Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-03-2024, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,227
Re: Opinion Re Differential Gear Ratio
Sold this 1800 pound hot rod with 1931 Model A running gear a year ago. Engine put out 60HP at the rear wheels on the dyno during the Speedster Reunion meet. The 3:25 gearing with a '39 transmission...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-02-2024, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,227
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-28-2024, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 552
Re: Motor Mount/Yolk
I replaced my front motor mount with an aftermarket unit from Bert’s that is similar to the B front mount
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-27-2024, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,363
Re: Electric Model A's
I would think A purists would hate EV conversions more than they hate hot rodders that use period correct equipment to go fast.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-24-2024, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,196
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-09-2024, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,587
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-29-2024, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,367
Re: Luck Selling on this Site?
I've had great luck with my "Grab Boxes". I'll take 10 or 12 items and put them in a plastic crate and put a single price including freight. I'm not in the Model A used parts business, but I'm in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-26-2024, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,044
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-25-2024, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,044
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-26-2024, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,273
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-25-2024, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,308
Re: Tow Insurance
I have a tilt bed aluminum trailer with a 10,000# winch and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve helped pickup a dead car and take it somewhere. Don’t ask to borrow it though! I quit loaning my...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-16-2024, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 720
Re: Ford and racing
I was at the first Goodguys Del Mar show and got a lot of questions about the A engine in my Zipper roadster and pointed to the lettering on the back. I said that Ford was still making A crate...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-11-2024, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,821
Re: drilling on powder coated surface
I finished this A powered hot rod in 1999. The frame, backing plates, axles, brake drums, running gear, wire wheels and suspension components were powder painted gloss black or red. Sold it last...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2024, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,350
Re: Wheel Weights
I spin balance the drums and wheels separately and then as a unit. Studs are marked so that the wheels are always installed correctly. Used good old clip on rim weights.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-21-2023, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,949
Re: Gauges, Meaningful Ones
Volt meter and vacuum gauge. However, an oil pressure gauge can be fun when you point out it dropped to 5 PSI to a passenger!
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-02-2023, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 8,082
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-01-2023, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,045
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-23-2023, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,266
Re: Club Tag Topper
Had these made as a Telluride Rotary Club fund raiser. They’re reproductions of toppers that the Idarado mine employees had in the 1950’s. Found the source in a Hemmings ad.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-23-2023, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,045
Re: Ethanol 101
I’ve had non ethanol delivered to the house for years. Use it in small engines, outboards and old cars. Also put it in my wife’s 2020 Pacifica. The Pacifica had to be towed to the dealer a couple...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-08-2023, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,472
Re: Cheeky parking
I take that as a compliment and that certainly is the first step in getting a sense of humor.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-07-2023, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,472
Re: Cheeky parking
As I said, Porsche owners don’t have a sense of humor! FYI, my wife sold her wide body Carrera AWD 6 speed last year. She has a sense of humor
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-07-2023, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,073
Re: New & old cars & coffee
Note unusual at all for T's and A's to show up at cars & coffee here in Durango. See my photo in the cheeky parking thread.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-04-2023, 11:59 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,472
Re: Cheeky parking
Here’s cheeky parking! Local cars & coffee is put on by the Porsche club. My Model A powered roadster screws up their lineup! Porsche owners have no sense of humor…asked me to move and I refused.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-26-2023, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,998
Re: Powder Coating Guns?
See post #10. Over the years, the hair pins on an open wheel car will get chips. The company gave me an areosol can of Cardinal Red that I used for touch up. Actually, the PC is pretty tough and I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-23-2023, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,998
Re: Powder Coating Guns?
Built this A-powered roadster in 1999. Local guy was opening a powder coating business and I was at the head of the line. Turns out that my car was used as a teaching tool by DuPont techs. Frame,...
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