Search results

I'm looking for 1919 Hayes demountable wire wheels, will consider all conditions and parts.

Hi Steve, I need to get at least one of these for the same purpose as you need them. Did you already get some made?

Btt

FOR SALE: 1946-48 Columbia Dual-Ratio rear axle. I planned to use this axles in one of my builds, but it's likely never going to happen, so I'm selling it. It's in good shape, has the actuator, but does not have the electronic switch or the vacuum tubes running forward. Would prefer you...

Some of us may be willing to help you out with some of those parts, Bart. If he gives you time, please let us know what's there...

WANTED: Original-style spark plug wire looms for '46-'48 Ford V8. Please PM to let me know what you got.

My racer's is on the back deck, and it's still gravity flow. Before I put it on the road will probably raise the tank a bit. No doubt some of the grades around here are steeper than the angle from the tank bottom to the B carb.

Prior to '26, Model T gas tanks were under the front seat unless modified to otherwise. In '26 and '27, the gas tank was typically in the cowl.

Typically a T's number will be found on the left-hand side of the block. My '25 T hot rod has a number stamped into its frame, probably the only way to get it registered when it was first built. My Rajo fairground racer has the VIN on the engine block. If all you have is a body, it's very...

We dodged the mandatory ethanol or oxygenated (content-standard) fuel here in Alabama 'til 2005. In 1998, the corporate and EPA weenies got checked at our door -- they didn't anticipate us ignorant hicks understanding and appreciating their game, so they were exposed and stripped naked when...

Steve, I never saw you press on the brake, or throw out an anchor and chain at a stoplight.

During my one and only drive of this car, I ran it just over midway through the 12 different ratios (high-direct-high). I never did throttle it up, and the car was scary fast. The restorer who was helping me refused to even get "on" the car, said it was dangerously fast. Perhaps even in its...

I have driven my '20 T once, and it was a monster! The seller said he remembered his father building (rebuilding?) the car about 1950, but rarely ever driving it. The seller did get it out on an open stretch of pug road in the 1970s, and promptly reached about 85 mph with plenty of leg...

And I thought the Chevy Vega was first "chassis" to be vertically carried to the receiver. Ha!

My 59Y suffered the same problems for a long, long time; popping, sputtering, backfiring... I chased the darned problem for more than six months, still driving the car. Cops, kids, dogs, cats, cows all panicked when I'd drive by. Turns out there was a tiny crack in the top of the two-piece...

When that transmission starts coming together I'd love to see it -- I have lots to learn. The other day I noted compression for #7 in the hot rod motor was way down. I think the visits to your shop lit a fire in my son -- he decided to turn the first bolt to remove the heads :) Now he's...

I'm envious! Those are great cars :)

A few months ago the blow-by in my '48 59Y (Mercury crank, dual strombergs, mild cam) got to be too much -- causing a big mess. #7 was running 70 PSI and all the others 120. Pulled #7 to find skirt scuffing well below the oil ring. Decided to look at the rest of 'em. All the rest had...

On occasion I got to help/watch a friend restore a '12 T touring. Though it only had about 1400 original miles. We figured out the car was purchased new by a medical doctor in Somerville, AL. In the mid 20th Century the car was driven in a parade, piloted by a drunk who ran it through a store...

Looks like a blast to drive.