Farm uses for the Model A

[modeladan]

Found this Model A Frame being used as a fence corner post.

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[modeladan]

It still has a shock hanging on the frame,
I don't know if I can get by snatching it off

[Steve Plucker]

I used a Model A bolt to save the day with our 6602 John Deere Wheat harvestor! It is still there serving it duty to keep the old girl still running!

Pluck

[Kurt in NJ]

I put used trans bearings in a brush hog gearbox--they were too noisy for a trans, but the gears were so damaged from the lack of oil it didn't make a difference

I have seen cylinder heads used as paving blocks---they were mostly T

[TinCup]

Using this bad wheel as a water hose reel for the stock tank. Oh and don't forget the tire swing.

[Jerry Parr WI]

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Not exactly farm use but I had a noisy ceiling fan that I repaired when I discovered they use the same bearing as a Model A generator.

[Bruce Lancaster]

R0d&Custom once published a picture of a row of Model A frames holding up clotheslines behind a house...one of my neighbors erected a torque tube by his front walk to hold a light. I keep several generators by the front door to remind me that i am lazy and forgetful, that and to maim carelss strangers.

[spdway1]

Originally Posted by modeladan

Found this Model A Frame being used as a fence corner post.

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Who said recycling/reuse is new? LOL. Neat Pic.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

I think Rainmaker Ron (Cloat) is the master of re-gifting uses for used Model-A parts into other items. Hopefully he will come along and post some pictures of his craftsmanship.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

My Uncle Gump, (Andy) displayed his generators & starters on the lower shelf of his coffee table! Bill W.

[Purdy Swoft]

On Vinces instruction I store dog food in my decorator mufflers for the winter, it helps keep them from stopping up.

[Wick]

Model a waterpump made into a light.

[oldmanandakid]

In the Sandhills of Nebraska when I was a youth (back in the last Ice Age) some ranches used the stripped down AA's as hay sweeps. Large bucking heads about 10 feet wide by 5 ft high looking much like a section of board fence standing upright with a row of 8 foot long hickory teeth attached at ground level extending rearward at a 90 degree angle to the "fence" were fastened to the back of the truck frame. The rig would be driven down a windrow of hay until the head was full. At that point the driver veered out of the windrow to a stacker where the load was pushed onto the haystack by a hitch of 3 or four horses or a tractor in later years.

When the N-series Ford Tractors were introduced it didn't take the ranchers long to reconfigure the transmissions so the tractors would have three speeds in reverse allowing the bucking head to be mounted at the rear of the tractor. Reversed seats and steering completed the transformation and the old AA rigs were quickly replaced.

[RUNNERBUN]

On the way back home form the Model A Ford National Meet this year we came across this unusual and novel piece of Artwork/Sculpture in a little township called Yuleba.
I don't think I would like it in my front yard, but it was a novel way of using old rims. On close inspection it was obvious that all wheels were otherwise beyond use on a Model A. as all had badly rusted rims and spokes and severly damaged hubs.
Was it a WHEELIE good idea?

[d.j. moordigian]

Put a new hot water heater in, it replaced the leaking 1948 model, in 1980. The new
one was a lot shorter...3 Model A pistons fixed the problem! It's free standing, you see
it when you walk through the house...

[Vic in E-TN]

Originally Posted by Wick

Model a waterpump made into a light.

Wick
Do you have a picture of this that you can post?
Vic

[Rainmaker Ron]

If I can, I will show pictures of some old parts uses. I also have several applications that I don't have pictures of such as using half of an old two piece crank pulley to shape the front oil seal. The cup holder make from an old J.C. Whitney horn plays ahooga when lifted. the shifter top is used to handle a tranny and allows me to intall a tranny by reaching in the car door with a picker. The engine turner from an armature. The 1903 buggy was rebuilt with electric power and uses 26 Model A parts in the brakes and steering. The incinerator hinge is bumper ends with oil pump shaft pins. The tail light post lamp hangs on a truck bracket and uses a 110 volt bulb to light my address on the license plate. Brake rod ends make truck mirroe brackets. A drill press, an old tappet and the correct hole make an emergency metal punch. Write the stud numbers on an old gasket for a easy torque sequence guide. Who doesent need anothe towel holder in the shop?
Rainmaker Ron

[Rainmaker Ron]

Originally Posted by Rainmaker Ron

If I can, I will show pictures of some old parts uses. I also have several applications that I don't have pictures of such as using half of an old two piece crank pulley to shape the front oil seal. The cup holder make from an old J.C. Whitney horn plays ahooga when lifted. the shifter top is used to handle a tranny and allows me to intall a tranny by reaching in the car door with a picker. The engine turner from an armature. The 1903 buggy was rebuilt with electric power and uses 26 Model A parts in the brakes and steering. The incinerator hinge is bumper ends with oil pump shaft pins. The tail light post lamp hangs on a truck bracket and uses a 110 volt bulb to light my address on the license plate. Brake rod ends make truck mirroe brackets. A drill press, an old tappet and the correct hole make an emergency metal punch. Write the stud numbers on an old gasket for a easy torque sequence guide. Who doesent need anothe towel holder in the shop?
Rainmaker Ron

try the pictures again!

[John Stone]

I don't have pictures but I know a farmer that mounted a 29 Model A truck on 10' poles, welded the spider gears and used it as a drag line to dredge out a pond on his farm. Cooling was with a 55 gallon barrel. I did buy the truck and salvaged the body (missing the drivers door) and the engine.

A lot of coupes were converted to small pickups to haul fuel and water to the fields. My pickup was used on a farm. It was also used to chase coyotes (no wonder the frame is in bad shape).

My dad saw a 31 Town Sedan going from a field with 2 bales of hay on the luggage rack.

Of course a good source of running gears were the ones that were converted into hay wagons. That has pretty well dried up along with the A engines from Gleaner combines.

[FL&WVMIKE]

This is not Model "A", but Model "T". It is the same principle, though,
Years ago, while I was "picking" an old parts store, I went down in the basement and found a complete shelving system, made out of about twenty "T" model frames.
I took a picture and sent it to Lorin Sorensen, of "FORD LIFE". He liked it and printed it in the Volume 3, Number 2 issue. It came out in March/April 1973.
Unless the building has been torn down, they might still be there. It is in rural West Virginia.
MIKE
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