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Because our 1913 Model T Ford performed so well, I should tell what was done to the car. All the work done was by Ernie Spittler & me. I babbitted the main bearings, rods, 4th main (ball cap) and line bored them to fit. The main bearings were time savored to the new Scat counter balanced crank. The rods were bored, using a fixture I made in White's Machine Shop, using a Knight Jig Bore. The rods do not have dippers or holes drilled in top or bottom of rod bearing, a 45 degree angle was filed across the babbitt on the cap & rod for an oil reservoir. Other changes are: Stipe 280 camshaft, A 7-1/2 degree nylon timing gear made by White's Machine, Inc., Reader high compression head, I have the original inside oil ... read more

August 12th, 2013 10 PM EDT Day 34 Today was to be an easy day of traveling. Mostly back roads, some of these roads were worse than secondary roads, sometimes we had to guess which way to go, tried to use the GPS, we were ready to throw it over board. Left Cookeville, TN. at 6:15 am, drove 375 miles including wrong turns, backtracking and rain from 6:00 pm until we got to motel. Got here to Dublin at 8:30 pm which was 12-3/4 hours of driving time (30 minute lunch stop and 1 hr. time change). Now about the car, it was missing at low rpm, like when stopping at a traffic light when pulling out until the rpm would increase. Kept thinking water or dirt in carb., it always ran good with full tank ... read more

August 10th, 2013 9:00 pm CDT Day 32 We left our motel in Natchez, MS @ 6:45 am looking forward to a day driving on the Natchez Trace. The speed limit on the Trace is 50 mph. Since it was a Saturday and we had an early start it was a long time before one car came from behind. We stopped for lunch at French Camp, another place recommended by Roy Stone. It was a great place and the food was very good. French Camp Academy is for kids grades 1-12 who come from difficult circumstances to have a stable, loving home and school in a Christian environment. Just as we'd come to French Camp, a few raindrops were falling. By the time we had ordered and were eating, the rain was pouring down. We had ... read more

August 8th, 2013 9:30 pm CDT Day 30 Before leaving Austin this morning we did laundry at our motel. While Mae did the laundry I worked on the car. Adjusted the Watts clutch, low pedal, reverse pedal and tightened the exhaust pipe nut. Put the 4 hubcaps on I took off last night because of some suspicious looking guys. I need the hubcaps on to keep the dirt and water out of the axle and bearings. After breakfast we packed our things in the car. Then we did some riding around, seeing Clarence Wehmeyer and saying good-bye one more time, before heading for today's destination, College Station, Texas. It was a short drive today--96 miles. It was a hot ride, temperature when we got here at 3:00 pm was 106 degrees. We visited Ross Lilleker's restoration ... read more

August 6th, 2013 9:17 pm CDT Day 28 Today started out by installing the radiator I repaired last night. I thought it best to let the J B Weld set over night. The J B Weld has done the job as the radiator did not leak today. I guess I'll have to slow down to 40-45 mph, the day the leak started Mae said, "you're driving 55 mph down hill", it didn't seem like we were going that fast. We left Haskell, TX. at 9:05 am and arrived at our motel in Granbury, TX. at 7:30 pm. Our highlight of the day was seeing our former pastor and his family, The Christman's. We stopped to see see them in Justin, Texas. We ate at Chicken Express across from our motel. Today mileage was 221 miles. Our ... read more