Mark Wetherbee

Definitely the Transmission cover (Hogs head) and pretty sure you will need the 4-dip oil pan because it has a little bit of a bulge where that drum rides. Realize that the floor boards change too as the pedals have a different spacing, and if you want it to look semi correct you might want to weld the diamond shaped pedal on to replace the later wide ones.

Mascot makes me think mid 30’s GMC

As a newbie he may have lost this initial thread and not know how to find it, I doubt he’s trying to annoy anyone with repetitive questions....

One of the first pieces of advice I received before opening up my 31 Pierce was to realign the oil pump before putting it together. The second piece was to buy an endoscope that is used with your smart phone so you can skip a lot of ups and downs associated with your steps 4 thru 7...

Pretty sure they are model A Ford

Leaving Maine 2 years ago I had a wrench for one of those cages that I think went to a friends shop. He kept telling me it was a bung wrench but I am pretty sure it was for your style cages. I will try to get ahold of him to see if he can find it...

I’d go with that, the 29 looks much closer than the 31

Although it has wire wheels, note the hubcap, running board trim, and hood as compared to my 31 model 43 sedan.

Insulting, a Packard? No I think not! This beautiful car is most certainly a Pierce Arrow. I will venture around 1931 by the hood openings but someone should be able to narrow it down better. (Completely mock indignation here, please excuse my attempt at being funny 🤣🤣🤣)

Another good contact would be Pete Reny in North Vassalboro, he is an A guy and should have a contact somewhere. if you need numbers I’ll see if I can find them, just PM me.

Last engine I had done was by George King in Connecticut, but I think he retired... drove down from Stockton Springs. Do you know Warren Kincaid who is the treasure of the Downeast Model T club and works at Owls Head Transportation Museum? He lives in Rockland and most certainly will know who is trustworthy doing Babbitt. I would have suggested Herm Kohnke in Iowa but he sadly passed away not too long ago... Good Luck!

This is several years ago now, but does anyone remember the T in a trailer stolen in Virginia along with a second trailer with a Harley owned by a cop? The police took a serious interest because of the second trailer, but the way they recovered T and it’s trailer was because the person it was stolen from was looking on eBay for a replacement after the insurance got settled and found his trailer. When the police got the information from eBay they went there and found the T in the thief’s garage along with the trailer plates! Seems that same seller was dealing trailers and they had found a few others looking at his past sales.

1929 DeSoto I think... Trying to beat Keizer to it!

Also adding some police contact and flooding Facebook is a good idea. Old car people can get the word out very quickly across the country. Good luck, she is a beautiful car and will hopefully get found!

Crankcase vent, or what gwells called it, goes to the oil breather for engine bypass.

There was a discussion a while back where someone showed a picture of the Falcon night hood ornament saying how rare it was so when I saw this on eBay I thought someone might be interested in it. It’s pretty expensive if you ask me, but who knows... I have no connection to the sale, and if you didn’t notice the thread title and just want to bitch about these postings knock yourself out. https://www.ebay.com/itm/114218484351

Hi Carl, I might have a skewed opinion but maybe $7500 on a great day even if he has the parts from the tow truck looking conversion. The earlier running one in Vermont would be worth a look if I were in the market. You being on the opposite coast makes it a bit rougher once shipping is involved.

Have to admire his ignorance... mid 20’s🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This one is on the HCCA for the same amount!

I remember it too! Really appreciate knowing the rest of the story... Maybe we should nickname you “Paul Harvey “🤣🤣🤣

Picked the pair off eBay cheap right after buying the car

Absolutely love seeing cars just like those examples, and if it’s not my thing I just skipped on over the non interesting ones just like I am sure someone else skips over those crusty pre-war junk looking for the more modern antiques. It takes all types and with so many avenues to search there’s many cars available that have been re-posted here I might otherwise have never seen... I very much appreciate seeing them from others perspective too, gives you a better chance to understand the attraction of cars that are not in my interest group and would otherwise be ignoring.

Agree it’s a diverter from foot board heat to defrost. Figuring out what for will be a bigger challenge...

I don’t know the exact date, late 1925 production year (another can of worms in Model T’s) Ford started stamping the engine number on a frame rail. That is the only numbers that could be matching on a T Ford. As stated earlier by Wayne, early cars were in range but I don’t believe any had exactly matching numbers until the 1960’s restoration when people would stamp a reproduction dash plate to match an engine. Wayne’s other comments are spot on, there’s a huge difference in the very early T’s where big money is involved in the smallest things.

Here’s a picture without the torch, you can see the nut there

My 31 Pierce was the same way and even with tight studs I wound up bending one from stretching. I did what Pfiel suggested, keep the nut loosely on, tension that puller, and by setting two propane torches on blocks pointing at the bottom corners of the hub at cross angles heated the hub. I kept an eye on them while doing something else, that BANG sound made my wife come running, she thought the car fell off the jack stands...