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My 1928 Special Coupe was judged at the Loveland National Meet last year and scored very well. I received an 8 point deduction on the 5000 point scale for "wrong backing plates for month/year". Not a huge deduction. This is NOT a knock on the guys doing the judging because, by golly, if you go...

Section 2 page 6 of the RG & JS discusses the position of the ground strap bolt in relation to the battery and cross member. The text reads "the bolt head was located on the battery side of the cross member". The accompanying picture in the Standards appears to show the opposite. I did a search...

Hi, I am trying to pick a flat spring for my late 1931 Tudor. I hope to have this car judged in a National Meet someday. My candidates as of now are: 1 is a an obvious repro. 2 is the one from my car. The engine was removed and rebuilt before I purchased the car. so the spring may have been...

Working on fasteners for a fine point car. Confused a little by the S4 finish designation for a number of bolts, nuts, etc. The 1932 Ford price list defines S4 as raven finish and black paint. So for example did Ford specify a lock washer that called for an S4 finish to first be plated...

My oldest son bought a few Restorer and Model A News magazines at a local auction for a few dollars and gave them to me. They are 1967 to 1970 volumes. Of interest is the March-April 1969 Model A News that has an insert named "Special Judging Standards Issue". If you think we fine point...

Need to replace a headlight bulb on a September 1929 original unrestored Fordor. Would like to use as close to factory correct as I can find. Restoration Guidelines show wrinkled glass up to early 1929 but not specific for later production. I'm thinking smooth for the later ones?? Any help...

Did not want to hijack 700rpm's thread but I have a related question. I have been trying to establish a build month for my late 31 Deluxe Tudor. Frame number is 4,515,098 which would be a 3/31/31 built engine. Back of speedometer is marked Y7 which is evidently July 1931. This is the one I...

Does having a diamond engine preclude a model a from entering fine point judging, or does it just mean a major deduction from the point total?? Thanks

Trying to determine if either of these (or neither) would be correct for a mid-July 1931 Deluxe Tudor. One of these (not positive which one) was on my car when I took it apart to restore in 1985. Life got in the way of my first attempt and I am now unpacking the boxes and continuing the...

It is time for me to order interior upholstery for a late 1931 Tudor that I am planning to show at the National in Washington in 2014. I bought this car in 1979 and it had a bunch of correct original parts so I decided I would restore it now for fine point judging. My question is this: I...

Sorting and storing parts for a potential late 1931 Tudor fine point car. Wondering if this stop light switch is an original or just a good repo? Doesn't match the one shown in the Judging Standards (clinching tabs in the wrong place), but also does not look like the repos being sold by the...

Took apart several shocks last weekend looking for rebuildable ones for my late 1931 Deluxe Tudor we are restoring for a National Meet. Of the thirteen that had wide bases it looks like 6 or 7 can be rebuilt. My question is: Do the covers need to be exactly the ones that are shown in the...

Ready to start prepping my '31 front fenders for paint. Wondering if anyone could post any info on paint stands to hold them for this. Tried the search engine with no luck. Years ago I borrowed a homemade pair that worked really well, but these are no longer available. Thanks, Ray

I have two unrestored Model A cars that have been shown at National Meets. One at Dallas in 2008 by me and the other by the previous owner in 2004. I am wondering, in light of the newly announced Roger Kauffman award for unrestored cars, if my cars could again be entered into fine point...