This caught my eye at a car show last week:
This caught my eye at a car show last week:
This car is 104 years old.
should have gone drilled and slotted...
That's fairly discreet and I bet a pretty big upgrade in performance. What's stock, rear only cable drums?
It must have taken very careful master cylinder selection to keep the brake pedal from working like a locked/unlocked switch.
ZOMGWTFBBQ!?!? That car is ruined! That owner should be killed! WRNFTREDERDGHHGH!
Good for the owner making a car a little more drivable and lot more likely to be driven and enjoined by all.
In reply to Appleseed:
Enjoined?
Enjoyed, enjoined whatever it takes. 
Looks like he is ready for a track day.
Just on the rear axle or was it only on the rear right? 
Enjoyable, not to mention safer. Cool!
There was a car in hot rod magazine years ago that was an old ford model a or something that had replica aluminum wheels painted to look wooden, and a detuned cosworth rally car engine disguised as an old four banger. They didn't disclose who owned it but it was a prominent European rally driver.
Those Wilwood calipers make me smile.
Appleseed wrote: ZOMGWTFBBQ!?!? That car is ruined! That owner should be killed! WRNFTREDERDGHHGH! Good for the owner making a car a little more drivable and lot more likely to be driven and enjoined by all.
The owner lives around the corner from me. He is the president of the Model T Club of America. I think he's okay with the lack of originality.
In reply to BoostedBrandon:
http://www.carscoops.com/2008/01/1929-ford-model-with-250-hp-cosworth.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFSGSL3Nrmc
oldtin wrote: That's fairly discreet and I bet a pretty big upgrade in performance. What's stock, rear only cable drums?
Not even...
The original brakes on the Model T consisted of a single drum on the driveshaft. There are no front brakes. If you have an aftermarket Ruckstell Two Speed Rear ("Four Speeds for Fords!"), which this car does, and you get hung up in rear diff neutral, you have no brakes at all.
Back in the day, when someone added a Ruckstell to their T, they generally added Rocky Mountain Brakes to the rear wheels.
Too bad you can't get the calipers with "Wilwood" written in Spencerian script.
Those brakes might be overkill for that..
if he did that, then he's probably already got a Toyota distributor and a small Japanese alternator of some flavor on the car already... has anyone ever megasquirted one of these?
I'm picturing some kind of Wil-e-Coyote-esqe accident here, where all the spokes shatter under heavy breaking and the hoops continue rolling down the road into a dynamite truck.
Apart from that, it looks pretty stealthy, and I bet it's a huge improvement in safety from a braking system similar to my tractor.
XLR99 wrote: I'm picturing some kind of Wil-e-Coyote-esqe accident here, where all the spokes shatter under heavy breaking and the hoops continue rolling down the road into a dynamite truck.
I thought about that, but those tires won't be able to create anywhere near enough grip to snap those spokes.
GameboyRMH wrote:XLR99 wrote: I'm picturing some kind of Wil-e-Coyote-esqe accident here, where all the spokes shatter under heavy breaking and the hoops continue rolling down the road into a dynamite truck.I thought about that, but those tires won't be able to create anywhere near enough grip to snap those spokes.
He'll never get going very fast either.
Wilwoods on Woodwheels.
Could go with 'composite' disks, ie a piece of 3/8" marine plywood ;)
novaderrik wrote: ... has anyone ever megasquirted one of these?
This thought has crossed my mind. If I had unlimited time I'd do all sorts of weird E36 M3.
no carbon ceramics 
also does the last name of the owner happen to be Marsh?
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