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Got the T running today for the first time since the 60's from what I've found out after getting the 1925 roadster back in October. All original and garage kept. I've rebuilt the front end, the carburetor, new fuel line, muffler and pipe, sediment bulb and shut off at the carburetor. I soaked the cylinders with Magic Mystery Oil for several months. A test drive is next to see how the transmission works and I still have to put seals on the rear axle and and miscellaneous things, but the engine runs. It was a good day.

Be sure you check the rear axle too.
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Don, it sounds like you have done just as I did when getting Henrietta back to life after her 62 year slumber. I had one additional job, getting a seized and broken spark plug out of no 4 cylinder head hole. Don't you just love it when they come to life again.

My old cotton linings lasted for a couple of weeks before they gave out. New Kevlar ones fixed that. I have had the inspection cover off the pan to replace no 1 rod when it ran a bearing. Otherwise her original crusty appearance remains untouched, apart from the clean windscreen glasses.

Now you get to enjoy her.

Allan from down under.

I would change the bands in the transmission to kevlar before driving much more than just up and down the driveway.

I got my '22 Centerdoor going about five years ago after it had been sitting since 1960. Fortunately, it was stored indoors and the gas had been drained from the tank. It had an intake valve stuck open that was easily freed up with a little ATF and acetone and I swapped out a rebuilt carburetor for the one on the car. I gapped the plugs and squirted a bit of oil in each cylinder, put 5 gallons of gas in the tank and a fresh battery and pulled up on the crank 5 times with full choke and throttle open. Walked back to turn on the switch and it started on compression. It's been running ever since and gets better the more it's run. My only concern is that it is an original untouched car so it has 2 piece valves and, I assume, babbitt thrust washers although everything in the rear is tight with no side or up and down movement. I might add that I have 6 other T's and the transmission in the Centerdoor is the quietest, smoothest shifting transmission I have ever encountered.