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For model year 1936, what is the difference between a cabriolet and a club cabriolet? How many of each were produced? THANKS.

Yesterday I posted a question about why my ampmeter would not 'excite' when I started the engine and revved it up. Several folks suggested my alternator is likely the problem. This morning I tested the alternator with a voltmeter and found that when I started the engine, the voltage dropped...

My ampmeter was working just fine, and now it refuses to 'excite' to positive when I start the engine and rev it up. The needle stays slightly negative no matter what I do. I assumed the ampmeter went bad on me, so I installed another new one. No change. So I installed yet-another new one. No...

The September/October RESTORER has an article titled "Ignition Timing Dwell & Backlash." Very interesting. At article's conclusion, author states: "All the way down on the spark lever would be too far advanced and result in damage to the rod bearings." Questions: 1. Why would Henry design...

Comprehensive frame-off restoration in late 1990s. Only 91,000 miles since new. Repainted in 2000. Car is beautiful cosmetically and drives as nice as it looks. Electronic ignition, 12-volt system with alternator, auxiliary radiator fan, auxiliary water temp gauge, auxiliary electronic fuel...

One of my hobbies is photography. Antique cars make great photo subjects. Yesterday I took several pix of my just-completed restoration, a 1930 Town Sedan (a.k.a. Texas Red). Attached for your viewing amusement are a few of the images. Happy Motoring! Texas Tom

Anybody know the approximate number of parts in a Model A? This would include every nut, bolt, washer, screw, cotter pin, etc. I've heard 2000+ and I've heard 5500+. Also, just for comparison, how many parts in modern car...say a Ford Tarus or a Ford F-150?

When your car's ammeter fails while driving, what happens?

Following three years of part-time effort, the restoration of my 1930 Model A Town Sedan is virtually complete. Just a few nits to finish up. The car has only 56k miles on it since new. It spent the first 60 years of its life in Cleveland. Despite that environment of salty winter roads...

My restoration project is nearly complete. I'm checking everything out and doing some tweaking. Engine starts and runs just fine. However, moving the spark lever makes no difference in engine's performance. Thus, I can't 'retard' the spark. Pulled the distributor cap and everything inside...

Got a flat tire on right rear wheel first time out with my newly restored 1930 town sedan. Jacked up car and easily removed all lug nuts but one. With great effort, the last lug nut BARELY turned. Tried an impact wrench, and again it barely turned. Seems the lug and the nut have somehow...

Attached photo shows one of two arm rests that I'm installing in my 1930 Town Sedan. How is the rear portion of the arm rest secured? I know the front is secured by sliding the rest over a horizontal bracket (that's attached to the body) that fits behind the metal vertical piece screwed to the...

Today I installed the LeBaron Bonney windlace and the headliner. The headliner was much simpler than the windlace, especially because I used an air-powered staple gun. I'm glad I wasn't a Ford employee back in the day doing this task with a hammer. That would not have been fun. My...

What's the secret to installing windows (with track attached to bottom of glass) into the doors of a fordor? I've tried inserting them (sideways) from above, but there's insufficient space to turn them upright once they get lowered into the door.

I've just installed new glass in my windshield frame. Should the "extra" rubber bedding material that protrudes outside the frame edge be trimmed to the level of the frame? It seems to me that given that the bedding rubber is not tight against the glass outside the frame, water would have an...

I'm restoring a 1930 Briggs town sedan. As seen in the photo, there's a metal track along the top of the window frame in the doors (where the top edge of the glass would be when the window is rolled up). The other photo shows the edge of the rubber seal that comes with the window channel kits...

Here are two photos of the edge of the rubber gasket that goes between the windshield hinge and the body. How is the gasket to be positioned? What portion of the gasket projects out from the frame? Portion A or portion B? Is the right photo or the left photo upside down? They both can't be...

Does anybody know for sure whether the rear 1930 sedan fenders offered by Brookville are made by Gaslight? Or by Brookville?

There's been previous discussion here about repro fenders, both steel and fiberglass. Most comments regarding poor fit seem to focus on FRONT fenders, which are far more complex objects than rear fenders. I need a pair of rear fenders for a 1930 Town Sedan. I don't want to spend a zillion...

This should be simple, but -- at least for me -- it's not. I'm trying to install a new passenger front door lock assembly in a 1930 Briggs Town Sedan. Barrel of the assembly is too large to slide into hole in door skin. Assuming I can file the assembly barrel to make it a smaller diameter, how...