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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-14-2022, 09:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,426
Posted By ericr
Re: 1928-29 Ford roadster door bumpers

if you look in the Fastener handbook this is truly how the originals were shaped, odd as that looks. But I am sure the originals were natural rubber and more flexible.

It still seems like an...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-10-2022, 04:41 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,044
Posted By ericr
Re: Exhaust manifold

I don't have the Unauthorized Accessories book in front of me, but there was I believe an accessory maniford heater by that name.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-03-2022, 02:39 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,186
Posted By ericr
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A

here in Ohio we sometimes have to reopen an estate to address issues like newly-discovered assets that emerged after the estate was closed. alas it is a cumbersome process since you essentially are...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-01-2022, 04:58 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,186
Posted By ericr
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A

here in Ohio, sales tax was enacted during the Depression under Governor George White since state reveues had dropped; it was supposed to be a temporary measure.

The Ohio BMV monitors...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-01-2022, 04:48 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,186
Posted By ericr
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A

here in Ohio, sales taxation was enacted under the administration of Governor George White during the Depression as a temporary funding device. A million years later it is still here. The Ohio BMV...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-01-2022, 04:35 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,186
Posted By ericr
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A

here in Ohio, sales taxation was enacted under the administration of Governor George White during the Depression as a temporary funding device. A million years later it is still here. The Ohio BMV...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-01-2022, 04:21 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,186
Posted By ericr
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A

taxation upon sale and transfer for one purpose.....
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-24-2022, 05:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,585
Posted By ericr
Re: The "Jack for Jill" in the 1920s

I'll bet that is it. The original ads gave no detail of the unit itself, mainly a drawing of a proud father wearing a suit, tie, overcoat, hat, etc. watching with a proud smile as his young daughter...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-23-2022, 08:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,585
Posted By ericr
The "Jack for Jill" in the 1920s

have you guys ever seen ads for a car jack that operated via a chain loop that extended past the front of the car and operated by pulling on the chain, thus avoiding the mess and danger of a...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-14-2022, 11:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 817
Posted By ericr
Musings About Ford Branches That Assembled Cars

we have a building here that was a Branch that did assemble cars...Dear Old Dad said the back lot was empty in the early morning, full of cars later on.

I know they assembled cars but I wonder if...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-10-2022, 09:51 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,011
Posted By ericr
Re: has anyone ever cranked a car with a weak battery

I have a confession: I have done it in gas stations when I knew people were staring at me. I wasn't trying to be a show-off entirely, thought some people would find it amusing or historical, maybe...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-08-2022, 07:20 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,011
Posted By ericr
has anyone ever cranked a car with a weak battery

meaning the battery was so weak as to not spin the starter but had enough voltage to power the coil.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-07-2022, 09:46 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 5,805
Posted By ericr
Re: New Snyders catalog

I got a story kinda related. Supposedly, Hermann Goering started importing and breeding raccoons, to have something more to shoot at. They were not native to Germany. During the war, an Allied...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-06-2022, 08:45 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 5,805
Posted By ericr
Re: New Snyders catalog

How exactly did squirrels get from the States to Germany? And it would have to be in significant numbers to sustain a breeding population....
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-08-2022, 04:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,952
Posted By ericr
Re: Henry Ford's Disassembly Line

I've seen pics of these processes before and I would be surprised to learn this was a consistent policy but who knows. I doubt it was a PR gimmick but just experimentation by the Company to evaluate...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-08-2022, 04:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,363
Posted By ericr
Re: '29 Roadster Windshield

have purchasers verified these repros can be easily installed as the windshield posts on the '29 roadster are narrow and to me would not accommodate the pictured item.

i bought something like...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-03-2022, 08:31 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,598
Posted By ericr
Re: 30-31 Dash Light

I think you are right, I have originals for the '29 and the '31 and the switches
are really not made of lifetime quality.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-28-2022, 09:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,105
Posted By ericr
Re: Pop out switch Install

is your instrument panel a repro?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-15-2022, 05:27 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,848
Posted By ericr
Re: Gas guage outer ring not seating

Gang, not to be lecturing but does he have the battery disconnected while working on an open gas tank?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-06-2022, 10:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,061
Posted By ericr
Re: Famous '20s Band in Model "A" Publicity Stunt

funny you would say that, I often think the same thing looking at old photos. also, apparently there were no short sleeve shirts back then; men, I guess, removed their vests and rolled up their...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-05-2022, 09:45 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,061
Posted By ericr
Famous '20s Band in Model "A" Publicity Stunt

Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon arrive at Union Station in Kansas City, where they and all band members drove a new Model "A" Ford through downtown, in December 1927.

The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-05-2022, 01:25 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,873
Posted By ericr
Re: Bad New Year Start

wow, what a sequence of events....a Model A stalling leading to extended medical care.
best wishes for a quick recovery and keep us in the loop about the car...stalling issues are somewhat frequent...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-22-2021, 07:28 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 5,500
Posted By ericr
Has Anyone Ever Seen a Model "A" With Cowl Lights on the Fender?

I think puttimg the accessory lights on the fenders might have been popular in Europe, but I've never seen a photo of a car in the States with those lights anywhere except on the cowl.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-15-2021, 05:43 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,721
Posted By ericr
Re: Yet Another Legendary Story About Henry Ford

didn't his quarrel with the Dodge Brothers end with him pulling an elaborate scam that he was going to withdraw and start a new automobile company that would obsolete the Model T etc. Whoever held...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-14-2021, 06:08 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,721
Posted By ericr
Re: Yet Another Legendary Story About Henry Ford

PS his logic was so irrational, I wonder if he was in reality jockeying for some benefit, though no idea what his true goal could have been.
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