Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-17-2021, 11:59 PM
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-16-2021, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,309
Re: whats the best & worst car to buy in 1930
Toyota only really got their quality control sorted in the 60's. Toyota 4wd's became a thing here in the mid 60's and replaced the Land Rovers which required maintenance every weekend. Toyota sent...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-14-2021, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-08-2021, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 548
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2021, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,300
Re: Brake kit
The laws are different in NZ.
"Visitors to New Zealand are often surprised to learn that, on arrival, they are automatically covered by the same universal personal injury insurance scheme and, in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-07-2021, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,300
Re: Brake kit
>>hell he ain't even American
Ford knocked off most of the early auto technology from France and Germany.
I guess America was classed as a developing country back then, like China now ...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-06-2021, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,300
Re: Brake kit
The videos for the basic Flathead kit is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EjRe411l3M
The video for the deluxe kit is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcJ5LUbmro0
That's assuming everything else...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-03-2021, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 469
Re: Brake shoes
Whatever you buy make sure the linings fit your drums.
In some ways it is simpler to buy new drums fitted to hubs and machined, and new shoes and lining made to fit.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-02-2021, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 712
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-02-2021, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 2,970
Re: Old sayings
https://stockhead.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020.gif
If you've got nothing to aim for, you always hit your target.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-29-2020, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,738
Re: What Model "A" Book Do You Read the Most?
1930's/40's or so Chev books are the best at explaining how things work.
The videos from back then on Youtube are tops too.
Heck, who would have thought a kid could restore a Model A with a Chev...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-21-2020, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,422
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-17-2020, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,605
Re: Gas Tank Restoration
Redcoat, often used by radiator shops is supposed to be removable by acetone.
The others, you pay your money and take your chances...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-17-2020, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,605
Re: Gas Tank Restoration
The problem is getting the sealer out. Because of the baffles, unless you cut it open, you'll never be sure you've got it all out.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-17-2020, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,347
Re: Gleaner engine pictures??
A bit clearer photos here
https://www.thecombineforum.com/media/1938-gleaner.76/
Most likely the exhaust just goes up into the air so sparks don't start a fire.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-10-2020, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 981
Views: 121,427
Re: tell a Model A related story
This is a nicely put together article by a US diplomat stationed in Australia.
It gives a list of plants and seeds picked up by the first fleet....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-10-2020, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 981
Views: 121,427
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-06-2020, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,283
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-25-2020, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 5,315
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-25-2020, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 403
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-24-2020, 12:56 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 848
Re: "Ace Mechanic" name
I remember in my youth hitch hiking across country UK on a perfect spring day to Biggleswade (great name that). On the way to the Shuttleworth collection.
At the time, on those country lanes, there...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-23-2020, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,405
Re: Assembly line photo
A stamping machine
https://www.facebook.com/imbuedwithhues/photos/a.204047289763366/1087777924723627
When I was a kid there was a story about a man who worked at the Geelong factory stamping...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-23-2020, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,405
Assembly line photo
This comes up well on a big screen
https://www.facebook.com/imbuedwithhues/photos/a.204047289763366/1219927211508697
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-22-2020, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,546
Re: Leather main bearing
Throwing rocks in the tank to get the last bit of fuel out.
Actually, the local road breakdown service has an advert about their service man in the 20's fixing someones bearings on the side of the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-19-2020, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,525
Re: Original Fan Belts...NOS
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