Re: What did you do today, that was Model A related ?
Worked on my brothers 1931 Victoria he recently purchased. The car had not been run for at least 10 years, and was stored in a barn. The car had been restored 20 plus years ago according to the previous owner. We had went through the engine cleaned out the oil pan, valve chamber, rebuilt the carb, distributor, water pump, starter, generator, painted the engine, etc. We replaced the damaged brake rods, brake switch, packed the wheel bearings, changed the gear lube in the trans and rear axle, flushed the radiator.
Today was start up day. It cranked a few revolutions and hit on 1 cylinder then another. It then started and ran quiet no knocks or rattles. The carb was a little rich but we ran it around the 1-1/2 acre yard for quite awhile with out it overheating.
Not a bad day for National Model A day.
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