Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Manifold Woes with my Model A Ford
Every maintenance saga starts off the same way: someone says something like, “Oh yeah, that should be an easy fix.” This time at least it wasn’t me who said it.
When I first got the engine running on my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe I noticed that there was an imperfect seal between the [...]
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Replacing the Head Gasket on a Model A Ford
This week I replaced the head gasket on my 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe using the instructions from page 1-123 of The Model A Ford Mechanics Handbook Volume 1, by Les Andrews. I thought this would be an easy job, and while it wasn’t easy, it is definitely manageable. Just be sure [...]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Having An Old Car Makes People Want to Help You
Last week I took the radiator off my Model A Ford because the fan broke and cut a hole in the back of it. Yeah, I was pretty happy about that. I had known for a while that I needed a new ratchet nut for the crankshaft pulley on the front of the [...]
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
My First Car Show With the Model A Ford
From right to left: My family’s Model A, Devin’s A, a hot rod A, a badly done hot rod firetruck.
Today Devin came up from Bedford and we had our own little 2-car Model A parade over to the rockabilly car show on the west side of town. It was awesome. There were an [...]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
Today Vader and I decided to go for a real drive in the Model A. The initial plan was that I was going to go pick up our friends Steve and Penny, we would all go for a drive together, and that way if the car died, they could help me push it back. [...]
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
First Successful Drive in the Model A Ford
Yesterday my pal Devin came over and we spent almost the whole day working on my family’s Model A. The basic plan was that he was going to come up from Bedford to show me how to work on the brakes, and help me check them out to see if they were in good [...]
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
How to Start a Model A Ford
First of all, I am no expert… yet. I have the pleasure of getting my family’s 1930 Model A Ford Sport Coupe back in working order after it has been in storage for about 15 years. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the instruction on how to start the car that I got from my [...]
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
Model A Parts Near Indianapolis
I’ve been slowly getting going on working on the Model A Ford again this season. I had big plans to put in a plastic liner and heat the garage this last winter so I could work out there despite the temperature, but the prospect of putting that much work into a garage that we [...]
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
How to Repair a Horn Rod on a 1930 Model A Ford
It has been unseasonably warm here in Indianapolis the last few days, so I have been spending my time in the garage working on the Model A. It’s been great, and I’ve gotten a lot done.
Ok, so this is going to be an in-depth description of how I repaired the Horn Rod on my [...]
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Workin’ on the Model A Ford
This morning I got up early to take my Robot Car (aka: my 2004 Toyota Prius hybrid) to the mechanic, and as soon as I got home I went into my garage to work on my family’s 1930 Model A Ford. I love the contrast.
Here’s a picture of my Grandpa, Mac McBride, in the [...]
