MTFCA Forum

I have a head scratcher. 1912 with Heinze coils. On Thursday I drove the car in a FMC event in Detroit. Car ran well but seemed to hesitate on acceleration frequently. Yesterday I decided to investigate. Turned crank and #1, #2, #4 coils had very strong buzz, #3 a bit weaker. Took coils out to check...

The trailer parking info should come with your letter from THF in a couple of days. Trailer parking has always been offsite. It changes almost yearly, depending on what THF can arrange. I would highly recommend locks on the trailer.

Jerry, I don't know. As you know, this was Dale McDermott's car and I don't know how he used it. I assume it must have worked because the mag was dead when I got it. I assume he had it set up to run exclusively on battery. The alternator is wired through an on/off switch and an ammeter. Jim's reply ...

Thank you for the replies. I had been lean toward the magneto charger like Scott suggested. I already have one made up per John Regan's instructions. I was just hoping that if the alternator could be made to work, it would be a back up if the mag fails. We just drove the car 400+ miles on the Michig...

I have a very old Texas T Parts 12v Hitachi alternator that came on my 1915 Touring. It does not charge the battery. It has two wires leading from the rear, one from a post terminal and one from a spade terminal that appears to have a diode. Does anyone have one of these alternators? If so, I would ...

Thank you for your replies. Jeff, I thought about the Benson Ford Center but they remain closed for the indefinite future. Bruce, thank you for the photos, they help a lot! I wonder if I could ask one more favor. Could you measure the length of the rain gutter on your coupe. I have two different len...

I am replacing the non-original rain gutters on my '26 Coupe with a pair of originals. Right now, there is hid-em around the back of the roof from gutter to gutter. Someone told me that originally there was a curved metal strip around the back, not hid-em. Is this true? Does anyone have some close-u...

Has anyone used a leather restore product to bring badly faded seat leather back to black?

Many years ago when our '26 coupe was restored, the package tray behind the seat back was not done correctly. I am now attempting to make it right but I have very little to go on. Can someone tell me how "deep" the shelf should be, for example, how far below the bottom of the rear window frame? If a...