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01-10-2022, 06:10 PM | #21 | |
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01-10-2022, 07:09 PM | #22 |
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Re: Need A LOT of help with Model A inheritance
Paul Shinn is also a good resource on YouTube.
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01-10-2022, 08:09 PM | #23 |
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I agree with Chris. That's a pretty decent looking A. Keep in mind that virtually every model a part ,except engine and running gear is available nowdays.
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01-11-2022, 03:46 PM | #24 |
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Re: Need A LOT of help with Model A inheritance
I would look for a Model A club in your area. Now here is a long shot......Many years ago I belonged to a car club called "Restored Rust Relics" out of Paramus NJ. The club had ( and I believe still has) a member who owns a Model A (at least since the 70s) by the name of Bill Weinheimer. Try to contact him by looking at the RRR Website. By this time he has forgotten more about Model As than we would know.
The MAFCA WEBSITE will also have listings of clubs in your area. The location for the NJ Chapter listing is: https://www.mafca.com/chapters/NJ.html |
01-11-2022, 03:50 PM | #25 |
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Re: Need A LOT of help with Model A inheritance
I went to Stevens Tech also. Exit 172 on the GS Parkway.
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01-11-2022, 06:02 PM | #26 | |
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01-11-2022, 07:27 PM | #27 |
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You have a good point 40Deluxe. Something similar happened to me on a used car a few years ago.
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01-12-2022, 12:22 AM | #28 |
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Since it's out of the weather...so to speak.
First thing to do is get some oil in the cylinders and let it sit a few days
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01-14-2022, 05:16 AM | #29 |
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What years did you go to Stevens tech? I attended '55-'59. Int the spring of '56, my Delt fraternity bro and I were walking down (8th street) from the fraternity house and next to the church at Washington Street. sat a '40MERC Fordor convertable sedan. It was a beater, and we knew nothing about 4-door converts. Bro Jack said why don't you buy that for a fraternity car??? I picked up a wet match book from the gutter and wrote an offer of $25 for the pile and placed the matchbook cover under the windshield wiper. 2 weeks later she was mine!!! We had to back it up the hill as there was no forward gears. Daddy came and we towed the 40MERC home. The summer of '56, I put a '49 Merc engine in the car and started working on the 40MERC.Daddy died August 22 of 1956 and the Merc went away. Summer of 2017, THAT same Merc came home again to me, fully restored and sleeps happily in my garage to this day, beside a '30 Model A cabby and a '39 pickup. I'm so lucky and happy. clem |
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01-14-2022, 08:16 AM | #31 |
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Welcome to the Barn. I would suggest you seek out a local Model A club because in my opinion your going to need all the help you can get! It is not a small project for a person unfamiliar with restoration.
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01-14-2022, 02:36 PM | #32 |
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Wow, I didn't expect to get so many great helpful replies. It's actually making me feel less overwhelmed about the project.
I contacted both Model A car clubs here in Jersey and spoke with the president of the NJ chapter of the Model A Restorers Club (MARC). He invited me to come and meet some of the members and said they would stop by when it got warmer to look at what I got and tell me where to start (that'll give me a chance to find more of the parts in my father's garage). I also bought The Les Andrews red book (actually I found a seller on ebay selling both the red and green books for the price of just the red book on a lot of other sites, so I grabbed them). And just to clarify, I have no intention of selling or giving the car away. I've always loved the car since my father purchased it when I was a kid, and I can't wait to get it back on the road again. I also doubt I'll be entering it into any car shows, I just want to get it running and looking good to drive around town (plus my daughter is driving me crazy because she wants to ride in the rumble seat). |
01-14-2022, 08:49 PM | #33 |
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WWIRZ: I was a bit earlier than you at SIT. the church seemed big if I remember correctly.
I have no ideas about the past use of my 40MERC. At 16 years old, she was beat up badly. Weather and chemicals in the air were very hard on cars. By my junior year I was driving a '54 MERC convert. The tranny leaked and kept 1/2 of the bumper goey. In a coupe of months the clean side was showing corrosion. Clem |
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01-23-2022, 09:03 PM | #36 |
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