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- Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: VIN #
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2753
Re: VIN #
FWIW, the OP hails from Texas, according to his profile. Perhaps Texans reading the forum can offer some tips in how the Texas DMV operates ?
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Personal Challenge (Contest): How cheap can I purchase/make a Model T for?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 9107
Re: Personal Challenge (Contest): How cheap can I purchase/make a Model T for?
This is a fun exercise. Perhaps the economics of the problem remain the same ? In 1962 I gave $75.00 for a complete chassis. "Parts" were essentially free, as one could scrounge nearly anything one required from junk piles in the sagebrush or on farmsteads where they were given. My dim remembrey cal...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:30 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Back to the haunting of Halverstam's Drug Store, it's particularly eerie that one of the manifestations of paranormal activity is the voices of KD and Cuthbert discussing algebrake equations. It has only recently come to light (again through painstaking and meticulous research of materials dredged f...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Good point, Burger. Sebastian just sent a photostat of Sprinkles' birth certificate up the vacuum port from the Institute's sub-basement. As previously stated, "Ether Sprinkles" was the stage name of the clown who was born Schufeld Schufeld. His parents were terribly unimaginative when it came to na...
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Value of a Model T
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2265
Re: Value of a Model T
Rusted hulk barn-find: $ 450.00 Repro parts, machine work, paint, materials, etc. : $ 19,000.00 2000 hours of fussing, fitting, scraping, cleaning and painting : $ 0.00 Milesge snd expenses to swap meets and parts purchased : $ 7,800.00 One 30 mile drive on a cloudless spring day : $ 27,350.00 :lol:...
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:39 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Another White for Rich Eagle
- Replies: 9
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Another White for Rich Eagle
No dates or details were given, other than this is "CC" Boswell, and his trusty White, stage driver from Grangeville to New Meadows (Idaho) for a number of years. The beast regularly negotiated Whitebird Pass. What power !
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
- Replies: 71
- Views: 9875
Re: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
When I was young, it was common to hear "much obliged" as an alternative to "thank you". Maybe because we're closer to Canada ?
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Always have adult supervision when working on your Model T
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3507
Re: Always have adult supervision when working on your Model T
Like Shorty, Hannah is most interested in Model T activity, like helping pick apples (photo) she picked up the apples that fell while I was picking, and put them in a box. When I'm pulling wrenches she stays close but out of the way, waiting for a test-drive.
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:39 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Indeed, Sprinkles enjoyed a satisfying career with the wild west show. He fell hard in love with Tallene, but she figured he was just clowning around, and anyway, she was romantically involved with one of the troupe extras name of Biffalo Buff. Not so much for his personality as for the fact that he...
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: First owner
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2762
Re: First owner
About the only option would be to trace previous owners. Oftimes it ends with the guy you bought it from. My own search (of a whole car) ended two owners back in hearsay. It's fun to know these things, and we're almost always curious. Good luck with the search !
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Value of a Model T
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2265
Re: Source ?
Probably from auction results. Where did this come from ?
Jim, I'd guess happy fingers and no proof reading. It does diminish any authority the writer may own.
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:58 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
When the sludge pond froze over, the mud pies also made excellent hockey pucks. Many a spirited game was played on the ice behind the Terminal Cafe. Ferndip was a formidable goalie who could have easily gone professional, but the Terminal Cafe waa his whole world.
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3242
Re: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
FLUBBER.
Go Flubber !!
Go Flubber !!
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:27 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
The flood nearly ended the Terminal Cafe. Situated at the bottom of Water Street, it was over two months before the flood receded entirely, and another six weeks before the mud dried out. The continued damp caused all of the cafe's bread products to grow mold almost as soon as they were delivered. C...
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 2:37 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
It's possible Cuthbert was responsible for not shutting down the precipitaxinator before the gyro drizzle check valve was installed. Enthusiastic over the fact the precipitaxinator had ended a four-year drought on his ranch, the massive flooding down Chugwater's main street was the result. Ernie did...
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3242
Re: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
. . . I think there will always be some radicals who insist on things being exactly as they were . . . Pick me. :lol: I'm fortunate to live where all the multiple deficiencies of the Model T which have made it an obsolete impediment to "normal" traffic since 1928 do not demand that my Lizzie run wi...
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3242
Re: Will the original design of the Model T survive by the end of the 21st century?
There are some people who still have horses. True dat. According to the University of Minnesota Extension Service, the annual contribution of the horse industry to the U.S. economy is around $100 billion. It provides 1.7 million jobs, and just over 30% of U.S. households contain at least one "horse...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tudor, leaks in one garage but not the other.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3204
Re: Tudor, leaks in one garage but not the other.
I HAD A HORSE LIKE THAT ONCE, HE NEVER SOILED HIS STALL BUT WOULD IN THE SHADE ROOFING WHERE THE COWS LIKE TO HANG OUT. :lol: Richard, horses are like that. Another observation that underscores my affection for the Model T, which is rooted in my belief that the T is very much like a good horse in s...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1924 Hood shelf question
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3022
Re: 1924 Hood shelf question
I find it part of the fun that through the past century we have come from strictly utilitarian to arrive at the prosperity of being able to examine and analyze every part of the beastie just for the enjoyment of knowing how things were done and for maintaining the authenticity of restorations. Somet...
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Tudor, leaks in one garage but not the other.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3204
Re: Tudor, leaks in one garage but not the other.
Rich, shop and garage are different buildings, situated differently on your place? Both unheated ? Is it possible the shop gets more sun and less wind ? If so, the temperatures may vary more than one might think ? My "theory" is that the garage is just cold enough to "shrink" some element of the sys...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:24 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Small detail compared to the marvelous complexity of KD's engineering triumph, but the photograph beautifully displays wallpaper designed by Florabelle McGeachen, world-renowned decorative artitiste and Tri-burg native. It's rumored she and KD had a "thing" for each other, but their interactions wer...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: THE HORSE IS DOOMED
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2367
Re: THE HORSE IS DOOMED
The way things are going, perhaps the horse will have the last laugh ?
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:00 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
. . . For more on the tournaments and particularly the sacred mud stick, check out "Escalibur and the Magic Boulder" By C. J. Vaunitklark . . . Right you are, Rich. Interestingly, popular fiction offers more than a few accurate accounts of the rituals and tenets of the Escaldado brotherhood. Anothe...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1913 KW Coilbox
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2160
Re: 1913 KW Coilbox
Gonna start calling you "Lucky Larry" !
Painted black ? I doubt it, as both sides of the dash were "natural" finish. When the metal boxes appeared on the 1914 models, and everything was painted black, I'm sure they were, too. Larry ? R. V. ?
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
The photo two frames above illustrates the perfection of the Escalado, as it embodies its two most prominent features: cats and scalding water, implied by the heavy, protective clothing. In practice, adherents were modestly attired, and reduced to such essentials as mud and sticks, as the subsequent...
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: KW Instructions in lid.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2656
Re: KW Instructions in lid.
Dang ! Wrong lid, no instructions - I'm in a bad way !
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1913 KW Coilbox
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2160
Re: 1913 KW Coilbox
Beautiful !!
Mine is wearing the wrong lid, and was rather poorly refurbished at some point. I overhauled the switch, how were you so lucky as to get a new old stock one ?
I'm jealous !
Im getting by, the box was badly re-glued, glue filling the finger joints where the panels were a little warped.
Mine is wearing the wrong lid, and was rather poorly refurbished at some point. I overhauled the switch, how were you so lucky as to get a new old stock one ?
I'm jealous !
Im getting by, the box was badly re-glued, glue filling the finger joints where the panels were a little warped.
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 3:59 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: I Fear We're All Out of Date
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2989
Re: I Fear We're All Out of Date
. . . perhaps he was just repaying the Ranger's long-standing insult. “Tonto,” after all, is a Spanish word meaning “stupid.” . . . Worse, rather than "soggy shrub", if one sticks to Spanish as the point of reference, "kemosabe" may well be a mis-pronunciation of "que mas sabe", or "he who knows be...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:36 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: I Fear We're All Out of Date
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2989
Re: I Fear We're All Out of Date
The old Westerns were morality plays. Simplistic, and uncomplicated, extolling virtue and basic morals. Definitely not the "culture" that has evolved in the present day. I love watching them for a different reason - the horsemanship that is a spectacle and of a quality that disappeared from Westerns...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Radiator drain petcock
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3090
Re: Radiator drain petcock
No problem here, but Im using water - other spots in the system seep.
I did have seepage and drips in the fuel line, lapping the valves and using fuel percock lubricant stopped that !
Now it's time to ask, would that compound work with Prestone ?
I did have seepage and drips in the fuel line, lapping the valves and using fuel percock lubricant stopped that !
Now it's time to ask, would that compound work with Prestone ?
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:33 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Astute history buffs following this thread will be certain to notice that's Waltham Larkvonnet front and center with his trusty Raliegh Fly-By-Night in both of the above photographs. Also of interest is the bulletin which was painted on the south wall of Alonzo Halverstam's drug store in Saddlestrin...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Traded in my T
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3941
Re: Traded in my T
Burger, I believe you're right. I see the "dealer" didn't even include hubcaps on that "new" car.
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Carsenegenic??
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4383
Re: Carsenegenic??
According to Wikipedia, finished items of beryllium copper present no known health hazard. Extensive contact with dust, shavings and fumes may result in lung ailments, and the Cancer Institute has classified the material as a carcinogen, but then again, if you read warning labels, nearly every subst...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What name have you given your T
- Replies: 61
- Views: 6557
Re: What name have you given your T
"Hummingbird". I love it !! Lizzie was so named by the previous owner, bad luck to change it ! Anyhow, it suits us, I'm famous for creative names: over the years I've had a mare named Nell, a dog named Shep, and a cat named Tom. :lol: My hat's off to folks who can come up with clever and appropriate...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Good buy on used cars, 1918
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1705
Re: Good buy on used cars, 1918
Keep in mind $500.00 new was the price F. O. B. Detroit. I don't think Ive ever seen any figures for transport and dealer prep in the era, but it surely would have figured into used car values.BobShirleyAtlantaTx wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:45 pmThe 17 roadster for $425. You could have bough a new 18 for $500 . . .
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Alchohol?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4426
Re: Alchohol?
I'm in your situation too, Jonah. My Lizzie seeps enough that antifreeze (harder to contain than water, BTW) isnt a good option for me. Drain and re-fill is cumbersome but my best option. 3 gallons isn't that much to handle easily and there's a plus - if you can refill with hot water, your T will st...
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What did you do to your T, January 1, 2100
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1661
Re: What did you do to your T, January 1, 2100
Probably the greatest change wrought in the 20th century was the loss of innocence. In the main, people's' attitudes toward the future were positive before WW I. The future would be better than the past. That positivism extended even to the Great War itself; "make the world safe for democracy" and "...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Engine splash pans
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4253
Re: Engine splash pans
They help immensely in all weather to keep mud and water out of the carburetor intake when you're hub deep and chugging along ! YMMV
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T Limousine, Interesting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3906
Re: Model T Limousine, Interesting
Just a comment. Perhaps antique car buffs would be interested in the body style designations that were in use "back in the day" ? A stretched multiple door touring car, however unique and interesting is not a limousine. Younger generations seem not to know that "limo" in common parlance derived from...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Crankshaft Belt Pulley
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1581
Re: Crankshaft Belt Pulley
Why ?? It wouldn't be sensible to paint it. There's no need. Just MHO.
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:26 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Even stranger were multiple reports from the Everglades in the late 1950's of a talking python.
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Elbowgard was a true innovator. He built the Narrow Strip Club from three boxcars cut in half and placed end-to-end along the Basin Highway just south of Chugwater. Closing off the open sides with plate glass windows, passing traffic could enjoy the floor show from the road. Entering the club, patro...
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Has anybody here ever crashed their T?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4260
Re: Has anybody here ever crashed their T?
First I hear of it ! You guys OK ?
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Has anybody here ever crashed their T?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4260
Re: Has anybody here ever crashed their T?
. . . Or has it ever broken down on you in the middle of the road? . . . share your experience? . . . :lol: Which time ?? :lol: All of my roadside "downtime" experiences occurred over 50 years ago with my first T, and centered around unplugging the fuel line and patching 40 year old inner tubes. Lo...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 13T - Lack of Power Above 30 mph and Pics of the bands (new)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4667
Re: 13T - Lack of Power Above 30 mph
Perhaps one of our coil/ignition/magneto specialists could hold forth ?
What I've noted "forever" is that starting on battery (12volt even !) when I switch to magneto, RPM increases substantially.
What I've noted "forever" is that starting on battery (12volt even !) when I switch to magneto, RPM increases substantially.
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T vs Nevada Heat
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1655
Re: Model T vs Nevada Heat
Assuming (!) the cooling system is in good condition, jes' fine. There are variables, however - such as the extremes of temperature (big difference between 90f and 105f) and the load on Lizzie, such as payload weight, speed, level ground or steep grade. Lizzie's working parameters are modest. If fiv...
- Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:11 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Knives
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2348
Re: Knives
Um, off topic perhaps ??
- Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:09 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Hmmm. Good point. We may never know. Her incredible success as an actress made Mary Creamhower fabulously wealthy. She may well have objected to yet another of Skippy's blockbuster movies putting her into a higher tax bracket ? We'll never know, I guess. Meantime, the script for "Burlap Seatcovers" ...
- Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:45 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Smedley Knott was the engineer on that train. He went to work on the railroad after his homestead venture failed. Everyone in the Basin was aware of "Knott's Barely Farm". Rembrandt Larkvonnet wrote a script that Skippy enthused over, titled "Burlap Seatcovers" but Mary Creamhower refused the part s...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Advice Needed to Install Trans Cover
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3586
Re: Advice Needed to Install Trans Cover
I skimmed the replies and may have missed a suggestion to secure the pedals firmly against the cams so they don't flop around while you're wrestling with the cover. Royce Peterson made a handy clamp for the purpose but those plastic zip ties or baling wire works OK too.
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:56 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Halloween monster
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2086
Re: Halloween monster
Must be planning a camera on the grill to see where he is going. Plan are subject to change? :lol: How true, Dallas. The kids assured me refining the design calls for raising the cab a little on the frame, reconfiguring the diesel injection system and shortening the radiator. Maybe they'll be able ...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:50 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Halloween monster
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2086
Re: Halloween monster
I think it's what happens when these kids are over-exposed to an over abundance of amazing junk. The brothers who are building this particular abomination are the sons of the feller who established a metal recycling concern locally a few years back. I wouldn't have sought to participate, but I'm gla...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:40 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Halloween monster
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2086
Halloween monster
C60E9C0D-D970-4936-BA89-965D6957520E.jpeg This beast showed up at our local "Trunk or Treat" yesterday. Of the cars shown (mostly late 50's to new) I have to say this was my favorite. Not currently driving, it's in "conceptual" stage. Frame and engine from a fire truck, axles from a Greyhound bus, ...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Halloween Fun
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1607
Re: Halloween Fun
An engaging young man who works at the neighborhood garage flagged me down last Thursday and asked if I would bring Lizzie to their "Trunk or Treat" affair Halloween afternoon. He had lined up about a dozen or so local "special interest" cars to participate. Other than Lizzie, the oldest was a '48 F...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: To add lead or not to add lead?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3566
Re: To add lead or not to add lead?
By the mid-1920s compression ratios were becoming high enough (7:1 or so) which resulted in detonation in the fuels of the time. Enter tetraethyl lead, which raised octane to tolerable limits, eliminating "octane ping" in the higher performance engines of the era. Model T never needed it. The leaded...
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1914 Stuff
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3649
Re: 1914 Stuff
Gosh Larry, don't leave us with a cliff-hanger! Please fill us in on the body mount bolts !
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Tree hugger
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5068
Re: Tree hugger
How kewl is that ?!? Will a Model T run on it ?Kevin Pharis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:13 pm
. . . they need to look into algae fuel! . . .
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_fuel
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Can someone tell me about these wheels?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3392
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Can someone tell me about these wheels?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3392
Re: Can someone tell me about these wheels?
The outside flange was part of the hub casting and the inside was the removable plate, exactly the reverse of the Ford. This meant that the chamfer on the spokes to clear the radius on the hubs wason the outside of the wheel rather than the inside as it is on a Ford wheel. Either all the spokes nee...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Alternate History Question: No Model T?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2584
Re: Alternate History Question: No Model T?
Thanks for posting that, Frank. There's an eerie resemblance between Fred Flintstone's car and the Model T
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Blockley 30 x 3 Update
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1130
Re: Blockley 30 x 3 Update
Whoopee !!! Something to look foreward to !!
Thanks for making the contact, Steve. Sure beats speculating and wondering.
Thanks for making the contact, Steve. Sure beats speculating and wondering.
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A Procedure for Stopping a Model T Engine
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3536
Re: A Procedure for Stopping a Model T Engine
This is a great topic !! If you think about it, shutting down has almost as much to do with starting up again as anything one might do starting up. Aside from shutting down for long storage, the individual Lizzie may respond well upon reviving to the things one does when shutting down. I like Bud's ...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Alternate History Question: No Model T?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2584
Re: Alternate History Question: No Model T?
As a group devoted to the Model T we tend to look at the question after the fact. What actually started the "revolution" in which inexpensive, universal mechanical personal transportation would be the goal was the bicycle, beginning in the 1870s. Peruse articles in the earliest editions of "Horseles...
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:14 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Discussion of the great dirt famine takes us back to one of the first posts in this topic, October 5, 2018, which shows a photo of Cuthbert Maddox working at the site of his soil manufacturey. Maddox first began the enterprise as a used oats facility, but demand was low in spite of a continuing stea...
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Which tires are the best to use and the easier to install
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3793
Re: Which tires are the best to use and the easier to install
Dan, that's the best argument for recruiting young enthusiasts to help us geezers with the heavy lifting ! Our old cars and "forty years' gatherings" tend to own us. When it's no fun anymore, it's time to quit.Dan Haynes wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 4:31 pmIn my next lifetime, I'm not going to have anything to do with old cars.
- Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Fuel Line Leaking
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2006
Re: Fuel Line Leaking
No problem with felt here. Keep cinching 'em down til the dripping stops. If you run out of thread, use more felt. Many old timers got by with string. If you use pieces of hose, be sure it's fuel grade.
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A little tire history
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1975
Re: A little tire history
Imprint on a good old red rubber tube. Anyone know when they disappeared ?
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 1910 steering column question.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1775
Re: 1910 steering column question.
Wayne, a thought on your plaster technique; amendments to plaster for investment casting (talc, silica, etc.) may make it easier to remove. Of course investment flasks are calcined in a lost wax process, perhaps that makes it more fragile too ?
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bargain?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1241
Re: Bargain?
Already gone. Must have been !
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:29 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: A Buick for Rich Eagle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1392
Re: A Buick for Rich Eagle
Great pic from the HCCA tour. Joe Marker was a classmate of my dad's (IFHS class of '38). He lived a couple of blocks west of us on 18th. Wish I'd spent more time with him. He was a fine historian and fascinating to listen to. I think Alma was his father, but I could be wrong.
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Which tires are the best to use and the easier to install
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3793
Re: Which tires are the best to use and the easier to install
Those of us with 30x3" tyres are still waiting !! Hope I'm not down to cord before they offer them as well. When I bought my latest T four years ago I reckoned a new set of tires would set me back around $ 1,000, delivered at that time. That's when the reports of discoloring white tires and generall...
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:21 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: A Buick for Rich Eagle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1392
A Buick for Rich Eagle
And a little puzzle ? The photo was captioned "Idaho Falls". Perhaps the dealer name is a clue. If any of these buildungs survived into the 1950s I don't recognize them. What model is it ?
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 5:39 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
- Replies: 71
- Views: 9875
Re: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
Gee whillikers ! I always thought folks said "you-all" all through the South, not just Texas, but shucks, I've never been.
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Indiana
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2387
Re: Indiana
Mine too, Tim ! Another wonderful thing about that photo is the baling wire securing the toolbox and fenders to the top support iron.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Indiana
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2387
Re: Indiana
Like opening a treasure chest !! Thank you !
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 11 LEATHER TOP STRAPS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1542
Re: 11 LEATHER TOP STRAPS
Allan, yup. Hole size should be a snug fit to the tongue of buckles the strap will engage. Of course the buckle should be a fit for the strap too.
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 11 LEATHER TOP STRAPS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1542
Re: 11 LEATHER TOP STRAPS
You only need one, in the right place :lol: Seriously, if you begin at an optimal tension when the straps are new, you may find they stretch soon enough, and will need to be taken up again. Generally, the rule of thumb for punching regular holes in leather straps is to space the holes the width of t...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:08 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Why wooden spoked wheels and not steel?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3896
Re: Why wooden spoked wheels and not steel?
Good question, Greg. I guess it depends on what point in automotive history you wish to address ? The answer is that someone did, and by the 1920s pressed steel or "disc" wheels were OEM on a number of makes, and available as accessories for even more. I would suppose the longevity of the "artillery...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:27 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
This recent discussion is fraught with complications. Many of the facts seem to be conradictory, but they are all true nonetheless. Lance Corporal Kohorchly's Christian name was not Lance, although he had a second cousin by that name. The Argostinians were indeed mounted on a special strain of goats...
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:51 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
- Replies: 71
- Views: 9875
Re: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
This is a great thread !! We haven't had this much excitement around the place since Aunt Nellie got her tit caught in the wringer !!
FWIW, "skookum", according to stinkipedia, is a Chinook word that can mean monstrous, brave, strong, bold, etc., depending on the context.
FWIW, "skookum", according to stinkipedia, is a Chinook word that can mean monstrous, brave, strong, bold, etc., depending on the context.
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T Registry ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2793
Re: Model T Registry ?
To what end ?
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
The secret of Fernley Ford's exceptionally long tenure as dogcatcher was founded on two things: he would never turn down an animal control call regardless of species, and although he did his best to place animals with pet lovers, he ensured the continued demand for his services by simply turning the...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:34 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Changing of the guard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1792
Re: Changing of the guard
. . . it's never the horse's fault . . .
Really.
Really.
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:40 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
- Replies: 71
- Views: 9875
Re: "Pretty far-fetched" and stuff
That fellow is near with a dollar alright. He's so tight he squeaks when he walks.
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:20 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Thanks for that correction Rich. As a footnote, Cleston Hanswallop, R&D superintendent for Firesteam Tire Co. did continue with development of what he called the revolutionary "testicle tread" tire for some months after KD withdrew as a technical advisor to the company. Perhaps confusing, but Clesto...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
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Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Whence go forth on tentacle tires, The ladies blushing shyly, With mold preventer firm in hand, KD would wave to them blithely In rare disport, Did Duke retort, 'Those suckers grip but mildly,' When into a skid, Dick's Marmot slid, And went careering wildly Abigail's deathless poetry is worth quotin...
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:28 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Fellows, this digression into tire brands has opened up an exciting facet of Kalamity Dick's varied endeavors. Scarcely anyone knew about his obsession with tire tread until Bartholomew recently located a thick file in the trunk of values simply labeled "rubbers" in KD's handwriting. The staff is go...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:57 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
- Replies: 4123
- Views: 820103
Re: OT - Adventures of Kalamity Dick - Fact or Fiction?
Thanks for that Rich. Actually that is Cliburn's mother, Zerelda in the photo. That's how much they resembled each other. Zerelda never went to a beauty parlor her whole life long. Folks could scarcely believe that. It was Cliburn who did her hair. Zerelda told fortunes as a sideline, by reading the...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Alternative fuel
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2929
Re: Alternative fuel
Good question for our resident carb doctor !
There may be differences on rigs intended to run in fuel oils (the Rumley Oil Pull cimes to mind) but the carb on my old Case worked fine on gas or fuel oil.
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Alternative fuel
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2929
Re: Alternative fuel
As with most things Model T, . . . It depends . . . The old boys spoke true. A T will run on kerosene if it's hot enough and you don't mind the smoke. It will not start on kerosene. For a number of years I worked a '40s Case Model D tractor. It had two fuel tanks, a small one for gasoline, and a lar...
- Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How Often Do You Clean Your Timer ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3251
Re: How Often Do You Clean Your Timer ?
Probably depends on the type of timer ? Also on the condition of the camshaft seal ? Burger, I think you've figured out the interval for your own personal T ! Mine came with a TW timer, the earlier one with the round carbon brush that can be tricky to assemble, so I'm lazy about cleaning. Last sprin...
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Foto of the Day
- Replies: 646
- Views: 168753
Re: Foto of the Day
What a fun picture !! Two tu-tu-tudors !!
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Holly G disassembly
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2061
Re: Holly G disassembly
Exactly, Mark. I've found that characteristic "swelling" is an indication of decay. Don't be upset if you break it trying to disassemble. The "sound" ones I have found came apart fairly easily.
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Holly G disassembly
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2061
Re: Holly G disassembly
A carriage bolt of the right size can be used to pry the venturi out of the carburetor body. As Steve notes, the part may break easily; they are "pot metal" and subject to decay with age. I've seen some that were solid and sound, but more that were too decayed to be useful. Fortunately new aluminum ...
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 13T - Fuel Issues
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1353
Re: 13T - Fuel Issues
What carb are you running ? Float malfunction or improper adjustment can indeed be a cause of poor performance.
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:58 pm
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: What car is this?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3437
Re: What car is this?
Tim, don't you think it's about time for another clue ?
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Is this radiator junk? 300 for a radiator???
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4470
Re: Is this radiator junk? 300 for a radiator???
Right you are, Henry ! The height differences are very important for adapting the aluminum item to a stock T !
I doubt if a "hot rodder" cares what the height is !
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Is this radiator junk? 300 for a radiator???
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4470
Re: Is this radiator junk? 300 for a radiator???
Looks to me like more than $600 worth of agony to go through all the cobbled up adjustments necessary to mate with an original car, and it may not function properly after all your trouble. Re-coring an original radiator is another option that likely costs less than a brand new reproduction. Another ...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: It run as crap.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1379
Re: It run as crap.
"For want of a nail, a shoe was lost . . . "
Easy fix though ! No wonder wise heads say "Check the timer first !"
Easy fix though ! No wonder wise heads say "Check the timer first !"
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Roadside Convenience
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3342
Roadside Convenience
About halfway up the spiral highway from Lewiston, Idaho to the Palouse Prairie was a spring where a traveler could get a drink, and cool down a steaming Model T in need of water.