Search results

Anyone know what model A would have had the door handle in the center of the door? Seen a lot of cars over the years and they are always up towards the front of the door. Never seen one directly below the door handle before. Looking at buying the car with said doors but can't figure out what...

Looking for a good original Model B intake manifold.

Have an engine noise I am trying to track down. Light tapping noise at idle which seems the loudest in the chain case when I listen with a stethoscope. Thought it was valve noise so I relashed with no change. Last night I figured out I had 0.012 inch of end play in the dist. Pulled it and added...

Just curious what everyone is using to paint their generators? Getting ready to restore mine. Would like it to look as correct as possible. Have some plastikote left from restoring my carburator and was wondering were generators and carburators painted the same?

Have a nice used plastic six bladed fan with steel hub. $40 plus shipping. Would consider trade or partial trade for other A parts. Currently I am looking for a generator and Zenith carb to rebuild, also looking for original 29 instrument panel and front splash apron. Chris

Looking for a set of original squre crank guide U-bolts. Have the guide and nuts, just need the u-bolts. Thanks, Chris

How do you tell an origional from a reproduction? Any dead give aways?? Were there originals that were not plated? Perhaps on comercial vehicles?? Found what's proported to be an origional surround over the weekend for a price that I am willing to pay. Not sure if it's origional or not...

Looking for an original set of 28/29 headlights for my Tudor. Don't have to be perfect, but hopefully decent enough I can use them now and replate them some time down the road. I realize that you can have a nice new set of repops for $300. Call me crazy, but I like to keep as many origional...

I was checking the ring gaps on some hasting rings a couple nights ago and the oil ring gap was 0.024 which is way above all of the specifications I have seen. anyone else run into this? Is it ok to have oil ring gaps that big? The top two rings were right where they were supposed to be. Chris

Looking for a good (crack free) used oil pump housing. Tore two pumps down this weekend for rebuilding and they are both cracked. Would prefer one with a bolted on filter screen cover, but I will consider either type for the right price. Thanks, Chris

Looking for original fasteners for installing the shift tower assembly to the trans. Thanks, Chris

Are all front brearing retainers the same? I was finishing assebly of a transmission last night when I noticed I had two front bearing retainers and they were not the same. I was mixing and matching parts from a couple transmissions to make one good one. I was currious enough that I dug out...

Sending my block off to the machine shop. Considering increasing the intake valve size to 1.7 inches. Can anyone comment, do I need to fly cut the head for valve clearnce with the 1.7 intake valves? Thanks, Chris

Can anyone fill me in on the 5 bearing cams vs 3 bearing cams? The eingine that came out of my car is a mid 29 motor and it has three cam bearins. I started tearing down another motor I am building for the car with is a mid 28 motor and it has 5 cam bearings. Is it as simple as they started...

Looking for a rebuildable core for my 29 Tudor. Pulled my engine out and I just keep finding problems.:( I think it's time to build a motor the right way. Not sure much of mine going to be reusable. Looking for a motor that's not stuck, but I would consider a stuck motor for the right price...

Have a chance to pick up a 36 Y chassis trans for cheap. Was thinking this could be a backup to the one in the car. Does anyone know if this will drop in? Would obviously have to use my bell housing since the y chassis is right hand drive. Any chance this would have synchros in it? Thanks...

help me decode my model A cyclinder head it has ME AM 199 5-1 cast into the top, the M and E are kind of on top of each other. is this an after market head of some kind? Any help is appreciated, thanks Chris

Looking for a good usable iron sediment bowl. I think they were all the same? Putting it on my 29 Tudor. Thanks Chris