Recent content by 1930fordor

Hi Wayne, the car in my avatar is going to remain stock other than the 35 wheels. My coupe has already been turned into a hot rod before I bought it so it will remain a hot rod.

Thanks for the info

Are the doors on a 1928 special coupe and 1928-29 tudor sedan the same? My coupe doors are 29 1/4" wide. A few times when I have seen 28-29 doors for sale they are advertised as coupe/sedan doors so I assume they are the same.

If you have access to a TIG welder, silicon bronze welding rod works great on small holes

I found this photo claiming to be 1928 special coupe. It looks like a 28/29 Model A with my limited experience

My Model A sat for at least 20 years before I bought it. All my valves were seized, the cam would open the valves but the valve spring wouldn't close them. A compression test would be a good idea.

I'm glad to hear someone like Bill Stipe is making a effort to build the patch panels right.

Here is the patch panel I made on the left, the originals in the middle and the reproduction on the right. I think the bead I made is closer to the original. I just played with the dies that come with most bead rollers. The bottom picture shows how I have my dies set.

I have the Miller Syncrowave 200 and I'm really happy with it.

Thanks, is the 1931 spoke wheel bolt pattern different from the 1931 Budd wheel?

I'm thinking of buying a Model AA Is the wheel bolt pattern 5" x 5 1/2" ?

Thanks Pete, how does it compare to the Monroe swap meet for size?

Has anyone here gone to the Early-bird swap meet in Puyallup Wa? If so is there much Model A stuff there? How big is the meet? Is it about the same size as the Monroe Wa meet?

I also use a shrinking tip on my stud gun, that works really well for me. I have also had good luck with the shrinking disk but it is slow.

He almost qualified to win the Darwin Award :)