Recent content by Walt Ebie

Trying to air up tubes that appear to have the "clamp-in style" stems. Trick is to get the air hose onto the stem because of the length of the stem (distance from the hub) and lack of flexibility of the stem to put the hose on. Standard tire pump and my compressor fitting will fit on but don't...

My '30 A ran fine last year with a new heavy duty radiator - gauge stayed in the middle green. Starting up this summer it wants to run right at or a tad over the red line. How come? I didn't think I needed to do a flush and refill every spring and may try that if necessary. Got any ideas that...

Time to think about downsizing which will mean saying goodbye to our '30 coupe. My question is where is a good place to an idea of what A coupes in excellent condition are selling for? Or at least what people are asking for them - knowing that what people ask for and what they sell for are two...

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On the old Bell farm, about 6 mi south of St. John.

I'm working on a scale model of my wife's home in Kansas where this car was parked. Since the actual house is gone now, I thought the wheelbase of the car would help me figure out the scale of the house. I know if this is a "T" the wb would be 100 inches, but I'm not sure it is a T. So what do...

Check the website "suicideknob.net" and you can see a list of all states and their law (with references) for these. Here in Ohio, there is no law. Check yours if need be.....better safe than ticketed.

Anyone ever run across a modern paint that will pass for Phoenix Brown? Seems like I saw somewhere a note saying that Sherwin-Wms had a house paint called Homestead Brown that might make it. Anyone run across that?

Thanks for your help - but just to clarify...are you saying that the leaves won't spring apart at the ends if I remove the clip when the car isn't jacked up? It would seem like as long as the weight of the car is on the spring, they would spring apart at the ends. No?

Thanks again....I'll get back on it tomorrow and try to get some lubrication between the leaves where I can. I'm not ready (or brave enough for a full removal) so I'll either use grease or some of that John Deere graphite spray that was mentioned. I don't think any lube has been done on these...

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the good advice but I have yet one question: it's about loosening the spring clip out at the end of the spring to aid in the loosening of the leaves. My clips fit as a horseshoe over the top of the 4 leaves and have just enough room for the 4 leaves. A horizontal...

Need to jack up my 30 to 'relax' the springs so I can apply some oil. I understand, from an old thread, that I'll have to jack the car up by the frame rails so the spring can relax. So where is the jack point on the frame you use when you do this? The car has engine pans so I'm not sure if they...

Any way to squeeze out a little more leg room in a coupe short of shortening the package tray behind the seat? Mine has an adjustable seat but it's already all the way back.

Remember the old saying......"You get what you pay for." It's true.

Okay...got it up on jacks and, as you might expect, it steers like a dream with no weight on the wheels. Checked the kingpin bearings and both are easy to finger-turn with no weight and when the wheels are back on the ground they are tight - can't turn with your fingers, so I guess that means...