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Looking to trade a 1928-29 stone guard for a 1930 stone guard. No mounting hardware.

Just finished up replacing the headlight switch and cleaning up some wiring on my '50 and after driving the car all lights work BUT the speedo/instrument gauge lights reflect off the drivers windshield directly in the drivers line of sight. Has anyone made a "visor" or other type device to...

Is the stock OEM 1950 master cylinder reservoir "pressurized" during brake application or pedal return? A little history on the issue and reason for the question. I had a soft pedal and checked the reservoir (once I got the cap off which I believe has been on the car 75 years too) which was...

SOOO we were watching OPL the other night and the rear seats of the cop cars had three point seat belts where the shoulder strap is mounted in the center and the lap belt extends to the door side of the car. This set up allows the cops to buckle the belt without moving across the body of the...

Soooo I have a 1950 Ford Custom 239 V8 with oil filter; after the most recent oil change I had a very hard time getting the filter housing to seal and only after reinstalling the oil seal did I get the oil to remain in the engine and off the shop floor. My question is: IF say I were on a...

I will be moving the front seat back to the factory position (was moved forward for a much shorter driver) and looking for any input on seatbelt installs others have accomplished or tried and decided against the install. I have a set of retractable three points which would be harder to install...

Had an admirer this morning asks the usual questions like: Nice looking car win any car shows? What year? What kind of car? You know the usual... So the answers went kinda like this: Good morning, yes we have been fortunate to win a trophy or three. 1950 Ford, THEN it gets kind Mo, Larry and...

New to me 1950 Custom 3 speed w/ overdrive and 239ci V8 and my question is about what I think are transmission clicking noises which seem to be RPM specific (shift points maybe). The basic question is something along the lines of; inside the transmission are there centrifugal latches or...

My first time in the Early V8 group (usually in the Model A group) Just added my uncles 1950 Shoebox to my garage and looking for resources to learn from; any other websites or FB pages you would recommend? THANKS

SOOOO had a little rear-ender (@VERY SLOW SPEED) and the driver stated they did not see any stop lights or in my case light as I only have the left stop light. So I will be adding the right side. I have the mast, light and inner fender support now my question is are there any ways to make sure...

Have a question for those of you who have 16in 1935+ ford wire wheels installed on your car. What size tire are you running? Same size front and back? Same width front and back? And finally I understand they (tires) are tubeless modern radials; is this a good guess or are you also running...

First on the road failure... Out for a drive today and about 15 miles in (some traffic) the car lost power sputter a little and then the engine shut off. I tinkered with the GAV because I thought maybe it was the issue (never changed the setting from start) and after we were parked a few...

Went on a really fun outing with the Fort Wort Model A Club this past weekend and while the car did wonderful (seeing lots of returns on maintenance performed!!) I do have a bit of steering wondering and will be going through the Les Andrews book but did noticed the Radius ball "pops" with...

YEPPERS!!!----> "I’ve had to stop myself multiple times from falling victim to the while-I’m-in-there syndrome,"...

I tried to search for the conversation about installing a fuse in the alternator/generator wire with no luck so starting a new thread. I have installed a 6V alternator after a generator failure (pending rebuild) and in the process read about some installing a fuse between the Alt/Gen and the...

I have a Manifold heater installed and need some experienced help. The "cover" has always been removed but I would like to control the heat flowing off the engine better so though about installing the cover and routing the heated air out below the firewall to reduce the heat build up in the...

Ok all you experienced A Modelers I need some understanding of the effects of advancing the throttle and power causing overheating... Finally got the car started after a steering box leak fix, installing a 6 V Alt, fixing the brake rod contact area for the brake light switch...

Working on the brake lights and found the actuating rod has been off center long enough to wear the brake switch rod to a point AS WELL AS the rod end now has a semicircle worn into it... How do I get the actuating brake rod to center over the hole the brake switch rod goes through? I was...

Today is my cars 90th Birthday!! Will be taking it out for a little celebration drive this afternoon!!! (Yes I know it is the "Engine" date and not necessarily the cars build date but pretty sure this date it is the closest I or anyone can get)...

I used the search function and "resilvering" headlight reflectors is not a popular subject at least in the last four years... Is this due to better quality of the newer versions of reflectors available compared to resilver costs? I would like to keep the what I think are original...