Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-07-2024, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-04-2024, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,351
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-03-2024, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,521
Re: Gas Station
That is one advantage of being 6'6" with a Model A Ford, you are tall enough to just lean over the tank and look down the neck as you fill the car!
But that is about the ONLY advantage, on a car...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-03-2024, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,700
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2024, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 937
Re: 31 Roadster ready for summer
Wick, looking good!!
'30-'31 Roadsters Dlx. like your friend's, AND Standards will always be appealing!!
Nice cars!
A 1932 Ford V8 Roadster is considered one of the most desirable of...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2024, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,700
Re: Move A By Yourself
Dave if all you are wanting to do is push that Roadster out into the driveway, and you aren't up to it by yourself, just grab a neighborhood kid or a buddy to help, voila half a minute you are done. ...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2024, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,700
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-03-2024, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,063
Re: Snyder's New Catalog Came...and a Warning!
It's all a crap shoot. It's hard to predict what exactly the future holds.
Sell out now why you still have a chance? Hang onto what you have? Who knows.
Throw the state of politics into the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-28-2024, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,343
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-28-2024, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,364
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-15-2024, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,351
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-09-2024, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,762
Re: Marco Tahtaras
I'm very sorry to hear about this.
I learned a LOT from reading Marco's posts and looking at the detailed pictures he provided. I had never met him personally.
Rest in peace friend we'll all...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-01-2024, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,066
Re: Went for a drive today......
Nice!!
You guys are lucky, I always wait for one or two heavy rains before I venture out. We haven't had that in NW Illinois.
The IDOT is quick to pour thousands of tons of salt on the roads...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-01-2024, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,326
Re: Ford car Ford gas
Bob is exactly right!
Ford Benzol DID give better fuel mileage and the one part 'oil' did a nice job lubricating the upper cylinders:)
An original Ford Benzol gas globe is worth what a nicely...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-11-2024, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 917
Re: Tire Inner Tube
I'm not sure about that Bob, but I'd like to comment on a new set of 19" tubes I bought from Walt Bratton for our '30 Roadster, two years ago.
I was in the garage just yesterday. Car is stored in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-11-2024, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,987
Re: Attracting new Model A members.
That is a good idea, and don't forget the waiting lounge of car dealerships particularly Ford dealerships!
Our dealership has all the old Ford coffee table books a lot of the old Lorin Sorensen...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-11-2024, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,012
Re: I'm Back!
Holy smokes Terry:eek::eek::eek:
Take care bud glad to see you are on the mend. You've been through a lot, you are one tough dude!
Hang in there....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-03-2024, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 892
Re: 36 V8 Pickup Radiator?
I bought a really, really solid nice one about 10 years ago at a farm sale, for 20 bucks. I figured the scrap value was that.
Glad I did:)
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-15-2024, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,927
Re: Yes, times they are a changing
Auctions can be pretty murky waters to wade through.
There are a lot of hokey-pokey things going on behind the scenes. Most notably shill bidders.
Be very very careful....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-15-2024, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 684
Re: 1936 ford pick up floor mat
We couldn't find one either they are real hard to come by.
My wife took a piece of cardboard and made a template, and cut one out of some rubber floor padding that you stand on in a garage.
It...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-26-2023, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,954
Re: Radial Or Bias Ply Tires
For me , personally. the way I use a Model A Ford, radials don't justify the extra cost.
I average MAYBE 200-300 miles of driving, a year, in a good year.
If you do a lot of touring and...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-26-2023, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,480
Re: Universal tire
ronn I'd say ya done good:)
People are getting some good reports back on Universals. That will be my next set.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-25-2023, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,585
Re: Shout out for Randy Gross!
Jayjay--- it is sure rfreshing to hear good news about someone's sales and service and parts quality...
THANK YOU for posting, I will definitely contact this fellow for brakes, hubs, etc.:)
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-22-2023, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,579
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-21-2023, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,480
Re: Universal tire
That is a good price for radials.
I spent close to $290 each for Goodyear Diamond Treads about a year ago.
Hard to beat the 'look' of Diamond Tread Goodyears, but most people would never pay...
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