Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-04-2020, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,006
Re: Driver Licneses In a Model A Lately
That would be great.
Thankfully they must have done away with that rule because when I relocated to FL, I didn't have to retake the test. I do remember when I took my drivers test in NJ I took it...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
03-03-2020, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 196
Views: 48,946
Re: Model A car names
My Dad and I used our licence plates. His starts with KTY so he calls her Katie. Mine was IK so I call him Ike.
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-27-2020, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,057
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-27-2020, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 563,409
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-27-2020, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,605
Re: Wood grain
There is a place in Florida that has all the tools to reproduce the wood grain. I have the same problem, someone painted all my town sedans trim black... I'm eventually going to bring it here. ...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-25-2020, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,582
Re: Front Frame Crossmember
Thanks CabrioletDon. Yes its a lot of work. We did it on my dads coupe a few years ago but we had a new one that he had bought 40 years ago. Unfortunaly I'm not so luck to have one laying...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-25-2020, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,582
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-24-2020, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,525
Re: Mysterious hole in valve chamber?
Check the hight of the hole against the dam where the valve tapet is. There was a dam where that hole is that let oil flow to the timing gear, however it became popular in the 70's to smash the dam...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-24-2020, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,582
Re: Front Frame Crossmember
Thanks, for everyones advise so far. I would have welded it but like I said there is a large chunk of steel missing. I do mean missing, gone, vanished. Probably 2"x2" and the missing piece has a...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
02-24-2020, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,582
Front Frame Crossmember
SO... My radiator was leaking and I started to take it out to get re-cored. After I took the shroud off I found that the front frame crossmember was cracked where the front spring and crank bracket...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-25-2019, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,241
Re: Brake feel . . .
When done correctly, the car will stop very quickly. My Dad and I completely redid the brakes on his coupe (as per the instuctions in the "Restorer" don't remember the issue number) and that car...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-24-2019, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,288
Re: Windshield Wiper
Thanks everybody for the help and info. I just posted a nice reply that somehow got lost in the ether and didn't show up.:mad:
I'm coming off a 14 hour day so I'm not going to rewrite it now. ...
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Forum: Model A (1928-31)
07-23-2019, 04:09 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,288
Windshield Wiper
Hello everyone. New member here looking for some windshield wiper advise. Let me apologize in advance for what may be a lengthy post.
For info purposes I just bought a 1930 Fordor Sedan, briggs...
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