What did you do today, that was Model A related ?

[headonz]

Drove '30 Model A sport around our 5 acres today.Longest drive since 1988.Big after-fire out pipe after shut off .Freaked out the dog
Second gear sounds real nasty !

[daveymc29]

Turned the fuel off under the hood of my 31 coupe, after yesterdays drive. this morning I went out, closed the hood and latched it, got in the drivers seat and tried to start it to go have my Sunday Morning Coffee at Pete's. So it didn't start. Guess what I did next, looked at my Lincoln, then told myself no, I can fix this. Got out, raise the hood again, this time turned the gas on and guess what, fired right off and went to Pete's. 88 years old and sometimes I do things out of sequence, but usually not too bad.

[David in San Antonio]

German Guy - Question: With the strict TuV requirements how does a V8 Hot rod A get approved?

[bigmegina]

tightened the water pump nut alittle,it was leaking.

[German guy]

Midgtracer, Did you buy the FSI 12V kit? If so did it contain all that you needed?

[Lawrie]

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Drove my 28ccpu 335 klms with a friends 28 phaeton,
No drama used no water or oil,
Easy day tomorrow then more miles out west.
Pics from today and the other day at the A national rally
Lawrie

[Mike1291]

I'm at the point where I am going to replace the engine in my 31 Coupe. It has the original engine in it but has a head gasket leak. Based on the service history of the car it's been doing that for a while and overheated badly once. It was agreed upon that the engine should be rebuilt. But with how much trouble there was in the past with it I'm thinking of going with a Burtz block.

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by Mike1291

I'm at the point where I am going to replace the engine in my 31 Coupe. It has the original engine in it but has a head gasket leak. Based on the service history of the car it's been doing that for a while and overheated badly once. It was agreed upon that the engine should be rebuilt. But with how much trouble there was in the past with it I'm thinking of going with a Burtz block.

By the time you bore, refit with inserts, grind and balance the crank, grind the cam, new rods (because of the inserts) and otherwise do a good job rebuilding an old engine, you have approached the cost of a Burtz. And not all original blocks are good candidates for rebuilding. Back when re-babbeting was common, people didn't balance cranks, and blocks were not approaching 100 years old then rebuilding was the only way to go. It might still make sense your case. Terry's new block opens up a whole new alternative. Only you can decide, and it might depend on what you want to do with the car.

In my case, I did both. I got a Burtz that will go into the 1930 sedan I'm doing a ground-up resto on. The engine from that car got a "refurbishment" of rings, valves, cam, timing gear, flywheel surface, clutch and head decking and is now in my 1930 sedan driver and performing well. The engine that was in the 1931 (not original to the car) is now candidate for either a cylinder sleeve and rebuild (which I'm not going to do) or boat anchor.

[Klattu1929]

Set my Zenith float level, couldn't get it correct until I jacked up the front of my car to level the carb. I have the body off so was a bit high in the backend. Or maybe I just held my mouth different, but it came in at 5/8". Also removed my rusty hood hold downs to rustmort, and repaint the hoodshelves, then install some new hold downs. Good times.

[GMCPASO]

Lubed and checked levels preping for start Oct 30 tour to Pacific Grove for week days.

[rackops]

I mailed off a very early 1928 (or 1927) radiator shell, very early fan shroud and a set of numbered shock arms. Super happy to be able to help out their new owner with his restoration!

[JayJay]

Finally got the front passenger door back together on my '31 (see #53 above, also here for my tale of woe). What started out to be a simple investigation into why the door handle was loose turned out to be a major project. I ended up replacing the glass channel, replacing the felts, thoroughly cleaning and lubricating the regulator, cleaning and lubricating the lock assembly, banging the lock assembly around until it worked properly, straightening out a drooping door handle, and grunting and cussing a whole lot. Works great now.

Tomorrow is the "Antique Autos in the Park" show in San Jose. Our club typically has between 20 and 30 Model As to show. Time to check the tires and fill with fuel.

UPDATE: 43 club member families showed up for the car show, and all but a couple drove their Model As. In addition, there were maybe a half a dozen As that weren’t in our club. Plus Model Ts, Dodges, Packards, five WWII jeeps (one with a 50-cal machine gun mounted on the back!), some fire trucks and a bunch of odds and ends like a Stutz speedster. All pre-1946. A great time.

[Ayers1]

My car is 1 good wet sanding away from being painted after today! Excited to be this close for color!

[Y-Blockhead]

Today 20 members of our club in 5 Model As and one Modern took a small tour along the Southern California Coast to Point Vicente Interpretive Center and Lighthouse for a picnic lunch to celebrate International Model A Ford Day.

[1928 Sport Coupe]

Worked on my brothers 1931 Victoria he recently purchased. The car had not been run for at least 10 years, and was stored in a barn. The car had been restored 20 plus years ago according to the previous owner. We had went through the engine cleaned out the oil pan, valve chamber, rebuilt the carb, distributor, water pump, starter, generator, painted the engine, etc. We replaced the damaged brake rods, brake switch, packed the wheel bearings, changed the gear lube in the trans and rear axle, flushed the radiator.
Today was start up day. It cranked a few revolutions and hit on 1 cylinder then another. It then started and ran quiet no knocks or rattles. The carb was a little rich but we ran it around the 1-1/2 acre yard for quite awhile with out it overheating.
Not a bad day for National Model A day.

[Lefthander1930]

Installed a kill switch

[james1savage]

Figured out my 28 wouldn't start because the timing was WAY out. Not sure how it adjusted itself so far out of whack. Pulled the plugs, inserted the timing pin, found the dimple, used the Nu-Rex wrench and reset the timing. Runs like a champ now.

[Mike1291]

Today (or rather this weekend) I started to pull the head off my engine. I didn't have luck with the compression method but the rope trick worked. Made sure not to damage anything by using the hand crank. To remove the head I will probably unscrew the studs if possible or use shims under the head and get a good grip on it to hoist it out

[Thodge]

Today I was reflecting on the local car show that we took my dad’s coupe to yesterday. It suddenly hit me that out of probably 60 or 70 cars, we were the only prewar car there that wasn’t hot rodded. The last show we went to was more of the same. We felt like the keepers of the flame. Not that I have anything against hot rods or muscle cars, but if I have to look at one more store-bought high boy chassis, or one more tri-five Chevy, or one more identical Mustang, I’m gonna scream. Rant over, now for the good news. A few passersby stopped to look at the car and said that they have an A at home that they’re working on getting back on the road. So there’s still hope.

[rackops]

I altered a spark plug tester so it could fit older spark plugs. Pretty neat to see them light up.