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INDEX OF ARTICLES

 Volume 1 through Volume 14  - more thru V19 by email

 Compiled by Dave Ziegler

2006

 


 

SUBJECT

 

DESCRIPTION

VOL/#

PAGE

A

ACCELERATING

 

 

 

 

Improved Tip

            3 - 4

6

ACME

 

 

 

 

Acme High Speed Head ( Letter )

10 - 1

40

ADVERTISEMENT

 

 

 

 

Champion Spark Plugs

8 - 3

35

 

Champion Spark Plugs

1 - 3

48

 

1944 Ford Motor Company

8 - 3

34

 

Ford Specialies

9 - 1

22 - 23

 

Keyes Motor Products Co. -1929

13 - 3

44

 

LaPierre - 1929 Ad

13 - 3

33

 

PACO - Speedster Bodies

8 - 3

Back

 

1949 Ads from Popular Mechanics Magazine

13 - 4

50

 

Sears still stocks them - 1964 Ad

13 - 2

26 - 27

 

Speed Ads From FD & SF Sept.-Nov. 1931

12 - 2

37

 

Texaco

12 - 4

Back

 

Old Paper on Old Fords Sept. 1931

12 - 2

49

 

Picture & Ads from Rose Tire Collection

12 - 4

4 - 9

AERO

 

 

 

 

Overhead Valve Aero Head

 5 - 3

21 - 23

AIR CLEANER

 

 

 

 

Air Cleaner (Recommendation by Letter)

3 - 4

33

 

Air Cleaners - For the Zenith A & B

4 - 3

41 - 43

 

A Breath of Fresh Air

8 - 1

16 - 17

 

Correction on Article Above (8 - 1)(Letter)

8 - 2

32

 

Ten Dollar Air Cleaner   ( Letter )

8 - 4

37

AIR  FLOW

 

 

 

 

Air Flow Testing - The Model “A”

4 - 2

14 - 15

 

Better Breathing - Cylinder Head Flow Analysis

7 - 2

7

AIR   FRICTION

 

 

 

 

“Air Friction” Carburetor

13 - 1

11

AIR  PLANES

 

 

 

 

Another Reliable Aeroplane

7 - 1

22

 

Akron Funk Model “B” Aircraft

7 - 1

23

 

Engine Rebuilding - Now We’re Fly’n

13 - 2

11

 

Funk Revisited

11 - 4

17

 

Homemade Hero

7 - 2

9 - 10

 

Pietenpol

7 - 1

24 - 25

 

Pietenpol Passion

14 - 1

14 - 20

 

Pientenpol ( Drawing )

7 -1

Front

 

Pientenpol ( Letter )

10 - 4

37

 

Russians Are Flying

7 - 1

36

 

Wiley Post “A” Powered Aircraft

13 - 3

29 - 31

 

Wright Brothers Use Model A Engine ( Letter )

14 - 3

38 - 39

AKRON - HED

 

 

 

 

Akron - Hed   Model”T” OHV Conversion

8 - 3

19

ALEXANDER

 

 

 

 

Alexander OHV ( Letter )

14 - 4

40

ALTERNATOR

 

 

 

 

6 to 12 Volt Conversion

7 -1

12 - 17

 

12 Volt Alternator

6 - 2

16

 

Fuses  ( Letter )

7 - 3

34

AMES

 

 

 

 

Ames Speedster Bodies - 1921 to 1926 - Ad

14- 3

4 - 5

 

Bob Ossont’s Speedster

14 - 3

6 - 8

ARISTOCRAT

 

 

 

 

The Alexander “Aristocrat”

5 - 1

6 - 7

AMBLER-FORD

 

 

 

 

Ambler-Ford Super Valve-In-Head  (Pamphlet)

4 - 1

20 - 23

 

Ambler SOHC ( Letter )

8 - 3

38

 

Ambler Brother’s SOHC Cross Flow

10 - 2

18 - 19

ANDERSON

 

 

 

 

Anderson Flathead (Pictures)

3 - 4

33 - 34

 

Anderson Intake Mainfold

6 - 2

21

 

Anderson or Thomas ( Letter )

7 - 3

33

ANNUAL MEETING

 

 

 

 

1st Annual Meet - West Coast Meet

2 - 4

4

 

2nd Annual Meet & Seminar

2 - 4

4

 

1993 SOSS West Meet & Antique Nationals

3 - 2

45 - 49

 

1993 Hershey

3 - 3

6

ANSEN

 

 

 

 

1948 Hot Rod Parts Catalog

7 - 3

6 - 7

ARLEN SPECIAL

 

 

 

 

Front-Drive Racer

6 - 2

22 - 28

ARTICLES

 

 

 

 

List of additional magazines related to A/B performance.

2 - 2

25

 

Man’s Quest for Speed

3 - 4

8 -10

 

The Price of SPEED

11 - 3

4

AURORA

 

 

 

 

Aurora Hi-Compression Head Ad (1930)

10 - 3

8

B

BABBITT

 

 

 

 

Babbitt or Inserts ? You Chose !

2 - 4

29 - 31

 

Babbitt , Comments on (Letter)

5 - 1

40

 

Foundry Manual- Chapter XX Babbitting

9 - 3

19 - 21

BAR-B-Q

 

 

 

 

Pictures of Bar-B-Q Grills   ( Letter )

12 - 2

44

BACKFIRE

 

 

 

 

Comments on First Three Issues

1 - 4

50

 

Misc. Information

 2 - 1

4

 

Camshaft Information

2 - 3

27 -28

 

Harmonic Balancer

2 - 3

28

 

Info on HAL heads and Camshaft Information

2 - 2

14 - 16

 

Stromberg Carburetor, Main Bearing,Oil Pressure

3 - 1

14 - 15

 

Stromberg Carb, Cmashaft ,39-42 Brakes

3 - 2

7

 

OHV Heads, Overdrive, Multi-Lifts, Carb Jets, Etc.

3 - 4

18 - 19

 

Tubing, Flatheads, German Four, Head Gasket

4 - 1

44 - 46

 

Head Gaskets, 39 Trans, Ambler Head, Antique Nats

4 - 2

3

 

28 Chev Comments,Tacoma Meet, Model B Motor

4 - 3

 4 - 5

 

Ignition, Riley Overhead, 56 Ford Steering

5 - 1

4 - 5

 

Letter to comments to Backfire of 5 - 1

6 - 1

40 - 41

 

Dyno Test, Riley Overhead, Alexander Stuff

5 - 2

4 - 5

 

Morton & Brett, Dyno, Cams, Model T Stuff

5 - 3

4

 

Axle Ratio, Pop Green, ,Marshall Daut

5 - 4

4

BEARINGS

 

 

 

 

Improve Bearing Life ( Letter )

1 - 2

22 - 23

 

5 Bearing Cam Supports

4 - 2

16

BELL AUTO PARTS

 

 

 

 

1952 Catalog Pages of Speed Equipment

5 - 4

24 - 25

BIOGRAPHIES /

 

 

 

       INTERVIEWS

Carl “Pop” Green -As I Remember Him

5 - 4

17 - 18

 

Pop Evans

9 - 1

24 - 26

 

Harold Hicks - From  Airplanes to “A”s

5 - 4

26 - 27

 

Hal Hosterman  (See Engine Heads)

 2 - 1

12 - 14

 

Don Lockwood (Letter)

2 - 2

26

 

Rose Gerber wife of John

8 - 3

4 - 8

 

Harry A. Miller

3 - 2

10 - 27

 

Don Radbruch

12 - 1

4 - 5

 

Rajo Jack -  Part1

8 - 4

32

 

Rajo Jack -  Part 2

9 - 1

30 - 31

 

Rajo Jack -  Part 3

9 - 2

34

 

John L. “Dad Riley

3 - 1

6 - 9

 

Robert M. Roof (Model T & A Overhead)

2 - 3

5 - 22

 

Dean Robertson -Outside the Box

9 - 4

26 - 27

 

Bill ‘Speedy’ Smith - The Ultimate Experience

6 - 3

22 - 33

BODY

 

 

 

 

Ames Speedster Bodies

14 - 3

4 - 8

 

Boatail (Drawings & Picture (Mike Smith)

3 - 3

47 - 48

 

Boatail - On the Road

3 - 3

48

 

Bowser - Rebuilding a Real Speedster

7 - 2

21

 

The Bullet Racer ( Advertisement )

10 - 3

8

 

Chassis Dimensions for Mounting Bodies

2 - 4

21 - 22

 

Designing the Ford Speedster Body (Pictorial)

2 - 4

15 - 20

 

Body Building - The Fundamentals

6 - 3

6 - 9

 

Building a Speedster Body -Model T

6 - 1

21 - 23

 

Fabric Bodied Speedster

13 - 2

4 - 10

 

PACO - Speedster Body Advertisement

8 - 3

Back

 

PACO Speedster Bodies

14 - 2

4 - 15

 

Speedster Body Sub Frame

14 - 3

12 - 13

 

Speedster , Model T   (Drawing)

5 - 1

24 - 25

 

Speedster - On the Make

7 - 1

19

 

Speedster Bodies -Supplier (Letter)

8 - 2

35

 

Need a Speedster Body ? (Supplier)

10 - 3

37

 

Speedster - Jim Huseby  ( Supplier )

12 - 4

37

BOOKS

 

 

 

 

Barney Oldfield

12 - 4

36

 

Dirt Track Auto Racing

14 - 1

44

 

Rebuilding the Model T Ford  Powerplant

10 - 4

22

 

Model Performance Books- Six

12 - 2

36

 

Model T Ford Racing - New Book for T’s

 

 

 

Building The 100 MPH Model “A” Ford

10 - 4

23

 

When The Earth Moved!

12 - 1

5

 

Zenith Repair Manual ( Letter )

14 - 3

39 - 40

BORING

 

 

 

 

Comments on Boring

3 - 4

41

BORG  WARNER

OVERDRIVE

 

 

 

 

Borg Warner Overdrive

3 - 1

16

 

Safety Tip (Letter)

6 - 4

33

BOSCH , ROBERT

 

 

 

 

Installation Instruction for a Bosch Magneto

11 - 1

18 - 19

BOURNONVILLE

 

 

 

 

Bournonville Rotary Valve Head

7 - 4

30 - 31

 

The Smith Collection

7 - 2

15

BUILDING  INFO

 

 

 

 

Letter by R. Roof on Building Motors & Cars

2 - 3

39 - 40

BRAKES

 

 

 

 

Ansen Hydraulic Brake Convert Kit ( Supplier )

13 - 4

30 - 31

 

Brake Rod Tips

8 - 3

3

 

Control- Perfecting the Model A Mech. Brakes

3 - 1

22 - 25

 

Hydraulic Brakes for the Model A Ford

3 - 1

26 - 34

 

Master Brake Cylinder

3 - 1

35

 

Modification - Self Energizing Brakes

6 - 4

29

 

Mechanical Brakes & Lowered Axles -Model A

7 - 4

24 - 25

Model T

Better “T” Brakes ( Letter )

7 - 3

32

 

Better “T” Brakes ( Letter )

7 - 4

38

 

Model “T” Disk Brake Conversion

11 - 3

28

BREEDON & COLE

 

 

 

 

Breeden & Cole

7 - 4

19 - 21

 

Mystery “T” Head ( Letter )

7 - 3

35 - 36

BROOKE

 

 

 

 

Brooke “F” Head ( Letter )

11- 3

40

BRUMFIELD

 

 

 

 

The Brumfield High Compression Head

5 - 4

20 - 22

 

Brumfield Shoots Back (Letter from V6.1,p.40)

6 - 2

39

 

What Spark Plugs to Use in Brumfield Head

6 - 4

32

 

Spark Plugs That Work ( Letter )

13 - 1

38

 

Are Two Heads Better Than One ?

8 - 2

28 - 30

 

Correction to Article Above ( 8 - 2 ) ( Letter )

8 - 3

41

BYLAWS  of  Club

 

 

 

 

Proposed SOSS Bylaws

3 - 4

47 - 48

C

CAM  CORNER, HARVEY’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvey’s Cam Corner

5 - 1

28

 

Harvey’s Cam Corner

3 - 4

44

 

 

 

 

CAMSHAFT

 

 

 

 

Camshafts

1 - 4

52

 

Cam Blanks ( Supplier )

13 - 4

33

 

5 Bearing Cam Supports

4 - 2

16

 

Cam Bearing ( Letter )

10 - 4

15

 

Blueprint of the Miller F Head Camshaft

2 -2

17 - 18

 

Brand New Billet Cams ! (Letter / Supplier)

2 - 4

39

 

Cam Drive - Hot Tip ( Letter )

7 - 4

36

 

Camshaft Center Line ( Letter )

9 - 4

34

 

Camshaft ( Letter )

10 - 1

37

 

Camshaft ( Picture )

12 - 4

13

 

Comments on Selection of a Cam

3 - 4

44

 

Care & Treatment of Camshafts

4 - 2

11

 

Editorial - The Bottom Line

2 - 2

1

 

Editorial - Research on Camshaft

2 - 3

2

 

Flat Track Full Race (Letter)

 2 - 1

29

 

Golly Gee Wiz “The Noise”

10 - 1

8

 

Harvey on Cams

2 - 3

29 - 30

 

Installing A Camshaft The Right Way

2 - 2

7 - 13

 

Corrections for Above (Letter)

6 - 3

35

 

Increasing Lift of Valves & High Speed Cams

2 - 3

23 - 26

 

The Camshaft

2 - 2

16

 

Camshaft Update NEWS

3 - 2

6

 

A Record Is Set

5 - 2

35

 

Replacement Camshaft Bearings - How to

12 - 4

18 - 19

 

Roller Cam

 2 - 1

19 - 20

 

Camshaft Tension Bolt

5 - 1

40 - 41

 

Camshaft Too Long & “A” Oil Pressure ( Letter )

12 - 3

39

 

Camshaft Plunger Tightener ( Letter )

9 - 3

41

 

Why The Camshaft is Extra Strong (Reprint)

2 - 2

6

 

Winfield Timing Tag (Letter / Data/Supplier)

2 - 4

39

 

Winfield Cam - Used on OHV Heads

4 - 1

18

 

Winfield - Performance Cams ( Letter )

10 - 1

37

 

3/4 Race Winfield Cam ?   ( Letter )

10 - 1

37 - 38

                                  T

T Camshaft Testing

8 - 4

15 - 19

 

T Camshaft Testing

9 - 1

10 - 15

CARBURETOR

 

 

 

 

“Air Friction” Carburetor

13 - 1

11

 

Carb Adapters

10 - 4

22

 

Carter Carburetor Used on Model A (Letter)

2 - 2

26

 

Holley/Ford 94

4 - 1

24 - 29

 

Holly “92" (Parts)

10 - 2

35

 

Ford 94 - Need for Full Pump ( Letter )

8 - 1

42

 

Ford Single Throaters - Intake Manifolds

9 - 1

16 - 17

 

Ford Four Cylinder Updraft Carburetors

14 - 1

4 - 8

 

Holley 390 CFM

4 - 1

34 - 36

 

One & Two Barrel Carbs ( Letter )

9 - 1

35

 

Mallory Carburetor ( Letter )

11 - 3

37

 

Marvel Carburetion - 1928 Ad

13 - 3

44

 

Miller Hi Power Carburetor

12 - 4

15

 

You Can Adapt Strombergs to Any Car

2 - 4

5 - 14

 

Stromberg DXR-2 Down Draft Carb - Model A

10 - 1

9

 

Stromberg (Backfire)

3 - 1

14 -15

 

Stromberg Carb. 48, 81, & 97

3 - 1

36 - 41

 

Stromberg Carb. 48, 81, & 97 (Part III)

3 - 3

38 - 43

 

Stromberg Jets

8 - 4

39

 

Strombergs Revisited

3 - 1

46

 

Stromberg 81 Rebuild Kits ( Letter )

9 - 1

40

 

Is The Stromberg Too Small ? ( Letter )

12 - 2

41

 

Choke Linkage to 97   (Letter)

5 - 2

39 - 40

 

Twin Winfields & Quad Winfields

6 - 1

8

 

J.C. Whitney Supplied Carburetor ( Letter )

14 - 4

40

GENERAL

CFM Ar Flow - Volumetric

7 - 2

32

 

Volumetric Efficiency

7 - 3

12 - 13

UPDRAFT

 

 

 

 

Accessories /Modification (Advertisement)

4 - 1

47

 

Carter Carburetor “Model  241S”