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Oh No!
« on: April 25, 2015, 09:11:29 PM »
This followed me home the other day....

My dad bought it about the same time (1962) that he bought the green CJ-5...I have an old B&W photo and on the back he mentions paying $125 for it.....it looks rough.....worth maybe $50 at the time.

But a little ($800) spruce up at Andy's Model A Clinic in Reno  and what you see is what survives..

I have about $300 in a pending parts order right now...

But, it runs, it drives, it eventually stops....

About the the only similarity with a jeep is the L-head style four cylinder engine....and it's 6 volt...

Straight cut gears in the transmission and no syncros to go bad..

Mechanical brakes....they never leak....

The green plastic stretch wrap was to protect the glass..it must of worked...no damage....



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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2015, 11:44:50 PM »
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That is so cool !
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2015, 06:14:04 AM »
That is awesome!  So is that lever to the right of the shifter cane the brake lever?  Cuz I'm only seeing 2 pedals.  Are the 2 rods on either side of the tranny the brake linkage? 
Pretty neat and simple stuff right there.
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2015, 07:30:15 AM »
Now THAT is COOL! What's the plan for it? It's definitely in better shape than most CJ's we have all dragged home. Will there be a complete restoration thread on some Model A forum out there? If so, keep us posted over here too.

Interesting battery placement. Is the underside just totally exposed to the the road like that at all times?
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2015, 09:04:31 AM »
Very cool!
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2015, 09:52:43 AM »
The battery just sits there, just a metal support but no enclosure. The floor boards are just that..boards...plywood really...

Normal clutch and brake, and the lever is the emergency brake.

The normal and emergency brake rods you see each go back to separate cross tubes that span the frame, much like the clutch cross tube on the Willys. On each end of the tubes are two ears, 180� to each other. and from those ears one rod goes forward to the wheel brake and one to the rear. The emergency brake is the same but only has rods to the rear. The linkage on the front brakes is pretty cool, as it must allow the wheel to turn on the spindle..

This one will not be taken apart. I'll replace some of the worn and missing parts, but I like it just the way it is, dust and all!
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2015, 11:12:43 AM »
Advanced horse buggy technology.
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2015, 09:36:59 PM »
Ya know, when I was writing the description I thought that maybe this braking system was just one or two steps up from a buggy....

This thing has a GCV...Gas Control Valve, to the right in the picture, that allows you to adjust the mixture as you putter along. and the spark advance is also adjustable from the steering column. There is a throttle lever to the right side....in the center are the headlight switch lever and the horn....it keeps you busy when driving!

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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2015, 09:55:34 PM »
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This thing has a GCV...Gas Control Valve, to the right in the picture, that allows you to adjust the mixture as you putter along. and the spark advance is also adjustable from the steering column. There is a throttle lever to the right side....in the center are the headlight switch lever and the horn....it keeps you busy when driving!


No computers necessary!!  . . .  just a driver who knows what makes the engine tick.  :)
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2015, 09:59:55 PM »
Funny, isn't it?

You really had to know a little something about the operation of your vehicle and how the engine functioned..

And this was 1929....how long had cars been on the road?

I guess you could say that you would have been more of an operator than a driver....
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2015, 10:02:23 PM »
Oh, and the top center in the above picture is the direct reading gas gauge....there is a float and an arm, but it's all inside the tank and you view it through that little window....
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2015, 06:03:17 AM »
There is no fuel pump on it, right? Is it gravity fed like the Ts? When going up a steep hill, it is better to go up it in reverse than forward.
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2015, 06:35:59 AM »
I've seen that with the old cars where you have to adjust the mix and advancement.  Lots of linkage.
Just don't be texting during all of this, you might cause an accident. ;)
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2015, 09:58:06 AM »
The fuel is gravity fed...no fuel pump..

The reason for backing up hills has to do with the transmission and the gearing in the T's..they had a planetary transmission with bands that tightened to give you forward and reverse...reverse either was geared lower or the band was often in better condition so backing up a steep hill often worked better.

One fellow told me that they had a steep driveway, so they would chain a large log to the back when going down hill so they could stop at the bottom!
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Re: Oh No!
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2015, 02:26:51 PM »
Now this is a really cool truck. 

Adjusting fuel mixtures and advance on the run...hmmm...I sometimes get confused with 3 shifting levers. :D ;D

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