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Price drop 450.00 u.s. plus postage

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Thanks to all who answered Pete

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Need help on what tube will fit a 33x4 tire. I will purchase Brockley tubes if possible, however they do not have a tube made specifically for a 33x4. I e mailed them this question and received this answer ——To be honest, I do not know. As we do not make a 33x4, we have not tested our tubes to see w...

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I don’t think you told us. What happened to the phone in the end?

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Anybody out there,need this drive?

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Sold thanks

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E mail replied to thanks. Pete

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Slight surface rust/shelf worn complete,more pictures just ask.

$500.00 u.s. funds plus postage

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1910 to 1913 Heinze switch with key still in unopened packaging

$200.00 u.s. funds plus postage

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Repop or NOS,I do not know. Please see pictures,happy to send more.

$1100.00 u.s. funds plus postage

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Sold. Thank you

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Pm answered

Thanks

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Yes they are

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A older set of reproduction top irons never used

$ 950.00 u.s. funds plus postage

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Anybody up to dickering,is my price too high? Lets talk cheers pete

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Straight up guy Kevin is!

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Kevin Pharis has contacted me and advised me that the hard to find 12/to early 13 front timing gear cover that I removed should be included in this sale. This makes a complete package to install a side drive mag. Thanks Kevin for the guidance. Pete

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Price 500.00 u.s.plus postage

Removed from a running engine,reason for removal,went to a cross drive due to installing different intake/carb and header set up.
Comes with all hardware/spacers etc. that held adapter to engine

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I guess you can do whatever with the actual pump. Our problem with the older pumps is sourcing suitable hose. If anyone has ever tracked that red hose down, would like to know

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Steve Jelfs is absolutely correct. Products are made to the specifications of the company putting in the manufacturing order. It follows that if you don’t want to pay too much for your tubes and tires, you will opt for the product made with cheaper materials and to a lower quality.

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If you don’t feel safe driving after dusk away from the Village, don’t stay that late! And the instructions clearly state to use the service road. And most people drop their trailer and drive their tow vehicle to their hotel.

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Tom what does the tach drive off on a model t. Thanks pete

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Anthony is a straight up guy, I have bought a car from him. I will vouch for him . Peter McIntyre

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I think I was asked to date the bus as a simple request but now knowing that the picture had been published elsewhere with a different caption, and that the licence plate is not Idaho, the researcher has no idea why it seemed a good idea to attach this photo to the retirement announcement. From what...

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Ok so this has opened up a lot of questions. Jay links to a thread from ten years ago, my niece finds the same photo in an early Idaho local newspaper. Did the Aberdeen newspaper poach the photo, or had it been copied on to the web which is where Jay found it? Where was the photo actually taken?

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Thanks for the replies. My niece in Aberdeen, Idaho is working through a pile of old local newspapers to rescue them before they fall apart, and is also doing a local history. I assume this is something that needs to be dated to help date related info.

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I have been asked if anyone can provide an approximate date for this school bus. The photo was probably taken in the Aberdeen, Idaho area

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Sorry Dave not for sale. Cheers pete

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Thank you for the info cheers pete

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Can anyone ID this cylinder head and give me some info on it? It is made of aluminum

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Yes, we booked our time slot.

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So we Canadians have missed a couple of years, and I am sure any package will take longer to arrive. Do I gather the trailers are all at that mall as in 2018? Is there some kind of shuttle bus running between the mall and the village? In 2019, our last year we were in the big lot by the village

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This is a 3 tier tail light

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Hi there cast aluminum,got them off e bay from Quebec.They are from a AL which is a French car built in 1908. Work great on acetylene
Cheers pete

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Starting them small! Then they can fit in those tight corners

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How did the truck get so wrecked and the basket to the right seemingly undamaged?

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See if an auto supply store has this
Rislone Block seal
Can’t get the photo loaded yet

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Lake Erie I think!

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Jonah, you have found the best use for MMO. To start a very opinionated discussion on a public automobile forum.

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Is there another page with the R and the D?

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It’s rough watching this from across the border! Hopefully we will all be back next year- displaying, judging, speed assembling Model T’s, meeting with old friends……

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Hope you all miss us Canadians that won’t be there, including the Model T assembly team

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The cars drive past an announcer usually starting with the earliest, and the announcer fills in historic facts, figures and interesting info on them for the benefit of the visitors sitting in the bleachers.

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Peter no I purchased it from a retired engineer who worked for champion in Detroit and restores theses a a hobby.

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One of the best tools I have purchased is this,I check all my plugs before installing and tweak the gap to get the best spark Peter

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It’s called money. If you put two swap meets even on opposite sides of the country that close together I have to decide whether to spend at one or the other. Give a slight gap and people have a chance to save or re-evaluate or anything else. Also say Restoration Hardware can’t move its display that ...

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Thanks for the info. Pete

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What year of cylinder head is this? Thanks in advance. Pete

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I would try to get some idea of the roads you plan to use. Some of your Michigan roads would shake a car loose however well you had tied it down.

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We towed with one. It was going over the bridge into the States and watching the indicator giving actual fuel consumption dropping towards 1 as we drove up the bridge that made us think there were better ways to do it.

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Canadians who are desperate to winter down south have been using commercial carriers to take their vehicles across which is allowed as they are commercial enterprises. The people have been getting helicopter rides to an American border airport and reuniting with their vehicles. I don’t know what the...

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Bob did not get your pm.
Sent you a pm , did you get it
Peter

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Shot peening is/was best used on con rods. However the new game for a while has been cryogenic freezing do a google search. It will give you lots of good info. Cheers pete. P.s. Use cryogenic freezing car parts. That will keep you away from the human body stuff

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I hate typing and spelling. My wife showed me on the I Pad where the microphone was and I now just dictate and it magically types It out. It is always best to proof read in case you mumbled some words

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They shipped to me in Ontario Canada not that long ago. I always phone to place my orders. Ask them for a new catalog. They do one most years

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I once shipped something and thought spray in foam a good idea. I don’t think the recipient ever forgot or forgave me. He implied that it was an idea that he would think twice about before he did it to his worst enemy

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Ok, so if you put the vane on the shed, you look out and see it. If you put it on the house roof only the neighbours know which way the wind is blowing. My wife had always wanted one, and always said that there was no point in getting one until we had a separate garage. We moved and the weather vane...

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I use Easy Flow 45,it is 45 percent silver. There is a proper flux for this that you apply to the area that requires the solder to adhere to and the solder will not go any where else. The draw back is very high temp is required.

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Don’t chew him up. He is new to the hobby, he’s keen and he’s hopeful. Probably has no idea that nothing has happened all summer. Jonah, a four hour drive to a swap meet will soon seem normal to you. You fall out of bed at 4am to get there as the flea market opens. But you are done by lunch, in time...

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Jerry how are the Ac brakes doing? Peter

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Not sure who actually owns this car, but do they mind all these strangers sitting in it? And if it gets damaged either in a photo op or with all the times it’s being hauled in and out of the trailer, who is responsible? Sorry for asking?

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Here you go

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Thanks look forward to the update ,pete

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Jerry how is the fine tuning going? I have a brand new set on my 13 speedster and am having difficulty getting them set up. Seems I need them set very close to the drum and am worried about heating up the brakes. With the virus thing have not really put any miles on. Any help or insight is appreciat...

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Shane 4140 tool steel is what I would use,machines nicely and is a strong tough steel but not hard and brittle cheers pete

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Any update!cheers pete

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Sorry can’t get the pic to post if someone could delete. Thanks

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Hope it loads this time

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The photo didn’t load first try

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Have been meaning to post this but,you know
Took this picture when out for a Drive
This is about 20 miles from home

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The earliest know slingshot dragster.l do like it!

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It’s a fuel pressure gauge

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Torpedo is 23-5/8 hope this helps. Cheers pete

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Our 1913 speedster

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Mario. One thing I did when install my seat was to put a strenghtner in the seat,then you can use both hands/arms to lift yourself up to reposition yourself in the seat without bending the sides of the bucket or cutting the leather on the metal edge

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Here is my home made 32inch equal length.

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Jeff 3/16. Would of liked 1/8 but could not find. Bought it off Amazon

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Mark S good to know. Thanks

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Jim buna nitrile is according to the manufacture impervious to fuel/greases and ethanol. So fingers crossed,have the gaskets installed,fuel in the carb and am waiting to see what happens. Mark did not know about the cork/buna,went to the parts store but they knew of nothing go figure. Back in the ea...

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Running glass bowl stromberg carb and always had a problem with the cork gasket shrinking. Bought BUNA rubber nitrile gasket material and have been busy making a die and then gaskets. Will see how they hold up

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We have seen robins, red winged blackbirds, red tail hawks. We are near a tundra swan stop over area and all yesterday the swans were non stop. As many leaving as coming in
Erica

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That was funny. All my photos post upside down or sideways but if you click on them they they display correctly. It doesn’t matter how I take them or how I think I am posting them. But no one has ever asked me why I am assembling my speedster upside down

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Well, I googled Don Bowman Maryland Ford as the search and there is a guy with a trucking company and a ford model n . That looks likely .

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Nice ,excellent workmanship

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Just received my brakes from Larry Sidmore and I see now why they are for display only. They are just woks of art ,going to be hard to install then under a car thank you Larry. Also received the cable style brake linkage system from Dan McEachern,the workmanship is terrific .I will be very proud of ...

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Looks like the car coming to Canada,which of course it is!

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Larry have you given any thought to using balancing beads.
They do work as claimed.
Cheers Pete

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Freezing rain forecast so I am allowed to work in the garage! Cut the sides of the hood and polished it.

Every speedster needs a dragon horn

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Danny as requested

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So Burger, I am not sure if your little catch phrase is supposed to be read as part of your last posting or not?

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Mark, what they didn't tell was they were originally invented to screw our igloos together . Since we like the screw heads to all be aligned so they look proper on your igloo the slot was just not doing it. You had to at the very most turn the slot a half turn to align the heads using the Robertson ...

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Front end coming together head lamps installed. Bought these off e bay from a vender in Quebec because they were aluminum ,which goes with the aluminum cycle fenders and hub caps etc.when they arrived there was AL cast into the top a quick Google search and these lamps are from a 1907 AL car built i...

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Les that's exactly what we used pete

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Jeff all of us that have kids in the hobby are very fortunate cheers pete

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That is a cool project. Who gets first dibs on driving it?

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So here is the cross member

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I just came across the plans my son made up for the steering cross member and header for my speedster that I am putting back together after having it apart for 5 years. The rebuild is detailed in my Speedster Rebuild thread. I am very lucky to have a son and daughter-in-law that are involved in the ...

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More steering box picture

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John , steering box is a mid teens 490 Chev. For the crossmember I made a wood pattern ( see picture) and had one cast using ductile iron . I was able to use the T steering column jacket,which fits perfect. Notice at the top section off the box the brass collar is there to allow.for the tension spri...

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