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That 'Pep-o-mint' car is not exactly a life saver, with the very limited visibility

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Here's a short history and some clarification on 'Isinglass' window material.
I have no connection to the firm just thought it was a nice and clear explanation of the matter, plus it had a picture of a T

https://www.sailrite.com/What-Is-Isingl ... w-Material

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Joshua, thanks for the update, that is good to know, i'm about to install new shoes from Langs and also have new cams, I think you saved me some head scratching

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Oh come on, what's it for....

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I had one of those lifts for toy cars, in the last picture ! never saw another since i was a boy.
Great building, great initiative, hope they can find funds to fix it up with period doors instead of the modern white one.

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Is that Honest Abe in the right car ? Spooky likeness !

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Too late for a retread ??

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Acording to the drawing that cam gives 3/8 lift

Gross lift on a standard (post 1912) T cam is a hair over 1/4"
Exact measurements i found here: http://mtfctulsa.com/Cams/design_stock.htm

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O.K. it's not a Ford, but I want it and race Rob with his 'puny' little T racer....
Well look at the price : I guess i'll dream on

https://www.prewarcar.com/300441-1913-m ... d-prix-car

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Fantastic, thats a milestone, congrats !

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Have one on me

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Well... the drawing clearly mentions 'Gastank' in the lower left corner and 'Dash-tank' in the comment on the right side of the drawing, so it must have been drawn up for some dash mounted gas tank of some sort. As others here have mentioned there might have been plans to equip one of the racers wit...

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Dick, those are the standard big ones, smaller ones are available that fit the recess on a modern US car, so about 2" less wide, looks even better !

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Great find ! this digging in archives can be very addictive..

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I have a steel 'black' T so no brass polishing for me but if i ever get the irresistable urge i have some brass artillery shells to satisfy my restless mind.
The big one is a 1917 4" shell of about Three! feet tall, it'll keep me busy for the better part of a day

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Nice Rob, great to see the change in the letterhead, in the first letterhead Mack av. is the address and Henry F is the vice president, in the second letter Piquette is the address and the original names are blacked out and Henry Ford is now President so after the buy-out of Grey and adding one of t...

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These are the modern plates for historic vehicles :

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Here's my set, came with the car when i bought it off Kent Sumner in 2017, thanks Kent ! 23 Wisconsin plates. Sadly we can't register old plates in the Netherlands, but the plates allowed on your historic vehicle are dark blue and not that bad to the eye as the big reflective bright yellow ones mand...

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How about a 'divorce boom' from beeing cooped up together

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Thomas here in Holland we call that "ellebogenstoom" or 'elbow steam'

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Hah Rich, i see not only your drawing, but also your spelling did improve over the years

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Oops my bad

should have noticed it is a later car...

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Great results, glad Gene chimed in, even learned something myself.

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As posted elsewhere here today i coverted my sidelamps to led in a way that is reversible in about two seconds to petroleum again, and i affixed a white board with two wingnuts and a trailer connector plug, on the board are a couple of reflectors and brake and direction lights, the board can be take...

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Great footage of the Benz Victoria ! The biggest problem with hand signals is that these days drivers do NOT understand their meaning, biggest problem is with the left turn and slowing down signals, these days sticking your arm out is generally understood as the signal to allow a tailgater to pass, ...

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Great, thanks for the update, looking good, you're on your way !

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Well half way there

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Nothing quite equals the sheer joy of waking up in a damp tent, putting on your damp clothes and go out in the rain to have a morning pee Dick

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Don't know Gene's molds personally but yeah there should allways be a way out for the air and overflow babbit, and a good mold should be designed that way. Can't tell from the pictures what mold Jacolb is using, just from the way the poured babbit looks my hunch is trapped air because of the way the...

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Hey Carson, seems like a simple fix, your headlights are placed in 'series' as its called in electrical jargon, that means the wire goes to one headlight and then to the second one and then back to the switch, so like with old fashioned christmas tree lights if one bulb burns out, all lights go out,...

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This is not turning in one of those MMO or waterpump threads or is it

Have a good weekend all !

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Gene, you are right in a way, the two you mention are stronger adhesives, and are a great fix if you have problems with pitting or alignment of surfaces, and in some spots like the corner where hogshead and pan and block meet you often have a spot where the stronger stuff is a good fix, but if every...

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What a great fix

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Should have mentioned the two pieces of square tubing are only welded on th outside so the piece of big square tube with the pipe through it can flex away from the pressure point otherwise the whole setup would be rigid and won't work :roll: The clamp in the middle is just there to prevent the whole...

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My T must have been T-boned from the right sometime in the past, the right radius rod was bent in and the right half of the rear axle was bent forward. it turned out the bend was right close to the diff housing, I decided to try and straighten it myself. This is the contraption that i came up with, ...

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Kerry and Jacolb, i thought a shim in between would not solve the trapped air problem, but apparently it does according to Kerry, never too old to learn a new trick, thanks Kerry and good luck on your next try Jacolb

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That one would look great blown up to live-size and make it a mural in the mancave or as a whole wall in some old car related place like a museum cafeteria !

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Wayne whatever happened to good old corruption hah ? those were better times indeed

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I understood that Les, just posted this as a word of caution for other posters because some posters were discussing the 'waste spark' idea

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Now Thats just great Rich, like it a lot !

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The idea is to give the air a way out, air is thin and needs just a small way out, so just putting small strips of for instance sigarette paper between cap and mold will probably be more than enough. a shim would close up the entire surface and give too much clearance. Another more permanent fix wou...

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A point of caution considering a "waste spark" ignition system : Old engines from the early years of the century (and i consider our beloved Ts to be in that category) usually have quite a large amount of unburnt fuel in the exhaust gases, specially when still cold. This combined with the often less...

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Edited my post, please reread, sorry

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Looks like trapped air to me :?: If this happens again you could consider putting some small scraps of very thin paper between cap surface and mold so as to give the air a way out, if babbit flows onto mating surface of the cap it is easily removed with a few carefull (sweet)file strokes. Keep tryin...

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I'm guessing its a farmyard fix

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Hello Jacolb, great try ! I gather from the pictures that you are doing the pouring outside, which is probably healthier, but that could well mean that the moulds and caps are cooling too quick or are too cold from the outset, causing the babbit to sollidify too fast and not filling the mold complet...

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Tim i count three Ts, one black and two brass rads, so it is ON Topic

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What Hank said, Permatex is great stuff but should be used sparingly, if it squeezes out in blobs it is also squeezing out inside in big blobs, as Permatex does not fully harden but keeps a 'rubbery' consistency it is very possible that the 'blobs' come loose and block oil passages. Best way is to p...

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The crank handle can be clearly seen in the sideways foto from the Old Motor, it extends along the side of the hood, apparently the engine is quite set back aways from the radiator needing such a long crank handle. The radiator is relieved to fit in between the frame rails, it is that way in all pic...

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Great story and great pictures !

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Admin Jeff,
Is it maybe an idea to make the icons for 'notifications' and 'Private messages' a bit bigger, at least the red circle with the number in it. Now they are so small i regularly miss that someone sent me a message..

Just a thought, keep up the good work ! thanks,
Leo

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Wayne, from what i read in the papers elections are being fixed on a regular basis these days

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How about this one !
I have no clue what it is but what a monster, that must have been some beast to handle , look at the size of that steeringwheel

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I would not try that on clincher tyres

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No Craig i have not, but Epifanes makes paint also, they should match. I have put some lettering on the Varnished wood wheelhouse with OneShot lettering enamel after it was allowed to cure for a couple of months and that was no problem, so should be o.k. i think, you can allways make a small test pa...

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Great build shane ! aren't you afraid to hit that unobtainium pan on a speedbump

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Rich, that is an intriguing setup, did not know them, knew these:

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Admin we have another Algerian spammer...."amandatissa"
she seems to have a sense of humor but has some strange links in her replies to other posters

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It's not the sea, it's in the woods

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Great pics, LIKE!

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The boat i live on, a 1948 fishing cutter, has a white oak wheelhouse, i use Epifanes Spar varnish on it, it is out in the weather all year and holds up better than anything i tried in the past ! Very important though is that before you apply the first coat, you wipe down all wood with dry cleaning ...

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There is something wrong with the valve timing, take a good look at 5:50 and further, valves open and close on every stroke ?

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Hey Hank, i see them priced on the box at from 3c to 30c each, what happened in the mean time ?

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The green stuff is not algae, its bacteria that grow in the water ethanol mix in that crappy modern gas of today

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That can't be right, although it is an early car with tiller steering, 1889 would be very early ! probably around 1904ish ?

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Hello Wayne, yeah what amazes me is how international these early races were from the start, American racers came over to Europe to race and the other way around too, even in the earliest times. Today we fly all over the place but in those days it was some undertaking to load people and cars on ocea...

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We here on this side of the pond are now offically under lockdown, all sports events, meetings, restaurants etc are closed. Went to the shops saturday to do the normal shopping and it dawned on me, not only the toiletpaper was all gone but so were the canned beans, now that figures, if your daily me...

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Hey Duey, luckily i'm not in it for the 'likes' that would be devastating for my ego

Glad you liked it !

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Combustion any day for me !

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Only now it dawned on me... better put on my reading glasses, mixing up the different racers

The difference between a tiller and a steering wheel are not to overlook but i did...

And then there's the amount of cilinders, should have been obvious

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Interesting cooling system on the Ford 6, never seen it in that way on the Big 6 racer, only the one with 'conventional' radiator in two versions :

Also found the cover of the Automobile Review with the Ford 6 racer, sadly could not dig up the article itself..

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The quality of the film is not that good, but still nice to see and with some nice subtitles so you get an idea what is happening

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5xXV_VH_dy0

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Found an address for the Times Square Automobile Co. in an old add which did not Copy/paste but it was on the South-West corner of 56th street and Broadway, New York, New York, took a look with streetvieuw and there is nothing recognisable left there, all concrete highrises, bummerrr ;) Was curious ...

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The demountables look like 6 lugs, were they a Ford item or from another supplier, Firestones had 5 if i remember right?

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What, what, did i miss a good catfight :lol: :lol: It is a good thing that we have a couple of moderators that have a good sense of what to tolerate and what to delete, up until now i never had the idea they used their authority the wrong way , kudos on them ! Although.. secretly i'd like to know wh...

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You have good eyes Rich, looks like there's a belt running over the 'flywheel'
Good thing they didn't have speedbumps in those days

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Who wanted a Winton

(as usual i have no connection, just found it on the Interweb)
https://www.prewarcar.com/284373-1904-winton

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The cheap chinese drillbits are too brittle, but an older US made one is probably o.k., you can allways check by clamping the drillbit in the vice with the cutting tip and give it a light rap with a hammer, if it breakes readily, toss it, if it holds up, cut to length with a cutting disk and presto ...

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Found a fifth part, about racing after WW2

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ygi6gsxPFsE

It's going to be a late night

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An old series of films by the Shell Oil company ; 'The history of Motor Racing' in four installments The first part covers (with great english commentary) the early years up to 1914 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ggHsuo4kWG4 The second part covers 1919 - 1929 starting of with great footage of the Ind...

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Great clip! but my eye fell on a strange detail, and maybe the infinite wisdom of this forums combined members might be able to answer it : Right at 3:08 a commercial vehicle enters the frame from the left, you get only a rear three quarter vieuw of it but this got me curious ; it seems to have a th...

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You'd never guess but the winner of the 1906 Grand Prix de France, a Renault, which can be seen in the old film of the 1906 race with number 3A, now resides in Maine !, it took part in the Vander Bilt race in 1907 and was probably not returned to France after, go figure... https://m.youtube.com/watc...

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Footage of the Frech Grand Prix of 1906, but no Darracq...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u60VE-N9hOs

But three Darracqs participated, here's proof:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orWVjPqFu8w

The last has rather anoying sound but hey, where's the mute button for...

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And this is its Big Brother, a V8 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YulT7wWDgU

Awesome !! a ride would grow you some hair on your chest !

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Have a look at this short clip, a great story !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJsN85HsQzc

And some pictures of the actual car in its heyday :

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The white lithium grease is not the stuff to use as testified by several members here, any oil, preferably somewhat thicker then standard is good. Gearbox 80W90 will do fine and is readily available from any gasstation or local carparts store.

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Get some floats FJ and bring it back Stateside

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Sort of the ultimate Woody.
(i first thought of another pun but considered that unapropriate

)

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Duey i really like those FWD and Quads, there are a small number of them around still on our side of the pond, left behind in 1918, most are FWDs, a Quad is rare as hens teeth, The FWD is a more 'normal' truck technically speaking with differentials and axles sort of like we still use today, but the...

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Family of mine own a resort/RV park/harbour near Campbell River BC on Vancouver Island , they know i'm allways up for a good adventure so when i visited a couple years back they told me to take a flight with the mail plane on the wednesday, which is 'social security check day' in Canada. The mailpla...

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Maybe a supercharger?

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Toon dat is weer wat aparts dat je hebt opgedoken !

Groeten, Leo

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Those little REO trucks are simply adorable !

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I know there are some Metz lovers around here, take a look:
(as usual, not mine, no connection, just found it on PreWarCar)

https://www.prewarcar.com/298109-1912-metz-model-22

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A short history of the Jeffrey/Nash through the years from the first inventions by Mr. Jeffrey, I never knew he was a big inventor cum businessman before the Quad, never too old to learn :D Another fun fact: his top salesman was a Mr Willys.... yes of later Willys Jeep fame, he made so much money se...

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Rich, the truck is a FWD model B, of First World War fame, many were used for all kinds of jobs after being sold of as surplus after the war. The Nash Quad, (first the Jeffrey Quad) also had four wheel steering !

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So they all jumped on the proverbial bandwagon

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Rob, the stuff you come up with keeps amazing me

great story !

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Here's your scoop :

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Now there's a lounge lizzard if i ever did see one !

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