Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-05-2016, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,215
Re: Off topic...........35 Auburn
What company was the builder of this Repro Auburn Speedster? If Glenn Pray, Broken Arrow is not very far away from here, and I might be able to find out who made the light from them.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-21-2016, 03:58 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,813
Re: Downshifting from 3rd to 2nd
Back when I used my '29 coupe as a daily driver, I had to make a hard (more than 90*) right turn off of a fast moving 4-lane to a narrow 2-lane. Almost all of the time, there was another car waiting...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-03-2016, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,968
Re: Tillotson Warpage
I had a Tilly that would warp at the manifold connection once it got warm in normal service. The car would not idle worth a darn and did not run well either. Tried double gaskets between the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-29-2016, 02:20 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,783
Re: Castle nuts and cotter keys
One of the biggest improvements over Castle & cotter is what Mercedes uses for the bearing nuts on front axles. The Castle nut is replaced by a horseshoe nut with a screw passing thru the two open...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-19-2016, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,060
Re: Where next
In the last part of the second sentence above, I asume you mean it won't Fire. Is that correct? If so, the fuel, and ignition systems are both suspect at this point.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-17-2016, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,560
Re: '28 phaeton fuel capacity
Although the 'metric' direction that this thread has taken is a bit off topic, I would like to continue on in that direction. To me they are really only numbers, no matter which system is used. I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-25-2016, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,575
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-28-2015, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 10,470
Re: Carburetor choices
One warpy pot metal Tilly was more than enough for me. Car wouldn't idle worth a flip, and nothing that was tried helped any. Found a nice Zenith on a '34 model 'B' panel van in a JY that cleaned up...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-16-2015, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 14,146
Re: business coupe's oval window
My 1929 Business coupe has a gas tank date of Feb 19, 1929, and has neither flat nor beveled quarter windows. It is just like the 1928 version... No quarter windows at all.
In fact I have...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
11-04-2015, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,193
Re: Backfire on deceleration
When using my '29 b-coupe as a daily driver a number of years ago, it would backfire quite often when decelerating or even coasting downhill at a steady speed. Years later I realized that it had...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-06-2015, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 66
Views: 11,497
Re: What exactly is my Model A?
I have a 1929 Business coupe, with a Feb date on the gas tank firewall. It has a drum tail light, handbrake lever in front of the shifter lever, correct headlights, and NO Oval window. It also has...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-30-2014, 01:17 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 21,533
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-21-2014, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,892
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-21-2014, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 6,892
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-12-2014, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,845
Re: Basic question about Model A car models.
The 1928 and early 1929 business coupes were both 3-window coupes. I suppose the later 29's might be considered 5-window, but they are sure small windows. The Cabrio's were also a coupe style body,...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-21-2014, 02:11 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,143
Re: gear down problems
I agree with the last couple of posts, but would add that you do not want to let the speed to drop very much after the REV before pushing down the clutch and shifting promptly into second.
I also...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-30-2014, 02:42 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 8,527
Re: 1929 Emergency Brake Handle
I have a Feb 1929 Business coupe that seems to have all of the right features for the period, with no substitutions. Drum tail-light, 7-tooth steering box, no oval window, early headlites, AND the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-16-2014, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,430
Re: Lead Paint in CA
It is only a bit over 225 miles to Reno, would the cost of hauling the wheels there to get the sand-blasting done be less than the Cali 'greenie' tax?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-11-2014, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,445
Re: hand crank starting Model A
Back during the last year my 'A' was a daily driver, the battery was really just a hard rubber box full of water and lead sulphate. So needless to say I did a lot of hand crank starts. Always used...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-07-2014, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 63
Views: 8,864
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-07-2014, 01:08 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 22,766
Re: 10 jokes only engineers will understand
Getting back to slide rules, I remember the sometimes not too friendly competition between the owners of the Fence POSTS, the KEUFFEL & ERRORS, and my lone EE style rickety PICKETT. The metal Pickett...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
05-02-2014, 02:05 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 11,805
Re: Am I shifting wrong?
Back in the day when the 'A' was my daily driver, I had one tough turn off a 45mph 4-lane city street to a 2-lane suburban street. There was always someone waiting to get onto the 4-lane from the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-11-2014, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 7,594
Re: Pro's and Con's of relocating the spare tire?
I drove our Feb '29 Business coupe as a daily driver for nearly four years. All during that time I fairly frequently needed access to the STOCK trunk, and found the tire was really not in the way....
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-25-2014, 02:16 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,610
Re: 29 Business Coupe
My previous answer got blown away by the OCD sign-in process here, but I'll try to do it again!!!!!!
I drove my Feb '29 Business coupe as a daily driver on the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio in the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-08-2014, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,952
Re: What Windshield Wiper for '29 Special Coupe?
700RPM,
What month is your '29 B-coupe again ? My mid Feb B-coupe, which does not have quarter windows was and is an electric wiper car. The manifold also did not have a port for the vacuum...
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