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Quite right Rich, she would be embarassed to have a photo taken without her famous green lipstick!
Mmmm! Ginger snapps!

Looks like Im gonna make it there. Why dont you put a sign on your booth, MTFCA member. I know that would help me. Better than a tatoo!

See you there!

That is some fine looking craftsmanship ! Maybe someday I will be brave enough to try something like that. I had a friend ask if I would build all the wood for a couplet. He has sheetmetal for two bodies. He asked after seeing my TT. I told him I didnt have that kind of time to devote to a project l...

I really enjoy your talent Rich! The only thing I can draw is flies. I have trouble with stick people. Your art always makes my day.

Dennis, I'm really enjoying your photos and story of your trip. I notice the winch on one of the cars. Did you have to use it? Sounds like a few repairs were made but no major problems. What a fun trip. Thanks for sharing it with us.

The smile says it all!

Yes Herb they do but its called the new goat ropers festival now. All the old goat ropers retired one way or another. Not the fun it used to be with the goats wearing helmets and knee pads. The ropes are velvet and only rated for 15 lbs as to not injure the goats. Many trophies are given each year a...

Just the drivetrain is getting the royal treatment. The depressed look will still be there. After a few trips down my gravel road, the underside will be dirty enough to look the part.

Lookin good Don! Im with you, cant wait to feel rebuilt springs, steering and all suspension.
Waiting on frame from sandblasting.

Can you have the spring eye machines to the right width? No spacers and unoticable if done right. Just thinking.

The painting on the barn is cool.

Dave I will take it and since shipping is getting out of hand, Ill just come pick it up.

That is very good to know. I have a 24 coupe that I will be starting on this spring. Its a Texas car so no rot but you never know.

Right there with you Don! I assembled mine yesterday. I used some antisieze between each leaf. That graphite paint dries but still makes your hands slick handling the springs.

I have most of the suspension parts rebuilt and painted. Assembled the springs today. Waiting to get the frame blasted and front axle. After those are painted it all goes back under the roadster pichup aka Swamp Donkey.

Snow to ice to rain to 30 mph wind and10 degrees tonight. All winter has in one day!

This is the best crockumentery about the mythstry of the Triberg area I have ever read! Its amazing all the BS ( Big Strories) you have dug out of the archives. I look forward to new photos and stories about K.D. and his involvment in the evolution of this moment in mythstry. It funbelievable how we...

Welcome Carson! Good on you John! I hope its a simple fix and your off and running. I was your age when I bought my 1st car and practiced in the back yard. It was not a T but I learned alot such as you will. Carson can you post a photo of your T?

They like an icecream run like the rest of us.

Cuthbert was not a stumblebum as some believed. He was a little backward and very famous around the Tri-berg area for his skills on and with horses. I think there was a song written in his honor. " Like a Flintstone Cowboy" hit number one on all the local low output stations like WTRI. John Stablebe...

Thats looking great. You have been busy.

Whew! Saved me there!

Oh and I guess I lied to the wife. " Honey I have to go, Its the last one!"

I planned on my 1st and the last one! Can I still go?

Those are real racers. If it dont make it go fast, it aint there!

I gotta ask! Is the bike in cases you feel the need for speed?
Great photos Dennis. What a trip this must have been.

Computers do not lie! Someone should write a song about that!

Booking the great hall is one thing but booking stairway ? I bet it gets alot of stares .

Fun trumps it! Im with you Rich. The calcium chloride dust retardent for our road I think is worse than the salt. Oh for good old oil! I figure if I drive the T enough, they wont feel the need to use the modern stuff. Have you seen the streets at OCF toward the end of the weekend?

I see an electric tail light. Oul light is probably not a good idea on this one!

You sound pretty busy for a fellow that should be enjoying retirement. You need some T time!

100 meters is not far. Hope you dont get over 30 mph !

In the 1st photo, is that TT dump sporting dual wheels or am I just wishing?

Rich, as real as your paintings look he probably just hopped in! Enjoying every one!!!

Robert, its easy to miss. I pulled the body on my roadster to replace the frame a couple weeks ago and still missed it with the body off

Is the radious rod ball unhooked from the pan? Been there and forgot that detail.

There are great people in this hobby! GREAT! That is what makes it enjoyable for me. Glad your ordeal is turning around.

Whats the funny looking black thing by the radio? :lol: The funny thing is slogans like "dial 911" are still used even tho most youngsters have never "dialed" a phone. Party lines, busy signals and fire phones. When I joined the fire sevice, before 911 came to town, the firemen had fire phones. Some...

Don, I find them at yard sales and roadside "junk" stores. They are tuff to find and then you have to strip the plating off the new ones. The details make the job for me. I was luck with the TT project and had a wood box of screws given to me by a 76 year old friend. His father and grandfather were ...

JMHO, I wouldnt change a thing even the dog.

Sounds like a great day to me. I like your T. It has a great look for lots of fun.

Looks like a brain teaser. Im watching in awe.

Now I have a reason to visit the museum thats only 30 miles from me.

I tore down my frame. Maybe went too far?

I waited almost 8 eeeks for band linings.

No bull?

Dennis you sure know how to get the best out of your T. I like the photos, a few a day is something I look forward to.

I have a good gas tank also.

Randy, I am in the process of pulling a 22 engine and installing a correct 26 engine in my roadster puckup. Maybe they would be interested in it. Runs good but if you are restoring the truck the engine should be rebuilt. I have been a firefighter for 35 years so I get the big red truck thing!

Steve posted on" what have you done in Janurary," about the same aftermarket thingamabob.

Steve posted on" what have you done in Janurary," about the same aftermarket thingamabob.

If the rear end is growling you have to remove the dog!

Another of his medical inovations was meatless meat. If memory serves it was called vegetablecheesefruiteggs. At any rate it was a mouth full.

I would just sit and stare at the thermometer and smile !

Looks like Momoputzopede proto type repurposed. Definately KD influenced Rich!

I bet most need a couple phone books just to drive it. It was built for over 7ft tall original owner.

Its going to be a dandy! Thanks for the update. I like watching these projects and wait for more updates.

Just one of the photos from the link.

Will you be ready for a road trip in that T by spring ?

About 20 miles.

I wish I had time to build something like that! One step up from Dean's camper. I think Steve needs that for his trips to OCF. Thanks for sharing it.

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The last perfomance raised the rafters! Tinsul town is but a gost town now!

Not sure Rich. I tried to get the paper to read artical but they were out. I know its a 1921 Duesenberg model A coupe and is the 1st one sold to the public. I guess the family had a sugar plantation which became Dole fruit company. I guess Steve will have to come back to see it. As I said my cousin ...

The ACD museum in Auburn Indiana recieved a 1921 Duesenberg in the same family since new. The 1st model offered to the public.The family had the car restored at 10,000 hours labor. Estimated value of 50 million. I cant wait to read entire artical in the paper. My cousin is a volunteer mechanic at th...

Yes TT larger bearings. Someone here probably has a set good enough for your project. Post a wanted add in the classifieds. I have several TT rear axles but I have major project going in the shop and no room to tear one down mining for usable parts.

Bingo Fred. It pits the carb such as my small engines . White goop is whats left after the reaction to whatever is in the fuel. Aluminum carbs is all I have ever had a problem with.

I dont do facebook and I refuse to get into this discussion . Everone knows the easiest way is to remove the head to really inspect or change the spark plugs!
Oops.

I done the same thing a couple years ago. Experience is the best teacher. I fixed mine this way. I cut a groove with a dremel tool with a cutting wheel in both the timer body 1/2 and the top 1/2 of the hole that broke off just wide enough to fit a small flat washer into and deep enough the two halve...

Ya, but she still has a great smile!

Looks like a blast to me! Nice photos!

This is a touchy subject such as MMO or the best oil. The only thing I have said on the forum about ethenol gas is I run it out in the fall and use non- ethenol for winter months when it may set for several months. Also I wont use ethenol blend in my small engines after replacing most of the carbura...

Finished stripping the original frame today. The doner front spring is apart. Rear spring ready to come apart. I have a box of bushings and other googies coming to get the suspension up to snuff. Putting it all back together is the fun part but alot of cleaning parts in order 1st. Have to thank the ...

We are having some of the same fun Don. Used up parts and rusted metal. What fun we are having. Thats part of the fun for me bringing back to safe and depenable.

Reading some of the complaints on line, it sounds like another story on the dad started the business and had a steller reputation and then the son took over and it went down hill from there.

True Wayne, kids are all different. The grandson is quiet and fast, the girls could'nt sneek up on a threshing machine!

Starting with a flathead?

My grandson came home from the hospitol today. He will heel to ride again also. Took the girls home about noon and went to the shop. Here is what I found breaking down the front end. 20200104_131056.jpg If anyone wants a front crossmember 1/2 price, I have one. Only been brazed in a couple spots. 20...

Flavor!!!

For flaor of course! Thats no lye

Looks like gearlosh for supper

Very nice job on presenting the car. Most dont take the time to do this. It will make someone a nice car.

If you click on the name it will show their location.

Lumber used to be sold by the board foot? This photo is proof, the bigger man got the best deal.

When I started this thread I had no Idea the title would be any more than a fun play on words. As many know, Im a firefighter. I got a call yesterday nobody wants. A 2 yr old ran over by a truck! At my sons house! Turns out he is going to be ok. Had surgery this morning on his foot which luckily the...

Herb, I bet the side mount boxes on the Kroager storage truck is full of oul and cans of grease to keep that beast running trouble free. Great photos guys.

I can almost smell the machine shop!

Potomac wrecker is about as cool as a wrecker can be. Gotta like the pickup by the Esso sign. Reminds me of mine. Super photos.

Tim, the warranty is up and I cant find a Ford service station? I am a bit slow. It should be running by now! I will take two radiators for $1 a peice.

KD attended these events on the second tuesday of each week?

Thats planning Hank! Matches the interior perfect.

I found brass cotter pins in the front spring perch castle nuts on the doner chassis. At least they were not rusted in. The castle nuts were 1/2 gone with rust. It still amazes me that nuts rusted that bad turn right off.

Here is the doner I brought home yesterday frame 20200101_135337.jpg Body is off and " not shown" engine is out. 20200101_133717.jpg We had to pull the engine in the doner chassis yesterday at my buddys shop. So far my wife helped move one metal stand under the metal brace holding up the body becaus...

Johnny Cask had alot of hits around the Tri-Burg area. "The Man In Back" and a favorite to sing at bed time " One Sheep At A Time". Some say it was June Starters mash that kept him on the wagon. As for the Tri-Burg Navy, the vessels made them great. The bow and srern were shaped the same and could g...

I sure would like to have met your dad !

In the last year we have had over 4500 topics and over 3900 parts for sale! I think the " new forum" is a sucess. Thanks to the techy's who keep it up and running and thanks to all who share knowledge and paticipate in keeping these model T's on the road and in the public eye! Wishing all good healt...

I thought it was going to be a happy new year.
Im stuck at the firehouse on standby for another depatment. Oh what the heck, Happy new year its warm in here.

Milo feels at home now. Slept for two hours this way on the sofa. My wife gets Pi$$ed if I do that!

In Indiana that is a good road ! And he did have 4 wheel drive!

C'mon Don! Your making me look bad! It took me two years to finish my TT!
Never mind, technicly tomorrow is the second year.

Looking great!

Must be the losing team. They dont look real happy.

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