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To say that Royal Maroon and Windsor Maroon are a match would be an assumption. I have not determined that they do match.
However, if you look at our encyclopedia http://mtfca.com/encyclo/P-R.htm#paint1
it suggests...well I'll let you see.

Maybe this will help:
https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcoded ... 27&rows=50
but they call it "Royal Maroon".

It is interesting to read about members talking about making copies of the forum onto burnable disc even back in the 2005-2008 era. Here is a list of the past forum links: Forum 2017 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/708324/708324.html Forum 2016 http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/599638/599638...

In 1981 (yes, 40 years ago) I entered a program on a TRS-80 Radio Shack computer. In 1982 I got a Sinclair computer and had to start from scratch as not only could I not transfer the program over but it had to be coded differently. In 1985 I had to type in the code again and re-program for the same ...

Started on wood around coupe windows since it screws into the B pillar. Need to do that before I can install the B pillar cover. I might try wood filler on the original left side because the holes are stripped, instead of making another from scratch. Slotted wood screws are on order. So have plenty ...

Anyone know a source for this guy?

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Thanks

It looks like I do have a 1 foot fragment of original top wood with the tacks and a scrap of headliner cloth. I see that no hardware is included in the kit but it has these split slot nuts on top of a carriage bolt. I suppose a flat washer and regular hex nut would work and remain unseen. top wood 3...

Hi, You may be going about this the wrong way. Corrosion is best tested under load. So, you really need to do a voltage drop test while the proper current is passing though a device. For instance, measuring electricity between a battery post and the clamp will change once the starter is moving or ev...

Wonderful. I feel like printing them all out and making wallpaper out of it. When my wife and I drove Historic US Route 66 in our old pickup truck we met a lot of people. Half of the fun was the F1 and the other half, the personalities. That is what I see in the photos, people and machines mixed tog...

My NH carb was so rusty that I had to replace parts.
1/4" UNC is 20 threads per inch and UNF is 28. So, 32 is surprising as it is non-standard but Henry was also OK with using #14 which is close to 1/4".
I can check mine the next time I am at the garage if no one else answers.

Looked in the forum and in some books but nothing to say what screws go where in the dash. The vendors sell different interior screw sets but I'm not seeing (6) matching screws of the outside dash edge. dash sketch lettered.jpg I am guessing that all screws are slot drive but what I don't know is......

I see that two links were skipped:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy60jM3Ca2Q
starting at about 5:00 into the video

and Part 6 link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr0-1nk672Y

I have yet to purchase some. Should they be oval or flat head?

Photo #15, the couple and T next to the tree. Looks like some naughty couple carved their initials in the tree.

That stuff reminds me of the dangers of mixing ammonia and bleach.

*Alternately, we could have set prices but then vendors and manufactures would stop selling and producing parts because it's not worth the investment. *For parts not being produced, the few remaining in inventory may get taken off the shelves until another bright day comes. So, it ends up not being ...

Steve,
Found these pics to help refresh my memory.
I literally cut the aluminum template from scrap and ground the edge smooth.
Traced around it and cut with plain utility blade and cheap but sharp snips.

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I've only tried this once but I used two paper insulators, one on each side, inside the wraparound tape, not external.
First I cut an aluminum template and then made insulators in mass from a gasket roll. Eventually, they were covered in red varnish.

: coils

T Coupe is from October 1926 and this is the rear piece of wood on top which I was going to duplicate and replace but then I got to thinking that it does not look like anything else I have seen online. The first photo is the wood on the top layer, removed. The second is the remnants of a wide piece....

Lord willing, too much to post here. Hopefully, get the body on the frame for the first time we have ever seen. Hopefully, hear the engine run for the first time. Hopefully, make all the interior fabric stuff. Hopefully, replace all the wood fragments with whole pieces.

Disclaimer: The timer is the one part of the engine that I have not yet researched and I do not even know if mine is complete. Plus the linkage is missing from the steering column. The no-kick timer looks like a zinc casting, spring steel, brass bushing, copper contact and nut configuration. Seems l...

The clock tower may be the best hope. But that is a lot of street view browsing if it still exists.
The "327" may be a street address or perhaps a phone number.
1930-1 would be the Ford Model A era.

Love the white tires and the glossy cowl paint job.
Some unknown car to me the the background appears to have natural wood spokes.

The battery cut off switch in my truck is fully enclosed, even the cable connections and is attached to the positive side, away from the battery. It is rated at 1000 peak amps, 300 amps continuous. These can be picked up at most auto parts stores.

I've heard "lifters" also called "rollers" but that would not apply to a Model T unless someone 𝚞̶𝚙̶𝚐̶𝚛̶𝚊̶𝚍̶𝚎̶𝚍̶ modernized it.

I just checked mine and could not find any marking "Rubber, Polyester, nor Nylon". South east Asia was the only place where rubber trees grew until they were imported in South America. So, buying them "Made in Vietnam" would make sense. Instead of speculating, I say call Lucas in California at 800-9...

DickC, About four years ago I purchased some "440/450-21 LUCAS Olympic Tread Blackwall" tires, including a spare. They came straight from Lucas Classic Tires, wrapped in plastic and labeled, "Made in Vietnam". None of they hold any air because that is the job of the inner tube :D . I also purchased ...

2020 has been interesting, haven't had much time for the Model T. On the pickup had an engine wear out at 250k miles so rebuilt an engine and its transmission had a failed torque converter. So, got one from the junkyard, rebuilt it and installed at the same time as the engine. Wife's car had a flat ...

“What if Christmas," he thought, "doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more.” - Dr. Seuss

Merry Christmas, and be sure to social distance with a 39-1/2 foot pole.
Vern

Neither. I use the rusted panel as a template and cut a new piece out of sheet stainless steel, welding .030 stainless flux weld wire to the treated skeleton.
Vern

Three things about drill bits.
1) in general steel cutting drill bits will have more turns per inch than wood.
2) I bought a grind wheel with the only purpose to keep drill bits sharp.
3) Change the tip of the bit, the harder the material, the bigger the angle (flatter tip).
Vern

My wife's bucket list includes restoring a Ford Model T and we bought one for $1000 four years ago. It was a complete disaster as seen here: http://www.vieuxcarre.org/t/ Even if this thing is expensive to repair and we have to fabricate our own parts in a herculean way, we are not doing this to get ...

I was hoping that someone would update my graphic with a more correct time line and post it here. I read somewhere three years ago that Ford introduced colors in 1923 due to competition.

This is a chart that I came up with in March of 2017. I was trying to understand the Model T thing and the misconception that they were "only black".
Before posting this right now, I realize that no one is going to agree that it is accurate.

: Not necessarily accurate time line.

Hi,
My late 1926 coupe's battery bracket is riveted together but is bolted to the frame.
Vern

Congrats Cory!
Now post a pic of your find.

I do not remember where I got these from, probably a thread on here.

Wilbur Menge
RIP
For those who knew him:
https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/ ... fhid=14935

$12k for the car, 3k for the original paint, 5k for the original air, 5k for the original dust. Seems to add up to me. Enclosed trailer only.

The Anchorage, Alaska photo is on a East-West street facing the mountains to the East in the early afternoon. Cannot locate the buildings downtown, guessing 4th Street.

Upper hinge will do.

: 1926 Right upper coupe hinge

Looks like I will have to modify the pin to make it look right as we cannot buy one.

If you don't have fresh air coming in then it will create a partial vacuum, kinda like a diesel submarine momentarily running under water. Winter time we have a kerosene heater running and have to operate it with the door open. The heat and exhaust escape through big vents in the roof, not efficient...

Depends on which muffler you have installed. If it includes a tail pipe then you can just measure it but if the muffler has a oblong hole then the device will have to wrap around the entire muffler. Don't forget about leaks at the muffler bearing (the other end). Don't expect many to reply to what h...

First post in eight months.
Making a top hinge from scrap steel.

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I knew a guy in his 50's who in 1983 had an auto accident and had to wear an external stimulator on his upper back. He went back to work. Recovering from the accident was the bigger concern.

: Jed (seven visible clamps)

Wife calls her Model T Olivia Hardy but I'm calling the rear end Jed because I had to "clamp it".

: rear bracket rivets

Made some rivets and started assembling the rear panel bracket (coupe).

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Welded up a bracket from scrap to mount a spare tire. (3) 1/2"-20 screws 1-1/4" long, 85¢ each, set of lug nuts $9.00.

Seibert State Bank.jpg Seibert State Bank on Colorado Ave, between 1st and 2nd street, on the west side of Colorado. Old photo was taken at noon in the winter. Think I found it. Building to the left added. Three window outlines visible on the once 2nd floor, main building. Two side windows still th...

Still black listed by WatchGuard.

I think I have an extra 26 coupe Pittman arm.

Reminds me a of a repair we had to do about six years ago on our '53 Chevy. Remember, this is a pressurized system. There was a automatic transmission cooler separate from the radiator with a rusted outlet pipe. After fabricating a new outlet pipe, I took it to a welder to reattach it to the body of...

0420191033-00b.jpg The Bendix cover screws were shot like everything else when we got the car and I tried to replace them with stainless but the screws were too tight. So, I tapped/re-threaded the holes to 1/4" not knowing that they were #14. That was the first mistake. Then the screws went in just...

If we lived in the country then "no" but we live in New Orleans. Enough said.

It's not the network but the black list databases. The admin will understand.
https://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx
or
https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-database-check.php

A word to those replacing turn and brake lights with LEDs... Assuming a red filter is on your brake light, you will want to replace the incandescent bulb with a red LED, not a white LED. All of the red light emitted from a red LED will pass through. Only the red part of the white light spectrum will...

Tom, I recommend a notarized Bill of Sale with the engine in Virginny. Then take it to the DMV, tell them what you need to do, and ask them what they need to do. 1) Ask them if your frame needs to be stamped first with the old number and if the title can be left alone after the engine swap. 2) See i...

It's time for me to renew but I'm going to hold off until the forum is no longer black listed. There are 2 out of three networks for me which block the forum because black list databases say it's not safe.

Welded (dropped metal balls) six small pieces to the right A-pillar which is the final body piece that rests on the sub-frame. It's only been several years to get to this point, working off photos without dimensions. Finally, was able to test fit the front and back body halves of the coupe together ...

I just went to examine the old sub-frame and found witness marks of 8-1/4" on-center holes, indicating a short sill plate on each side. (coupe 10-26-1926 date)

I'm not interested because I had to make a sub-frame from scratch any it probably wont fit. So I have to use the short ones.
You will probably have to consider the license fee for the "Ford" logo.
Define 50: 50 each or 50 matching sets.

Since at least some of the Model A sill plates are 8" oval, I would guess the long (20 inch) ones were produced first and discontinued.

Jiminy Cricket, "I'm no fool": pedestrian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foa3reEutzw

I've been debating for a month whether to ask advise after not finding anything on the topic in the forum. So, we have a 6v horn from the 1950 Ford F1 that went 12v and no longer needed the original horn. That horn was disassembled, painted,and has a strong "Honk" on the 6v battery from the T. The h...

I'm surprised no one said it yet?

Don't remove the head just yet,
Don't run the motor.
Pull the plugs and drip some oil in the cylinders.
Turn the motor over by hand.
If that goes OK then try to start it (yes, with the plugs in).

more...

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It sounds like there is a confusion between daily driver and historic tag. An auto with a antique plate, I was told over 30 years ago, cannot even be painted a different color. But if you run an antique plate, then you are not allowed to use it as a daily driver, so, i assume that you must have a re...

I would guess the remains of a valve.

Kewl idea and looks authentic.
This is not rough on the spring return and no additional one needed?

@ James Fisher
What year is your Model T addition?
We want to see pics please!
(Hope there is no one with barn humour inhibition.)

Don't explain something so that it can be understood.
Explain in a way so that it cannot be misunderstood.

Our 1950 F1 has rear Ranger drum brakes (because it has the complete rear end). Some future buyers (you won't have it forever) won't care if it has C---- or some other foreign parts to make it work. But there are many potential buyers that want a Ford all Ford and for that reason I suggest trying Pi...

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Same one made from slab of steel and posted in "February" but now painted.

Nice picture. My wife and I still play in junk yards. I didn't know we were supposed to stop.

Jim_PTC_GA wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:23 am
She wants us to build a new garage around back for the Ts but what she doesn't know is that I've got anouther barn rescue waiting to come here.

James,
If you are going to rescue a barn, then there will be plenty of garage space. Hope your lot will support it.

Congrats!
I would view a lot of photos of TTs and collect the pics in a folder on your computer for planning and ideas.

Steve & others, So, that means that perhaps ya'll may have some exhaust manifolds that did not survive straightening or some that are too far gone to even try to straighten up. Some of you have already figured out where I am going with this. I may be interested in a cut off section of just the good ...

I really like reading about these options. Some of the thread is completely gone but the pack nut is in good shape. There was no noticeable manifold warp when I bolted it to the engine. I kinda like Charlie's suggestion of brazing a new thread piece in place but have a question: Is the pipe thread 1...

How does one go about repairing the exhaust manifold threads? After searching the forum somewhat, here is what I am not talking about: 1) replacing the manifold 2) replacing the pack nut to get a better bite on the remaining threads 3) using exhaust sealant like "Permatex 80335 Muffler and Tailpipe ...

I know someone (W.M.) here in Louisiana who drove his grandfather's T in the 1930's as a teen and still has possession of it.

Valve core removal tool?
I don't know if the cores were meant to be removable back then.

Pack nut wrench:
$6.00 thick plate from scrap yard and lots of work from grinder, sized to 2-1/16" opening, 12-1/2" long, 7/16" thick handle, 5/8" thick crescent. Maybe I'll paint it.

Humble beginnings...

"how did you get your sweetie to support your T addiction?"
I didn't. She got me to support her T addiction.
Top that.

Supply... Ford Motor Company is not producing any model Ts. So the number is not going up. There are many in existence, some are restored, some not, some most people don't think can get restored. Quite often a Model T gets hacked up and sold for parts. This makes the number go down. Some are convert...

Just check both sides of every hole for witness marks, even if they are cleaned up. There cannot be that many of them.

As found...

Used homemade arbor/mandrel tool...

Making use of homemade anvil...

More work needed on stainless...

In the thread... "What Have You Done To Your T In January?" I posted a reply of an animated GIF, no audio and it's more of a slide show than a video. Just saying. https://www.modeltfordclubofamerica.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=1368&mode=view There are 29 frames of 640x480, including the title. T...

The electronics are possible to convert the wide range of magneto output into a steady DC 6v but if you are going that far then it might be better to convert the output to DC 12v where all kinds of LED options would be available. Essentially a watertight box. What might be even easier is just to get...

I'm a little confused...OK I'm always a lot confused. If the magneto is A/C, do the LEDs have a built in rectifier to use the reverse polarity? If not, you could wire up the four diodes and get twice the brightness. You could also wire up the headlamps for series and parallel with a switch to select...

Tool: making a 7/8" arbor/mandrel for your drill to reuse a grinder disc While making parts for the Model T... I use a grinder and a drill (1/2" Jacobs Chuck), each with a cut off wheel to start the process of fabrication. Of course, they both have their own cutting disc sizes with external and inte...

Last week I was welding a bracket to the home made anvil with the setting on high. I thought for some reason that the welder would auto turn off when it got too hot. It took me two days to

cool off and buy another one from HF, upgraded while I was at it.

My wife named her model T "Olivia Hardy".

Nice pic with short focal range.
I almost missed opening this post because the title did not include "Old Photo".
Fork in right hand, butcher knife in left.
Reminds me of open meat market in Jamaica.

Other hogsheads on the table in the background. The transmission bands here seem to be held together. No wires hanging out the headlight, but I haven't assembled mine yet to know if something is up with that. If bolts are getting torqued up, it's the wrong pattern. 1 plug in, three out. The women ar...

There is a bracket that screws into the wood beneath each side window and goes down to the top of the seat back bracket on early 1926-7 coupes. A later revision goes straight down, directly to the sub-frame rail. 0126191045-00b.jpg That's what's left of the rail and two visible rivets above. The rig...

Here is another photo that I borrowed from somewhere for a part that you cannot buy. It is lower bracket support for the seat back that sits on top of the two sub-frame rail brackets (photos in prior post). That was confusing. seat back long bracket 01.jpg I don't know what the actual length is supp...

Please, take photos and videos with your cell phone in the horizontal position, not upright.

I have four browsers installed: Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer.
My first advice: try another browser.

Looks like a right hand pinkie to me or maybe an F3 twister.

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