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  1. nosbod

    '29 Phaeton

    Hello, bit of a problem as I am trying to restore the body behind the rear seats. Does anybody know where I can find an illustration of how it looked originally as after 90 years I don't think mine vaguely resembles how it left the factory? Many thanks John
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    With the rain comes mud...

    Well here in the UK its that time of the year again when instead of putting our beloved A's back into mothballs we dust them off and hit the countryside to sort the men out from the boys - https://hoits.smugmug.com/Motor-Sport-Photos/VSCC-Events/VSCC-Cotwold-2015/Class-2a/ John
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    A Day in the Country

    We have just spent a pleasant weekend in the A's in the Herefordshire countryside, details of which will be explained in the attached clip. As you can see it is the most fun possibly on four wheels so get yourselves sorted out on your side of the pond and arrange some events ...
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    Chevy Pistons

    Hi everybody , Yes I know this topic of using Chevy pistons has been explained in depth in other threads but I am still not clear on one point if somebody could please enlighten me. I read that when using these pistons they should be inserted with the normal front facing side facing the rear ...
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    Ebay

    Did you all see this one ? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=301149329931&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en Regards John
  6. nosbod

    3rd Gear

    Hello, Last month my gearbox cried enough so out it came and was rebuilt with all new internals. It was re installed and woks perfectly except that 3rd does not feel to fully engage and jumps out on over run. I swapped the tower for one that has given no trouble before so eliminating as a cause...
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    Brake set up.....

    Good afternoon everybody from a wet and windy uk. If the cold hasn't ceased up everybody's grey cells in the US perhaps somebody could answer the question as to why we set our rear brakes to come on before the front ones when as far as I understand the exact opposite is true of more modern set...
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    Condensers again!!

    Hi everybody, Just a short follow up to my post about thehot staring problems I had some months ago. Well as I said, replacing the coil and condenser together cured the problem until this week when in this highly unusual spell of hot weather in the UK I ground to a halt fortunately outside a...
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    Wow is me !!!

    I am rapidly approaching the end of my tether and in order to save my marriage, stop the dog being kicked too often etc. I am throwing myself on the mercy of The Ford Barners whose combined wisdom surely will help. I recently installed one of Rich Falluca's engines and everything went very well...
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    Engine Import.

    Season's greetings. I am considering importing an engine into the Uk from the States and it seems that Richard Falluca at Antique Enginering has the right product at the right price. Has anybody out there done this recently ? I would appreciate any advice you might have and also any knowledge...
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