Recent content by 34Pietenpol

Doug: I am one of the loyal few at PostalAs. Most are on FordBarn as well. I’m trying everywhere I can to find the back history of my Mail Truck. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I have a replica 1931 Mail Truck built by Walt Pazda in Silver Creek, NY. He evidently had a business or large hobby building Model Ts and As. When he passed there was a huge estate auction with 20+ cars and hundreds of box lots of parts. The auction was in 2016 I believe, maybe 2014. Now that I...

Built a Toe-In Tool, set the correct toe in and safetied all the plugs. I found several issues while investigating the steering. First indication was when I noticed the right front tire had worn completely out in about 700 miles. Toe in turned out to be over 1.25 inches even with the tie rod...

The annual Chesapeake City Woodie gathering is quite a show in a beautiful town and setting along the Canal. I missed it this year but plan to make it next time, especially if one of our rare Mail Trucks attends. Looking at driving my 1931 MY there.

Yes, that is almost universal for the Model A Mail truck. All were governed to 25 mph max, so I expect they spent their running lives lugging around town on short runs. I wonder at the engine and clutch issues this caused. When they installed the governor the choke/GAV rod had to be lowered. The...

The wooden Mail truck bodies were mated to the Model A chassis at the Regional Post Office Garages in major US cities which were allocated specific numbers by the Postmaster General. Initially these trucks served these major cities, delivering bags of mail to the green dispatch/relay boxes to...

There are two listed in Maryland. One in Pasadena, one in Frederick. Probably one of these that you have seen recently. Thanks for sharing.

I have solved the toe in issue short term by cutting an inch from one of my spare tie rods. The short one will fix the toe in for now. It’s too cold to roll around on the shop floor now to investigate all the underlying issues which caused this problem. Again, I bought this Mail Truck as is, the...

Thanks for the Memories! I would love to post any of your photos on the Facebook page. You can email photos to me at curtiss@shentel.net and I’ll post them. I can handle any resolution, can clean up old photos some before posting. You can email a short note about your memories as well and I can...

Thanks go to “Wick” for adding the colorful history of his #10072 original Mail Truck. There are around 40-50 survivors of the 1400 York-Hoover and Mifflinburg bodied Model A Mail Trucks. Small sub-community within our larger group. These workhorses led very regimented lives from 1929 to 1954...

Short term solution: my machinist is removing 1” from the straight rod steering arm. That will allow me to set proper toe in at one sixteenth inch. I’ll keep the long tapered tie rod for when I do a total rebuild of the front axle. It is the expedient fix for now.

Like photos of the 1929 and 1931 Model A Mail Trucks? Do you have photos of these iconic workhorses to share? Are you on Facebook as well as Fordbarn? Search Facebook for Model A Ford Mail Trucks. Add your photos and information. Please keep it focused, non-political and fun. Thanks.

Back on the jack stands today to see what is askew. SB’s are on order.

I do have a pair of crusty arms. Will compare angles and lengths. Thanks. I did have books and manuals. They went away when I sold my 1929 Woodie and I thought I was over Model As. Then along came this odd little Mail Truck that needed rescuing. No escaping this Model A affliction.

Yes! Just starting to build a manuals stack. The Andrews set is fantastic. Will get the SBs next. Thanks!