Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-24-2024, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,546
Re: Distributor Cap Advance Lever Slot
Get the column clamp at the box really tight! There is a possibility of the crank handle kicking back while hand starting if the column rotates on the housing and goes unnoticed! The spark lever,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-19-2024, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 424
Re: What the Difference? TT Express bed Vs AA Bed
I disassembled and sectioned a very rusty TT express bed for a hot rod and it was easy to see where the subframe and cross members matched the T frame rails and mounting holes. I imagine an AA bed...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2024, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 981
Re: Another rare one
Seems easy enough to plop an open cab on an AA? Could have been at the the dealer or at home. CCPU and open cab have the same footprint from cowl to back, no?
Perhaps the term "roadster" implies...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
12-13-2023, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,806
Re: Model T electric fuel pump.
You could add a hand pump to pressurize the fuel tank only when and only as much as necessary. Requires some creative plumbing and a cap with no hole, and a relief valve somewhere but better than an...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-22-2023, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,766
Re: Ran when parked $500
Someone save her! I wish my trucks’ hood fit that nicely. My hotrod 29 pickup with mustang running gear started that rough, with a tree growing through it! Perfect candidate for channeling and a roof...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-22-2023, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,339
Re: Model A vs Model T
I alternate between the T and A, sometimes twice a day. The T is harder to start if it’s cold and the A doesn’t care, just needs choke. I find the T easier to drive (once I practiced a while, haha)...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-11-2023, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 15,027
Re: Owning a model T vs model A
I was “around” back when this thread was started, but building V8 cars at the time. I have since gotten a Model A and a Model T and like both more than the hotrods! I can’t help choose between one...
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Forum: Model T (1909-1927)
04-04-2023, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,121
Re: preserving a model t
Start with your local model t club, most have a newsletter with classifieds and word of mouth among members is even better. List it on the AACA and MTFCA forums and not the HAMB or your local...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-21-2023, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 6,683
Re: 29 Pickup for sale
Truly, the purchase price will be just a start, but damn that’s a good start if you want to end up with a nice model A. I got lucky and scored an inexpensive complete chassis out from under a body...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-20-2023, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 6,683
Re: 29 Pickup for sale
Swoop it quick, or tell me where it’s at! Just kidding, but closed cab pickups are usually in wayyyyy worse shape than that one. The price is great even if it needs major mechanical work. I guess a...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
03-07-2023, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,302
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-02-2023, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,227
Re: Model a head on model b engine
High compression Model A head allows modern, “leakless” A water pump that is cheaper and easier to get than reworking or buying a B motor pump. Not a huge difference but keeping the B head does add...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-25-2023, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 812
Re: Majestic generator output control
The “Tinkerin’ Tips” in the Vintage Ford magazine had a description of a generator regulating system like this for the T. Didn’t look it back up, but If I remember correctly you pull the third brush...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
02-23-2023, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 495
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-25-2022, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,238
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
11-21-2016, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,859
Re: 1937 original picup demise
Not to be a smart @$$, but there's plenty of unfinished, and new, whole streetrod chassis out there to grab and drop the body on. For possibly less money than adding a clip to the front and all new...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-28-2016, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,451
Re: 51 merc needs a little speed up
I feel like you're floating a golden raft in a sea of turds. If you got your car up to 70 then someone doing 80 would be pissed. People trying to cut 5 minutes off a twenty minute trip will never be...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
01-01-2016, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,269
Re: 35-37 pickups. Why so many black fenders?
It's true! The Cooch's carpet matches the drapes, know what I'm sayin'? Can't tell in that photo, but under the three coats of house paint are in fact body colored front fenders. The trucks original...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-14-2015, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,506
Re: Location of members?
I don't mind describing a vague location on a forum, but printing the Early V8 club roster showing the street address and kind of vehicles a person has there is an unsafe practice these days. Make...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-06-2015, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 182
Views: 45,185
Re: picked up a 1935 pickup project
Restored window regulator is awesome! That's digging deep and coming up gold right there- no such thing as "free time". Great whole car build thread, love the blurry line between "repaired" and...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
12-06-2015, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 8,536
Re: The finished package
Don't let my old' lady find out it takes 18 yrs sometimes! She's on my case after three and a half! Car looks fantastic- every minute of that long process has paid off! Except that one minute, the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-06-2015, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 10,027
Re: NY Times on the demise of the automotive cult
People like to commute in their own cars because there's an instinct at work. It tells us that the transportation of bodies in large groups, without individualism or personality is for livestock, not...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-06-2015, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,808
Re: UltraSonic cleaner mix ?
I use Simple green, white vinegar, and ammonia in varying amounts depending on type of gunk. Start with more simple green, changing out the water to more and more vinegar or ammonia as parts loose...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
11-20-2015, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 7,360
Re: here we go again... does anyone make 3 7/8
Gentlemen, thanks for your attentn to the Ford Barn, really helpful and enjoyable for guys that dont get out much.The 3 7/8 cranks seems like a fantastic archeological exercise to me! No offense to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-05-2015, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 9,286
Re: Model a----a simple car
Ok, now that's useful! You older fellows have a responsibility to make sure the next generation knows all of those practical jokes too!
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