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!
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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 10,000 octopi can’t be wrong !
- Replies: 13
- Views: 830
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: disassembly for clean and paint - 1915 sidelamps
- Replies: 7
- Views: 261
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 ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 10,000 octopi can’t be wrong !
- Replies: 13
- Views: 830
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!)
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Top for a 12 roadster
- Replies: 3
- Views: 224
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...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Bugatti bogie !
- Replies: 10
- Views: 236
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 ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:07 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Bugatti bogie !
- Replies: 10
- Views: 236
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 the way, the driver is Raymond Mays, a wealthy Englishman and playboy driving his Bugatti. He was a respected and accomplished racing driver.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Has anyone ever driven their T across the Mighty Mac?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 977
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.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: That’s a carload!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 566
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...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Has anyone ever driven their T across the Mighty Mac?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 977
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.
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.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Finally got windows.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 693
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?
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?
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Jumbo Giant Transmission?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 310
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 ...
- 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: 3189
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!)
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Mercury Update
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1219
Re: Mercury Update
"Safety Last", a GREAT Harold Lloyd movie, and probably his most famous film (Harold hanging from the big clock scene).
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Mercury Update
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1219
Re: Mercury Update
Wait a minute! Those look like real brakes? What are they doing near a model T?
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: muncie
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1021
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.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bronze Thrust Washers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 445
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...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: For Don Booth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 764
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...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Those darn college kids!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 570
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...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Why stop at 12 languages?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 392
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...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Question about axle shaft length 1912 Runabout
- Replies: 11
- Views: 350
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...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:24 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Princess Kate has cancer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 221
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...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:06 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Why stop at 12 languages?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 392
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...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T aftermarket radiator?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1170
Re: Model T aftermarket radiator?
THANK YOU Ed! For the life of me I couldn't pull it out.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Can this drag link be straightened?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 593
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...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Radiator Stone Guard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1292
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...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Where did it go?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 685
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 ...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Where did it go?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 685
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...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T aftermarket radiator?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1170
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...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: muncie
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1021
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...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for Tut.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1210
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...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for Tut.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1210
Re: Looking for Tut.
Thank you Allan B for the clarification! I had read that before, but forgotten about it.
Again, thank you.
Again, thank you.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for Tut.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1210
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...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for Tut.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1210
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 ...
- 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: 3189
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...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I texted a friend asking "How was Chickasha today?"....
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3213
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...
- 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: 3189
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...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Finally got some good hel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 937
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...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Front Spindle That Took a Hard Hit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 422
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...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
- Replies: 53
- Views: 4955
Re: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
I am so glad to see you doing so well!
The high point of my day!
The high point of my day!
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine block numbering
- Replies: 9
- Views: 631
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...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine block numbering
- Replies: 9
- Views: 631
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 ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1069
Re: Bing! Bang! Boom!
I am sorry. I just can't help myself.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1069
Re: Bing! Bang! Boom!
Thank you Tom for the look at the backside of that photo!
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1069
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...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bing! Bang! Boom!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1069
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...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Hang on buddy!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1326
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 ...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Hang on buddy!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1326
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...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Russ Potters Passing and Arrangements
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2236
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.
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.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Professional Driver
- Replies: 4
- Views: 545
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 ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Hang on buddy!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1326
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...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T based trailer - Sanilac County, Michigan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 768
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...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: All the old gang.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 687
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...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What’s the story?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1140
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 27 driving chassis, an I being cheap offering $1500?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1068
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 ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What’s the story?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1140
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, ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: You tell me
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5149
Re: You tell me
Beautiful workmanship! And nice tutorial.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What’s the story?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1140
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...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: The Gang around my’24 Touring
- Replies: 4
- Views: 693
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?
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Which steering column is 1916?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 648
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...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Better get that fixed.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1732
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...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Better get that fixed.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1732
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...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Better get that fixed.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1732
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...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Can you weld the hogshead?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1092
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...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Nuthin' Special gets a makeover, carston' T update.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1747
Re: Nuthin' Special gets a makeover, carston' T update.
Carston must be nearly old enough to drive on the road legally by now?
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
- Replies: 53
- Views: 4955
Re: Steve Jelf is home safe and sound
Wonderful to hear/read! hopefully it can become like it never happened.
How is Shorty doing?
How is Shorty doing?
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Better get that fixed.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1732
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...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: You tell me
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5149
Re: You tell me
Very nice workmanship! Going to look wonderful.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1130
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...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1130
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...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Converting a 1919 Coupe to a brass radiator?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1130
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...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: No Free Starts. Should I Be Concerned?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 566
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...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Right off the showroom floor.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 735
Re: Right off the showroom floor.
Thank you Allan B for the clarification!
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Right off the showroom floor.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 735
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...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Home made spare wheel carrier
- Replies: 6
- Views: 572
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!
Great to see you posting Steve J!
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Home on the range
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1328
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! ...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Home on the range
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1328
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...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Home on the range
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1328
Re: Home on the range
And speaking of interesting? Picture number three is an interesting mix of years, updates and "down" dates? The car is very apparently a 1915 or 1916, with the brass radiator covered by an after-market updated shell and tapered hood. Often, but not always, that update would keep the 1915 style flat ...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Home on the range
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1328
Re: Home on the range
It is just so interesting how they got the fellow way back lined up perfectly to appear standing on the rear fender. The infinite range lensing of the relatively cheap camera (no distance focusing!) helped. One of the more famous of the great silent classic movies was "Ben Hur" (1925 if I recall cor...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tire flaps . . . canvas vs. rubber?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 747
Re: Tire flaps . . . canvas vs. rubber?
The original era cloth/canvas/felt liners I have seen were well made, formed to fit the compound curvature inside the tire, and far superior to any rubber flaps I have ever seen. The 1927 Paige my dad bought over fifty years ago had several original tire liners in its wheels. I still have them, some...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Leaving home.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 843
Re: Leaving home.
The last photo is a late 1917. It has the 1915 through 1917 model year's horn button, but the offset windshield hinges introduced mid model year 1917. Cannot see the top's rear window/light which could possibly pin it down to a month or two closer. Era photos seem to indicate that the tombstone rear...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Explain this ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1985
Re: Explain this ?
Jerry, That is part of the problem. In a past discussion it was argued that the tube had pulled out of the casting, But I can't reconcile that in what I can see. I did (a few years ago) try to triangulate the axle tubes from side to side to determine the length of tube remaining with the backing pla...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OLD PHOTO - Lancaster Garage
- Replies: 5
- Views: 636
Re: OLD PHOTO - Lancaster Garage
I don't think that car is a Buick. Radiator shell doesn't look quite right for them. I lean more toward a Willys Knight.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Explain this ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1985
Re: Explain this ?
IF (the big IF?) the housing tube cracked first? The rear end would have had to sag somewhat to stress the axle enough to cause a break. Doing so would have opened the crack slightly, certainly enough that the majority of the oil inside would have leaked out before the ultimate failure. I am not abs...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sunday pics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 973
Re: Sunday pics
The Richfield Mission Garage is almost certainly in California, somewhere. I wish I knew where? "Mission", whether "rd", "hwy", or "blvd", is a very common road or highway name from the Mexican border to well North of San Francisco. There was a "Mission Blvd" that ran from South of San Jose to Downt...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Explain this ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1985
Re: Explain this ?
Wayne, you missed an obvious Canadian detail. Ford in Canada produced cars for the RHD market in the British Empire. Hence there is a left hand side front door for cars used in RHD countries and a Canadian province or two. Canadian tourers had four doors. Like a previous poster, I have never seen f...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Explain this ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1985
Re: Explain this ?
Is this something the Canadian built Ts are notorious for? It is of course a Canadian T, somewhere between late 1917 and 1920. "Late" 1917 because it has the three-light rear curtain (early 1917s still had the "tombstone" rear curtain?) and the offset windshield hinges changed to in mid 1917 (if Can...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Speedster body mounting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 459
Re: Speedster body mounting
In the model T era, plywood was rarely ever used for speedster flooring. It was not widely available (if at all?) in thick enough or large enough pieces. Methods of construction varied from one builder to another, but what I have seen a few of still in original bodies was nice long grain wooden boar...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Mystery running board step plates.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 722
Re: Mystery running board step plates.
Ford factory never supplied step plates for model Ts. While many other automakers provided step plates for their cars, sometimes as standard equipment, often factory of dealer installed options, All step plates for model Ts were after-market accessories. And, quite frankly, they were not very popula...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OLD PHOTO - Model T Street Scene Downieville California 1922
- Replies: 7
- Views: 698
Re: OLD PHOTO - Model T Street Scene Downieville California 1922
Downieville California. Among the better known of California's early goldrush towns, is today a quaint historic town popular with visitors, in spite of the fact it is miles from any major town. The little town can become quite crowded during any of their many annual shows and festivals. One of the t...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Morton and Brett speedster build
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5660
Re: Morton and Brett Radiator
Look like Dunn counterweights on the crankshaft. Or likely reproductions made sometime in the 1960s or since. They were originally produced in the 1920s, and fit only the earlier style "diamond" throw crankshafts. Later, the design was altered to fit the rectangular throws of the 1925 and later cran...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Conversation Pieces - T Frames
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1063
Re: Conversation Pieces - T Frames
I remember when google used to try to answer questions. But I got nowhere trying to find the answer I cannot quite remember. I have seen that logo before, and it has been discussed here in the past, so someone smarter than I should know it. Somehow, I think the "P" stands for "Parrish" or something ...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1913 Model T on Hagerty Auction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2268
Re: 1913 Model T on Hagerty Auction
Absolutely fantastic! The shock absorbers appear to be H&D type. I had a good set of true H&D shock absorbers a long time ago. But I sold them when I needed some money for one of my restorations. Always regretted selling them, but I took them to a swap meet and put a high price on them and someone w...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Edison Spark Plugs.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 777
Re: Edison Spark Plugs.
Wonderful to see you posting here again Mr. Jelf! And right you are. The Edison 13 is a somewhat larger plug and requires a larger than standard T plug wrench. However its most important distinction is that the base is a dual fire. Whether dual fire has any real advantage or not is still debated. Al...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1913 Model T on Hagerty Auction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2268
Re: 1913 Model T on Hagerty Auction
Cadillac used that same design on many of their cars in the 1910s. If I recall correctly? It was called something like a "platform" spring/sprung.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fix for ‘26-‘27 radiator shell crack
- Replies: 18
- Views: 963
Re: Fix for ‘26-‘27 radiator shell crack
Forgot to mention, Equally important is the flux. My local weld shop also provided me with Harris brand flux and I believe it made a difference. Been so long since I have done silver solder, that I was going to ask about flux for it. What is a good flux for it? I have several kinds, but some of wha...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T pics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 947
Re: T pics
Photo number 14, the dirty 1915 touring car, has an unusual after-market radiator.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Acquisition: Rocky Mountain Transmission
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1076
Re: New Acquisition: Rocky Mountain Transmission
Dennis P, Your transmission looks like a car unit. They can be a bit confusing looking at photos knowing whether they are a three speed U-D-O unit or a two speed direct and one other gear unit. Most of the ones I had with the three speed (3X2=6) had a bulge for the additional gearing that I do not s...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Car # vs Motor #
- Replies: 3
- Views: 316
Re: Car # vs Motor #
What year did the car number cease? The factory stopped putting the "car" number on the brass firewall plate early in the 1915 model production. Since 1915 "model" production for open cars started late, probably mid to late spring of 1915. The brass plates continued to have a place for the "car num...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OLD PHOTO - Bliss Auto Sales Co. 1912 -1919
- Replies: 7
- Views: 513
Re: OLD PHOTO - Bliss Auto Sales Co. 1912 -1919
One of my all-time favorite T dealership photos! (Now nicely colorized) The folding top couplet and the pickup are both very new, which makes both of them quite rare for different reasons. The couplet was only built in the 1917 style for a couple months. Therefore, they were rare then and even more ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:25 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing gears
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2388
Re: Over 20 years,,, Theft of my life's dream.
Sounds like your dad married a psychopath. It happens when men have been married along time and they loose their spouse.they can't handle being alone and that is the when the witches come in that know how to take advantage of the situation to the fullest. strange why you were removed from the museu...