Your best NOS Model A/AA Find?

How about a NOS Model B block (the Russian one imported by Ford Parts Obsolete in the sixties) when I was just looking for a rebuildable block at a swap meet?

Charlie Stephens
 
Two sets of the 26 inch stakes for my AA.
Rainmaker Ron
 

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Set of '31 splash aprons, late '31 gas tank, early '28 radiator shroud, '30-'31 A Pickup rad. shell.

I used to deal in NOS parts before the days of internet. I got paid to travel with a prior job and in my travels I'd hit up every Ford, Lincoln & Mercury dealer I ran across if it looked like they had been there for many years.

Most of the NOS I found was non Model A, but as the saying goes "Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while"
 
The NOS Schrader set was a welcome find...
 

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One for NOS connoisseurs. Well not really, but an amusing little era NOS item that sat on a dealers shelf for a long time. Fitted on each hood catch supposedly to stop rattles, but the factory fitted rubber stops would have done it anyway.
Has 'one schilling & sixpence' on it. which is old NZ money system equivalent then to about US 25c
 

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NOS 28-29 JARVIS Quail Radiator Cap

1928-1929 NOS Jarvis Quail (era export to France) Radiator Cap with its original box (Part number A-18385-A2).

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Fordially,
Brad in Germany
 
The boss found a Ford Dealership that closed in 1933 about 40 years ago. Just think if it was 10 years ago with an eBay account. Wish I still had the NOS 26-27 T accessory windwing that were still in the Ford box. Back to reality, when I was restoring a 1928 wire wheeled AA rack body with full fenders, I bought NOS rear fenders from Charlie Butler. He had bought them sight unseen as Roadster fenders...bit too large, but perfect for me. I went on to find NOS running boards and aprons, and many other parts.
 
A pair of mint keys with the original ring hanging on a nail in a garage I was getting paid to prepare for demolition.

From saturday trash piles at Hershey--
kingpins
dist shafts
u-joint kits
pistons
diff bearings
---and more

set of spring covers for $1 at yard sale

original fan blade --was cheap because it was "different"--the late style --I got it for 12$

Any NOS part that I can buy for less than a repro.

In non A --I just found a nos LF door latch for my 36 --after many years of looking.
 
To date, one of three things:

All being NOS, a front wishbone/radius rod, a set of four early, forged hood latches and while the last not being Ford (Neihoff and Echlin), a very large quantity of powerhouse brushes, both 5 and 3 brush.
 
When I first started to restore my 1929 Roadster in the early 60s, I went to a Swap-Meet and bought:
1 pair NOS shiney-black welled fenders,
1 NOS shiney-black L/R fender,
1 NOS shiney-black R/H running board apron and
2 used sets of side mount hardware.
For all of this, I had to shell out $90.00 !
MIKE :)
 
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Two NOS clutch housings, set of NOS connecting rods along with an NOS crankshaft.
Several NOS transmission gears. NOS transmission housing. NOS clutch plate assembly.
 
Pair of '31 front fenders, late '30-31 long runningboard aprons, '30-31 pickup radiator shell, '30 pickup runningboard aprons, and front spring. Other NOS were the more common chassis parts.
 
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Pair of rear fenders for my '29 pickup in 1970...$100 each. The guy had already painted them black and did a beautiful job. I just had to bolt them on.

I've also found some rare NOS and used '32 stuff real cheap...NOS wiring harness, NOS super early hood hook, ash tray, air cleaner, garnish mouldings, guages, etc. that I maybe spent a total of $10 to acquire.
 
I purchased a Victoria Leatherback about four years ago. The seller would not budge on his very fair price ... but he did agree to let everything that fit only '30-'31 go. I went away with a trailer full. He had only a '29 Roadster left.
It was a win-win.
For me it was a WIN.
An extra front fender in the pile had this stencil inside.
The price I got for that "extra" fender paid for the gas to drive 2,000 miles pulling a trailer, dindin for two, and 25% of the $$$ of the deal.
(I know. Once-in-a-lifetime. Lightening doesn't strike twice in the same place. And I better just take up golf).
 

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I just bought this Servis Recorder off the e-bay with the buy-it-now option. It is in pristine unused condition, just some shelf wear. If you don't recognize it, take a look at the A and AA truck accessories. It is pictured there and was used to keep an eye on driver's activities. A stylis attached to a pendulum scratched a line on a paper/wax "record" while the truck was moving. I love the simlicity of this gadget, it is just so Model A !:)dd 014.jpg
 
I think that my most memorable NOS find was a box of NOS lower radiator hoses (enough for 8 cars) at Hershey from a guy that sells brass lights, all for $20.00. I always seem to find NOS 28/29 hubcaps, rubber parts, and small trinkets. Over time, I've picked up 5 NOS 8.5" chocolate door straps.I did buy a gorgeous set of '28/29 NOS hubcaps on Ebay a while back for about $65.00. they were advertised as '70's repops. NOS sheetmetal is still out there. I saw several pieces at Hershey last year. It is still out there. You just have to dig a little harder these days.
 
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