Recent content by Ernie Vitucci

Hi Jim...Glad you are back on the board...You have helped me several times...Ernie in Arizona.

Good Afternoon...McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas gives a four year degree in Automotive Restoration...Cars & Light Trucks prior to 1970 if my memmory is correct. Graduates love to take jobs maintaning collections. My Grand Daughter, Tara Feeney is a graduate and works in a Restoration...

I wonder if new gland rings were used. Ernie in Arizona

If you talk to one of the major Model A Suppliers, they will have the correct parts...Suggest you start with Arizona Model A...Sammy Guthrie...480-782-0266. He is a second generation Model A guy and is extremely knowledgeable. Tell him Ernie sent you! Ernie in Arizona

Good afternoon...The oil you use can depend on the weather where you live. Here in the Arizona Desert, I run 30wt detergent all year. The ford owners manual says to run 20wt in the winter cold months and 40wt in the warm summer months. Wiser folk will give their opinions and you'll have to...

Good Morning...Much depands on how often you drive your A. I drive Miss Princess at least once a week...She has 50/50 antifreeze in her and it stays nice and green and clean. Friends who don't drive their A's much...seem to have more trouble with their cooling systems. Ernie in Arizona:)

Good Morning...You might want to check the connections to the battery for clean and tight and then all the connections like behind the amp gage, the ignition switch, and in the bottom of the distributor...all sorts of little gremlins can be hiding in loose wiring...Happy Hunting...Ernie in Arizona

Good Morning...I generally use a medium brown spray paint...the grain in black and then a clear varnish over the top...two hours to dry between the three applications...Ernie in Arizona

Good afternoon...I've used Optima batteries in my Model A for 21 years. In the heat of Scottsdale, Arizona I get about 7+ years and I drive the car at least once a week for about 49 weeks a year. I do use a one wire alternator which has lasted the 21 years since I installed it. Ernie in Arizona

Good afternoon...A Marine Supply or Amazon would be the correct place to obtain your varnish. For years, finishing yachts, we would sand lightly wipe clean, use a couple of coats of varnish cut 50% with the correct thinner only...sanded lightly between coats...then a full coat with a good cut...

Good Afternoon...It seems to me that those Carbs are distributed by Sammy Guthrie at Arizona Model A. 480-782-0266. I suggest you give him a call and see what his experience has been when people share a similar problem...Ernie in Arizona

Good Morning...I feel that you should still go and talk to him. If he will not do what you need...I'll bet he will send you in the right direction. Ernie in Arizona

Hi Brent...DAMFINO!...Ernie

Wow...All such good advice...Your A is clearly worth the work...Ernie

Just a second note...My first Model A, a 30 Coupe, purchased when I was 16, in 1963, was originally capable of about 38 miles an hour, flat out. on a downward slope...slower going back up! After a year or so, my self, my dad and and another Model Aer changed to a better engine...I had fallen in...