MTFCA Forum

Around 550 pounds

Tim Were you driving on the equator again today? Or just showing off driving on your 2 left wheels? :lol: Ya, I was so excited to be out finally I took a couola turns too fast! :lol: Dallas...glad you got out too. Yeh don't know why these pics are going cockeyed again! Been doing pretty good for a ...

Forgot the pic!! Brain dead.

Dallas I got out for a little bit today. Hope you did too. Even trimmed a coupla branches off 2 trees afterward. Now I'm hungry.

Good eye Dick! I didn't notice it. And it's even mounted properly! This is probably yet another case where if there was still a part left to use, it was used, even if it didn't quite fit the "scheme" . I agree with RV...it is interesting all the fordor's are installed. Frankly I like the car without...

Wholeshoe wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:34 am
Is there Any others out there to look at?

Check good old Ebay, just type in Model T for sale
in the search box.

Another good source is hemmings.com
Just scroll thru the Make box and then the model. They usually have around 100 Ts listed from all years. You can even sort out the year you want.

Fire_chief wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:36 pm
How about a '17 touring. Part of an estate. Has electric starter and rocky mountain brakes. Looking for $10 k.

Wow, naturally I don't know the condition, but with elec. start and RMs, that's a good price!

Dallas...great to hear you got the RMs set up! Yep, does take a lot of tweaking, but once you got em, they're great aren't they! I got 'em on all my cars. Wouldn't leave home without 'em!

Amazing how good they looked when still new and not yet abused. Too bad the paint wasn't like it is now, and of course, most of these cars probably sat outdoors, or in a nasty old dirty barn in front of the replaced horse(s) with a leaky roof, dust and dirt blowing through the barn. Those are some n...

Terry....oh nooooo.....NEVER!!

I think that makes it a 1911 to late 1912. Pretty cool. I bet it's an original too

Amen! Supposed to hit 60 here tomarra, so I hope to get out for a short spin! I'll be all smiles if I do!

Terry, just be sure to use a reservoir tipped condom, so as to be able to put the tube tip in the reservoir!

Should be air tight there for sure!

Have no idea, but it sure looks cool and wicked!! Bet it can throw a flame!

John, you're right. When it comes right down to it, a good coating of oil resistant RTV (there is a difference in the RTV types in case some readers didn't know it) slathered FULLY on the surfaces will work as good if not better than that gasket, which we still put RTV on anyway!!

What Mark said. Hone them. Period.

Seeing how this is such a long thread, due to my ADHD short attention span, I couldn't bear to read all the posts. So I'll just toss in my usual semi-worthless two cents. It's not uncommon for the "cheapie stations" to buy fuel from third, fourth and even fifth markets, so to speak. In other words, ...

My advice is to skip the "bells and whistles" and stick to the game plan that Henry originally intended. Just keeping these old cars
running safely on the road will keep you busy enough. Then your next challenge is all the distracted, impatient idiots you'll be driving around with out on the highways.

Thank you Michel. That was gorgeous. What a beautiful area. The Hotel Royale is a gorgeous building, much nicer than that ugly Casino building next to it!! I bet the people there were shocked. Sure looked cold and kind of desolate even. They'll be back to
warm weather soon, I hope!

Yay! Another fan of lacquer thinner! Lacquer thinner is my "shop buddy" :lol: Get the neoprene inner seal, and the bit more expensive "fancy" outer seal also. Before you insert the neoprene seal, put a bead of the oil resistant black RTV (there is a difference) around it, shove it in, don't do anyth...

Perry...
They are absolutely excellent. Sure, they're not cheap by any means, but as they say, "what price safety".

As always, so cool! Quite a nice batch of cars for that drug company.
But, you really should get to bed earlier!!

Thanks for the continued supply of excellent historical records!

Jim, that's a good idea. Sure beats heating them cherry red, then squeezing or pounding the crap out of them, then hoping to you know who they still draw up tight. As I recall, once there was tension on my bolt, I didn't even need to hold it with a screwdriver. I'd bet it wouldn't be hard to hold a ...

Ken, as William Mav (Oily Bill) above mentioned, the screws/bolts I used, round headed, and as I said I filled in the slots, did the trick. No mush steering. AND, had I kept the car and needed to, I could've taken it apart again a whole lot easier. Just my thoughts. This guy needs to do what makes h...

Maybe it's an optical delusion, but the second pic almost looks like the turnbuckle and hook may be in the way of the floorboards?
Possibly even where it clamps onto the brake pedal? Think I like my Rockies better. Never had any reverse braking issues either like so many people say.

Paul, sure looks like a '14 to me, except those are at least later front springs, they're not tapered. What a shame this car was let go this way. Can't understand why or how people can do this. Erik, that's a shame about that Ash tree. That dang borer is really taking its toll. Years ago we couldn't...

Rick, best I can tell you is, regarding my white ribbed tires that are now entering into season three (with very thin tread I may add, but still good enough) I noticed yesterday they're starting to get that yellow-ish brown look a bit more than last year. Like Mike said, it's really not that importa...

On my former '20 I just cheated and used bolts. Filled in the slots on the heads, painted them, cut the excess threads off at the nuts underneath, can't see them anyway, no one was the wiser. Worked fine. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

Local machine shop? But I suppose you would obviously need proper dimensions and lengths. Be nice to find someone with a similar setup that you could use to clone with.

Looks like a lotta fun despite the chilliness....still be a bit cool for wimpy me! Altho after what we've had the past 4 weeks, actually 46F WOULD feel warm! Sunny and almost 40 now here, and it does feel nice!
I see it looks like you scared the rat(or some rodent) out of his nap...

Jonah, the ones marked off in red I am sure are sold

Being a truck lover, those are cool pics! Thanks for posting. I like the Tapioca truck, I just hate tapioca!

If it weren't for the fact it's on the other side of the continent, NOW this car would be in my garage! Sadly, this is
probably part of the reason for it taking so long to sell. It shoulda been sold long ago.

BTW...even 30 lbs. compression is pretty darned low, but you could run on it for your first "learning season" before dumping money in the engine. I ran a '12 on 28 lbs. for it's last season before a rebuild, but it was hard to get it to start cold. It was okay once warmed up.

Probably one of the first things to do is have someone help you at the starter switch, after you remove all the spark plugs and use a compression tester to test compression on all the cylinders. Yes, there's various ways to perform it, cold vs. warm, throttle wide open as some say, closed, either wa...

Regardless, it's pretty darned COOL!!

Why not order one from Langs or Snyders or Chaffins?

Rich, did you try Googl'ing that very subject? "Vinyl seat repair in Florida"?? MIght be surprised at what pops up. There's lots of restaurants with booths that need seat repair, there might be some companies out there that are mobile repair shops that do that stuff. I used to have one come in every...

Good on ya Jim! Thanks for all you do for the hobby. Keep warm!
Been a long time since I've been through Tucumcari.

Craig Leach wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:59 pm
Thanks guys that was easy , any chance you know what size they should be? ( dont have the pieces to put together to find out) Thanks again

My '13 headlamps, which are the same as a '14s, measure 7 and 3/4 inches diameter, maybe just a fuzz under to be sure.
Yours should be the same.

Perry...try Universal Vintage tire in Hershey PA.
Google the name for their website.

From past experience I'm gonna chime in with my 2 cents FWIW...usually not much..😂...but..the 600x20 are also referred to as the "widow maker" due to the danger of the lock ring. Whatever you do if you buy a used set, be DARNED SURE of their integrity. Much rust, and if the lock ring shows any kind ...

Now I'd have to go downstairs and look but I'm positive all 4 of my '13 Heinze coils have the letter K on them. And the bottom contact is off-center. I have no idea if any Heinze were not off-center, but RV can tell us.

Great pics again Tom! I loved the one where I bet it's the brides dad choking the new groom. Maybe she was already pregnant... 😂 Anyway, my late dad had a Brownie...man he took zillions of great pics with that crazy little thing. He also did his own developing, which led me into the same hobby and u...

Like others said, you gotta track down the leak first. If it's sourced at a device with threads, like the carb bowl drain or bowl nut, or the petcock on the "potato", get some Loctite 567 and judiciously coat the threads. It'll stop the leaks. I use it on all mine.

Unlike kids today...using their IMAGINATION to have good clean fun.
Reminds me of back when I was a kid. I could go on and on, but I'll save y'all the grief!!

Dallas Landers wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:42 am
I wonder if they ever found the person that came down that hill on the runner sled?

Dallas, that's a cute one!! I didn't even notice it at first. Probly still in there, now he's a fossil. Poor fella.

Dan, on my first stab at adjusting the 3 clutch fingers in my '20, I HAD stuffed the case full of rags. But, wouldn't ya know, the first cotter pin I removed managed to find that ONE teeny weeny open space between the rags and the case wall! Of course dummy me just figured why bother with dental flo...

Jim, yes I did. Made me shiver just looking at 'em all!!

Looks like that fine shredded black mulch you get at the lawn and garden store. I also vote for a mouse house!
Agree with Norm, remove and flush, you'll probly be okay after that.

Problem, as I would think, with the D.B. car, is parts availability....are there any? This could drastically affect the car, unless it's in such nice shape so as to be just used as an item "to look at". As for the '17 T, again, condition, both cosmetically as well as mechanically can really swing th...

I admire you guy's ambition doing your own spoke work. For me I'm a lot happier to make the 2 hour and 5 minute drive to Noah Stutzmans place! Nice scenic drive, he's great to visit with, and doesnt cost an arm and a leg.

Thanks Tom! You're right, very fitting for today! Like me, I'm sure you're below zero...well, we were til the sun came up. Started out at -1, now it is a balmy +1!! Those sure were some hearty people back then. That, or they just plain had no other choice!! Thanks for all these cool pics, Lord knows...

Me too Charlie. That's what I like about this forum and the hobby...always something new to learn. Almost daily. And as for a Centerdoor...since I don't have nor desire one, I never realized of course the difficulty in getting at the bands. But thinking about it, now I can see why. I have a friend w...

Sorry Dallad...forgot ya! My bad. We were to get 3-6 thursday but they cut it back. Maybe "only" 1-3.
Keep safe and warm!

Yeh Dan, I finally discovered that. So for you, that WAS a big deal! :lol: Steve, yes that plow is the cats meow! This little bugger can plow some very serious snow and stack it high. It's the only part of winter that I actually like!! Larry, I'm actually the same. Can't wait for summer. We don't ge...

Cool pics Tom! Thanks for posting. Ya can almost smell the grease and oil in the shop pictures. In the last pic, I see two blocks out of the car, makes ya wonder the circumstances surrounding them...and how much did it cost for the work

Here's what I had! Think we outdid ya Dan!

Maybe up to 8" new stuff but lots of 3' drifts.
I know..we're gettin off-topic here..but no T driving today. There. Close unuf.

15 degrees now...sub zero tonite btw.

Paul, FWIW, sell your current boot, someone will be okay with fighting with it!! :lol: Then call Mike at Classtique and just remind him to make it an inch larger all the way around. And get the little flaps, because he does actually only offer them as "optional equipment" believe it or not. I love m...

At the risk of too much redundancy, I agree with Jeff. Get RID of it. And BITCH like heck to the supplier. Shame on them.
That didn't just happen during transit.

Just noticed free shipping and it's even in Califunny!!

Don't know if you like dealing with Ebay or not, Larry, but here's a link to a place that says they have two left! $10.95 https://www.ebay.com/itm/181249718210?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=181249718210&targetid=1068323852830&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9015585&p...

Paul, one thing Classtique has going for it is great CUSTOMER SERVICE. I've not had experience with the "other", but I've read where it's just "buying product" and that's about it. Plus, as I recall, Mike has a lot, if not all, the specs for exact fit of material. Maybe even the "textures" also. And...

Well we don't have quite as much on the ground. But they still keep promising 10-12" overnight.
So I scraped the inch we got today, and pushed back the piles to make room for the new. Mayne tomorrow I'll post an "after" pic.

I'm certainly no expert, but I say leave it be. Not hurting anything, more cosmetic than anything.
Bending it just MIGHT cause it to crack. My luck, it would for sure!!

Thanks Keith. I sure will. I'll be INSIDE, looking OUT!! :lol: We're expecting 12" of snow here in winter cesspool Ohio by Tuesday noon. Bet I won't make it to town for my haircut. My road will drift closed. I'll be out enough on my tractor plowing the driveway. Glad I have a cab on it! You keep on ...

Good on both of ya! Keep it up!

Yeh the one in Mac's ad is nowhere near the same!

Yeh and they're all just too far away for me

and probly quite a few others east of the Mississippi to attend. Fortune in gas and hotel stays to and from. Oh well. Such is life. Hope y'all "over there" can get some if not all of 'em in!

Alan, yeh, I'm afraid the sulfuric acid will destroy them. You could try something like 2000 grit paper, gradually working up a wee bit if that's too light of a bite. I will try to find this good brass guy's info here in the states that you could send them to, I bet he would make them look like new....

I'm the same way, Bill and Jerry!

Wish someone would post the link...I'd like to see if the girl is the type that I'd like to hold my nuts!!

Paul....John's plastic coil box rebuild kit is sold through all the vendors. Try your favorite one ASAP before they are out of inventory, if not already.

Those don't look all that bad. I bet someone coated them with something. Did you try any kind of removal? Like lacquer thinner? Even good ol paint stripper? Rubbing compound? I think a good deal of elbow grease and sweat can bring those back. Plus, not to be so picky, but turn your burner "sideways"...

Gotta wonder how that could happen in such a wide open, remote area. Probly texting on his phone!!

Yeh, to me it's better to "force" yourself to open the inspection cover once in a while, even if it's just for something to do. It needs removed every oil change anyway, that way you can inspect (hence the name "inspection cover"), make any adjustments that may or most likely will not be needed with...

Steve, looks like its got all "the stuff" it needs to be functional, especially if you say it regulates the water dripping good. That's all it needs to do is drip on the carbide so long as there's a hose attached to it, and it looks like I see the fitting there for it. Unless I'm missing something....

Nice lamp, but turn the burner 90 degrees, it's pointing the wrong way.

Jim, thanks for the enlightening info on your friend. He sounds like quite a guy. So glad, and chuckling, how he slept through the robbery! Sometimes it just pays to be deaf! I feel bad that his sight is going. That's the last thing I'd want to happen to me, or anyone for that matter. It's so precio...

Okay...I looked again, closer...there's some kind of "gizmo" with what looks like wheels barely into the right side of the pic, maybe
it tilted and a bunch of guys were able to lift the front end of the car up, then go around and do the opposite end. Who knows! Woulda been fun to watch tho.

And pic #6 begets the question as to how did they get the car up on the sawhorses. Then, the question WHY would they trust them?

I'm not a speedster fan, but this one is pretty sharp!

Glad the poor guy is OK. It's a wonder he didn't die of a heart attack from the incident. Maybe the lack of his hearing aids helped!
Love the poor grammar of the article author. ...."pants hanged on the doorknob".... good grief.

Oh wow, I didn't even notice the Klaxon!! That owner must really be horny!!

Well the flap issue ranks right up there with water pumps, oil and electronic ignitions. Lemme just say this, I've never used flaps, and never will. Never had a problem so long as the rim is in decent shape. On both demountables and non demountables. Go with what your gut feels is all I can say. The...

Dual horns...now that is interesting!
Thanks for the info Jim!

And your observations of various wildlife along your tours with the top down just verifys why I too prefer the top down as much as possible out touring. You can't beat the view nor the experience. I do use my Fordor in cooler weather but even then I miss the beautiful sky view I so much enjoy in my ...

Holy cow...I just looked at the link of all the pics of all that MESS. Sacriligious as to how all that was left to rot and ruin. And theres so much junk piled together, scattered around, I don't see how any sane person can make any sense out of finding anything worth bidding on. Shame on the owner.

What looks to be a '13 to me also looks to be almost too far gone. If they PAID ME to take it, maybe. It'd take $25K to revive it. And then most of it would be nothing more than a "re-pop kit car" anyway. So sad.

This may be just what Susanne wants or needs!

Looks like an '11/'12 front fender iron

Demountales so yes. You can see some of the rust

WHAT!!?? OMG...when I looked at 28.5K it had no more time left on the ticker...hmmmm...oh well. Yes, that is a bit insane, but as I've said in an earlier post, just gives "hope" for other brass cars that are kept up. There's not many in the inventory I suspect either, so it goes without saying....Ha...

Wow, this SHOULD have sold long ago! Such a beauty.

Holy crap it went for $28.5K, plus fees! This is good! Tells me my '13 should be "up there" if ever....

You are one hearty fella!!
Wish I could, but my bad back goes into awful pain and spasms in that kind of cold. Glad ur enjoying it! Keep the car off the salt!!

Just checked...have to add 5% buyer fee...adds over $1K, plus maybe shipping, plus maybe sales tax at the destination state, aiy yai yai...this could turn out to be a $26K car after all!

At $21K with only 36 minutes to go! Not a bad price for such a beautiful car.

Well I am certainly happy y'all got out and enjoyed it. The guy with the red nose and face looks mighty cold. With all due respect I don't share that kind of driving enthusiasm! But to each his own! Keep on rolling!

Burger in Spokane wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:55 am
The high hood and low hinge line, with that super crisp body line
is quite distinctive !

Yeah and the car ain't too bad looking either!!

...what we can see of it of course!

Search found 1085 matches