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I'd be grateful for advice and identification of these two door handles that were sold to me some time ago from the US as suitable for a 1929 Roadster. Well, I don't think they're right for that car. The closest I can match them to is the 28/29 Coupe or Tudor (although from catalogue pictures...

About 18 months ago I 'grabbed' a spindle bolt assembly for my 29 Model A from an eBay seller, thinking that it would be great to have relatively old but good quality parts on the shelf for when I converted back to mechanical brakes and overhauled the front axles/spindles. Well, I've started...

I have a 1929 ModelA Roadster which has Uruguayan home-engineered hydraulic brakes. For a number of reasons, I hope to convert the car back to original Ford mechanical brakes. I enclose a picture of the brake pedal and rod connecting to a US Girling master cylinder. The chassis has the correct...

My Uruguayan / Northern Ireland 29 Roadster came with an old Signalstat 900 Sigflare. It wasn't working of course, like most of the rest of the car! I got it working, but the indicator lights failed on my last short drive out. I checked that the fuse was OK and 6v was getting to the unit. Then...

My Uruguayan Roadster had a rather poor home-made windscreen frame which was mounted on a set of brass after-market stanchions which mimicked the 30 -31 hinged arrangement. Ken Bradley has sent to me a very sound 29 frame, and I'm 'dry fitting' it to the car, using new stanchions from Mac's. To...

I bought my 1929 Roadster 3 years ago and it's back on the road in England this year. The car was almost certainly built in Argentina, underwent interesting 'maintenance' in Uruguay and Northern Ireland before being restored by me. It is right hand drive with the 3 litre (? 200 cubic inch)...