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One of the vehicles I transported at no charge to
The MTFCA Museum is “ The Purple Cow “.

The daughter of the man who restored it with wood from his cherry orchard reached out to me a few years ago and thanks to Jerry Kramer we worked out a deal to have it on loan to the museum.

It is always been for sale:

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FJ

Thanks for that info!

Ok thank you for all this information, I understand about the tapering of the pipe tap now.

Lately every time I open the website the page always opens in the discussion page but it never signs me in automatically, even though I check remember me. ??????

Clicking the “Remember Me” box tells the browser to save a cookie so that if you close out the window for the site without signing out, the next time you go back, you will be signed...

I find a battery strap helps a lot lifting the battery in and out.
Art Mirtes

Hope you got mine, Emails and cell service very weak here!

That's a good idea, however, I am sad that it is a 26-27 tank, because they haven't been making them new and a good one is hard to find. I would rather see that tank installed in a 26-27.
Norm

Thanks for that Johnm. Very interesting! :D

Unless some one drilled another hole, then yes.

Thanks Mark, top hole it is.

You have to strain to eliminate any particles that may have fallen into the mixing cup or whatever, because a particle will ruin a larger painted surface by spitting a bugger or drip into the surface. You want an uninterrupted spray. Paper filters are cheap, and they sell them at paint supply stores. It’s just a precautionary measure that’s worth...

That's probably the best gift he ever got!

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And as the saying goes and that is when the fight started Jim

Fordlândia is a district and adjacent area of 14,268 square kilometres (5,509 sq mi) in the city of Aveiro, in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is located on the east banks of the Tapajós river roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the city of Santarém. It was established by American industrialist Henry Ford in the Amazon Rainforest in 1928 as a...

Below is my e-mail address that for some reason I could not get to post in the posting above.

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Because it is an image, you will need to type it into your e-mail. And yes, remove the extra spaces between the letters etc.

Respectfully added,

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Dan. That is exactly the post that I was after. Unfortunately, my recollection of what he had was the wrong kind of hook. Thanks for finding that and Merry Christmas!

This year is much less about bright lights and much less about fancy presents.
It's about how much we miss, love, and need one another.
May the stillness of the day give each of us time to reflect on even the smallest of blessings in our lives and may 2021 be a year when we can once again share a laugh with those we know and love.
Wishing everyone...

I wish we had a couple of different photos showing more of the vehicle and what appears to be a trailer attached to it.

Note that it has an above the axle wishbone shown below:

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If that front wishbone was original to the vehicle it would most likely have been before Apr 14, 1919. Ref:

APR 14, 1919 Acc. 235, Box 39,...

There should be no problem with centering the spring and the spring holder. The square bolt at the top of the spring should fit right into the hole in the crossmember. The pad should be thin enough to allow that bolt head to fit into the square hole. The plate bolted to the bottom of the spring has a hole in it through which the bottom of the...

Here is the genuine Ford stoplight switch I used.

This older post on topic of in or out! Have seen both ways, of course the wood firewall nail heads into fabric lacing, on 26-27 rivet heads inside, as impossible to crimp from inside on those deep cowl firewalls. On metal firewall most I see original are crimped into fabric, while some are seen rivet head on lacing and crimp on the metal. Probably...

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!

The Belt is on and While the adjustment was all the way off the belt still had to be rolled on! That could be why the catalog mentioned removing the Gen pully??? Bud. :D Ps, Grandson did it and i watched. :D Bud.

Agreed, getting rid of that stuff should free up some time. I never put my digging pick away because I knew no one would take it! Still have it, @#$%&**

Who is Jerry Kramer? He wasn't even on my ballot.
Norm

He was a write in candidate ... 💡

Kim Kramer & Cosmo stuffed the ballot boxes.

FJ

Thanks Allan for your measurement. Allan's measurements To the center of the top hole in the bracket it is 7 1/16 down from top
and 1 3/4 from the side . Thank you very much Allan.

Great picture! Can't wait to get my issue. Probly won't see it til after the New Year.
Merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy and Happy New Year to all!

In March of 1926, on page 388 of the “Model T Ford Service Bulletins Essentials”, Ford notified the dealers that Ford was coming out with a new combination tail/brake light. I replaced the original clear cup/red celluloid tail light that came with my 1926 coupe with an original Ford script combination tail/brake tail light, referred to in the...

Good job Herb. I was waiting for Perry to mention it.
I refrained for some reason.

I haven't had one break there but have seen a few broken ones before.

Good job Dan ! You found one 50 cents cheaper! :lol: Theses things are neat. Never saw one at a swap meet.

J ohn

I just sold one at the Luray Swap in Oct. Was complete, with lens, but also was a bit more deLuxe with a blue glass 'eye' above the nickel rim. It glowed too when the stop lamp was lit..

Stan,

As per your request I sent you an e-mail

Love the caddy ... It reminds me of the caddy in the George Jones video of Who's going to fill their shoes It appears at the very end.

Denny

The buy it now price even with shipping would be less then 1/2 of current price for just 2 and they dont come with the inner cover.

Thanks Noah!

If you go down to the post by John Regan, March 12, 8:20PM he tells how to adjust them;

You beat me to it Mark. It's called a baffle.
Rich

This is why I go out of my way to shop with small, privately owned businesses.
That describes most of the Model T parts dealers. I don't buy a lot, but I spread my few purchases around to support them all. I agree Lang's is one of the best. Always accommodating and prompt.

Just one of many different brands of aftermarket plugs made in the 30s through 50s. Lots of them around and mostly of interest to collectors, although they are pretty common. The plugs shown are not Model T though.
Terry

What a great way to loose your front teeth on that coupe's pumpkin :lol: :lol: :lol:

Harold, its not just the compression but equally important is the combustion chamber. Z heads have a combustion chamber that is much like the one Ford settled on for the Model A to increase its performace.

I have a large container that is 4 years old never opened....still good?

From Sta-Bil
If you have an unopened bottle of STA-BIL, it will be good for up to five years. Then once you open the bottle we recommend using within two years for best results. However, after the two years you may still use the product as a fuel system cleaner as long as...

Thanks for the correction on the eBay name he uses. The person that told me about selling, had talked to him also.

Hey Rob,
The color picture on page 31 of the Buffalo Times looks like it could be your car, just not as beautiful!
Enjoy yours at Christmas and hope you and your family have a wonderful and safe holidays.

Jerry's description of a worn wishbone and perches allowing front axle fold-under certainly rings a bell with me. I have experienced the same runaway steering with an under-axle wishbone when a lost perch nut allowed the front of the wishbone to go loose. It put me in the ditch, destroyed a wheel, and crunched a fender and splash apron. I now pay...

May you have a joyous holiday season and a safe and happy 2021!
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My '14 came with the Universal rib treads that were mounted on it in 1976. Until this summer all four were still on the car, passing NY inspection every year and giving no trouble, until the one on the left rear wheel blew out and tore the bead loose. I think that due to its age it could no longer handle the 70 lbs. I was putting in it to try to...

In the summer of 1964 I had a 55 gallon drum of caustic soda - water mix, a miracle solution, I thought at the time, that I put T parts in for about a week, the parts looked brand new when removed and washed off with water. I probably had the cleanest Holley vaporizer in all of Texas. Only one problem, the caustic soda completely ate the pot metal...

Things haven't changed much over the years! Just the methods we use to accomplish the same thing, such as texting while driving! :roll:

Smile and your eyes will reflect it. A Duchenne smile is the one that reaches your eyes, making the corners wrinkle up with crow’s feet. It’s the smile most of us recognize as the most authentic expression of happiness. 😄

Susan,

The words THANK YOU seem so inadequate to express my appreciation for all you efforts to preserve Model T history and move our hobby forward. Your contributions have benefited us and will impact many future generations. I hope you enjoy the next chapter of you life and will stay connected with these Cranky Ole cars and people too. :-)

Dom...

Similar system to T, but larger carb, and intake something like the late T Vaporizer, since it mounts to the exhaust manifold to preheat fuel vapor for best combustion. Ford-Zenith carb.

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Fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin makes a very strong repair. After all, there are entire car bodies made of it, so I don’t believe a repair of this kind, if done properly, would crack. Jim Patrick.

Thanks for the reply Mark. I'll check in the next couple of days.

Mark, Once you get used to it, retirement will be the best part of your life. I retired in 2008 and the last decade has been wonderful. I hope that yours will be the same.

If i have to run at night I leave the Ruckstell in low and try to keep the engine revved. It's a challenge just to keep enough light on the road to see the deer as it stares you down. :shock:

I have given a fleeting thought to (--gasp!!--) retrofitting 12V lamps and a battery, just so I have a chance to see something more than 15 1/3 feet in...

Kevin has some quality people working for him. He was probably afraid they didn’t need him.

Hi john. Yes, this shows how the seat frame holds the tank in place.
Rich

Steven -- He's in Sabetha, KS, near the border with Nebraska.

Wayland admiring a largely original ( except for the paint job ) Model K Roadster from the same private collection we were privileged to view 😉

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FJ

4 gallons an hour? Darn, that sounds anemic for a hot engine, depending how you're feeding it and how hard you push it. I think that's what I spend, maybe a hair less but not much, on my slightly fast but not Fronty-engined '15 touring... I may be wrong, but yeah, I can get more than that out of my gravity fed stock system...

My feeling (and...

I tried it on my little brother, he wasn't happy. :o

Here is a photo of what I did to use the over the top linkage on a Winfield Carb. My engine was originally a Vaporizer. When I bought the car it had a Model A Zenith using this setup that I modified for the Winfield. For the Zenith choke a couple of 1/4 drive universals were braised into the choke/adjuster rod.

Owatonna, MInnesota - November 12, 2016:

Mark Cameron (L) and Ken Jones (R) discussing the finer points of early Model Ts.

We all certainly miss Ken......

Noah.... That's a great picture of Susan that you posted, and thank you for your heartfelt reminisces.

I have spent some time working with Accession 1701 engineering documents collections at the Benson Ford. Among the many Model T parts I researched were the early 1915 electric headlights. For what it is worth, I never found any evidence of the design, production or use of fork mounted electric headlights on Models Ts made in the USA. The only...

That tool may work ok on babbit bushings but it requires a lot of pressure to cut the brass bushings by hand. I face most of the material off in the lathe and then install the bushing and sneak up on the fit with the tool shown in a drill.

Stephen

While the one shown is one of the newer made ones, I just redid one with the flat plates, old style long condenser and was stamped Ford in script on the one side.

After 2035 sales of new gasoline powered cars will be outlawed. So it is just a period of time when the gas stations will be phased out and radiators will no longer be needed, and our cars will either be in private collections which are not driven or in museums. Sad, but times are a changin :(
Norm

That's a heartbreaker... I remember wanting...

I put the front and rear brackets from Lang's on my 26 Tudor. The front brackets just needed a little grinding to have the clearance to mount in position. The rear was a different story. I had to dissemble the brackets cut a wedge in them to make the bend to to the frame holes. Welded the cut back up (using the piece I cut out) and then bolt the...

Tim, I doubt the rubber valve stems are more expensive to manufacture and fit than the three piece metal stem assemblies they superseded. Many times improvements are made for manufacturing efficiency and cost reductions, not because of any failings of the previous operation.
Vulcanising/cementing replacement rubber stems is also fraught with some...

The biggest difference you will notice between a ‘12 block and a ‘16 block is about $2,800.00. They both run the same!

Got it Steve, the project is out of commission as you suggested and resume in January. Frank

You got the photos on the other one. You don't need to start another post if photos don't load. Use the edit button, the pencil you see when you open the post on the right side and clear the ones that didn't load and try again.

This photo was taken in '27 but I can't tell what year this TT was from.

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Hi Dan McEachern have questions about oil pan were can i buy one pm you a couple of times

What happens when she comes unraveled?

Chris, if you can't find what you want locally, I have really nice originals, sandblasted and electro zinc plated, ready to go. I an get a postage quote if that helps.

Allan from down under.

On my 2021 to-do list, is to make a table/stand for the beautiful 1940's era vintage Craftsman drill press (that my dad passed on to me), out of the spare 1925 T frame that's laying on my back acre. At first glance the frame looks ok, but a closer inspection reveals that it was horribly hacked at some point in its lifetime.

I was going to scrap...

Here is what I started with and how it turned out 13 years later.

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Mine started out worse than that. Took me 13 years also.