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Had to post this sad pictorial of the results of old steel fans cracking and coming apart. May not be a Model A this time, but it happens. I met a man today that is fixing up a '31 Ford pu.I told him a few things but educated him about the notorious fan...

Just a short but true story that happened this past summer at a local gas station nearby. I stopped to get gasoline in the '31 pickup, it was hot in Danvers,there were a few clouds. I had the windshield opened up to feel the warm breeze on the knees. I walked up to pay the girl working in the...

Here's some images of a hubcap I found in a box of parts I had taken off a '31 Ford Town sedan many years ago. The size fits on the 19" Ford wheel. It appears to say "Boot" or "Bool" or "Boob" where it should say "Ford". Obviously an old aftermarket part, but who the heck is Boot? ... I shot the...

I was stripping down a Zenith 2 carburetor for a rebuilt spare for my '31 and noticed the top of the secondary well was stripped out and needed drilling out with a 9/32" bit. I was using my older Craftsman floor model drill press. Holding the lower casting with my left hand and my right hand on...

Hello All, I came across this stamping on the outboard inner flange of a Model A rear backing plate. I cannot for the life of me figure out what it stands for. It is a large "P", with a "F' and an "S" on either side of the P, all in a 3/8ths" diameter circle. What's really throwing me here is I...

Just a heads up when you're thinking about riveting on new brake linings: Today, I began installing my new woven type brake shoe linings onto my restored, original shoes. This is not a "new" job for me. It quickly came to me, I've been in this position last year when riveting linings. It seems...

For years now, I have either missed any reference to, or it was never posted anywhere I've seen, this "logo" that I found in my '31 160-B Town sedan.(March built). When I stripped out the old upholstery, up in the back of the body, next to the rear window opening, is one of the two little steel...

I'm spending some time on a '31 town sedan project car I've had for many years now, and found the front spring that came with the car is not a 10 leaf model A front spring. 12 leaves, the top one shows a number/letter designation I'm not familiar with. Maybe some of you all can tell me a couple...

I need some answers to the original paint scheme of this old truck. It's a 1931 narrow bed, Been brush painted black somewhere back in the 40's or 50's. As one can see, the firewall is the original,non-buffed out green, the front rails and seat framing is a very much lighter green, (also...

I would like to ask a question. Why is there a 1/8th inch hole in a flat spot on the end of the '31 stop light switch movable center rod facing the rear?