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I am taking apart the frame number matching motor for my cabriolet. I last had it running in 1963, so it is mostly locked up tight, but is slowly coming apart. Crank and pistons are now out. All valve spring retainers are out. Seven of the valve springs are out. Six of 8 split valve guides and...

Interior parts 28-29 Pu, coupe, cabriolet and much more New Snyder’s bare seat springs set for PU. New L-B interior panels, black for CCPU, 25 years old, never installed. L-B rumble seat for 45A coupe, maybe also correct for cabriolet 68A. Brown leatherette vinyl. Like new, Not used, but one...

I frequently had this same problem in the early sixties with my stock motored Model A. The car now has what is a pretty typical touring motor: high compression head, FSI distributor, Weber carb, performance cam, etc. The car runs fine while driving. ...and the problem I would like to solve is...

My binding is tan as is the top material, rather than the tan olive drab rubber interlined fabric. My original photo of the car from 1930 shows it did not have a darker binding material as seen in a number of cabriolet tops, and as was expected on the post mid-1929 cars. Mine was apparently a...

The upper landau mount has a rubber spacer and metal cover. They fit between the top material and the landau iron. Should the metal piece be painted or plated? Body color is Andulusite Blue. My cabriolet did not have the piece when I got the car, so this is a reproduction piece and is...

I am still breaking in my rebuilt A motor. After a short drive, I recently noticed a "mist" of dirty oil/dust below my oil fill cap. I cleaned it off with a few paper towels and pulled the cap off. To my surprise there was nothing but a clear air pathway through the cap. Is there normally some...

My cousin just sent this to me today, an old 1950 photo (copy) showing the car in use, hauling an antelope back home from a day of hunting. As you can see, it was a heavily used car. It would have been my grandmother's every day car at the time, but my dad's brother was likely using for...

It is hard to find an outside mirror that works well on a cabriolet as the hinge is a couple inches lower that those of other models. I finally made my own. I made a full sized pattern and had it cast in brass. My first time to ever try casting parts. a foundry did the actual casting. Now...

I am trying to fit the top wood on my late '29 cabriolet. Some things are not matching as they should. I need to know the inside or outside width of the vertical top bow (B pillar) at about 14-1/2" up from the dress plate. The reproduction bow I have appears to be an inch too wide. My 'windows...

I'm about to connect tail, signal wires using a Vintique two filament tail light. It looks like original style plug and wire colors. One is green, the other is black. Which would be the brake light? Thanks. I know I can figure it out by trial and error, but trying to avoid that step.

Five barely used 21” New Zealand Firestone tires on powder coated wheels. You can still see the casting nubs on the tread. They came on a parts car when I bought it several years ago. Now they are in the way and just were put outside. Will not ship, must pick up, Millbrae is near SFO. Only...

I spent all of the last week lifting the body, inserting rubber shims, bolting the body down tight, looking at results, figuring a correction, remove all nuts, and then repeating, starting again at the first step. ...also taking notes of each trial fit, reviewing results and proposing next...

As I get closer to 70, and as my A gets closer to being a driver again I am concerned that the clutch pedal will be too heavy for me to drive the car regularly with my bad knee. I imagine there might be others near my age with this concern/problem. I remember my last manual transmission car, a...

How to Restore Your Model A, Volume 8, pp.110-112, has a reprint of an article by Bob Hess on "Converting to 12 Volts." Part of the discussion is about modifications needed so one can reliably use their existing 6 volt horn. I would recommend that anyone planning a 6 to 12 volt conversion should...

I am almost done with building a new seat base frame for my Aug. '29 Cabriolet (no glue, no screws yet). I mostly built it using dimensions measured or extrapolated from my original seat frame. I do not know about all the other cabriolet fixed seat bases; but what is interesting to me is that...

My 68A had this horn shown below when I got the car in 1959. It did not have a cover or bell then. I replaced it with a cheap repro at the time, but put the "original" aside and used only the mount. Today, I was cleaning up the garage a bit, found my original horn, and thought I should see...

I am not so far on rebuilding my 68A that the answer is absolutely critical, but I want to fit my rails right and want the wrapping installed where it should be. Fifty years ago, I was rushing for the top to be done by the time when I would become old enough to drive, so I just left the wrapping...

I recently found this when sorting through mostly Model A parts. I have had it for about 20 years or more and do not recall getting it, but it may have come with a '28-29 closed cab body.

My cabriolet (68A) has one brass door striker that was severely worn. The repro part, supposedly for Briggs Body cars, has holes on wrong location and is apparently cast iron. So, I decided to try and save my originals. I built up the face about 1/4" to match the other side. I used silver...

I need to know the width I should set the top of the B pillars, outside to outside or inside to inside measurement. My 68A cabriolet's natural, loose fit is 50-7/16", outside to outside (to wood, no sheet metal), and the pillar tops are centered within 1/16" of the main sill's left to right...