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Was there ever any sort of weather seal gasket for the outside bottom of Fordor windows? There are gaskets on the rear window and everywhere else but no apparent way to mount a weather seal outside as there is on the inside When I wash my car I am always careful around the windows to keep water...

I have been assured that my current problem with my engine doesn't have anything to do with the way I drove the car. My low mileage engine developed a miss and was not firing on number three, no fire to three at all. All the standard remedies were tried, wires checked new plugs and carb but it...

Vision of vaporizing in a flash of white light comes to mind when even I think of my present situation. Yes.....I do know pure oxygen supports fire and burns rapidly. Probably dangerous huh? I have COPD and have been prescribed 24 hour oxygen. I have to walk around tagging a little trailer with...

I used to do jewelry work in college and art later. I've Now done a mascot of my springer in wax would like my noble dog immortalized on my model A radiator cap. Does anyone know a Barn member or firm that will do one off castings or a small number in the pewter like substance of which the...

Could someone please go into depth as to what is involved adjusting the lash and what exactly that is when re-installing the drive shaft and pinion gear when installing a Mitchell Overdrive. Am I even in the ball park......? I envision the adjustment as adjusting the depth that the pinion...

I took a battery back today that had gone bad because I had cycled it one too many times by letting a small draw run the battery down to zero. My fault but I trusted the warranty would save me and I abused the battery through my neglect. The warrant didn't save me and I was disappointed to...

I have the bit in my teeth and a fair wind on my stern, no wife or anyone to give me pause for caution except my Brother Barners. My question is why I should not pop for a new Mitchell Overdrive for my Model A. My engine has just at 1000 miles since being put right by James Rodgers Mississippi...

I called brand X, Y, and Z this morning to drop Hagerty Insurance because I have restored a Pop-Up trailer and wanted to tow it with my Model A. Everybody said Hagerty won't insure me if I tow a trailer or even have a tow ball on my car. Well I never! How dare them propose to tell me what I...

Just a maybe but has anyone have enough knowledge of the LED tail lights with turn signals to diagnose why the signals work, flash and the brake light works but the tail lights won't work at all whether on low or high beam? I am running an alternator, 6-volt, positive ground. Just to make it...

What is the most likely rear end ratio in a late production, stock, 1929 Briggs Fordor? What else do I need to know before ordering a Mitcheal Overdrive?

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It was not my intention to start a hoax when I built the trailer but I seriously considered doing so when the State Of Mississippi so willingly offered to help. When I went to register my home built trailer the clerk at DMV asked what year the trailer was. I said I didn't know I guess this year...

When I put my 1929 Special Coupe together I had a vision of a man and his trustworthy Springer Spaniel motoring through the back roads of the piney woods. A man and his dog. When I was ready for my first venture out in the car I called on my pal to join me. Although he had ridden in every form...

My car just got Flathead Ted's brakes and a new engine. When the car came home it had a new kind of wheel wobble not induced by bumps. The old girl wobbled real badly on the left front wheel and it started from a dead stop and continued to about 15mph. It was bad enough that people pointed it...

A couple of times now my engine wouldn't start from lack of fire. The coil got fairly hot and there was not spark passed it to the distributer. No fire. Monkeying around with it the problem seem to solve it self. I may have had the problem yesterday but it righted itself fairly quickly. I...

The grease fittings for the bearings on the rear end of my Model A were gone. They were replaced when the new Flathead Ted Brakes were fitted and then the bearing was pumped with plenty of grease. Now an old flathead guy says that MAY bite me in the butt because he remembers reading somewhere...

My dream and the reason behind all the work I have done and had done on my Model A is that I want to tour in the car. To my mind there is a reason that these old babies got to their ripe old age an it is that they were tough dependable cars meant to be driven. Didn't people drive their cars long...

What have I got here? I bought this jack on epay for a small price thinking it was a early Model A fliptop jack or a Model T jack. There is no hole in the flip top and I thought I remembered that that made it an early Model A jack. When I got it and compared it to the judging standards there...

Do you replace the long springs on the rear breaks when you install the Delux Brake Energizer Kit? The instructions make it clear that you DO NOT replace the long springs on the front brakes but aren't so clear as to what you do when you re-assemble the rear brakes. When I roll the rear wheel...

Recently I asked what a guy is supposed to do when he feels the has gotten way less than he paid for in quality and service having a Model A engine rebuilt. That is the question I want answered. Last fall I needed an engine and bought, sight unseen, a rebuilt one that was coming from a...