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I need 18 feet of Spanish Brown Wire-On, which you might know as Locktite. Clastique is out of this color/texture. Please look through your “soft parts” stash. Call me if you have some to spare. Thanks, Bruce. 730-71five-947five

Radiator surround is in very good condition. Finish it for your pickup. $250 plus shipping. 630-341-5032

After 25 years of one-family ownership, our Model A is ready for its next garage. All mechanicals are strong with low miles on a complete, documented engine and transmission rebuild. The car starts, drives, steers, and stops as expected from a meticulously maintained, restored A. You can tour...

16” Wheels n Tires Six 16” Ford wheels powder coated Tacoma Cream. Five are Mounted with bias ply whitewall tires with Ford scrip (logo) in sidewall. Four Ford hub caps. The wheels and tires have no wear and are free of cracks/checks. Whitewalls still have bluing. Of course tires are not new...

16” Wheels n Tires Six 16” Ford wheels powder coated Tacoma Cream. Five are Mounted with bias ply whitewall tires with Ford scrip (logo) in sidewall. Four Ford hub caps. The wheels and tires have no wear and are free of cracks/checks. Whitewalls still have bluing. Of course tires are not “new,”...

I ground odd the but that holds the lug in the mounting plate on the side Mount arm and knocked them out. (Carefully.). Now I wiggle the tire into the fender and push the bolts through. The square shank/hole keep the bolt from turning when I tighten the lug nuts.

Our Excelsiors are 5:50’s.

I mounted the tire, inflated it, deflated it, broke the backside bead an applied a good dollop in five or six places between the tire bead and the rim. My buddy, who also “lost” a valve stem, used a wire wheel on a drill motor to skiff the inside lip of the rim all the way around. Both methods...

Google “tubeless tire rim seal.” It comes in a can with a brush in the cap. A few dabs around the rim will do it. Let it set up before you do any burnouts!

I am running Coker’s tubes. Rubber stems in the Excelsiors and ‘31-style metal stems in the AC’s. No problem except you need to glue (tubeless tar in a can) the tire bead to the rim if you powdercoat your wheels. Slick rims have caused tire slip when stopping and have torn the stems out of two...

I have 20K miles on Excelsiors on a Roadster. Four are great and wearing as expected. The other two have a shake, maybe because they’ve been in the side mounts. I gave up on them last rotation and put the good four back on. We have a Tudor with American Classics @ about 10K. I like the...

This nice 31 Tudor had a Borg Warner overdrive. It worked great until it didn’t. We’ve taken it apart and discovered a broken chain and a gear with pretty sharp teeth. Does anyone know where we can get parts to rebuild this overdrive or a pro that still speaks and works on these once-popular...

J-B Weld 5020 PSI

Pitch the rubber standoffs and cut off the brackets. The screen will stay in place because you are gluing it inside the radiator surround. I successfully installed one in our 1931 Tudor. The surround and the screen are both slightly different than for a 1930. I recommend that you cut above the...