Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-14-2022, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,503
Re: 1928-29 Ford roadster door bumpers
if you look in the Fastener handbook this is truly how the originals were shaped, odd as that looks. But I am sure the originals were natural rubber and more flexible.
It still seems like an...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-10-2022, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,104
Re: Exhaust manifold
I don't have the Unauthorized Accessories book in front of me, but there was I believe an accessory maniford heater by that name.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-03-2022, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,354
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A
here in Ohio we sometimes have to reopen an estate to address issues like newly-discovered assets that emerged after the estate was closed. alas it is a cumbersome process since you essentially are...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-01-2022, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,354
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A
here in Ohio, sales tax was enacted during the Depression under Governor George White since state reveues had dropped; it was supposed to be a temporary measure.
The Ohio BMV monitors...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-01-2022, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,354
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A
here in Ohio, sales taxation was enacted under the administration of Governor George White during the Depression as a temporary funding device. A million years later it is still here. The Ohio BMV...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-01-2022, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,354
Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A
here in Ohio, sales taxation was enacted under the administration of Governor George White during the Depression as a temporary funding device. A million years later it is still here. The Ohio BMV...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-01-2022, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 5,354
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-24-2022, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,621
Re: The "Jack for Jill" in the 1920s
I'll bet that is it. The original ads gave no detail of the unit itself, mainly a drawing of a proud father wearing a suit, tie, overcoat, hat, etc. watching with a proud smile as his young daughter...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-23-2022, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,621
The "Jack for Jill" in the 1920s
have you guys ever seen ads for a car jack that operated via a chain loop that extended past the front of the car and operated by pulling on the chain, thus avoiding the mess and danger of a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-14-2022, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 843
Musings About Ford Branches That Assembled Cars
we have a building here that was a Branch that did assemble cars...Dear Old Dad said the back lot was empty in the early morning, full of cars later on.
I know they assembled cars but I wonder if...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-10-2022, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,101
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-08-2022, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,101
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-07-2022, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,959
Re: New Snyders catalog
I got a story kinda related. Supposedly, Hermann Goering started importing and breeding raccoons, to have something more to shoot at. They were not native to Germany. During the war, an Allied...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-06-2022, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,959
Re: New Snyders catalog
How exactly did squirrels get from the States to Germany? And it would have to be in significant numbers to sustain a breeding population....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-08-2022, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,021
Re: Henry Ford's Disassembly Line
I've seen pics of these processes before and I would be surprised to learn this was a consistent policy but who knows. I doubt it was a PR gimmick but just experimentation by the Company to evaluate...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-08-2022, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,407
Re: '29 Roadster Windshield
have purchasers verified these repros can be easily installed as the windshield posts on the '29 roadster are narrow and to me would not accommodate the pictured item.
i bought something like...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-03-2022, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,724
Re: 30-31 Dash Light
I think you are right, I have originals for the '29 and the '31 and the switches
are really not made of lifetime quality.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-28-2022, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,126
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-15-2022, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,954
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-06-2022, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,096
Re: Famous '20s Band in Model "A" Publicity Stunt
funny you would say that, I often think the same thing looking at old photos. also, apparently there were no short sleeve shirts back then; men, I guess, removed their vests and rolled up their...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-05-2022, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,096
Famous '20s Band in Model "A" Publicity Stunt
Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon arrive at Union Station in Kansas City, where they and all band members drove a new Model "A" Ford through downtown, in December 1927.
The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-05-2022, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,946
Re: Bad New Year Start
wow, what a sequence of events....a Model A stalling leading to extended medical care.
best wishes for a quick recovery and keep us in the loop about the car...stalling issues are somewhat frequent...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-22-2021, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 5,665
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-15-2021, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,850
Re: Yet Another Legendary Story About Henry Ford
didn't his quarrel with the Dodge Brothers end with him pulling an elaborate scam that he was going to withdraw and start a new automobile company that would obsolete the Model T etc. Whoever held...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-14-2021, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,850
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