Does anyone actively maintain an index to Model A technical articles?

shew01

shew01

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I'm curious. Does anyone actively maintain an index to Model A technical articles that have been written? For example, does something along these lines exist?

Subject matter description (timing, tire changes, wood replacement, etc.)
Publication name
Publication date
Article title
Article author
Page of publication
 
shew01 said:
I'm curious. Does anyone actively maintain an index to Model A technical articles that have been written? For example, does something along these lines exist?

Subject matter description (timing, tire changes, wood replacement, etc.)
Publication name
Publication date
Article title
Article author
Page of publication
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Are you speaking about topics here, or in some publication??
 
BRENT in 10-uh-C said:
Are you speaking about topics here, or in some publication??
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I'm looking for something that goes across publications. A treasure trove of information has been written about Model As in the past, but I know of no way to search for it.

Is there an archived index somewhere?
 
By the way, I'm thinking mostly about technical (fix it, repair it, restore it) information. I'm not as much interested in touring information or fashion information. (Oops!, don't tell my wife I said I'm not that interested in the fashion articles.) ;-)

By the way, I do enjoy reading about touring and fashion, I just don't think everyone shares my interest in those, and creating an index for those might not be worth the time involved. Just a thought...
 
What you're asking for is called a periodical index. These require a ton of work and are usually sold to libraries and other places that will pay the high prices required to justify it. Beyond the legwork, the compiler has the upfront cost of subscribing to or acquiring all the periodicals to be indexed. I'm not aware of a periodical index for the Model A. If you wanted to make one, though, there are institutions/museums that have most or all of the relevant periodicals on hand for you to catalog.

This index covers the Restorer, the News, and the Times from about 1968-2019. However, the descriptive lines are quite short, probably doesn't meet your expectation for helping you narrow down the search field.
 
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BRENT in 10-uh-C said:
Isn't this what Google is good at? ;) :D
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Somewhat, for Tom Endy and online resources, but as far as I can tell, Restorer articles and such are not online. Otherwise, folks on this forum would likely reply to questions with a URL, instead of saying something along the lines of “there was a really good article about ‘xyz’ in the September issue of the ‘abc’ magazine.”


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The H.A.M.B. <jalopyjourrnal.com> maintains a monthly forum for four-bangers as a special interest group, updated every month. Called the Monthly Banger Meets, it opens with a listing of known sources for that information.
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alexiskai said:
What you're asking for is called a periodical index. These require a ton of work and are usually sold to libraries and other places that will pay the high prices required to justify it. Beyond the legwork, the compiler has the upfront cost of subscribing to or acquiring all the periodicals to be indexed. I'm not aware of a periodical index for the Model A. If you wanted to make one, though, there are institutions/museums that have most or all of the relevant periodicals on hand for you to catalog.

This index covers the Restorer, the News, and the Times from about 1968-2019. However, the descriptive lines are quite short, probably doesn't meet your expectation for helping you narrow down the search field.
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Yup, “periodical index” would be the term.


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shew01 said:
Somewhat, for Tom Endy and online resources, but as far as I can tell, Restorer articles and such are not online. Otherwise, folks on this forum would likely reply to questions with a URL, instead of saying something along the lines of “there was a really good article about ‘xyz’ in the September issue of the ‘abc’ magazine.”


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Why would you expect that? People on here can't even post a link to part they are talking about and save everyone who is interested some time searching.
 
alexiskai said:
This index covers the Restorer, the News, and the Times from about 1968-2019. However, the descriptive lines are quite short, probably doesn't meet your expectation for helping you narrow down the search field.
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This is pretty much what I had in mind (even if the descriptions are a little short). I didn’t know this existed, and it looks as if is available to everyone.

Thanks for posting.


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Are the Model A Times and Skinned Knuckles magazines still in production?

(I tried contacting the Model A Times a while back and haven’t received a response.)

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Tom Foster said:
The H.A.M.B. <jalopyjourrnal.com> maintains a monthly forum for four-bangers as a special interest group, updated every month. Called the Monthly Banger Meets, it opens with a listing of known sources for that information.
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Thanks. I didn’t know that.


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"Technically Speaking" is a set of 14 volumes of tech articles put out by The Model A Restorers Club. They are a compilation of articles originally published in the Model A News.
They are a wonder source of information and now on sale for $100 for all 14 volumes from the MARC office.
 
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