Recent content by mcorrell

Don’t waste your money. Mine arrived today and the end wouldn’t fit over the ball stud. Not even close. When I tried to enlarge the opening the spring pulled over the dimple at the end of the rod. Fortunately I was able to get the original to work by cleaning and oiling both ends. There isn’t a...

Mine has one spring broken and has no tension on the ball stud. I found a new advance control rod on Ebay for $20.55 shipped. The seller states 9 available if you need one, or a spare.

Has anyone attempted to replace the little spring inside of the cap that attaches to the ball on the advance control rod? Parts suppliers were showing control rod sets out of stock when I ordered parts last week but today Snyders appears to have them back in stock. Problem is that it will likely...

My grandfather used to tell stories of he and his brothers buying Model As and then stripping them of as much metal as possible to sell during WWII while still being able to drive the chassis with drive train still intact. He said they used wooden barrels instead of radiators, stopping often to...

I agree that making a Model A "safe" for today's roads is a hard task. The car is driven on 35-45 mph roads 90% of the time....not to say that many drivers adhere to the speed limit. I've added LED lights to the single OE tail light and added a second LED tail light on top of the spare where...

Thank you nkaminar. I'm sure I can make it work out. I'll PM you.

Brent, you make some good points. The car is safe, though the steering has about 4" of play at the steering wheel. That will be fixed soon as it appears the culprit is worn bushings in the steering housing. The overheating occurs only in very specific instances (ambient temps over 80° and on...

Thanks. I was hoping the quality and fit might have improved over the past few years. Guess I'll keep my driving to cool days and/or nights. While I usually don't treat my old cars as investments, it is hard to drop a lot of money into an "A" these days. I could easily spend $1500 on her for...

With the cost of brass/copper stock appearing radiators topping $700 these days, I am tempted to try one in my '29 to replace the non leaking, but 2-row 1970s radiator that overheats on long grades and above 80° temps. The price seems fair and it will allow me to use the other money to fix the...

Problem resolved! I made a plate about 1/16 inch thick the exact shape of the cast boss, roughened it up to look like a cast surface, stamped in the engine number, and then glued the plate over the old number. This makes the boss about the same height before being ground down. All I need to do...

This is pretty much were I stand right now. My dad signed off the title and mailed it to me years ago. I've been driving it for years on his Ohio plate. I have the Ohio registration for the current plate plus registrations from the late 1980s before he got the antique tag. I've insured the car...

The OE numbers are long gone, but I may be able to fill the double strike numbers and try again or just fill everything and start over. I've thought about different epoxies but it seems solder should work as well. The biggest problem is getting a good, hard hit on them. I used a 24" extension to...

My state, North Carolina, only recognizes the engine number as the VIN. I asked about getting a rub or picture of the frame number. My dad bought the car in the 1980s and it currently has a valid Ohio title and Antique tag that expires in 2039. He sent it to me in 2015 when I got it running...

I don't want to pay for a bonded title. The car has been in the family over 40 years, but now I am in another state and they will not issue a regular title unless the engine number and VIN on the title match. The engine is the same year as the car

Has anyone ever tried to do this? I tried restamping my car's engine while in the car after grinding off the original engine number. The goal was to make the engine number match the chassis number and title Long story short the new number was not deep enough to be easily read and when I...