostly ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Hang on buddy!
Replies: 21
Views: 1434

Re: Hang on buddy!

The transition from 1912 to 1913 models was really messy. 1912 had been an entire model year of constant changes. The engine's serial number was placed in five different locations. Between step-side and slab-side touring cars, one or two piece firewalls, and rear doors that some opened from the fron...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: T based trailer - Sanilac County, Michigan
Replies: 6
Views: 803

Re: T based trailer - Sanilac County, Michigan

The 1881 fire in the Thumb followed 10 years after another big fire. Interestingly, that fire was at the same time as the Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire.... They think burning embers were carried hundreds of miles by the winds to ignite the Thumb fire. I believe it! Thirty-five to forty years a...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: All the old gang.
Replies: 9
Views: 714

Re: All the old gang.

Another wonderful bunch of photos! The people and the cars, things to see and occasions to wonder about. Number two looks like a hard working tough bunch of guys, standing around around a 1913/'14 touring car with Hassler shock absorbers. Number thirteen is an interesting shot of an era upgraded 191...
by Wayne Sheldon
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What’s the story?
Replies: 21
Views: 1230

Re: What’s the story?

Dollisdad wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:26 am
My guess on the first photo is a 1911 Touring that went thru a tornado.

Very likely! We from California tend to not think about tornados very often. (Yet you did!)
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 27 driving chassis, an I being cheap offering $1500?
Replies: 24
Views: 1160

Re: 27 driving chassis, an I being cheap offering $1500?

Mr. J Humble makes VERY good points!!! IF (big IF and ONLY IF!) the two year old radiator was a good one to begin with (like a Berg's?), and still in "like new" condition? Then the $1500 would be a bargain. If the radiator has been poorly cared for in any way (or frozen?), and with a likelihood the ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What’s the story?
Replies: 21
Views: 1230

Re: What’s the story?

Picture number seven, the Olson Brother's garage, is a brass radiator center-door sedan! The detail is not clear enough to determine for sure whether it is an early 1915 Center-door sedan, or the later 1916 center-door sedan? But it clearly has the brass radiator and flat front fenders. The bodies, ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: You tell me
Replies: 73
Views: 6217

Re: You tell me

Beautiful workmanship! And nice tutorial.
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What’s the story?
Replies: 21
Views: 1230

Re: What’s the story?

Another bunch of intriguing photos! The first one is certainly getting a lot of interest. I haven't had time to look it over closely yet. But what I see at a glance is that it isn't a running vehicle anymore. It appears the torque tube is missing, but the drive shaft may still be in place, hanging o...
by Wayne Sheldon
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:48 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: The Gang around my’24 Touring
Replies: 4
Views: 736

Re: The Gang around my’24 Touring

A model T in the middle of it all (with oil sidelamps no less, so it MUST not have a starter?). Looks on topic to me?
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Which steering column is 1916?
Replies: 10
Views: 688

Re: Which steering column is 1916?

Most mid-1915/'16/'17 steering columns had the early electric horn that used a single grounding wire through the very small horn-wire tube to the smaller horn button mounted on the top side of the top end of the steering column. Most 1915s had the spark and throttle levers with the larger flatter pa...
by Wayne Sheldon
Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:52 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Better get that fixed.
Replies: 25
Views: 1857

Re: Better get that fixed.

Photo number nine is a nice look at a fairly new looking late 1912 with no outside rear door handle. Notice also the door is rear opening, since that question seems to come up from time to time. Although the car is in less than perfect condition, with a dented radiator and missing the right headlamp...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Better get that fixed.
Replies: 25
Views: 1857

Re: Better get that fixed.

Okay. I stared at the closeup of the windshield hinge. I have convinced myself that it is not heavier than the typical 1915 into early 1917 hinge, or the slightly different 1914 ones either. It is an optical illusion, a "trick of the light" that makes it appear heavier. The typical 1915 into early 1...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Better get that fixed.
Replies: 25
Views: 1857

Re: Better get that fixed.

Hi Wayne. The bowl on both lamps appear to be flat bottomed rather than the round bottom like most of those lamps. After market or early '15 perhaps. The side lens would show clearly if the lamp was burning. Nice observation. Thank you for the closeup pictures! They help a lot. I was also wondering...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Can you weld the hogshead?
Replies: 14
Views: 1148

Re: Can you weld the hogshead?

I am not sure that this is the "best" advice. But my experience has been that the 1920's cast iron hogsheads are a high quality cast iron. They can be welded using some sort of nickel/iron welding rod, or, they can be brazed. Given that not the entire hole is gone, if it were mine and a better repla...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:06 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Nuthin' Special gets a makeover, carston' T update.
Replies: 28
Views: 2199

Re: Nuthin' Special gets a makeover, carston' T update.

Carston must be nearly old enough to drive on the road legally by now?
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
Replies: 53
Views: 5208

Re: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound

Wonderful to hear/read! hopefully it can become like it never happened.

How is Shorty doing?
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:26 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Better get that fixed.
Replies: 25
Views: 1857

Re: Better get that fixed.

Photo number eleven, the 1915/'16 touring car has an interesting detail in the photo. One I don't know quite what to make of it. Look very closely at the sidelamp on the right (passenger's) side of the car. To me, it appears to maybe be a tail lamp, possibly with the large red lens switched out to t...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: You tell me
Replies: 73
Views: 6217

Re: You tell me

Very nice workmanship! Going to look wonderful.
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
Replies: 20
Views: 1201

Re: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?

I'm not hard on them at all - our family was active with them for years. Heck, dad was a past national president, and we went on a number of national tours thanks to them. Good times! Actually, I liked the line as it was drawn - if the car was manufactured on or before 31 December 1915, it was "leg...
by Wayne Sheldon
Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
Replies: 20
Views: 1201

Re: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?

It's my belief that the brass Era for cars is considered to have ended in 1915 and that is why the HCCA chose 1915 as the cutoff time. I think that the model t is about the only 1916 car that has brass on it, which is the radiator. Just change your 1916 black headlight rims to brass and the car vis...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
Replies: 20
Views: 1201

Re: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?

John, you can thank the HCCA for that, as you had to have a "pre-1916" vehicle to belong, and to do so, a LOT of post 15 cars got "converted, the T especially as it was the easiest to do so. I'm guilty of that. My dad (bless his soul) was a HCCA National President, but the car he used for his affil...
by Wayne Sheldon
Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: No Free Starts. Should I Be Concerned?
Replies: 10
Views: 609

Re: No Free Starts. Should I Be Concerned?

In fact, when I turn the ignition on, I have yet to hear a buzz. Once it starts turning over on the starter, it will make all four coils buzz and she starts up easily. And, not only do I not get an immediate buzz when the ignition is switched on, with the timing in full retard, I can move the timin...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Right off the showroom floor.
Replies: 12
Views: 764

Re: Right off the showroom floor.

Thank you Allan B for the clarification!
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Right off the showroom floor.
Replies: 12
Views: 764

Re: Right off the showroom floor.

A great bunch of photos indeed! George points out the new "improved" model in the first photo with the "natural" finished wheels! Great spotting of a known but unusual option. It is a 1926 (no headlamp cross bar), and has a neat set of wind wings also. Pictures two and three appear to be an Australi...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Home made spare wheel carrier
Replies: 6
Views: 595

Re: Home made spare wheel carrier

Canadian export to New Zealand? Canadian non-demountable wheels used the same 30 X 3 1/2 on all four wheels. Unlike USA production.

Great to see you posting Steve J!
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:52 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Home on the range
Replies: 23
Views: 1409

Re: Home on the range

The more I look at that third photo? (The one of the 1915/'16 with gas headlamps?) The more I think the fenders may be after-market ones. Peerless Metal Products and Ames both made something similar to that to update the old flat fender Ford! Another bunch of wonderful Ford photos! Thank you Tom R! ...
by Wayne Sheldon
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:35 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Home on the range
Replies: 23
Views: 1409

Re: Home on the range

The vertical ones are likely polished brass, and are acetylene generators. Although 1913 and 1914 generators were steel, painted black. Different chambers inside hold carbide, water, and waste. Water drips onto the carbide, which then turns into acetylene gas at low pressure, which then goes through...