1912Staver

Also often called siege engines.

Plymouth Fire Arrow.

Peter, I would respectfully say that you are missing my point. Once the general public catches the notion that people with old cars are hoarders then the label is used wholesale. Several of the car accumulations that have been discussed on the forum over the years have been in quite rural surroundings. The label of hoarder , even from forum members/ supposed old car people. and the problems with civic / state / county authorities are a very common component. Some people think an old car Has to be all shiny and fettled in a garage so to not be an embarrassment to the true old car people. You know, the ones with great trucks , new trailers and very, very, shiny , restored cars. Not all of us are members of that club. Some of us get by with 40 year old trucks and 45 year old trailers and decades of penny pinching to mess around with old iron. I can't even imagine what it would be like to own a restored car, truly mind boggling. But I have been up to my ears in old cars for nearly 50 years now.

My only beef is that people who have several cars sitting outside invariably get stuck with the hoarder label. I would be truly crazy to keep my parts cars in a shop. The cost of a square foot of dry, covered space around here is truly out of this world. But I am very careful not to have anything in sight of the neighbors. Without parts cars very few old cars would make it to the antique car stage of existence. Some people with old cars in their yard are hoarders. But many are not. Non old car people can rarely tell the difference and tar everyone with the same brush. In a perfect world I would have everything under cover. But in this part of the world any largish building will run a truly huge sum. Any commercial building of say 10,000 square feet or so is several million dollars minimum, regardless of age or condition. Look it up, the prices will knock your socks off. How else can an average person be involved with old cars etc without at least some outside storage in this circumstance?

A securely fenced yard is an essential part of owning goats. I gave them their own Datsun pick up as a roost. They loved it. Favorite spot to sit all over on sunny days. The dominant female always got to sit on the roof. She would head butt any of the others that tried to " horn in " on her spot.

Some GMC's used very similar wheels, but I am not sure if the bolt pattern would be a match. That truck is way too new for you Mike !

$350.00 for the visor ? I would have thought that would nearly buy the whole car .

I think there is an inner fabric layer similar to a head liner under the glass.

Those are probably hydraulic shocks. Top 3 look like Ford Model A or similar.

Photos , we need more photos !! Its not really far from me, but still a pretty good hike. I am a couple of hours North of Seattle. So it would be great to have a better Idea of what is there. Looks to be mostly 1950's and 60's so far, a bit too new for me. That 1940's truck looks up my alley , but way too far to haul something that size . White ?

I doubt Pep Boys keep those bulbs in stock .

The rectifier is the large box at the bottom ? Is the tube a replaceable part on the inside, or do you need the whole thing ?

Well, I view it a little differently. A few twisted soul's might go as far as to say I am a bit of a " hoarder ". God I hate that word. Wife works in Community Mental Health and Addictions, and has done many home visits on " Real " hoarders. She 100 % agrees my collection is a bit out of hand, but not even close to the threshold of hoarder. Yes quite a few parts cars, parts , project cars. No garbage at all, scrap in a neat pile until enough accumulates to make a trip worthwhile. Tires are currently a bit of a problem, covid shut down the once a year tire , old paint, household chemical etc drop off. I hope it starts up again soon. I regularly advertise the parts cars and do a slow but steady earner in parts. Mostly Volvo 240's and Toyota's from the 70's , early 80's. Cars that 10 years ago were thought of as junk, but today considered to be of a lot of interest to the younger gen. of car guys. The buyers are always very thankful I have the parts they need. The wreckers crushed everything they had years ago. Canada is very expensive to ship to from a U.S. seller. I am very careful to have almost nothing in view to anyone , from any side. Multi million $ properties all around me, a few have sold lately. O complaints from anyone and 0 impact on anyone's selling price. I am going to be up for sale later this week. I was slightly concerned about the car stuff. My agent told me that as long as a clause in the sales contract to either remove everything myself or have a clean up team do it at my cost there is 0 impact on sellabillity or the price we will get. Non car people throw the word Hoarder at anyone that lives differently than they do, One or two new cars in a garage. All repair and servicing farmed out. Close clipped lawn and a white picket fence. Anal to the core !! Real car people think my yard is a adult playground.

Does not look that bad. Late 20's early 30's. I don't think it is one of the " big " brands, more like a Kleiber, Indiana or a Selden for example. Lots of small makes in those days, it might take a bit of detective work.

Probably Auburn. No lug nut holes because they are held to the hubs by the big center nut on these cars. Similar to British Sports Cars of the 1950's and 60's.

Now that's Motoring ! Interesting rear fenders. Normaly you would only see short running boards and swept forward rear fenders on a Roadster or Runabout.

However in Marine practice, ships with I.C. power are refered to as Motor Vessels. The alternative to this would be a Steam Ship. No one answer is right in all cases. Google ship names, most of them are the M.V. whatever. Pre 1960's many were the S.S. Whatever { Steam Ship }.

In some cases, not necessiarly Franklin, the leaves would be forced appart by wedges in order to better flush out the old grit / lubricant residue, and let the new lubricant get to more of the friction area.

Rear drums are 14 1/2 inch diameter. Seems like an odd size. Seems to indicate Essex.

Sometimes different series cars from the same make and year used what at a glance are the same wheels . The higher series cars often had more power, a longer wheelbase , and more weight. Wider wheels and bigger tires on the bigger cars.

I don't think it is a Buick. But 1910 seems very close. Good quality , mid HP car. Quite a few posibilities.

It looks like the early version of the Firestone truck rim. Both side rings { inner and outer } are removable. I am not sure when they stopped making this style but by 1932 Firestone advised replacing them with the type where the inner ring and the main band was one piece. The hub , drum and felloe are not something I recognize. Unusual,square spoke cups on the felloe.

Roadsters are in reasonable demand. And EMF is a car that is reasonably well known in brass car circles. I would guess it's a $2000.00 - $2500.00 body. Any cheaper than that and some rodder might grab it for a " T bucket " build. Way too good a body for that to be its fate. I have the front 1/2 of a cast aluminium Marmon body . I would want around that figure if I was going to sell it, and people have been looking for a chassis for it for decades. An EMF has to be easier to piece together.

I agree, Triumph TR 3 or perhaps early TR4 . That small number just under the indicator needle { barely visable in your first photo, ending in 09 from what I can make out } is the I.D. Try a google search. The stamp printed number on the back is a production date as far as I know.

The Island is nice, but the Ferry system and schedule will have you tearing your hair out. And far from cheap. I have a pass but a taxible bennifit , even at that the cost really adds up over the years. And everything you buy has a ferry cost built into it.