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So if one had a ‘25 or earlier rear end, could you remove the brake housings an put ‘26/‘27 large brakes on the axle housings?

Thank you for the replies. That is largely as I suspected. It is mine, I bought it in spite of its obvious issues and lack of an interior. The seat covering looks like Draperies! I do have welding/sheet metal skills and a Mig a welder. I also have another ‘26 trunk sans the lid and floor. It has had...

Hello Please review the two pictures attached. See how the trunk has been molded (bondo’d?) into the rear of the body? It is not a fiberglass body. The body and trunk are both steel. Is it safe to presume that this is the result of an improper “restoration”? Until I saw the same thing on a FB post t...

Is your spring sagging? They are not that hard to re-arch.

I worked on this a few months ago, and found a vintage set of bed irons from a fellow member. However in the process I learned that Snyders website is now carrying the irons for both pick up bed styles. Pre ‘26 and ‘26-‘27. I did check and on that day they were in stock. I think they said the irons ...

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Hello Looking for Bumper parts for a ‘26 Roadster project. Can be pitted/rusted within reason, I will be painting. Can be bent within reason, I can straighten. Looking for front mount brackets. Looking for rear mount brackets Looking for rear bumper, full face or split. May be OEM or any variety of ...

I believe that you will need to delete the video from your YouTune Channel, flip it (via edit) on your phone and repost it.

PM sent. Thx.

Ok, great information, thank you. When starting in low speed if the ground is flat or below it will take off at an idle upon pushing the pedal and releasing the handbrake. Actually grabs pretty good. If up hill or coming out of a dip from a parking lot when a little more RPM’s are required there is ...

Hello
Looking for some dialogue and input. I’m having a few “anomalies” in my 26T roadster. I’m wondering what are the signs and symptoms of bands needing attention.

Particularly low and reverse.

Thank you in advance.

Thank you for that, so it seems the wood strips bolts directly to the body with no other metal bits? Mine is missing, there are holes in the body where it looks like the strips would bolt, also someone drew marks with a sharpie beside the holes as it to locate them when hidden with wood during insta...

Does anyone have any photos installing a wood kit in a ‘26 roadster? Most of it appears self explanatory, but I am mostly interested in the top rail. I want to know if my body is missing anything to mount the wood. Did you make your own or purchase a kit? Thank you in advance. 71610D0A-076E-468B-B87...

The biggest reason I have found is that some of the pictures are too large to post. The area of the screen that tells you they are too large is kind of hard to read depending on the device you’re on. When I have an image that won’t post, I take a “screenshot” of it on my iPad and that makes a smalle...

I built a Model A Speedster several years ago, in my build the plywood lay on the frame. Drilled holes through. I put some strips of rubber in between, but there were no additional brackets.

Good luck with the knee!

Jim Sims and TXGOAT2 get to split the grand prize! I removed the bracket from the body and got it out into the sunlight. Shure ‘nuff there was a piece of 1/2 copper pipe jammed in there. Got to go pull the other side, clean up the threads and figure out how to hold the nuts in place while I put the ...

Jim Sims wrote: ↑
Sun May 29, 2022 4:06 pm
The copper color item shure looks like a bushing of some sort. See if you can remove it. It should not be there.

That’s a thought, I’ll see if I have an easy-out that’ll fit it.

TXGOAT2 wrote: ↑
Sun May 29, 2022 4:03 pm
That's odd. Could it have a threaded bushing in it? Threads stripped? Better check with Ken. It's definitely different from mine, and different from what the repro parts are meant for.

Thanks, I sent Ken an email.

Here is the mount from the outside.

The (non-threaded) top iron pivot mount is 2" behind the rear of the door and about 2" below the top of the body. The (threaded) top saddle mounts are located 12" behind the top pivot bolt mounts and about 1" lower. Yes, thank you, I am aware. This is the real most mount in the back of the body not...

It looks like it may have the remains of a hollow tube of some sort that has been broken. It does look like that, but it does not appear to be threaded. And it is exactly like the other side. Here is a photo of the other side. E63A4103-E9D9-4DFD-AC8B-908F228AE56E.png 03FBDBBD-49A2-4EA6-B903-6E2D66C...

NOTE: The top saddle arms mount back toward the upper rear of the body. The top iron pivot is mounted forward of. It looks as if the top iron pivot bolts, Lang's # 48090X, 26-27 roadster, would fit the mount in your picture. That is correct, this is the rear mount, at the back corner of the body. N...

It looks as if the mounts in your body were meant for a longer stud with a nut. The mounts in the body for the top saddle arms on my 26-27 roadster are threaded. The internal diameter of the threads it just a hair over 5/8". That makes sense, but as of today I have not seen such a Support Arm. I su...

Hello I bought a set of nice Top Saddles with Support Arms from a member here. Prior to purchase I checked Lang’s to be sure they fit, Lang’s catalog appeared to match indicating they were for ‘23-‘27. But they don’t. Where they should thread into my body, the receiving bracket is not threaded. I gu...

Chris Barker wrote: ↑
Mon May 16, 2022 11:05 am
While the rear wheel is aloft, check the AXIAL float as well. It needs to be minimal.

Thanks, presume you mean lateral play (in and out) I will check again, I only checked one side and it was not discernible.

With all parts in spec in the drive line and measuring at a wheel nut on a demountable, one inch rock is all that you should be getting. Thanks, I am certainly getting more than an inch! Well, how much are you getting? Not sure, I will Jack it back up and check, I did not measure it. I’d say 3 inch...

Art M wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 10:23 am
There should be a difference between the transmission brake set and not set.

Good point. Thanks.

Kerry wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 7:57 am
With all parts in spec in the drive line and measuring at a wheel nut on a demountable, one inch rock is all that you should be getting.

Thanks, I am certainly getting more than an inch!

I pulled it out of storage and started it for the first time. I purchased this ‘26 runabout last year pretty much site unseen as it was several thousand miles away from me in MA while I was wintering in AZ. The owner was unable to get it started although swore he did run it but was afraid to drive i...

Please accept my humbleness of condolences. She was always a bright spot when I would come in for parts, and a walking wealth of knowledge.

Hello I recently brought my 1926 Runabout out of storage to get it started. When I would attempt to engage the starter the car would try to drag forward. So I jacked it up and put stands under the rear axle, reset the air fuel mixture, choke, crank it over twice, turn on the ignition and it fired ri...

I have done a few of these (Model A’s). I use a hydraulic press pipe bender from Harbor Freight with a couple of modifications. Lay the spring on the floor, trace the arc. Measure the length of the spring and put a chalk line on it every two inches starting from the center. Spring to press, bump it ...

I have not BUT Henry has https://www.fuelfreedom.org/tag/model-t/ Henry Ford brought us the original mass-market flex-fuel vehicle… I wonder if the “Alcohol fuel” that Henry observed was Alcohol as we know it, or a corn based fuel formulation of gasoline (Ethyl) rather than a petrochemical based fo...

I cannot answer your question from a technical perspective, however, it is possible to obtain a permit from the Department of the Treasury to produce alcohol through distillation to be used as a fuel. As I remember, It is actually a provision left over from the Carter administration as a result of t...

Well, it appears that the world didn’t think the creation was worth the selling price, I think as long as it was put together from a wagon load of mixed and scavenged parts it is pretty cool. Everything is reversible on it, and if one were looking for a ‘26 Pickup there is a plethora of good body pa...

Appreciate the answers, a forum member reached out to me via email and with a few exchanges, answered my questions.

Thank you for the replies, I am relaxed, but I still have questions, and those were not it.

There is no point in clogging everyone’s feed with one off specific questions of interest only to one person, so if someone were to make themselves available off forum, I would be grateful.

Thank you again.

Hello I am in the process of purchasing a house in upstate New York, planning to move permanently in May or June. I have been navigating NY DMV for details regarding my Antique Vehicles but still have questions. If anyone who currently runs a legal T on the roads in NY would be willing to answer sev...

I have seen this Whitewall paint used, but I never have used it myself. Also seeing YouTube Videos do White Flexall being used.

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Now, I swear this so-called "white" is PAINTED on somehow. Its a different white from the rest of the casing. Even the jagged edge to me is tell-tale. Unless someone can prove otherwise, I'm sticking to my story! Can’t prove otherwise, I don’t have any white rubber tires but I think that is part of...

dykker5502 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:40 am
I saved them in time:

Awesome! Thank you so much! I started building Model A Speedsters a long time ago, and tended to bookmark rather than download documents. Going back now, so many of those valuable sites are gone. I too save everything I come across now.

Hello
Does anyone know if the Fun Projects Technical Library was ever reposted anywhere?

Specifically looking for “Model T Ignition Coil” parts 1-3.

Thank you.

mgarrett wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:08 am
Below is a spy photo of a Speedster race scene done for the movie "Killers of the Flower Moon"… so you won't want to miss the movie when it comes out.

Please keep us posted when this movie is released!

Cool! Thanks for this! Sounds like a detour off of I-94 is due on our next trip through.

It is a valve spring compressor for Model A and Model B 4 cylinder engines. The tool in the second post is used to remove the valve guides in those engines. Hope that helps. Thanks! To me it didn’t look beefy enough to remove valves, the right shape, just light duty. But I never removed A valves in...

MichaelPawelek wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:51 am
This is the standard tool, I believe, for removing Model A valves. At least that is what I have used it for in the past. Bottom end is scooped out to slide around the stem.

That tool is a new one on me as well, thanks!

Hello all Can anyone identify this tool? The seller that I spoke to thought it was for removing valves out of a Model A, which it certainly is not meaty enough to compress valves by any means. On the handle it does say “Model A” but that could mean a lot of things. Thoughts? B75BB31F-47C2-4CAA-B853-...

They were used on lots of different motors, I believe 4 cylinder. Continental (air compressors) REO Speedwagon, etc.

I have had good luck with UShip. A massive network of mostly independent haulers. There are brokers there as well, but I usually just filter them out. It’s amazing how many people are traveling around the country and transport items to offset expenses. It is a bid process as well. The last car I shi...

Thank you for the replies. I have a Magneto Meter and I can check that out when I get my hands on it. If the Magneto is missing its a nuisance but I can deal with that. Hoping that someone just thought a “modern improvement” was in order on this one. Or the Magneto needs to be “recharged”.

Well, iff’n they are period correct! I planned to use it for Santa in the Christmas Parade, but I could also make it a Chief’s Car for Muster Day!

Hello, first a bit about me. New here, been a lurker for a decade at the old forum. I was an “A” guy for years, but I retired a bit ago and sold off my A and way too many collected parts, sold everything except most of my shop equipment, put it into storage, bought an RV and am traveling the country...

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