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I have a Borg Warner R10 overdrive on my Model A. Last time out I noticed that it didn't engage, and since I'd like to take that car to the Horseless Carriage New Year's tour on Sunday, I'll need to figure this out today or will have to take the "T" instead. It all seems to be okay. I can push...

I have a 1931 Roadster. It has the "intermediate" indented firewall, where they stamped over the old channels, flattened them out, as described in the Judging Standards. This would date the car to about April 1931. My car is a *******. It has a replacement engine from Long Beach Ford, dating to...

On several occasions now, I have tried to reply to a FOR SALE post, and got this message: Brother Hesekiel, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying...

Does any of the vendors sell the blue paint for recessed areas of the SS/chromed bumper covers, or can somebody tell me what the correct paint name or code for this is?

My car has Float-A-Motor motor mounts. Since the rubber disks seem to be compressed quite a bit, so much that I feel there's metal to metal contact, I ordered a set of new donuts from one of the vendors. When removing the bolts of the rear mounts and then removing the upper donuts, I realized...

Today I have found the time to get started on my Hershey 2014 photo template. While I don't go gagga with these photos, I still need about 4 minutes for each and every one, so it will take another two weeks or so before all of the photos are in here. I'll add 4 or 5 new ones every day now...

Found this Klaxon on the Model T Swap meet a couple of weekends ago. It's quite a bit larger than a Model A Klaxon, the bolts are spaced much wider, and has a different mounting bracket. Can't really read much of the label. I wonder, what might have been the original application of this horn?

My Ahooga horn looks stock from the outside, except that I had no access to the adjustment screw in the back without taking it apart. Thus, I put up with the rather "off" sound for so long. I now finally took it apart, and what I found inside was . . . well . . . a real surprise! A "Made in...

A while ago I received my period-correct APCO dual gauge bracket (mounts to the bottom of the steering column) and APCO mechanical temperature gauge and installed everything. Looks and works great! Now I want to put my old tachometer in the "right" hole but I don't know where to find ignition...

Howdy, I'm in the final stage of my back-to-rumble seat conversion and ordered a reproduction step pad from one of the major vendors. I've searched the site a bit and can't figure out how far from the (main) bumper bracket the step bracket should be mounted. I know I shouldn't be so obsessed...

I'm finally attacking my rumble-seat-to-trunk back to rumble-seat conversion. It all looks good, goes smoothly and lines up nicely (relatively speaking), but I can't get my head around the square shaped "hinge spacers" that according to the Model A Mechanics Handbook Vol. II (page 4-92...

About a week ago, I fired up the A, drove it slowly down my street, then turned onto the main street, accelerated gently, and the entire front end started to vibrate like the wheels would be falling off any second. I stopped, checked everything, found nothing wrong, drove off again, and it was...

SOLD to George, pending payment. Thank y'all for your consideration. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up for adoption is a set of truly superb set of five (5) 1935 Ford wire wheels in 16-inch size. They come with 5 rim strips, 5 tubes, 5...

Following the advice I received on this board, I ordered the Model A tubes in 19" size with rubber stems from Bratton's. Today I went to the tire store to have the first 2 tires fitted (I prep and paint one wheel at a time -- slowly), and the tire mounting professional pointed out that the...

I'm in the process of ordering wheel stuff (rim liners, tubes, tires, lug nuts hub caps, hub caps seals, and a wheel adapter kit for hydraulic brakes) from various vendors. Interestingly, there's no single one vendor who has all the stuff and prices interestingly vary quite a bit. I checked 4...

Here are three interesting period photos I found: On the wheel of this '31 Phaeton is no other than multi-billionaire Nelson Rockefeller. A soldier driving a '30 Roadster. Probably a movie scene with a '31 Roadster. Notice the dust!

This is what it's all about! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP1zmCkUkpA

My car is running way too rich, always has been, but it may run even richer now with the air cleaner I installed a few weeks ago. I can start the car easily without choke and without raising the idle, and while I don't know what the gas mileage is because I don't have a working odometer (a...

My '31 Roadster is an old war horse. Apparently the body was once used on a Hot Rod (visible on the cutout for the rear end) and the roll pan is brazed (not welded) on, as were the old rumble seat stops that the previous owner cut when converting the car from rumble seat to trunk. I have...

Howdy! I've got a 1931 Ford Model A that has been equipped with a 1939 transmission and a Borg Warner overdrive. This changes the "normal" routing of the speedometer cables on a Model A completely. There are 2 cables: 1) The output cable, which is coming from the back of the overdrive, and...