09-17-2021, 06:26 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: alberta canada
Posts: 585
|
hoky fixs
what sort of hoky repairs have you found on your supposedly restored Model A.
ou |
09-17-2021, 06:29 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: alberta canada
Posts: 585
|
Re: hoky fixs
ill start.
this is the rt rear service brake rod. it appears the rod wasn't long enogh so someone made an extension by welding two nuts together. ou |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
09-17-2021, 06:51 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Posts: 303
|
Re: hoky fixs
Not really a repair but I saw this on a guy's rpu. Scary!
|
09-17-2021, 06:52 PM | #4 |
Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Williston, Florida
Posts: 82
|
Re: hoky fixs
I found body panels held on only with bondo no welding.
|
09-17-2021, 06:58 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 5,959
|
Re: hoky fixs
|
09-17-2021, 07:05 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,495
|
Re: hoky fixs
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Buicks from about 1924 are famous for rusting through the block at the bottom of the water jacket. I saw one that had done that and the owner had screwed a galvanised sheet metal patch over it and tried to seal it with something resembling muffler putty. Then there was this con rod. It had broken and had a splint rivetted on to repair with a coach bolt as a big end bolt. Amazing.
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
09-17-2021, 08:46 PM | #7 |
Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Gulf Shores, AL
Posts: 78
|
Re: hoky fixs
When we removed the chicken wire/bondo to replace with welded patch panels, she looked like Swiss cheese.
|
09-17-2021, 09:06 PM | #8 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 1,099
|
Re: hoky fixs
Quote:
John |
|
09-17-2021, 09:11 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Fort Gratiot, Michigan
Posts: 2,296
|
Re: hoky fixs
Many of the fixes were out of necessity. New parts or food? An easy choice.
|
09-17-2021, 09:42 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,495
|
Re: hoky fixs
I'm not criticising the guy who repaired that con rod. The fact that it kept the motor running is remarkable and a real achievement.
No comment on the brake rods!
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
09-17-2021, 11:05 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: alberta canada
Posts: 585
|
Re: hoky fixs
the old days of keeping the car going, inventiveness, is different from a supposedly restored car and finding bad stuff.
i was thinking of modern day Hoky |
09-18-2021, 05:36 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 3,463
|
Re: hoky fixs
Many years ago, the newly rebuilt motor in my 45B Coupe made some horrible noises on its maiden club run. Some moron in the re-builder's shop tied the oil pump up into the block with clothesline. The clothesline disintegrated and clogged the oil screen on the oil pump, so the motor starved for oil.
__________________
Bob Bidonde |
09-18-2021, 05:38 AM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 3,463
|
Re: hoky fixs
Many years ago, the newly rebuilt motor in my 45B Coupe made some horrible noises on its maiden club run. Some moron in the re-builder's shop tied the oil pump up into the block with clothesline. The clothesline disintegrated and clogged the oil screen on the oil pump, so the motor starved for oil.
Ever since, I take every rebuilt motor apart and inspect it for deficiencies. I have not yet found a perfect rebuilt motor!
__________________
Bob Bidonde |
09-18-2021, 07:45 AM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Western North Carolina
Posts: 3,893
|
Re: hoky fixs
Rat nest wiring.
I bought a 1929 closed cab pickup years ago that was "restored" but the transmission required rebuilding before driving the car and the doors did not fit correctly. As you know this model used Model T parts in the body, including the doors. Plus, nothing had been greased or lubricated. The wood was not replaced and lots of it was rotten. I think the guy who put it together was not interested in actually driving the car.
__________________
A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past. |
09-18-2021, 11:10 AM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 5,902
|
Re: hoky fixs
I bought a ‘29 ccpu in 1965 where the previous owner must have had stock in a baling wire company. The doors, tail light, and tail gate were all held on, held together, or held closed with wire. The brake light switch was missing, and the p.o. explained that when he was stopping he would turn on the lights so it would look like the brake light was coming on. But the sheet metal was good and it ran pretty well and I only paid $350 for it. My cousin and I (19 and immortal) cut around all summer in it, as is/was, even taking an 800-mile round trip from Portland, OR to Eureka, CA. Sold it in the same condition at the end of summer for $450, which I used for tuition.
__________________
Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole. Last edited by 700rpm; 09-18-2021 at 11:15 AM. |
09-18-2021, 02:27 PM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,373
|
Re: hoky fixs
When I bought my coupe it had a nice tight body with little bondo, and not a squeak, even on a rough road. However, the PO was a welder that worked for the Highway Dept. and he used his skills to tack and stitch a number of body panels in places where a fastener should have gone. After assembly, he sprayed on a heavy undercoating of some kind of asphaltic composition over the undersides, effectively glueing it all together.
The result was one tight body although it took a lot of time with a grinder and propane torch to get the fenders off for repairs. I had to be careful with the propane torch and kept an extinguisher close by lest I set the whole car on fire. |
09-18-2021, 02:33 PM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Yakima, WA
Posts: 479
|
Re: hoky fixs
I had a rattling sound coming from the right rear of my coupe, I pulled the wheel and drum and found the nuts that fastened the backing plate to the housing loose. No washers, because the bolts weren’t long enough.
|
09-18-2021, 08:58 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: alberta canada
Posts: 585
|
Re: hoky fixs
i would get so frustrated with my dad, he put a car together, no two bolts were the same. by the time the job of repairing what ever it was you were repairing the whole tool box would be empty beside the car.
|
09-18-2021, 09:01 PM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 5,959
|
Re: hoky fixs
|
09-18-2021, 10:17 PM | #20 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Yakima, WA
Posts: 479
|
Re: hoky fixs
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|