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    Originality

    I'm NOT the best at it, but I "think" even casual Model A owners strive to keep their cars "reasonably" ORIGINAL.
    I once got BANNED, somewhere?? else, for makin' FUN about Cotter Keys & HOW to bend them PROPERLY--LOL
    Rascal Bill W.
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    Originally posted by BILL WILLIAMSON View Post
    I'm NOT the best at it, but I "think" even casual Model A owners strive to keep their cars "reasonably" ORIGINAL.
    I once got BANNED, somewhere?? else, for makin' FUN about Cotter Keys & HOW to bend them PROPERLY--LOL
    Rascal Bill W.
    That's because somewhere's else dislikes fine point cars and the folks that do them!!! This was a large part of my reasoning to provide a fair, balanced & quality site for ALL the people in the hobby. A place where everyone can get along no matter what part of it one enjoys... beat up jalopy, driver, show, modified, fine point, trailer queen
    3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
    Henry Ford said,
    "It's all nuts and bolts"
    "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
    Mitch's Auto Service ctr
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      BANNED for lopping liars and thieves into the same pile. Like Grandma always said "If you lie then you will steal."
      I always have found this to be true. Rod
      "Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good." Thomas Sowell
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        When I purchased my "A" I promised the seller that I would keep it original.
        It wasn't all original, isn't original, but try to keep it original the way it was originally when I purchased it ;-)
        Maybe I'm just confused LOL
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          When I got BANNED for cotter key bending, what do I do, when Chief taught me the proper & SAFE way to bend them? I've seen folks adjust front wheel bearings & just BARELY spread the cotter key!!! Their LIFE may depend on that DANGED key!!! A NAIL, "might" be SAFER???
          Bill Notstupid
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