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Rich, I like all of your cartoons but the last two are the among the best.

What Terry said!
Thank you Don!
This has been the most interesting thread on the forum since last October.
In some ways I'm going to be sad to see it end.

I should have said that this will be part of an indoor display and does not even have to hold water. Appearance is the most important thing.
If someone in NW Pennsylvania or NE Ohio has one that they are willing to sell I can come and pick it up to avoid you having to ship it.

Just got this email It is with great regret that the AACA Hershey Region Executive Board informs you that the 2020 Hershey Fall Meet has been cancelled. This decision was not arrived at lightly. Our Club prides itself on producing a world-class event that thousands of people anticipate every year, s...

I would like one better than the one I have.

But I don't need one as nice as the one that was listed (and sold) on the classifieds here a few days ago.
Let me know what you have.
Thank you.
email to dlmyerspls at yahoo dot com

I hate to see this thread end. Puns like these don't grow on trees.

I'm the old guy.

Amazing! I had to zoom in on the picture to be sure it was a painting.

You're welcome, Mack. I'm happy it's going to be used.

Is that an early electric outboard motor in Dennis' picture?

This 1920 ad is listed on ebay now.

Early 1971. I'm standing behind the dump truck.

Even the two '1913' caps I have are different.

Thank you Russ.

Russ, I thought Arizona plates back in the day were all copper like the ones that were on my 29 model A roadster when I bought it.

It's handy that Kevin's shop is less than 10 miles from Snyder's Antique Auto Parts.

The closest T engine rebuilder that I know of is Kevin Prus in Columbiana OH. 330 774 7130

My wife thinks that 9 months from now there is going to be a big increase in the birth rate.

Frank, I think the man is breading fish fillets and it sure does look like a bear in the brush behind him.

Jay Leno's 1916 Autocar truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0-D7II4lo

Proof that motor racing dates back to Roman times.

Another one.

If you can see the glue lines after you put it back together you could paint more lines on the globe to make it look like crazing which is common in old pottery.

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I don't remember if I measured them or not.
And this disc is not available now. I'll see what I can find out tomorrow.

Does it look something like this?
I sent you a PM

Thank you Stan. That is what I had always thought but your comment about being able to adjust the carb from inside the car made me wonder.

Last Saturday (12-28) Stan Howe listed a slightly modified OF for sale in the classifieds. stromberg OF.JPG " notice what somebody made to fit the earlier style adjuster. I had never thought of doing that, it's a unique idea and would make it easy to adjust the high speed mixture from inside the car...

If you jack up the rear end and remove the wheels you can put a piece of heavy wall steel rectangular tubing under the frame and over the wishbones and support it on good jack stands.

Here is a link to an earlier discussion about 21" tires.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/722284.html

Here's mine.
The word "Tractor" is below the Ford script.
I have no idea why the first photo posted twice. Or why the gauge photo is below the text.

Kroil
http://www.kanolabs.com/

I think this discussion proves "Poe's Law".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

Here is a link to an ebay auction.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-TOLEDO-TOR ... SwX~hdfZfH

People have been putting graphics on T's for years.

Wasn't Herb Shriner the guy that said he spent the war in a "rear echelon mess kit repair battalion "?

Rich Eagle, if you paint with your right hand please please please please start cranking with your left!!!!

I hope this link works.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/59 ... 1466798359

This one was free. It matches my Son's roadster and my Tudor perfectly.

Dean, does that old Garmin Nuvi find these roads for you?

Here are links to some old forum posts on carburetors. There are more. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/719874.html?1485831888 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/70303.html?1227126594 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50893/72982.html?1228628229 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/mess...

When I'm under my unrestored Tudor I'm working on something not cleaning but I do think about the last time some of the bolts had a wrench on them it was when the car was built or maybe when my Grandfather worked on it. But when the little specks of original paint or rust or maybe dirt from some roa...

005 R.jpg Dennis, I think you grind the shoe to allow room for the brake cam to clear. The cam will press on the back of the shoe. I don't know about the adjuster clearance. Frank, I guess the bolt holes are 5 X 5-1/2' in those drums. I believe Mid 50's Chevy drums are 5 X 4-3/4". You would have to...

I wish I had a parts list. The owner said he thought the master cylinder was 55 T-bird. The parts shown are what he had when I was there except the last photo of the anchor pins which I found on ebay after looking at dozens of photos. They are 55-62 Chevy (maybe Corvette) #3705732 and are being repr...

Fourth

He is working on a set for another car.

Third

Second

These were on a friend's car when he bought it.
First

T bucket3 1 c.jpg This interesting T bucket was at our local Heritage Day cruise in last Saturday. Attendance was down this year due to the rain but last year the weather was perfect and nearly 1000 cars showed up. Everything from rat rods to Mclarens and race cars and modified pulling tractors. Ve...

Here are some links to earlier discussions about this. Sorry they are not in chronological order. http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/506218/597992.html?1451271115 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/506218/593082.html?1450198042 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/276918.html?1332411157 h...

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I believe this is the filter recommended by Stan Howe. It came from MODEL A GARAGE in Luray Va.
I have one on my 26 tudor with a U&J carb and my son has one on his 26 roadster with a Model B carb and both cars run great with no fuel delivery problems.

They would come in handy to prevent this.

I'm no artist but I do have some junk in the back yard.
Hope Model A is OK.

What gauge are the spark plug cables supposed to be?

Early roadster cowl

Dan, I sent you an email thru the forum. It may be in your spam email.

The drawing looks like an escutcheon plate. It does not look like what is on the tank in your enlarged photo.
The faint lines on the drawing may mean that the part was changed but not the drawing.

My wife's grandfather was born in 1903. One time I asked him if he had ever owned a Model T. "Hell no" he said "I wouldn't own that junk!"
At the time he was driving an early 70's AMC Hornet station wagon.

Mark the car runs great. Zoom Zoom as Stan says.
Not ever a hint of fuel starvation with the fuel filter.

Here is one of Stan's U & J carbs with a straight down manifold on a generator equipped car.
The generator was rebuilt by Ron Patterson and has a sealed bearing so the oiler is not necessary. I plugged the hole with a screw which leaves about 1/8th inch clearance.

Dennis, thank you for that information.

The usual suspects were complaining about the April fools day posts (IIRC) so I posted this.

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/33 ... 1364914305

9:44 PM Eastern on a Saturday and I'm the only one on here. Reminds me of this. Global Facts About Sex At Any Given Moment: FACT: 79,000,000 people are engaged in sex - right now. FACT: 58,000,000 are kissing. FACT: 37,000,000 are relaxing after having sex. FACT: 1 old person is reading the MTFCA fo...

It looks like it was a frabjous day in Beamish.

Is this for real or an AFJ?
https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/ ... 85086.html

C 1.jpg We recently changed the clutch in our museum's 1913 Empire. C 3.jpg It is a wet, cork clutch similar to the ones used by Hudson. Fortunately there are 2 knowledgeable Hudson owners available to give us advice. 10-17-2018.jpg This is one museum car that is kept in running condition and does ...

I have posted this 1908 photo before. My maternal grandfather is at the wheel of the car on the left.

Is this an early Locomobile or something else?
These unlabeled photos were among my grandfather's belongings.

This is the only model pictured in the "ALAM Hand Book Of Gasoline Automobiles" for 1911.

I caught it at 4AM today and got everything back. Last thing I want to have is a bunch of cranky, crusty, old retired dudes sitting down to their fresh-brewed coffee and not able to get in to their favorite porn... errr Forum site.

I resemble that remark!

Thank you again for your efforts

In Pennsylvania one of the restrictions of having antique license plates on a truck is that you cannot use it to haul anything.
A display of old junk that you take to a car show would probably be OK but a load of lumber might get you pulled over.

I believe dehumidifier water is as good as distilled water for this and it is free.

Great idea. Thank you.

Great idea. Thank you.

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Second

The archived forums only go back to 2005.
This is from 2004 and is (with his blessing) Stan's attempt to educate the non-cowboys/farmers on the forum.
First post.

Not sure why the first photo posted twice.

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These were in one of my computer photo files. Probably from an old forum post.

Raoul, I buy my coal in 40 lb. bags from an Amish gentleman who lives about 10 miles away. It comes from a town 60 miles northeast of Hershey.
Anthracite (hard coal) burns clean. No smoke, no soot, no smell.

About 6 or 7 years ago I got tired of cutting firewood so I replaced the wood stove in my basement with one that burns anthracite coal. It's a lot less work.

Here is some serious humor from the old forum.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/11 ... 1290390035

My Model A roadster in Tucson AZ December 1971

I bought two old US Army wool blankets on ebay and had a seamstress friend sew seat covers.
A coupe seat would be easier.
The blankets were not expensive and I only had to give the seamstress an old cast iron skillet.

Since the front wheels don't seem to be throwing up any dust does that mean that the cloud around the car is oil smoke and exhaust?

The symbols all have meaning. So does the color.
They are a tool of sorts to help use the forum.

Ok sorry I see it now in the later photo.

Why is there a license plate in the photo of the wrecked car?

Rich E. Thank you and pretty sure. What a mess.
Rich B. Whistle pig stew on ground hog day sounds perfect!

Since the forum has been fixed I thought I would re-read this entire thread and try to digest all this information and it gave me heart

I've gotta go. My wife's cat just got creamed by a milk truck.

An abused coin of the realm?

Jeff, I think your job is safe.
Thank you.

Rich, thank you for posting those links to your drawings.
I like them all but the cartoons like "Splish" and "Contact!" Are my favorites.

Thank You Chris. And thanx also to your helpers whoever they may be.

I think I have it.
Who says us old fogeys can't learn something new?

Well that worked.
Still not sure what "drag and drop" is.

If I can do it anybody should be able to.

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