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I have a 29 coupe that I rolled out of the garage by hand this morning. I pulled it out backwards and it was in gear so I went back up and pulled it into neutral and rolled it the rest of the way out. It now seems the gears are bound and I cannot get it to transmission it into third. I have...

Hello, I had a bad rear main oil leak and I pintpointed it to a problem around the rear main bearing cap or return tube. This is a fresh rebuild of the engine so I was disappointed to see a steady stream of oil coming from the flywheel hole. I removed the pan and rear main bearing cap to clean...

Finally finished up the 29 coupe! What a journey to say the least. I am still battling the DMV over the original 1929 licence plates I found for it. They want me to have yearly safety inspections, have the highway patrol put a VIN plate on, and pay annual registration fees. Since I had to pay...

I successfully started the coupe yesterday after spending hours on electrical shorts and fuel leaks in the carb just to burn out the throwout bearing driving around the block (I am guessing). I have no idea what happened or the cause. I am really quite devastated to say the least. It started to...

I went to install the bumper arms this morning on the 29 coupe and the bumper stands are not even close to lining up to anything. I have no idea if I am missing some sort of cross brace or have the entire thing mounted wrong. Any ideas? Just when I thought I was cruising through to the finish line.

Getting ready to fire up the 29 coupe this week for the first time after a full engine rebuild and entire car restoration. Any tips or directions to a good checklist would be really appreciated. Being a new guy in the ring I am really nervous. My grandfather wants to help as it was his car when...

As I am working through the final wiring and instrument hookup of my 1929 coupe I can't figure out where the speedo cable routes and where the clip mounts to. I have an unrestored cabriolet of my grandfathers that I am using as a reference for a lot of things but the cable is being routed out of...

I am in the final stages of my full restoration of a 1929 45-A and had some top moulding questions. In the judging standards it calls for two piece steel front and back but does not mention sides as far as I can tell. I have the hidem welt that came with the kit but I really don't know what I...

I had to purchase a new windshield frame and hinge and want to mount the wiper motor but it looks like you have to notch the hinge for the controls and electrical connector. Am I correct in my thinking. The windshield frame and hinge were taken off the car before we rescued her so I don't have...

I am having a struggle with which motor oil to use in my coupe engine today. It is completely rebuilt and we are adding the fluids to everything today. I would love to hear suggestions on which oil is working the best these days. Thanks

A couple of questions for the experts on my 1929 standard coupe restoration. First is that I cannot seem to find top wood bolt kits. I was only able to save a couple of the original bolts in dismantling and cannot find 28-29 only 30-31 couple top wood bolts. I am not sure these will work. Any...

I just had my five rims painted for the coupe and was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to get the tires mounted without damaging them. I have stopped by two reputable tire places to check out their mounting machines but I was not impressed. Would a motorcycle shop be better? The rims...

I just started sandblasting the body my great grandfathers 1929 standard coupe and it looks like the original color was black. He was a Model T and then a Model A mechanic at a dealership in Salt Lake City. I am wondering if he had it special ordered in black which I believe was an option (could...

I am sad to say that I broke my first water outlet installing the head on my 1929 engine I have rebuilt. I used a thin gasket I made and made sure the surface of the outlet was flat but it still broke at 45 lbs. I was able to find another outlet on another engine that I will try and install...

I am restoring my grandfather's 1929 standard coupe and I am just finishing up the engine and will be ready to start on the body and wheels. I am trying to get a color scheme so I can get my rims painted so I will be completely done with the bottom half of the car. I have the original paint...

I need to rebuild a generator for my 1929 coupe project and I have two of each type of generator in the pictures I attached. I can't figure out which one I should use on the car. I believe I have model A and model B but I can't seem to find a definite answer. I would like to know what I have...

I have a bunch of parts for my 1929 coupe that I want to rechrome and was wondering if anyone had advice on a reputable person around Utah. It is a late 1929 model so am I correct in chrome? My main concerns are the headlights and radiator shell that are are in bad shape but are original to the...

In a thread I started about installing juice brakes on my car Ryan Cochran stated that " This is a site for stock restoration fellas. We are purists. Case closed." I just started restoring my great grandfathers model a coupe with my grandfather and wanted some advice in restoring the car and to...

I am converting my 1929 standard coupe brakes to hydraulic and would like to install a dual master cylinder to make it a little safer. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on which one to use and where to buy one for a reasonable price.