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I am attempting to trim out the interior of my acquired 29 Roadster, utilizing the seats I have, which may not be original (I'm a novice at this and have never upholstered anything in the past). The seat upholstery is adequate, so I only need upholster the gap between the seat back and tack...

I recently took my A for it's inaugural run, 150 mi. after restoration. Everything ran well, except along the way a generator bearing froze up, threw the fan belt. Was able to drive home without a fan or generator since it was a cool day. I had the generator rebuilt and reinstalled. After...

I'm having my engine rebuilt, so I have decided to pull the transmission apart to see what it might need.  Being a novice, I can only recognized the big obvious problems like missing/chipped teeth, galled shafts, loose bearing, etc (I did find broken teeth in the differential, but transmission...

I've been trying for hours to stab the two control rods back into the tubes in the steering column, with no success. Does anybody have a simple trick to stab these in? Its a 7 tooth steering column. The steering shaft is already installed in the lower bushing, etc. I have the two rods...

I'm in the process of trying my hand at painting my 29 roadster. I'm a total novice at this and have read all I can find, but have a few questions I'm not clear on. Any suggestions or guidance is greatly appreciated. I have stripped the fenders to bare metal with zip-strip followed by power...

I'm in the process of disassembling pieces to paint my '29 Roadster. I am planning to leave the body on the frame and only removing doors, fenders, and other easily removable parts for painting (just sprucing up a driver). Can the door sills be removed easily without lifting the body off...

I'm in the process of trying to find the root cause of my spark advance linkage not fitting properly. My linkage is factory standard of 17" inside-inside, or about 17-1/2" total length with the sliding sleeves. The distance from the inside-inside of the control rod arms on the steering column...

Currently rebuilding/reconverting my distributor from "modern" set up to original, due to poor quality upper plate that does not ride snuggly in the groove, causing difficulty in setting point and timing, etc. Thanks for prior guidance from this forum to covert back to original. I bought a new...

Just rebuilt my distributor with the modern upper and lower plate. Took her for a test drive, got about 3-4 miles and she just died. Two prior drive&die trips were traced to a blown fuse which I presume was a result of a bare strand of wire in lower plate pigtail (reason for rebuilding...

One door on my 29 roadster is missing the door guide clip, the rubbers, and it's supporting structure - ie, the sheet metal that holds the clip and it's rubbers in place is missing. Does anyone out there know a source that describes how this area of the door is constructed, so I can repair...

While my 29 roadster was on blocks, awaiting some wheel parts, I decided to do a compression test on the engine. While turning the engine over without any plugs, while testing the 3rd cylinder, there was a "pop" sound and no more starter. I now have nothing when I try to engage the starter...

I recently salvaged a 4 blade fan from a '29 parts car, history unknown. While cleaning up the fan, I noticed that there was a small recess (about the size of a woodriff key) adjacent to the main key way at about the same location as where the woodriff key would be. Upon fit up on my '29...

I need to replace both rear axles on my inherited '29 Roadster, due to bad keyways. The rest of the rearend seems ok (no strange noises). I have sourced some new (old) axles with good keyways. Can I change out just the two axles (using new axles with existing ring/spider gears), or is it...

I'm attempting to complete installation of emergency brakes on '29 Roadster. Can someone confirm what the proper rod length should be from the Emergency Handle to Cross Shaft. The car came with a right side mounted handle and 20-3/4" rod mounted to the cross shaft (yoke one end). There...