Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-31-2025, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,624
Re: 4 or 6
I have the cast alloy two blade fans on all my A's, and have no overheating issues, even in Aussie summer heat. My thoughts are to look at the radiator flow. The tubes are easily blocked if you over...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-30-2025, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,518
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-26-2025, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,351
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-25-2025, 03:05 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,351
Re: Most Numerous Surviving Antique Car
In Australia, there were 300 1971 Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III's built, and today there are 3615 still around, so a survival rate of 1205%. Not a bad effort.:D
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-25-2025, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,521
Re: A Question about rear axel shims
I had the same issue with the RHS of my Tudor. I swapped from steel to cast drums, so a different hub, and found I no longer needed a shim. So it is not always the axle, sometimes it is the hub.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-09-2025, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,102
Re: Tailpipe lamp orientation
You only need to tighten the bolt until the ends of the clap just touch and cheek that you can still move the pipe. If it doesn't move, loosen the bolt until it does. Calling it a clamp can be...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-09-2025, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,005
Re: roadster rear spring
This is how much was missing from the top leaf of my roadster spring, with a standard length top leaf from an eight or ten leaf pack, and a replacement I scerfed the edges on a leaf from a set that...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-08-2025, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,005
roadster rear spring
I am restoring the rear end of my roadster. When I removed the rear end, I found the top leaf was cracked and missing about 50mm of one end. No problem, I'll get another from the leaf collection, or...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-02-2025, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 977
Re: Front brake Adjustment
I don't know anything about the 32 brakes, but with stock 28-31 brakes, if you follow Paul Shinn's video, you'll have good brakes. With good well adjusted 28-31 brakes, the limiting factor is the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-30-2025, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,345
Re: slant windshield town sedan
Available from the factory. This is the only sedan I've seen with the camper front seat, but have seen a few 28-29 Australian bodied tourers(phaetons )with this feature.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-30-2025, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,345
Re: slant windshield town sedan
Trimming and fit outs were different in Australia compared to the USA. Things like colour schemes, we had coloured mudguards and wheels for some schemes, we had sport tourers and roadsters in 1928...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-29-2025, 03:18 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,345
Re: slant windshield town sedan
OK, so it looks like the earliest would be March 1931 for USA, add 3-4 months for Australia, so about June-July 1931 for Australia. Definitely fits in with 1930 models being sold into 1932 in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-28-2025, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,345
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-28-2025, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,345
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-27-2025, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,345
Re: slant windshield town sedan
Month is OK. A member of our club has a slant windshield town sedan. In Australia, Ford did not sell 1931 cars due to the depression. Ford sold 1930 models into 1932, trying to get rid of 1930 stock....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-27-2025, 04:19 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,345
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-19-2025, 02:54 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,615
Re: Loctite on main bearing bolts
On Kingairs, the trim tab actuator have four levels of locking, and two actuator rods connecting the trim tab. A double clevis, with one inside the other that is made offset by a locknut pushing the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-05-2025, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 827
Re: fuel cap
It's a 28-29, so should be threaded. I've never seen a flip cap for those. Were they made?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-05-2025, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 827
fuel cap
Recently lost a fuel cap on dads A. Silly me put it on the running board, went in to pay, came out, got in, started, drove off. It's somewhere on the Mornington Peninsula. So, I buy one from an...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-28-2025, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 12,275
Re: Aluminum fans out of stock again
Not quite, Australia has some very strict environmental laws. One of the reasons ALCOA setup in Australia was shipping costs. From memory, it takes five ton of bauxite to make 1 ton of aluminium....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-28-2025, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,116
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-27-2025, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,116
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-20-2025, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 9,711
Re: Burtzs block
And there is also differences between USA castings and Canadian Windsor plant castings. I have approximately thirty engines in my back shed, and I don't think there would be three or four that would...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-15-2025, 07:39 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,604
Re: Banjo rear end - worth saving?
The other parts might be OK. If some bits are usable, then it's worth saving. I use old axles to make other parts, like pedal shafts, sleeving the front axle where the king pin goes through etc.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-14-2025, 04:25 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 9,711
Re: Burtzs block
Or using NORS parts instead of restoring parts originally fitted. Did you use an original clutch disc, did you replace the clutch lining, did you fit a new clutch disc. At what point do we say it is...
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