Thanks Lads,l like the bogans crack!...

Welcome to the VFF. I would like to know as well. They look like a home made mod to me....

Hi Hammo and welcome to the modified forum.

Interesting engine.

The poms made 21 studders right thru the war and into the Pilot until 51.

They never went to 24 stud engines.

My theory is Hilter was making so much noise in Europe in '38 (when USA changed to 24 studs) and England was already set up churning out 21 studders for a pending war, they did...

Put a Glass top on a V8 60 and they make a fantastic coffee table for the man cave.

Is this like all the airline miles that I haven't been able to use due to travel restrictions?...

If you have an original, and it needs work, send it to Dick Crabtree. Original is always the best way to go, and Dick is highly respected. [email protected]

Picked up my counrerbalanced crank form the machine shop today. Block, pistons, rods, valve train , camshaft, and the etc's are all ready. Block goes to the babbiter this weekend. Gonna be a fun winter project. pixes to come. ken

I am in Texas and I know of a '31Slant Window for sale. If it is the same one I can answer some questions. ken

Sounds good. It was Northeast of town. Rod

Gunnarsson WELCOME to the VFF!!

They could be there too attach some type of equipment. Would be nice to have closer picture.

Where in Texas? Have a local club member who resides in Texas, Fort Worth Model A Club?...

Fingers crossed for you toshik. Good Luck

Welcome to the VFF
I have no idea why those holes are there.

Will-I finished reading your 611 page book a couple of weeks ago and I enjoyed it. You must have kept meticulous notes on the tracks and the car settings for each track! My bet would be that you still have those notes. Your pit crew experiences and your off track experiences bring a human touch to one man's life's experiences and his personal growth through tragedy and triumph. Perhaps, writing...

No doubt you are cautious in saying above, "it's not a penny sale, I'd rather stay on the safe side."

In my opinion, you are going to listen to you own "inner" advice.

Just for kicks and giggles, I remember fifty (50) years ago I had asked my wealthy 80+ year old WWI Combat Veteran Great Uncle about his advice on accepting professional employment either...

Have used a C-clamp several times to install. Then tend to get spead some during dis-assembly. Rod

Well, a very helpful member here bought the bearings for me and sent them on. A big thanks to he knows who. I'm ready to go!

OK sounds great!

There are plenty of Texans that would be glad to help you out by looking over your possible purchase.

Dave
The u bolt legs can spread out. If they are out of the chassis squeeze them in a vice. In the chassis maybe a c-clamp to tweak them in a little

I have a brother on McCook and. Nephew now on Lincoln

I could send them up. My brother likely knows the place. He was in the salvage biz for a while. I will ask him...

You got pictures? Post them or get the owner to post them here. Remember, no matter what you get, we can walk you through any problems.

That's almost tee shirt and shorts weather here! LOL...

Was working on a club members 1930 Coupe today as it had a ten leaf rear spring that was hanging lower in the rear frame cross member. The previous owner had drilled extra cotter pin holes in the two U bolts. There was also a short piece of frame welting on top of the spring that had a smaller diameter hole and did not allow the square bolt head to go into the rear frame cross member. We removed...

I need to finish blasting a frame. It was 40's today so I hid inside. I'll wait for a warmer day. ...

I recently picked up a 1937 Ford Flathead V8 - 60. Can anyone tell me why there are 5 machined holes in the bell housing portion of the block?

A chinook blew in and the temps went up into the low teens so I was able to get outside and sand blast the frame, torque tube, rear radius rods, and the rear spring on my SW!...

Pretty sure there was atleast two at the now closed salvage yard at Longpine, Ne. Have not been there since 2009, so no clue what may be left there. I know from that distance it does not do you any good. The old guy who owned the place at the time was a crook, so we parted company before I made a deal on them. He has since passed and the place was sold to someone who was cutting everything up and...

Yes in a long run it's not even a blind date, but rather blind marriage :-)

Not trying to be funny, but my guess is, if you even saw detailed photos of it, and do not drive it yourself, please remember that not all Model A owners have the exact same types of likes and dislikes. This requested final advice is in all honesty very difficult for concerned individuals to finalize.

My most sincere guess is that the final outcome of your chances of being thoroughly...

Thank you Jon for the kind words. You just earned 5 points ...

Made a set of guide bushings for drilling the oil hole in new main bearing babbitt after line boring.

This is a major plus....

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Mark is that those fake look alike water pump studs

I would call the guy and ask some questions specific to the model, and see if the answers sound right. I don't want to be an alarmist, but I just bought an A sight unseen and I was mighty nervous but sent a personnel check. My bank advised me against sending a wire transfer of cash (which is what the seller wanted) fearing fraud. I insisted the seller take a personal check, and after lots of questions...

Jimi this will be fine if you have an original case...The top is not "looked" at but she feels the caps and the connectors........

RTR is ready to run, apparently exterior repainted and interior restored as well....

Yes of course you can't buy it but you can get luck and find an original OR just use the white compressed ones from the dealers...They work great!

Tos,

'Road Trip' ..... the only way you'll be satisfied, see it yourself.

Mark,
Where did you find an asbestos or rubberized gasket? I think asbestos is not used anymore due to health issues.
Rusty

Please see your judging standards page 3-6 left side explains the correct gasket needed, Black rubberized asbestos or white compressed asbestos...

RTR= Ready to Rock....

I did a search to try to find out what waterpump gaskets that were originally used, but found nothing. I have had problems with searching, so maybe I missed it/them. Anyway, I am using a copper clad gasket for the water inlet to the engine, but all I have is a heavy paper gasket for the waterpump that came in the gasket kit. I don't know if the proper gasket has anything to do with the fan belt...

How many credits gets you a free...... BEER!!

I just recommended this forum to the ECJ5 Jeep guys. They were kibitzing about how all forums are going away. Told them to check out how a growing one is run.........

I would see if somebody in Texas can put an eyeball on the car for you, step one. Where in Texas is it? If I were close I would be glad to give it the once over and make a recommendation, sadly won't be in Texas until Spring.....What is RTR condition?

I just got called out of retirement for a 1 day job tomorrow at my local chemical plant. Plant guys broke some bolts off on a compressor head that I have to go drill out & tap. Can’t wait!!!!!! 🤢🤢🤢

Probably worth more in your pocket as scrap metal. All year long my guys pickup all of the loose change they find as were sealing the parking lots by December there’s a enough to buy a six pack of beer for the Christmas party!...

I've been looking for a Slant 1931 160B - we don't even have one in a local Jax club and was approached by a member here selling a "survivor" car in RTR condition. He's about half country from me in the lone star state so if everything works out I might see the car first time only after it's in my driveway. On another side there is a thread with a long list of things to be checked (http...

The '31 SW sedans didn't originally come with quarter window shades like the straight windshield sedans. I added them for a prior sw tn sedan with longer shades (as Marco mentioned) offered at that time by Le Baron Bonney with pull tabs like the originals, not the ball pulls or tassels..

There it is, staring me right in the face! How did I miss that? I gave up on them a long time ago....

Try these different boats............

Boats of the United States Navy - Boats of the United States Navy (maritime.org)

I have an old 78 record of Will Rogers nominating Henry Ford for president, neat and funny guy.

Jetty boat engine.....to ferry supplies from a jetty to offshore facilities or aircraft.............any ship or aircraft not moored but anchored would travel to shore and back by a ship to shore boat. You could do a search for ship to shore boats in service during WWII in Canada

Oil Pump Holder tool, made from a brass 1/8" npt pipe plug and a allen screw:

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Not I... Rule #1. Handle all car stuff yourself. Modern, Antique, Buying or selling. ...

That's a 21 stud flathead engine. Not sure it is a 1942 as there weren't many of those year produced, and not sure there were many exported. It is a flathead, and it looks to be hooked up to something marine. Looks to me to be someone's bad dream.

Very nice looking truck!!!!...

I gave the wifey a wish list of parts for Xmas for my 66’
Today she sent me some links to be sure that she had the parts picked out correctly.
One item is door seals. When I clicked on the link it went to Mac’s
Needless to say, some of us could easily be getting parts from Mac’s for Xmas. Thank goodness she asked first!!! Now ALL of my parts are coming from Carolina Classics...

X2!!!!!...

G'dayI from OZ I have come across this engine. Unable to find anything on the unit...I am interested about its history. The guy who restored is no longer with us....it was in a service boat during WW2
cheers

Great job Mitch. They look great!

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And their returns dept would not be weeks behind as they would not have as many returns. Rod

Damn, all this time I been using word of mouth and I could'a been gettin credit for it!

I've been getting a lot of new users that have been referred by friends. (VFF members) fwiw, if you go to your profile page, click the “refer a friends link” then send it off to your buddy. You’ll get credit for the referral..
Thanks for spreading the word. ...

somewhere I'm sure...

Let's add SERVICE and MACS =(scam) into Will's quote

"If MACS =(scam) spent the same amount of money on improving their products and SERVICE as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them."

VFF...

The passage from the gears into the upper body can be enlarge a little, not too much or you'll be seeing an air gap. If running full pressure, with a drilled crank, it's a little work but a V8 pump can be adapted, they have longer gears, so more volume.

While approaching 3,000 views and well over 100 responses, with mentioning multiple advertisements being received by wives, mother-in-laws, neighbors, etc., reminds me of a quote I read years ago by Will Rogers.

In considering Will was born in 1879 and died in 1935, maybe at one time he owned a Model A, and maybe he bought Model A parts, and maybe his wife kept receiving multiple advertisements...

Jamey,
Keep on them, It took me a month and a half to get a refund on damaged goods. I had been told the refund was sent, but it actually had not been. As a last resort, I asked to speak to a supervisor, and she took care of it right away. I did give them a gentle "this is no way to run a business", I spent way too many minutes on hold, every time I called. It was very exhausting....

Several years ago before I was the boss. When we would sweep up around the nail bins and the guys would just throw out all the sweepings. I told them that it was a waste. I noticed that they were not throwing them in the trash anymore (win-win). At the Christmas party that year they gave me a nice heavy package. It was all the nails and screws that had been swept up that year. I took them...

Grumble grumble, grumble* Well, it's cold this morning with very strong winds and someone lit the hills to the East on fire again...friggin stupid people. *shakes head* "Hey, I live in SoCal so I can barbecue all year round".

Nice Truck Ted, The White on Red looks great. I would be trying to find a vintage camper to mount on that beauty. It would be a cool piece of rolling history.

Do you have pics of the truck when you were using it with camper mounted?

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Nice truck Ted. Tons of family history and memories right there

Greetings from 30 miles South of Richmond, VA where it’s 27 deg this AM. Off to see if I can exchange my oxy-acetylene tanks from 25 years ago. Company has since changed from Arcet to Arc 3 Gases, so we shall see what they will do.

I am looking for Wood Spoke Wheels for my '31 Woody. These wheels were made by Mutual Wheel Company and/or Motor Wheel Corp. They were 19inch and 21inch wheels available. Let me know what you have.. Any leads would also be appreciated.


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Good morning! We will be in the low 40's today with sun but strong winds. I'lll be in the basement filling the holes and cracks in the knotty pine walls of the stairwell, removing tiles and adhesive from the stairs, and working on the floor. I'm sealing the 9 x 9 tiles from the 50's before putting the polish coat on. I would appreciate any leads on some of the tiles (red marble and brown marble)...

1966 IH 1200A Travelette that I purchased new in San Diego in 1967. Had a camper mounted and used until after I retired from the USN in 1980. I gave it to my son, Andrew, who restored it. Only difference is he added white paint. It is "perfection". I stored it while he did bodywork and painting of my Model A. No, I never drove it while it was here. It leaves Friday when the Model A arrives....

Yesterday I was back to working on the front fenders. Got a small patch installed on the LHS front fender tail. All day to get it cut and fit, and an hour to weld it up. It's all in the prep.

Good Morning Boys and Girls. Cold and sunny again today. No snow headed this way but more rain on Saturday. Trash has gone and we now start a new "Trash Week" with empty barrels.

Y'all have a great day.

Good Morning All

Cold here. 28F now but warming today. Everyday is trash day here in the country. Tote it to a collection point. J DuP do they taste good? Females sure are homely beasts. Saw them in Newfoundland a couple of times. Jamey keep that snow over there until January at least.

Thought it was right to have the oldest NEW BERN church for the Christmas \ December month.
Does look rather good doesn't it?
Tough 2020 but all will survive. Great job always.
Calendars will be given out at our Christmas party December 12.

Merry Christmas to all, be safe.

Trash is out.. Morning
Its a beautiful spring day here in the tropics.

Keep the sunbrella upright...

Hey Jeff, tell that guy he missed a spot!!
Morning fellas!! It is chilly here today. 🥶
A lot of the snow did melt yesterday, hopefully it will do the same today. Is your trash out yet??

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Greetings!!!! Still this side of dirt...hope you all are also.

Good Morning
Happy Garbage Day.

Enjoy your A drive Jimbo. The old car drives here are done for the season, as the roads are salted already.

Stay Safe

Good Morning VFF! About 10 degrees warmer this morning. That's good because I have a little bit of yard work today. I think this afternoon deserves a Model A ride. Everybody be safe and cool. ...

Do you have a picture of the "Giant"? You sure have lots of interesting stuff stored in there!...

Thanks, H.L. that is another great quote from Will Rogers. I never heard it before but it now has become another one of my favorites, scary that some of this stuff has some connection, maybe we are really all connected in this universe.

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I can't believe how cheaply you guys are able to buy stuff and how easy it is to find. That roller would have had a chassis under it and they go for about $1K here. I'm also having trouble finding a complete engine to rebuild.
Paint me green....

Snyder’s has some.

If you are trying to add quarter window curtains to a slant windshield Town Sedan (160-B), I'd think you'd need to alter longer rollers as they have an odd size window for a curtain. You would also need to lower the assist strap from it's original position....

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Went to this swap meet as well. I picked up a 1932b transmission with 1936 shift tower for 75$, a complete wishbone with axle and spring perches for 25$, and the guy I bought those from gave me a couple of heads free. Guy did not want to trailer all he had brought back home 4 hours away. Could have bought a roller for <500$ but did not have my trailer with me.

It reminds me of the Jaguar kit car that I have to continually work on. Basically, jack a Volkswagen up & put a replica body on. Total pain in the rump