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Daisy Mae

Restoring nails...brings back memories. One of my jobs as a very young kid at my Grandparents place was sitting at his anvil straightening buckets full of old nails, most of them old forged square heads saved from an old demolished barn. I still have a handful of them, anywhere from 2" to 12" in len...

Daisy Mae

Thank God for Florida, Horseless Carraige tag is lifetime free.

But considering what my brothers say they pay for their regular cars in CA, 174 is cheap.

Daisy Mae

All I can say is a big shout out & Thanks to Dan Hatch for personaly restoring/straightening/shimming my '14 DB axle!!! My steering is as good as it was new.

Daisy Mae

Contact Chaffin's to see if they have any, they've sold several sets here recently.
Also I bought a set from Lang's a while ago.
These type bearings are not being made, and remaining stocks are not sufficient to advertise, you'll need to call the vendors & inquire. Good luck!

Daisy Mae

Left the comfort of Florida's version of 58 degree cold to brave Ohio's snow & ice 10 degree version this past week. I just wanted to thank all the Ohio T folks I met this week for their very warm hospitality, specifically Joe Bell, Bill Reep and Nathan Fahrni. (Tim Wrenn, sorry I missed you this tr...

Daisy Mae

That there is just pure love for the T...

I hope to keep cranking my '14 for years to come, but with the rebuild this year I'm adding a ringed flywheel and starter mag in case I ever need to swap out to a hogshead w/starter

Daisy Mae

Sold to Perry pending payment

Daisy Mae

I have 2 late style wide brake drum cotton band linings I have no use for. One looks to be a MonkeyW's or Western Auto with the colored edging, the other I have no clue. The MW/WA lining is also thicker & slightly wider then the other. Both yours for $25 with shipping included (continental US) PM or...

Daisy Mae

The creeper is just one of the things that cruelly reminds us that while we still think we can do the things we did in our 20's, we're at the age that those things take longer, hurt more for longer, take longer to heal, and what we used to do all night now takes all night to get up to do. But hey, w...

Daisy Mae

Maybe it's just the universe telling you that you and your T aren't meant to be separated.

I wish I lived closer to attend your open house.

Daisy Mae

Mine is a March '14, presuming the axle was original given the DB axle shafts, babbitt thrusts, and it had bronze bushed spiders...but it didn't have a bronze bushed carrier...so had to be prior to early 14 anyway...

Daisy Mae

How many snakes & black widows found new homes as well?

Daisy Mae

I know an awful lot of folks my age (late 60's) who are reluctantly selling off cars with manual transmissions because of leg issues. Maybe heresy to purists, but you certainly can't argue with the beautiful fabrication of that unit that answers to such concerns of maintaining enjoyment.

Daisy Mae

My '14 carrier was so wallered out that my machine shop suggested this very thing as a fix, to machine the carrier and press in brass, then machine/size the axle gears to fit. While I kept all my parts for future potential rebuild, I just bought a good carrier from Dan for my rebuild, and replaced m...

Daisy Mae

Re your '14, my '14 body plate & engine # are also far off, but it's also my understanding that there was no correlation at that point.

Daisy Mae

Steve, sent email. Thnx

Daisy Mae

Yanked out the handbrake lever today. Having restored a '25 decades ago, now that I'm cleaning up a '14 I'm constantly amazed at all the engineering differences I'm finding between the two. Some things you see improvements, while other things changed became cheaper quality (obvious cost/time cutting...

Daisy Mae

Finally got my friend to bring over his cherry picker so I could hoist out Daisy's engine, getting ready to haul up to Joe Bell.
Roadtrip!!!!!

Daisy Mae

Nothing… wife says I have to finish the master bathroom first! Lol IMG_3996.jpeg LOL... and I know what that's like!!! Having gutted and rebuilt 5 homes in our marriage, she never did understand the reality of living in chaos during the time required for this one man crew to complete the job. After...

Daisy Mae

Just rebuilt mine using Glen's axle 'Bible'.
Many thanks to all the Chaffin family, and Happy Birthday Glen. That's quite a milestone!

Daisy Mae

George, no, that was horizontal & vertical measurements for the right side fastener. The left one is exact same position/measurements

Daisy Mae

Hey George, here's how they exist on my '14

Daisy Mae

If you're successful, please post your result, would love to see it. Maybe something you could reproduce & sell.

Daisy Mae

I have an air maze on my Model A.
Living on the Emerald Coast, with fine white sand, anytime the wind is blowing you can see the sand blowing in the air.
Don't need open throats here!!
Haven't yet fabricated something for the T...

Daisy Mae

Some of those panicked people had plenty of income... and probably drove less than 500 miles in a year. Ever see a family of four stuffed into a Vega? But that 4 door, paid for '68 Olds 88 four door just had to go!!! Why I drive my vehicles into the ground! Never understood people's skewed sense of...

Daisy Mae

Some time ago, during one of the contrived gas price run-ups, you could buy a fine late model Cadillac or full size pickup truck dirt cheap.... while people rushed to dispose of their "gas hogs" and flocked to buy grim little econoboxes at prices well over list. The steep price crash on the bigger ...

Daisy Mae

I'm running one of Cory's black bowl G's on my 14, but dang that's gorgeous....

Hmmmmm.... "OH Honey, you know Christmas is coming!"

Daisy Mae

Just don't junk the Ruckstell, those for TT's are not easy to come by.

Daisy Mae

Very nice! My first T was a '25 Closed Cab TT.

I notice yours has a Ruckstell, nice! All torque & no speed LOL. You can literaly crawl in a parade. Do you know what ratio you have, 5:1/7:1?

Welcome!

Daisy Mae

"Believe".... nope, definitely later boot scraper.
Distinguished by having the curved "boot scraper" lip (early style was simply cut straight/no raised edge), and, the boot scraper style was also longer than the early style.

Daisy Mae

I was bragging on Jeff to my wife a few months back. When I was rebuilding my rear axle I had watched his 4 part series on YouTube. What struck me most was watching Jeff, older than me, skinny & wirey as he is, muscle the completed axle assembly from vertical to horizontal lifting it up by the radiu...

Daisy Mae

Ten years off from your requested time period, but this was my '25 TT when I brought it home. Spent its life as a parcel delivery truck.

Daisy Mae

You don't like road edges with a hill ya say??

Daisy Mae

Bottom line, anything running E85 vs gas/10% will get way worse mileage given ethanol only has about 2/3 the equivalent BTU's to gas. This also therefore equates to reduced power output. So, unless E85 is less than 2/3 the cost of gas, or you don't mind wasting $$$ from a mileage perspective or maki...

Daisy Mae

You didn't happen to live in CA in the 70's did ya? LOL

Daisy Mae

Having lived here since 2012 (50%), full time since 2018, we have witnessed the infamous green flash only twice! It is that elusive. And we're on the beach quite often at sunset. My post retirement job here is marrying folks on the beach, not to mention just being our most favorite time. My most fav...

Daisy Mae

Too beautiful not to share, what we had in Panama City Beach this evening.

Peace

Daisy Mae

Ten? That's a biggun! I've had more than my fair share dealing with rattler's. I'll let you pet them!

Wish I lived closer.

Daisy Mae

Reminds me of a story from my youth. My bro's & I welded up and sold mini-bike frames as kids, so our garage was full of various contraptions, all of which constantly depleted my dad's gas can, much to his consternation. We paid regular visits to the local auto salvage yards snooping around collecti...

Daisy Mae

On my closed cab, there were no blocks on the rear cab mounts. The heavy gauge bottom cab plate bolted directly to the frame. There are however wood blocks up front. It's been several decades ago, but I seem to recall the forward mounts had 3 bolts, one large center, one smaller that attached throug...

Daisy Mae

When I first got my TT, the engine made a loud clicking. One of the magnet plate screws had begun backing out. As the flywheel rotated across each coil the polarity changes one side to the other caused the plate to flip flop making the click. But, between the flip flop of the plate, and the screw he...

Daisy Mae

How many rattlesnakes in that pile??

Daisy Mae

Interesting conversion of car chassis & TT axle, curious as to the donor frame extension/springs. At least its not buried in pig farm mud pond like the TT axle I dragged out on a farm south of Merced. You live in beautiful country. My Grandpa lived in Grass Valley, ex military/private pilot, he & I ...

Daisy Mae

Continuing tear down of Daisy, removed radiator, pans, firewall, fenders/running boards/splash, and will be pulling the engine this week. Setting up strap hangers from rafters to lift the body off the frame. Will check/clean up/paint the frame (fenders & such winter project, top paint is good, but u...

Daisy Mae

Mark, I was thinking the exact same thing, why I requested the above.

Daisy Mae

If I only had a farm!

Pretty cool contraptions!!

Daisy Mae

A list of parts, quantities, description (T vs A, used vs new repro vs nos) and pics of the collective parts pile with an asking price would be a good start...

Daisy Mae

Steve, I hear ya. I was born & raised rural CA... put your finger on a map anywhere in the 13 western states and I've been near it, passed thru it, camped it, backpacked it, 4wheeled it, swam it, canoe'd it, kayak'd it, ski'd it or flew to it. AT&T moved me to GA decades ago, married me a true South...

Daisy Mae

Dang, I missed the snowmobile. But neither did I go on all the sidestreets. Who knows, maybe its the local winter get around vehicle! LOL

Daisy Mae

We saw the Touring car when we took the narrow gauge into Silverton.
A few days later we passed thru again on our way up to Animas Forks, and spotted yet another T. It was parked along the main road, I knocked on the door of the house, but NA.

Daisy Mae

Growing up, as well as an adult, I/we were avid 4wheelers all over the West. I've done all the Animas loop/Engineer, as well as Black Bear, Ophir, etc etc in that region. I had to keep it to the easy routes this trip 1) with a wife who'd never experienced such, and 2) I was driving my 2wheel drive F...

Daisy Mae

Daisy Mae

Scott, I was there in '68, several times in the 80's, and this month. It's never changed. Totally closed down before & after the train arrives/departs. I had to introduce my wife to several of the regional offload trails, white knuckles & all she was, even if they were all the easy ones. But she was...

Daisy Mae

Was in Silverton CO recently. Old mining town in the Rockies. Most of the streets are still all dirt. Narrow gauge railroad with steam engines still in operation. Saloon's. Was like stepping back in time. Walking out of one of the Saloon's, I heard an unmistakable putputput. There chugging down the ...

Daisy Mae

OH MAN!!! What a trip down memory lane!! The last place I lived in CA was Modesto. Many a weekend was spent camping at Huntington Lake, or exploring the foothills along Kaiser Pass Rd. Appears most of Jose Basin was burned out since I was there last ('91). Still pretty country, I will always miss th...

Daisy Mae

. . . I have sent a message to LMF to see if or when it is still available, but in case it is not, does anyone have another stain recommendation? . . . A restoration tip from the HCCA in the 1950s recommended making your own stain using artist’s oil paint. Alizarin Crimson tube paint diluted to a w...

Daisy Mae

Have you tried calling Lang's, Snyder's or Chaffin's?
They all have a stash of early parts that they don't advertise.
I got a set from Chaffin's.

Daisy Mae

Sure looks like a run dry bearing to me, being a new rebuild maybe clearance set too tight ?
I'd certainly be pulling every cap to check/verify.

Daisy Mae

LOL
You of all people know the answer to that one Dan!!
A rare & unique NOS Model T part that's useably worthless actually being monetarily valuable?? Among your standard cheapskate Model T guy?? BWAAHAAHAAA!!!

Daisy Mae

When I first restored my TT it had an issue with the starter initially winding out the bendix against the flywheel and just stopping. It was due to the shaft being bent

Daisy Mae

Don't assume a good visual = no problem. My ring & pinion 'looked' fine....while ALL my internals were toast. While I didn't notice any growl in motion, mine clunked (loud, & felt under the floorboard) in reverse. The DS spool bearing was badly worn causing pinion hop...among everything else that co...

Daisy Mae

Steve, yes, the ones from Lang's have the relief as well.
Right/wrong/indifferent, I did dress up the outer relief (inner facing) edge with a thin layer of RTV to help seal the outer edge against the tube/face. But, thin/skim, certainly nothing that could have caused that much clearance issue.

Daisy Mae

Thankfully my original outer seal cups were in good condition, I just oiled up new felts and reused the cups...

But Dan, ya don't happen to still have those NOS cups nobody wanted, do ya? I'll take them!!!

Daisy Mae

Used the metal backed neoprene seals from Lang's

Daisy Mae

IIRC, installation of the inner neoprene seal requires shortening the inside end of the axle sleeve by the thickness of the seal (?) I just rebuilt my '14 axle, and ran into that reality... Between the early axle, and the neoprene seals, I had to shave a good 3/16th off the outer sleeves to flush e...

Daisy Mae

Brian.....Classic!!
Old time period rural fix....that will outlast the zombie apocalypse!!

Daisy Mae

Your cast iron ends look to be in great condition. Give them an overnight soak in something like Ospho to help descale (Might be anal, but after soaking in acid I always neutralize by following up in a water bath with baking soda, then rinsing). Paint as you will with high temp.. I recently bought a...

Daisy Mae

Pat/Craig, I can add my own experience to that. When I bought my late (Aug) '25 TT Closed cab back in the 80's and tore it down, I found some interesting stuff. The original rear pan ears had obviously fatigued and had been removed in its past, replaced by aftermarket plate steel ears bolted to the ...

Daisy Mae

A/C are what ya want...

Daisy Mae

Maybe both A & C are repros of the TT handles. Mine had 'Ford' script stamped on the side of the shaft surround. Clear enough that my sand casts faithfully maintained. I went digging this afternoon, no joy yet. But I know I gave some extras to the guy who bought it in ATL, might be able to snag some...

Daisy Mae

Never seen the cup spinners before, but have seen one of the airplanes....have always wanted one of the plane spinners...

Daisy Mae

My late 25 (Aug) closed cab had original cast iron Ford stamped handles as in A, the upper right version. They were impossible to find in the eighties, I used to sand cast repro's out of aluminum and sell them back then...wonder how many TT's still have those aluminum handles....pretty sure I kept a...

Daisy Mae

Just one of a few of Leno's Faux pas.... calling the rux an overdrive...

Daisy Mae

What car guy doesn't love Leno....
Nice video, despite some cringe worthy statements/actions...

Daisy Mae

That's a right/passenger side perch

Daisy Mae

It's an early 2 piece tube

Interesting as to why it would have been stamped Patented.
Thanks...it's obvious now.... Doh!

Daisy Mae

I don't recognize nor can fully make out the stamping on the torque tube flange..... anyone?

Daisy Mae

Wow..... Its what we all wish for, to have/create a common bond, but for which not all are blessed with the current generations. None of our 4 kids have expressed any interest or desire for my Model A Roadster or T Touring. One already inherited my Mustang, one wants my Jeep Grand Wagoneer, daughter...

Daisy Mae

If you suspect that the blemish between the X and the B is crack, I doubt that it is. It looks like a casting flaw to me. Hey Pat, not that blemish, it was the line I noticed between the bore and the G stamp.... but after looking at it closer it appears to be just a fine surface scratch. I wont wor...

Daisy Mae

Ash Fork to Seligman (Snow Cap drive-in is a MUST!!!!!!), the north loop via Peach Springs to Kingman, and Kingman to Oatman are all good condition/driveable roads, all driven last Oct. It was always the thing to take carrots & apples to feed the wild burro's in Oatman, been doing that since I was a...

Daisy Mae

Obsolete, derided, rediculed, cussed at all thru time...
Some look at those traits with eyes of disdain...
We look at them with loving eyes as simply their forgivable personality traits!

Daisy Mae

Daisy Mae being my '14 Touring. The front axle/steering assembly is restored, just about ready to button up the rear axle rebuild. I knew the tranny had issues, biggest concern being 3/8" play in the drum pack. But the engine ran very well, albeit some oil burn, and some bubbling at the head above t...

Daisy Mae

There's not a great market for TT's as it is, I say 2k is being overly generous for an open market offer for a TT in need of so many parts.... I seriously doubt a seller could get that much considering its condition and the fact it has a Hodge podge of parts from various years. Most would look at th...

Daisy Mae

Definitely TT stakeside bed, exactly like what was on my Closed Cab TT.

Daisy Mae

Avoid Sitgreaves Pass???? That's no fun! Just hitch up some of those wild donkeys and have them pull you up the grade... you'd be surprised what you can get them to do with a bag of carrots! ;) Church parking lots are a great suggestion...been there before. I used to park in community parks in my yo...

Daisy Mae

The AI output in search engines is nothing more than a machine generated summary of the target subject collected from various data sources across the web. Despite the name, or presumption, there is no intelligence, there is no proofing, it merely is garbage in garbage out...it just does it faster. T...

Daisy Mae

@ Pat....'36 Buick..... My dad had a 36 Ford Cabriolet, all period hotrodded... his pride & joy....oh to have that car now! When he was married in '50, he had to temporarily leave it at his parents house. His 12 year old brother needed a steering wheel for his soap box go cart, and hacksawed the ste...

Daisy Mae

Ain't that the truth. In my life though, my Dad & Uncle were original SoCal hotrodders of the 40/50's, so they were all about it. My High School years were spent driving a 63 Studebaker Avanti, and then on to a 69 Mustang Mach. My eldest bro had a 50's MGTD, while my other brother, who was not into ...

Daisy Mae

I just use a rule of thumb to use as big a pin as possible to fully occupy the bolt hole, the pin head expanded into the nut slot, then trimmed to length to bend one arm down the side of the nut, the other arm up and across the top of the bolt. Screenshot_20250720_134315_Gallery.jpg Screenshot_20250...

Daisy Mae

The telephone #, being a 2L-5N format (2 letter, denoting the local exchange, 5 number the specific routing & customer #) came in use in the 30's, was ubiquitous Nationwide by the 40's, and died out by the early 60's. 34 years with AT&T...I personally oversaw 7 major network evolutions... the rate o...

Daisy Mae

Just a memory comment re Bob's. I am fairly certain I bought the last set of NOS TT shackles Bob's had around '82, still on the truck. He was one of only a couple vendors offering anything TT...Hard to find anything TT back then from anyone. and as I recall he was the only one who ramped up to repro...

Daisy Mae

I use (and offer) Venmo cuz I perform weddings on the beach because many of the younger generations use it. But Venmo, like many such, I don't like cuz there's no recall...if something goes wrong that money is gone as far as I know. I like PayPal due to some of its protections, but most want you to ...

Daisy Mae

Looks like it would be very easy to sand cast more of those with aluminum..... if you ever find one...
I'd be interested...pretty unique...

Daisy Mae

I haven't, but my dad and best friend have. They were of the same mind...both said: 1) it was the best thing they did, and said they wished had done it sooner. 2) physical therapy afterwards was an absolute necessity, and not to be underestimated or ignored. My dad, being a doctor, was of course the...

Daisy Mae

Hmmmm
The plot thickens.
I stand by my earlier post.

Nuff said...

Daisy Mae

How about Dodge?

Daisy Mae

Fabricate a way to reverse flush the block as well, even if duct taping a hose to the lower outlet. There's also potential for large crude to be retained in the head.... in my case I got a dozen acorns! (Both out of the head as well as upper radiator tank....kids...squirrels, lord knows sitting sinc...

Daisy Mae

Darel, It is amazing to me the time you've enjoyed your T. I wish you luck with your sale. My suggestion, given the rarity of your T, is to PLEASE be careful of any internet inquiry. If the OP had been contacting you, I would bet good money he was a scammer. Vehicle sales, across all genre, are rife...

Daisy Mae

The reason you question it is that youre looking thru purist eyes giving credence and legitimacy to all the suggestions offered. But that wasn't the issue (not that I know specifically why he was removed). But here's my opinion. The OP was decidedly acerbic, Machiavelian, narcissistic and psychopath...

Daisy Mae

When I got Daisy Mae started the first time I already knew the tranny was worn given 3/8" play in the drum pack, but otherwise appeared decent. The rear end wasn't making any undue noise, so, I opted for a once around the block test drive. Two things noted, delayed clutch engagement, but also a loud...

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