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The whitewalls look great on the car. I would never change it if I owned it. Ken

Starter pedal spring. Looks like the one on my 34 Dodge but may be a bit different Ken

I had my CM6 on the Nickel Tour in Utah last October. We did about 600 miles with lots of tough hills. The car did fine except for some vapor locking in the 85F heat. We had a great time Ken

At the HCCA Skagit meeting earlier this month it was reported that she had sold the license business to someone back east. Sorry I don't have any contact info. Ken

Looking for the rad emblem for a 13-14 Mitchell. Other years are possibly the same. Ken

It looks like there won't be a Nickel tour this year. Hopefully it will come back in 2025. My Oakland is actually painted a 1976 Volvo blue. The Oakland came in either blue or green. I like blue cars. (remember my blue 31 Chrysler??) The lamps are all CM Hall Ken

Hi Al Recovered yet from the Nickel tour?? We were in wine country in the interior of BC and those are grape vines. There was lots of smoke from forest fires at the time so you can't see Okanagan Lake in the background. My Oakland is a Model 40 so it's a midsize car. Runs very well and starts easily on the hand crank. I've never installed a modern electric starter on it. I restored it in 1987 and put more than 20000 miles on it over the years. Ken

I can't say if other Oaklands leak that much. On mine I need to dump the sump oil after every couple of hundred miles or so. Easy to do just open 4 petcocks on the pan and it drops the oil down to the correct level. that prevents a lot of the dripping. When I forget though, and the oil level gets too high, then it drips out the rear main quite a bit. The old transmissions are also tough to seal as they mainly used felt seals. There's always some dripping from them. However I've driven my Oakland now since 1988 and I've never felt the oil dripping to be an issue. Ken

When rebuilt right a lot can be done to reduce the amount of oil leakage. My 14 Model T roadster barely leaks at all. I'm continually checking the oil to make sure it's full. Now my 12 Oakland on the other hand... Ken

I get 19-20 mpg in my 11 T touring. I've never heard of a T getting 13 mpg when new. Ken

Mark's Magneto has had repro's in the past. Ken

I've used sundeck paint with excellent results on an original roof. It was on for more than 25 years and didn't leak. Ken

Good information Jon. Can you suggest a better carb to use for this application. I'm in the same situation on my 415 cu in T head engine. Currently I'm using a BB1 but it does feel like it's not getting enough fuel at higher RPM's Ken

I don't think that's an overdrive transmission. It's probably the free wheeling transmission they came with in 34. Need a pic of the other side to say for sure Ken

Out here on the West Coast in Surrey (outside of Vancouver) I fired up my 14 Premier for a ride in the countryside. Great weather 24C, no clouds. It's good to be out enjoying my car and enjoying nature. the pictures were taken last week on Vancouver Island where we had a great tour. I didn't take any pictures today but we had the same weather! Ken