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Bill Z · 07-19-2016, 12:50 PM

Thanks for all your responses. After enjoying my '26 T Roadster for the past 15 years, I'm venturing into Model A territory. My Coupe underwent a nut and bolt off frame restoration about 20 years ago and has held up extremely well. Ten years ago the previous owner sent the car down to Schwalms in Pennsylvania where they did an engine rebuild with a counterbalanced crank, lightened flywheel and V8 clutch, rebuilt the transmission, steering box, carburetor, distributor and installed a new radiator.

Overall a really sweet package that I couldn't pass up. The car was mostly trailered to shows and has accumulated only 360 miles since it's completion. I'm now in the process of going through it to make sure everything is safe and road ready. I'll be adding turn signals, seat belts and probably LED brake lights. My question though is shouldn't the spare tire arms be tightened solidly to the frame mounts?

07-19-2016, 12:50 PM	#8
Bill Z Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Candlewood Lake, CT. Posts: 38	Re: Sidemount spare hardware. Thanks for all your responses. After enjoying my '26 T Roadster for the past 15 years, I'm venturing into Model A territory. My Coupe underwent a nut and bolt off frame restoration about 20 years ago and has held up extremely well. Ten years ago the previous owner sent the car down to Schwalms in Pennsylvania where they did an engine rebuild with a counterbalanced crank, lightened flywheel and V8 clutch, rebuilt the transmission, steering box, carburetor, distributor and installed a new radiator. Overall a really sweet package that I couldn't pass up. The car was mostly trailered to shows and has accumulated only 360 miles since it's completion. I'm now in the process of going through it to make sure everything is safe and road ready. I'll be adding turn signals, seat belts and probably LED brake lights. My question though is shouldn't the spare tire arms be tightened solidly to the frame mounts?