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I miss living in a civilized society with limited, accountable government. Remember phone booths, WITH directories, and OPERATORS available? Heck, there used to be a phone booth 6 miles down the road, 20 miles from the nearest town.

My address is 21346 s 80th ave. Frankfort IL. 60423
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Look at the flywheel ring gear! In my opinion the missing insulation is the nat sitting on the trunk of the elephant in the room. The much bigger problem, are the teeth worn so much on the flywheel. And what all that metal in the oil has done to the babbitt. ???

It's a free start :lol: :lol:

Rodger if you have not sold those lamps i would very much like to own them if you don't mind sending them to australia thanks Ken

I actually source most of my parts direct from US dealers. The local NZ dealer also buys his stock from the same sources as well (it costs more to buy local, but they have stock on hand when you need it quickly). I do not recall which dealer the soft sleeves came from (they were bought a while ago).
I note US based folk have had the same problems....

I place the eye of the spring in one side with the shackle. I jack up the body to get the weight completely off the spring then put short piece of 2 x4 under the spring eye on each side. Between the spring and the axle housing. Then let down the body and frame on the axle. If it doesn't spread, add some weight to the body such as someone in the...

I'm looking for proper length stems or source for them.

Sold to Mark. Thank you! 😊

Thanks for the additional information. You did an outstanding job on the upholstery. I'm sure Mike appreciates your input.

this car will be withdrawn from Vehicles for Sale on August 15th. I may re-list it at a later date.

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I have only worked on my own engines for the last 8 years, so not much terribly broad experience for quite some time. Stipe's 280 responded very well to standard 7 1/2 degree advance in my '23, but lots of research tells me that this combo would benefit from dialing back some, thus my recommendation to contact Dan for a different gear with less...

One more time around!

I bought the Lazzars rebuild set. I've started disassembly. The ram comes out as a unit. I took it to the auto paint store to get the paint color matched.

Sold to Bill. Thanks Bill!

For anyone interested and wondered what was inside I disassembled the distributor earlier. The main shaft has a interesting centrifugal fly weight set up. Everything seems worthy. Thou not to hateful the main shaft I would consider having duplicated. 890D2F90-6F23-49F7-B29E-092ACBC99B84.jpeg

Sold Thanks Richard

A point you might want to think about. Most of these old units, the shaft and bushings/body are worn. With wear, you change your cylinder firing as the shaft wobbles and the air gap between the cap and rotor changes. A car putting around at 35 or less, might not be much of an issue, but ideally you want that gap to stay pretty close to the same...

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Thank you George, this is to go on my fathers bitsa he built in the late 50's as a kid. You can deflect the fronts with a bit of knee. It is a glorious collection of parts. Probably has round fellows, but not being picky. If a nice set can be found, I'll be happy.

Douglas, I might have this wrong, but you may have to take a pair of rear...

I will see you there. I am driving from KOA in Ypsilanti, Mi Only 30 miles. This year I will be driving my 1916 touring. I sold my 1913.

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Sold pending.

Hello Tod,

Are you able to offer a progress report?
This inquiring mind, and potential purchaser, want to know.
Good luck with your project.

Bill Harper
Keene, New Hampshire

Iam interested. The price will determine how many I would be good for. Let me know when you know more! Thanks
Bryant

Kevin,
NO these are the correct 12-32 OR 7/32-32.
Ford Model T catalog shows 7/32-32.
See attached info below.
Note that the 2 sizes are only 2 thousandths different and do directly interchange.

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Mr. Hand, I have sent you an email with my info to send the check. Please reply to that email with your shipping address and I will get it out Monday.

Much Thanks MTFCA too!!!

I've had this one for a while. Very similar in design; however, different.

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The adjustment shouldn’t change the pitch of the tones, that’s determined by the length of the tubes. I personally think it was made this way to circumvent patents. Very cool!!!

Build your own, I have a starter kit for sale.

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Jeff
Can you please contact me when you have a 12 volt starter available?
thanks
Ed Reed
(619) 447 0878

That's one of them fancy de-luxe models.

Gotta admit, that's kinda funny Will! I mean your explanation of where we're at in the photo. Took me a few seconds but I got it. :lol:
I have a late center door project here where the cross member looks similar.
Something extreme happened to mine as the steering was backwards when we bought it. Nothing was out of place but it was is-if the...

This link has info on the Ames Automobiles.

It implies Ames built complete automobiles until Mr Bendix left around 1915.
This booklet is also a good resource.
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I would be interested in photos of Ames Coupes, Model 841, if anyone has some to share.

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Still for sale.

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Wanted 26/27 emergency brake cam levers

The USA last month of 1925 engines for the original block was the end of June 1925.

The USA 1926 Model Year started on 3 August 1925 with the new blocks that had the ears on the transmission, but the July month of 1925 had the 1926 engine blocks with the transmission ears and coil box on top.

When Canada made the change is not well known.

Layden, I found some (Used) that are on the way to me, thanks for your response, I will keep your information for future reference.
Thanks
Jerry

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Kevin :
was digging around thru my parts and found this Dodge Brothers water pump ... this is the style i am looking at to use on the Mcmillon head i purchased last year ... a simple pump that rotates clockwise as viewed from the front ... the shaft is 5/8 diameter and driven at crankshaft speed for the DB engine ... the mount is 2 bolt thru the...

Keith, you are not alone!

The gentleman in the first photo must have really long legs.

You need to make a leather or felt gasket for the bottom of the rim nuts. As I recall, I used an 11/16 punch for this, and you need a 3/8 for the center hole.

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Rubber tipped needles need a small clip that attaches the needle to the float tab. These clips were used on most all oem production carbs. Without the clip viton tipped needles will eventually stick. Sometimes tapping on the bowl with the wood end of a hammer will jar it loose.

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Sometimes it takes a simple-minded to find a simple solution?

Excellent reminder Tim! I need to check my own work from 4-5 yrs ago.

Hello John,
All machine parts values are based on specs. What is the mic size of the shaft and what is the irregularity of the drum face? I may be interested based on those.
Thank you,
Ken

Thank you Mark.
Looks like good information but my old eyes or the resolution on the computer screen
makes it difficult for me to read.

Harry

Fraternal Order of Egrets.

I believe that's how they worked. I can't read the material very well, but it mentions that the device is compatible with all radiator antifreezes, suggesting it uses the radiator as a vaporizer. I would not run one of these with any modern antifreeze, or with a dirty radiator, or with hard water. Alcohol would work fine. Some devices used an...

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It may be that the rather elaborate, gabled structure on the T chassis was never intended for serious road travel. Buses and vans look the way they do for several practical reasons. A house car of any size meant for travel and camping would have required a TT chassis, and would have looked similar to a van/bus.

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