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Late 1931 Model A gas tank for indented firewall. Looks good, some surface rust inside. Can send photos on request. Pick up in central Vermont or will ship at buyer's expense (likely expensive).

I arrived around 8 am and some vendors were packing up around 9 am.I picked up a pair of 30-31 truck headlights with bar there this morning.

I bought a ceramic coated exhaust manifold from Snyders and was very pleased with it. Well worth the money. Also buy the higher end copper manifold gaskets. Again well worth the money.

In the 1970's Model A manifolds were being cast in South America, Argentina I think. The quality of these was fair at best. That might be what you have. Don't mess around with it, get an original or newer reproduction.

It's not so much an issue of how fast can you go, but more of how fast can you stop! On two lane rural highways 45 mph is about right for me.

Thank you for the responses. I'll give the electrical connections a check and will charge the battery, as this was the first outing after sitting all winter, before making any adjustments to the generator brushes.

When running my 1931 Model A the ammeter pegs on the charge (+) side, so it appears to be overcharging. How do I adjust the generator to turn down the charging rate? It's running a modern (electronic) cutout.

Look at this way, we are just temporary caretakers for our Model A's. Your car now has a new caretaker, who someday will pass it on to the next caretaker.

Also be aware the insulated nuts used on the new reproduction (cheap junk) ammeters have metric threads as I recall.

If you switch to the 30-31 style switch buy the more expensive "quality" switch. The cheap ones are junk.

I had several noisy valve lifters on a Model A engine which didn't have adjustable lifters and agree that it is a lot of time and effort to grind valve stems to get the proper clearance. I even went out and bought an old (1939 vintage) Kwik-Way valve grinding machine to properly grind the end of...

By any chance did you step on the brake after the engine started. There are some really bad reproduction brake switches out there that are known to have "shorts" right out of the box (ask me how I know). I would start with checking your lights, including the brake light, and the horn with the...

I'm in Montpelier, VT, but far from an expert when it comes to electrical issues. It seems odd it would start and run briefly before blowing the fuse. Are you sure the generator cut out is wired correctly?