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Hello all, my electric failed at church a few weeks ago. I successfully crank started it and got home. Now it behaves oddly and I am perplexed. If I take the footswitch battery to switch cable off and put it back on the electrical comes on (horn works, coil boxes buzz) and press the foot switch I get one small rev of the starter then everything...

I'm working on getting my grandma's Model T out of the shed (backyard of house) where it's been parked for the last 50ish years (Part 1), then transported cross country NJ -> CO (Part 2). I'm generally looking for any inputs/opinions, and please even state the obvious, as I'm new to all of this.

Part 1 Challenges:
1. Tires are not just flat; one...

I put new bushings with shaft seal, brushes in my starter to resolve the oil leaking out of the starter peep hole. It spins fine and in the right direction. After I installed the bendix and cover, I pressed the starter pedal and I heard a clunk and then free-spinning of the starter. I took the cover off and found the outer spring bolt top in the...

I have used Scandinavia linings on my car for many years without trouble but the thought of practically maintainance free kevlar sounded attractive, so I opted for this material. The low drum cracked within a year and it has taken me 16 years to redo the transmission while completely restoring the car. I now have new low and reverse drums and a...

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OMG!!! Is this an age appropriate tour destination? What happened to the sleepy drives down little Main Streets and to antique shops? Could these happy Californians be going hippie on us.
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High-Grade Cannabis Processing Plant near Santa Barbara, CA.

I've been trying to find a source for a new Model T tool kit screwdriver. Are these available anywhere?

Anyone out there in the great Pacific Northwest recognize this fellow? I bought a LOT of Model T parts from him about 50 years ago.

Electric
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400hp

I am intrigued by this purpose built trailer that looks like it was built specifically to haul a Model T. Are there plans available to build something like this? My van can only do 3500 lbs towing capacity so a hefty car hauling trailer is out. The one in the picture looks lightweight.

Or can these/have these been made into a T hauler?

Does anyone have knowledge about this head. I hope that the photos do the combustion chamber justice. The part # is A-1-2011. Also has A.C.

Not sure i posted this before. I THINK I did but not in my list of posts. SO doing it again to be sure. According to Ford's Dearborn Archive's web site, Due to a fire in 1970, Ford Archives do not have build/production records for anything BUT 1909-11 Model Ts anymore. Has anyone come across a different way to research where your specific Model T...

Can anyone point me to an accessible article or webpage on how to build a magnet charger? I have a number of items that need a charge and it would be a good winter project.

HELLO - This is my first post!

Hello everyone,

Before diving into my questions, I wanted to share something personal in case any of you knew my dad, Dave Ireland. I believe he was known here as S561. Sadly, he passed away on September 17th after a courageous 5+ year battle with cancer.

He often spoke highly of the MTFCA forums and the family of...

Hindsight is 20/20, but the Model T could have had direct magneto ignition from the outset. Spider Huff did a good job designing the ignition system that had been around since about 1900, but there wasn't really any need for the way it was made in 1908. All that was needed was a simple magneto, driven off the engine, and connected directly to the...

Drove it to work! 35° in the morning. Worked on it a little bit in the hanger this evening after work. Tightened up some things and found out that my spring that keeps pressure on the windshield hinge snapped in about five pieces! No wonder it kept blowing over in my face!
They look suspiciously similar to the Radiator Springs.......

Earlier this year (as I remember) I posted about restamping a block. Several members stated that rather than restamping the pad on the block, directly, that they used a thin piece of brass, cut to the shape of the pad and stamped the new number on the brass plate. then, they glued the brass plate to the pad above the water inlet and painted it to...

Hi all,

This is my first post, but I'm an enthusiastic reader/archival-searcher of the forum, as a writer and former newspaper reporter working on a book about the 1909 Ocean to Ocean Race.

I'm wondering if any collectors or Model T historians here might have any photos, materials, or other ephemera related to either the race itself or the No....