Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Nice Model A Ford Starter Troubleshooting Tip
Recently I was trying to find a problem on my 1930 Model A Ford, and before I could completely figure out why my car wasn’t running well, the starter seemed to go out. I couldn’t believe that my starter could fail at just the exact moment that I thought I had fixed my other problem! [...]
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Urban Outfitters Sells Ford Shirt
Hey Ford fans! Urban Outfitters has a Ford t-shirt on sale right now, but you have to hurry because they are on clearance for $10. Don’t miss out on your chance to have the style edge at the next meeting of all your car pals. It’s a small style edge I know, but I’ll take [...]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
I Had A Great Birthday At Kennywood
My birthday was a few days ago, and it was a great one. I met the 3 Rivers Model A Ford Restorers Club at Kennywood (the local amusement park) early in the morning, and we all drove our antique cars onto the park grounds so that the patrons could see them. We were invited there [...]
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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 engine, so [...]
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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 incredible [...]
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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. It [...]
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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 shape. [...]
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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 Grandpa 20 [...]
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Setting the Timing on the Model A Ford
I spent some time in the garage today trying to set the timing on my family’s 1930 Model A Ford. I think it can be done with just one person, but I’m going to have to get some help. As a part of the process you have to put the crank into the front (it’s [...]
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
The Model A Ford is Running Again!
I finally got the radiator back on the family Model A Ford. I took it off in the fall to get it cleaned and rodded, and then I didn’t get back to it before winter came. Over the last few days I have managed to spend some time out in the garage, and today I [...]
