1912Staver

Did you check if the valve cages have rotated ? It is a very specific to these cars problem that happens to these cars reasonably often. Very few other cars have valve cages. There is nothing to stop them from rotating other than pressure from the retainer nut. Over time the cages can rotate. No tang or anything else to stop movement .

I said the Morgan would be a bargain if under 10 G's , $9250.00 plus premium.

Quite a few people thought these cars were all just scrap metal. Some pretty strong prices on a number of them. Yes, the 4 doors are going for peanuts, But the higher prices tell me the buyers are not just looking for parts cars.

My son played endlessly with his Hot Wheels , and attended many events with me when he was young. But today there is a lot in his life that is more interesting than cars. I have not given up hope, but at 21 at least cars are not his thing.

Start with pocket watches. They can be quite a bit easier to work on. And ones that have a seperate bridge for each pinion shaft are the easiest of all to put back together. { they are all easy to take apart } Longines from around 1890 - 1930 are good watches but in my experence the easiest to work on. Don't mess with the balance or balance spring. Thats the part most likely to be damaged by an inexperenced person. Just use some spray cleaner on the pivot points and let it be. Once your skill develops more complex and smaller watches can be tackled.

A good friend recently bought an estate Edsel. A very long term storage 1958 Pacer convertible. It was probably last on the road in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Not perfect , but pretty darned good. A good clean up, mechanical go through and a new top and it should be ready to use. A real time capsule that has to be a very rare thing in this part of the world. Not usually a real big fan of 1950's cars , but this one struck me as being something quite special.

Lots of " stuff " , but the cars themselves although some worthy machines are all projets and so relatively little cash value. Most would be quite a bit more valuable in the U.K. and thats probably where most would eventually end up. So many of the local cars of a similar nature have been exported over the last 30 years there is no longer a very large following or support industry { parts , and people who can work on these cars } in this region. Still lots of nice cars around here , but they belong to people wealthy enough that projects are not needed, just attend a few U.S. European sales and take your pick. Projects are still a reasonably good market in the U.K. People still do the hobby the old way. Around here there are very few younger people entering the hobby , just older people with money. Wife and son can do as they please when I am gone. The internet age makes selling the cars and various parts belonging to those cars with a strong enthusiast following relatively easy. Some might even stay in Canada , but I am not betting on it.

I expect there woud be very little difference below about 75 MPH. After that the 11's better aerodynamics would start to make a difference. 11's are at least double the price of a early 7. With a good history triple. If I am ever going to afford a decent shop building I have to be very frugal on the rolling stock. 11's are a bit of a pain on the road due to the restricted front wheel steering lock. Quite a few are road licensed , but not a pleasant car in town. They need the open road. A person I know scratch built a very acurate Lotus 11 replica several years ago. Unfortunately I never got to drive it. He sold it on quite quickly after completion , mainly because of the problems driving in town. Replaced it with a scratch built 7, then a Zetec powered Lotus Europa . Both are extremely nice cars, a very talented builder. Once you have the shop problem solved , anything is possible.

Here is the situation where any one like me , you know...gasoline in their vein's would want to be when they are bumping 80. Perfect shop, perfect property in the perfect location, and the icing on the cake, the perfect car. I will consider my life well lived if I even get 1/2 as far towards automobile nirvana as this gent has. enjoy the video, it's magic.

It's not just that the valves stick. Sometimes the cages themselves rotate in the head and cut off flow in the port. You need to remove the intake and exhaust manifolds and make sure the cages are still correctly located.

For a long time General Motors called its in house training program " Technicians Guild ". My father was a regular participant for at least 25 years, probably longer. Worked at a GM dealer for 35 years. Parts rather than service, but the program was open to both departments. Long before the electronic age.

I like later Brass cars, about 1908 - 1912 , generally middle class and better although I also like model T's and Buicks from this era as well. New enough that they have decent usability, old enough that they are still quite early on the automobile evolutionary scale. Then I like some of the better later teens - mid 20's , non mainstream , sporting character cars. Ron's Gold Bug's would head the list , but similar cars from Stutz, Marmon etc would also be just as desirable . Then I like early 1950's to mid 1960's British sports cars and limited road use / mostly racing cars from a large number of specialist makers. Lotus , Elva, Lola, Buckler, Marcos, Mallock and several others. The main requirement is that they have to be comparatively inexpensive on todays market. No point in lusting after Aston Martins like I did in the 1970's when they were still affordable. These days I rapidly loose interest in any car priced above about $150,000.00 . Might as well look at mega yacht's, both have the same degree of impossibility of ever being a real part of my life. The reason I pick that price level is I figure that is the absolute highest price I could actually afford for that 1 in 10,000,000 car that I would liquidate absolutely everything hobby related, plus contribute 100% of my future hobby spending toward. Not going to happen , just the liquidation phase would probably take a decade unless I was to defeat the whole point and fire sale everything. In all reality any future cars have to be in the $25,000 - $35,000.00 range. And at that level I sure don't see much that I am even remotely interested in. What draws me towards many of these newer cars is that they were built more or less by hand in small workshops. The mechanical parts are generally adapted production items. No small constructor can afford to re invent the wheel and build their own engines , gearboxes, rear axles etc. But things like the frames and bodies are built one at a time by people, not massive production equipment. A chassis jig , round and square tube stock, basic metal working and joining tools and skills. The end result is wonderfull in its drivability but all at a human scale. No hundreds of millions of $ in heavy plant to build them.

Looks like they would compete in the marketplace with HCS. But without Stutz as a partner for backing. Very nice looking car.

Wayne , I agree 100 %. I know Ed is up to his armpits in great cars and has to fight off the temptation to end up with more. But it seems that as you head West and North the old cars start to seriously dry up. Feast or famine. And the cost of transport seems to go up by the month. Biggest cost in the West Coast city's is a place to put cars. With a housing shortage happening in many West Coast locations any place with a bit of ground and a roof is extremely expensive.

Possibly from a U.S. produced truck ? Or even a tractor ? I think quite a few were sold in Europe / Russia in the 1920's and 30's.

Probably the best is Citroen SM by Brian Long. Veloce Publishing. There is also an older book by Jan Norbye that I belive is out of print.

Disteel seem to be mainly 6 bolt , but Budd disk wheels from the same era look to be 5 bolt , the same as these hubs. Anyone have a late teens car with optional Budd wheels ?

I am starting to think these are hubs for optional bolt on steel disk wheels. Disteel or similar. Here are the same hubs on what looks to be a pre 1924 Buick or similar non front brakes chassis. Can anyone confirm ? The ones I have came along with a bunch of early parts.

Even on American cars there are sometimes things that at first glance look like aftermarket cobbles. Torino and Cyclone 428 CJ, 4 speed cars. Look in the trunk where the staggered shock plate welds in. On the production line they just torch a hole in the stock floor and roughly weld the staggered shock parts in. They even cut through the stock spare tire hold down loop and leave part of it in place . Then weld in a new hold down loop in a slightly different location. It looks like something a Jr. High kid did in Metal Shop, but it is 100% production line FOMOCO. Just a low production number , expedient fix. This one off the net does not show the hold down , but it does show the rough torch work on the trunk floor. All 100 % factory. My guess is that some people on the production line were tidyer than others and fully removed the old loop rather than leaving 1/2 still there. On my 70 Torino Cobra there was 1 1/2 loops.

Those ones all have the engine in the wrong place. Go mid engine or go home. Beck 550 is a good place to start.

Location , Location, Location. Many parts of North America, people would give a body part for some of these cars. But the sale is such that unless you have local resources it would be very difficult to secure one. The pick up conditions and the need to store somewhere untill the paperwork hurdles are solved and then transport home make this a no go for almost anyone who does not live quite close to the sale site.

Still need the PCR test so we are not quite dancing in the streets yet. $200.00 - $300.00 cost per person per crossing. But yes , an important step.

Number 56 looks quite good, would probably clean up nicely.

That's a very good price. Check out Bring a Trailer to get a better idea of what they are generally going for. A runner of any sort under $20,000 is very rare. Do you know if it was Ford or Triumph powered ? The Ford cars are about 20% or so cheaper unless a fresh restoration.

And I am 90% old School myself. I like a bunch of things about CAD , but for simple drawings I almost always do them by hand on paper. We are in danger of a whole bunch of things being lost as the generations pass through life. Around here there is a housing crisis / price bubble that is beyond belief. If you can only afford a 400 - 600 square ft. apartment ,$400,000 - $550,000 these days in my area. You are never going to own any tools , old cars or darned near anything. Your phone and clothes will about sum it up. That is what a good many, city dwelling Canadian young people are facing these days. Vancouver area and greater Toronto { several million people }. A parking garage can be a good chunk of a Million. It's nuts and the stop climate change people want it to get even worse. { the UN sponsored movement towards " you will own nothing and be happy "} For many young the only available option will be the virtual world.