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This is the most beautiful time of the year to be in Western NC especially on the Blue Ridge Parkway. But it's going to be busier than normal with folks driving to see the fall colors. I wish I were in Hendersonville right now. I'd take 191 north. It crosses the Parkway south of Asheville and...

Two 6v batteries in a twin pack = 12v. Very handy and available at Wal-Mart.

Mine are split.

J2 Allard ... very little doubt.

"Thanks for the information. It helped me out very much." Just don't rely on the 32-36 diagram on the Van Pelt Sales website. As MGG pointed out, it is incorrect.

MGG, Study that 32-36 diagram carefully. How can the distributor fire #1 then #5? (Very few guys take the time to figure out how the rotor and cap design work to produce the firing order.) ((Remember which way the distributor rotates.))

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Would recommend not buying stuff you don't need, especially tools. If you don't need a dial back, don't buy one. If you are buying a timing light only to set your initial advance of 2 or 4 degrees, I don't think you need a dial back. If you want to know the rpm at which full advance, like 26...

"Really need a deal back one, but no idea if any of them work on 6v." Means "dial back" of course. Don't know what Habusailor needs. Have to be careful with digital timing lights. There's a lot of cheap junk being sold. Accuracy and durability are problems. Having a tach on the light could...

I'd start by calling the Westport CT Model A Club, Carmine Picarello 203-216-1097. They might know him by his cabriolet.

Lic to kill, Can one ever legally alter, remove or obliterate a VIN in Canada? If so, or if not, post a link to the appropriate Criminal Code.

Remember it.

I wouldn't want to put this dispute in front of a judge. It's hard to predict how she would view it. Might say there's no "vehicle" by statute, and titles only apply to vehicles. Or, if there is one, it is being parted out (junked?) and the title should be surrendered to the state. Don't...

Michael, exactly. What if someone had kept telling you that you couldn't/shouldn't even try. Anyhow, a lot of your success today can be attributed to those feeler gauges. There is always going to be a need for quality distributor rebuilds. There are always going to be guys who have no...

"Never understood the thought process that points are bad?" Aside from concerns about the quality of reproduction points, there is an overwhelming belief that the simplest timing procedure on an early distributor is impossible ... and that it must be done on a machine ... and you have to send...

"Nobody asked, but I'll speak up with my opinion anyway... The guy is a Newbie, maybe his first collector car, so he can be forgiven for falling for the hype on replacing old parts with new stuff that is advertised as better. Perhaps he hadn't been mentored correctly before jumping in with his...

"How would you time it ?" Nobody answered this. Actually, once you figure out how to adapt the distributor to the Model A, timing would be pretty easy. Just a matter of experimenting to find out what advances worked best. The Model A has such a huge range of settings for timing. Funny if...

I think certain later transmissions were made with one or two of the small teeth removed to prevent interference. Cannot find a reference on this. Edit: Here's a pic.

Fascinating to think about what was being tried back then. Note the carbs. Makes you wonder about how much the distributor was modified ... cam doesn't need 8 lobes, remove 4 ... plenty of dwell now available, get rid of one set of points. B might make more sense, but a V8 distributor ...