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Speedster Jeff

Speedster Jeff: You should look into going to Luray Pre War Swap meet. Closer than Hershey and geared toward your stuff. You don’t have to be a member to any special club, although it helps. And you don’t have to have a PA sales tax number. I sell at Hershey but have missed last few years and like ...

Speedster Jeff

This is a huge show, no need to pre-screen your parts BUT you DO need to be an AACA member and you DO need to pre-purchase swap meet spaces. Here's the official site. https://hershey.aaca.com/eastern-division-fall-meet/vendors/flea-market/ . You might be past the due date for swap meet spaces.. the...

Speedster Jeff

I have never been to Hershey, and I am debating taking a 24' box trailer and truck bed full of parts from the 1940's back to early teens from all different brands and a bunch of literature from that same era. Since it is now more "modern stuff", am I wasting my time driving 2,400 miles? I called the...

Speedster Jeff

For the folks that posted pictures of their cars under construction, how many have finished them and are on the road now? How about some updated pictures, or pictures from folks that haven't seen this post in the past? We are up at nearly 11,000 miles now and just having fun driving around our quain...

Speedster Jeff

I met another person in Jensen Beach, across the river, that has a T and a few other cars. We will be going to visit his collection when it gets out of the 90's. I'm really surprised that there aren't that many model T's in this area.

Speedster Jeff

Hello, I am in need of one (1) good front wire wheel hub for a 1926/1927 style wire wheel. One of the hubs I was rebuilding has a spun outer bearing and I would like to purchase a good used one that doesn't have this problem. After speaking with a few T folks, this seems to have been a problem. Than...

Speedster Jeff

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=52299&mode=view https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=52300&mode=view https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=52296&mode=view https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=52297&mode=view My youngest son and I have a lot of...

Speedster Jeff

Where did you find the inner front wheel bearings new? I have called many of the vendors every other week for the last year trying to get two new inner bearings.

Thank you,

Jeff

Speedster Jeff

After extensive research, I am drawing up another hub that will support the model A wheel at both places and I will just machine two new ones out of steel that use T bearings. It will basically be a T hub with an A bolt pattern with no adapter plates. Thank you for all of the responses.

Speedster Jeff

This must be a Taboo subject in the world of T owners.

Speedster Jeff

So I have scoured the net looking for hub drawings and am surprised that there isn't any drawings out there. I have the 26/27 hubs that a friend gave me and I need to look them over, but I am really leaning towards just machining new steel hubs since we have the facilities to do so. I just don't lik...

Speedster Jeff

If you come down the Florida turnpike, stop at the Stuart exit and my son and I will meet you at the park and ride to wash the dust off with slobber! lol. Then you will know where to bring it to ride up the beach with us in our speedster when you get it finished!

Speedster Jeff

babychadwick wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:35 am
Started the trip to pick up the family T that is getting passed down. It's going to be a long hot drive.

WOW! The next time I go visit my family in the Redlands I will have to bring my speedster and go to the Keys and see your T!

Speedster Jeff

A friend of my father's, that has known me since I was in diapers, is sending me a 26/27 hub and I am going to look about making a new plate and welding it on and then I can machine the surface and index the bolt pattern in the mill. I am also going to look at welding up the crack in my old hub, and...

Speedster Jeff

IMG_0964.jpg This is our T speedster. My family and I have put 9,960 miles on it according to the gps in a year and a half. I went through everything on the car when we first got it and changed all of the fluids, coolant, etc. On 12/23/2020, my son and I drove to the beach and I said to him, "on Ch...

Speedster Jeff

Our model T speedster was restored in 1970 by my neighbor and I would ride in it anytime he asked me for a ride as a child (or adult). I bought it from him a few years ago and my family and I have had a lot of fun with it since purchasing. The other day the front wheel bearing went out and cracked t...

Speedster Jeff

Wow! There are more speedsters than I thought existed! Wow! A lot of work, but must be a lot of fun too! Norm I agree! I never knew so many existed. After working on ours, and looking at each photograph of each car, there has to be a cumulative hour amount of years with all of these great looking c...

Speedster Jeff

Palm City.

Speedster Jeff

Any others out there?

Thank you,

Jeff

Speedster Jeff

Just an update: I have received multiple replies both on and off the board and called each person and appreciate speaking to everyone. The exciting news for my son and I is, that we should be getting an education on the items we need assistance on in person, but we have to wait for this virus to cl...

Speedster Jeff

The spotlight is a 7” Rushmore searchlight. They are out there and I see them from time to time. The stand is something I built . I included another picture that better shows the bracing to the seat.9E0A612B-4DBF-436C-80B2-8770C586D6C3.jpeg Did you make those long front fenders? Thank you, Jeff

Speedster Jeff

Thanks to all that posted. My son and I enjoyed seeing all of the different varieties of speedster designs posted. To others that have not posted, we would enjoy seeing more posts in the future.

Thank you,

Jeff

Speedster Jeff

Some time ago, I thought my notches were too worn, because I was having to adjust the bands so low engaged near the floor. I decided to take a scientific look at it. I gathered a bunch of notches, (1) my original one, (2) a spare used one, (3) a new one from Snyders, (4) one thought to be NOS, and ...

Speedster Jeff

Each car above is awesome and it would be very hard to just pick one if given the choice to have one. I have looked at speedsters on the North West Vintage Speedsters site, but I had no idea there were so many of them out there. Please continue to post pictures because my son and I are really enjoyi...

Speedster Jeff

I would also enjoy reading the history of your cars if you don't mind sharing. I will try to type mine up over the weekend and add to the thread.

Thank you,

Jeff Smith

Speedster Jeff

This doesn't help you much, but my deceased father restored a 1923 Fordson when I was a child. He had found another tractor with an aftermarket brake system and he purchased that tractor and removed, rebuilt and installed that brake system on his restored tractor. That was nearly fifty years ago, bu...

Speedster Jeff

I would enjoy seeing pictures of other folks speedsters if you would please consider posting a photograph (or more than one). Thank you, Jeff Smith Florida Edit: After fiddling around with this post I have figured out how, and added pictures of our speedster. My longest trip so far was to Indialanti...

Speedster Jeff

Scott_Conger wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:51 am
And yet another really bad idea grows legs and takes off...

For use on my wheelbarrow? I wouldn't do it on a car.

Speedster Jeff

Jeff, Brian from Stuart, I sent you a pm a while back with my phone #. Give a call sometime, like you said everything is on hold till this is over, I've been waiting to order parts, doing what I can till then. Take care. Hi Brian, I am new to this site and I found the PM section, but I don't have o...

Speedster Jeff

This last fall I grabbed the wheelbarrow and as always the tire was flat. I pulled the tube out and drilled ,4 holes right in the center of the tread. 2 cans of expanding foam made a mess but it won't go flat again! Tim Moore That is a great idea. Can it actually haul the amount of weight it is rat...

Speedster Jeff

Just an update: I have received multiple replies both on and off the board and called each person and appreciate speaking to everyone. The exciting news for my son and I is, that we should be getting an education on the items we need assistance on in person, but we have to wait for this virus to cle...

Speedster Jeff

Model T Tom wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 04, 2020 6:56 am
Jeff I live in Port St Lucie just down the street. I can help
Tom Butterworth

Great! I will contact you in the evening one night this week.

Thank you!

Jeff

Speedster Jeff

Jeff sounds like you need to move! :lol: Actually the Fun T's of Central FL have some east coast folks. Contact them and ask for info. Something or someone will turn up. Welcome to the affliction. Those clubs are all located in big retirement locations. Some of us have to work to pay into social se...

Speedster Jeff

Jeff, Welcome to the forum. Try making contact with someone from the Suncoast T's. Go to MTFCA home page => Chapters => FL There are Three clubs in FLA. Thank you for the reply. Those clubs are three (3) hours or longer in one direction from where I am located. I was really hoping to find a local m...

Speedster Jeff

Hello,

Are there any model T owners in the Stuart, Florida area? I am new to the T world and could use some assistance please, once this virus clears up in the area.

Thank you,

Jeff

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