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I appreciate the quick responses! 30Murray, my issue was that when I had the legs of the bow in the corner of the B pillar, and resting on the vertical braces, the horizontal braces where around 1.5 inches from the bow. My fear was that the previous owners (or whoever 'repaired' the original...

Happy Easter! Does anyone have handy the distance between the top of the rear belt rail to the bottom of the rear bow? The rear bow on my 1930 Sport Coupe has rotted away. It fully broke in half when I tugged on the rear curtain to hang it up... On inspection, it appears that a solid 40% of...

Thank you both, this is exactly what I needed!

I have a question on the Seat Frame Assembly for a 1930 Coupe. The kind with the screw knob in the lower center for adjustment. I'm rebuilding the seat I have (which is more rot than wood/steel at this point), and the pegs are either gone, or were never there to begin with (I can't find any...

I will say that, when I was taught about flight and the Wright brothers, I distinctly remember being told they were the first 'CONTROLLED' flight, not the first powered flight. They developed the 3-axis control scheme that is still used in today's aircraft. I also remember reading that some of...

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Thanks all, I guess the previous owners 'repaired' the left side like it was a 28-29.

Hey All, The more I take apart in a desperate attempt to clean up the rear end of my '30 Sport Coupe, the more fun things I discover... The Left and Right side Quarter Panels have their Rain Gutters Mounted in different ways. I assume this is not correct, But I want to be sure. See the two...

I appreciate the comments and advice, and I'll take as many pictures as I can get! Thanks everyone!

I am in the middle of restoring a '30 Sport Coupe. At some point in history, one of the previous owners replaced the Panel that spans from the top of the Rumble Seat lid to the Belt Rail Wood. They used a flat piece of sheet metal bent at a near 90 degree angle to make the base, then put a solid...

This is going to be a short essay, so bear with me... For a TLDR: It's not all doom and gloom. If the Model A Parts industry modernizes (which can be done by a 20 year old with CAD skills sitting at home on their PC), everything will continue on indefinitely. As far as 'young people aren't...

I have a collection of g̶a̶r̶b̶a̶g̶e̶ Model A parts. As you all know, they're ~95 years old, and need some TLC. In general, they're in decent condition. This is a Name Your Price type deal. Let me know what you want something and for how much, and I'll let you know if its yours. I plan on...

This surprises me! I never would have guessed that the price of motor oil would have decreased over time. I guess the global reliance on automobiles is to thank for that... 30 cents back in the 1930s is anywhere from $5.50 to $7.00 today (the Great Depression made inflation a rollercoaster!) I...

This doesn't answer your question, but hopefully will give you a bit more to go off of. This image is from Les Andrew's Mechanic Handbook vol 1.

Snyders appears to only sell the raw castings now. I guess i'll need to break out the elbow grease... Thanks for the reply.

Functionally speaking, there is no difference in which direction the weld seam points. In terms of 'correctness', the weld seams should point toward the center of the car. (Or straight down if you have that version) This means that there is a 'left' and 'right' housing, they're just perfectly...

Glad to hear you could get it going! With no radiator, I assume you had no coolant in the engine, as it will pour out the bottom... You mentioned that you didn't run the engine for very long, but I just wanted to mention that when the coolant passages are empty, the engine will overheat VERY...

Depends on how you define 'too much hassle'. The 1930 bumper brackets will need a hole drilled in them to accept the mounting hardware for the 1932 bumper, but other than that it should be pretty easy.

Very cool video. Nice to see little bites of history in an easily consumed format like this.

Also, assuming I polish up the cast aluminum: are there any recommendations on how to keep the metal from corroding?