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if you look in the Fastener handbook this is truly how the originals were shaped, odd as that looks. But I am sure the originals were natural rubber and more flexible. It still seems like an odd design. The 28-29 bodies were assembled by Ford but not acually stamped out by Ford. Who knows...

I don't have the Unauthorized Accessories book in front of me, but there was I believe an accessory maniford heater by that name.

Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A here in Ohio we sometimes have to reopen an estate to address issues like newly-discovered assets that emerged after the estate was closed. alas it is a cumbersome process since you essentially are repeating the entire procedure, with notification to heirs...

Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A here in Ohio, sales tax was enacted during the Depression under Governor George White since state reveues had dropped; it was supposed to be a temporary measure. The Ohio BMV monitors transaction to some extent for verification of accuracy of buy/sell figures.

Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A here in Ohio, sales taxation was enacted under the administration of Governor George White during the Depression as a temporary funding device. A million years later it is still here. The Ohio BMV monitors transfers to some extent to make sure no one is...

Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A here in Ohio, sales taxation was enacted under the administration of Governor George White during the Depression as a temporary funding device. A million years later it is still here. The Ohio BMV monitors transfers to some extent to make sure no one is...

Re: How to Get Title to Grandpa’s A taxation upon sale and transfer for one purpose.....

I'll bet that is it. The original ads gave no detail of the unit itself, mainly a drawing of a proud father wearing a suit, tie, overcoat, hat, etc. watching with a proud smile as his young daughter pulled on the chain. I saw the ads in library-bound copies of Popular Science from that era, I...

have you guys ever seen ads for a car jack that operated via a chain loop that extended past the front of the car and operated by pulling on the chain, thus avoiding the mess and danger of a traditional jack? The ads usually portrayed a smiling father in a suit watching his child safely and...

we have a building here that was a Branch that did assemble cars...Dear Old Dad said the back lot was empty in the early morning, full of cars later on. I know they assembled cars but I wonder if chassis etc. arrived assembled or what. It is a large building but I would assume painting new...

I have a confession: I have done it in gas stations when I knew people were staring at me. I wasn't trying to be a show-off entirely, thought some people would find it amusing or historical, maybe tell a child in their car how this was cars used to be started.

meaning the battery was so weak as to not spin the starter but had enough voltage to power the coil.

I got a story kinda related. Supposedly, Hermann Goering started importing and breeding raccoons, to have something more to shoot at. They were not native to Germany. During the war, an Allied bomb broke open the cages and the little things scattered to freedom. They became dominant and a...

How exactly did squirrels get from the States to Germany? And it would have to be in significant numbers to sustain a breeding population....

I've seen pics of these processes before and I would be surprised to learn this was a consistent policy but who knows. I doubt it was a PR gimmick but just experimentation by the Company to evaluate the economics....jusr guessing. At one time the Company had a program to rehab used Model Ts...