Recent content by atourer

Hi John, I am a purist but for a simple solution I reckon you should swap in the later 1 piece cross shaft and the matching pedal to cross shaft rod and put that equaliser set up on the shelf for posterity !!. There are too many moving parts in this old system and all have been subject to lots...

Iverson, that is interesting, I agree, thanks for showing it. The hinges look the same too from my previous research they look like the ones used on model t and are reproduced now in Sweden ! The floorboards are a different width so my guess is they were Australian sourced on ours. Hoogah's...

Gentlemen the plot thickens !! Dudley i think the 1929 USA open cars with outside handles continued with the orange striker but in Australia I am thinking the Australian 29's must have had a different lock body. This is news to me. I am just looking at photos in the latest Restorer mag of Val...

Dudley, they are both open car door strikers, the orange one is for the 1928 style with no exterior door handles and the other one is for the 1929 style with exterior door handles. It is not the curtain latch which on the Australian cars the whole floor frame side members everything was timber...

Hi Guys, I have purchase 2 new reproduction axles. They are stamped with MARK. They look to be welded up near the gear end - do you agree ?. I have read there were problems with welded axles. Also the key way is quite sloppy. I am reluctant to use them but before I return them I am asking please...

Gents, this is a topic close to my heart - So I ask, at what point in manufacture was the tank stamped ? - I had read or heard that it was stamped after it was welded as a form of batch control for quality in case of leaks. This would have of course been some time before final assembly. Later it...

Guys, try this simple home made tool. It is constructed from 2 lengths of aluminium channel that slide into each other (old shower screen frame). You simply rest it on 2 pieces of wood 6" high, mark the tyres on the inside where they touch. Draw a line on the channel where they channels meet...

Thanks guys, great help. Sorry but I am not convinced yet that 1 & 2 are rubber ball - I thought these were cast iron and completely enclosed the ball, but I could be wrong. No it's not a 32 bellhousing - it is a 29 single plate for sure. The 1/8" gap is making sense except it leaves the ball...

Guys I am scratching together original radius ball cap parts. Trying experiment not using rubber ball. Have I got the right parts ? Part number 1 & 4 make the best pair fitting in the bellhousing (pic 1 & 2)- Part number 3 has no hope of fitting bellhousing unless modified (pic 3)- is this...

Pooch, they are Robertson head - nothing like phillips head, very easy to butcher up and you will NEVER get them out - suggest lots of penetrene, lots of patience & you make up a driver to put on a socket drive where you can get a bit of a turn on them - just a thought - do you really need to...

Pooch, the screws are Robertson head used on early Canadian Model A's imported into Australia. They are a bit rare and indicate your car maybe quite original is it ?? I would pay care not to lose them. The 2 slotted ones on the bottom of the panel have probably been replaced at some stage...

Fantastic, thanks for sharing. Apart from the risky driving what surprised me most was the vast majority of cars were only max 5-6 years old - very few cars from pre 1930 - yet this was depression time ??

Guys, better late than never !! - We had 25 Model A's

Guys, try this simple home made tool. It is constructed from 2 lengths of aluminium channel that slide into each other (old shower screen frame). You simply rest it on 2 pieces of wood 6" high, mark the tyres on the inside where they touch. Draw a line on the channel where they channels meet...

Thanks Guys for all of your ideas - I feel "a bit of a goose". A mate came around last night and picked up that I was bottoming out on the stand I had holding up the rear of the radius rod (not the spring bottoming on the axle). I reckon when I bolt it up properly it will behave properly. I will...