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Particularly when you are referring to the model T era.
The old saying that "they are only original once" is not true anymore, at least not in the tractor game, where many tractors that were restored,...
Has anyone ever built their own adapter to mate together an unrelated engine and clutch housing? I've never tried this, but might need to for a...
I want to replace the steering box on my speedster. I see a lot of Corvair and Vega repo boxes advertised online and in catalogs. It appears that...
Getting the linkage to my clutch to work properly is just about an impossibility. Getting good alignment is extremely hard. I was thinking about...
No I'm not a foreigner or completely crazy, but, I am planning to build a speedster using a 1928 Chevy Chassis. To make it appear older, and...
Is it okay to run a master cylinder not quite level. Talking about having the outlet end maybe 3/4 of an inch higher than the plunger end?...
The other day I was watching Counting Cars and they were looking at a 1976 Monte Carlo. The lead guy said that they had a 305. I at first thought...
I've shown my John Deere speedster on this site before and asked a few questions. An article I wrote about it for Green Magazine in now on their...
Some of you may remember me as the guy who built a model T looking speedster out of many John Deere parts. On this vehicle I used a model A...
Please explain what this Bert transmission is for and who uses it, like I was a ten year old....
The engine on the John Deere speedster I posted photos of here a couple of days ago is a two cylinder flathead with an updraft TSX carb. The...
[ATTACH] So I built this. Deere radiator, two cylinder vertical flathead engine, pedals, steering, seats and more. T frame with model A axles.
I need to run a hydraulic clutch on a project because mechanical linkage is practically an impossibility. It would be so much easier if I could...
I built this speedster using as many John Deere parts as possible including the engine and clutch, though the axles are model A. The linkage I...
I am building a speedster using a lot of tractor parts, however everything from the clutch back is model A Ford. When I first drove it I found...
I'm using this tank from Speedway on a speedster. Cap says "open slowly". Do I need to vent it or the line somehow before filling it full of gas...
I need to paint a stainless steel fuel tank like the one in the link. Never painted over stainless before, anything special I need to do to get it...
I am building a speedstery thing using a T frame and A rear axle. I would like to lower it, just a couple of inches. Speedway has a T spring that...
Let me start by saying that I know little about hot rods though I know a little about A Fords because my dad restored them when I was a kid. At...
I'm building what could best be described as a model T speedster with a tractor engine. I'm finding hooking up the clutch linkage a nightmare, not...
I am building a jalopy using a model A Ford front axle and so far rear axle. I think it would be easier to use something else for the rear axle...
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