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Running pure antifreeze is NOT a good idea. Just google it.
But, like everyone says, "it's your car, do what you want with it".

Tom, I could be wrong, but I thought I saw one advertised from Volo Auto Museum in Illinois a while back. They wanted a fortune for it.

Forgot...at least the news gal is hot!!

Priceless eh? Do I smell "scam"???

Here's a thought...maybe most of "the subjects" have been covered. After all, these are little cars, not much in the way of mechanicals, everyone's already talked about oil, grease, trans. triple gears, mag rebuilds, rear end rebuilds, front end and steering rebuilds, at least a half dozen times in ...

Re Steve's comment, that's why in late '15, technically early '16, Ford went to the Magneto horn anyway.

I might as well be the first one here to play "Devils Advocate", and say WHY?

You shouldn't need one. Obviously it depends mostly on the condition of your radiator.
And of course if the inside of your engine with all the tiny little circulation holes are open.

But still....

Mark, with all due respect, I think you meant to say 35mm you would turn the camera. 120 format is square pics, except in the unusual case of a Mamiya RB 67, which stood for "6x7" mm, it had a revolving back to switch from portrait to landscape format.

LOL Dan!! Nahh, I wish that were the reason. Seems the ones that are a bit smaller file size keep going horizontal. For the life of me I've tried to correct it. I even would rotate them in my computer file, figuring they would "correct themselves" upon posting. Nada, nein, no way. So I give up! I ke...

Thanks Dallas! It was a good time. Hope you have a good one too, sounds like it. Your "little" RPU will keep up!!
Enjoy the tour!

Well first, my fingers always hit the wrong buttons, in the pic of my Fordor, his name is STANLEY, not Stankey!! Ha ha. Oh well. I need to remember to post pics in reverse order so they then post in chronological order!! Oh well again! Hope you enjoy the pics and our tour as much as we did. BTW...th...

Yuuuup! Our club guys were at it again today. Perfect weather, Art & Bill corroborated to do a tour today of the Marblehead, OH & Catawba Island area, adjacent to one another. Catawba Island really isn't an island, as it is connected to the mainland via a thin strip of highway land. Had our usual "C...

IF you can still find it, Joe Bell taught me to use Kwik-Poly on the new wood. Man it turns it out nice and smooth, very little sanding needed, sets up fast, apply, sand, paint 'n go all in one afternoon. Simple. JMO

I would say about two to four minutes. Wouldn't go any longer. Others may know better.

Thanks Dallas! I'll pass that TT comment along to Mike. He'll get a kick out of it. I know it has a Ruckstell, and maybe the high speed ring gear, but I can't remember. Anyway, he can clip right along at 30 to maybe even 35 if he needs to. It's a cool truck.

We finally got much needed rain yesterday and a little bit this morning. So off 5 of us went for another "Covid picnic tour". Perfect day. Finished up just as the heat and mugginess rolled in. Had our usual picnic, followed by about a 45 minute scenic drive to the village of Milan, got ice cream of ...

Those new brass rads sure look nice don't they Darin. Piece of advice/suggestion...the area of brass from the gas pipe downward, being the narrow flat front trim piece and even the horizontal flat section where it bolts onto the frame...I learned to mask that section from the rest, and spray them wi...

Well the one on Ebay is definitely identical to the one the guy showed me. Only you can read the words better than on the one I was shown. Looks to be in better shape overall.
Don't need one that bad though! They are pretty cool JTS.

So I was out on a nice afternoon tour today, stopped at a local village on a bit of business, this guy comes up to check out Clara. Also turns out he's a long-lost former classmate. He brings over this neat old rusty portable grill from Ford. Seems to say "Use Ford (the logo) charcoal briquettes." M...

Thanks Dallas! Sorry you were working, but like you said, at least it was great weather for it. I'll keep 'em coming as long as we keep going!! LOL

COOOOL!!!

One nice thing about drought, you can count on great touring. Today was an unusually nice day with only 75 degrees and NO mugginess for once. 4 of us did another "picnic tour", this time on the shores of Lake Erie at Huron Ohio's Lakefront Park. Right where I lived for 3 years in my tweens & early t...

Sorry, but I wouldn't put EITHER on mine!

I haven't had any experience with an open U-Haul, but I have had with a private open trailer. No problems, just load it so you have a good tongue weight, usually 10% of your load. Of course, strap it down good! I'm assuming you're talking about a U-haul that all "fours" are on the trailer? Because o...

Bottom pic is definitely a line up of '13s, based on the spade mount for the Carriage lamps. Also answers any questions/doubts as to exactly how the horn should be: Black! with brass screen, and of course the bell mounted "down". Nice pic!

This might help.

Dallas, you're having too much fun!

Good to hear and see! Nice TT. Got a club friend with a "big green TT" also, just has
a different cab body.

Try these links:

https://snydersantiqueauto.com/ProductD ... hByKeyword

https://www.modeltford.com/item/BL-T.aspx

Nice post Dallas! You definitely live in "God's Country". I absolutely love anything steam power related.
Thanks for posting.

I will second what Scott just said. The first set of white ribbed I got last year, the 30x3's developed pretty serious splitting between the ribs. Don't see it when the tires are off the car, but definitely inflated. So thankfully Ashley Lang got them warranted out for me, albeit took a full year. I...

God in Heaven! What a shock. Never knew him personally, but always got a kick, and usually "some learnin" from his posts. Wow, can't believe it. And not to hijack his important remembrance here, but frankly I've found the last coupla years the highways out there in the T especially has become very r...

So two days ago it was another nice day, so three of us decided to get together. Met at my place, then drove to another friends-Russ's place-so one guy could see Russ's "stash". Had a great visit, then a short tour around the countryside afterward. Russ hadn't gotten out much due to an ongoing probl...

Like RV said..$$$...last I knew it retailed for $6 a foot, so you can bet it would wholesale at $3 a foot in order for a vendor to make any profit. So even at that, who has $3K sitting around on speculation. Sure isn't me!! Nice thought though. Just another area of dwindling supplies and parts. Gonn...

I'm with ya Don. Imagine the stories that neat ol' tree could tell if it could only talk. Hard to believe a tree can get that large around the circumference. And it's a grand ol' truck next to it too! It could tell some stories too!! :lol: Nice pics Dallas. Great looking area. Nothin' like country l...

Ray and Gene, you both live in beautiful areas. Been since '99 when I was out there, sure do miss it. Loved having lunch on the beach at Newport. And just strolling along the beach at Huntington Beach. Too bad the C.O.L. is just so darned high, or I'd be out there in a New York minute!!

Great optical illusion Dallas!! Ya almost got me!!

If I recall correctly...Lord only knows...I think the diameter of the two is slightly different.

Duey...you were close! It's spelled "aus". Sehr gut!!

Susanne... du bist ein kluges Mädchen!

Per Larry's declaration...one thing that stands out is the "hole" in the top of the firewall for the radiator support rod. '15s did not have that, having had a very correct '15 Touring a while back, I can attest it did not. Still this is a nice looking car anyway!

Looks good Toon. I am surprised it holds up so well on the hot radiator though.
And Russ Herner told me to tell you a "hearty hello", and greetings to "Wim"...think
I got it right?

Looks like fun Rob! All great looking cars. Man that K sure has a looooong hood!!
Thanks for sharing.

Like oil and timers...opinions will naturally vary. The short of it is, yes it will get harder to polish. It's nature trying to change the brass. It helps to keep the brass covered, not a cure-all, but it does help slow down the oxidation a bit. I polish mine monthly, but then I'm a brass snob. I li...

Okay Dallas! You asked, you shall receive! Yesterday I introduced two more club people to this quaint little ice cream shop plus a couple of good, fairly steep hills to try. It was fun. As always, a great day with good ice cream. This time I tried the chocolate S'mores with Butter Pecan. Yummy. Did ...

I can't attest to what the longevity will be, but I really like this little guy. It's hard to find a 6/12 Volt charger that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. $19.95 at Menards for this one. Cuts itself down to trickle charge too, so if you forget it for a day it won't fry the battery.

Yet another "guy tour" with our "regular gang" that is. This time five of us got together, toured 23 or so miles to Fremont to meet up with one other club guy after which we travelled about as many miles south to stop in and have a picnic lunch visit Pandemic style with Joe Bell. We spent a little t...

I'd like to know how they connected the drag link to the connector ball!

As I always say, I'm no expert, but heres the #1 plug from my 25/26 Fordor after a good 500 miles since last check and cleaning. Earlier I was running it a bit richer, so leaned it down some and this is how it looks. #2 plug was even cleaner.

Looking to buy a TW timer with the rotor that takes the RECTANGULAR brush. Brush need not be included, I have a couple. Maybe someone out there had one before converting to an I or E timer?
PM or phone/text me at 419-271-5405. Thanks.

Ur right on Rich!! I finally saw one pic of the earlier version where the lip had that slight outward flare. Rare as hens teeth it seems to find. Just as the correct front fender irons are. I bet the majority of '13s have the later version due to all the "bang ups" these poor cars went through, and ...

You're welcome Bill. That's a good idea, I'd call the museum and ask them. I'm sure they could help. All I can remember is from the PPG people was a girl named "Samantha", it was a long time ago. Wish I could help more. To me, if you're gonna be painting, you wanna get it right!! 'Nuff said, every t...

Couldn't put it any better than what Rich just said. Thanks. So cool. That '11 is drop dead gorgeous. Look at 'er shine! For the moment anyway. Bet it didn't stay that way long.

And he's got those new-fangled high-water tire chains on it too! Nice pic Tom! Thanks

Nice car. '11 I would guess? Definitely a "no frills" base model!!

Love 'em. Especially the bottom one. Thanks Tom

Well, at the risk of stirring up controversy and being the devils advocate, if the red spilled on the can is true, I'm not so sure that is "the Carmine Red" that Ford actually used. In the pic of my former '12 RPU, I sent a copy of it to a tech at PPG, and she quickly responded, "Oh, that's Carmine ...

Not entirely sure, but some kind of clamp. Probly something I wouldn't wanna have 'cause it looks like it means "work"!!

Hal, I don't know the girls, but the one on the right is a girl after my own heart! That's one huge ice cream! As big as her, that's the size I always get in soft-serve. Cant afford such a huge one in homemade hand-dipped. The one I got was just right. Almost.

Upps...yeh I realized that after it was too late. My bad!
Folks, Champ is Jim's 7 y.o. Golden Retriever, who loves riding in the T. Now trust me, this crazy dog actually LOOKS BOTH WAYS at stop intersections as good or better as any driver can!! Totally crazy and amusing!

FWIW I've seen worse, but as both above said, looks a bit rich, once you've run it say a good 20 miles at typical highway speed then look at it. Adjust ur carb so that when you lean it down til it starts running "funky" at a slightly fast idle then turn to rich just a wee bit and go drive the crap o...

Yep! Such a nice day, so I managed to round up 2 other "ice cream-holics" and had a nice afternoon ride to a little mom & pop place at a nearby village. 2 others wanted to go, but couldn't fit it in. Next time fellas!

Congrats! Told ya!

Oh man, in this P/C world is this looking for trouble!

We're kinda lucky here in Ohio, 'bout the only thing they "do right" here is it is pretty straightforwardly simple to get a title even with "just" a B.O.S.! Wonder how long that'll last. But I've heard more than once, that getting almost ANY vintage title in IN is like pulling teeth without novocain...

Curiosity got the better of me! Looked it up in the Encyclopedia like I should've first...the windshield bracket is that style for '24. It just "hit me weird" is all. Learn something new every day!! Like I said, this nice car should go fast.

Nice looking little car, oughta go quick cause it's a decent asking price. The roll-up rear window is an excellent idea, despite really only being an "early" feature. Not that it matters, but isn't that a '26 windshield? The brackets look like it. Not a big deal, only asking for edification purposes...

Cute little motor!!

Well I don't wanna sound too negative or skeptical, but trying to acquire a "fake title" from "anyone" in the states is probably leaning on the slightly illegal side over this side of the pond, so I doubt you'll get much luck there. I would approach it on your end with a bill of sale at the very lea...

Oily Bill: this is a bit off topic, but I read with interest about your phone plan being "bumped up"..."more money"...my suggestion would be.... try Straight Talk cellular. I get unlimited EVERYTHING for only $45/month. I use my smartphone more for a computer than a phone nowadays, and trust me, I e...

Purdy neat! This Tim Mathews guy...I believe there is/was a Tim Mathews associated with Mathews Ford/Lincoln right here in Sandusky, Ohio. Spelled the same way. Wonder if its him?

Unless your water, coolant, and stop-loss were FREE you coulda bought new radiators long ago and ended all the misery! A gallon every 100 miles on the 14? I'd go thru a gallon a day almost!! Treat urself and your cars to new rads!! Good luck friend, going anywhere with much stopping to add water mus...

Theoretically it is a '14 engine, as the engine numbers for '13 ended Aug. 31, 1913. May have been repowered at some time.

As the model year dates ended in Aug 1913, then the engine is a '14. It's possible the chassis was the so-called "carryover" or leftover if you will, as Henry used up everything. My Fordor is the same way. '25 chassis, 26 body. Wonder how good the radiator is if it is the original, which it looks to...

Thanks Rich. Yes it is great to have these places. We intend to have a club tour there come fall with spouses when it cools off a bit. And it's great having guys able to "get up and go" at a moment's notice. We even made the usual ice cream stop on the way home, but get this, it was CLOSED!! What ic...

Art & myself love impromptu tours. Today he said "let's go to Peru" (Ohio that is!) So off he, myself and Jim went, after we met at the township hall near my house. Great day, great touring all over the middle of nowhere, and a neat stop at a new coffee shop/antique shop in this tiny little place ou...

Hank, thanks for all you are doing! These kids need this. It's a shame how schools are definitely dropping the ball. Dick, it's a shame how the schools turn this stuff down. This is just a small part of the "destabilization" of America, as just what communism wants. It's happening right before our e...

Rick, my guess is Colorado. But my geography sucks!! LOL

Only thing I'd like to caution is, for the "under $10K mark", it may run decently, for the time being, but more than likely it will need an engine overhaul. Just saying. Good luck with your search, after all, that's half the fun!!

Ditto to what Jim Lyons just posted. Same with my '13. He even has the correct pattern for the "little flaps" for the '13 top boot. Cost a bit extra to have them, but of course worth it. I don't think other vendors have this correct part. Another thing Mike did, per request, and I always advise, was...

I've towed my Ts in both 16 & now currently a 20 foot tandem trailer. No problems with either. Always used at least a friction anti-sway bar on both. I feel those are a must. I also have, but seldom use, a load-equalizing hitch with my '20 foot trailer. Frankly with the extra trailer length, I can p...

See, I can't even figure out how to pull out a part of a paragraph and put it in quotes!! Ba ha ha.

I figure driving style counts there too. The most common advice on braking is to use the pedal as little as possible, slowing down mostly by engine braking and using the pedal only at slow speed for the final stop, and intermittently to keep the drum oiled. I agree with Steve. I let 'er coast a lot...

This week I changed the oil from both my Ts. The screen was lint free on both. Had about 650 miles on both. Surprisingly even the oil wasn't black. Point being, I don't know what all the fuss is about. Maybe my bands are adjusted well, I don't abuse the pedals, don't let anything slip, so there's no...

I "hung up" on THEM...I got rid of the stupid landline long ago!

Comes as no surprise. Smart move.
Steve, I wouldn't count on 2021 either.

John, you're probly right about the LaFrance's. This one was really nice, sounded sweet.
Tim...I can't remember seeing that beautiful visible pump last time I was there...but then, it was a few years ago.
Sweet!
The "other Tim"

The village of Woodville, Ohio canceled their 4th of July parade. Our member Bill Rowles who lives there, helped arrange for a "substitute antique car tour" through town instead. Our club had 5 Model Ts and Maumee Valley Ts had 2 Ts & a model A. The village fire department lead the tour with their 1...

Is that far right contact "spring" kinda small compared to the others? Or is it just an optical illusion in the picture?

THEY knew how to REALLY put on an auto show, didn't they?

Do I hear "Green Acres is the place to be" playing in the background?

Wonder if smearing some NeverSeez on the perch shafts would prevent, or at least slow down the "rusting in" process? I
would think it would.

Very early '14? I thought the bills on the front fender came after the last half of '14s?? Just wondering.

Sent you an email Darin, in case you see this before your emails!!

Who's making White Tires today? Right now, technically no one. Last I heard, it will be a long shot if Vietnam begins making them again. Haven't heard of anyone else making them. If there is, chime in and enlighten us! I've been waiting for a warranty exchange for over a year now, no luck at all. I...

Hey thanks y'all! It was a great evening. Seems the humidity was also just right, I swear these cars run better when it's humid! Must be burning the hydrogen eh? LOL Today I'm working up a "lunch tour" with "the local gang" of our club (many live way out of town) for tomorrow, there's a great little...

Well crap! I hit the wrong button!! Duuh.
Try the pics now!!

Just too nice tonite to sit home. Too warm & muggy for the wife. Not for me. :D Told her gonna take Clara for a drive. (My '13, not another woman!) So I ended up down at the newly reworked combination city pier/dock/greenspace, complete with an ice cream wagon. Of course I just HAD to treat myself. ...

To take the TIME, let alone "catch" all the oil and coolant being drained, then transporting it back to wherever into the factory, didn't really make much economic sense to me. Had to be one helluva gathering of workers to do all that work as those cars were rolling out the factory at like nobody's ...

Just taking after, and learning from you Joe, always glad to lend a hand when I can.
Ralph's a great guy, really enjoyed talking with him.
And you're more than welcome Ralph, thanks for the kind remarks. Glad to help.
Safe driving!!

Hey Seamus!! Good to see you and your friend had such a great trip. I love the U.P. of Michigan and the bridge. Such a beautiful place. Taking the T over it is on my bucket list...who knows when! I'm assuming you're either on vacation, or the Museum is down for the virus?? Either way, great to see y...

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