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Nice to have the nice tools to work with! I manage with the basic stuff from Harbor Freight and a Miller Syncrowave 200 TIG machine. If my geezer...
So a clean swap meet title won't work? Lots of cars around here got legal that way. All MI wants to do is tax you on our birthday it seems. But...
Got a call from a car guy pal who wants to go. When is it?
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Just message me if you want to talk. Vayan con Dies my friend. Mark
Most of the parts you can buy out of the Snyder's catalog and they will run shy of a grand. As to quality Flop would know. Posted using the Full...
It took me a while to get the front end dialed in on my 1928 Ford Woodie. I used disc brakes out of the Speedway catalog. Also their spindles,...
Hey John....If you've got the means to buy 32 Ford roadster stuff just maybe you can settle the debt with me for the Model A rear window frame I...
I was brought up as a restorer myself....my dad's influence. This was in '73 when I bought a rolling junker from my cousin Kenny McDonough for...
I'm sorry that we couldn't make it....we got nailed in da rain down in South Haven...and lost power too at home....
Anyone know of a dealer in Michigan where I can snag a pair of Nancos? 6:00 x 16 size. I went thru two sets of Nankangs on the front of my 28...
Will: we talked last week. I didn't know you were making the rear corner of the coupe...I was thinking it was the quarter patch panel from the "B"...
not sure thats a good idea....welding to cast iron...
My last A Coupe was a lot worse than yours is... I think I had parts from 16 donor cars. Did you know a T spring is 2" and not 2 1/4" like the A...
Back before we had "rat rods" we had "beaters".... All I wanted was a nice restored Model A Ford with shiny paint...This was in '73. I was reading...
Nice A Will! My 17 year old son Dan has to see your build. He has a very rough 31 A Tudor and he wants to put it on a 32 chassis, 283 Chevy,...
I guess that's why I got into Model A's....Millions were made....the price was even low enough so I could get a collection of them together....
I built my 28 Woodie back in 1999. As its pretty much a stock A I bought a new kit to wire the headlight switch and took over with homebrew after...
I was given a 28 Model A chassis with cowl and body subframe attched...a truckized 31 coupe and a 31 tudor sedan. All for free because my cousin...
Ex USN reserve.... proud to have served...
actually there is a big difference on the front x-member between 28-29 and 30-31...and this affects the relationship of the radiator to the rest...
what does it take to legally import a vechicle into the USA? My next door neighbor Jose said that you can take a 9 year old or older car to old...
I'm sorry to say that I won't be in attendance this year. It's been such a drill with all of these home repairs going on. Sean graduated from HS...
actually it's not all that hard here in MI. You don't even have to get a cop to verify the vin like you did years ago. You just have them run the...
I bought a power boster style pedal assembly from Speedway for a Chevy farm truck, 1958 style. I put it in my 31 coupe with a section of 2 x 4...
oh, the grinding issue...Ron Covell, "Professor Hammer" taught me to use a die grinder with a cut off wheel to knock the tops off of welds..there...
all of the above is good info..what I do is cut the wire off after every drop of weld...and believe it or not, the best job I ever did was in the...
and I'm guessing that there wasn't much worthwhile on TV either that winter....
The diemaker that I served my Tool and Die apprenticeship once said to me, "Duggans!...even a bird shit weld is a good weld when you have to...
Here's another tip...Ford used a high carbon steel material, and a stainless steel TIG material is what I've used to weld the forged part with the...
I assume that you're restoring a Model A. A Model A frame is fine, IMHO, if you're doing a restoration. But if you're building a hot rod, start...
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