Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-20-2021, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,142
Re: Thermostat update.
The advantage of operating internal combustion engines at an elevated temperature has been proven to reduce engine wear, but engine failure that may have been precipitated by the installation of a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-28-2020, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 960
Re: 1927 Introduction of Model A
Ford introducing a 1931 Model A in 1927. Just more Fake News, as if there isn't already enough out there right now to deal with.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-31-2020, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,338
Re: Tough Old Ford
I have no doubt the whole works can take off and go down the road, but stopping that train using Model A brakes even in good condition from a rolling speed of 50 mph is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-22-2020, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,716
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
06-23-2020, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,433
Re: LeBarron Bonney name bought by Ekler's
I'll say this about Lebarron Bonney, I purchased a complete interior kit for a 1930 Model A Ford in the late 1970s and everything about the kit was top notch. Every pleat was sewn straight and the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-21-2020, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,960
Re: Sedan delivery auction
All the vehicles referenced in this thread are delivery vehicles, but would it not be correct to state none of them are sedan deliveries?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-16-2020, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,189
Re: CAD Model of Model A Engine
nomadpsd, have you applied the animation feature to the solid model? If so, do you think you can make a youtube video available?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-16-2020, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,189
Re: CAD Model of Model A Engine
nomadpsd, did you use the Ford Engineering prints to construct the components, or did you reverse Engineer the parts by measuring them?
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-16-2020, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,218
Re: Cracked Head
"I have used antifreeze in all of my cars for 58 years ... old one, Model As and modern ... 700,000 miles. NEVER had any problems caused by the antifreeze NEVER. Never had one freeze either!"
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-15-2020, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,218
Re: Cracked Head
It's amazing that with modern anti-freeze available that people allow engines to freeze-crack.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-19-2019, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,754
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-19-2019, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,028
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
10-17-2019, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,852
Re: Fan cracked!!
Bob, you did a service to Model A owners still driving their cars with original style fan blades by posting that image of the hood damaged by a failed blade.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-17-2019, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,065
Re: Dave Lopes Fordor Model A
Enjoyed viewing photographs of the 1929 Fordor. Thanks for posting them.
I was was always drawn to original cars that maintained most of their their original parts when I was a teenager in the...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-15-2019, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,623
Re: Model A Improvements
Let's not forget using a diode instead of a coil assembly in the cutout switch mounted on the generator. Henry Ford would definitely approve of that improvement.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
04-24-2019, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,745
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-07-2019, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,971
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-23-2019, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,185
Re: Cave in victim?
The car appears to have been in a building that was on fire that collapsed on it.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
01-01-2019, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 21,818
Re: OK! Let's get personal!
I recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of my 14th birthday. Bought my Model A Tudor 42 years ago and painted it and installed new interior and still own the car.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-27-2018, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,188
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
12-13-2018, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 9,782
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
09-15-2018, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,695
Re: Bad batch of parts
It's possible the shop that manufactured the clips didn't know they were supposed to be to be manufactured from spring steel, but if they did know that information and still sent them to Model A...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-27-2018, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,480
Re: bending gutters to curve?
I formed my rain gutter around the tree trunk nearly 40 years ago and do not recall any problems snapping it in place to the base strip nailed to the car. The last time I showed the car it won 2nd...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
08-26-2018, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,480
Re: bending gutters to curve?
I bent the rain gutter for my 1930 Tudor by bending it around a small diameter tree trunk. After matching the bend radius of the rain gutter with the the rain gutter mounting location on the car I...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-24-2018, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,238
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