Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Today, 11:17 AM
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Re: Gas r up
I saw a gas station sign in California on the news last week and the price was $7.89, which is KIND of close to $8.00. 'Don't know where in California that was, but I would guess in a heavily...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Today, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 328
Re: Gas r up
Most likely @ 12 cents per gallon. Yup - things have sure gotten better, haven't they, California!? Even adjusting for inflation, increased wages and the dollar's slipping buying power, 12 cents per...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 452
Re: Rear main options
Yup. I have heard of Model T owners "back in the day" doing exactly the same thing just to make it home - and probably for a while longer during the Great Depression when money was tight. I have also...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 452
Re: Rear main options
Here are photos of one engine I repaired with the brass thrust insert six years ago. Besides the miles put on the engine since then, the owner took a long tour with an antique car group two weekends...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 452
Re: Rear main options
I agree that the crack probably isn't the cause of the oil leakage from the rear. It doesn't help, but that's not why the oil is leaking out. Besides checking the clearance of the rear main bearing,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
Yesterday, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 452
Re: Aaaa
Would that make it an "AAAA" truck??? :)
M.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2024, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,292
Re: New Stipe Camshafts
Hi, Bill! 'Good to hear from you again after such a long drought. We were worried about you. 'Sorry to see you leave our Midwest, but I hope your new abode in Kentucky works out for you. Your shop in...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 575
Re: Lifting 30 Tudor body
And here's the body going back onto the assembled chassis. I used bare 19" wheels when doing this.
Marshall
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 575
Re: Lifting 30 Tudor body
Here's how I removed a HEAVY Town Sedan body from the frame using 4" x 4" timbers and solid cement building blocks. Once alternately jacked up high enough, I slid the frame out from underneath. This...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2024, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,608
Re: Steering Wheel Slop
A local special interest car company bought a 1931 Coupe a few years ago with the same problems the poster described. I was called to reduce the play at the steering wheel. No amount of adjusting or...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-03-2024, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,661
Re: Snyder's New Catalog Came...and a Warning!
If you have national club magazines back to the early 1960's through even the late 1970's, compare the age of the owners shown in them to what you see in recent years' magazines. It looks like their...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-02-2024, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 935
Re: radiator splashing
old31 -
Thanks for the thumbs-up! 'Been there many times in the past during my Model A learning curve. I speak from painful (and messy) experience. :( There's almost nothing better an owner can do...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
Re: Source for dome light wood???
SUPER, JayJay! Thank you so much for these diagrams. They will save me re-inventing the wheel and making lots of mistakes. I see that according to your drawings, the mounting board goes into the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 935
Re: radiator splashing
From your description of the problem, I'm guessing you have a fancy split Flying Quail or Moto-Meter radiator cap. These caps are attractive, but are notorious for allowing hot coolant to surge out...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
Re: Source for dome light wood???
I just measured my bows and they appear to be 1" thick. A friend just dropped off a jig saw, so all I need now is a scrap piece of 1" thick wood, probably pine. I'll wing the hole pattern, checking...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
Re: Source for dome light wood???
JayJay -
Thanks for the photos. They help. How thick is the mounting block? I am assuming it is the same thickness as the top bows where it attaches.
Marshall
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 577
Re: Photo request: Page 11, "Model A News"
Thanks for the supporting comment, rackops. I was beginning to think I'm being too anal about a detail that not 1 in 50 Model A owners would notice or even know about. I was not aware of this obscure...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-01-2024, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
Re: Source for dome light wood???
Thanks for answering my questions, Bob. Mike's "A" Ford-able still has these wooden blocks for sale on his website, but as I was told yesterday on the phone with them, they can't get them anymore....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 577
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 577
Photo request: Page 11, "Model A News"
I am installing replated bumperettes in the rear of a 1929 Model A under restoration and need to see the photo on page 11 of the recent MARC "Model A News" that supposedly shows the black sprayed...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
Re: Source for dome light wood???
By the way, Bob, what is the distance between the two bows, where dome light wood is located? If it's 8", then the wood from your year and body style will also work. But Mike's doesn't seem to stock...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
Re: Source for dome light wood???
Unfortunately, Bob, I don't know exactly what the pattern is supposed to look like for my 1929 Murray Town Sedan. I see your pattern shown on Mike's website, but it is listed for the 1931 models like...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-30-2024, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
Source for dome light wood???
I am looking for a source that can supply wood for mounting the Murray Town Sedan's oval dome light, which is different from the Briggs pattern. The distance between the top wood bows is different =...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-29-2024, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,299
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-28-2024, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,299
Re: Interested Dash information
The very first Model A I looked at to buy in 1966 (a 1931 Coupe) in answer to my classified ad in a local newspaper had a similar black, splotchy pattern over the instrument panel's ribs. The older...
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