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I am pretty sure that 1911 Torpedo Roadster now belongs to Herb Iffrig … as brought to my attention by Herb Iffrig himself

After all of my reading and research posted on this forum by these brilliant mentors I have learned to use only Type III Steep Roofing Tar. I searched high and low at the roofing supply houses here in Missouri and no one wanted to sell me some and most asked my if I was doing drugs or using it to ma...

Dean, that is an awesome drilling fixture you have made up there. I sent you an email but I am not sure if it went through with the new forum. Could you possibly tell me how you made that or what it is made of? My last restoration amongst my hit and miss engines was a South Bend 9 inch lathe and I a...

Oval Socket Top Irons and Bows for an Early 1915 Roadster

If anyone has them, I hope to be going to Chickasha this year

Scott, I bought 10-32 nuts, and I have a spiral ream drill and tap 12-32 tool I made some small fixtures out of old sockets so I can hold the nut and tap it appropriately in my lathe. Seems time consuming but I enjoy the monotony after a day of clustered confusion and running around....also why I en...

Mark, I have plenty of points and I have 65 coils to rebuild

Hello again everyone. Does anyone know where I can buy hardware for the top of the coils in bulk quantity and or the part numbers for these items. I have ordered all the nuts from McMaster Carr but I am looking for the spring for tensioning the top points and the small spacers that are installed und...

Beautiful work Adam! I guess my next question is...how much do you charge?

Oh...also can anyone tell me what rivets to put back in the shafts on reassembly?

I know this is a topic that has been discussed frequently on this forum. I am gearing up to remove the hogshead to install new kevlar bands and would like to do some restoration while an at it and I also need to charge the mag (hopefully in the car). I have read about many procedures of sealing shaf...