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12-13-2023, 01:36 PM | #1 |
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Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
Here are a few I found
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12-13-2023, 03:22 PM | #2 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
Ho Ho Ho, as Santa would say. Thanks for posting.
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12-13-2023, 03:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
More Garage Space !
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12-13-2023, 05:11 PM | #4 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
My horn really needs oil from time to time, but just a drop or two.
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12-13-2023, 06:19 PM | #5 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
For the Missus, make a set of earrings from these:
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12-13-2023, 07:08 PM | #7 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
You should only use genuine Ford replacement smoke in your Model A wiring harness.
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12-13-2023, 07:14 PM | #8 |
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12-13-2023, 08:02 PM | #9 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
Engine blocks might be a bit heavy for ear rings! Oh yea, I guess they're smaller.
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12-13-2023, 08:34 PM | #10 |
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Sorry to hear that. Similar things like that happen to numerous items I have bought for my wife over the years. I can't figure it out...
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12-13-2023, 08:46 PM | #11 |
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Don't forget to ask Santa for a NOS Model A block for Christmas!
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12-14-2023, 08:46 AM | #12 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
Sympathy card.
This year I have a restraining order for Santa.
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12-14-2023, 09:18 AM | #13 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
This is a joke thread but here are a few things that would be great gift ideas for any Model A workshop:
And I'll add two "splurge" items:
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12-14-2023, 11:19 AM | #14 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
Back around 1960 my Uncle Carl noted that my Aunt Frieda’s old arthritic knees hurt when she scrubbed the floors. He knew just the right gift to show his gratitude for her decades of being a faithful helpmate, giving him four healthy, smart children, running the household on a small budget while he built his business, and never complaining. For several weeks he had a sparkle in his eye and dropped little hints about the big surprise to come. No amount of cajoling could convince him to say any more than “Just you wait!” The big day came. First the grandkids opened their presents. Then the adult children. My uncle was almost bursting as the moment arrived when it was finally time for his devoted wife to open his special gift. Wrapped in festive paper with a gold ribbon, it was long, wide, and flat. Wider, longer and thicker than a large book, my aunt opened the box and was truly shocked. She held it up for everyone to see: a dark red rubber pad, the Woolworth’s price tag still attached. She looked at Uncle Carl, uncomprehending. “It’s to kneel on when you’re scrubbing the floors so your knees don’t hurt!” She gasped and ran into the bedroom, followed closely by my mother and all the other ladies. There followed the sound of Aunt Frieda wailing and screaming in a mixture of English, Hungarian, and Yiddish. The Hungarian swearing was particularly terrifying. Every so often there was a fear-inducing silence. Then a loud shriek and sob and it began again. Still clueless, Uncle Carl pleaded, “What? I was just kidding! What’s she so mad about?” The ladies emerged from the bedroom, giving Uncle Carl murderous glances, and announced the party was over. We filed out of the house in silence, leaving Uncle Carl to his fate.
I don’t know how this all affected Uncle Carl and Aunt Frieda in the long run, but within a week Frieda had hired a cleaning lady, took Carl’s beautiful black 1957 Ford Fairlane and he started driving her much older Dodge, and they took a vacation to Puerto Rico. The moral of the story: save the gag gifts for your buddies.
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12-15-2023, 09:02 AM | #15 |
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Re: Christmas gift ideas for the Model A owner
New Old Stock muffler bearings.
A horse. Blow up life-size doll for passenger seat. (Impress your friends) Stuffed life-size bear for back seat. (Scare tailgaters)
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For the other uses you mention, I'm not sure, it'll depend on how much resistance is offered by the medium. This unit has short protection built into it, so if it doesn't detect a lot of resistance it will shut itself off. I learned that you can't use it to do coil testing, because as soon as you connect it across the coil it thinks there's a short. I don't know exactly where the cutoff is in terms of ohms. Doesn't seem to say in the manual. It is possible to disable the short protection but I've left it on because I don't want to risk damaging the unit. Possibly you could connect a light bulb in the circuit or something to provide nominal resistance. |
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12-15-2023, 04:59 PM | #18 |
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I was especially interested in using it as a power supply for electrolysis rust removal. Battery chargers don't seem to like being used for this kind of duty and consequently they don't last long. Being able to fine-tune the voltage and current seemed like the answer. I'm certainly no electrical device expert, so any advice about this topic is very welcome.
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12-15-2023, 05:04 PM | #19 |
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Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread! Just electrically ignorant and had to ask the question while the thought was still warm in my head!
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