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Thanks! It did not look like the pictures I’ve seen on the forum

Ed

The steering columns in early cars with magneto horns initially had a small tube to carry a single wire up to the switch on top of the column. That tube was fixed to the column with separate spot welded saddles. Then they devised a single wire U shaped tube. There was only a need for a single wire as the switch was used to ground the circuit via...

That was a nice eastern king snake in the transmission. Keep it, they eat venomous serpents for supper.

Absolutly agree, he has migrated over to the tbird and most mornings I can find him on the trunk just soaking up some warmth. My son wants to pick him up and play but I've told him leave him alone, we want him to be happy here

Mark's comment reminds me that replacement float valves in particular were notorious for the too-hard gaskets that came with them. I made a better one with gasket paper. This is separate from the other common float valve problem of too small an opening which leads to fuel starvation.

A beautiful car. My desire is to one day own a Coupelet. Was the original top to fragile to lower? a great feature of the Coupelet is lower the top for a Roadster feel on a nice day. Top up all other days. Best of both worlds for my wife and I!

Darel maybe try posting on AACA in the What Is It section.

The first photo in front of a tree, is the famous Hollow Tree in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC. This explains why the Model T has right hand drive.

My 14 Touring is approximately 48 on centers - so are the L irons coming out of the body.

It’s a complimentary desktop ash tray from Victor.

Thank you Mr. Bogstie for posting those videos!

Mr. Townsend, they are Stromberg OS-2’s

Something must not be moving. I have a 24 Coupe and I finally took off the firewall and for me everything was easier to get to. I did it that way. Look closely with someone looking on as you move it up to see where it’s hitting on or dragging on.

Was the handbrake moving the clutch ring back and forth before you unbolted everthing?

Was the...

Thank you, Sally.
I send you a message.
-Keith

Well that fits my 1912 Canadian car is a Sept 1912 built car with the 13 style diff and slotted drain plug, it also has the slotted oil drain plug.

I have looked at many things on my 1921 coupe that make me think that it was a solid original car with not a lot of use when it was restored in the mid 1980's. It was carefully stored in 1987, and saw light of day next in November of 2018.
One thing I wonder about is the upholstery on the seats and the window straps. Headliner, door cards, etc...

That is tomorrow and Sunday. Be there.

Nothing like a speedster rally. Looks like great country to tour.

Andy

The rolled side felloe also has a depression in the rolled edge to accommodate the lug foot on a Hayes rim. Hayes felloes have that depression, and will take Hayes rims and other fixed lug rims. A Hayes rim will not fit if there is no depression.

Allan from down under.

Outboard is the standard fitment. The large holes in the frame are there to facilitate the removal of the shelves without having to dis-assemble the hood hooks and springs from the shelves. Who knows what the speedster builders were thinking.

Allan from down under.

Very illuminating. Thanks, John!

Phil's 1911.
Note at the mounting end of the bracket, the shaft comes to a rather distinct point.

: ^ )

If the eye width is in the neighborhood they can be naturally lowered for a speedster. What's the height & eye to eye length?

That's good Keith, because it can be a begger to fix.

Allan from down under.

For the gasket I bought a sheet of cork material from the local tractor store. I traced the valve cover and cut the material to fit. Still working on the engine rebuild, so I haven't run it yet.

FWIW, my valve cover, valve chest cover and intake block off plate are the reproduction aluminum parts. They were true rough castings (rough and warped)....

Mechanical brake cable adjuster. Mid 30’s tool for real car folks.

Thanks!

I just cancelled a room at the Baymount by Wyndam if you're looking for a room. 6/11

I guess whoever's it is isn't a member of the forum. Even so, it is very pretty.

The speedster that I have takes the same exact Bosch 14mm plugs that you use. If you go on ebay and look there are normally deals for a box of 10 for usually $19.99. I consider that a screaming deal. If you don't see any send me a PM and I'd be glad to get ya some of my stock. Anything to help in this hobby.

-Bryce

If they are concerned about lights being too bright at least in Oregon then they need to do something with the strobe lights on police cars especially the blue light, at night they are dangerously bright.

Chad is correct this is a pic of Rossie Morris's T racer he ran in the Great American Race.
Craig. IMG_2385 (1).jpg

Useless fun fact: Louisiana is the rainiest of the 50 states for average annual rainfall. So, I don't worry about lack of humidity. I second the motion about care with linseed oil as i have seen the contents of a concrete building get burned out by the stuff on a rag, spontaneously combusting after only a few hours of sitting on a shelf.

Thanks Russ. Art

I use the old tar I took out of the coils.
To fill up the missing tar I have 10 kilo of new tar that I had from a nearby roofing business for free.

Andre
Belgium

Someone probably had that transmission apart, and replaced the shaft with an early one.

I can honestly say that I own a mint Model T.

Hey Dan. It’s a 22 runabout. Here are a couple of shots of it. You can see the flaps on the top. Looking at it, it looks like it’s coming down enough in front. Maybe the rear straps are too tight.

My guess is that you are right about the rear straps. My T is a '27 that has clamps to the windshield posts, but the flap is clearly a seal between...

Thanks guys. I decided to git er done and made a quick drive (760 miles) from home to the Reunion Friday. Left home at 8:00 a.m., arrived at the Best Western in Richmond about 8:00 Friday night, and back home by 1:00 pm Saturday. I hope to post a story on the package later. Thanks again for the responses here and direct.
Cheers,
Rob

Below: the...

I heard they were capping the show at 850 cars. There are just a lot of us who want to go.

If the thread is 1/4”-27, then they’re identical to the lampshade finials I remember as a kid.

I forgot to post well have a few round and oval gas tanks that are new

Another U.S. based supplier to try is Dixie Flag and Banner in San Antonio, Texas. I have no connection with them, nor have I ever knowingly used any of their products. They make all of their flags, in house, except for the small ones you are wanting. Their biggest U.S. flags will cover a football field from sideline to sideline. The small flags...

Consider, that when the drain hole is open, it will drain as designed for removal, still filling & keeping full the reservoir pocket that feeds oil out to the front of the motor.
On a related note, the unit shown doesn't have a screen to filter out the chunks. The FF base units I have seen normally have a screen spot welded inside to catch the...

Okay. Thank you to all who responded.
Joe

Mr. T
Plenty of room when I re-cut my seats with a Neway system I was GREATLY privileged to borrow and be guided step by step, to install new valves in my late 23 touring last May. You have my cell # if you want to talk about the process. Richard C

The judging guidelines don't go far enough. Ford redesigned the dashboard to accommodate the new style adjusting rod, which is now 1/4 not 3/16 as was used earlier in the year. Because of the new style knob, the indentation for the knob is now recessed deeper into the dash.

Maybe the free crankcase service was checking for oil leaks and tightening up the bolts where necessary! But T’s didn’t leak a “whole lot” did they.

I'm with 36mike. I've given boxes of spare parts to a local club member who's building a depot hack as a father-son-daughter project. Other club members have made donations to the project too.

Remember to leave the fan belt loose- no need to tighten it like a modern car.

I'd get it outside , then I'd drain the oil pan into a clean container and leave the plug out, then add a pint of dish detergent to 4 gallons of water and refill the radiator. Examine the drained oil for evidence of water or coolant. Let the car sit overnight and see if water leaks out anywhere, or if water drips from the oil pan drain. If water...

Call the museum to tell them and they might be able to make a special spot for you to display it, and a place to park your trailer.

I can think of hundreds of reasons to solder up a rust hole in an otherwise clean tank, most of them being Dollars. One of the tanks I treated to a POR kit had a couple of pin holes. POR said they would be sealed by their process. I took no chances and soldered them anyway.

Allan from down under.

A good find Dallas!

Well done Jerry!

Thanks Mark, I’ll give it a shot.

Thank You Robert. They are on my list.

Have you dealt with them? Were you satisfied?

Happy 4th of June..... Enjoy the fireworks :lol:

John and All : .. we've had a nylon advanced timing cam gear in our ' 26 runabout since the engine was rebuilt 20 or so years ago.. no problems whatsoever

I and a friend of mine had recently made nylon gears have tooth failures as in breaking off. They must have been made better 20 years ago.

Thank you. We certainly had fun with the Stude on that gravel road. I was thankful we didn’t puncture a tire!

Has the clutch lever bolt been adjusted so that the transmission goes in neutral when the parking brake lever is pulled vertical for neutral?

It appears they made both styles
I agree, something is better than nothing. I have a homemade one on my car now, but I want an original style one.

Scott

Well leave it to Steve Lang to solve the mystery. He noticed that each top looked like it was welded on. Sure enough I looked and he was right. Someone must have cut the tips off and welded C channels on each part. I can not overemphasize the value that Lang's is to the Model T hobby. What great people to work with and what a knowledge base. I...

Too bad ‘ol Henry went away from that stately winged radiator logo

@ Jay....
If you're wearing Engineer bibs, do you happen to volunteer at the Model railroad setup at the Grass Valley Fair Grounds??
(My Grandpa laid track for that tie by tie/spike by spike many decades ago)

It is not painted, just printed with silver color PLA plastic. The front and back are
Printed separately, then glued together.

I was wondering what power the magnet has. With good, strong magnets it delivers a voltage of up to 30 volts or even more, but what current can it deliver? Has anyone measured that?

Ford listed info on the magneto, this chart was on the forum years ago, may not be entirely accurate as info is from the T days and measures were likewise...

Thanks Tom for your help.

OK, thanks Jeff.

@ Jerry
Well, not quite impossible...
Between my axle bearings being shot, and the fact that my diff carrier studs all worked loose (cottered, not wired) introducing a ton of slop in the carrier, one diff pin was eaten where the loose plate had deeply cut thru the diff collar.

But to your point, yes, impossible if tolerances remain in spec. Where...

date of 1913 sales booklet

(I will illustrate more later.)

Just some ideas…
If you don’t know anyone with a lathe to make the dimple die that you need, you might be able to use something like this to (carefully!) achieve a similar result:

Or same thing with better views of the punch ends (and cheaper):

Maybe with a small-diameter metal tube, like a roll pin to form the ring. You could make a...

Thanks Dan!

FYI: If you are going to use the Ford valves with pin locks, do yourself a favor and read this old post on forum.

Not sure if this problem has been resolved, but I only use modern valves in engines I rebuild since this post. Dan

Eric, I preferred the 5 and 4 two stick to the 13 speed road ranger transmission. The company bought new trucks with the 13 speed road rangers and after driving one I asked to go back to my 5 and 4. it was great for short haul dumps because of some of the terrain I had to navigate on the different construction site. Some days I miss that truck but...

Aussie. Nice looking tent. That tent on a period looking trailer with wheels matching the car would look real nice. It would also give good storage underneath the tent for camp gear. You could also have a slide in box, similar to the old peddlers boxes in the back of the truck bed. That would allow for good weight distribution between trailer and...

Frank,
I will be there in spirit, but not in person. I was asked to help source some the parts for this car.
It was built by students at Ranken Technical School, as part of the X-Cup category. I’m a 1984 grad and they reached out to help with finding some parts and how it went together.
The class made the decision on how it was to be built, thus...

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Nice, thanks!

I bet that's one happy young man! Steve, I remember you posting about him in the past. He makes amazing photographs! Congratulations Anthony!

I will think about it, wouldn't the two sticks get in the way. Its already difficult to get into with one big shifter in the way I have to wonder what would happen with two sticks.

Three to 3.5 inches. Drop two plumb bobs from the back bow 12 inches from center and measure over to the tack rail.

Sorry to hear of such bad flooding! Hope the rain quits soon, and there is no more loss of life! Is this your normal rainy season? Just going over the top?

I have no experience with skinny front wheels used on US production T's. Our Canadian sourced cars come with 30 X 3.5 all round.

The distance between the rounded inner width of the rim beads on these rims measures at 2- 5/8 . The wide foot on the two beads of my 70 s, old stock, Olympic tyres measures at 2 , leaving a gap of 5/8 between the beads...

Yes flywheel with the starter ring gear occupy the space

Those are fantastic, thanks.

More than likely it was because they could have a Ruckstell sitting there ready and Warfords took a lot more work.
What with cutting off the tube and driveshaft ect.