Ben Popadak

I believe the car is a circa 1901 Locomobile that's been stretched. I don't believe the front hood matches. I think the two perch rods were replaced with longer units and the front hood added.

Oh Layden is just giving everybody a chance at identifying it first. Back a dozen years ago I swapped Layden a 1911/12 brass Ford sidelight for an earlier steering column for one of those trucks. I had the chassis with a rough steering column but there is no way I would have been able to identify it on my own if I just saw it at a flea market. Standing next to each other, yup they were the same. I only knew what it was because Layden told me. Pretty sure the truck is 1914 Kisselkar.

That looks like the engine that was in the Chocolate field annex early at Hershey. A fairly nicely made engine but I had no idea what it was. The owner said he had had it for 20?? years and was told it was a Dumont by the old owner. He had an advertisement from a Santos-Dumont displayed with it. The engine seemed to go fairly early in the show and I saw it at a new owner's spot and I looked it over again. Then it was at Lang's and it seemed to disappear from there also, too I presumed, a new owner. A nice engine if anybody could identify it and use it.

Hello John, Hello George, and Hello Caddyshack Went for a ride Saturday afternoon and did pick up a few Brush pieces. John has seen the photo of my stuff and we did email a bit. I'm sure we will be talking more. Contacted George to see if he still had a Brush front axle he got out of Maine and if it still was close to me. No, evidently the axle is long gone. The Rambler stuff I did put on ebay, not to sell it, but to try and keep it. That's what happens when you have dueling appraisals during a divorce. So I'm interested in Brush parts and Rambler parts and I'm happy to talk early cars with others. Not too interested in selling out right now but if you have for trade, a Chadwick, Thomas Flyer, brass Pierce Arrow with a bank of cylinders.... we'll talk. PS: the cell phone is down til I get the new one up and running.

Thank you Barr. Ben

Hello, picked up some 1910 AA Maxwell pieces and some 1909 mixed in with it. A lot of junk sheetmetal, a lower 1910 body I need, a front axle, a steering column and some hubs. There also is an odd assortment of brackets that maybe our readers could help identify. Anybody? Thank you.

1902 1903 Rambler Automobile Projects, Horseless Carriage | eBay

1902 1903 Rambler Automobile Projects, Horseless Carriage | eBay

Search on pictures of 1899 De Dion Boutons in your browser and none of the cars have bodies that look like the car from Argentina. Does any one know if the car is an 1899 De Dion Bouton?

When I see all the cooling fins on a two cylinder, my first guess is a railroad inspection car engine.

JP, how about a price and location.

Well, Caddyshack, start with what you bought and saw. How was pricing? Standing room only? Any prices you can remember on the bigger stuff and where it went too?

My first thought when I saw it was that the felloe band was not original to the wheel. Also some of the thinner, finer spokes appeared to have been replaced with some heavier spokes. I know a lot of earlier cars had their wheels changed out when tires (especially during World War 2) became hard to find.

Hollow round tube front axle.

Hello, can anyone identify this early front axle? I was told that it is thought to be Buick, Model 10, which came out in 1908, 1909 and 1910.

Antique Auto Body Brass Work for the Restorer Antique Auto Body Accessories for the Restorer. The books are copies of early advertisements and are readily available from many early automobile parts dealers including Lang's Model Ts.

Many years ago I bought a very, very, large glass bottle at an antique shop. The dealer told me it was a bottle made for holding acid. Kind of in the same line as nzcarnerd but maybe not distilled water, maybe battery acid.

All all gone? I was there 25 years ago. I looked mostly from the road as no one was around to ask permission from. I had heard that half the yard was gone but is it all gone?

Don't know my Cadillac blocks but I've come across and owned a lot of early lights that have CMC on them and yes the seller often claims they are Cadillac but they were Chalmers.

Hello, I just recently picked up some steam engines. There was an incomplete Mason/Locomobile with a bronze frame, two rough and incomplete Stanley EXs and this unknown engine. What can you tell me about this engine? Manufacturer?? Well I thought if there was another of these engines out there than it should be easy to identify as the engine manifolding has a pivoting bracket. Probably to mount the engine and for tensioning the chain. I drove over to visit a Stanley friend who shares my same first name. He thought the lower part of the engine was newer than the rest of the engine. Thanks everyone.

Can't identify your engine and no I wont worry about your axles but I'm still curious. What do the axles go to?

I've picked up 3 wooden wheels in the last year and I don't know what they belong too. The single, front wheel, which does not go with the pair of rear wheels I previously posted, is shown. The hub uses a ball bearing.

Picked up 3 wheels in the last year and I don't know what they go to. They are 23 inches in diameter. The pair of matching rear wheels shown in this thread have the rear axle brake drums. The plate that holds the sections of wood rims together has the letter P stamped into it.

Wow do I feel stupid! No wonder the guy never called me, it's not even my email anymore! Duhhh! Oh, well if the guy is there at Chickasha this year please tell him to contact me through this website as I could still use those NOS rear axles and transmissions. Thanks everyone! Ben P. THE DREAM COMES HOME! More on the 1902 Rambler engine - Antique Gas Engine Discussion

Cool picture, I visited the yard sometime between 1984 & 1988 when going to Orono. Nobody was around so I didn't feel like I could help myself. I did poke around a little though. I do remember that that there was a 1930ish Cadillac sedan sitting in there and piles of Model A Fords. Never been back even though I've thought of it many times and wondered what ever became of the Caddy. All cars were rough looking then.