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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVxByLO_6cA A full pull.

Automotive Suspension Physics The wheel suspension on a car is a damped, spring-supported rotating system. The spring supports the car but holding the car fixed the wheel can be thought of as being supported by the spring. The shock absorber supplies the dampening. Any unbalance in the...

First a little background. I bought new tires and decided to try the balance beads. The tires have to be completely concentric at their inside diameter at the tread. These tires aren't. They get flat spots from sitting and are not round because of quality issues. So I get a severe bounce...

Positive Crankcase Ventilation What is it Positive Crankcase Ventilation, or PCV, is a method of removing vapors and moisture from the crankcase of an engine by sucking them out using vacuum from the intake manifold. Fresh air is sucked into the crankcase to dilute the vapors...

Expert Model A mechanics seem to be far between and getting scarcer as time goes on. What about starting a Model A Mechanic Register with contact information, rates, location, and miles you are willing to travel? The contact info does not have to have your real name. This could be handled...

I recently visited a good friend who has a 30 coupe with 6.50-19 tires on it. He has 25,000 miles on the tires and they looked like they would go another 25,000 miles or more. He has radial ply tires. He runs with 35 psi tire pressure. My 1930 Fordor sedan is heaver than his coupe. I...

On a recent drive to a meeting of my club, while taking secondary roads, I found this car on the side of the road. I think it is a 1932 Model B. I did not lift the hood to peek, as I was respecting the private property. But it looks like a 4 cylinder head gasket in the weeds. It needs lots...

I read in the news this morning that dealers are raising the price of lubricating oils because of a shortage caused by the crude oil shipping problems. Some of the crude oil that would normally be turned into lubricating oil is not being used to produce Diesel fuel. There is going to be a...

Someone sent me this link to an auction with 3 Model A cars, tractors, and lots of Model A parts, and tools. I thought I’d pass it along. It’s located in Nebo, NC. Bid online. Carburetors, Doodle Bug, wheels, etc. etc...

In the 1960’s my only car was a 1930 coupe. I drove it to and from high school, on dates, and later to and from college. When I first got married it was still just an old car that I drove as my main and only form of transportation. Fast forward to 2026. In the back of my mind I still want...

This is a video about how the Las Vegas Strip came into existence. There are lots of cool clips of Model A's traveling in the early days. It is AI generated but it was done very realistically and historically accurate. An example of how good AI could be. There are still some parts that...

in 1968 I bought a REO Speedwagon house car from a junk yard in San Diego county and hauled it home to park it in my driveway. House cars are now called motor homes. I never got it running and sold it a year later when I got divorced. I have been searching for it for several years and about a...

The latest issue of the Hagerty Drivers Club magazine (Spring 2026) has an interesting article about an adventure across the Canadian Rockies in a 1928 Tudor. The article is written my Dave Hord with photos by Andrew Holiday and Andrew Snucins. Dave drove the car from Calgary to Vancouver...

The return spring for the emergency (parking) brake is notoriously hard to install. It has to be pushed or pulled to hook over the arm where the rod attaches. I made a simple tool that makes the installation possible that I want to share with you all. It is the right size so that it can be...

Recent reports in my local club of two serous accidents have prompted this thread. Update: One of the husbands in one of the accidents died. I don't know any of the details and he died days after the accident so it could have not been related. He was an older gentleman. I read a recent...

https://youtu.be/ysE8FMhAPH0 Maybe a flying quail mascot? There is a button to skip the ad at the right.

My first Model A was an old car. I drove it all over California. There was a Model A club in my college and I did join them for one tour, but mostly I just drove my Model A like I would drive any other car. I loved driving it on back roads, but when necessary I did drive it on major highways...

This is late Model T vintage but it was probably not much changed for the Model A era. A simpler time. No polyesters were killed in the process. Nice honky tonk piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzIgDB5BmB8

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Jitterbugs. Interesting Model A roadster but part of the plot uses a rear gas tank. Probably because the prop gasoline is really water. 16-inch wheels. Nice use of steam out of the radiator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP3QnwFc0UU

This coupe will not command very much money. The engine won't start, there is some damage to the upholstery, and it is green. Getting the engine running will not take more than a few hours, assuming there is compression. Someone who is handy with sewing and upholstery die can fix that aspect...