Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-03-2024, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 15
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-02-2024, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 920
Re: 30 roadster springs to front riser
thank you again---there is something unique or wrong for 30 roadster in regard to cross pieces sills wood blocks . i think gdmn kindly helped me before with the sills etc. the fronr and back...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-29-2024, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 920
Re: 30 roadster springs to front riser
thank you very much gdmn and fundy- ur pix have helped me 200% to see what i need to do- i have put a couple of books on front riser tabs to simulate the board-then the spring base fit within the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-29-2024, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 920
Re: 30 roadster springs to front riser
thank you very much to gdman and fundy i hope to get some pix/sketches out tonight and msmnts out - got to work today and yes to gdman, yes pix helps because i know that th leading edge of seat...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-28-2024, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 920
Re: 30 roadster springs to front riser
thank you bay of fundy [greatest of all tide changes, if i remember my geography] --i am in gastonia NC ---i've got a problem with my rear riser A121-b- i am not sur where to place it in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-28-2024, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 920
Re: 30 roadster springs to front riser
first, thank so much no i dont have any attached wood i think the pix answers ques #2 i.e. the tabs are for board going across riser is it possible that the spring set is fastened to it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-28-2024, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 920
30 roadster springs to front riser
hello how to attach springs to front riser? in reading 20 pagesof posts on the Barn the concensus says the springs go on top of the riser without wood. but no where do they say how. there is a tab...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-18-2023, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
Re: fire wall does not match frame
thanks to all who helped me: keith explaining , gdmn, roto etc--gdmn pix has straightened me out and i should be in business now --the welds that i saw in the rails i thought were repairs but they...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-17-2023, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
Re: fire wall does not match frame
hello again- it is very hard for the nice repliers to help me think things out when i fail them.
i notice in the frame an approx 7/16 hole slightly posterior [1" back] to the engine mounts. i...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-16-2023, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
Re: fire wall does not match frame
hello again- it is very hard for the nice repliers to help me think things out when i fail them.
i notice in the frame an approx 7/16 hole slightly posterior [1" back] to the engine mounts. i...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-16-2023, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
Re: fire wall does not match frame
hello again- it is very hard for the nice repliers to help me think things out when i fail them.
i notice in the frame an approx 7/16 hole slightly posterior [1" back] to the engine mounts. i...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-14-2023, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
Re: fire wall does not match frame
thanks again- the Mrs. has the camera and is on vacation for 2 weeks, therefore i can't get any pix for a while. in regard to gdmn thanksfor the great pix and to ans ur ques the rivets connecting...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-12-2023, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
Re: fire wall does not match frame
hello thanks for all the replys some answers to helper-replyers -yes is on blocks. no firewall does not have any repairs.
what is method for evaluating frame sag?
thanks for all pix from gdmn...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-08-2023, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-08-2023, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,149
fire wall does not match frame
hello again
i bought a model A 30 roadster in pieces
i complained to the Barn latelty that sills/rails did not match frame
now am in the process of installing firewall and :
throttle foot pedal...
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Forum: Model-T
08-06-2023, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 442
27 coupe restored
restored approx 5 yrs ago pictures taken in barn are not the best,sorry
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-12-2023, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,219
Re: rails not matching frame
thank you gdmn and ct jack
I appreciate your help
As gdmn told me , i have used Andrews book to try tt line up blocks. Cross pieces and frame but only the 1st block lines up. The others are not...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-09-2023, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,219
Re: rails not matching frame
thank you rotorwrench and gdmn
i deeply appreciate your help--i'll see if i can borrow a camera--i also am going to fashion some wood blocks that have the same thickness [ range 1 1/8 to 1 1/4"...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-07-2023, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,219
Re: rails not matching frame
hello sorry for a confusing post---i dont have a camera but can borrow one if my attachment does not clarify
the frame hole measurements for wood blocks are shown on left for the 31 stamped...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-06-2023, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,219
rails not matching frame
Hello about the rails and riveted on floor pans as one “ unit”
0- i’m an amateur
1- i think my alleged 31 roadster “unit”is something else other than even 28 to 31 coupe or roadster
2-per...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-03-2023, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,581
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-02-2023, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,581
Re: frame webbing
thanks to all those who replied. i think it is strange taht snyders sells webbing only enough for 10ft per side which is not enough for front to back of the rails. are we supposed to cut webbing...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-28-2023, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,581
frame webbing
30 roadster does frame webbing go under fron fenders? thank you
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-09-2023, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,119
Re: preserving a model t
thanks to all who replied its a coupe i'll post a pix once i get it out its shed which is blocked by a lot of clutter -
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-04-2023, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,119
preserving a model t
i have a nice 27 t which i want to sell but don't want it turned into a hot rod- it's too nice for that. any ideas how to sell?
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