Recent content by Keith True

Yes,and twice in front of my garage.One was an A roadster that the guy was having funky electrical problems crop up.He parked about 100 feet away from my garage,and we heard some weird snapping and hissing.Then a big bang.The battery had blown up.He had a cutoff switch mounted in the hot side on...

An old guy I used to trade with had a very early 28 chassis he had aquired from the farm near him.A tree had fallen on the car when nearly new,perfectly centered lengthwise.The farmer stripped it and put it in the back of his blacksmith shop for future use.My friend got it 60 years later.I did...

Well that long stud on the top makes it look like it is meant to take two layers of materiel.Who knows who made just what over the years.I do remember that the flap to use for hand signals opened inward on mine,not outward.Seems I had to reach up and pull something in the upper inside corner to...

Look near the top of the stanchion on the INSIDE of the car.You will see a stud or the hole it goes into.That snap on that flap looks like it was installed way too high.Looks like things were incorrectly fitted to begin with.I'm pretty sure that flap belongs on the inside.I sold my 30 Roadster...

I see the difference in the early ones.I never had reason to look before.The early ones pivot on a tab sticking out of the top body sill,like the roadsters and roadster pickups,and the later ones like mine pivot on a post sticking out the side of the body.Before you do any cutting maybe you...

i have been finding more and more,that the letters AI stand for always incorrect on the Model A Ford.People have waved their phones at me saying,lookit it's right here.Some of the BS is just horrifying,and some are taking it as gospel.

Pictures are on and off for me here.I'll give this one a try.

Now that's interesting.I have a July of 28 phaeton in my cellar,6 feet under my ****.I just measured mine,that 11 inch measurement on yours is 9 inches on mine.I always thought the irons on the 28's and 29's were the same.I never paid that much attention to the changes and details of the first...

The bearing between the spindle and the axle,that the kingpin goes through,should NOT be able to turn by hand with the car resting on the ground.If it does turn,then it needs to be shimmed,because the weight of the car isn't riding on the bearing.Now,if you jack the car up,with the wheels...

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I know the slants used a bed setting rubber with a lip seal,like a flap made onto it to seal the opening when the glass is up.I haven't touched one on a slant in years,still can't figure what the three pieces are.Years ago I used some oil on a Tudor,it turned the bed setting tape into a black...

Where did you get the info that the slants used a different bedding product,and that oil was used in the process? That sounds more like a story from FB or Utoob.

You will need cushion foam,not lawn furniture foam.Old bus seats seem to have the right size to make a seat for an A.Old,(80's) Caravan seats have a third seat that is the right width for A trucks and roadsters.I've never seen the backrest used,but the bottom cushion lays on the seat riser just...

Use two teaspoons and whatever lube you want to.I believe any of the balls you buy now are impervious to greases and oils.I use KY jelly because I use it a lot on rubber bushings and o rings,and because there is a tube of it in my toolbox.

Kids need to be hands on with their hobbies,and parents just ain't letting their kids drag home old cars and tie up their garages and yards.Over the last 40 years I've hauled dozens of aborted projects out of garages and backyards.All makes,and while I've bought a few,most I sold off for the...