Recent content by Roger V

I have restored several Model A's and bought one very similar to yours years ago. Even with a complete woodshop and making some other Model A body wood pieces, I sold the Fordor. Even if I bought a complete wood kit (requiring a lot of rework), I knew I could do it but also realized my...

I used duct tape once. Even though carefully using it, the movement of the tube on turns dislodged it and formed an edge that wore/cut through the tube.

Since it was a "Deluxe", it came with the stainless passenger shells. Also true for the Town Car Delivery. The pickup supposedly was designed for General Electric. You can Google that though it's been published in a couple of books. As an aside, I knew Vernon Burks as he lived a couple of...

The two ends are not on the same plane so the likelihood of the shop getting it right is low. So, a leak due to not being flat to the gasket is likely. You can measure that difference (don't remember but around 3/8"). Have your shop use that dimension's spacer and solder.

Larry is absolutely correct. Have seen this condition on Model A's many times.

It leans because of possibly 90+ years of fatigue with at least a driver but not always a passenger. One of my A's had this. I measured the frame every foot to see if it had the driver side rail fatigued downward. Was okay so replaced the front spring because it was smaller. No change. Went to...

Was told years ago that a Chevy wiper motor looked similar (though not with that collar) but the vacuum port was on the opposite side. Had one on a SW Townsedan I bought mounted upside down relative to an original so the port faced toward the incoming vacuum line.

Several people I respected discussed this at a National Meet around eight years ago. When the majority came up with a age that was about ten years away, I started selling my near-50 year collection of parts and Model A's. I kept two that my wife didn't want to sell. She thanked me for not...

I have encountered odd dimensions and thought to use my expansion reamers. BUT, in the case of a distributor, the only reamer I use is an "alignment" reamer. Just like kingpin bushings, using a regular reamer is likely not going to be in alignment but cocked. You ream both bushings until the...

One of my favorite sites is boltdepot.com. You can get about any diameter and length in various metals. I have used their stainless steel oval heads in trim areas with a little polishing. The neat thing is you can buy, by the piece without the typical 50 or 100 count box. Here is a link for...

From where ever, I recall that Ford did not have big-enough presses to stamp car roofs. I "think" 1937 was the first year they made all-steel car bodies.

I have found #12 machine screws at ACE hardware stores in the little specialty drawers.

Have heard of it being a "fire wrench".

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Re-doing my engine compartment. I forgot to mark the heater hoses. Where does the top hose at the firewall/heater box go to? The vacuum actuator on the intake manifold or the front of the engine?