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  1. I just stumbled on this thread, don't know why I didn't see it before. I just became the proud owner of a 1910 EMF touring that was part of Henry Austin Clark's collection. I've had it all of about a month and I just love the car. I bought it from Ludwig Gocek in Nazareth PA and can't say enough about it. I have copies of the titles from Clark right through til now. Bob, if you are coming to Rhinebeck for the Sunday show, you can see it there. Look me up....

    Frank

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  2. The wood spokes should not be affected by removing the drum. The bolts may be peened over on the nut side and may have damaged the threads. If so, you may have to replace a few, so be ready for that. The drum may have to be pried off the spokes. It would help to drive the bolts toward the front with a punch if necessary.

  3. With the curved rear fenders, the rear car is most likely a 1915 or a 1916 Ford. It also has the small side lights that were on the 15's and up. A 1913-14 Model T would have had a windshield that was folded back. As far as the front car is concerned, hard to tell, might be a Chevy 490.

    Frank

  4. I looked into the wiring in my National Service Data and, indeed there is a 4 lobe cam in the distributor for the 8 cylinders. The actual distributor wiring is not shown, but they MUST be in series, not parallel. Otherwise, if parallel, the coil primary would always be grounded, since the points alternate. If this is the case, the need for two point sets amounts to smoke and mirrors, unless, I too am in the dark.

    Frank

  5. The 2 man top is named such because, like said above, it takes 2 men to collapse the top. The front pair of irons are not connected to the rear pair of irons. The only connection is via the top cloth and pads. If one person tries to lower or raise the top without help, it will flop back and forth and is very difficult to handle. In a one man top, the front and rear irons are connected by metal struts and is much easier to raise and lower.

    Frank

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