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by Lgitts
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:06 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: UPS Model T delivery trucks
Replies: 9
Views: 971

Re: UPS Model T delivery trucks

Could be Walker electric trucks
by Lgitts
Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: 1913 KW Coil Box labels
Replies: 10
Views: 742

Re: 1913 KW Coil Box labels

Hi,
I've sent you an e-mail through this site also. Please put me down for (1) label. Thanks
by Lgitts
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:17 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Who makes license plates ?
Replies: 14
Views: 1196

Re: Who makes license plates ?

Just for information:
Regarding: leatherplates.com. Steve Hammatt, who ran that business just recently passed, so that service is no longer available. Steve was a very nice guy, who loved to talk brass and classic cars with everyone.
by Lgitts
Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Yet another puzzle
Replies: 433
Views: 39737

Re: Yet another puzzle

Looks like a 1905 Franklin.
by Lgitts
Sat Aug 20, 2022 10:48 am
Forum: Forum Support Questions
Topic: FOE option
Replies: 6
Views: 1706

Re: FOE option

Did you mean " F O B" or "Free on Board", or "Freight on Buyer"?
by Lgitts
Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:53 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Farmall Tractor fuel line?
Replies: 10
Views: 1911

Re: Farmall Tractor fuel line?

If you need an operator's manual, check out Jensales.com. They sale repro manuals for lots of tractors and most likely will have one for this.
by Lgitts
Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Best blue for 1912, final question at the bottom!
Replies: 23
Views: 3169

Re: Best blue for 1912

this is the formula for the PPG= Deltron 2000 blue, which is the Mercedes-Benz midnight bluel
The typed numbers are for (1) qt of base color. It mixes 1:1 with reducer for spray application. Apply over G-7 (almost black sealer)
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by Lgitts
Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: paint code for 1915 Canadian midnight blue
Replies: 10
Views: 1786

Re: paint code for 1915 Canadian midnight blue

I forgot to add: DBC mixes 1 to 1 with reducer, so (1) qt of base equals (2) qts sprayable.
by Lgitts
Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: paint code for 1915 Canadian midnight blue
Replies: 10
Views: 1786

Re: paint code for 1915 Canadian midnight blue

1911-1913 Ford blue formula.jpg
The top formula is for PPG- DBC base coat, which must be clear coated. This is for mixing a qt. The hand written values are for a pint. This is the color for 1911 through 1913 US Fords.

It's expensive. Hope this helps.
by Lgitts
Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds - Parts
Topic: SOLD!!!! FS Recharged Magnet Kits..., 2 Available
Replies: 7
Views: 1277

Re: FS Recharged Magnet Kits..., 2 Available

Hi. I would like to buy the remaining set. I've sent you an e-mail. Please let me know if it went through or not.
Thanks. Les..
by Lgitts
Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:46 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.
Replies: 15
Views: 2754

Re: Where’s the car?…………………. I rolled it.

not a grass barn. Just loose hay stored in a large stack.
by Lgitts
Thu Dec 02, 2021 7:14 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: White ? Steam ?
Replies: 13
Views: 3125

Re: White ? Steam ?

With exception to the front fenders, this car looks like it could be either 1907 or 1908 Thomas model 25 touring. flyer_model_25_touring_1.jpg On a side note: the Queen pictured is my 1906 Queen model K. That photo was taken in 2008 at the Pebble Beach Concours, where it place 2nd in the preservatio...
by Lgitts
Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)
Replies: 124
Views: 31257

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Hi Rudy and Michael. I've attached 2 photos of the optional "land wheel drive" on the Big Bull. In early 2019, Aumann Auctions sold a Big Bull from the late Alan Schurman auction in Woodland, Washington. It also had the land wheel drive on it. At the time, they noted they had not seen a Bull with th...
by Lgitts
Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:10 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)
Replies: 124
Views: 31257

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

One more shot of the Big Bull's 2 cylinder engine. It's currently stuck, but all complete. To start it, you stick the hand crank through the spokes of the left/rear land wheel. I have no idea what you do if you happen to shut it down and the wheel spoke blocks the shaft where the hand crank slips in...
by Lgitts
Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:03 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)
Replies: 124
Views: 31257

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Thought I would share my latest old tractor find. This was just a couple months ago, during our heat wave out in the PNW. I dug this out of an old quansot hut at a former dairy farm about 50 miles from my place. I had heard rumors of it and decided to chase them down, because you just never know if ...
by Lgitts
Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:48 pm
Forum: Classifieds - Parts
Topic: SOLD - PRIMING CUP WITH BUILT IN DUST COVER
Replies: 6
Views: 1375

Re: FOR SALE - PRIMING CUP WITH BUILT IN DUST COVER

Used on unstyled John Deere "D" tractors
by Lgitts
Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:47 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Sick Dodge
Replies: 11
Views: 3314

Re: Sick Dodge

Sounds like a stuck valve. Those flathead sixes are notorious for having a valve stick after sitting all winter. Start with compression check. Might consider a running compression check to see if a valve spring broke.
by Lgitts
Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Cars you once owned it would be nice to have now
Replies: 34
Views: 3766

Re: Cars you once owned it would be nice to have now

I have two brothers and a sister. We must have been abused kids because my parents bought each of us a new car for our sixteenth birthdays. My sister got a new 1970 Pontiac GTO, 455 ci, automatic. My older brother got a new 1970 Plymouth Superbird, 440 ci, 4sp. I got a new 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner, ...
by Lgitts
Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Show us your hit n miss engines
Replies: 61
Views: 16263

Re: Show us your hit n miss engines

This is my 1912 Waterloo Boy 2 1/2 hp.
by Lgitts
Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:18 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)
Replies: 124
Views: 31257

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Wow, that line up is what tractor collector's dreams are made of. I think I can identify most of them. Here goes, from front to rear; 30-60 Rumely Oilpull E 30-60 Rumely Oilpull E 30-60 Hart Parr 45 Mogul 30-60 Aultman & Taylor 30-60 Aultman & Taylor Twin City 40 40-80 Avery 30-50 Flour City 35-70 M...
by Lgitts
Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:10 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)
Replies: 124
Views: 31257

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Is that a 20-40 G, or 16-30 H? Very nice. I like those heavy weight Oil Pulls.
by Lgitts
Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:19 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)
Replies: 124
Views: 31257

Re: Share Your Tractor(s) - old ones that is ;-)

Here's some of mine;

1901 Russell 6hp steamer and 1928 Allis Chalmers 20-35
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1937 John Deere AOS. In the background, there's a 1939 Allis Chalmers B (on full steel),a 1920 Titan [IHC] 10-20 Kerosene tractor, a 1926 John Deere spoker D, and a 1929 John Deere General Purpose.
by Lgitts
Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:15 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Hershey seller
Replies: 9
Views: 3747

Re: Hershey seller

If it's the leather license plates, then it's Steve Hammatt. His number: 360-661-6060
by Lgitts
Fri May 15, 2020 6:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Copper head gaskets
Replies: 20
Views: 5987

Re: Copper head gaskets

Try Olson Gaskets in Port Orchard, WA.
by Lgitts
Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:14 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Mud Season Motoring! (photo)
Replies: 20
Views: 6984

Re: Mud Season Motoring! (photo)

Someone asked where the crank is on the Schacht. It hangs out the rear of the car. They're a 2 cylinder, apposed, friction drive.
by Lgitts
Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:41 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Mud Season Motoring! (photo)
Replies: 20
Views: 6984

Re: Mud Season Motoring! (photo)

Looks like a 1910 or so Schacht.
by Lgitts
Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:19 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: What have you done on an old non-Model T vehicle.
Replies: 215
Views: 74326

Re: What have you done on an old non-Model T vehicle.

I've been helping a friend restore his 1958 Porsche 356 Speedster. After having the metal work (rust repair) done and bodywork, I started in on it a couple months ago, working in my spare time and weekends, to get it painted, so he can finally start assembly. Here's 2photos taken this evening, ready...
by Lgitts
Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Where to buy copper rings
Replies: 11
Views: 4731

Re: Where to buy copper rings

You can also get them from Olson's Gaskets
www.olsongaskets.com
by Lgitts
Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Question for the Fordson Guys
Replies: 5
Views: 2713

Re: Question for the Fordson Guys

Ken, your Fordson is most likely an Irish Fordson, built in Cork, Ireland and orange would be the correct and original color. I think when production was moved from Cork, Ireland, to Dagenham, England, is when they because blue with orange wheels, though I'm no expert on this. To date your tractor v...
by Lgitts
Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:50 pm
Forum: Classifieds - Parts
Topic: Fordson F
Replies: 2
Views: 1968

Re: Fordson F

Try Gary Biewer at Tractor Salvage.com. He's got a large wrecking yard and may have what you need. Or you can try the Fordson House (Fordsonhouse.com) as they may have one.
by Lgitts
Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:56 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Cast iron surface repair
Replies: 12
Views: 5522

Re: Cast iron surface repair

On some antique tractor cast iron gasket surfaces for the radiator tanks, I've used "Lab-Metal", which is an aluminum paste. I'ts like JB weld, but comes in a can. No hardner needed, as it reacts to air. It holds well, files and sands like metal and is good to over 400 degrees, as you can use it to ...
by Lgitts
Mon Sep 23, 2019 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: What is this and want was it used in - Thanks
Replies: 1
Views: 1570

Re: What is this and want was it used in - Thanks

Possible industrial or tractor use. I have (2) 1928 Allis-Chalmers which use Kingston L-3 carburetors. They look different than this one, but much larger than car ones. My A-C's have about a 409 C.I. 4 cylinder for example.
by Lgitts
Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:06 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Allen Schurman Auction Ridgefield Wa
Replies: 21
Views: 6922

Re: Allen Schurman Auction Ridgefield Wa

I know Bob very well.
by Lgitts
Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:05 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Allen Schurman Auction Ridgefield Wa
Replies: 21
Views: 6922

Re: Allen Schurman Auction Ridgefield Wa

If you just looked at the photos on the auction listing, you would not have known about the engine. I went to the open house and saw the car up close. They had the left side of the hood open, which as you know for that year, doesn't show the serial number, nor much about it. When I opened the right ...
by Lgitts
Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Allen Schurman Auction Ridgefield Wa
Replies: 21
Views: 6922

Re: Allen Schurman Auction Ridgefield Wa

I think someone got a good deal on the 1911 touring. The auction's description didn't do the car any justice and they only showed a photo of the left side of the engine. Had they shown the right side, bidders would have seen it was an open valve engine and a six rivet rearend. With exception of the ...
by Lgitts
Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:04 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Where were you 50 years ago?
Replies: 12
Views: 5294

Re: Where were you 50 years ago?

As a 12 yr old at the time, I was with my family watching this on a black and white TV. I actually took a Polaroid photo of the tv with the screen showing Armstrong as he just stepped onto the lunar surface. I still have that photograph.
by Lgitts
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:20 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Help with my 1910 Sears model H
Replies: 5
Views: 3698

Re: Help with my 1910 Sears model H

Took a break from the Sears and overhauled my 1915 Dodge Bros. touring. Now back on the Sears. I received some great help regarding the timer for it, but I'm having a hard time constructing a mock up of the plate as to build the missing timer. I'm wondering if someone out there may have a timer whic...
by Lgitts
Sat May 18, 2019 3:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Who makes?
Replies: 8
Views: 4420

Re: Who makes?

You can also get these straps and leather pieces from; "Antique Auto Top Hardware Company. The owner is Kim Dawson- very helpful and knowledgeable. Address is: 30688 S. Marian St, Molalla, Oregon 97038. Phone is: 503-824-5888 He has his catalog on a website which is: www.antiqueautotophardware.com.
by Lgitts
Tue May 14, 2019 9:09 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Circa 1930s police cars
Replies: 5
Views: 3190

Re: Circa 1930s police cars

1938 Plymouths. Plymouths had the vertical grille bars. Dodges had horizontal grille bars.
by Lgitts
Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds - Parts
Topic: FS Odd Magneto's
Replies: 9
Views: 4470

Re: FS Odd Magneto's

The G-4 is an Eisemann magneto.
by Lgitts
Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Brass Lamp Restorer
Replies: 10
Views: 5195

Re: Brass Lamp Restorer

Here's two suggestions; Britten Brass Works, in Michigan. His work is absolutely stunning, but expensive. Classic Autopart Reproduction Service in N. Calif. I've never used his services myself, but heard good reports. You can google both to get contact information or to talk with them personally.
by Lgitts
Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:31 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Old Photo _ Auto Shop
Replies: 14
Views: 6243

Re: Old Photo _ Auto Shop

The second car (which they're working on) looks like a 1907 Pope-Hartford model L
by Lgitts
Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:40 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: TT values
Replies: 17
Views: 7155

Re: TT values

The truck sold for $5,400. Somebody got a great deal.............
by Lgitts
Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:20 pm
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Help with my 1910 Sears model H
Replies: 5
Views: 3698

Re: Help with my 1910 Sears model H

Thank you very much Gary. I just got (today) some detailed drawings of the timer, which will allow me to construct one. How does it stay attached to the engine?
by Lgitts
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: FJ - Bakersield Swap 2019 - What Is Your Space # - What Are You Bringing ?
Replies: 10
Views: 5305

Re: FJ - Bakersield Swap 2019 - What Is Your Space # - What Are You Bringing ?

I will be bringing a top assembly (1915?) which may fit your bill, along with a Buddy L Red Baby toy, Buddy L cement mixer and some other brass era parts. We'll be next to Steve Hammatt, the Leather License Plate Guy............
by Lgitts
Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:02 am
Forum: OT - Off topic
Topic: Help with my 1910 Sears model H
Replies: 5
Views: 3698

Help with my 1910 Sears model H

I'm wondering if anyone out there who may own a Sears motor buggy might be able to help me. I have a 1910 Sears "H" and it's missing the timer. Mine has the cylinders straight across from each other. If there's a timer out there available, I would love to buy one. I have the owner's manual with a go...
by Lgitts
Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Metal stemmed inner tubes
Replies: 7
Views: 3966

Re: Metal stemmed inner tubes

Try Lucas Tire. They had them in stock. I bought a set and they seem fine.
by Lgitts
Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:38 pm
Forum: Classifieds - Parts
Topic: Where are you at Chickasha and what are you bringing?
Replies: 9
Views: 5164

Re: Where are you at Chickasha and what are you bringing?

Ray, I sent you an e-mail about a steering column