Recent content by RandyinUtah

When traveling in our Model A through British Columbia in 19 In the late 1980s I stopped for gas in Cotni Bay and they were using a pump like in the picture.

Happy new year from Utah

I have been using the gas filter for three VW bug for over 30 years with no problems. I have this filter under the dash on the line from the shutoff valve to the firewall. I don't care for having the filter in the engine compartment.

I will always have my town Sedan which I restored 42 years ago but a few years ago I sold my 30 A Roadster and purchased a 1959 Triumph TR3 .

I have seen other 31s that didn't have indented firewall.

In the past heated some old babbitt and pored the liquid into a small angle iron in a V for a mold. The result was a stick of babbitt about the size of a pencil which worked well with the old style soldering iron. The objective was to make a stick of babbitt work and melt like using solder.

I'm on my third set of tires and still running with my forty year old tubes.

I was surprised to learn that my 1959 Triumph TR3 made in England uses all USA standard nuts and bolts. Just a few tiny screws under the dash holding the instruments were not SAE but Whitworth.

What effect do the beads have on the inside of the inner tube?

Our club has party planned in the park along with car games. Members will be driving Model As from fifty mile radius to get to the party.

O I am running inner tubes that were purchased from Snyder's forty years ago and they have been used in three sets of tires which I have warn out. No need to change to new tubes when changing tires.

I can't quite wrap my head around the statement that mechanical spoke wheels carry only half the load of welded spoke wheels.thus are prone to early fatigue.

Or it could be the gas tank sealers that were sold twenty to thirty ago that are now breaking down and turning in a black tar like goo. I have seen this before on other people's cars. I will never use a gas tank sealer after what I have seen.

Turn the little brass thing on oil pan if oil runs out kinda slow you add more oil

I quit Macs years ago when they decided to carry parts for most every auto. You can't be the best at everything so I only order from companys that specialize in the auto I'm working with.