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Had my 29 Roadster out last week for a ride and it ran fine. Parked it and went to take it out yesterday and will not start. Checked everything I could think of and went through previous posts. One thing I saw mentioned was a bad kill switch. I had put one on a number of years ago as a...

Would love to see some pictures of what people do to dress up the Model A for Christmas and in particular what they do for Christmas parades. I have a 29 Roadster I would like to dress up. Simple is best. Merry Christmas to all. Jim

I am getting a weird noise occasionally going through the shift pattern as I double clutch. It makes a sound like you hear when when a tight spring unwinds. Doesn't do it every shift but as time goes on seems to be getting more prevalent. Completely replaced the entire drive train including...

Just discovered there are a few small drops of dried white paint on my Roadster top cover. Tried scraping VERY gently but not coming off. Is there any remover that will take these off without damaging the cover?? It is the original cover that came with the car and in great shape so I don't...

My roadster is running fine but when I come to a complete stop the engine does not idle all the way down. If I put my toe under the accelerator pedal and pull it back it then idles all the way down. I can not find any info in either of Les Andrews books about the linkage on the firewall...

Finally got my Roadster road worthy and been taking it for some rides. I had put a new rubber seal on the bottom of the windshield. When I get up to 35-40 MPH sometimes the windshield snaps throught the frame and hits the steering wheel - scaring the daylights out of me. I have tightened the...

Finaly got the box mounted yesterday afternoon. Helps to keep our minds off the terrible virus!!!

I made a Ford Logo to put on a tool box I made. It is 7 1/2 " wide and 2 1/2 " high. My wife did a great painting the "FORD" on it but now I woud like to put the white ring around the outside edge. I don't think I could paint it on. Thinking of trying to find some thin white tape to glue on...

Is there a way to search the forum for words. For instance if I search for "door hinge" I get every post that has the word "door" and all the posts that have the word "hinge". I must be doing something wrong as I have tried putting the words in quotes and also putting the + sign in but...

[B][/B Doing the interior of my 29 Std Roadster. I have been able to make patterns of the doors and seat but there are NO cowl panels on the car. Is there anywhere I can get a full size pattern for them? Thanks, Jim

I am doing some interior work in my 29 Roadster and the door hinges are definitely worn to where the doors don't close properly. I used some spray on the rust and the nuts that I can get to loosened up and I was able to get the bolts out. Some of the nuts are in a channel and I can just barely...

When I bought my 29 Std Roadster the shocks were not on the car. I had a card board box with the 4 shocks and quite a few shock arms. I was fortunate to have the shocks rebuild by Robert Paul just before he passed. They came back looking like brand new. I just recently mounted the shocks on...

I have some signal lights and controller that work on 12 Volt (I believe they work on + or - ground). My car is 6V positive ground and I really want to leave it that way. I have found a digiten 6V to 12V convertor that I would like to use and wire up the signal lights completely separate from...

A couple of weeks ago my 29 Roadster was running a little ruff so I decided to give it a check and in the process go back to the old style distributor. That is the last time I could get the engine to run! I have been pulling out what is left of my hair trying to check everything to no avail...

Need to get a new battery in the AM for my Roadster. Just did a search and came up with nothing. What is the best performing battery now a days. My first impulse was an Interstate but would like to hear what everyone is using. Thanks, Jim

Does anyone make a good quality ammeter??? I am on my second one and it fell out yesterday. Seems like they are VERY flimsy.

Some months ago while out for a leisurely drive a very nice lady tooted at me to tell me I had a rear wheel wobbling. Turns out I had a cracked left rear axle. While I had it up on blocks pulling the rear end I decided to check the drive train and Ujoint - Oh well might as well check the...

When I bought my 29 Roadster the old shock absorbers were on the car but NOT hooked up. I had a rear end problem so while the car was apart I sent the shocks out to Robert Paul for rebuilding and they came back beautiful. I am just finishing putting it back together. I put the rear shocks on...

After years of having my 24x36 shop we have now retired to FL. I now am working in a 9x18 rented storage unit with NO power. I am slowly getting used to it and have even mounted my work bench and vise on hinges so they can be out of the way when not needed. The one thing I REALLY miss in 110...

I have a 1929 Std Roadster that I am working on. I only own fords as personal vehicles and would never buy anything else EXCEPT when I grew up on a poultry farm in Rhode Island my father bought a new 1955 International R-100 pickup truck. I loved that truck and would love to own one. I have...