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Jem

Quite a few British cars in the 30s had freewheels, the idea being you could save fuel. BUT, you had a lever to disengage it when you needed engine braking. This T accessory on its nice tin is a lovely display item but I wouldn't want it in my car.

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Talking to Neil Tuckett, he tells me that a nice car he brought from California some years ago has been nicely restored (but in yellow with tan leather!) and is alive and well in Surrey, England, serial no 33xx. Also the car I mentioned which Bonhams sold was a pre-1000 serial #, (738?) although not...

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On the second chara, I don't think that's a frame extension you can see, it's the wooden bearers for the body, I think it's a standard TT.

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There are 17 people in that first charabanc, at a conservative estimate that is 1 ton, without the heavy bodywork. Poor little Ford.

On the bus in the museum, I wonder what axle they've put under it and how the brakes are rigged.

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Here's the block IMG_20191021_135149378.jpg DSC02011.JPG I have too many projects lined up, the no-rivet rear end is about halfway down that list..... Kim probably has a better handle than I on survivors. I've seen the Don Hess' #2 up in Scotland, and there's a water-pump car (# in the 1600s I belie...

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Tony, some image programs will read PDF and let you output as JPG. Or you could go analog, print it and then scan it back in! Here's the sheets for my car #9267. It's a poor copy sent to me in 1994 by Mark Herdman, I wonder if a better print could be made now. My car has an aftermarket top, so I thi...

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I'm with Jeff on this. Belts are going to help with heavy braking, swerves or minor fender-benders. In a major accident nothing is going to help you much in an antique car, especially a lightweight T, but I think I would rather be restrained from being thrown through the windshield. One suggestion t...

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There was a pioneering early lady motorist in the 1900s who used her makeup mirror to check for cars behind. Can't remember her name right now, but she usually gets the credit for the rear view mirror. She also carried a pistol for protection, so maybe she also invented the drive-by shooting

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Good point Art. I made sure that the pin felt free once clamped up in case the clamp caused distortion.

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Yes, I posted about this not long ago. 2 engines, piston pins seized after a couple of thousand miles, even though they seemed loose on assembly. Seems the old test of letting the rod drop when holding piston horizontal does not work. Honed them out, we'll see how the next few thousand miles go.

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Another comparison, here's the radiator that goes with #9267.

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For comparison, here's engine #9267, assembled Aug 16th 09. (There are some non-factory marks toward the rear - it was metal-stitched after joining the 2-piece crank club).

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He does say the rear is late 09 or 10, to be fair. I agree the motor has been faked from a later block (the number block is awful) and we don't see the hogshead to check the 2 lever setup. It's a right bitza and needs a lot of work to make halfway respectable.

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I bought a car off Dave several years ago. Making contact was difficult, when we did finally talk, he explained he'd been running his log-splitter almost non-stop and couldn't hear the phone

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Typo. The town near Neil Tuckett is Winslow, not Wilmslow.

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Oh, I forgot to mention you can see a Hucks Starter at Duxford and also at the Shuttleworth Collection https://www.shuttleworth.org/

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Visiting London is not 'doing' England, anymore than me visiting New York would be 'doing' the US. For car action you need to get out of London - the city is so tangled with Low Emission Zones and Congestion Charges that I don't know anyone who drives an old car in London. If you decide to pick up a...

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I have had problems on 2 engines with piston pins seizing in alloy pistons after a couple of thousand miles. That causes the piston to cock over and clatter against the bore. Pull #3 and check the piston pin. I also have a noisy cam gear on 1 engine, even though it's new. It has 7thou backlash, the ...

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I think that's a hoot! Stuffing all those bits in through the side door. Need to watch the whole video now, looks very good

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This is something I was considering. I have LED headlamp bulbs in my 35 V8 and 76 VW Camper, I may experiment with them in a gas headlamp.

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Ford put a built-in governor in all their sidevalve engines in the design of the inlet & exhaust. If you have a stock engine it will run out of breath before it can hurt itself, unless you let it get out of control down a hill, as has already been said.

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Had the triple bypass, had the fast irregular heartbeat after...it does settle down and go away. My doc said, get yourself a glass of wine and sit under a shady tree and reelaaaax. BTW that was 25yrs ago and I'm still here. Still taking the glass of wine under a shady tree - purely a preventative me...

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No mention of serial no, and I think that is a Dutch registration. They claim the lights are original, are they sure they aren't repros? Bit of a cynic, me.

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Generator!? I have a perfectly good Armstrong starter, don't need no lektricitie. Bearings are all within tolerance. The clatter is a very light noise, like rattling a stone in a tin-can. I can replicate it quite well by grasping the front pulley and waggling it, so I'm sure it's the gear. I don't t...

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Just been reading that site - I feel a collection fever coming on!

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The patent no is the same and I found a site which says Ernest Lake was associated with Harvey Frost

http://www.classic-british-car-jacks.uk ... _Jacks.htm

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I'll check that as I have it all apart.

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Once upon a time, every British breakdown lorry had a Harvey Frost crane on the back - HF did lifting gear. I bought this HF Ford Jack at Beaulieu (our answer to Hershey) in September 1994. Thereby hangs a tale:- I was just out of hospital after bypass surgery, forbidden to drive or lift anything, b...

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I have had this annoying loud clatter on a light throttle - open or close the throttle and it shuts up. The large cam gear is a new aluminium item. Checking backlash, I can get a .007" feeler between the teeth. Is this my noise? Would a nylon gear quieten things down? Does anyone sell an oversize ge...

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You didn't mention the French - check out Ford-t.fr and their excellent annual Concentration event in June.

And there's Alt Ford Freunde on Germany.

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I had .0025 pistons in my 09 when purchased 40yrs ago. When I joined the 2 piece crank club, one got smashed but I still have the other 3. Only trouble is I am in the UK, so the postage cost may be excessive.

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I didn't touch anything, it just exploded!

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Dallas, you faked that bottle! I recognise it, it's a Jaguar part.

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But you'd know it was there, giving you a warm glow

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Mine are like Rich has, but my car left the factory without a top, the top is an aftermarket item ( supplied by the selling dealer I assume).

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I had a problem with piston wrist pins binding when hot. Thought I had fixed it, but went out to fuel up and found it stiff to crank at the service station. Once I was home I waved the IR thermometer at it and found area around #4 cylinder was around 500F. There's also a magneto problem so it's goin...

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When a newbie 40yrs ago I forced my roller brgs in and split the hubs, which I didn't notice until I tried to fit new hubcaps. You find split hubcaps at swap meets which I suspect have been forced onto split hubs. Some years ago I read the suggestion that you grind the outside of the race until is a...

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17017 is the part # for Wrench (spark plug and cylinder head nut). My English book only shows B prefix for 4cyl, 40 prefix for V8 85 & 52 prefix for V8 60. I think lots of the tools were revised to 01A (not 81A) circa 1940 because I find lots of those. Anyway they're V8.

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Just zoomed in on the photo. One seems to have a part no prefix 40-, that is a 1934 Model 40 part. The other looks to be prefix 81A, which is 1938 passenger car. Tomorrow I can check my parts books.

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Misread the topic. Thought it said: Wenches. Disappointed.

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They come in different sizes, the bigger the jet, the more gas flow. If only one works for you, maybe the other three are too big. If you have access to an acetylene welding cylinder you can use that to test how much flow they need - you only need to crack the regulator open slightly.

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Can't wait to see the videos of you opening it up on those empty Nebraska roads.

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The London-Brighton Veteran car run got re- routed down Reigate Hill (approx 18percent grade) in 2017 resulting in 4 car crash & 1 driver fatality, after his brakes failed.

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I had vibration which turned out to be loose rivets holding the brake drum to its shaft. That led to the whole trans shifting about because the tail shaft is bolted to the drum. Sorry to say, it sounds like you need to get it out and on an engine stand. I would look at Mike Bender's YouTube videos t...

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To get the engine put of my 09 you have to remove the firewall & windshield and have the option of leaving the pan in situ. We don't see the car that engine came from.

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I asked a similar question about pacemakers (being fitted with one on 22nd) and got 2 useful links, one a FAQ from a manufacturer. You may be able to Google for a FAQ on your device. https://www.modeltfordclubofamerica.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3310&p=25451#p25451 Good luck with your recovery, ...

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We've had this come up before and someone researched the author - seems he's known to be a grade A no-nothing. Ignore it.

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Thanks, gents, those 2 links covered everything

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I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before. My cardiologist says I need a pacemaker. I've read warnings about the EMF from electric welders affecting pacemakers (do I have to sell my TIG?) but does a T magneto generate a strong enough field to affect one?

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The resin process sucks it into all the pores of the metal by putting the item in a vacuum tank, and as my head is the 09 original I am unlikely to find a replacement, so I should do whatever I can to preserve it. I'll talk to the company and report back.

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Has anyone tried resin impregnation? It's primarily used to fill porosity in castings, it won't fill cracks, but I believe it inhibits corrosion so could reduce chance of further deterioration. I'm thinking of it for my low head which has rust flakes floating around despite using inhibitor anti free...

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The 09 column is very short, I often drive with a cushion behind me. I have seen photos where the wheel was reversed and the levers bent up

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Art asked for more photos of my 09, here's a link to a 2018 post
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/82 ... 1532436906

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Got it out the shed and dusted off the cobwebs

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Caught me! It's a while since I saw that shaft so I forgot it was the day previous. As for doing an article, that would have to wait for all the other stuff on the to-do list, and it certainly isn't going to happen soon with summer coming at us. Winter is for writing tasks.

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Yes Hap, it is the front of the seat frame as you describe. You might like to know the engine assembly date is also 8 17 09 , stamped on the transmission shaft.

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Yes it's an aluminium Beaudette touring body, shipping invoice date 8/17/09

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By dint of gentle scraping at the paint, I have exposed a number on the seat of my 09. It appears to be 657X with possibly a ghostly B off to the left.

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The best gamekeeper is an ex-poacher.

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Stan Howe has just rebuilt my 5 ball but it was a RHD unit, and I have a LHD car. Stan doesn't have a spare throttle lever, does anyone have one? I would swap my RHD version if that helps. Jem Bowkett, Spalding UK

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I don't drive the T fast enough to bother, but I have them in the flathead coupe and VW camper and have no balance problems at highway speeds. But getting them into tubed tyres is a fiddle.

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Further thought. If it's a bare chassis he wants to see Neil is the obvious man, or Rich Skinner (trades as Tudor Wheels) but neither is exactly South East.

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Yes. South East England is a bit vague, cos there's probably one near his town. He needs to make contact with the Model T Ford Register of GB. Dave who runs the club Facebook page is South of London and very helpful. Neil Tuckett (Google Tuckett Brothers) would also help.

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The nose of the torque tube is free to move around in the ball cap to accommodate suspension movement. If that cap is dry or seized for some other reason, something has got to give.

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Here in the UK I have a right handed E&J with the blue and white lenses reversed. But I don't have a RH bracket for it. I have a photo somewhere if you want to see it

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That sounds right to me.

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My car is#9267 and has a Beaudette ally body. Unfortunately whoever painted the body sanded down the wood so vigourously that I can't read the number, and I can't find a number under the doors or any where else.

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Yes Dan, that is an authentic porcelain sign, they're about 6 x4. I've been offered a couple over the years at silly prices. About 30 yrs ago a friend found a fence made of 15, with various different slogans. Somewhere I have a photo from when he displayed them at a show. Pretty sure he still has them

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The giveaway is the Model T so prominent. It would have been known simply as the Ford car back then, or 20hp Ford. But it is nicely done, somewhere I have a list of Ford dealers for 1911, see if the name is authentic.

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Proof positive that Model T owners are virile!

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Do I see electric headlamp conversion?

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That famous big guy from Boston
Bought himself a new Baby Austin
He could squeeze in the car
But never get far
The springs, they just kept a-bustin' !

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The Downton Abbey house is actually Highclere Castle, home to the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, surrounded by a 5000 acre estate. I used to live a few miles away and visited frequently before it became famous as Downton Abbey: now you can't get near the place for tourists. Lord Carnarvon financed the Tutan...

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Wow, I asked an innocent question and unleashed a flood of memories. Great thing about the old car hobby is, it breeds some eccentric, innovative, skilled & generally interesting people.

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Yes Dick, that was a very memorable trip for me, you've awakened a couple of redundant synapses. I also met up with Dan Treace and a couple of others: we all considered ourselves Forum regulars by then. Trent Boggess gave me a personal guided tour of all the landmarks of Dearborn, which was brillian...

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I joined when Gus Stangeland was webmaster. Was he the first? I can't remember the year (always had a rotten memory) and I shredded all the old records that might have told when I first had the internet. Pretty sure it was when I had my Dell PC, which had a steel case that would have done credit to ...

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