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Good luck with your build.
If caster is not set at the crossmember, how do you set caster without putting the spring in a bind?
[IMG] [IMG] There's got to be other people building T's still. Pulled this T out of an estate sale in California. Been working on it for about a...
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Does anyone know who sells the bolt labeled 3577 in the diagram? I took my 51 F1 box apart and the bolt was broken on mine. I haven't been able to...
The shims I bought on Speedway (think they were in the beginning of this thread) gave me 4x 0.125" shims so I am assuming they go top and bottom....
haven’t checked the Hamb in a while, but if anyone will check this down the road, my friend and I ended up heating them back within 0.010”. We c...
Has anyone ever heat and bent the yolks? on a 2.250” wishbone to match the 2” axle? I bought an old hot rod with a 32 axle and model a bones, and...
That’s not too bad! So all in all it sounds like they won’t mess up the tires?
Reviving this old thread, but has anyone tried to get these mounted at a discount tire? I’m going to try and find an old school tire shop but...
Regular house prices lol Or a shed full of 32-34 fords
[ATTACH] This is the radiator I am talking about. It looked welded to me, but maybe be soldered somewhere on the inside. Since my car is...
Getting an old engine to run that’s been sitting a while. Only have done it twice, both flathead v8’s. They sound the best to me.
Thanks everyone for all the reply’s, I really appreciate all the advice. I’ve read all of them. I won’t be working on the car too much right now...
All great responses, thanks guys!
It’s aluminum. My friend has a spool mig gun with 4043 wire so think I’m good there. I did tig weld aluminum once and the weld looked good but was...
Hey all, Maybe it’s just me but I’m sure other people have this issue too. How do you guys get over the fear of cutting up parts? For me right...
I like the fenders.
Been waiting for this thread to come back to life haha. Here’s some pics of my T. Progress has been really slow because of work but about ready to...
What body is it and are you going to keep the fenders? The best book on this is Vern Tardel’s AV8 book.
Go man go! This T is sweet!
Paul and Blue One. Awesome T’s! Also I replaced the front shackles on the front spring because the ones I was using had broken dried bushings. The...
I love building model kits and have been for a little while. All the 23-39 Fords made me wanna buy a hot rod. Here’s a big deuce that’s basically...
Irontrap has a video on making body mount tabs for the T body and stock A length frame. It's the sweet 16 T videos.
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Sweet build. The stance is perfect and like what you did with the seat pan.
We have to be careful not to post on here too much. Don't want people figuring out Model T hot rods are cool LOL. For anyone wondering, the...
A small update, but huge obstacle overcome for myself. Finally got those stuck bolts out of the rear fender wells and drilled two holes in each...
Worked on the T a bit more. Got the front crossmember bolted in for now (to final weld later) and cut some more off of the model a frame horns so...
I remember the first time riding in one. I was bugging my dad to get his '33 Ford woodie running for weeks and we worked on it for a while before...
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