|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
11-02-2013, 02:14 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: GA 30809
Posts: 629
|
delete
delete
Last edited by Don Turley; 07-02-2014 at 03:26 PM. Reason: delete |
11-02-2013, 03:03 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: lafayette,la
Posts: 459
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
MR. DON, thanks for the info on this tool I've been trying to figure out how it works. You are the first person that has made a statement about it. Thanks for the heads- up. have fun modelAtony tony white Lafayette,LA
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
11-02-2013, 03:19 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 9,115
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
I've been looking at that tool with the idea of buying it for a long time. I think that the time is now.
Thanks Don.
__________________
Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club |
11-02-2013, 03:30 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 890
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Don: Do you know where to buy one of those tools and as to how much?????. Thanks let me know
|
11-02-2013, 06:23 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Ridgefield, Ct
Posts: 3,441
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Can the general public buy them or are they for Club Members only? Bob
__________________
They don't have to run to be enjoyed. I'm here to enjoy the hobby, and enjoy the cars no matter what they look like. Most of the worlds problems are electrical. |
11-02-2013, 08:10 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Phoenix, Oregon
Posts: 661
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
__________________
Mike Stitt "A business that make nothing but money is a poor business." -Henry Ford |
11-02-2013, 10:40 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 527
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
I have one and it works great. I think that I bought it from Mike's a few years ago.
Dick |
11-03-2013, 01:26 AM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 9,115
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
From Mike's AFordAble on-line catalog:
Code: T1130 Model Year: 1930 - 1931 UOM: Each Price: $57.50 Made in the USA. Thanks to the unique design of this tool, the hub cap is easily and firmly secured to the wheel, virtually eliminating distracting rattles and lost hub caps caused by poor installation. Not for use on original Hub Caps
__________________
Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club |
05-08-2014, 12:03 PM | #9 |
Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Muscatine, IA
Posts: 74
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Sorry to dust off this old post, but I have not had good luck using this tool on my reproduction hubcaps.
For those that have experienced great success, would you please share what hub-caps you used and from where? The tool cannot be used on original caps so we're all using repops. My tabs are so thin, they are bending flat when I try to apply them to the rim. Any help will be appreciated. |
05-08-2014, 12:12 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Columbus(Cataula) Georgia
Posts: 849
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Hi:
I also have tool mentioned but can someone give us instructions in how to uise it. I have showed it to many Model Aers but we can't figure it out. Henry's 31 |
05-08-2014, 12:37 PM | #11 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 26
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Just put a large O-Ring around the tabs before bending. You"ll never have a problem. Macs #A1131st for 30 31. #A1131EST 28/29 .. No need for an Expensive tool. O-rings are $2.95 a Set!!!!
|
05-08-2014, 01:06 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Alabama
Posts: 8,099
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
I have no doubt that the tool is good and will make bending the tabs easy but the price is high. For years I have used regular slip joint Ford pliers to bent and shape the tabs on 30-31 hub caps . When the tabs are correctly veed, the hub caps will snap on and off like modern cars. I vee all the tabs on mine and haven't lost one yet. Try experimenting on an old junk hubcap to perfect your skill and save some money for more parts.
|
05-08-2014, 02:14 PM | #13 | |
Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Muscatine, IA
Posts: 74
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Quote:
Henry's 31, Do you have the instruction sheet for the tool? It's pretty intuitive. PM me if you don't, include an e-mail address and I'll send you the sheet. I can talk you through it as well if you send me a phone number and good time to call. Dave |
|
05-08-2014, 02:22 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 890
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
I'm sorry but maybe I'm wrong but for the price tag on that is way to much. But to me it looks like someone took the end piece of a pipe the part where u close the pipe off and just welded a big washer to it and cut or pressed some notches in the washer. Just saying that's just my thought but if that all it is I just wish I would of thought of that before they did O'well another one bites the dust. I know it's a old tool or maybe not but the way I took it it's a old tool and now someone is remaking the tool. But for that price I think I will just stay with how I've done it before with a drift punch and hammer. I was shown how to do that from a old timer the was a mechanic back in the day.
|
05-08-2014, 02:47 PM | #15 |
BANNED
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto.
Posts: 5,800
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
I totally agree with Purdy. If you were doing several sets a day maybe ! One set every 5 years to me is not economically prudent. I personally can't justify $60 !
Wayne |
05-09-2014, 10:37 PM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Columbus(Cataula) Georgia
Posts: 849
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Hi Dave:
Thanks for the offer to help. My email is [email protected]. Have "A" great week, Henry's 31 |
05-09-2014, 11:02 PM | #17 |
Senior Member
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
Back in the day the hub cap was placed on the wheel the some of the tabs were bent over to keep the cap on the wheel. To remove the hub cap one would first have to remove the wheel.
This tool allows one to "pre-bend" the taps allowing it to be taken on and off with out removing the wheel much like modern hub caps.
__________________
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II |
08-30-2014, 11:22 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Posts: 5,848
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
When I bought my A a little over a month ago I noticed that all the hub caps were pretty lose, to the point where they were rubbing off the paint on the wheel as they moved around. The only thing keeping them on is that the previous owner bent all ten tabs down. After a few failed attempts to tighten them by bending the tabs and installing the o-rings I bought from MAC's I finally ponied up and bought the "Hub Cap Tool".
And boy am I glad I did. I now have all five of the hub caps on my Sedan nice and tight, no rattles, nothing. I even fixed a couple of caps that had the tabs all bent up and were unusable. Yes the tool is expensive but for my piece of mind and the cost saved in "possible" lost caps in the future it was worth it to me. |
08-31-2014, 07:54 AM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rock Hill, S.C.
Posts: 985
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
I have one of these tools for sale in the Swap Meet area.
__________________
Uncle Bud says "too soon old, too late smart!" |
05-18-2020, 08:21 AM | #20 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 2
|
Re: 1930-31 Hubcap tool
I understand its been a couple years since the last post on this subject... but does anyone have one of these tools they would like to sell?
Martin 214-802-2000 Last edited by Martin1931; 05-24-2020 at 10:55 AM. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|