Recent content by edfueler

An Iron crowsfoot Winfield or super winfield would be very exciting.

Thanks everyone. Very helpful. I believe the central coast fella is in Nabiac but I haven't tracked him down yet.

Thanks, Dave. I shall try to track 'em down and get a quote.

cheers Purdy, Thanks for the contact too. I will consider this in my options.

Hello. I am wondering if anyone on the East coast of Australia has had a recent babbitt job done on a model A that they were happy with. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Best regards -Ed

Thankyou for your feedback, Jim and Ursus. Yes, On checking again today, in the light of day, there appears to be enough difference between the cast late cap and the early forged cap that, combined with the babbit being machined for different crank endplay the difference is quite a few thou. I...

Hello. This may be a silly question. I have a late model A engine (a 31) with cracked babbitt in the rear main bearing. I also have a bare early 5 cam bearing block. The crank rod journals are a bit pitted but this block does have fresh babbitt. I wanted to see if the early block's rear main...

I love how the carb-heat is done. That's great!

Thanks, Purdy. It looks like I'll be trying the Vortex, then. That Trojan manifold sure looks good and I'll be keeping my eye out for one, that's for sure.

Hello Richard (Rct). I just caught your reply to my post, then (a long time between visits). It is, indeed me beside that RPU but, for better or worse, I am, actually the far side of thirty by some years. Perhaps, I am faring well in the aging dept. An open top model A keeps one young, I...

Hello there, Purdy, I saw from one of your photos, that you were running a duel carb updraft finned manifold. I was wondering what make it was and whether or not there was a reproduction of it about. The only one I've seen is a vortex (unfinned) Cheers -Ed

My little RPU cut-down Just doing the shake-down runs after putting this one together. It's a ton'o'fun.

The back of the cab is fabbed after a US RPU and the pick-up bed was fabbed about 10" shorter than stock, both by a fellow in Victoria, Australia. His name is Craig Hobbs. My mate Joel and I steeled it all out. I made the tailgate out of a piece of a Revlon display make up counter that looked...

An excellent point...and I am a beer brewer..and, coincidentally, I own two kegs:-)

I love pulling a nice inside turn on an un-asphalted surface and being able to look down and see that front wheel skeeting over the ground on that fine balance between understeer and oversteer and feather that throttle accordingly. I love the wind blasting past my ears and feeling like I am...