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I jump in head first and talk to our favorite guy, Jeff. I like picking and choose my projects so this was no different. This should cure his issues since every time he goes up his steep hill it appears to be a game of chance on #1 connecting rod and others. 16 gauge steel is 1/16 so this is a good choice. In aviation and other vintage engines I...

I got a email today about coils from mtfca. Just got another one asking about it,so guess I was not the only one. Have we been hacked again?
I was not listing my email address to help stop that, but looks like that does not work. Dan

Help! I am dumber than a post and need some smart people to instruct me on the reason/reasons for the design differences between a 26/27 LHD and 26/27 RHD. hogshead

The difference where I get confused is, Why is there only 1 external adjustment bolt (clutch) on the LHD and 2 external adjustment bolts (reverse and brake) on the RHD?

Is there a...

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I just got my 1913 Roadster back from Gator Gould of Alabama. He did a complete engine and transmission rebuild for me and the results are outstanding. To use an old quote, that car runs like a pack of scalded wildcats . Gator was thorough, knowledgeable and above all honest. I recommend him to anyone wanting professional Model T work on their...

I decided to look around tonight about prices on transmission bands. Can't find a dang thing but kevlar at 105 or wood at 95 and shipping I think.What happened to ordinary bands in the red and yellow box I used to get for reasonable prices?

Sent email to NH Sno Cars and have not gotten reply. Sent another today, is he still in business? Any info appreciated. Thanks Dan.

Does anyone have the wood dimensions for an original 1925 pickup bed that they would be willing to share?

My wife and I recently inherited her dad's model T. We believe probably an early 20's model. It's a roadster with a single door on the passages side and back tires are 30 x 3 1/2. All the wheels have wooden spokes. It has a zenith carburetor, and a sorta round radiator. The wind shield slants in and is divided. Not for sure if any of this came on...

Went out today to buy a front axle assembly I found on Craigslist. There was also a nice frame and a rear axle for a TT, but I went for the front axle assembly. While I was there I found a straight through carburetor and bought that too.

I cleaned it up to evaluate the condition and found this cast-in letter G. Anyone know what that G means. The...

How is the tail pipe attached to the rear cast iron end cap of the 1915 muffler? How is the tail pipe removed?

My linings have seen better days and driving this car as much as I do, I think now is a good time to undertake this project. At least the car will be apart while it pours down rain instead of sitting there all pretty, waiting and ready to go for a drive.

I've searched everywhere but I can only find one vendor, Lang's, who sells replacement...

Hello all !
I have a 24 tudor with a standard holley nh and would like to know what difference a straight through nh carb would be in performance ?
Thanks. Ken

Was looking at some vintage toy model Ts on eBay and there were a few with words and phrases painted on them. We’ve all seen them. I was wondering when this trend started. I think I’ve seem examples that date from the 1930s to the 1950s. Would love to see more vintage pictures and are there any that survive? Anyone out there made a revival example...

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Honing and reringing a 26 tt oil burner,this is a low budget repair on a tt only used a handful of times a year.i bought oversized rings and am looking for thoughts on ring end gap,thanks

I would like to recharge magnets in car without removing transmission and I found This diagram on MTFCA Forum. In the lower right corner, it says to leave the current on for 30 seconds to clear shorts . Isn't this a little long and could it possibly create shorts where none existed before? I have always heard that short bursts of current will do...

I was always amused by the overzealous splatter and puddles of brazing on the Model T Pans during production, but realized that after sandblasting a 40s Harley frame of mine that Harley Davidson was equally liberal with their use of brazing splatter. It’s all over, not just at the joints, similar to the Model T pan. Mind you, these aren’t repairs,...

one more reason to LOVE THE -T-FORD, my other ford is a sport trac, love it too but, the last few weeks its been freezing me out, so i picked up a thermostat ,gauge was a little on the low side, talk about a mean location, with age comes your fingers, used to have three joints, seems now i have one,in each and they don't seem to hold things like...

What would the price of a complete 15 engine cost if parts bought separately to replace the one you have Including trans and pan? MEL>

Any Idea What Year & Make of this NY State Police Car

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Have what looks like an early low head with no Made in USA or Ford on it, has the big casting chablets in it, was wondering if it is an early Canadian head? Any help would be great, sorry guys I am not a computer gurue for Pictures, have to ask my wife to do that!

This VR came from a Model Ford Model A , but I am not sure about the voltage and or it is negativ or positive to ground .
Thanks for tour answer
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Hello All,

A friend has asked me to see if I can identify the make of car in the attached photo.

I know that it is not a Ford so please forgive me with this O.T. request. The photo was taken in Australian.
( A lot better result on the General Forum with all the knowledgeable people who post here. )

Hope someone can help!!!

Best regards, John...

Ok had a set around here and just put them on a car
Had add a spacer bolt to get the bottom shoe away from the drum.
As i move the lever forward it contacts on drum but in releasing it doese completely free up until wheel is turned is this normal
Also the showe adjusmt nuts are missing i had one that looks right but need suggestion for a matched...

I've known about Motor Mica for years as I use it in my cartridge reloading hobby.........but never knew exactly HOW it was used in a motor . Today I stumbled across an old can on Ebay and the label caught my eye.

Excellent for Ford transmission bands. Add proportional amount to oil (whatever that means). For best results pour directly over...

While sorting old family photos, my wife found this one from 1935. I believe the new car is a 1934 Hudson Terraplane. What a difference twenty years makes!

The top of my newly acquired T hasn't had the top up in 40 years or so. I'm at least 4 to 5 short of the windshield.
Is there any kind of conditioner/ treatment/ technique to get it re-stretched? Thanks for your consideration.
Mike Peternell

Model T enthusiasts may have fun singing the 12 Model T Days of Christmas song at your holiday gathering!

The inaugural 'performance' was last weekend at the Tickin' Ts chapter party (Columbus OH) and the Henry's Hoosiers chapter (Richmond IN) perfected it at our party last night.

Have fun! Merry Christmas!

Susan

12 Days of Model T...

Congratulations Miss Virginia Camille Schrier crowned Miss America 2020. I am proud to have met her and was her escort in the Stanley VA Homecoming Parade this past July. She is truly a beautiful friendly, family oriented intelligent young lady. I took Camille and her father for a 3 mile ride before the parade and i said to her your hair will get...

I know that is going to sound like a real strange request...but does anybody have a close up pictures of the diaphragm for a magneto horn? What I want to see is that center post, nut, washer and what-cha-ma-call-it pedestal looking thing in the center (beater?)...looks like close up or if you can tell how it is assembled (that part only), that...

anybody know if this fits anything special.its a holley bros.charley

We are pleased to announce the results of the MTFCA board elections.

Congratulations to the following who were elected to serve the 2020-2022 Term:
George Aikin (Tennessee)
Chris Brancaccio (Calgary, Canada)
Kathy Tagert (Florida)

Sincere thanks go to Brian Jordan (Indiana) and Eric Sayer (California) who faithfully served the 3-year term...

Tidbit from the past, April 28, 1922 news report.

If this newspaper report is true, guess Mr. Ford didn't have a driver that day or that guy may have left the car alone.

By 1922, Henry Ford driving a car on the streets of Detroit perhaps would have backed up traffic :)

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It has been a while since we have been on the from and much has happened in 2019.
Lizzie got her first award in the Historical Preservation Original Features (HPOF) classification, at the April AACA Southern Nationals, in Charlotte.
The July/August issue of Antique Automobile magazine, featured a six page story and the back cover.
We took her to...

This is a story my Uncle Paul told me forty some years ago: Back in the days when Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs were taking their famous camping trips, they drove into a gas station and Henry asked the attendant to check the air in his tires. As the kid bent over to check the left front, Henry, who was driving,...

Yesterday a young man named Jackson stopped by to look at a couple of old cars in a parking lot.

A Model T and a Whippet Roadster.

Lucky 🍀 for him Miss Kathy was there.

Jackson ended up spending probably an hour or so visiting with her and got his first ride in a Model T.

It was my first time meeting Kathy and her husband James Coburn (who...

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I want to replace some wrist pin bushings in the cast pistons of a 26 engine.I just bought the bushings on Ebay for 20 bucks free shipping. I am reading about a reamer is not good and honing to fit is best. Is this done with a brake cylinder hone or what?
thanks for your help

Any information on 2020 Hill Billy Tour in Missouri would be appreciated. Thanks

Howdy,

I have a 1913 Runabout, the vendors do not sell a top for this car, suggestion was to try a 1914 Runabout top. Has anyone any knowledge/experience with a 1913 Runabout top and trying the 1914 top?

I thought about CarTouche making me a 1914 and leaving extra material along the outer edges, can have my local upholstery shop fit, sew and...

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This month project. Improve my main bearing Babbitting fixture.
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While restoring the hogs head for the speedster project, I found a neat accessory item in my parts stash. I have only seen two of these and I have both of them .. I think I understand how it fits into the hogs head. It appears to be an item to achieve the same effect as a long low speed pedal shaft when using quick change bands. ??? The early long...

I need someone to inspect and possibly pay for a fender in a barn in New Hampshire for me. Anyone out there? It’s the fender on the far left.

Where can I buy a few sets of copper manifold crush rings in bulk. I'd like about three sets. I see the vendors sell the rings and glands in sets but I want the copper rings only. I am not interested in the type that are shaped to enter the manifold and block. Just the ordinary copper rings.

While looking for some KD info I stumbled across this. I had not seen it before.
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I admit it’s this way at my house :lol:

Cleaning up in the shop I came across one of those spurious parts Henry warned us about.

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I didn't cut the bag open and take out this top clamp screw but I think you can see it pretty well. I wonder if anybody can post a picture of an original to show how close this reproduction comes. I'm guessing not very.

Cleaning up a differential casting and found block letters instead of usual Ford script. Has anyone seen this or is this a spurious part?

Hi all, l am at the point of bolting the body down on the 20 coupe I've been working on since 2011. It seems to me that the tank is to high for the seat, so I looked back at the pictures I took while taking it apart and it looks like that is the way it was. So wondering if there is someone out there with the oval tank under the seat in a coupe...

I’m trying to buy a pair of front fenders from a guy on Craigslist in Pella Iowa. He doesn’t have email and can’t take pictures and the ones on the listing are poor. He’s not a T guy either. So I need someone to look over these fenders before I buy them and have them sent to Rochester NY.

After years of wondering if my Idea for a moncole windsheild was doable,I finally found a picture of 1. What would you use for windwo channel? I am thinking of finding a old car side window and taking the bottom off of it and making some cuts to make the angles and weld it back up.Then a glass shop could glue in the safety glass just like a car...

I know many of you also work on A’s, so I figured I might get a quick answer here.

I’m looking for a paint code for the green that was used on Model A engines. I don’t have a good sample to match. Please post it here and / or email me. Thanks!

I would like to thank Mr. Joe Bell for allowing me to purchase a RHD hogshead that he had.

I am attempting to build a somewhat unique 2 person boattailed roadster/speedster (RHD, suicide doors, removable hardtop & some other modern amenities).

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Hello,

New member here from Columbus Ohio. I recently came upon an opportunity to own one of two 1925 model T's. The cost is the same for me, one is a Depot Hack that appears to have started life as a tudor or fordor and hasn't run for 2 years or so. The other is a touring car that I do not have any pictures of yet, but it should be in relatively...

So I bought the metal plate from Lang's that you use to hold the engine by the water inlet and two pins that look like they fit where 2 of the engine pan bolts go. Am I supposed to drill out holes in the plate so the arms on my engine stand bolt up to it? The stand is a Northern tool version that has adjustable arms on it that would normally go on...

I'm rebuilding some 1912 Heinze coils and am using the new primary and secondary windings you can buy from the vendors. I had a new winding left over from an old batch I bought and put together a coil. I potted one coil before checking it (my stupid mistake) and of course, it didn't work at all. I did check the secondary before I took it apart and...

Here is something for you bored out of your gourd folks! Long winters etc. The key to any custom body is having your components in place, ergonomic in design, and nice lines. Building from a buck with a spine (that's the center board) and branching out with ribs to follow is enjoyable to me and really does not take as much as you would think. This...

Im looking for Mike Strachan In Abbotsford BC I have a phone number but I cant made it work. He owns a Canadian 1912 touring I would like to get pictures of as there are not many examples . Thanks Cheers Colin from Winnipeg MB

Okay, I spent the last hour trying to figure out where there are pictures of a car lot of Model Ts near San Diego California. The cars are all outside, but basically complete.

Who knows what I am talking about? I would love to rediscover the photos.

Matt

Will have to take some better photos later but you get the general idea.

I have about 25 of these alternators (Mitsubishi, Hitachi, ND) very small. They even fit under the hood of a brass era car.

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Per post in facebook. Jerry is driving a different Model T this week. Good for you Jerry. The Model T involved in the accident will be repaired and put back on the road. Good news for Christmas.

I am sharing this info with all of you, so please print and save for your records. We did not invent the use of the Datsun B 210 oil pump, just added a lot of improvements as we progressed. My Dad and I some years back had to purchase all the North American stock of the pumps to secure it's future production. They were getting low request at that...

One of the tasks undertaken to return Henrietta to service was the fitting of new rear axle seals and lined brake shoes. There was so much grease and gritty stuff clogging up the works that one side was almost filled.

There was evidence that the right hand side shoes and springs had been scraping, either on the drum or the accumulated crud. I...

Hi Does anyone have an approx weight of a 1915 engine and transmission?

Thanks
Mike

I’m pulling my roadster out of mothballs. The last time I saw it, the carburetor had varnished up, and I’m expecting the gas tank to be similar. Is there an effective cleaning solution I can do at home? I know MEK worked, but it’s illegal in my state. Any suggestions are appreciated.

I completed the seat cushion assembly a month ago but ran into some trouble with the back assembly kit. Then we got cold weather early so I couldn’t do anything in my unheated garage here in Rochester. So I asked a local shop to fix my messed up job.

I had to order another back kit as there were too many holes in the first one. The upholstery...

Was wondering how many where ever made? I still come across then every once in while. Thanks !

Here is a nice little brochure I just added to the collection. I just love all the artwork in these old brochures and ads.

click on the pictures to make them bigger ....

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Hi All
What type of Moore do I have here and what is missing please
Cheers
Andrew

I've been messing around with Model T's off and on for over 50 years. I never got asked these questions till the other day, maybe somebody knows the answer. What does a stock 1926 coupe weigh? And with a standard rearend, what is the engine RPM at normal crusing speed 25-35 MPH. Thanks

Hi,
my 1921 Pick-ups gearbox have collapsed by most likely use of incorrect material for the triple gear bushings, so that it have had severe wear resulting in broken teeth and then total failure when the broken teeth ended up in the mesh.
I have obtained another good set of drums and triplegears that have worked together, and now I am controling...

Hi,

Take a look at this short video: (Im speaking danish, but I say it's bad that the rivets are loose)

Can I save this by trying to heat the rivets individually (somehow) and hammer them so when they cool it will be tight again? Or what does one do?
(Apart from finding another)

The original upholstry on my garage find Model T has been covered, but is not too bad. This specific question is about the kick panel upholstry. It is very dirty. Has anyone tried to wash or launder old upholstry of this type before? I guess nothing ventured, nothing gained, so hand washing with Woolite or something like that might work. What has...

I bought a new brass drive shaft bushing. It has a shallow groove machined in it that runs 90% of the length of the bore. What's the purpose of this groove?

I purchased a Model T truck some time back, along with various parts. I have a header and exhaust pipe, the mounting holes match the Model T manifold.
My question is this, if I decide to use it, what type of carburetor would I run?

Photos attached.

I want to connect the gas line up to my gas tank in my 11 but I do not have a shut off valve. I do have a reproduction shut off valve for at the carb that I got from Langs. What fitting and thread size is needed at the tank sediment bulb to connect to the gas line? Art

Anyone out there have a good example of a cardboard winter front? These were mid-twenties usually had an advertisement on the front. I’m looking for a good hi resolution photo straight on for the graphics.

Thought you folks would enjoy this 1926 T with the snow track. This was displayed at WAAAM today. They recently got it running with a Ruxstell and are now waiting for some snow to see how it handles.

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What is the proper dimension of the holes for the oilers? Or what is the proper way to install the flip top reproductions? They seem to be to big to tap into the original holes.

My wife and I are in Los Angeles to film an episode for the Discovery Channel tomorrow. Came upon this mural in a parking garage a block from our hotel.

In my post on a new coil tester @jab35 enquired about an electronic speedometer and/or rev counter for the model T.

I was thinking about this overnight and have decided this would be a fairly simple thing to do, but I'm not sure if it's anything of significant interest to others or not?

FWIW, as I like things to be 'period', I'm not sure how...

I mocked up the parts for my 26 today.I have yet to see how these seats are covered.I need to know that so when it comes time to assemble everything I wont ruin cushions or anything. After what I paid to get the seat done for the pickup,I am a bit skeered of what this 1 will cost. I better start picking up cans! :shock: :lol:

Have inherited a 1914 Model T I believe and am trying to find out more info on it. The engine number suggests that it is a 1922-1923. Looking to see if I can get a value on it and figure out what exactly I have here. Thanks Jon 45AAE373-7199-4A56-AB78-E8EBEABF191A.jpeg 76D0666D-8A57-4A0B-88CB-CA730D037273.jpeg...

This probably isn’t even automotive related but my cousin found this old tool and we can’t figure it out. I told him somebody here would know.

I am looking for that diagram of the front end alignment.
I have seen it before but don't know where to find it.

Thanks

Herb

A very short clip of the famous T.E. Lawrence 'of Arabia' driving a model T at Wadi Rum in the Western Desert in Egypt during World War 1:

Enjoy while it lasts :D

Hi, I am failing the intelligence test of how to put the carb adjustment rod through the firewall. How does it go through that little slot? Fork side through or handle side through? How? At what angle? See pictures.

Questions for those who know speedometers.

What kinds of speedometers would have been used on an 18 roadster? (no dash to mount it to).
Is there someone in the club who rebuilds and sells complete setups including cables and gears?

Anyone have photos to share of what some of these would look like installed on a roadster without a dash?

Thanks...

Dear fellow Model T experts, I need some advice.
After putting in new pistons and valves, I’m having a hard time starting my car. I pulled the plugs and hand turn the motor until the first plug fires. It seem that the piston has traveled to far down at this point.
What am I doing wrong?
I have a mark at TDC, on the crank and it appears to be past...

I stopped at my friends auto parts/starter,generator, alternator repair store this morning, just to say hi. He said he had something for me and pointed to two T starters, and a generator on the floor. He said a fellow brought them in and asked if they wanted them, otherwise they were going to scrap! My friend said he knew someone with two T's who...

How many T owners use a Ford Faithful transmission inspection door auxiliary oiling kit; either an original or a new reproduction? I know that many are going to say forget it and use one of the new high volume kits that require drilling the hogshead, but if you don't want to ruin a hogshead and you want to be period correct, one of these is a...