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Is Rootleib still making hoods? I want to purchase a hood and they do not answer their phone of their emails. Does anyone know if they are still making hoods? Thanks, Chris W.

I need a recommendation for a good quality restore for starters. We have lost most of the local shops that could do this and one of our chapter members is in need of having a starter restored. Any recommendations would be appreciated. I am in the Pasadena California area, Thanks in advance...

I am trying to help out a fellow club member. Who does really good generator work. I am in need of someone who knows what they are doing to do a complete restoration of a 29 "Long" generator for a fine point car. A shop that uses QUALITY armatures and field windings and not this Chinese crap...

Help needed, Where can I buy a windshield glass for a Deluxe Roadster with the correct Triplex logo? Chris W.

I am installing the interior of my '31 Deluxe Roadster and need some HELP. I need good detailed pictures of the package tray area and the top of the body on the sides and across the rear of the body. Also, I need a picture of how the seat back rest wood mounts to the brackets on the top of the...

I know this subject has been covered numerous times but can not fine it. I used to be able to post pictures in the past but can no longer do so. How do you post pictures? Thanks in advance for your help. Chris W.

I am restoring a 31 Roadster. Do the screws that mount the door hinges to the door post use a lock washer? I have the special cupped washers and screws but I do not have any lock washers. I seem to remember several years ago when I took it apart, there were small counter sunk toothed lock...

I am in the process of painting my 31 roadster and have a question about masking the body moldings along side the deck lid opening. How far down on the side of the deck lid opening do you carry the molding color? Does it go just a little way down or clear down into the rain gutter? My...

I am in the process of purchasing paint for my restoration project. I would like to use Lacquer as I have had a lot of experience with it thru the years. Have any one used Acrylic Lacquer from TCP Global? Is it good quality? Is there a better source for Lacquer Paint? I would appreciate...

I am in the process of installing a reproduction side curtain pan in a '31 Roadster. It appears that the pan attaches to the underside of the body sub rails and cross channels. Is this correct. Does anyone have a good picture of the pan as installed from the underside of the body as well as...

I am putting together a 31 and adding side mounted spare tires. What is the size of the hole in the splash apron for the side mount arm? I have pilot holes drilled that line up with the brackets on the frame. I think it may be 1 1/2 inches but want to be sure before I enlarge the pilot...

Hi Folks, I am restoring a 31 Roadster that has no floor, seat riser, of front seat frame. All the original body sills and cross channels are there and are in good condition but the floor sheet metal was removed long before I got the car. Who sells the best reproduction floor and seat...

A friend brought his Model A to my shop with a fuel starvation problem. His engine is a relative stock A that he installed "B" carb and intake manifold. On level ground at about 40 MPH, the car runs fine but on the highway at 50-55 in overdrive , it will run fine for a bit and then start to...

Hi Folks, I am doing a fine Point restoration on a 1931 Roadster.:rolleyes: I need help identifying the correct front engine support (mount). The Judging standards say my car should have a stamped steel front engine support. The standards go on to say 2 different stamped steel...

Hi Folks. I have a dual Temp/Fuel gauge in my 32 and the temp gage quit working. Who do you recommend to send it to for repair. Thanks in advance for your help. Chris Wickersham Pasadena, Ca.

Please ignore, I have already started this thread and would void this one if I knew how. Chris W.

I am helping to put together a program on the Model A Ford. The question came up as to how many Model A Fords survived today. Does any one have a good estimate as to how many Model A's are still around? I would think the number is in the hundreds of thousands. I would doubt if it is a...

Hi Folks, Has any one had any experience in getting rust flakes out of the radiator. I have a car in my shop that had been sitting a long time my customer recently purchased. The radiator was stopped up and he had a radiator shop rod it out. After a few hundred miles, the radiator stopped up...

Hi Folks; I am starting the process of restoring a "High Point Car" and would like to know which supplier has the correct color Ford Engine Green. Thru the years I have rebuilt several engines and have painted them Ford Engine Green but these were not for High Point Cars and I am not...

I am in need of a new water pump for a Model B engine. I have heard that there is a person who makes a new pack less Model B Water Pump. Does any one have any information? Thanks in advance. Chris W.