Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-02-2011, 01:56 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,113
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-28-2011, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,463
Re: Finally made it here.
With apologies to Walt Kelly....we have met the old farts, and they is us!" :p
Welcome aboard this creaky ol' ship, you'll fit in here really nicely...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-28-2011, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,861
Re: Christchurch NZ Earthquake
Our thoughts and prayers are with our Kiwi friends in your time of need. God Bless you all and take good care. Check in if you need something...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-01-2011, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,435
Re: Taps
Jack....if it helps any...I believe none of us really ever "owns" these cars...we just become their "custodial keepers" until the next custodian comes along. Look at it this way...now you get to...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-18-2011, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,215
Re: Winter project "dog house".
Well...I'm more'n a little jealous, Scott...way more! Very nice, sir...throw you a four poster lift in there and you'll be set. Just need a little section with a kitchenette, a couple of easy...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-11-2011, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 8,431
Re: Rare winter pics with A
We pretty well escaped most of what you got in ATL, Ray... It started snowing late Sunday afternoon...just about when our FedEx weather guys said it would (damn, those guys are good!). We got about...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-10-2011, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,241
Re: Haven't seen this on Ford Barn yet.
Having been to Barrett-Jackson twice, I'm constantly amazed by how much some folks want to pay for some of those cars. But, there are indeed bagains to be had at BJ...but they don't go across the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-28-2010, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,981
Re: Model A Garage & Heat???
Who said anything about gasoline fumes...? If you've got gasoline fumes in your shop, and you don't open a window or a door to get some cross-flow ventilation...then you get what you bargained...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-28-2010, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,981
Re: Model A Garage & Heat???
Here's a link to a kerosene heater that looks the closest to the one I have...but, mine has a square tank/base and no guards all over it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-28-2010, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 10,981
Re: Model A Garage & Heat???
Mark...I've used a 85K btu kerosene heater in my two-car garage for over 20 years now without an issue. Mine is a "Kerosun" unit, about 3 feet tall, with a 16" diameter on the cylindrical part. The...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-29-2010, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,075
Re: What to put in the gas for winter storage?
We're fortunate (...well, the Jury's still out on this... :o ) enough to live where we can drive our cars all years long. But, having said that...we have other engines (ie: motorcycles, generators,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-26-2010, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,587
Re: Air filters?
I played with an airmaze type of screen filter deal when I first bought Jippy car as one came on the car. It seemed to run okay with or without it, but I didn't feel the wire maze was much of a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-26-2010, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,183
Re: Heater
Yes, sir...I can see your dilema, Jerry...-10 or -20 is a tad bit colder than I would want to drive our "A" in. I was referring to +20 and up. Ten to twenty below is almost unheard of around these...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-26-2010, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,183
Re: Heater
We need more "idiots" like you guys, Bruce and Glen... A lot more... :D
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-22-2010, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,322
Re: Winter Storage - Run it, or leave it?
Sorry...but I cannot make that promise. :D
I'm just a rhumba kinda guy, I guess...I refuse to change. But, I'll take good care of your car over the Winter months, nonetheless. Hell, I'll...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-22-2010, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,322
Re: Winter Storage - Run it, or leave it?
I think you should send your car down to me in the Sunny South for storage over the winter months. :rolleyes: I'll see it's garaged each evening and regularly excerised to keep the demons out of...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-22-2010, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,183
Re: Heater
We have an "Otwell Health Heater" on our '29 Briggs Leatherback and, frankly speaking, I can't see where a hot water heater could do any better...this damned Otwell will run you out of the car!
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-19-2010, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 7,208
Re: Right There!
Not long after we got our '29 Briggs Leather back I was driving along down a major street here in East Memphis. As I drove along, I noticed a white-haired couple in a fairly new Lincoln Towncar...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-18-2010, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,956
Re: Meaning of CHANGE vs. UPGRADE
Regarding the "two-holer"...it all depends on if the second hole was made by your foot going through the floor, or not. Trust me...that ain't high on my list of "been there, done thats"... Sure ruins...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-14-2010, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,063
Re: Left the key in the on position
I've done the same thing ... but, thankfully, just once. Battery went flat, and I'm running a transitorized ignition module instead of points. I called FS Ignitions and they said it should be fine,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-12-2010, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 8,101
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Forum: Late V8 (1954+)
10-07-2010, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 110
Views: 30,201
Re: What made you a "Ford" guy?
geo61bird wrote...
How's this...? I'll see your '63 Galaxy 427 and raise you a '65 Shelby Cobra 427...
But that GTA in your 2nd picture is Suuuu-weeet..! Shades of my ol' high...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-05-2010, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,816
Re: Rear end or transmission?
Of course, before you start all this, you need to tell the present owner how much his truck is screwed up and how you could take it off his hands and see what could be done with it...especially since...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-10-2010, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,418
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-10-2010, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,418
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