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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 03-15-2024, 12:54 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,116
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Narrow bed or wide bed

Rarer still are the AA express beds (ala Walton lumber truck), which are about eight feet long, around four foot wide and about thirteen inches high. They, too, have rare rear fenders and three...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 10-28-2023, 05:32 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,211
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Very Rare Model A Steel Pick Up Box At Nebraska Auction

TT and AA beds have seven vertical beads in the front panel, which this one has. The AA has indents for the wheels, which this one doesn't appear to have so it is likely a TT bed, which will adapt to...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 10-28-2023, 05:16 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,427
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Model A to go

At $3,000, I'd buy it, drive it, take my time investing in anything other than changing fluids, tires as they fail and keep driving it and then drive it some more.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 09-19-2023, 09:16 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 804
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Disassembling an A hood

Yes, bolt in one end of the hollow tube, kroil, liquid wrench or your choice of liquid loosener, then slide hammer with the hood tops blocked and it will come out eventually. Once out, wrap a dowel...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-25-2023, 12:17 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,227
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Losing power when warmed up

Great detective work, and understanding what was going on helps all of us when you thoroughly explain each cause and effect.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-09-2022, 12:52 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,519
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Found In 1976 -1929 Ford AA Arden Dairies Of California Delivery Truck Fully Rest

More of this! ^^^^^^
I'd like to see the rear fenders and how they attach to the bed.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 08-03-2022, 08:46 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 10,078
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: How common is it to just take the shocks off?

Back in 1969 I had no shocks when I bought my '29 standard coupe. I bought some of the stamped steel friction shocks from JC Whitney and installed them. They broke at the frame within two weeks. I...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-04-2022, 01:06 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,890
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Model A in a mini film noir

I assume that, due to budgetary concerns, the dialogue coach was let go.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-03-2022, 09:53 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 10,113
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: What roadside repairs have you made to keep your A going

I was working on a city survey crew in 1969 in Kansas City, driving my '29 A standard coupe from site to site, when the transmission shifter wouldn't go into second gear. It was lunch time, so I...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-01-2022, 09:50 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,929
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: New guy with a project Model AA

I've got a '29AA that I've been working on since I bought it in 1974. Unfortunately, I sold the stake bed in 1982 when I was just scraping by, but I'm now retired and much farther along on many...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-01-2022, 09:31 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,661
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Tools/supplies needed while traveling

Be nimble and creative. I once changed out a shifter fork pin in my '29 coupe using only a pair of pliers, a screwdriver and the nail I pried from a utility pole. Did it over lunch in a bad part of...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 01-01-2022, 09:14 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,663
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: pop-out switch vs on-off switch

When I bought my '29A coupe in 1968, it had a replacement switch without the popout feature. I was driving it daily, much of the time in all parts of the city, and decided to get an aftermarket...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-27-2021, 08:25 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,855
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Small mirror, big blind spot

I'll be ordering two five-inch mirrors from Raney's Truck Parts. I made a mirror mount from some 1/4-inch bar stock, some 3/8-inch steel tube and some other odds and ends, including some button-head...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 12-27-2021, 07:43 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,650
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Fender Bead Repair

I used 1/8" stainless steel rod instead of steel wire. Stiffer, but it won't rust and handles re-crimping better by staying in place.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 09-20-2021, 12:57 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,413
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: What is this part called?

What color should they be painted? Body color or black to match the fenders?
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 09-13-2021, 03:20 PM
Replies: 124
Views: 18,894
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: 1929 double a won't start, help

Your timing gear shouldn't wobble or be eccentric. Something's going on there, and I suspect it is misaligned on the shaft. You may just have to remove the pulley and the front cover, get in there...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-31-2021, 09:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 879
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Fitment of 28-29 lower cow patch panels?

Russ/40 has it right. My cowl panel replacements needed compound curve massaging and sharper bends at the A pillar. It took me a lot of time with the body hammer and dolly to get it right. You might...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-31-2021, 09:21 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 8,383
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Can't get engine started after changing timing gear

You said it ran for a short while as smooth as silk? It isn't timing gear misalignment. That won't ever run smooth one moment, not so the next. Simplest next step is starting fluid. If it won't start...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-30-2021, 08:28 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,449
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Ramps vs Jack Stands

I use 16-inch old implement discs and 2-1/2 inch pipe or thick-wall tube (thicker the better) thoroughly welded together with 2-1/4 inch tube inside and half-inch rod or bolts drilled through the...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-29-2021, 11:54 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,260
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: 12 Leaf Front Spring ??

28-29 AA axle shouldn't be any different than the car axle.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 07-15-2021, 08:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,260
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: 12 Leaf Front Spring ??

Model AAs have 12 leaves, so ursus likely has gone to the heart of the issue. They were more plentiful in scrap yards with less chance that someone wanted to resurrect a one-ton truck than a coupe,...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-23-2021, 09:41 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 821
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: AA express tailgate

I'm with you on this one. I'd like to have the tailgate and the express bed that goes with it. The tailgate is too short for any other bed, I'm thinking.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 06-09-2021, 11:27 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,660
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: Starting the Model A with a crank

I always used a clothes pin to hold open the choke, and a wire to push it closed after the first yank on the crank. Always started right up. I seldom used the starter as I enjoyed the ceremony of...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-23-2021, 12:24 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,706
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: New guy and I have a weird question

No thermostat, and I'm sure that was a contributing factor, but without pressurization, it only would get warm, not hot.
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-20-2021, 01:08 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,706
Posted By Osage Orange
Re: New guy and I have a weird question

I had a hot water heater in my '29 Model A standard coupe and it seldom had enough heat to warm the cab. Non-pressurized systems don't get warm quickly, or at all, in very cold weather, and that was...
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