Sorry it's not an AD but is a sample of our work. We converted it from right side steering to left side since it will be France the majority of the time. The Texas plates have been on it in the UK for the last 30 years or so. The owner being an international lawyer might have some bearing here. He has two converted abbeys in the London area ( I think) that enroll boys with disabilities. Mick Jaggers son was one of his students. The car was shipped to us a year ago and is going to Galveston, Texas, to be crated and shipped back next week. This was the first car he had and drove it all through high school and college.
A - Bone Pretty nice , I didn't know anyone was repopping the heater option , wish I'da had one on any of my old A Models . I've had four of these fun , well built cars .
Motor City Motors There's a new show on Discovery called Motor City Motors. It's a copy cat show with the same general recipe of a self imposed deadline and fabricated drama that one finds on American Chopper, Overhaul, etc. Anyways, I tuned into the first episode last week hoping to see some metal work and such. Very disappointed. The drama versus building ratio was about 95 to 5. On top of that, their project was a hack job. They took a 1926 model T and turned into a butt ugly gasser. Instead of taking what appeared to be a car in very good condition, they could have started with just a bare cab. Even though it was a Ford, I hated seeing it destroyed the way it was.
I'm with you Mike, How could that mess be construed as an improvement. Just wasting dwindling resources. Flashlight
" Push & Pray " Brakes Actually , A Models don't need that , just dump the stupid rollers and install ' Brake Floaters ' on all four wheels then properly adjust the linkages until each joint is at exactly 90 degrees as the brakes engauge and it'll stop great , even from 80 + MPH . If you're working it (trucks) or maybe towing , use the actuating levers from the rear brakes on the front brakes to even up the braking as A Models were made with the 64/40 brake bias 40 % in front as the dirt roads they were designed for caused front wheel skidding when you were on the move , nowadays it's all pavement so improving the front bias over the rear makes for faster , surer stops . Back in the day most hydraulic brake conversions were made using 1940 brakes , this required steering changes that made the A Model handle poorly. IIRC you could use the ?Lockheed? brakes from a Plymouth too to better effect but it's all moot as Push & Pray works good until you neglect them .
