Recent content by Shiloh

I’m in need of the metal trim stuff for a 1966 or 1967 Ford fairlane console. I’m specifically looking for the little bare piece that goes between the plastic console wall and the glove box hinge. I have the other parts but they are pretty pitted so if you have other pieces to the console or...

I’ve bought a nice Center console for my 1966 Ford Fairlane but it didn’t come with the Trim piece that the manual shifter goes through. Or the chrome bar piece that goes between the hinge and the console housing. If anyone one has these pieces or maybe the trim set I’d be interested. Thanks.

I acquired a few model T parts at an estate sale and amongst them is a 32 manifold. While I’ve got my engine out and going through everything I’m wondering if y’all have any suggestions about upgrades I may want to consider to get the most out of the nearly 100 year old engine? What I have is a...

Took the 31 to its first Show and brought home a shiny piece of plastic.

I’m a good mechanic but what you wrote just reinforces all that my dad used to tell me and that was “ A good mechanics will do a crap job when he thinks he knows everything, it’s just a matter of time on a certain vehicle”. I never gave the short shaft vs long shaft a thought till I read what...

On my pickup I put the cheaper Lucas tires on. My dad has a Sedan and has used Goodyear, Firestone and Lucus and he got roughly the same amount of miles out of each set of them. In my opinion there’s no use in paying twice the amount for a tire that will last and perform the same as a higher...

Good advice here! I’ve got a trashed intake manifold that broke an ear because I tighten the intake and exhaust together before mounting everything on the engine….

Whatever you do make sure everything fits together before going to paint. I made the mistake of using a 28-29 frame to build a 31 pickup and played hell getting everything to match up. Also make absolute sure that your frame is straight. They all had a tendency to say where the motor mounts are...

Give FS ignitions a call. They’re out of Ponca city, Oklahoma I believe. Get a better deal buying direct and if you have any issues at all they will stay on the phone and help you work everything out. I bought the Zipper distributor from them. I had the poor guy on the phone for over an hour...

Does anyone know of a nice looking trim piece that might go over the center hinge on a 1930 1931 Model A? I’ve seen something for a 1932 that looks like it would just clip over the hinge and can be removed when needing to fold the hood up. Has anyone tried anything like that?

It’s funny to read folks dicker over what someone else spends their money on. About like having neighbors that tell you what to do with the land you bought, and pay taxes on….

It’s a shame when a man spends that much money on a reproduction part and still has to spend that much time in reworking them. But I suppose it’s what to be expected from trying to bring a 90+ year old car back to its full glory. What’s even crazier than that to me is that you can cut, chop...

I went on Amazon and bought one of those covers the stretch over the wheel and then wrap with a plastic looking cord. It looks ok but I’m liking this look much better.

Just want to say thank you for responding as to what the problem was. So many times folks ask questions and a lot of advice goes out but many times folks don’t comeback and tell us what the resolve was. Now that you’ve done that we all know another thing to check if we run across the same...

I posted some more on my profile album today!