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I found this postcard years ago. It certainly looks as though it could be the fourth of July.

A couple more thoughts. Powder coating a wire wheel might make it difficult to turn a spoke nipple to true up a wheel in the future if the coating is too thick. Also, a friend had his Buffalos powder coated and found the coating to be slippery enough that the clincher tires slipped on the rim. He ha...

And Walt Rosenthal is smiling down upon Tim.

I have to agree with Adam. I had the same chirping problem. Head gasket leak at the rear cornier of #4 due to corrosion on the block around the little water hole. Changed head gaskets multiple times and tried to "repair" the corrosion with JB Weld. Worked only temporarily. Finally had to tear the en...

Perhaps I missed someone's response, but what about a blown exhaust gasket between the manifold and block? Not what I would call a puffing sound, but, maybe? Where exactly is the noise coming from?

Hi Bill, I have a set for you. I'll send you an email with a couple of pictures

Quite a mixture. The windshield hinges are offset, so '17-'22 windshield. Check out the way that the hood fits. It looks to me as though it could be home made. It rides high on the cowl and I can't make out a hinge on it. Plus, the radiator looks as though it might be pushed back a bit at the top. A...

Sold to Chris in CA. Thanks Chris and MTFCA

Complete rear figure 8 shackle set. Reproduction from Chaffin's Garage. includes bushings and oilers. I bought them to use on my '14 but found a pair of good originals before I installed these. I'm asking $60.00. Call me at (818) 321-5360 or email to planetaryman@msn.com Thanks. Bryan WIN_20200425_1...

I've found that a liberal dusting of corn starch works well. On the plus side, you can lick your fingers clean.

Mark, I know what you mean. I was listening to the Red Sox game at the same time!

Obsessive compulsive disorder. This hobby is full of us!

Darel, I just have to say, Your picture and your story are terrific. To have caught the bug at such a young age and kept your T for all these years... I love it. Glad you're still with us. Stick around for a bit longer, O.K.?

First picture is me in 1975. '22 touring. I paid $2,500 for it. I don't have that one anymore. The second picture is my of my dad, Ben Ostergren (that's him at the crank), and his first. It was taken in 1936 when he was 16 years old. He told me that he traded a set of horns for it. He had a lot of f...

Whether or not Tim likes it, I sure do! Thank you, Stan, for posting the picture.

Yeah, Henry, that's one helluva claim. I hauled one yard of crushed rock in my TT dump truck once and that needed low pedal, low Ruckstell, and Warford underdrive to get rolling!

While looking through my Ford Owner and dealer magazines for more Gould ads I found these for the Van Dorn two speed axle for The Model TTs. This one is interesting in that their 2-speed unit fits inside the factory rear axle housings. This is another one that I've never heard of before and never se...

While perusing my Ford Dealer and Owner magazines I came across ads for the Gould double reduction axle for Model Ts and Model TTs. The earliest ad is in the May 1925 issue and the last is in the January 1926 issue. Interestingly there are no ads in the June through September issues or the December ...

Interesting car with gas headlamps, but also '14 style cowl lamps. Then there are what certainly appear to be '17 and later Ford fenders.

My '22 was originally a no starter/generator car. I ran with the mag lights for years until I decided to install a generator for the better lights. I also had a problem burning out bulbs occasionally as my magneto was putting out close to 30 volts. It's a nuisance when wired in series. One bulb goes...

For my turn signals I wanted something that looked reasonably period correct. I found my rear lights on Ebay and the fronts at a swap meet. For the fronts I mounted them under the headlights and used the plates from shackles as brackets. For the rears I bent some bar stock and clamped it to the spar...

Larry, I'm glad you weren't hurt. Did your wheel collapse and cause the accident or did the accident destroy the wheel? If the latter, for what my opinion is worth, have your original hub and rim re-wooded. Stay true to your name and keep things as original as possible. "Mostly Original Smith" just ...

I'll call the car a '14 due to the bowed windshield support rods. Maybe the owner decided to update the look and put later fenders on.

Interesting thought about the rear fenders, Rich. The photo isn't clear enough for me to be able to tell if the fenders are flat across or crowned. Given that the '15 sedans and couplelets were built while the tourings and roadsters were still of the '14 style, I would think it possible that a '14 b...

Dennis, The front cross member on the '26 and '27 Ts are different from the '25 and earlier frames. They are made to accommodate the '26-'27 front fender irons. I don't have a picture to show you. But, if you take a close look at the one on your '27 and compare with an earlier one you'll see the obv...

Thanks for the picture. I love to see these homemade repairs that kept Ts on the road. Here's a photo of the patch on my '14, "Otis", that I bought from John Mays three years ago.

A few years ago I worked on a friends newly acquired '13 chassis that he purchased with a "rebuilt" engine and transmission. The engine was so tight that standing on the crank would barely turn the engine over. I found the problem to be that the genius that replaced the pedal cams on the aluminum ho...

Richard,
Absolutely beautiful. I marvel at your artistic talents. Thanks for a great VF cover.

Robert, I sent you an email.
Bryan

Steve, Given your description, you're most likely correct that the low drum developed a crack across the face and that's what chewed up the band lining. Given the heat discoloration, please do consider the likelihood that a dragging band and the resulting heat is what caused the drum to crack in the...

Steve, Sorry to see of your disaster. That definitely looks to me like heat caused the discoloration around your drum and that also looks like Kevlar lining material. I think the Kevlar is the real source of your problem. Perhaps your low pedal technique as well but it doesn't sound like it from you...

Larry and Gary,
If you click on Scott's name in his post it will take you to his profile. Where it says "contact scott_conger" click on send email.

Hello Jay,
I'd like the shackles. Sent you an email. Thanks.
Bryan Ostergren

Looks to be the clutch disc drum from the turbo 400 clutch disc setup in Lang's catalog

O.K. Don't know what happened to the second picture. Let's try again.

Here are a couple of pics of the shell on my unrestored '22 touring, built July 26th. I'm the third owner and have no reason to think that this isn't the original shell to the car. It has the round holes for the lacing. One pic shows what I am guessing is what you are referring to as a skirt. This i...

I can't remember when I first got acquainted with Humble Howard but certainly remember him when I was a kid from the old Long Beach Hill Climb. I hadn't seen Howard in several years but always enjoyed visiting with him. Great guy. Always happy, always smiling. In 1998 I found a magazine ad from 1916...

How long does your T run before stopping? If only for a few seconds, it could simply be that your carb fuel mixture has become set too lean. Try readjusting the fuel mixture a bit richer.

Jeff, Glad to see you have the T out and about even with the fire troubles. In over 40 years of knowing George and the T, I'd never seen it with the top down until this morning!

I've done the #4 rod on a 3 dip pan a number of times. I find that cutting a piece of stiff cardboard about 7" wide, slid back to the flywheel and then trimmed to the opening works great. It has caught a nut or shim or two several times. I always remove the wishbone as well. It only takes a couple o...

I have maybe 20,000 miles on one of Chaffin's bearings with no trouble whatsoever

Give BJ Miller a call at Ron's Machine Shop. They're located in Shandon, Ohio. (513) 738-7353. Their work is first rate.

A friend of mine bought a new radiator for his '26, installed it and it overheated almost immediately. Turned out there was a plug in the water outlet that he failed to notice. It had quite the detrimental effect on coolant circulation!

I would have to agree with Norman. I had the same issue a few years ago. I tried all the fuel related issues and none of them solved the problem. At a friends suggestion I swapped out my spark plugs. Problem solved. One plug was misfiring under load. Very frustrating problem with a simple solution.

Cleaning??? I take pride in how much grease and road grime I can collect before it falls off from its own weight!

As I recall from meeting him in 2001, Bill had three dogs over the years. All named Buddy, I believe. He would sit in the T at just enough of an angle to reach the pedals while Buddy was "driving" and hold the bottom of the steering wheel with his left hand. He had Buddy trained to turn and look bac...

John, Thank you but the PM didn't come through.

I am in need of a good useable late, short, '24-'27 front camshaft bearing. New ones are not available from the parts vendors. Any help will be greatly appreciated. You can PM or contact me at 818 321-5360 or planetaryman@msn.com
Thank you in advance.
Bryan Ostergren

If you're checking the voltage at the contacts on the socket plug, try taking the plug off and take voltage readings on the bare wires. If it reads 6 volts and 0 volts I'd say you have a short in the plug. Easy to replace. If you still have the same readings try disconnecting the wires at the termin...

The clutch release arm has been bent inward at some point in time. I've run across this several times. Simply put some heat to the arm and bend it outward until the bolt lines up properly.

I am in need of a decent small drum Ruckstell housing. I have the guts but if need be I am willing to buy a partial or complete Ruckstell as well. I can be reached at (818) 321-5360 or planetaryman@msn.com Thanks in advance.
Bryan Ostergren

Hap, I dug out the old Vintage Ford and found you are correct. It's a different car. There are too many differences. Certainly the car would not have been converted back to gas headlamps. It's still interesting to me. Two blacked out '12 Torpedos.

Very interesting picture Jay. It's interesting that almost all of the brass has apparently been painted black. A number of years ago, sometime during the '80s the Vintage Ford published an article on an unrestored '12 Torpedo that was found on which all of the brass had been painted black. It had be...

What does this suggest?
A: Too many cars
B: Not enough garage space.
I'm voting for B

Hi Tom. Yes, I have brakes on the TT. I'm running the repro Rocky Mountain brakes that Bud Williams used to sell. They work quite well (going forward) for such a heavy vehicle. I have them adjusted so that the stock parking brake will grab first if I yank the handle.

Here are a couple of pics of my TT dump truck. Ruckstell with 5:1 gears and a Warford. I've had it for about 26 years now. It's a good runner. I can run along on flat ground at 40 m.p.h. It takes a while to get up to that speed though. At about 3000 pounds It doesn't take much of a grade to suck the...

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