Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-28-2025, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 6,114
12 volt air conditioners
Been hearing about new 12 volt air conditioners on U-tube. Wondering if anyone has put one in a Model A yet? I know Model A's are 6 volts but I might consider a change to 12 if it was worth all the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-14-2025, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,364
Re: 29 Roadster issue
Sounds to me like the valves are stuck open. Rust on the plugs sounds like maybe a blown head gasket to start with when last ran.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-11-2025, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,020
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-11-2025, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,370
Re: Hole in intake port
Years ago I worked with a fellow who had previously worked in a shop that built race car engines for Pontiac Motors back in the 50's and 60's. His main job there was porting exhaust ports on over...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-04-2025, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,353
Re: Head light dimer
Found the problem. I have screwed the focusing screw in to much and had shorted in to the dim light wire on the right hand side bulb socket. Thanks everyone for all the support and ideas.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-04-2025, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,353
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-03-2025, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,353
Head light dimer
Just installed two new head light bulbs and now I only have bright. I had both dim and bright before I installed the new bulbs. I haven't had time to investigate the problem yet. I noticed that...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-20-2025, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 17,116
Re: Oil Pan baffle question
Back to the holes in the dipper trays, 50 something years ago I tour down a 29 engine with 1 inch holes in it that looked like factory made holes. I asked an old man that had lots of model A...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-04-2025, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,786
Re: Snowday
Its bad news when you meet a vehicle with frozen snow or ice and it all of a sudden come flying off and comes through your windshield and cuts you or one of your family's head off.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-04-2025, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,179
LED headlight bulbs
I like the brightness of LED headlight bulbs but their pretty pricey. Just wondering what the life expectance is for them. I'm finding that LED 110 volt bulbs don't last as long as the old type of...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-31-2025, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,011
Re: Coil and condenser tester
I've got one of those testers but it has been so long ago that I used it I have forgot any details of it. I do remember about what rotorwrench said about when parts heat up and there was mention...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-30-2025, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,194
Re: All aboard
Back in the 50's and 60's the boy's in my neck of the woods all set on the front fenders and road hunted at night. Now besides it being against the law to road hunt, the cars are not made right to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-30-2025, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,122
Re: Wing-Wing Installation
A few years back I did every thing that has been mentioned above and still broke two pair of wind wings. Then I did like Synchro909 said he done, only I drilled through the glass with a diamond bit...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-12-2025, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,602
Re: Day's work
We used to can them in a pressure cooker. You could eat bones and all.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-02-2025, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,915
Re: carb rust
Years ago I machined gun parts for Wilson Combat and at the time they done platting on new and old parts and older guns called metalaloy. Not for sure about the spelling. It was a stainless finish...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2025, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,604
Re: line boring delima
All of this is why I went with a new Burtz block. Still lots of good old original engine blocks out there to rebuild, but the ones I had at the time where needing rebabbiting and also had some...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-12-2025, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,105
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-22-2024, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,430
Re: Not many customers
I remember playing out side the back porch where mom was washing with an old Maytag washer. She would throw the flexible exhaust pipe with a big cast iron ball on the end of it out on the ground and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-01-2024, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 981
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-01-2024, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,989
Re: Oldest Model A Owner & Still Driving
I've got a friend that's 102 and still drives his Model A and Model T. Lives by him self and built a new two story house a few years ago. I've heard his eyesight is getting bad.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-22-2024, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,166
Re: Logging road
What's that guy doing on the passenger side. May have had a call from nature.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-15-2024, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,722
Re: Distribuator Condenser
I also mounted a condenser on the side of the coil 54 years ago and have never changed it with no problems. The reason I moved it to the side of the coil is the manifold heater would heat up the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-30-2024, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 743
Re: Big load
Looks like a 28 or 29 AA with 30 or 31 running gear.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-24-2024, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,180
Thoughts on rearching front spring
My 30 Tudor is about 3 1/2 inches low in front. Just wondering how long a rearch job will last on the front spring. I've rearched springs on jeeps years ago and the arch stayed for 4 years with...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-24-2024, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 881
Re: Pie truck
Would that have been a real late 1929 AA with the type of dish wheels that it's got, or has it been up graded.
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