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and here i thought i was doing really good when Saia motor freight brought my tire machine and balancer a couple weeks ago,

all i can say is do not use that red kote if you use Star tron or Stabile in your gas. they will desolve the red coating and it will get into your carburetor, and worse. you can google it and read storys of restored tractors having to be torn back down because of stuck valves and such from it. and e...

they are everywhere. i bought a second hand gps unit, a garmon . for a back up camera it needs the BC-35 camera to work. my old 1 uses the bc-30. well i found a website,in Australia supposedly, and they had 1 for 94 dollars. overstock,and it is discontinued so i had no reason to doubt it. i cliced b...

does it even have air and heat?? i would assume defrost maybe because it is required?
for something like this little truck i wouldn't need air with the 2-50 system , 2 windows down and 50 mph!

but yea,like you all, i am looking forward to seeing where this venture goes. it is priced right,

lack of funds is why it took me so long to get a model t . i bought parts and peices over the course of a few years and assembled my tt truck first, then wanted something faster so i had a few parts already, i started looking for parts again and it took me longer,as in 12 years or so to get that t f...

i wonder if they would work in a stock T axle?? that would lower the car a bit

i was there friday morning from 8 till 12, had to head back home. but i enjoyed it, got the fender brackets i needed, along with some shackle bushings and a couple nice rear fenders and a couple fronts from 1 of the vendors pictured above. turns out he lives about 25 miles from me!! met alot of nice...

i bit the bullet and have a tub with the 16 gallon mix in it. haven't used it but once so far and it worked great.
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Mack, There was not enough automobiles in the world to produce the amount of CO2 to melt the polar ice cap & kill off enough polar bears that there would a sufficient amount of baby seal urine to make a big enough chunk of ice to sink a ship that size. It had to be a goat. Craig. ok, a dodge leakin...

If ocean water doesn’t freeze what the Heck did the Titanic run into??? frozen baby seal urine :lol: no way i am putting the water out of my well into my engine. my grandfather put well water in the 91 ford truck i inherited from him and when i had to replace the radiator the cooling system was fil...

well i had a good time today at the shin dig. found me a nice set of fender irons for 20 each, bought some nice rear fenders that i don't mind making changes to for them to fit my speedster project for 30 bucks, got a high hood that i think has been in a fire for my ccab 1 ton future project for 20,...

i didn't take any pictures but i had fun!

Mack I will have several sets of front fender irons. good that means my trip is worth it in more ways than 1. they just need to be in good enough shape that i can straighten them and clean them up. i altered the set i have on my speedster and now i have found i can't use the lowering brackets i wor...

i will be looking for 2 usable front fender brackets for 17-25 and 2 new bushings to go in front spring perches for 1926-7 also will be looking for what is apparently the next thing down the list from a unicorn, a pair of fender skirts for a 1947 pontiac streamliner. i will be making some measuremen...

it thinks you are 1 of those robots that searches thru the net.
just think how annoying this is for AI that is trying to learn. i bet it gets hot chips and bloated capacitors.

if you are using a solenoid like is used on a mid 70's ford pickup, the bolt pattern fits right on the steering column bolts if you want to put it under the hood for easy access.

jiminbartow wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:16 am
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i often wondered if there was ever a positive outcome of that disaster.

they did at 1 time have a table you could lay stuff on to sell and the club took a commission. do they still do that>?

last time i went, 23 i think, i had a room held up for me, and along the way i stopped at a rest stop and picked up a motel coupon book. saw a ad for a room cheaper and closer than the 1 i had held up, and called, got it, and canceled the other. saved about 10 bucks and was much closer to the shin d...

wow, like lightning at the moment~!

as for members and non members posting, not everyone that is interested in a model T wants to join a club just to learn a few basics. i don't know a good solution but blocking everyone except for the few in the "clic" does not help the hobby grow.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/donald-trump-s-tariffs-contain-major-loophole-for-classic-car-owners-with-key-detail-in-the-small-print/ar-AA1CvjUt?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=EDGEESS&cvid=a8b09c30cfc548a1ae3b435fe662d003&ei=11 so you can still get a vintage car from overseas at the same cost. i can't aff...

well, i am having to make arrangements for animal feeding and such, so if i make it, i will be coming up thurday afternoon, getting a room and then go to the swap friday morning and go home friday evening. alot of driving but i can feed on thursday morning, and feed on friday evening and the 2 critt...

glad to know it was not just me that was having a issue

well the old tube took some air but then caplooyee, so i took the tire off and here are some better picks of the rim. tire was hard as a rock and no good at all sadly.

i bought this tire and rim awhile ago to prevent it from getting into the hands of someone that would make a coffee table or something out of it. it hung in a cracker barrel for years and was just bought at auction and was brought by here for me to try to identify. i couldn't but decided to save it ...

ok, i was thinking it was on a tuesday but that must be something else. thanks for clearing it up.

i must be having a brain malfunction, or is this the first time it has been on a weekend>?
if i am able to come i am in the market for a set of fender skirts, any condition, for a 1947 Pontiac Streamliner. if they cast a shadow,they will be good enough for me.

i got lucky today at the swap meet and found a Manco alignment tool will be trying to learn more about it at as time goes by. i also picked up a nos fun projects voltage regulator. 12 volt. i may be asking questions how to use the alignment tool.

Oh, not really "looking" for it, just letting folks know more about the N i have spoke about in the past here on the forum.This 1 was from south carolina and yours is in florida, makes sense they were shipped together?

I have mentioned this car here before and I finally found the 1 and only pic I have of it. For whatever reason my friends that were with me only had a novelty black and white camera . The fellow that had it lived in Lilesville Nc and had bought it from somewhere in south carolina from a old ford dea...

Don't you know some rouge AI running on a 1951 war surplus generator in the basement of a apartment complex in down town Asaba is really down in the dumps tonight as it can't get into the forum!

Once I clicked on the thing it let me right in!

Well this thing has sat around for a while untouched, I finally did get the splash aprons and some old running boards bolted in place. Finally gave up and just went and paid the 225 to have the fuel tank done and got it back today. they used Redcote,which I HATE, i was hoping they had used Por15. re...

Yes!, I have been looking forward to this! glad it is back

They don’t even teach them to write cursive any more, or to even sign there names. Why the genius education PhDs failed to grasp the importance of drilling fine motor skill in young children is incredible. 70 years ago we began by coloring our lesson sheets - FIRST - outline the color fields. We st...

Yes sir! i don't have the shirt but I have experienced that same thing! I got a magneto for the Republic truck and as I was holding it after I unboxed, I accidentally confirmed what the seller told me, "it's HOT". Yep shore is!

All I can say is, the more plant based your diet is, the more trouser coughs you experience and there is methane contributed to the environment. So you stop eating the cow and instead eat it's grass and plants and the problem just moooves from the cow to YOU being the contributing factor to climate ...

Most of us don't drive enough to be any problem at all except for going slow. I believe that the people of California are waking up to what is happening to our state by the things which have been happening. They tax us for roads and then use the money to construct bike lanes taking away a lane from...

Henry K. Lee wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:48 am
And when they migrate to another state, they bring their problems with them. History repeats itself!!!!!

You are correct sir.They come all the way over to the east coast and immediately proceed to making a nest just like the 1 they left behind.

WatchDog wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 30, 2025 8:18 am
Liberal lunacy.

Yep.
You know,with the horrible things that happen there , earthquakes,wildfires,mudslides, you would think the government would have more important things to do that even think about old cars .

I have what is essentially a nos Triplett meter. still has box and the leads that have never been untwisted. I don't use it and it stays in it's box. Seems to be a quality meter. But when it comes to doing work on cars and such, if you are checking to see if a charging system is working on a car or ...

No but Amazon has pages of them. Just ordered two sets. I got a set from Amazon but they are loose at the plug in connections and will not keep contact. I tried smashing to widen them but they are just too small. There are adaptors on ebay and amazon to plug a standard lead into and then into the m...

Robert Kiefaber wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:36 am
What’s going on in picture 5? Is that a baby alien clasping the radiator cap? IMG_2156.jpeg

Maybe the stork bought a T to deliver babies! that is odd, but the monkey on the fender on another pic is odd to.

If it means anything, when i clic on the shortcut on my screen, it goes straight to the page and I am logged in. Yesterday, it showed I was not logged in, I had to key in my info. It could be that they were trying to harvest passwords? The chinese got into the US treasury departments computers , so ...

I wonder if that is for a Truck that would have large caps on the back and small caps on the front?

I haven't heard anything more from the cousin about it, until I do I can't really figure on when. I will check with them about mid febuary and if they aint figured out something on their end by then I will just act on my own as far as scheduling.

I wish I was closer to where Steve is , I would be more than happy to help somehow in repairing the car. Get a straight frame and oil pan first and get them painted and ready then just remove each peice and see what is good and bad. Alot of things can be straightened. I know someone here ran their T...

Not so fast, now. The first wack-a-holic that was caught with a map-gas torch that was setting trash on fire and telling people that he couldn't help himself and had to do it. The citizens apprehended him and zip tied his hands together and held him until the police arrived. While the police couldn...

Approximately 20 years go I answered a call on my shop phone, the call saying "Hi Ron, this is Jay" Perplexed, I responded "Jay" who. It was Jay Leno seeking four rebuilt ignition coils for his new found Model T. Ron P. I bet that was a shock! At least he got his information right on who to call! y...

Number 9 has G headlight lens to!

Well when I went to get insurance on my tpickup I happened to check where I get my daily driver insurance and they do Grundy, so, I went that route so i could just walk in after going to get breakfast at the grill and pay it in cash or debt card either 1. so far i haven't needed it. thank goodness. ...

I like the ingenuity.

Jones in Aiken SC wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:37 pm
Or download service manual here.

https://cimorelli.com/mtdl/servicemanual/default.htm

Thanks, i just put those on a flash drive to keep in the shop. I inherited a 65 inch tv- monitor and i can pull up the diagrams and such up nice and easy to read on that screen!

There's a lot I don't understand either Mark. I don't understand the totally disproportionate response inflicted by the IDF on the civilian population of Gaza and the destruction of health infrastructure that is going on. I don't understand why Israel is provided with billions of dollars worth of U...

I would not be concerned about a body at this time. I would be concerned more with making it start,stop and move on it's own and in good order. fixing steering issues and wheel issues and such . You can restore the chassis as you have time and money and later you can start on the body. i had to do t...

Odd the internet says the villiage is open year around about above it is mentioned it is not open in winter. My cousin and his wife are wanting to fly up there and visit the muesuem and I told them the village didn't open till spring which messed up their idea as march was the best time for them to ...

Austin, you made my day reading that!
I was that weirdo kid myself in high school but it was more towards vintage electronics until i was out of college and had some tools.
seems the more tools i would get, the bigger my projects would get. But there is no Terex Titan in the yard, yet!

Well the cab and such are in good original condition. alot of labor savings in not trying to weld in patch panels and such.Alot to consider. But I am glad it was worth that to someone.

About any golf cart or atv , or heavy duty garden tractor, should be able to pull the T out from where it is to a place a roll back can load it. t's are not that heavy.

I like it! I just can't do that quality of work!

Would like to know more about this myself, Edjukation iz a gud thang!

I need MORE education!

Thank you Mack This is a couple years newer than yours, but the layout is nearly identical to yours and also has the transistors mounted in sockets. They will all receive a thorough cleaning and possibly a few selective replacements if necessary, as the new/replacement transistors are quite inexpen...

Well all this is in the R and D stages , still debating if i should rent a truck instead of driving my own for example. thanks for the ideas, Duesenberg ,um, now you really have the gears turning! I won't be home for 2 months at this rate! :lol: also depends on my dad's health, at 90 heading towards...

Another great car collection not far from Detroit (though not just Fords) is the Stahl Museum. They are open limited days and times but well worth the visit. Most of what you want to see is in the museum, so you could come before May. If you want to visit the village you should really come during t...

Thanks, middle of may, um, ok, later in the spring than I thought.

I am planning to go to the Henry Ford next spring. Preferably after all the snow and mess is gone from up north, I see that hotels have rooms with discount tickets to the museum and such, I also would like to see the model T plant and museum while I am that far away from home.kill a couple rocks wit...

Strange this came up. Next week Moultrie swap is going on. I know nothing much T will be there. It is over 5 hrs from me. Just too far for a day trip, but not enough T stuff for an overnight trip. Robbie you need to start a pre war meet in Chattanooga. Close enough to draw people out of Va and NC ....

If it is like my vietnam era Zenith trans-oceanic the transistors are in sockets and i had 1 be a bit loose in the socket. But as for the caps, I can't answer in detail on that particular radio ,but replace all the caps, they are all the same age.

Darn, I have been planning a trip to the Henry Ford for 2025 and when i saw this I was like "AH a swap meet on the way there!" but then, greenfield is not open till april :cry: darn But, the Piquette Plant will be open! Ok, I was just hoping to go see Edison's lab again.I didn't really get to enjoy...

Darn, I have been planning a trip to the Henry Ford for 2025 and when i saw this I was like "AH a swap meet on the way there!" but then, greenfield is not open till april

darn

No one here is a kid anymore... [/size] It's all too common to be reminded of that by all the things I can't do anymore. An old friend tells me the word I need to learn is acceptance . I think a better term for it is resignation . :( Steve, you are 100% correct. Had I listened to the dr's and peopl...

I can't help much with the Brake light part but since you went with LED,when you add turn signals later,you will need to use the electronic flasher ,not the old clicy thermal flasher because the leds ,unless they have a built in resistor,will not load the thermo flasher enough for it to work

my guess is wrist pin,

1 things for sure, he won't have any issues not seeing where he is going with those cowl lamps!

Well my trip to the mountains to get the remnants of a home built tractor yielded a complete horn button which looks good, but I am hoping to reuse the metal part that is original to the car as it was when i got it. The fellow I got the tractor from has a huge stock of old parts and really cool TT's...

Well my trip to the mountains to get the remnants of a home built tractor yielded a complete horn button which looks good, but I am hoping to reuse the metal part that is original to the car as it was when i got it

Well for the time being, I am considering putting a old rough low radiator and such on it to make it "look" more complete and set it in front of my shop behind the split rail fence as yard art. I can keep things oiled and the parts i would use to "finish" it would be junker parts. I would like to ma...

I went and got this today,not worth 2 cent money wise but I think it is a great example of American ingenuity when it came time someone needed a tractor. When I first saw it a couple months ago I thought it might be a factory made kit but it is home bullt using horse drawn manure spreader wheels and...

A friend gave me 2 pistons today, a .031 and a .033 , factory ford markings.
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I don't know if I am thinking things that didn't happen or what but I am wanting to replace the bakelite parts in a horn button that clamps the steering column and I think I bought the parts from a vendor at some point in history but now all I can find is complete units. Are the repair parts no long...

Here is a less expensive unit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235285383221?_skw=gps+speedometer&itmmeta=01J90C5Q7X38ND1GRSCRT4KDEY&hash=item36c81a0835:g:mzYAAOSw0OdjkwST&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmA9Bur5qZtwJ0G7eZQBGopn29b%2BBsJqt8hiGDhqgx9x0gxSO%2Fy9pw2AjBkpG7jfC3Uramn97C4CbgAGvnddNkM...

Here is a less expensive unit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235285383221?_skw=gps+speedometer&itmmeta=01J90C5Q7X38ND1GRSCRT4KDEY&hash=item36c81a0835:g:mzYAAOSw0OdjkwST&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmA9Bur5qZtwJ0G7eZQBGopn29b%2BBsJqt8hiGDhqgx9x0gxSO%2Fy9pw2AjBkpG7jfC3Uramn97C4CbgAGvnddNkMC...

I like the home built 3 wheel tractor in that 1 pic, to the left of 2 speedsters

Never knew they made such a thing! thanks for posting!

Starting next year things for me will be much better money wise and hershey is a swap meet i want to attend at least once. But it does seem like there is some issues with parts I want being scattered. of course to a point I would have to go to each section if it were divided by vintage of car anyway...

I still don't remember the incident, and probably never will. When I broke my fall by hitting the pavement with my head, it seems that part of my memory was knocked out of me. Now, a year later, I recall some of my series of hospitals and rehab centers, and I could probably blather at length with w...

Yes, Women's stockings were a common fix for the T axle in this part of the country.My friend Heath Hahn ,was a member of MTFCA for decades, had about 8 model T's and all had stockings for axle seals. You wrap them in the direction so that going forward keeps them wound,

I would have thought by now the insurance company covering the person who hit you would pestering you to death trying to hurry up and settle.that is what i find odd.

Put on Tbay, pay a bunch of fees and deal with scammers or take to scrap yard get paid??? What a choice!!!!! The choice would be saving vintage parts or loosing them to the chinese. .03 cents per pound or a few dollars each and priority box shipping with a few bucks out for fees. diesel or ebay fee...

If the babbits good and they are straight, they are still usable. put them on ebay, let the buyer decide, I hate seeing the chinese melt all our old parts,

Just a suggestion BUT I would lose those plastic coils - they have a notorious reputation for being "not good & not consistent." Contact Ron Patterson for a set of good coils and try the exercise once again. Ditto on this, you will think you traded cars when you plug in a set of coils that he has f...

I will be going to pickup the very rough , as in barely cast a shadow, tractor conversion that was done with a early riveted rearend, 15 or earlier. Not much left but the narrowed rear axle and the wheels and shaft and gears. Chains or chain is supposed to be there there in a bucket of old oil. What...

I guess I would never make it to the "big time" if I was wealthy enough to buy cars far from home. If I buy something like a car, I am going to haul the durn thing myself.It is difficult to find someone that won't take shortcuts I find offensive when handling something i pay good money for.

That's a good thing as some of us have more than T's and there will be parts there for ALL our automotive projects. I have a shortcut on my desktop so I won't furgit it.

After my accident I can not sit comfortable in these modern seats , the sides ride up on my sides and the left side I have Sciatica and lost 50% use of the right leg so it is uncomfortable being pushed up on as well. the cushion was torn on my 04 dodge when I bought and i had a upholstery shop put a...

My 04 Hemi is only 345 hp and 375 foot pound of torque. But it has never failed to tow anything i hook to it, had i had this truck when I was younger, me and it would probably be wrapped around a tree. It has the 8 foot bed and a high top leonard gold crown camper top on it. But when I am on a ramp ...

Kerry wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 06, 2024 5:47 pm
Just turn it around.

Ok, thank you,makes sense now.

Forgive me if i am out of line for asking. BUT if the firewalls were predrilled for either side to be driven from, where are the steering column holes on the other side of the firewall?

Glad to see the younger 1's taking a liking to the T's!

After reading spoke related threads for years, it would seem that the new spokes never shrink,never rot,never dry out,never swell,1 time repair for forever, they just remain perfect thru out time.This can not be as wood changes with humidity. Once the new spokes are installed, are they just painted ...

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