Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Hi,
any idea about these 3 holes on the right side of a MODEL A 28 RHD frame ?
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3503/agujeros.jpg
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Thanks in advance dor your replies.
Charlie

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Very early--early emergency brake handle mount. Does it have the same holes on
the other side?

Dudley

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Hi Mr Dudley,
tks for your reply.
I thought that I already have the emergency hand mount.
Please see the attached photo.
If it isn't, what is this ?
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Cheers,
Charlie

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Charlie,

The 3 holes are for the e-brake handle on the the right hand kick panel ( first
picture ). The second photo is for the e-brakes rods to the rear end. You MAY have
mismatched parts on your car. Post some more photos, rear brakes, transmission,
under the center cross member. What is the frame number? Your car could be a
transition car, some time around 6-28 ? More photos! And NO "Mr." here.

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Hi D.J.
here is a photo of the gas tank data.This is the only I can give you, because the frame stamped number practically desapeared .
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I will post more frame photos of rear brakes, transmission, etc.
Cheers and tks for your help.
Charlie

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Hi,
here is a photo of the rear frame .
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Cheers,
Charlie

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

The holes are for the early hand brake, they could possibly be a carry over when an intermediate setup was used. The intermediate used the split early style foot brake cross shafts, but the seperate hand brake cross shaft. It is mentioned in the service bulletins. The dimples in the centre cross member were stamped until Mar 29 according to my RHD judging standards, and the split foot brake shafts used until Mar 29 and the seperate hand brake shaft was introduced in Oct 28. So if your RHD car was built between Oct 28 and Mar 29 then it will have the split footbrake cross shafts and a seperate hand brake shaft. Hope this info helps.

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Hi Dave,
tks for your comments.
The only data I have is staped on the firewall : 7-19-28
Do you have a chance to post photos of the :
SPLIT FOOTBRAKE CROSS SHAFT and the
SEPARATE HAND BRAKE SHAFT ?
With out photos I'm really lost about how must be the correct things.
Cheers and tks in advance.
Charlie

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Charlie,

The photos posted by RHD(Les) on your other post " should " be very close
to your car. Some of the parts should interchangeable with the LHD. I would
think the part that hangs off the center cross member( were the dimples are ),
is RHD ONLY.
The Gent's from down under ( right hand drive group ) know.

Dudley

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Greetings, Charlie, Dave and Dudley. I'm Ed, from Australia.
I am working on an friend's A chassis at the moment with the engine no. corresponding to 1929 numbers and it also has the separate handbrake shaft with the split foot shaft system. I was interested to learn that this was the intermediate set up (Thanks Dave) as I had only ever seen a one piece cross-shaft set up before (on my 31 LHD american chassis).

I too would be interested to know more about the two piece cross shaft set up. The long brake rods that actually go out to each brake drum do not seem to have clevis adjusters on the ends anywhere. (They may have been cobbled together as a farm-fix) whereas my 31 American LHD chassis (with the solid, one piece footbrake shaft) has adjustable ends on each of them. I am wondering if the compensator fulcrum (dogbone) was supposed to take intro account the differences in adjustment entirely.

By the way, Charlie. I will see this chassis again in a few days and I can take some photos if no one else comes up with any beforehand.

Cheers - Ed

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

I have just seen a thread called early brakes that has photo's of the parts laid out, a seperate photo is on there of the dog-bone

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

The non adjustable rods were used from Oct 28 to mid 29 on RHD cars. All the info I'm giving is from the Australian judging standards and have different dates for changes compared to the US judging standards.

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HI: the holes are for the spare tire mount there might be or should be another hole on the other side not for sure on that one. I have the same holes in my frame but my frame is not a right hand drive car or a 28 my frame is a late 31 frame if u look in the restoration book or any book on the frames it will tell u the same thing I just told u. Good luck reggiedog

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Hi Ed,
many thanks for your reply.
I will wait for your photos.
NOTE : WE COULD START A SUB-GROUP RHD MODEL A into the MODEL A (1928-31) Forum..............
Cheers,
Charlie Saguier

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Hi Reggiedog,
the 3 holes (same diammeter) for the spare tire mount, are on the right side of the frame too.
Please see the photo attached.
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The other 3 holes I'm asking for are also on the right side, but one of them is bigger than the other 2 (see the first photo of this post).
Cheers,
Charlie

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

My june 28 has non adjustable rods.

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Dave,

Great, your Australian Standards are just what Charlie needs, I believe.

Thanks

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Pooch, there is a caveat at the start of the judging standards about dates.

"Obviously a tolerance of several months on this nominatedmanufacture date must be allowed because of the difficulty in determining accurately when a particular part was changed. Assembly plants did not make a parts changeover on the same day as indicated in the service bulletins and it would be delayed in most cases until existing stocks of parts were used up, particularly in remote plants such as Geelong."

Are you coming down to Bendigo this year?

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

hey there charlie. I will try to take some photos tomorrow. There certainly are a lot of right hand drive As out there.

Re: Holes on the right side of a rhd model a
 

Ed,
many thanks for your comments.
I think that a photo speaks more than thousand words !!!!:)
Cheers,
Charlie