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Well, probably what I am suggesting is that like by near percentages, they are about as 'forthright' as non-Club Members who are selling a Model-A. From my experiences, not sure one group is any more (-or less) scrupulous as the other group.

It is funny in that when I first read Ronn's comment above, I actually cringed a little because of several of my customer's firsthand experiences with so-called 'Club Members' that IMHO they grossly misrepresented their vehicle during the sale to what later made them became my customer. I do...

Well I had to go back to photos from about 20 years ago to show you these... Back some 20+ years ago, we used a simple Eastwood Powder gun and good quality powder from Tiger-Drylac. It worked reasonably well, -and especially for what we had invested. That still holds true for today, that to...

Yes, the S/W bodystyles use a rubber that has the Window Seal already installed in it, but it installs the same way as the regular rubber setting material. The trick to this is to soak the rubber in light-weight motor oil to get it saturated. Then push the channel over the edge of the Glass...

Yes, but technically there really is no such of a thing as a Splash Apron on a Model-A. :o I think that may be where the confusion started IMO. I saw his picture and knew the item that he was working on, but not the application. What he was asking for help with is actually the Running Board...

You do as you wish, but I don't believe I would use the buggy bows. The main couple of reasons is you will ruin the Top Socket trying to install them, and you have no way to adjust the width of the Top after you install them. This should be done using a tubular Rivet. We make them out of Brake...

The question you pose about what products are best is very misleading. While I am not going to tell you not to use them, let me just say this. In my line of work, we have restored well over 150 vintage vehicles with nearly all of them have some level of a wood-based infrastructure. The two...

Hey Dave. The grain on both NOS Handles I have owned was lengthwise but I have seen the grain perpendicular to the shaft on Shifter Levers and Hand Brake Levers, and it passed without deduction. My thoughts are it would have been easier to do on a Sisel Wheel buffing coplanar with the Lever...

IMO, you are searching down the wrong street. If the Engine will start and run for about a minute, then I seriously doubt the Ignition Timing is the issue. It seems more plausible to me that you are having fuel delivery issues. A Carburetor can have enough fuel delivered to it where it will...

If all that is needed is replacing the Ferule, a file to score the Ferule, and then a small hacksaw to remove most of the remaining thickness of the brass. Then reuse the file for the final bit so as to almost break thru the brass. Heat the Ferule with a soft flame to only heat the Ferule...

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I have said this over and over, but 60 years ago when I was 6 years old, My father and several Model-A friends started the Model-A club in Houston. When I was about 8 y.o. (-circa 1968) I remember an old man stood up and made a comment that devastated me. He said 'Boys we better enjoy these...

Re: “B” Grind Cam Most notably, Valve lift, ...and the Duration the Valve is open. Depending on which 'B' Camshaft you have, roughly 0.017" for Intake Valve lift. The compression ratio, and the Carburetor and Intake Manifold sizes were increased over the Model-A, and so with all three...

Jeff, I agree with you 200% about the Hobby isn't dying, -however you did use the top car show in the country to use as an example. I was there, and the people that 'stole the show' this year was the 20yo - 40yo 'Kids'. Missie & I went up early and did the Lansing Run with our 1909 again, and...

All seem like great ideas. Just think quickly, expounding on Kerby's idea of the aluminum tubing, I could probably clamp the tubing on the Bridgeport and use a slitting saw to open it. Then maybe use the Pullmax to create the flat bottom and 90° bends at the bottom on both sides?? The one...

My best advice is first decide whether you are there to be a spectator -or to obtain parts. If your desire is the first one, then hang out in Chocolate N & S fields. If your desire is to find & secure parts, then post a list of your needs here and other places. Then compile a list of spaces...

I have several 1930-31 Coupes that are ready for Top Insert Mouldings. With the reproduction Mouldings out of production, has anyone came up with a workable substitute? Hopefully so, but if not, I am considering exploring the possibility of making a facsimile using some 6061 Aluminum Flatbar...

Actually it started and idled. I took it for a drive and it was sluggish and gutless, but it did drive. When I tried to adjust the GAV it did nothing when adjusted. We brought it back and we pulled the bowl off of the Carb to blow some air thru the jets. That's when we noticed there was no...

I agree with Jim. The Venturi is what creates the vacuum to draw the fuel upward and then create the turbulence to mix & atomize the fuel into the air. A Zenith will run without the Venturi installed, so just the vacuum from the intake manifold is sufficient to get the fuel in the bowl to move...

I totally understand. I will admit it is always comforting to take your bed with you so that you KNOW who slept in it last. :eek: Those conveniences, however, do come with a price. The same thing with trailers. FWIW, when I was ready to buy a decent trailer that I could carry 2 Model-As in...