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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: An other dumb distributor question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 262
Re: An other dumb distributor question
Bill Rader, Vintage Authentic Reproductions
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Has Anyone Tried Laminated Glass for Acetylene Headlight Lenses?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 482
Re: Has Anyone Tried Laminated Glass for Acetylene Headlight Lenses?
Mark - Is it possible the break was not heat-related? Something may have hit the glass while driving, or the lamp door got into a bind when you opened and closed it to light it. Perhaps the front orifice plugged momentarily with a drop of water and the rear jet flared forward and cracked it. Or mayb...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New York to San Francisco via Lincoln Highway
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2290
Re: New York to San Francisco via Lincoln Highway
How about meeting up with this outfit for part of this ride, Larry? Their itinerary shows them coming through Lake Tahoe on the way to San Francisco. On the way across the state they'll go right through my town between Sacramento and Stockton. I hope to meet them at Tahoe and go with them to San Fra...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Those darn college kids!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 566
Re: Those darn college kids!
My favorite feature of Tom's photos is their "Life as it happens" aspect. While the cars generally range from somewhat to totally filthy and they are in any degree of use/abuse/destruction, the drivers seem, for the most part, delighted to be right where they are. The guy in the disc-wheeled speedst...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:26 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Thanks, Herb, for giving this thread a boost! It is my favorite thread on the forum.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for Tut.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1209
Re: Looking for Tut.
The thing on the running board of the Tudor in #10 appears to be the reflection of the fender in the splash apron and the reflection of the splash apron in the fender.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A look into the past
- Replies: 7
- Views: 705
Re: A look into the past
I should have been more specific, when coming into town from the south end, as if you're coming from Likely.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A look into the past
- Replies: 7
- Views: 705
Re: A look into the past
It's on the left when you're coming into town, Larry. The old hotel is on the other side of the street down the block.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A look into the past
- Replies: 7
- Views: 705
Re: A look into the past
I've driven past that building many, many times. The front of it has a shingled mansard-style canopy thing, probably glued on in the 1970s.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 2024 MTFCI Polar Bear Tour - Well 3/4 of it anyway haha
- Replies: 4
- Views: 483
Re: 2024 MTFCI Polar Bear Tour - Well 3/4 of it anyway haha
That was a great video, Jarrod; thanks for creating and sharing it. Your Hazel is a great looking car. Even though it's Feb. 2, I want to offer New Years thanks to all of the MTFCA video content creators. Donnie's camping videos, Scott's covid drives in his coupe and all the other camera operators w...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Drawing of two-man-tops - 1914
- Replies: 6
- Views: 457
Re: Drawing of two-man-tops - 1914
Oh, jeez, Michael, I can't remember. It may be from "The Model T Ford Owner" by Murray Fahnstock. I think I have a little clearer scan under another name, let me find it and post it.
is that any better?
is that any better?
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Drawing of two-man-tops - 1914
- Replies: 6
- Views: 457
Re: Drawing of two-man-tops - 1914
would this help?
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1913 Model T on Hagerty Auction
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2265
Re: 1913 Model T on Hagerty Auction
I think it's worth $4,400.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Grey tire tread thickness
- Replies: 13
- Views: 443
Re: Grey tire tread thickness
Tim - My car had black Firestones on a set of red Buffalo wires on it when someone on this forum posted that Universal had 30 x 3-1/2 smooth gray blems cheap. I called Universal that day and got five on their way. The car was in Burbank in a movie at that time and I was 350 miles north of there, so ...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Grey tire tread thickness
- Replies: 13
- Views: 443
Re: Grey tire tread thickness
I can't help you with "tread" thickness, but I can tell you they wear faster due to the smooth tread. The gaps in regular tread act like hinges, allowing the tread blocks to roll along the road surface, while smooth tires scrunch up and pull, causing the surface to scrub against the road.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Just pull this down and push this down.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 735
Re: Just pull this down and push this down.
It is for Tom Rootlieb's posts that I most want a "LIKE" button on this forum.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T's In The Snow
- Replies: 11
- Views: 959
Re: T's In The Snow
I need to watch Tom Carnegie get up to doing Tom Carnegie things once in a while. Those are real Model T men up in the wilds of Spokane.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Gallivan powered 1915 Ford Rdstr
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1026
Re: Gallivan powered 1915 Ford Rdstr
Was that 1915 once owned by Bert Laberet? I think I spelled his name right... maybe it was Burt?
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Looking for a company in the US that can make replacement rims for Dayton wheels.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 807
Re: Looking for a company in the US that can make replacement rims for Dayton wheels.
I'll second the endorsement of Kevin's workmanship; he makes fine wheels.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T's In The Snow
- Replies: 11
- Views: 959
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Coils that clatter
- Replies: 18
- Views: 800
Re: Coils that clatter
Rather than buzzing like they do on battery, the coils' vibrating spring will each make a distinct metallic *click* when running on magneto because of the pulsing nature of the alternating current. The top of the coil box is exposed on a '14 (not under a cowl), making coil noises easier to hear thro...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Warford, gear oil, tips on shifting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 739
Re: Warford, gear oil, tips on shifting
My experience is only my experience, but I found thicker lubes (I use 600W steam cylinder oil) made my Warfords and Muncies much easier to shift and the heavier body oil muffled most of the gear noise.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Solid rubber tires & felloes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 906
Re: Solid rubber tires & felloes
My experience parallels Richard's, I had solid tires (not "hard rubber") on my TT C Cab and they were fine. They did not make any appreciable difference in ride quality - which wasn't bad at all. The important issue is, solid tires go with the standard TT worm drive ratio of 7+:1. Running them faste...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Steve Jelf is heading to California
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2366
Re: Steve Jelf is heading to California
If it is something he wants to do and is able to, he'll be just in time to take in the Holiday Motor Excursion. If he can go, it is worth going.
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Videos showing Top Installation on a Touring
- Replies: 13
- Views: 687
Re: Videos showing Top Installation on a Touring
While it's not a Model T, Dave Engels shows how to restore top hardware and replace the top covering. He has a lot of other great videos on other topics, too. Start here and other top/upholstery videos are listed below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnuMDYzv9Sw&list=PL3Qu3GIvx73EqQ8ZItg4hg9CZelErL...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early Buick
- Replies: 10
- Views: 566
Re: Early Buick
There are apparently no photos extant of David D. Buick with a Buick car.
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A 21 yr old wants my '23
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3431
Re: A 21 yr old wants my '23
Wait - Scott Conger left, too? Of the current posters on this board, Scott Conger's posts reliably brought me to a screeching halt to read - he had solid advice that was worth the time. I don't always read every single post on every thread and I guess I missed Scott's departure. Man, if you're readi...
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Innards of JNO.W.Brown Model 16
- Replies: 7
- Views: 377
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Took a day trip in the T. Went to Natural Bridge of Arkansas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 558
Re: Took a day trip in the T. Went to Natural Bridge of Arkansas
Thanks for the fun trip, Donnie. I especially liked hearing the history of your "ridge runner" grandpa and his overalls.
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Barn Find TT
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6384
Re: Barn Find TT
What a camper rig that would make.
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: AUTO-KAMP Trailer
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2391
Re: AUTO-KAMP Trailer
Donnie - The trailers I posted are mine. About 50+ years ago I found a trailer at a local ranch being used to haul irrigation pipes into the fields. It had curvy old-timey springs and Model T wheels and I had to see if I could get it. To my surprise the farmer sold it to me, a kid on a bike, for $15...
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: AUTO-KAMP Trailer
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2391
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: AUTO-KAMP Trailer
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2391
Re: AUTO-KAMP Trailer
Auto Kamp trailer in the wild
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What happened to Hap Tucker?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 472
What happened to Hap Tucker?
A couple of weeks ago, Hap Tucker crossed my mind as I was reading one of the Steve Jelf posts and I hit me I had not seen anything from him in a while.
Is Hap OK? Taking a break?
Is Hap OK? Taking a break?
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
I agree with Rapid, Rich.
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
- Replies: 21
- Views: 833
Re: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
Hey, Phil - First things first, how is that Model K coming??? I can't wait to see that. The Mountain Wagon is very close, I still have to bolt up the burner and put the smoke bonnet on after test fires & test runs, etc. Then hood, windshield, lights, blah, blah, blah. If I had all the time I thought...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
- Replies: 21
- Views: 833
Re: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
JACK!
How are things in Sheboygan?! Do you still have your TT? I think of you and it very often.
How are things in Sheboygan?! Do you still have your TT? I think of you and it very often.
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
- Replies: 21
- Views: 833
Re: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
Hi, Dave - The car is pretty well setup to tour distances. I has Rocky Mtn brakes (old cast iron drum style) on Kevin's wheels, safety hubs, Ruckstell w/4:1 gears, Volvo driveshaft overdrive giving a 2.9:1 ratio in O.D., full pressure oiling on Model A crank, original Bosch front plate distributor o...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
- Replies: 21
- Views: 833
Re: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
Also - This is an unsolicited endorsement, but those are Kevin Pharis wheels on the car. This was the first trip on them and with new smooth gray Firestones. The tires are SOFT but quiet and Pharis' excellent wheels are straight as a die and I cannot say enough good things about them. The car rides ...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
- Replies: 21
- Views: 833
Scratch Mt. Diablo off the bucket list
I've wanted to drive a Model T to the observatory on top of Mount Diablo in California for decades and I finally did it. I started in Lodi and headed west on Highway 4 to Brentwood where I picked up a friend who was too naive to say no to the invitation. Because of the storms earlier this year, the ...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:09 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
twenty-something Mack AB with the doors removed.
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:23 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Herb's truck is, I think, a Kelly Springfield.
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: That's happen in 1911 Model T up the stairs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 786
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fuel Consumption
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1201
Re: Fuel Consumption
If the car is a 1915, is the gas tank under the back seat? Ford found the slope from that location insufficient and changed to a longer intake manifold, unique to centerdoors, that held the carburetor a couple of inches lower.
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What Overhead is this?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1829
Re: What Overhead is this?
No, it can't really be on backwards; the cam is on the right, the rockers have to stay there, too.
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Not good: a "they don't make like they used to" video.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2975
Re: Not good: a "they don't make like they used to" video.
Well.
THAT was something.
Wasn't it?
THAT was something.
Wasn't it?
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Happy Mothers Day
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1004
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Happy Mothers Day
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1004
Re: Happy Mothers Day
The three girls looking out from between the top bows are in a mid-teens Studebaker.
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Today's Social Distancing Video
- Replies: 451
- Views: 118913
Re: Today's Social Distancing Video
Scott - I've said it before but it bears repeating; these videos are just pure fun. After a crummy day at work or sweaty knuckle busting in the heat in the garage, to sit back for a few minutes and hear that sweet whirring harmony of the Ford transmission taking off from a stop, then watching throug...
- Mon May 22, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: From here to 8 lanes at 80mph . . .
- Replies: 4
- Views: 706
Re: From here to 8 lanes at 80mph . . .
That is a Winton.
- Tue Mar 07, 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
That Alaska tour was about the last thing Harding did - he died on the trip home.
- Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: TT Truck Steering Gear Bracket
- Replies: 10
- Views: 877
Re: TT Truck Steering Gear Bracket
A block of wood goes in that gap.
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 5:59 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
Rich B., Adrian stumped me - I didn't have a clue as to the ID of the tricycle.
Am lovin' the Winton pics, though!
Am lovin' the Winton pics, though!
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 9:13 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
Rich Eagle wins. It is the last known Osen & Hunt and it is in remarkable shape and took surprisingly little to get it running again after nearly a century. Nearly all components of the chassis are still in the original nickel plate. The smiling passenger is, if I remember right, the then-mayor of S...
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:15 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
I mistakenly posted the color photo of this 1899 California-built mystery car on another thread, but meant to put it here.
Factory photo: Recent photo of the only known survivor of the make:
Factory photo: Recent photo of the only known survivor of the make:
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
- Replies: 433
- Views: 39802
Re: Yet another puzzle
Here's one for ya...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old pics- really
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1953
Re: Old pics- really
As a society as a whole, we do a bad job maintaining and preserving things.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:05 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
- Replies: 433
- Views: 39802
Re: Yet another puzzle
Herb's second vehicle appears to be an International Auto-Buggy - as opposed to Auto Wagons that have the stubby hood. They could be had with one, two or three seats.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:57 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Steam Cars
- Replies: 97
- Views: 24684
Re: OT - Steam Cars
Hey! HEY! Watch those disparaging remarks, Rich! F.E. Stanley said the time spent raising steam could be put to good use by polishing the car! :D The delay is mainly psychological. Once the pathways are cut in your neurons, there's nothing to it. Just like the difference in traveling speed between t...
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:13 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
That's a White steamer, 1901 or '02, made in Cleveland, OH.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
The Stanley twins designed their car and, after they began production, sold the operation to two investors; Amzi L. Barber and John Brisben Walker. Barber and Walker began fighting almost immediately after they bought the Stanleys out and split the company with Walker splintering off with "Mobile" a...
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:59 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
The first (top) three photos are of a Mobile steamer, the bottom three are Locomobile.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:02 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
That appears to be an early Franklin, around 1903.
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
- Replies: 433
- Views: 39802
Re: Yet another puzzle
Oops, both Herb's posts are at 5:39. The top one is the International.
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:14 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
- Replies: 433
- Views: 39802
Re: Yet another puzzle
Herb's 5:39 post is an International
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
Yes, Rich, Elwood is a distant cousin. My people on both my father's and mother's side came from Kokomo. Unfortunately the family tree forks before Elwood's birth, so I'm not a descendant. All of his offspring are embarrassingly wealthy from his metallurgy (he invented stainless steel, cobalt steel ...
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:02 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
- Replies: 433
- Views: 39802
Re: Yet another puzzle
Not sure of the year, maybe 1914 or 1915, but I think that's a Saxon. I laughed at the owner 100 years after the fact at his addition of all the headlights!
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:57 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
- Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:12 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:09 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
I think that's a Simplex
- Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:56 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Early US Made Cars - What Are They? Can you Tell?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5350
Re: Early US Made Cars - What Are They
That's the Selden car, the basis for the patent fight Henry Ford won.
- Wed Feb 15, 2023 5:46 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Steam Cars
- Replies: 97
- Views: 24684
- Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
- Replies: 433
- Views: 39802
Re: Yet another puzzle
That is a De Dion Bouton, 1898 - 1899
- Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
- Replies: 433
- Views: 39802
Re: Yet another puzzle
That is a Cartercar rear axle.
- Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
the milk float is a Cadillac, around 1909
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Well, Rich, the Karens have arrived.
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:39 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Oh, I agree, Rich, about being grateful for the forum! I love my Model T Fords and will probably always have at least one underfoot. Steamers, though - and Stanleys in particular - are so... I don't know - unlikely? Can you imagine trying to sell such a thing today? Honestly, can you imagine spendin...
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:43 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
The first Mountain Wagons were built to carry nine passengers or, if desired, the rear seats could be removed to convert them into an express wagon.
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:38 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
There is a loophole, Rich - This is the truck thread, so I can post legitimate photos of Stanley trucks LOL. 3rd-homepage-photo.jpg Drivers of Stanley Mountain Wagons from Estes Park, Colorado, would meet trains at the station in Loveland and drive loads of guests up the Big Thompson River canyon to...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:54 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Rich, I honestly have to check myself, otherwise I would blather on about steam forever. I love it. I know it's hijacking the trucking thread, but I'm still waiting for the burner for the sedan. It is a 1923 and completely unrestored. I can't wait to have it back on the road. 20221024_183356.jpg I f...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:33 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
- Views: 325689
Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Rich - I've always heard steam pumpers were connected by umbilicals to the stationary boiler in the firehouse, so the water in the pumper boiler was scalding hot but not under pressure. A healthy charge of kindling, wood and coal were laid in the firebox waiting for a match to be tossed in while the...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: LED Light lamp to replace carbide headlight?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1235
Re: LED Light lamp to replace carbide headlight?
I agree with Keith!
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:23 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
- Replies: 1406
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Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
C. F. Stanley was Carlton, the Stanley twins' nephew.
A Stanley steam car fire engine would certainly earn the motto "Same Day Response"
A Stanley steam car fire engine would certainly earn the motto "Same Day Response"
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:23 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
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Re: Yet another puzzle
The car with the ladies is a 1903 or '04 Pope-Toledo.
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:14 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Stanley Steam car wheel question
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Re: Stanley Steam car wheel question
In 1922 Stanley made two distinct models, the 735 and the 740. Most 735s used 26" wheels and most 740s used 23" wheels, but time has a way of slipping different parts onto cars, so who knows what size are on the car. Further, Stanley used lock-ring style rims, not split rims. Still, who knows what i...
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:05 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
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Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Oops, sorry, Perry Kete, not Keat.
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
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Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
Perry Keats' Kroger truck is a late '20s Autocar
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Kevin Pharis Wire Wheels
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Re: Kevin Pharis Wire Wheels
I hope he keeps making them - his stuff is jewelry.
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: T going down hill
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Re: T going down hill
That's a Silver Beam Jr. spotlight.
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Now for something entirely different ?
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Re: Now for something entirely different ?
Early front axle.
- Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Electric Side Lamps
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Re: Electric Side Lamps
Rich Eagle - Although it's not electric, this refers to your gas tail light above in this thread. I was flipping through some photo files looking at construction details for Model T pickup beds and found some photos of the similar gas tail light I had (but gave away). 20201025_172139_resized.jpg 202...
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Electric Side Lamps
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Re: Electric Side Lamps
I had a NOS one of those acetylene tail lamps, Rich, but I gave it away to someone who would use it. Your chimney is there, the lamp mounts with the door hinged at the top. The center hole in that star pattern of holes is where the burner goes and the ones that encircle it are air inlet holes. The b...
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:42 am
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- Topic: This was trucking-Old Photos
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Re: This was trucking-Old Photos
This is a real puzzler, Duey. The radiator looks like either a Locomobile or a water-cooled International, but I can't find a contemporary photo or ad for either that decisively confirms it. The flat-fronted and shallower radiator top tank seems to rule out Peerless. Obviously the truck in your phot...
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Newish kevlar brake band seemed to swell - car stalled
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Re: Newish kevlar brake band seemed to swell - car stalled
A tight brake band would make the car struggle and eventually stop on the road, but it wouldn't make the engine stall. :shock: Really ? :shock: I'm laboring under the misconception (?) that the engine is in direct drive in high gear unless the clutch is slipped into "neutral". Well, yeah, Rich. If ...
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Yet another puzzle
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Re: Yet another puzzle
1906 Buick
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Newish kevlar brake band seemed to swell - car stalled
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Re: Newish kevlar brake band seemed to swell - car stalled
A tight brake band would make the car struggle and eventually stop on the road, but it wouldn't make the engine stall.
Check low band and reverse for pedal travel, too. If the engine is too hard to crank, they are more likely the problem.
Check low band and reverse for pedal travel, too. If the engine is too hard to crank, they are more likely the problem.
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Locations for Jacking on a Model T
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Re: Locations for Jacking on a Model T
30 or 40 years ago, probably in The Vintage Ford, there was a series of photos of assembly at Ford branches. Featured were knocked down chassis and bodies and factory-authorized methods of moving them. The chassis had no wheels and were moved using a purpose-built hand truck/wheelbarrow thing with a...
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Auxiliary Transmission
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Re: Auxiliary Transmission
OP says his car is a 1917, so it may not have a self-starter. In which case, if he stalls the engine mid-shift, it will not be possible to get an original Warford back into a gear to regain the use of transmission brakes.
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Anyone recognize this carburetor?
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Re: Anyone recognize this carburetor?
Those are good carbs. I ran one on the 1915 and it increased the power and speed to a startling degree. But it had a few drawbacks: It had a flat spot I could not get rid of, making it easy to stall when taking off from a stop. It idled GREAT and it was very much faster than the Holley NH it replace...