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Hi there, The Slant Window sedan I purchased a couple years ago did not have sun visors installed. I got around to sourcing the brackets and bought sun visors from Classtique which were a perfect match for my headliner but I lack the hardware to mount the brackets to the top wood or the sun...

While Ive been humming right along on my total front end rebuild, riveting frame crossmember swap and engine swap I hit an embarrasing snag. If you caught my previous post about the crossmember we got the engine installed and everything! We did fight getting the engine in between the mounts for...

With the help of three friends from the Treasure Valley Model A club we accomplished a great deal of work on my 31 slant window sedan today. Photos at the bottom. I have been plugging along on my 31 slant window. The car is a looker but underneath there have been a lot of issues that needed...

Well, I pulled the trigger on a Burtz block amidst a ton of front end work on my 31 sedan and now I've committed myself to some short nights and a scramble to get this all done before we head to the Mafca meet in Pendleton! I thought of the meet discount, but I had a concerning knock in my...

I have taken the rear end and transmission out of my sedan for an overdrive, and decided to check the transmission and clutch also. I have seen many examples with six springs in the center like the disc on the right, but I have not seen one with 8 smaller springs in the center like the disc on...

What is the word on A&L parts these days? I know they went to exclusively wholesale a few years ago, but I've noticed the main vendors seem to be out of stock with some of their best parts. The 30-31 brake light switch for one, that has brass bushings. Also I belive they made the better...

I'm hoping to gather some opinions on wiper blades. I know the default answer is they're not great and rainX is the answer, but which wiper and arm combination works best for real world driving if you have a well functioning vacuum motor? I see an original style 5 ply wiper blade, and a much...

When I joined my local Model A club 13 years ago, I was warned Model As are like lays potato chips - you cant have just one, and it turned out they were right! Lastnight I took delivery of my second Model A, a 160B. I have been restoring my grandfathers Coupe for years and simply have not...

I smell trouble.. :D I'm still restoring my real coupe stock, but I thought it would be fun to do some instigating. ;) I should do some kitbashing and find a SBC or flathead to put in it. :p We'll see if it runs or not.

Door hinge pins removed... Butchered one on my drivers side door though.:o The tool must have slipped, or it was just so solid in there that the pin seemed to become permanently swaged in there when I used the tool to extract it. I tried to drill it out on both sides and while I got the top...

Hello everyone, I've not been around the barn much this year and my Model A project has somewhat stalled due to a major job change last summer and the temporary but drastic pay cut that ensued so here I am trying to get motivated and keep moving forward! In case anyone is interested on an...

As a thirty something year old life has been pretty busy lately so my Model A progress has stalled, but I did save enough money to get some tools to eventually get me going again! Some of them arrived today! During our spring swap meet I garnered enough money to fund most of a new mig welder...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some input on an extra oil pan I have laying around. It was previously on my motor and I wound up buying a replacement in better shape. As you can see from the photos there are some dents on the front of it with some brazing on it, I'm not sure if from a rust...

Does anybody have a preferred method or technique for driving in grease zerks? I'm mildly frustrated because apparently I'm unable to swing a hammer straight tonight and some are not going in straight or setting tightly. the driver I'm using seems to be made of something slightly harder than...

Hello everyone, I have a question about painting the bumper end bolts and spacers. I'm hoping for a simple and inexpensive solution just to paint the bolts and spacers but if there's a better way, or if something just wont hold up I'm all ears. Will rustoleum hold up ok? How about adhesion...

Hello everyone, I am reinstalling my engine mounts with new hardware and rubber pads and can't seem to find any photos or reference on the bolts (specifically their orientation) that hold the mount to the frame. Are the nuts and cotter pins on the inside of the frame/engine mount or the...

One of these days I'm going to finish a blog website I started long ago but never got around to publish and post a bunch of pictures in chronological order of all the work I've done to my coupe and some of the adventures I've already had with it. I took it from needing serious help in every...

I went to a swap meet today and had one thing in mind that I really wanted to find (A windshield frame top appropriate for a vacuum wiper since mine has holes for an electric wiper). Anyway I did not find what I'm looking for but there was a decent assortment of other model A goodies around...

Hello everyone, I'm putting my chassis back together and was wondering if anyone knows if there was any welting on top of the front and rear spring beneath the cross member:confused:? I see no mention of it on Brattons or Snyders yet Sacramento vintage ford sells pieces for it. I don't see a...

I have a tool question for you carb rebuilding gurus. Does anyone have a good source or recommendation for good screwdriver(s) for rebuilding carbs? My standard slotted screwdrivers just don't fit the way I'd like them to because the blade is often too wide or too narrow. For instance, many...