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have you guys ever seen ads for a car jack that operated via a chain loop that extended past the front of the car and operated by pulling on the chain, thus avoiding the mess and danger of a traditional jack? The ads usually portrayed a smiling father in a suit watching his child safely and...

we have a building here that was a Branch that did assemble cars...Dear Old Dad said the back lot was empty in the early morning, full of cars later on. I know they assembled cars but I wonder if chassis etc. arrived assembled or what. It is a large building but I would assume painting new...

meaning the battery was so weak as to not spin the starter but had enough voltage to power the coil.

Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon arrive at Union Station in Kansas City, where they and all band members drove a new Model "A" Ford through downtown, in December 1927. The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks were very popular throughout the 1920s especially via radio.

I think puttimg the accessory lights on the fenders might have been popular in Europe, but I've never seen a photo of a car in the States with those lights anywhere except on the cowl.

I don't know how accurate it is. Supposedly at the low point of the Depression when banks were failing (though I heard that it was more the Building & Loans than banks), he was being consulted about making reassuring comments about the banks. I guess he had millions in banks but also a...

and not just our Model "A"s, which are so plentiful in comparison to other makes. it just might be my misperception, but the large exposed fenders, the running boards, the large headlights, the rumble seats, the folding windshields, the wire wheels etc. seem to attract a lot of attention and...

don't know if anyone posted this before.... https://youtu.be/Oilh_v2A8OE

has anyone ever heard that the plane crash that killed Knute Rockne and others in a wood-bodied Fokker tri-motor had the impact of ending the popularity of the Ford Tri-Motor, since the two planes looked alike?

have you guys seen this wonderful channel on You Tube showin numerous sales/service activities as performed by dealers contemporaneously with the car?

Model "A"s seem hot to drive in and I often wonder how our ancestors did it wearing vests, ties, suits, long-sleeve shirts, hats...has anyone seen the early model (I think a 4-door) with the factory ventilator? I wonder how it worked, by a cable or whar, did it have a gasket to repel rain, as...

Did you guys know that at one time, dealerships were urged/bludgeoned into having a photo of him in the showroom? Or so I have heard. Back in the '60s I went into an older dealership in a small Southern town and there was a yellowed photo in a prominent position in the showroom....

do I correctly recall reading somewhere/sometime that the first V-8 owners had so much trouble with oil consumption that they poured Bon-Ami into the cylinders? Which makes no common sense, perhaps I have brain fade.

-without installing the ammeter, speedometer etc. to find out the screw holes are located incorrectly?

Does anyone have a lead if the thin armored cable as used on Dyneto wipers and Sportlights is available anywhere?

Gang, if a member has lost/forgotten his password, what is the easiest way to recover it? Thanks.

-or is your car so adjusted somehow that at least in warm weather, she fires up and away you go. when the carburetor jet measurement concept arose, it was claimed that original jets admitted more fuel since the of that era was of lower quality than today's gas, and jets needed downsizing...

does anyone know why the Fordor on the front of the catalog has the horn on the wrong side of the car?

at least some of youse guys have competing cars from the era like Chevrolet Dodge Brothers, maybe Essex. is it your opinion that the Model "A" wheel is indeed superior? It certainly seems like the Model "A" wheel has survived in any event.....

Hardly a month goes by that a member comments that wiring harnesses from them is superior. While it is great for the hobby to have numerous outlets, is there any verified evidence that these harness are in some way better?