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    Fuses?? - 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook

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    On 9/24/2020 at 10:05 PM, plymouthcranbrook said:

    Wow, your’s is nicer than mine for sure.

     

    That's one of the great advantages of the AACA forum. A guy buys a '52 Plymouth Cranbrook that he doesn't know much about so he comes here asking questions and he gets a lot of useful info from other guys including one who owns the exact same car that he has. That's pretty cool. How about a pic of yours? 

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    Period images to relieve some of the stress

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    Courtesy of The Old Motor....

     

     

    We are looking at what may be the only good images that have survived of John E. Meyer’s attractive and unique J.E.M. “Special” “Camping Phaeton.” Meyer, whose address is on the back of these photos, apparently lived or worked at 42 West 39th St in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

    The “Standard Catalog of American Cars” lists the J.E.M. Model “A” without a photo as being “built in 1922” and included in the 1923 “Automobile Reference Manual.” That publication lists it as having a “128 w.b.” chassis powered by a “six-cylinder Continental model 7R engine” and was a “two/four passenger” car with a selling price of “$2500.”

    After a brief search for other photos, a patent, or additional information about this vehicle, nothing more was found. However, a 1902 patent was uncovered granted to a John E. Meyer of NYC for a wine cooler.

    We assume this was a one-of-one Meyer might have had built to his specifications and then tried to patent its features with hopes cashing in on his ideas and producing and selling more of these “Camping Phaetons.” With the “Good Roads Movement”going on simultaneously as this car was constructed, auto camping and touring was a very popular activity at the time.

     

     

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    Hurricane Sally pounding Mobile, Alabama, and the Florida Gulf coast

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    31 minutes ago, John348 said:

     one was to remove an infected hernia mesh. 

     

    I asked my surgeon about that and she said that this newest type of mesh never needs to be replaced. In case anyone is interested it's called Ventralex and it has polypropylene on one side and gore on the other. My brother lives in the Orlando area and he said there's a lot of TV commercials there from lawyers who are looking for clients who have had to have the mesh removed. Hopefully I won't have any problems with mine. Here's some more info on it including a short video....

     

    https://www.crbard.com/Davol/en-US/products/Ventralex-ST-Hernia-Patch

     

     

    Hurricane Sally pounding Mobile, Alabama, and the Florida Gulf coast

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    4 hours ago, Robert G. Smits said:

    You can become addicted in 3 days!!

     

    Thanks for the kind words and warnings. On the container it says to take one pill every 4 hours for 5 days but I'll be damned if I'm going to get up in the middle of the night to take one because if I'm sound asleep I'm obviously not going to be feeling any pain. I promised my wife that I wouldn't drive at all this week including one extra day after the pills are gone so I should be back on the road next Tuesday. As far as becoming addicted, when they're gone they're gone and I know that the doctor won't give me any refills so I'm not worried about it. In November 1981 when I was 29 I quit smoking and drinking cold turkey on the same day after a good friend of mine killed a 21 year old woman while driving drunk so I'm not concerned with freaking out or climbing the walls when I'm out of them. Thanks again for your concern.... :)

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