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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-25-2024, 05:52 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 432
Posted By larry harding
Re: speedster windshield

i would like to know more about the rootleib windshield, pictures, price. i bought the rootleib cowl sheet metal and fabricated most everything else myself. that ws might work.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-24-2024, 07:53 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 432
Posted By larry harding
speedster windshield

my speedster i've been working on for the last 1 1 1/2 years is nearing completion and ineed to start proceedings to title it. i have two questions.
1. is a windshield required here in n.c.
2. i...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-17-2024, 04:41 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 267
Posted By larry harding
radiator core

i have a couple of old radiators i tried to salvage, by the time i got them rodded out the tubes were leaking, but mthe tanks useable. i know rads can be recored but most of the shops are gone now....
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 02-25-2024, 05:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 539
Posted By larry harding
Re: horn rod delima

i guess i wasn't clear, i put a new worm on the shorter shaft and now the sw is where it should be, but the horn rod is to long. i wish i had looked for a longer steering column/tube instead of the ...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 02-25-2024, 07:53 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,236
Posted By larry harding
Re: Tow Dolly

talk about towing brought back a memory from years ago. i was at the local honda dealer and noticed a rear wheel that had flat places all around it, almost like facets. the tire was gone and some...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 02-25-2024, 07:38 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 539
Posted By larry harding
Re: horn rod delima

i have the 2 tooth steering unit ( i replaced the worm and sector gear) when i put everything back together the st, wheel was sitting about 1 "' above the tube. i found a shorter shaft and wasn't...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 02-24-2024, 03:55 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,729
Posted By larry harding
Re: Fantastic picyure

that looks like a 45cu. in. flat head, more popular with police and military. the ohv "knuckle head came out in 46, they really bring the big bucks.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 02-24-2024, 03:43 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 539
Posted By larry harding
horn rod delima

i'm finally starting to put my speedster project together (working on it 1 1/2 years) at some point i think the steering column must have been replaced because the steering shaft was too long and...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-07-2024, 09:46 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By larry harding
Re: engine splash pans help needed

many...many thanks to you guys. after some fumbling around and some help from the boss lady i've printed out a readable set of plans. i hope my sheet metal skills are better than my computer...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-07-2024, 09:39 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,170
Posted By larry harding
Re: It's a crime

i'm into hit and miss engines as well as cars. i am amazed how many survived ww11..
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-06-2024, 07:45 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By larry harding
Re: engine splash pans help needed

thanks again .... my address is [email protected] as i said i'm no computer nerd, i was getting up in years before i dealt with computers.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-05-2024, 07:59 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By larry harding
Re: engine splash pans help needed

that looks good, but i'm a computer dummy. if i try to print that it wants to print the whole column of posts,not just that one. i printed it out anyway, but it shrunk the drawing a bit. i'll break...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-04-2024, 07:47 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By larry harding
Re: engine splash pans help needed

thanks guys... i'll ask around about the MAFCA, maybe someone has a copy. if not maybe i will run across a set some time. i've got them on my 31 pickup, but it is too cold outside and a lot of...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-03-2024, 06:19 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By larry harding
Re: engine splash pans help needed

looked back on my post from a few days ago.... no dimensions or plans i can see , must have been on someone elses post.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-03-2024, 01:01 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By larry harding
Re: engine splash pans help needed

i enjoy making things for ,my self so i'd like to see the article. i need a set of pans for the speedster i'm building as well as a friend just bought a beautiful older restoration that is missing...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-03-2024, 10:53 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By larry harding
engine splash pans help needed

i've checked with some local guys, but no one seems to have the 1966 mar-april edition of marc with plans for the dust pans.. thanks to bob johnson for the date of this article. can anyone out there...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-31-2023, 09:09 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 794
Posted By larry harding
engine splash pans

i'm still working on my speedster project ( 1 1/2 years far) i'm missing the engine splash pans. someone told me there were plans on making them yourself in one of the a magazines,(marc?) but didn't...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 11-30-2023, 07:35 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,185
Posted By larry harding
Re: 12 conversion

another two cents worth.... 6v batterys are getting hard to find , expensive, and from my own experience and what i hear around the grape vine, they ain't very good quality any more... short life...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 11-25-2023, 05:18 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,327
Posted By larry harding
Re: speedster project... need help

yes.... heated them right in place down near the shaft and bent them back, then heated the elbow area and leveled them up. a friend who has a speedster (rootlieb kit i think) sent me pictures of...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 11-24-2023, 01:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,327
Posted By larry harding
Re: speedster project... need help

i've probably been by your place several times. started going to etcu back in the 80's, too bad we lost jeff(geoff?) last year. i'm also into cushman scooters and one day of the ride from erwin,...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 11-23-2023, 06:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,327
Posted By larry harding
Re: speedster project... need help

i think i'm on my way with the spacers. i had started thinking that way when i saw your post. i bought a couple of fabricated pieces from rootlieb and am fabricating everything else my self. i...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 11-23-2023, 07:58 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,327
Posted By larry harding
Re: speedster project... need help

that is an idea i had.. i would have to lengthen the rod between the carb and the rocker assembly. hopefully a better suggestion will come along.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 11-22-2023, 12:57 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,327
Posted By larry harding
Re: speedster project... need help

that's an idea, but what i can see in the videos on yt they are running the stock throttle pedal. i want to go that rout if i can figure ouy the linkage.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 11-22-2023, 10:08 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,327
Posted By larry harding
speedster project... need help

i've been working on a speedster project for about a year now. it is along the lines of the rootlieb kit some of the suppliers carry. there is a green one on youtube that i'm trying to copy with a...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 10-17-2023, 07:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 657
Posted By larry harding
Re: starter problems 28

the original starter has 1/2" shaft, but i think he tried another starter with the 5/8" shaft. he had the starters out sunday when i was at his house. i never got to see what is going on , but i...
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