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Recently, my Barnstormers clubmate Bryan and I decided to tackle getting his Ford Model T speedster ready for the upcoming driving season. Bryan has had his speedster for a couple of years now, but it has never been quite dependable or powerful enough for him to feel comfortable taking it very far from his garage—especially in Albany, New York, traffic. His growing frustration with the old Ford had led him to bestow an unfavorable nickname on the handsome little car, best reprinted here in French as La Chienne Rouge.
Our friend and fellow Barnstormer Clayton “Mr. Model T” Paddison assures us that such a lightweight car, even with an essentially stock engine, should be fine for any driving, leading us to believe that something just wasn’t right with Bryan’s speedster. A recent video Bryan had shared with the club of himself and his son piloting the speedster through his neighborhood made Clayton think that the car was running highly retarded, though Bryan said he had the spark lever in a fully advanced position.
Troubleshooting a 100-year-old classic over the phone with someone 3,000 miles away.
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