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....,Something as bad as this wreak with Steve Jelf we come out of the ground like mad hornets. Humanity is a wonderful thing but compassion and care for another...., stranger, friend, member, etc really shows how great this club is. Putting differences aside and doing the right thing is our greatest test! I believe every member needs to take time...

I can't seem to find the make or model of this overhead setup. Most rockers are on shared shafts rather than separate standoffs.
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I don't see a outlet to the radfiator either.
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Curious.
Rich

🛞🛞🛞🛞 UPDATE FOR STEVE 🛞🛞🛞🛞
Steve's been moved to Room #357 in Neuro-Science. His doc has deemed him as stable and not in need of the ICU for now.
He has shown some agitated behaviour w/confusion, at times, pulling at his tubes and other attached med equipment.
This is normal and almost heartening, as at least he's conscious of that annoying stuff,...

Hello MTFCA.

Writing for suggestions to get my '15 touring engine running again. I got the T from my grandpa and it ran great for year. I had it running last Summer. At that time it was running rough and I didn't try to address it until this Summer. This Summer I had the carb rebuilt and it was tested working on another engine from a local guy. I...

I have the Fat Man steering wheel you see here that came with my car. The finish on the wood is flat and worn. Anyone know the brand? I found one on eBay here ... typical eBay, the price seems beyond ridiculous.

The chrome is in good shape, and so is the rest of the steering wheel.

What finish would have come on these originally, both for the...

So recently I found a Bocsh magneto as well as a magneto front plate for a model t on ebay. They were seperate posts but in doing research on the mount I found that the mount was oringally sold with the type NU4 magneto so I decided it was smart to purchase both. Both pieces are in great condition and only really need a good cleaning....

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It looks like they got what they were after. The lights are aftermarket electric I'm guessing.
Rich
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Found this on FB. You might enjoy it.

Does anyone know who can rebuild a late KW 12 /13 coil? RV rebuilt two for me 4 years ago and this one is a second spare.
Has the flat metal plate top with the six screws.
Thanks Joe

Saw this interesting 15 minute video on the use of wood in the FORD factories.

Howdy, I am trying to find out how the gear ratios of a Muncie and a KC Warford compare. I am looking for the ratio of the transmission not the final ratios at the rear diff. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dennis

I am leaving from the Baltimore area now (45 minutes north of Baltimore) to the Seaside Heights NJ car show tomorrow.

My 90 year old father lives there so I wanted to see him and make it a last hooray with the Touring that I am selling.

I might not see this post till I get back. If any of you Jersey guys/gals attend please stop by to say Hi....

Classtique Upholstery has kits for all years.
www.classtiqueupholstery.com

What year, what body style, which door?

Using the witness marks on my 1924 runabout original check strap, looks like it should open this far.

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Hi,
my 1921 Model T pickup generally runs OK, but the idle is nothing to write home about. It basicly can't go idle and when stopping for red for exampe, I have to either let it idle fast or be at the throttle all the time. The carburetor is a stock Holey NH.
Now, my 1914 Model T touring have an aftermarket carburetor - a Toquet - which I am very...

Yup, this is a debate started by yours truly. All opinions and experiences offered should be considered.

After having my car almost burn to the ground due to a short in the electrical system, I proffer here that it's more advantageous to have an inline fuse located at the battery in your T than not. I'm shipping an in-line 20A in-line fuse to be...

Had a problem, but now it’s off to the races (actually, off to Dearborn). A reminder, for anyone in Detroit early, we’re having a gathering of Early Fords at Piquette Wednesday afternoon. The Early Ford Registry is presenting a fundraising check to the Piquette Plant staff around 3:00 pm.

We’re expecting early Ford models B, F, K (roadster and...

Registration for the 2023 Old Car Festival opened this morning. Some of us are like little kids waiting for Chiristmas, and need no reminder, but here's one for anybody who forgot. Along with the registration form, you have to submit three photos of your vehicle. These are the ones I used this year:

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I've owned my T for a couple months. In that time the generator hasn't shown a charge. Since I've been working through other issues with it I haven't spent much time trying to figure out what is going on with it. I did jump across the cut out switch per the service manual to see if anything changed, but nothing did. Yesterday I jumped across the...

I have found in my stash of parts what is either a cutout or voltage regulator or possibly a diode cutout. Is it positive or negative ground. The reason I am asking is do I keep it for my Model A Ford or sell it because I no longer own T's?

I have been getting inquiries into front axle repairs. I tried this once before with very little success.
I was wanting to get a list of Stevens Front Axle Tool owners that will do work for others. As many of these tool set as I have shipped all over the world anyone that is needing an axle repair there should be one close by. I am happy to to it...

I removed several head bolts from my 27 coupe. I noticed that only about 1/2 inch of the threads were engaged into the block. I would think there should be more engagement. Any comments?

Armidale Kempsey Road Bullock Drays 1920s, another photo from John Caling, this time a family shot on the Armidale Kempsey Road on the way to holiday at Port Macquarie. It's interesting how much life looked the same in many parts of 6the world in the Model T era.
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I wonder what the reason for stopping and taking this photo was.
Rich

Steve, or anyone who knows Steve, please contact me. I have the information you requested yesterday. Thanks, Mike

Anyone happen to have information regarding the profile of a wooden spoke when placed into the felloe where the spoke valley meets the outer hub plate ???????????? To simplify: on an assembled steel felloe wheel, how much wood should be showing before the valley between 2 spokes approaches the steel hub bolt plate?

I was browsing on Facebook & saw that a young fellow,Jason Anderson, is going to be offering negative ground 6,8 & 12 volt regulators soon. In his post he states that if it fails it will automatically ground the starter. I’d rather not join the PT BARNUM society but I saw that several folks from the forum were interested in buying several. Does...

I have a Stromberg OC-2 carb on a Frontenac head.
I have a 19th edition Dykes but it does not specifically cover the OC-2.
It does cover the OS carb which is pretty close.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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The 2023 Ohio Jamboree Grove City is in the books. The sponsoring group did an outstanding job keeping us fed, entertained and safe, with stellar instructions throughout the three day tour. Grove City really shined and the Mayor expressed his appreciation for us coming to their city. Ben Nolting did an excellent job at the auction with a fewer...

Hey All,
I have a 1916 Touring car that came to me very complete. Everything was included. I removed the fenders, running boards and splash shields while I redid the bucket. I wonder if I am better to find someone that will refurbish the body parts or to order new ones. Will the new parts fit as well as the original? Are there businesses that will...

Hi all,
Yesterday after working on an axle for 2 days for a rebuild, I decided to take the Tudor out for a ride to get some needed reward and fresh air. Drove around the neighborhood a little to insure that the car's running well. All good; drove downtown to the public parking area and had swarms of people looking, taking pictures and asking...

I know the 1915-16 head light had the focus screw hole on the top but what year was it at the bottom? see photos,Bob

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What is this all about.

Hello all,

I'm looking for contact information for James Zordich who was a curator of the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles throughout the 80s and 90s.

Asking as he might have information on a 1908 Welch motor car that he helped prepare, and my shop is restoring one of the remaining four Welches.

Thanks in advance,

Harry

Good Day
I am building a 1922 Model T single seater racer/speedster. I want to install the steering in the centre of the car above the hogs head.
Any idea what steering box can I use that will fit some where around the year model.
I will love to keep the car some year between 1920 to1926 period correct.
Thanks

My beloved '13 touring grenaded its rear end on a nice summer evening drive recently. Lots of damage. . . .ring gear climbed over the pinion or vice versa, destroyed u'joint, shattered pinion bearing housing, etc.

Before I start collecting used parts (you'll see a plea for those here in a few weeks most likely), I have a fitment question. Since I...

The attached picture is from the October 1968 American Legion Magazine. I thought the pic in the lower left was interesting with the caption below it. Notice the back axle also! Actual picture????

My 26 coupe has beening missing on the #1cylinder. I thought maybe it was overcooling due to the new flat tube radiator so I put a thermostat in. That didn't fix it so here's a list of all I've done so far. I rebuilt the coil box, got new champion go sparkplugs and wires from Snyder's, got new wire that goes to the timer, tried switching coils...

Check out this listing for a Fun Projects Strob-O-Spark.
After you recover from the sticker shock read the description.
 

The 1912 commercial roadster or mother-in-law roadster has a single seat in the back the top does not cover the roadster chair the chair is sort of useless I assume when I said commercial roadster, they expected you to take that off and put a bed on or a box or something does anybody have any pictures of how it been converted? Thank you

In a car, all of the flywheel and magnet-mounting parts are bare and get continually coated with oil. The field coil ring is coated, but the coil post surfaces are bare. On an HCCT, it would be nice to protect these parts from any future corrosion. This got me to thinking, what surfaces and contact points actually need to be bare? Magnetic field...

I am looking for information on a Rajo Speedster Race car that raced in the Dover Ohio area In the early 1980's it was car number 4 and the dash has event win badges from 1984. Trying to get the history and possibly photos from back then.
I would like to restore it back to how it was.
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What is the thread size on the Hooley NH idle screw?

I'm posting a few pictures of my 1927 speedster that I made A change in the body from a buckboard style to a 27 roadster cowl with a complete windshield. This car had an engine failure back in 2001 and I decided to change the body at that time This coming labor day is the anniversary of the engine failure. Things got in the way of getting it back...

In a box of stuff I purchased. This is kinda neat.

Is this what Labor Day weekend is all about?
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G'day folks,

I've got a generator that's not playing nicely.

One reassembly I've hooked up a 12v battery and tried to adjust the brush holder for a neutral point. Though it motors the right direction, adjustment will only slow it down. It won't stop, let alone go backwards.

Dropping the third brush makes it motor marginally slower but I'm...

I have a few questions for the amazing knowledge pool on this forum. I recently inherited a 1925 TT C-Cab. However, it came mostly in parts. My welding, body work, and painting skills are being thoroughly tested. I am getting ready to test fit the cab, fenders, and hood prior to painting. I have a few questions to run by all of you experts.

1....

Does anyone know what the Rocky-Mountain 6spd ratios are for low, direct and Overdrive?

I have the chance to acquire one and I'm just curious if it would be a better or equal to the Iron Warford I have set aside for it.

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Are the new rear axles the vendors sell all made by the same company? Or is there a preferred one?

Thanks Tom

Can someone tell me what these brass tags are for. They are round and oval with numbers on them. Also on a steering shaft what is the difference between a round top and a triangle top. Couldn.t post picture.

I just received a speedometer gear, 60 tooth 8 pitch.

What type drive gear do I need? And cable? Hershey’s comin!

Looking for input.

Soon, hopefully, I'll be beginning the teardown and rebuild of my 25 T Touring car. There are lots of tools already in my arsenal as I've been a gearhead since old enough to hold a wrench for my dad. That begs the question, what tools particular to the Model T should I acquire?

I'm not a tool vintage collector but I also know...

After a rough week last week of storms and crappy weather today was drop dead gorgeous. At a short stop for apple fritters at a favorite farm market there was 4 folks looking over my and Art's car for a long time, asking plenty of questions of both cars. I could see the look in their eyes about a ride and didn't have to ask twice! The two in the...

Yesterday, I took the Time Machine to the local Fly-In and spent most of the day giving rides and lessons, but the best part of the day was teaching these three kids to drive the TT. They were 8, 9 and 10 years old and siblings. The airstrip has several acres of dead flat nicely mowed field that was just perfect for training. I had the Twin-High...

I am trying to help someone put a new top on a 1925 Touring T, but have no detailed instructions. We have the straps installed, but when we tried to do a fit-check of the top, the middle bows collapsed due to its weight. What holds the top from collapsing? Finally, what is the distance from the bottom of the two windows to the body where you tack...

My wife loves the fact that it takes up no garage space and doesn’t leak oil!

This is a 24 Touring that belongs to a Ford dealer from St. Louis. It belonged to the dealers father who passed away. The father had taken it somewhere years ago to be worked on because the engine locked up and then he passed away. The son said his dad had told him about the car but he never knew where it was taken. Just by chance the son...

Still have a few bugs to work out but I’m almost there. This was a 23 touring converted to a wood saw by my wife’s great grandfather. They swapped the cowl and engine from a 26. Her great aunt said they took the body off and threw it in the gully behind the house. It’s long gone. She remembered riding to school in it with her brothers and sisters....

Looks like they will be using the parking lots at the Fairlane Mall again. Works for me.

Friday 6-9 is the meet and greet.

My car will be in the red zone.

My car is number 911.

See you all soon.

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install advice.
please, jim

Here are some old clocks for cars, boats or an accessory for whatever I think
The center Waltham runs well and has a 8 day movement. It’s a very well made brass clock.

The other two are Westclocks that need work.

So were they accessory items for cars or whatever? I’ve seen the smaller Westclocks in old cars but not sure about the Waltham....

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I’m going to ask a question that I hope isn’t so totally stupid that I could barred from the forum for life…
Could a high compression head cause a starter to spin more slowly due to the increased compression and consequently work load the starter harder to spin the engine…. I am familiar with two cars…. One spins so fast I almost thought it was a...

Can anyone help me with photos of a 26-7 Coupe of the interior primarily above the rear window. Photos must show the quarter round in the corners . It has to be that style. I need to see pictures above the rear window that has to have the quarter round.
Thank you very much for your help.

I bought this 22 centerdoor from a freinds estate and he
Had added juice brakes back in the 1990s. Can anyone id this setup and explain what the missing pedal linkage looks like? Its on there so might as well hook it back up. Thanks.

Big turn out and great weather this year for the downtown Placerville car show. We took the 14 speedster and the 29 pickup.

Hello T people

The front spring in my Touring 1926 has no holes for the oiler. Is that an early feather? Does this still fit for 1926?

Can someone give me the mass (height and distance of the eyes) for 1926? Or are they all the same?

I am grateful for any help

Can someone please explain when you would want one ratio over another? Particularly when it’s being used in a Ruxstell?

Hello everyone,

I decided to repaint some Boyco cans that I have, and once getting into them found that they were in pretty terrible shape (completely rusted through on one side). Since finding a replacement proved both difficult and prohibitively expensive and I do not have the skill to fix them properly yet, a friend and I made 3D-printed...

I am in awe of this young man's talent. I hope someday he will do an all-Model T calendar.

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If you've been to this place you've probably already noticed his wonderful bit of stage managing in this shot.

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And he does it all with a...

Is there a trick to removing the upper front door hinge from the car. I managed to remove the bolts and I can get the hinge to move a little bit but they don’t want to come out of the slot!!
Any ideas/ advice would be appreciated!!

Thanx to the knowledge on this forum, I was able to quickly troubleshoot a mag issue today. Yesterday, after finish assembly of the Time Machine, I took it for a shakedown cruise of about 15 miles. After a normal shift into Hi the engine quit and I coasted to a stop. I switched to BAT and got a nice “free start”. Switching to MAG the engine quit...

I had removed my bar mounted 26-27 headlights some time ago to repaint the buckets and never got around to properly focusing and aiming them. Marked up the garage door and driveway with chalk for the aiming points as shown in the Ford Service Bulletins and went out after dark last night to see where it has been all this time. Surprisingly the aim...

This afternoon I set about stabilizing a wandering rear fender. I wanted to remove the fender clamp and chase the threads. I had a devil of a time trying to get a socket on the nut. Eventually I got the nut off with a loose-fitting ¾ open end wrench. The clamps have a ⅜-16 thread, and I found that this nut did too. But an ¹¹⁄₁₆ socket was too...

Sometimes the best part of an old movie is the old car parts that creep into them. At lower left is a 4-dip pan. Perhaps a mag ring or coil tester is left of it.
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The movie was They Live by Night .
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This '30 A Phaeton appears in the credits and first 2 minutes of it. It was fun to see.
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Rich

Tour will be in Three Rivers, MI which is in the SW part of the state, close to the Indiana border.

Dates are June 11-15, 2024.

Contact John Williams if you are interested.

tinlizzy one-one-seven at yahoo.com to be put on the mailing list

I believe this annual tour was originally started by Russ Potter.

In a previous post someone was looking for dimensions of the large hub spring tool

Apparently I deleted the footage of the tail-lamp falling off and bouncing down the street! Owner was good about it though.

Has anyone seen a mixture control like this? A friend has a mostly unmolested roadster with this little gem. IMG_4039.jpg IMG_4038.jpg

Got these in mail yesterday. So it’s on, like Donkey Kong .
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Been thru Langs cataloge and can't find the brass door strips that are used on 1912 cars to cover the front compartment threshold. Did I miss something? Are these available?

I have been putting off changing my headlight bulbs dreading the headlight rim removal. I have tried many home remedies over the years, but I find the headlight rim removal difficult with whatever I try. I have contemplated making the headlight rim tool in the Ford Service Bulletin for years, but never wanted to take the time, besides I only need...

I am about to install the top and side curtains of my 26 Roadster. At what angle should the windshield be? Is it straight up and down, or does it have a rake to it? If it has a rake, how much should it be?
Thanks!

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A quick question to the Greatest information page on the net.
I had my Model T out for a ride this evening, about 35 miles. All went well with the new radiator on a warm day. ( I did have a small loss of antifreeze, due to over filling it ). I know, I’m a dum $#@&$.
My problem was a wobble in the front end, at very slow speed. I had a similar...

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I recently bought a 1923 Touring car which seems to be in a remarkable state of preservation.
I don’t know how to drive it. I have watched videos and understand that all the way down on the left pedal is LOW Gear. How do I get the pedal back up to make it go into HIGH Gear?

Also is it necessary to hold the middle pedal down while backing up?

Do...

I know that in 13 before Canada started making their own engines they got them from US and ground off the “Made in USA”.
What did they do for lights? Did they just USA lights or what.
I have a Canadian 13 I am thinking about what lights I need. Came with USA so I may just use them.
Thinking about making it a Southern Wide Track too???

I am seeking help in mounting the speedometer swivel mount to the right front of my 1924 Touring car. The attached photo shows the assembled mount I am using parts. The Stewart parts #11296 and 11295 photo attached that I have are shown on page 64 of Russ Furstnow's speedometer book. They were correct for years 1923 to 1927. I am using the road...

1922 sedan. “Centerdoor”. Drivers quarter

Just as the title states, I made an exhibition pass in my Tudor during the Ford event at Mason Dixon Dragway in Boonsboro Maryland this afternoon.

Enjoy! :D