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Oh crap. I come home hoping to forget about work on the Barn, and the first thing I see is a work tool.

Thanks, Flop. that was great reading and very informative. For one, I can tell I'm in for a bigger project than I thought before I read your post!

So I'm a newby with a '29 Sport Coupe, and the cowl is fairly clean but some cancer in the lower regions. I'd like to hear what some of you guys normally do. The door post section and upper windshield frame are in excellent shape. The lower cowl panels each have fist size bites taken out of...

Thanks but I've already got a good F-100, just looking for the flange pattern to make it bolt up to the A-bone frame.

Looking for an old steering box that I can use as a template to modify an F-100 steering box and column. Doesn't need to be working. I just need to get the angle and bolt hole position so it sits on my frame right.

Just so I'm clear guys, I was more concerned with hollow vs. solid. I have to admit the little voice in my head told me some of the Drake parts are made in the same factory as Harbor Freights screwdrivers (can I say that here?). Ok for fenders, not so much for rotating or reciprocting engine...

Hal - I'm not that old school. Don't feel like dusting solid lifters down to size, but they're welcome to continue doing it that way. Besides, Johnson's are not new tech, so I'd argue adjustables are old school too. Jack - I don't doubt the Drake lifters are offshore, given their price and...

Sorry, been out of contact for a while. The engine needed a rebuild, and I hated to do it, but I sent the Johnson lifters that came in the block to Patricks in Casa Grande AZ, and he didn't recommend re-using them. The solids he sold me are adjustable and have 4 diagonal veins. I don't know if...

Thank you all for the input, I'll stick with the solids. I had the same concerns as Karl. Getting cheaply made fenders is one thing, High speed rotating and reciprocating parts is another.

I bought a rebuld kit for my 8RT engine from Patrick's that included solid adjustable lifters. There still new in the box. Nothing wrong with them, but I see Drake's has the hollow adjustables on sale in their Summer catalog. Any thoughts on the Drakes, or whether the difference is...

I got hosed on my first flatty, an 8BA. I bought it long distance - my fault - and it was advertized as a running engine. Not likely. It was seized from rusting in one of the cylinders, and the oil had tarred up. Well, I was stuck with it, but lucky for me, at least I got a good engine out...

Sorry, I probably shouldn't have done that. Sammy put me in contact with you last year. I was swapping some parts with another Ford Barner in California, and he was looking for some roadster doors.

Thanks, Mike V, Juggler (Andrew, isn't it?), and popcorn-guy. As a newbie, I figure it's best to ask rather than assume. I'm thinking I'll donate the old spring leaves to the community college blacksmithing class.

Correct, the slotted holes were for later years. I just had this conversation with my local Model A bone yard after buying a front crossmember from So-Cal. Incidentally, despite what their counter guy says, their front crossmember does not work in a stock, unboxed frame even though they have...

Thanks. Are those measurements under load or freestanding? I think I'm in trouble either way, but I'd like to know for future.

I guess I'm thinking this is to be expected for an 80 year old spring, but then again, I'm FNG. This is what my rear spring leaves look like close up and off the car. Can our panel of experts tell me, do I just put it back on the car, and let the weight load it up and spread the leaves, or do...

Sorry, I didn't notice Brent had already mentioned the errors. I checked out Steve's website, (excellant, BTW) but it would take a lot of parsing through docs, and I'm not convinced I will find what I'm looking for.

Randy / Cape / Steve - actually, everyone. Randy's drawing is the Wescott drawing (Wescottauto.com). While a lot of us appreciate having it avaialble, it seems to me there are errors and omissions. Ex: the 23-1/4" dimension at the bottom of the rear section doesn't add up. Add the distances...

I wonder if it was the same as the lower set of leaves in your picture, but for some reason they were moved over the axle?

That's not really it, Al. The springs in my picture were literally on top of the axles, not on the perched behind the axle. That's what I thought was so weird about them. Like I said, the yokes actually clamped around each axle housing. The round end grabbed the axle and was the lower shackle...