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Newsletter of the North Penn Model A Ford Club March 2011

MARCH MEETING

Monday 7th @ 7:30 p.m.

Penndale Middle School

March Refreshments

Bowne, Longcoy, Rogers, Hall

April Refreshments

Anderson, Boslers, W. Watson, Lawn

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

8 Richard Ditzler 27 Anne Condon

12 Franklin Burke 27 Ruth Ann Christ

15 Grace Landis 30 Dave Whitmire

Minutes February 7, 2011 Meeting

Vice President John Elliott opened the meeting at

7:35 p.m. with 34 members attending.

Treasurer’s report given by Charles Kerper Treasurer:

Present balance is $ 1684.48.

Sam High was welcomed as a new member attending

his first NPMAC “meeting”.

OLD BUSINESS:

Our Christmas/Holiday party had an attendance of

64 and a wonderful time was had by all.

Club Lancaster Trip will take place April 29, 30,

and May 1st. The trip will begin on Friday 4/29 and

will include tours in the area and the Model A Day

at Renninger’s.

Pennypacker Mills Day is scheduled for Saturday

April 30 a “rural life” event.

NEW BUSINESS:

The club tools were moved from Barry’s garage to

Joe Silverman’s garage. Gene Yeager headed the

process.

The 75TH anniversary of AACA will be in Philadelphia

at the Sheraton Hotel 2/10 thru 2/12.

Elm Terrace will again be holding a car show and

we hope our club will participate. June is the tentative

time.

North Penn High School Car Show if held to be

considered.

Fred Schempp has organized a tour to Germansville

on Sunday May 15th. It will be a DVR tour including

other places of interest.

Lansdale Under The Lights is June 18.

Club picnic for spring is June 11 at Green Lane

Park. More to follow.

Future tours for the club to be considered: Wheels

of America in Allentown and the Boyertown Museum.

Pete Watson has invited the club to use the lift at

the Old Forge building at 1101 N. Broad Street

ANYTIME with advance notice.

Spring Safety check will be held at Old Forge on

Broad street. Date is April 9th at 9:00 a.m. Coffee

and donuts will be provided by the club.

Dick Longcoy has sent around the room the tentative

Refreshment List for confirmation and any updates

needed.

If you need a name badge, let Dick know.

Dick also is still trying to get everyone’s e-mail address

to try to eliminate costs.

(EDITOR NOTE: all e-mails are sent out in the

“BCC” mode meaning that no one that receives an

e-mail copy gets to see who else was on the sent list

so your privacy is protected.)

The newsletter needs the support of the club members

– send Dick those articles and info - please.

Joe Silverman discussed a Model A hybrid owned

by Steve Sensenich. We hope he will bring the - - -

(Continued other side)

(Continued from first page)

- - - car to the April 9th Spring Safety Check for all to see. (He has since joined our club).

Jerry Anderson presented a paper on Antifreeze and keeping it at the proper pH. Jerry passed out copies for all.

Magnetic club signs are still available at $16 per sign.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. by Vice-President John Elliott.

Respectfully submitted,

Dini Vigliano

Secretary

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Model A truck for sale: Late 1931 Wide Bed, Indented Firewall Pick-up Truck. Original body and chassis in

excellent mechanical condition. Truck originally red, repainted long ago to a washed out green. It has current Pa.

Inspection and is driven regularly. Has Halogen Headlights, LED Tail Lights, New safety Glass, Front End Rebuilt,

Brakes Rebuilt, Gas Tank Cleaned, 4 New Firestone Tires, One original as Spare, Engine very good.

Needs new paint. Body and bed in excellent condition. This is an exceptional find .

EXCEPT FOR POOR PAINT WOULD PASS FOR A TRUE SURVIVOR.

$16,500. Contact Howard Kriebel 610-489-1253.

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A Cliff Wilson Report on AACA Annual Meeting

(Pictures of “woodies” will be at March meeting)

A nice collection of Woodies in the trade show with Joe Rogers III in the mix.

Wayne Watson with his 1911 T was also on display and he presented his Model A seminar on Saturday afternoon

with several NPMAFC members attending.

The grandson of legendary GM designer Harley Earl presented a seminar of the accomplishments of Harley's

iconic career of classic car designs from the 20's to the 50's.

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NORTH PENN MODEL A FORD CLUB

2011 REFRESHMENTS LIST

(Would the first name on the left please be the group coordinator)

March 1, 2011 Revision

FEBRUARY

Schneider
, Berlinger, Kriebel, Gibby

MARCH

Bowne
, Longcoy, Rogers, Hall

APRIL

Anderson
, Bosler (Sr.), Bosler (Jr.), W. Watson, Lawn

MAY

Allen
, G. Watson, Wood, Driesbach, Abrams

JUNE

Silverman,
Burke, Schlorff, C. Wilson

JULY

PICNIC

AUGUST

NO MEETING

SEPTEMBER

Yeager,
Hudecki, Vigliano, High

OCTOBER

Gormley
, Whitmire, Ditzler, Schempp, Beyer

NOVEMBER

Henderson
, Bear, Hollister, Jones

DECEMBER

Reed,
Ford, White, Schwab

Touring in the

Model `A' Ford

BY PAUL MOLLER

(June 1988 REPRINT)

The Model 'A Ford was built to be driven!

Although they have passed their 60th anniversary,

they are still driven successfully. While you may

have been driving your "A" on local tours, parades,

'rallies, and other occasional trips around the neighborhood,

and think the' Car runs very, well, then

you may be considering a long trip. So. a National

Meet some distance from home seems possible.

Why not go as so many others have done? So you

plan on changing the oil, greasing the chassis,

'checking tire pressures, and washing the car in

preparation for a trip.

Having traveled extensively in my "A" coupe,

I say GO! Our direct experiences along with that of

others in preparing the vehicle may be of some

help. If you believe your vehicle is in good condition,

ready and able to go, our first recommendation

is a good hard run at highway speeds, around

45 to 50 mph, where the "A" seems to run good.

Experience indicates that most mechanical failures

seem to occur during the first few hundred Miles of

a long trip.

The following suggestions, along with your

own ideas, should go a long way in making the trip

as trouble free and comfortable as possible. Some

suggestions are for maintenance and others are

improvements using modern techniques and materials.

All these will help to make the vehicle safe

and reliable.

While your first impulse is to start with the

engine, I am going to suggest inspecting and repairing,

where needed, everything that helps control

'the car first. Things that affect control are: brakes,

steering, suspension (springs, shocks, etc.).

Lubrication

Start by lubricating all chassis grease fittings

after wiping off dirt from the fittings. While you

are under the car greasing fittings (with car supported

on jack stands), you should be looking for

missing cotter pins, loose nuts or bolts, brackets,

rods, etc. Nothing is too small to overlook for

safety and reliability.

The transmission and differential are easily

lubricated with plastic squeeze bottles containing

85-140W lube. This modem lube is far better than

600W as it carries off heat faster and has greater

film strength, thus giving the gears longer life. A

small pump type oil can filled with 85-140W can

be used to lubricate clevis pins and clutch linkage.

Now is a good time to repack the front wheel bearings

and to see that the rear axle nuts are tight so the

axle key will not shear off: Before the wheels go

back on, add a squirt of WD-40 or similar lube to

the lug nut threads. Use a torque wrench following a

five-pointed star pattern and tighten equally' to 45

ft-lbs torque. Always check the wheel lug nuts before

traveling.

Shock absorbers, provide not only a smoother

ride, but they also help control the vehicle, and the

latter is more important. Check the fluid level,

shock links, arms, and mounting bolts.

Brakes

Brakes too are part of the control system of

the vehicle. If the brake lining, brake drums, rods,

and various mechanical parts are in good condition

(remember, ' they are mechanical brakes!), an

adjustment may be in order. I am going to pass

along a method that works very well.

Assuming that everything is "just right" in the

drums, disconnect all four service brake rods and

block the brake, pedal to the full "up" position.

With all the wheels supported' on jack stands,

adjust each set of brake shoes until you can just

barely, turn the wheel. This "fills the drums with

brake shoes." Then with the arm pushed back

enough to just take the play out, adjust the brake

rod to this position. Repeat on all four corners.

Tighten the jam nuts to prevent rod breakage. Now

all you have to do is back off on the brake shoe

adjusters 6 or 7 clicks and they should be about

perfect.

Steering too is part of the control system of

the vehicle. If the steering system is properly

adjusted and in good mechanical condition, tighten

the bolt securing the pitman arm to the sector

shaft for they do stretch. Tighten the pair of bolts

holding the steering box to the frame. Steering

effort can ,be reduced using a "Steer-eze" kit that

adds Teflon plugs and new springs to the drag link

and tie rod ends. A sector housing fitted with

needle bearings-in place of bushings and a shortened

pitman arm will reduce 'steering effort tp the

,point that the steering wheel almost comes out of a

turn by itself.

Removing the floorboards gives access to the

battery and other items. Check the battery charge

and water level. Tighten the battery cables, check

for corrosion, and clean and tighten the battery

cable at the connection to the frame to insure a

good, tight ground connection.

ANTIFREEZE CONSIDERATIONS

The following information was posted on January 14, 2011, on the "Ahooga" Message Board. The poster is

Larry Brumfield, known for his design and manufacture of the after-market high compression Model A engine

head. His posting is provided verbatim.

Don't let the "clean look" fool you into thinking your antifreeze is still good even if the mixture is doing its

job to prevent freezing; if it has been in your A for a long time. Test it to see if it has become acidic!

You can use chemically treated test strips that change color to indicate the pH of the antifreeze. BUT all a

litmus paper reading really tells you is whether or not the antifreeze is alkaline or acidic. It doesn't tell you how much

reserve alkalinity or corrosion inhibitor the antifreeze has left. Nor does an alkaline pH reading always mean the

antifreeze is still good. When the aluminum starts to corrode, such as with an aluminum flat head, the corroding aluminum

can actually make the pH go back up!

This pH I am referring to is a measure of the acidity and alkalinity on a scale, i.e. a pH scale. A reading of 7 is

neutral. Lower numbers represent increasing acidity and higher numbers increasing alkalinity. Pure water is neutral with

a reading of 7.0 whereas battery acid is 2 or 3 on the pH scale while baking soda might be 10 or 11.

A lower pH reading (below 8) would generally indicate bad antifreeze and a need for a change. But at the

same time be aware that the new long-life antifreeze can protect to lower pH, almost 7.

You can also use a digital voltmeter. With the engine off, touch the voltmeter positive test lead to the radiator

(must have good metal to metal contact). Open the radiator cap and insert the negative test lead down into the coolant.

A reading of up to 0.2 volts is considered acceptable and indicates the presence of reserve alkalinity in the

coolant. If the coolant reads 0.3 to 0.6 volts, it is borderline and should be recycled or replaced. A reading of 0.7 volts

or more would tell you the coolant is overdue for a change.

Now, having said all this, I'm trying to think if the following could somehow apply to a Model A, but the corrosion

in the cooling system can occur, regardless of the condition of the antifreeze, if voltage from such things as

starters, ignition, etc., etc. flows through to ground rather than follow their intended ground path.

You can check for this condition using your volt meter with the same method as stated above except

do it while running the starter to crank the engine; then with the engine running and an accessory

turned on such as the lights. If stray current is grounding through the coolant you'll get a voltage reading.

More than 0.15 volts can corrode aluminum and 0.3 volts can be harmful to cast iron.

Note #1: Since it has been a while since most of us took a chemistry class, remember that the

pH scale is a base 10 log scale i.e. moving down the pH scale by one full number (e.g. 7.0 to 6.0)

changes the acidity (hydrogen ion, H+) by a factor of 10. Thus, it would be 10X as acidic. Moving

down the pH scale by two numbers (e.g. 7.0 to 5.0) changes the acidity by a factor of 100 (100X as

acidic).

Note # 2: As stated above, aluminum is more susceptible to corrosion than is cast iron. This is

the basis for the "Aluminum Head Saver" sold by many of the Model A parts suppliers (e.g. Bratton's

part # 8030 @ $7.45). One inserts this aluminum cathode into the coolant system and the cathode is

"sacrificed" to any corrosive effects resulting from coolant that is too acidic, thereby diminishing

any corrosion of the cast iron engine components.

DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT YOU ARE NOT UP TO PAR?

If you ever feel a little bit stupid, just dig this up and read it again; you'll begin to think you're a genius..

(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live

forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"

Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love

to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."

Mariah Carey

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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"

Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign

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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"

Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"

Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .

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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it,"

A congressional candidate in Texas .

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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

Al Gore, Vice President

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"I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix ."

Dan Quayle

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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"

Lee Iacocca

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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."

Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.

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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away.

May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."

Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina

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"Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas."

Keppel Enderbery

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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their eart

throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."

Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

Feeling smarter yet?

DANKEN
CORP,' _

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