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Peter, the fact that Auto makers are investing in EV production is no surprise . The general public has been given a PR job that EV's are going to save the world. It's a huge sales / profit opportunity. I did read your links on the various causes of Climate Change , and I agree that there does seem to be a case to be made that much of it is Human caused. But as I see things EV's still are not more than only a little better for the environment than IC vehicles. And rising population numbers will easily undo that . Also the widespread use of vehicles far to large compared to the normal use. Picking up a loaf of bread with a SUV or Pickup. I manage to get by with a little fuel sipping Hatchback. Very cheap to buy and operate. And about the only thing I can't haul with it are sheets of plywood, or a load of gravel. It has brought more things home for me than most peoples trucks. Everything from engines to 12 Ft. 2 x 10's to a drum to drum 26 Hudson rear end. The pas. side front seat comes out in about a minute . It's 10 years old so it is used as a little truck. But it is small, a 5 speed , peppy, and sips gas. When I have to buy a newer car I will just look for another, lower mile example. 99.9 % trouble free , oil changes, brakes and tires.

Unfortunately I live in Raincouver. 4 months of relatively hot, dry weather { Pacific coast fires } 8 months of clouds , cool , gray days, steady drizzle with the odd downpour for variety. Solar would have a very , very long, break even period. If we could ever heat homes and power cars on water I would have it made. It's taken 10 + years also 16 Billion $ and counting to build our new dam. Way up North, mainly for the L.N.G. industry. { Site C } yet another tax payer sinkhole.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-announcement-friday-1.5928719

Hi Chris, my Packard is actually a Series E 2 ton truck. And it is in many pieces so not very photogenic. My 3 ton is more intact, however that one may be ending up with a AACA forum member in New Zealand. The 2 ton will hopefully look like this once it is one piece again. But there is still a long way to go. My 2 Ton was a City of New Westminster truck here in the Lower Mainland when it was new. Then sold surplus to a Ladner B.C. trucking family who used it up to the late 1940's. Eventually sold to a Langley B.C. truck collector some time in the early 1960's . . I bought it at his estate sale about 20 years ago.

Matt, I like your way at looking at EV's. But the fact remains they are still generally a very expensive vehicle that may or may not make all that much difference in the Global Climate Change situation. The main reason to even be thinking about them. Owners of the most popular ones seem to me to be more concerned with how fast they are { that energy has to come from somewhere } rather than how green they are. Status symbol / virtue signaling device or actually part of the solution ? I am anything but a Climate Change denier. But I do belive that the natural climate change cycle probably has a lot more to do with what the world is currently seeing than what the people who want to sell us a whole bunch of expensive, new things are telling us.

Hi Chris, I didn't personally know Jim Leir. I expect I probably encountered him at one event or another. I have been to many over the decades. The ones on the right with the Firestone lettering standing proud of the clamp look like what my Packard front wheels use. I would definitely be interested in buying them. The ones to the left with the Firestone lettering sunk into the clamp are most likely newer than what I need. Probably for metel fellow wheels. Let me know if you want to sell them. Thanks, Greg

Hi Chris, can you post a photo of the Firestones ? and a measurement or two . There are several different types of Firestones. I need a number of different ones , front and rear for my Packard { different from each other } and the early ones for wood fellow wheels.

Facts like this make me wonder where all these hobby cars are going ? Since covid I have been quite isolated. British Columbia , Canada, so a vast distance to most of Canada, and an uncrossable border to my almost next door neighbors in WA. State and Oregon. Pre covid I attended several P.N.W. swap meets a year, mostly in the U.S. Around here there are very few interesting cars on the market, prices are high and many seem to sell out of the area. I would like to jetison some of my projects and replace with a decent running hobby car. Last summer saw 2 Model A projects leave and a couple of parts cars get scrapped out, part of the jeteson process. But it has been several years since I have even seen anything I would want to own for sale , let alone something that would be within my price range. That is without the tripple upcharge of a weak $, border fees, and long distance transport costs.

One center nut for a wire wheel Roosevelt. I think Marmon used Hayes wheels on these cars. It should also fit a circa 1929 Marmon if the emblem is changed. Emblem is slightly dented but I believe could be easily straightened. Threads are in great condition. So - So condition , but still restorable. Or usable as is on a driver condition car. I am looking for $75.00 U.S. or reasonable offer. Plus postage from British Columbia ,Canada I will get the best deal possible on postage , but generally it will be a bit more expensive than domestic U.S. postage. Thanks, Greg

Some of the findings of this report surprised me. Just what are EV's better at if these findings are accurate ?https://www.andersoneconomicgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/EVtransition_FuelingCostStudy_10-21-21.pdf

And almost always rather expensive.

It will probably have a rather large 4 Cyl. Much larger than a 490.

When I had my Cyclone CJ , I always had the fantasy of making it look like this . Even Richard Petty drove one of these fastbacks. Except I would have kept mine Grabber Orange. Why do all new vehicles look like potatoes on wheels these days ?

Unfortunately I only own 1/2 of my home, and the owner of the other 1/2 is becoming less of a hobby car fan by the week. She used to really enjoy driving my MGA, back when we were young. But these days, middle aged women syndrome is setting in. No fuss , no muss, zen mimimalism is somehow the new ideal with many 50 year + old women. We are all from Mars , most of them past a certain age are from some sort of ultra tidy Venus. We get into rivialry about cars and workshops, they get into rivialy about how clean , empty and sterile their environment can be. Not the person she was 30 years ago, but what is a guy going to do. In my experience men change very little from about 17 years old onward, once women hit their 50's any direction between 1 degree and 360 degrees from where they used to be is where they are headed.

The other side of this is that a good many of us will never own a decent car that interests us. A project car can be paid for over many years. A good condition car has to be paid for up front { I am leaving out the people mad enough to borrow in order to pay for a hobby car , instant divorce in my household } In my neck of the woods , hobby cars are on fire !! Prices like I have never seen before in 45 years in the hobby, on what are for the most part very ordinary cars. Anything good ends up on Bring a Trailer and leaves the area 99% of the time. { at least 25 cars this year alone, all from a pretty small pool of local cars } Come to think about it , many of us are just plain out of luck unless we bought something good 20 years ago. Unless 52 Plymouth's float your boat.

It depends on what industry you are working in. I was in the Commercial Marine Transportation field and all our torque wrenches needed annual certification, same in avation.

A Sloyd knife, it's been a while since I have heard that term.

I still have a few tools my Grandfather passed along to me. He was a civilian contractor maintaining military training aircraft during WW2 , post war it was mainly war surplus DC-3's and Beach 18's. Unfortunately many of them were stolen during a break in at the shop where I was working , but I still have 25 or so tools that were at home at the time. Plus a substantial amount that came from my wife's grandfather. 1940's and 50's Snap on with lots of wear. Tools worked for a living back in those days.

There are still a couple of Hayes Clippers earning their keep in the Lower Mainland area.

Hi Max, as far as the winder gear goes I would suggest you have a Machinist make a new one. Any used ones out there are likely to be one wind up or down from looking like the one you already have. Best of all is if you can make contact with a retired Machinist that still does small jobs at home for some pocket money. They do exist but it may take a bit of hunting. Are there any live steam clubs around you ? They almost always have a few Machinists in their membership.

Unless I am way off the mark on Jag parts prices, that 4 speed box was worth more than you paid for the whole thing. I would have rented a storage space for a month and done a thorough salvage of the parts car. Any time I have been involved with old jag's, parts have been close to gold in price.

The fact that it is a rust free ,Arizona car is a blessing beyond words. Up here in the P.N.W. people spend bathtubs of $100.00 bills having rust repaired on cars 1/4 as worthy.

My hard rubber Packard has a brass plate that warns not to exceed 12 M.P.H. I think that sort of speed is about the norm on any of the hard rubber trucks. Once pneumatic tires became more common { mid 1920's for the 2 ton and up trucks} speeds started to trend more toward the 30 M.P.H. mark.

That curved front cross member is mainly found on the larger White's as far as I know. The other U.S. made military trucks that I am most familiar with, Packard, U.S.A., Kissel, F.W.D. AC Mack, don't feature a big , curved front crossmember. Some of the British and European trucks may, but even then just plain , protruding frame horns to pick up the front spring eyes seem to be the most common.

Nifty hubcaps ! Unfortunately I don't recognize the car. Unusual front fender and splash pan set up. Studebaker ?

This looks like a collection that was 3 or 4 decades in the making. 2 generation's ?