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Hard cover book (blue cloth cover) AUTO KINKS, published in 1934, by Popular Science. Fully illustrated, the title page says: "Handy manual of short cuts and ways of keeping motor car in condition & doing repair work. Several hundred ideas to help you derive more satisfaction from your...

While there seems to be some interest currently in the Model A Engine and the things that make it 'go', I would like to mention that there is in the recent MAFCA 'Restorer' magazine, an excellent article by Howard Eckstein -SLUDGE. It is well worth the read as it thoroughly explains in depth...

I have a solid (and heavy) Brass Belt Buckle, limited edition, circa 1981. It is embossed/reliefed/highlighted with the MAFCA logo; featuring a 1930 Coupe, and the wording "Model A Ford Club" on top of the buckle, and "of America" on the bottom of the buckle - with the '30 coupe in between...

I have a Mitchell Overdrive with shift lever. For a visual connecting link to the past, I thought I might remove my existing knob on the shift lever, and replace it with the knob made for the Ruckstell shift lever. With Ruckstell being a highly recognized over-drive unit for the Model T, and...

WANTED: Buyer for 28-29 Dash Rail for Closed Car. Seller with a tenacious ambition to sell above item has now reached 165 btt, and has been on the SWAP MEET section for 6 years now, trying to sell this Dash Rail. The man's tenacity has to be admired. The price is fair enough*, and I am quite...

"Harry Shay was a friend of Henry Ford. Around about 1980 He came to Henry and asked if he could use the original Model A molds to make a fiberglass Model A. Henry said yes, but Harry would have to sell all the cars in Ford Dealerships. This worked well for both men. Shay got the exposure he...

So WHO is Rod Wade? My voyage of discovery started with the back cover of Snyder's 2015 print catalog, where a well decked out 1930 Tudor Sedan was pictured. The caption included "Peking to Paris". Well, that peaked my attention and I began to dig further into this intriguing story. For...

What prompted this query, was this morning's visit to my 'Christian Science Reading Room" - AKA "Out House". At my modern day out-house, instead of the old Sears, Roebuck / Montgomery Wards catalogs - I now have my BERT'S, BRATTON'S, SNYDER'S catalogs. There, while perusing the SNYDER's...

I have over the years, watched a lot of movies where there have been no Model A's present - BUT, there have been 'traces' of the Model A, without a Model A actually being there. For example, I just finished watching the movie THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, staring Anthony Hopkins. The INDIAN...

There have been quite a few posts on this forum regarding negative reports about MAC'S Model A parts and service. I have never ordered from MAC'S or had any dealings with them, I only have read all the negative comments here on the Forum. Today however, I did spend some time purusing their...

There has been a Stromberg 97 carburetor on my '31 Dlx Coupe since it was restored about 2006. It has never had (or needed) a choke cable to initiate a start up. Recently however, the carb. no longer starts without some manual choking, and with some effort to get it to start. Additionally...

The latest issue of MAFCA's "The Restorer" bi-monthly club magazine has a good article about looking at and solving the leaky gas issues of a Zenith carburetor (page 8,9&10). This article (by Garth Shreading) is well worth reviewing, and is one of the many good reasons to join a national club...

Just went to the website of Bert’s Model A Ford Center,(AKA "Berts") previously outside of Denver, and found this message accross the top of their website" "WE are moving!!!!!! The last day at our old location will be October 19th. WE WILL BE CLOSED OCTOBER 20th-24th. We will re-open in our...

The recent post/thread about "Mac's Closing" - whether closing or just "moving" - and with the many responding posts with both positive and negative replies, makes me even more appreciative of people like Al Lapore (A&L Parts) and now his son Al Lapore, Jr. Producing and selling quality parts...

How many of you 'old farts' drive with the obsolete 'Columbia' two speed rear end ? I have had two in my 50 year history of driving my Ford Model A's. I like my current Michell over-drive much better for a number of reasons. Ignoring the conversion of the V-8 Ford 'Columbia' "over-drive"...

Today the Ford-Sanctioned SHAY replica of the '29 Ford Model A (mostly roadsters) is fairly well known. Between 1979 and 1982 5,000 SHAYs were built of the 10,000 projected, before 125 lawsuits, 10 million dollars of debt, and Bankruptcy ended production. What is less known is that from 1966...

The original BLACK California license plate that came with my Model A when I took over ownership back in 1965 or so, is finally becoming difficult to read, as the letters/numbers are all turning (like the black plate itself) an indiscernible brownish color (rust). I have no wish to 'restore'...

Yesterday I took my '28 Phaeton out to a Senior Care Facility to help enrichen the lives of some of the 'Older Folks', by giving them a drive around Victorian Eureka in the back of my Phaeton. There, while driving a few of the older (92 & 96) women around in the Phaeton, one of them remarked...

If so, the famous ebay motors has this for you" Winfield Carburetor Series S #BU9151 Ford Model A Indy NOS NEW Flatheat $999.00

A little fun here and a bit of ‘creative marketing’ that I recently found on ebay: “Unrestored Original”; “One of the very last unrestored examples.” – except for the paint job, upholstery job, new top, new plating, gone thru mechanically including ‘B’ head, etc. Who know what else? It looks...