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Looking for a good original, working cutout ideally in good cosmetic shape as well. Shoot me a message, and a price, maybe a picture. Thanks, Ryan

I just got my spindles reinstalled with new kingpins and reballed steering arms. Trying to get the tie rod installed and I feel like the tie rod ends should fit over the balls easier. I'm using new springs and steel seats. Any tricks to getting everything together? I've got everything...

Curious to hear peoples opinions on using the parking light socket for a turn signal. I don't have any turn signals currently and with the amount I want to drive this car I think I'll be inviting an accident if I don't add them. I really don't like the look of add-on turn signals so I was...

Does anyone know if the quality of the cad plated lug nuts has improved in recent years? I currently have a mismatch of peeling chrome and marginal (best of a set) cad nuts holding my wheels on. Stainless would be great but if the cad ones have gotten better saving $80 would be nice.

I’ve been tearing my steering box/column apart over the last few days and to my surprise it had already been converted to needle bearings. The sector, worm and races were shot but everything else was in decent shape :p The bearings installed are Torrington bearings and seem to be in decent...

In my ongoing battle with rotten wood, I discovered that the driver side drip rail is beginning to detach at the front of the car. I first thought that it was nails pulling out of rotting wood but I then discovered that someone reattached the drip rail with pop rivets at some time... surely...

First question, where do I get a copy of the restoration guidelines and judging standards? Second question, I have a 1930 standard Fordor in Andalusite Blue. I know the stripe color should be Aurora Red but should the wheels be that as well? I thought I read on a thread somewhere that only...

I’m working on the electric wiper on my 1930 Fordor and the new wiper arm support is a bit shorter (about 1/4”) than the one that came off and doesn’t fit the old wiper arm. The wiper arm support p/n is A-17564-A. Can anyone confirm the wiper arm A-17530-A will fit this support? These are all...

For anyone that is curious, I installed a Walker 36272 universal exhaust hanger last night to replace the stock clamp. The hanger required some bending and modification to fit but on a test drive I would say the overall feeling of noise and vibration in the car has been reduced by about 25%...

Does anyone have experience with Brattons radiators? If so how do they compare to Brassworks/Bergs? I also see that Snyders lists the same radiators (normal and heavy duty) with the exact same prices, same thing? Thinking about replacing the old radiator in my Fordor for peace of mind...

Wondering if anyone has (2) good quality short roller bearings that go in the transmission that they'd be willing to sell. Brattons is out due to quality issues with their vendor and said they don't know when they will be back in stock. I'd like to get my transmission refreshed but can't...

I've put about 700 miles on my new engine and have recently noticed a noise/vibration that has been present for a long time starting to get worse. It is RPM dependent, can't notice it in 1st, happens around 20 in 2nd and 35-38 in 3rd. Only happens under load, backing off the gas makes the...

Looking for someone that does repair work on original Model A electric wipers. Mine works well for the most part but there is some notchyness in the transmission. Most of the time it only swings the blade about halfway through its range of motion. Not entirely sure what model mine is, I...

What would be considered an acceptable tolerance when adjusting pressure plate fingers? I had suspected something was off when reassembling everything after putting the new engine in and recently the clutch started to chatter. Turns out none of the adjusting nuts were staked and all of the...

Just finished buttoning up my Fordor after putting in a new engine and would like to put some miles on it before putting it away for the winter. I have a 160 degree thermostat that goes in the upper radiator hose but took it out last year seeing no benefit during summer driving. Now that...

Just took the A out for the first time up and down the road. Stopped to see the a neighbor and heard it start to slow down and eventually die. Couldn't get it back going and ended up pop starting it. Seemed to only fire with the spark lever pulled down. Died again pulling into the driveway and...

While the engine was out I figured I'd clean up other things under the hood and took the sediment bowl off to clean it. Upon filling up with gas now, the cork gasket no longer seals. I have a new cork gasket but was wondering if you guys recommend any sealant before installing it?

For the water inlet on the drivers side of the block. Does it get painted black or engine green?

Just take a look at the picture, would you guys use it? Found no cracks after sandblasting and the threads cleaned up easily with a die so I went ahead and painted it. Won't be broken up if I need to order a new one but I have a cart started in brattons and it seems like only snyders carries new...

Pulled the trans forward to check my U-joint while the engine is out and found that while there is very little rotational play there is quite a bit (at least to my mind, maybe 1/16") of vertical play. Just wondering if this is acceptable, never dealt with one of these before. Also, will this...