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Breathe some new life into that old 97 with a rebuild kit and parts from vintagespeed.com. I rebuilt an old 81 that was on my 30 pickup and it runs like a champ! Very pleased with the quality from VS. -Jon

Thanks Mike, I've already torn the guts from an old radiator cap that I intend to modify with one of the locking mechanisms you cited if I cannot find something off the shelf. Another idea was to fabricate a lock box to fit over the existing gas cap. Would not be as attractive as a genuine...

I'm sure they have, but what is more surprising is that there's no locking gas cap to fit the A out there.

I've seen them for '32 and up and all those seem to have an opening of approximately 1.5". The Model A opening is 1.8". Nothing listed anywhere for Model A.

Does anybody out there know of a locking gas cap that will fit 30/31 Model A gas tank. Car show in Detroit is held indoors and one of the requirements is a locking gas cap, otherwise all fuel must be drained. Mfr? Part#? Any ideas?

Bob, The fender that I took off had a bolt throught the flange just above the brace. There is a hole that goes through the bed, but there was never a bolt in it. It appears to go through the wood block that has not been drilled out. My big concen is warping the bead edge of the fender if I...

I have a new pair of higher quality repo fenders (and braces) for my '30 pickup. There is a lip on the flange of the fender that interferes with the location of the fender brace. It looks like any attempt to bolt it all together will cause the fender to warp at the bead edge at the center of the...

I also noticed that only the outside hole on the old fender was attached to the brace.

I bought a pair of new rear fenders for my '30 Pickup. For the most part they look great, but I'm concerned about the original braces on the rear. I'm presuming they were bent or the wrong braces to begin with. Has anyone had any experience with new braces? I know if I try to force the edge of...

Does your generator have a 12v electric starter? Looks similar to what I have on my Coleman, assuming the drawing is not to scale.

I have an Aermore mounted at the tailpipe. I made the cutout from off-the-shelf exhaust parts at my local auto parts store. I used a manual choke cable mounted at the front of the seat riser. The door assembly was made from a flat piece of steel and a piece of rod stock bent at a right angle and...

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsseldona.htm

Yes, it looks like it was front wheel drive according to the original patent drawings, but as the article explains below, Selden expanded his claims and dragged out the patent application process for so long that he was able to extort royalties from just about anyone who dared to produce...

Selden (an attorney, not an inventor) held a patent on the "Road Engine" and initially won his suit allowing him to threaten, then shakedown anybody who produced a carriage propelled by an engine. Ford won on appeal when he proved the Selden design was not practical and Selden could not produce...

I posted this photo earlier and finally got permission to publish it in its entirety. We are coming up on the 100th anniversary of Ford's victorious challenge of the Seldon patent. Razelmond A. Parker successfully defended Ford in the lawsuit that eventually declared Seldon's patent invalid, due...