Automatic tire inflator

[BarracudaBoy]

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[BarracudaBoy]

1931 car radio.

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[40 Deluxe]

That tire inflator looks like another case of: Here's the answer to a question that was never asked!

[P.S.]

Originally Posted by BarracudaBoy

1931 car radio.

Here's my solution to a radio in the Model A.

[eagle]

The Model A authorized accessories book is full of "great" ideas. Some of them must have been invented by someone from "Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Fun read though...

[Drive Shaft Dave]

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Originally Posted by P.S.

Here's my solution to a radio in the Model A.

I remember well these old Zenith's My Dad had A radio and TV repair shop back in the fiftie's, sixtie's.

[P.S.]

Originally Posted by Drive Shaft Dave

I remember well these old Zenith's My Dad had A radio and TV repair shop back in the fiftie's, sixtie's.

They sure work well. This one is still bone stock, never been repaired. I have done alignment on it is all. Still has the factory tubes in it also. In the Model A, it runs on batteries (5 "D" cells for filaments and backlight, and 90 "AA" cells for B+). In the house, it runs on AC via the factory retractable cord in the side.

Amazing how nice tube type radios sound compared to the modern solid state crackle boxes. It really fills the Model A quite well.

[29Cabriolet]

Originally Posted by P.S.

... 90 "AA" cells for B+). . .

This has to be a typo!!!

[P.S.]

Originally Posted by 29Cabriolet

This has to be a typo!!!

OOPS. It was. It uses 60 "AA" cells for B+ supply of 90 volts DC.

I was thinking 90 volts when I typed the cell count. Sorry for the oversight.

Here's an example of the battery pack it uses-

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by P.S.

OOPS. It was. It uses 60 "AA" cells for B+ supply of 90 volts DC.

I was thinking 90 volts when I typed the cell count. Sorry for the oversight.

Here's an example of the battery pack it uses-

That's still one BIG expense in batteries.

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

That's still one BIG expense in batteries.

Even at Costco, 60 AA Batteries cost ~$80

[P.S.]

But they last forever. The B+ supply current draw is only a few milliamps. They tend to get old and leak or corrode long before they run out of energy. The D cells wear out faster than the AA cells do.

Running a Zenith Transoceanic radio off of batteries and listening to shortwave on a weekend camping trip is just super cool. Having radio in the Model A feels kinda special too. Even if it is just WWV.

We're getting off topic again...

Before this thread gets deleted.... Ahem... So, what kind of oil do you run in your Model A? Whitewalls or blackwalls? Stock or modified?? No, wait... We're not supposed to talk about that anymore either. I meant, "Do you run Marvel Oil in your gas or not?"

[Drive Shaft Dave]

If I rember right I thought some of thos Zenith's used a 67 volt or a 90? It's been a heck of along time, my nephew has one , work great.

[walt jones]

PS,

How about running the 90v B+ from 10 9v batterys in series? Just clip them together Positive to Negitive and run a wire from each end terminal. One dollar each at the DOLLAR STORE.

[P.S.]

Originally Posted by walt jones

PS,

How about running the 90v B+ from 10 9v batterys in series? Just clip them together Positive to Negitive and run a wire from each end terminal. One dollar each at the DOLLAR STORE.

That was one solution. However, my goal was to keep the batteries within a box that fit well inside the radio in the location where the old style T.O. battery fit. Since this radio gets a lot of use, the AA solution is best. My company buys AA batteries by the hundreds, so they are also plentiful for me.

[Model A Man]

It would be interesting if any of the hub caps with the special nipple survived. would be an interesting conversation piece at a car show.