Paul Dobbin

Owned the same ugly 1941 Ford Tudor twice, 9 years apart. The guy I sold it to was goung ti restore it, but 9 years later, I bought it back for half price. Not the first or last old car mistake I'll ever make.

In the USAF, I made Air Target Charts. Not for practice, but I would never see my work in action. As a Photo Interpreter, around the globe, practice was never an option.

Suggest upgrade to only period correct VW accessories (Like 8 Track or cassette)

Knox built a tough little car. Winner of the 1993 Great American Race, a 1910 Knox Raceabout. The 4250 mile annual event was won by husband and wife team of Alan & Mary Travis of Phoenix, AZ. It was their second attempt in that car after finishing second in the 1991 Norfolk to Seattle Race, (4280 miles) Interesting side note about that race: (1991) I was a competitor in that race too and saw them unload the car from their open trailer in the pit area of the Norfolk VA start. They had driven thru the rain in Texas to get there and when they started the car, it hydro- seized the engine from water that had entered a cylinder thru a spark plug hole. It collapsed and broke a connecting rod which punctured a hole in the oil pan. YIKES ! I was standing right there, and it was a sound you would never wan to hear. With the help of his former Navigator, Wayne Stanfield, they fixed and patched the Knox and were competitive all the way to Seattle and finished second behind Frank & Ray Currie in his 1919 Packard Speedway Racer. This is the kind of experience the Great Race provided me for 11 years. I still miss the cars and the people, 40 years later.

While it's not a SS or a High Performance car, whitewalls are correct. Looks like the 1968 Impala Custom Coupe that I had with whitewalls in 1973, (Same color)

I remember a Maroon one around St. Petersburg FL about 40 years ago. I understand some we replicated made from old Cabrolets, but I thought it was a real one. Never saw it at local shows either. As a old VW guy, I thought I would spot a fake too. It had about as much appeal as Columbo's old Peugeot.

Then it would look like Ed's Buick with a fancy paint job.

No, then it would look like the Buick, but with a better paint job.

I always liked Kieer31's picture of when he bought his first 31 Dodge, which is still under re-construction. I ran across this picture of my first 1934 Ford, when I was 26 years old (1972). With a one car garage this car had to be worked on in the yard because my wife's 65 Mustang Conv. had position of the garage. I finished the car in 1973 and the Glidden Tour came to town and I was hooked. Drove that car in many Glidden Tours and kept it for 26 years. We moved to a house with a 2 car garage, then 5 cars and finally 13. Had another 100 cars and enjoyed 41 National Tours including 11 Great Races, 13 Glidden's, 6 or 7 Sentimental's, 5 Founder's and countless Regional Tours. Met many wonderful people and would not trade this hobby for any other. Getting close to time/age to downsize.

Annual ride to see the early blooming Dafodils & Cherry blossoms.

If it's a hinge the the two hood half's slide into, look at Mack Truck chrome steel hinge stock and cut the hinge to length. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235318405756?campid=5338967980&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&toolid=10050&customid=&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0 I was able to find it in Stainless Steel and use it on my 1934 Fords V8's and my 1935 Buick 40 Series.

I agree with the better MPG with non-ethenol. I also found that synthetic oil improved my MPG in my newer cars.

Since my cars are not hot rods, I try to drive on the front two barrels of the carburetors. If I wanted speed, I should have kept my 57 Corvette with as 350 and Muncie 4 speed, my AMX 390 and my 57 Ranchero with a 390., when gas was cheaper. I guess comfort an economy come with maturity. Now I drive for pleasure, not to become a old Dale Earnhardt, which never achieved either.

My 1934 Ford V8 gets 15 MPG My 1935 Buick Series 41 V8 gets 15 MPG My 1935 Ford V8 Pickup gets 15 MPG My 1966 VW Bug gets 28 MPG My 1981 El Camino V8 gets 13 MPG My 2004 GMC Yukon (5.3 Ltr) gets 17 MPG My 2006 Saturn Vue (V6 Honda) gets 24 Highway and 17 in town My 2013 Club Car Carryall uses about 8 gallons a year.

Show us a picture of your PB Roadster, please.

Winner and Grand champion of the 1994 Interstate Batteries Great American Race, a 1912 Oldsmobile Autocrat. Owned & Driven by Newt Withers of Anaheim CA and Navigated by Wayne Stanfield of Santa Ana, CA in the 4300 mile event from Huntington Beach, CA to Wilkes-Barre, PA. It raced again in 1995 Ottawa, Canada to Mexico City, Mexico. A big car with a big age handicap in the Championship Division, which I competed in, against them. In our 1935 Chrysler Airflow we didn't begrudge their handicap advantage. It was a great adventure to see those really old cars slugging it out for the 4300 miles, with no top in the July sunshine. Actually in two other Great American Races there were two other Oldsmobile Autocrats. In 1985 or 86. Curtis Graf drove a yellow one. The several years later, a woman drove another yellow one. As I remember. they were all 1912's.

Try the ACE Hardware Store, if it has a good Nuts & Bolts Section. I was able to buy some nice big Stainless ones there. Or maybe a Marine Hardware place.

When I bought my first 1934 Ford on 1972, a friend with a 33 Street rod came over and said, "Nice Car, Let's Chop the Top". We were friendly and shared an interest that lasted another 40 years. He introduced to many others and I obtained, seats, bumpers, cowl lights, wheels, mechanical 1parts and lots of knowledge. Those old guys knew 34 Fords and where a source of much help along the way. Now. I'm the old guy who helps the younger ones. I would guess most of them were only 10 to 20 years my senior, but their experience was a wonderful find, as well as their parts.

i've heard that after the car warms up, shut it off and put it in 3rd gear and rock it back and forth. It may pop it loose. Once I started it in a forward gear and rode the Bucking Bronco until it popped the clutch loose, NOT Recommended without a lot of prior planning, on what to do it it doesn't pop loose. Make sure you have room to ride!

I see lots of old cars from Georgia but don't find any AACA Activities or Regions there. Most of what I see are modified cars, not that there's anything wrong with that, but I would like some contact with the Antique Car gang there because we like to tour into north Georgia with our western NC tour group. PaulDobbin@aol.com

I prefer rubberized vinyl tops. If you've ever had a canvas cloth top, remember when the kids or silly adult would touch the top inside in a rain storm, the top would drip from that spot. For me, that's a good enough reason to not use a canvas cloth top.

We live in the mountains of North Carolina, where everyone live on a hillside. A friend and fellow car nut has a drive way of about a 15 degree slope that goes about 200 feet to a perpendicular street. Recently he added a nice 1952 Chevrolet Pickup to his collection and has been sorting it out an fixing the flaws. Last Saturday he went with us on our ride to Clayton Georgia and their Block Party, everything went just fine. Sunday afternoon he decided to touch up some spots in the pickups bed. As he decended from the running board, the truck started to roll backwards. He landed on his back on the ground as the truck picked up speed going down the driveway, while NOT running over his feet. As the truck picked up speed, the driver's door opened catching the first tree in the woods after crossing the street without incident. It continued 30 feet into the woods before stopping. The driver's door was nearly ripped off the tailgate and rear bumper were badly damaged while being pushed into the back of the truck's cab, all 4 fenders. the roof, hood were all damaged. The owners says stupidity and carelessness caused all this while the wheel chalks laid on the ground a few feet from from where the truck was parked. He was especially glad there were no cars passing by at the time. A wrecker was able to extract it from the woods. It was insured, and still drives well with the door strapped about 1/2 closed. Wheel Chalks work, but only if you use them.

Jake, where did you go? As happens often on these forums, new people come and ask questions, the disappear.

40 years ago next month, a 1906 Stoddard-Dayton and a 1910 Palmer-Singer both passed me (In a 1934 Ford Tudor) on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the end of the 1984 Interstate Batteries Great American Race. After the rally across the country, we finished on the Indy track and the instructions said CAS 50 MPH, but many participants including these two had a grudge race. I had my entire crew (5 guys) in the car and the Stoddard had put the back half of the touring body on to carry their whole crew. Joel Naive drove the white Stoddard and Walt Cunny drove the Palmer.

A 1933-1934 Ford authorized accessory was the Potter Trunk, made to fit the Tudor, Fordor and the Victoria body styles