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Gary, here's one a lot closer and cheaper! Howard Dennis http://forums.aaca.org/showthread.php?t=377407&p=1328505#post1328505

Fronty is period racing term for a Model T ford engine equipped with a Frontenac racing head made by the Chevrolet Bros. Howard Dennis https://www.google.com/search?q=frontenac+head+model+t&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=j5D_U4yhJ8GvogSM_oJo&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1188&bih=541#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=iUO66jHZyOvLmM%253A%3B1PSEOOFi0zRjmM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.museumofamericanspeed.com%252FRS%252FSR%252FProduct%252F0%252F10279_R_15d5b1f5.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.museumofamericanspeed.com%252FFord-Model-T-Frontenac-DO-Head%252C10279.html%3B250%3B250

Check here Gary, http://forums.aaca.org/showthread.php?t=377407&p=1328505#post1328505

Gary, did you see this? Howard Dennis http://www.ebay.com/itm/141383964387?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Gary, I'm sorry to say I don't have any spares. I'm enclosing some pages out of my 1919 dated parts book to show what you are looking for although I can't say what years were all the same. Howard Dennis

Boy, does that bring back painful memories. Living in rural Northern California roughly 55 years ago my dad saved the exact same car from being scrapped. Even at 10 years old I knew this car was special. Previous owner dropped the non running car off in our driveway and dad was going to start work on it the next morning. Woke up to several feet of fresh snow and found someone had shoved or plowed the Desoto further up our driveway and that beautiful waterfall grille was stoved in about 2 feet and scattered all over the snow. Dad was so disgusted he towed it to the junkyard that day. This picture in the only other example I've ever seen. Howard Dennis

It is called an air dome and from what I can find it is supposed to stop pulsation in the fuel flow. Howard Dennis

I didn't reply to this when you first posted because my experience is with 1917 and earlier Maxwells and I wasn't sure how similar they were. While going through eBay tonight I got this photo from a 1920 Maxwell owners manual and compared it to my 1917 manual. except for some minor changes they are almost identical. After going back over your post your talk of "triangular area with two threaded holes" worries me. In both my 1917 and the 1920 picture no pickup is used. The flange you talk of is the mounting for the oil pump and integral screen which sucks oil from the bottom of the pan. To me it appears as if your motor was assembled without the oil pump and oil pump plunger. Howard Dennis

Thanks Dave, I just emailed him. Howard Dennis

It could be your starter needs rebuilding or it could be your starter switch isn't delivering 12volts to your starter. Make sure your batteries are wired up like this diagram, and then get a multi-meter and make sure when you step on the starter switch it is delivering 12volts at starter switch terminal # 11. If it is then you need to remove the starter and take it to a rebuilder to be tested. Howard Dennis

Sounds like you need to get a hand crank for your Model A. Your Maxwell has it built in but the Model A had a crank usually stored under the seat. You need it for an occasion like this and it is also how you time your engine which you need to learn how to do. With the crank you stand in front with the hood open and the distributor bakelite cap & cover removed and turn your engine over and watch the distributor cam which has 4 lobes until the fiber rubbing block on the point arm is directly in the middle of 2 lobes and that is the closed position of your points. When the rubbing block is dead center of a lobe is when you set your point gap. Howard Dennis . .

You are getting some amazingly detailed help on this problem. When you calm down and aren't so pi$$ed off, study the answers and learn from them. This last post is aimed at you finding out if you have an ignition problem.so when you do it you will know what to do next. I'm going back to the carburetor and found this to check out: http://modelabasics.com/Carb/ZenithPassageways.pdf It's up to you to find and check out each individual passage. This stuff happens to us all. I've just come off 6 weeks of frustration on trying to start my Maxwell for the first time, ended up being a grounding problem in the New Old Stock distributor which I was positive WASN'T the problem because it was new. Then I ran into problems trying to get my K D carburetor to run right, still working on that as I finally resorted to a Model A Tillotson carb just to get it running. Now it runs but doesn't seem to be charging. I asked for help on this forum with a question that required a yes or no answer. 60,000 members on here and I'm pretty sure at least 10 percent knew that answer but NOT 1 single online answer! (Not real happy with that!) Luckily a really knowledgeable old car person offered to help me privately, we are still sorting this out. I've only had this car ready to run for a few weeks and I'm already on my 3rd professional leather fan belt. Mine stretch and warp till they walk off the pulleys. John Knox:http://www.leatherdrivebelts.com/ He made mine and refuses to take payment on the last two as he guarantees his belts for life and offers free shortening on the belts when they stretch. Sorry for the rant but I just wanted to show we all get discouraged from time to time but someone in this community will always step up to help, it just may take some time. Good Luck. Howard Dennis

Check out these in-depth instructions: http://modelabasics.com/Carb/ZenithCarburetorOverhaul2011-2007.pdf Howard Dennis

Sweet car, 750 produced, last I knew, about 15 left. Howard Dennis

Like these? http://lbcunited.com/earlyford2/product_info.php/cPath/327/products_id/6272?osCsid=251134938bacdc03608fb23d0354489e http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_mercury_late/heater-hose-nipple-installs-in-your-lower-radiator-hose-ford.html Trouble is they don't say what size and I know the hose comes in 5/8 and 3/4 I.D. Howard Dennis

Auction ended months ago, don't know the outcome. Howard Dennis

Can you smell asbestos when you use it, because if you can you are ingesting it. If you can't you have the only one built that didn't leak dust out of the bag. Howard Dennis

John, That's what makes these unique, but everyone keeps trying to convince me these are for two tiny a$$ humans. Maybe Tom Thumb ordered a carriage he never picked up? Howard Dennis

Truer words were never spoken, Dave. I decided to pass even though I know these are extremely rare, especially being N.O.S.. Hate to say it but something can actually be so rare nobody wants it! I have spent days trying to find out what these are online and multiple sites. I have even had people of the horse drawn crowd argue that these are ordinary 2 passenger wagon seats even after I pointed out that the outside edge of the base is only 24 inches wide and that is without horsehair stuffing and upholstery. I can't even generate an image on Google of a similar seat. Crying shame is they will probably end up as some of that "shabby chic" painted furniture @$*#*%+! Howard Dennis

Just stopped by an antique mall and found a pair of very unusual wooden seats. They look like full size buggy seats but smaller in size Very well constructed, 1/3 original paint and because they have zero bolt, nail or tack holes I believe they are New Old Stock. They are only 24 inches wide on the bottom, 31 inches wide at the armrests and 19 inches tall so they clearly only seat one person. Does anyone know what they could fit or what they were designed for. I can buy the pair for $300.00 and would like to see them go to a good home. Howard Dennis

What carb are you running, Zenith cast iron, Tillotson diecast? Howard Dennis

Now that I finally have my Maxwell running, other problems have reared their heads. When first started it registered a charge on the ammeter for about 2 minutes and then quit showing a charge. Recently while showing a neighbor, I hit the twin battery disconnect switches and the car continued to run. Doesn't that mean the generator IS working and the gauge just isn't showing it? Howard Dennis

Dave, to my eye that brass tag looks like a rebuilders tag. I think I can make out Mains .025 Throws .02? . If the truck was built in the early 1930's she would be ready for a rebuild in 1944. To me, that engine looks more like an early 1930's than a 1940's engine. Howard Dennis

Played around on here and found some very close matches. That may be a very rare truck from the first few years of production. Howard Dennis http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/11648/Marmon-Herrington-trucks?PageIndex=8

John, to my eye the first thing that came to mind was 1932 Dodge when I saw the radiator shell??Howard Dennis