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Notice the presence of a valve where the hose would connect to the generator. I suspect that the generator was "shut off" by stopping the water drip and immediately closing the valve, which would bottle-up the gas still being generated by the still-wet carbide. The generator probably burst, not expl...

A mirror is a reflector. A Mangin mirror (for a gas headlight) is a lens. The nickled reflectors sold by the vendors were OK until I got my Mangin mirrors, which are better. You could give the concave mirror a try and if it works then the hobby gains another resource.

I got my '25 running on 3/16/23 with the odometer at 10,977. The odometer now is at 31715. (20,738 miles in 19 months.) Yes it is my daily driver.

Original Ford-specified dual-filament headlight bulbs had one 21 candlepower (cp) filament for "on", and one 2 cp filament for "dim" (later 3 cp). The dim was a parking light, not "low beam" headlight. While 21 cp is not very bright by tod ay's standards, that's what they used. Adequate for the spee...

I was told that car batteries would lose their charge when left on concrete back when battery cases were made of hard rubber. I don't think they've been hard rubber for 50 years.....

Hi Melba--
I would like to buy two complete sets (8 pieces) if you have them. Thanks.
Greg Griffin

I also have one with the round plates, later ones were oval. Originally these tools were all copper plated (and probably laquered). I have seen instructions for this type of tool going back to 1928 (if I remember right) but illustrations showed the later oval plates, so I believe these with the roun...

Thanks for all the photo's.

The last one exemplified the changing times: a hitching rail in front of a garage.

My hinges did the same thing. The problem was that the "bumps" on the one half had worn, and no longer provided enough resistance to movement. They would slip out of the "dimples" of the other half. A little welding to build up the "bumps" and a little filing to shape and my hinges work like new. I ...

Picture #13 is on the wall in Mark Chaffin's shop (an original, I think) and is identified as "Grand Avenue, Buena Park Calif." That street only runs a couple of blocks and the north end is right at Knott's Berry Farm's main entrance.

I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but just want to mention that heat will pop the glue loose in those bulb sockets real quick; so if you're cleaning the base with a wire-wheel, take it real easy.....

The hose clamps have only been sold by the vendors for the last two or three years. They are not an "original" type item. You are wise to be cautious. Read up a bit on acetylene; alot of uninformed people are using wrong-sized tanks or taking other risks and then offering their "expertise" on this f...

Mike, There were no hose clamps. The tubing had a small "swell" near the end; you can duplicate it by soldering a ferrule (from a compression fitting) onto the tube. FYI, I have no clamps or ferrules on mine, and soft "gum" hose does not leak. Stiffer hose would benifit from having a ferrule. You ce...

My mistake, "Threadserts" are called Time-sert. timesert.com

Helicoil is a "spring" type insert, open between the "threads". Thread-sert is a solid bushing, and while more expensive, will make a permanent repair. Be sure to visit their website to see which length of insert you require. Read their installation instructions to properly measure the depth of the ...

That was a photo of Edsel Ford's car, which he and two friends drove across country to the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in 1915.

Early cars did not have the wind flap. I think the flap was added around 1920.

Huh! Got that one all wrong!

Tung-Sol was bought and absorbed by another lamp manufacturer (Westinghouse? don't remember) around 1938, the brand being discontinued during the war.

Check out "Time-Sert". Pricey but superior to Heli-coil in my opinion. Just the thing for stripped threads at the universal ball cap in the oil pan.

Disney Studios, the covert model T landing strip not visible in this view.

I'll buy some for my cars.

No-rosion is good and their website has technical articles. Use reverse-osmosis (RO) purified water rather than distilled, unless you are using at least 50% coolant.

Good job researching that information Bill and thanks for posting it here. ....and for those who don't know, acetylene becomes unstable above 15 psig; that is, 15 psig and above is dangerously high pressure for undissolved acetylene. Do Not use hose clamps on acetylene hoses on your car. Ford didn't...

FYI the dash tags were nickel plated. They were issued (without license plates) and were always 2" round before 1914. I have the original matching tag for my 1914 plates.

I put heavy rods and cast iron pistons back in my '14. Straight-cut timing gears, too. Oh, and my valve stems are not adjustable. Round tube radiator. My '14 is a '14! It's my idea of fun.

If the threads are gone in the pan, time-sert makes a repair kit for 1/8" npt. I have no experience with it.

I'd like one.

I believe he also first said "Everywhere I drive is a parade and everywhere I park is a car show."

The only level surface I had was the center of the street where I used to live, but traffic was not an issue, so one evening at dusk I parked the car straddling the crown of the road and set up my cardboard "target" attached to the side of a stepladder. Gas headlights don't exactly give a "concentra...

Looks like they cut a hole in the splash guard--to serve as a foot scraper?

Thanks Larry. I like this stuff.

Bad frijoles.

I believe the encyclopedia is in error. See "1914 paint color", Feb. 20, 2010 at about 10:20 am, MTFCA forum.

If you want spirited discussion, this ought to start things rolling.... Let me state right off the bat that I can not cite references other than to say that all of what follows was gleaned from this forum, posted by others who did cite (and often post copies of) their references. I believe these thi...

The ad copy posted above specifies that the regulator is set for "two ounces" pressure, which is more in line with my own experience. Other sources refer to two or three "inches of water column" pressure.

Hi Mark--

I haven't used this product, but I've used their concrete cleaner and it's worth the money.

store.actcleaners.com/asphalt-cleaner

If that doesn't work then just go to actcleaners.com and look around.

Greg

The dash shield has a cut out (or notch) for the end of the horn to stick through above the driver's toeboard. That ought to locate it for you.

Somewhere I have an old copy of Popular Mechanics from 1926, and it contains an article about the ""first public demonstration" of television. In a New York theater, the orchestra was in the pit while the conductor was in another room in front of the camera. His image was projected onto the screen a...

I agree with you about city traffic. The thing that scares me is a winding mountain road that the locals know by heart (read: 50+ mph uphill without looking) while I'm hiding just around the next bend in the road doing 23 mph, thank you. In the mountains, I seek the roads that are the long way aroun...

"All hope abandon Ye who enter here" is a line from Dante's Divine Comedy. Some joker changed "hope" to "soap".

I like that place already.

Hmmm... I didn't know that either. Thanks.

A French screw is a brass oval head screw with a polished head. Different size finish washers for different size screws. Ford used some oddball sizes like #5; you can find them on the internet.

Don't slip the clutch discs (let that pedal out quickly).....

Mike, look up "dustless blasting". As others mentioned, it is sandblasting with water. Cannot overheat anything. I had my roadster body stripped (of fiberglass!) this way and no damage whatsoever to any panels, even where they were "thin" from rust. (That fiberglass concealed alot of sins. I used up...

Dan, you're one who always makes sense.

Isn't JB Weld over paint only adhering to the paint?

There were also gas tail lamps.

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