LarryP

Set of 4 prints committed by Henry Austin "Ausie" Clark for his Long Auto Museum in 1952. Printed on 18" X 15" sheets. Overall very good condition, with slightly bend on the corners. Vehicles include: - 1905 Pierce Great Arrow - 1906 Ford Model K - 1912 Packard - 1911 Seagrave $120 for the complete set. Can arrange shipping or local pick up in Grand Rapids, MI This Facebook Marketplace link has more pictures: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1311362115874128/

Thanks for the info. I had seen a 30' with fender lights, but did not know if that was just specific to a particular model - not the entire year. Thanks!

This is a photo of the grandparents of a colleague. A note on the back says "September, 1930, near New York." I believe this to be a 1930 Hupmobile. Am I correct? If so, does anyone know the model? The Hup models all seem to appear from the outside to be quite similar (save the hood vents). Also, I've not seen any other photos of Hups of this era with disc wheels. Quite a classy car for a classy couple.

Thanks Keiser, I thought it was a Chrysler. I knew you would be able to clarify this.

Not my car or add, but is exciting to see a first-year Plymouth for sale (even if it does kind of look like a Chrysler to me...) https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/6087841285.html

I'm not sure you wouldbe able to run that CD player without the 12 volts though. Agree - absolutely beautiful truck!

Thanks for the advise and the link. It worked perfectly! And man, you were right about them being finicky. It is amazing how little adjustment it takes to the eccentric adjusting sleeve nut. A little bit goes a long way!

Thanks so much! I will give it a try tonight, and let you know the outcome. Definitely sounds like this is it. Larry

The steering box (2 tooth) on my 31 Model A was leaking like a sieve. I could fill it one day, and the next day, the entire contents of the gear box was on my garage floor. So, I decided to pull the steering box to rebuild it. When I took it apart, I was pleased to find that the worm gears were in near perfect condition, as were the bearings and races. So, I began putting the box back to together with new seals. I would spin the steering shaft after each step to make sure everything felt OK. But, when I tighten the bolts holding the sector shaft housing in place, the steering would bind up. Actually, I could turn the shaft 2 full revolutions, but then I could barely move the steering wheel for about 1/4 of the 3rd revolution. Once moved about 1/4 turn, it would loosen up again. When I loosened the housing bolts, the binding would go away. Tighten the bolts again, the binding would be back. I installed the end shaft adjusting bolt and removed the play from the sector shaft, hoping maybe that was causing it. Nope, it was still bound up. Can anyone help? Larry Grand Rapids, MI

Thanks everyone for their comments. And Terry, I really like the photo you shared. It is always fun to find dealership and gas station advertisements on otherwise ordinary household items. As a youngster (I like to fool myself into thinking that 47 is still young), I've only used vacuum cleaner for my cars. I guess I should use a whisk broom for my Model A though, to be truly "period correct." And Keser31, thanks for your comments on this and other posts. I always enjoying reading what you have to say. You're truly someone who knows what he's talking about! Cheers! Larry

I agree with you completely Larry S. When people complain about a loss of jobs due to regulations or foreign competition, they need to watch these two videos and read the AO Smith brochure. Automation is nothing new, from Henry Ford's assembly line, to AO Smith's frame factory, to the Tesla assembly line. Manufacturers always strive to find more efficient (that is - less labor) means of building their products. Throughout the process, fewer and fewer people are needed to produce more and better products.

A colleague of mine is cleaning out the basement of his home, which contains generations of items belonging to his family. During the cleaning, he found these two small brooms. His father told him they were common accessories used to sweep the floor out of your automobile. He stated that the brown broom with the snap cover was kept by his farther in the family Buick during the 1930's. Note, my colleagues grandfather moved to the U.S. from Germany many years before the war. These were his brooms.I've never heard of, nor have I seen these little brooms as being automotive specific accessories. I suppose it makes sense that you would need to sweep out the car every now and again, just as we today vacuum the floor of the car. And with most cars having flat floors, sweeping the dirt out of the car would be pretty easy. Can anyone tell me anything about these? Do you recall older family members using such brooms? Notice that the red handle unzips, to reveal a soft cloth rolled up inside. The word "Eri" is written on the cloth. Does anyone know what that is?

I agree, it would make a great hot rod. I am not apposed to making hot rods out of antique cars, even rather rare ones as this, so long as the car is pretty far gone and not at all reasonable to restore. That very well may be the case here (in fact, probably is). But, perhaps someone is far more ambitious than I, and can bring this once beautiful car back to life.

This is not my car, but thought others might be interested. Pretty rough, but a very rare body style, I would think. Thought it would be nice if someone could save this before it gets hot-rodded. https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/5884944640.html

I'm interested, but what is the price?

I would ask that you not punish the car show (by not attending) because we are such a litigious society. It is not the car show's fault that people will sue for any and everything. In this case, the car show is essentially requiring that you will NOT sue them if you or your car are injured. My other hobby is bicycling. In the cycling world, people who are injured while riding with a group of other riders have sued the organizer of the ride - even if the "organizer" is just someone saying "Hey guys, I'm going for a ride along the coast on Saturday, do you want to join me?" The result is lots of people refusing to organize group rides, bike clubs having to purchase costly insurance, and groups requiring anyone who wants to ride with them to sign a release very much like the one you showed. Ask yourself WHY you do not want to sign this? Is it simply on principle - in which case I would ask that you focus your frustration on others, not on the car club. If you're worried that you or your car could get hurt (and you would want to keep your right to sue if that happened), then do not attend. But then again, if you think you might get hurt, you probably did not want to attend to begin with. I will say, there are definitely some things in this release that I would want to change. But overall, in this context, I would feel the risk is pretty low. Suggest that you contact your insurance carrier to see if they would have a problem with you signing this. Larry

Yes, I drive my 31 Model A Deluxe Roadster to work a couple times a week during the nice weather season, which here in Michigan is basically early May through the end of September. I also take the kids to school in the car, and occasionally use it for grocery shopping.

Good luck Bob. I do not live in a large city, so for me, living in a community of about 10,000, driving my Model A Ford is no problem. That said, once you get off the expressways in Fort Worth, how fast are the side streets really? Aren't they, as they all are in my nearest big city - Chicago - all backed up and going slow anyhow? So perhaps the biggest risk is overheating. As I say - good luck, and enjoy. PS - I did not see mention of seat belts. Installing them in my Model A has helped my confidence tremendously! Whether or not they adequately protect us in the event of an accident, they sure did wonders for my and my passengers comfort level. Cheers!

I've said it before, and I will say it again...if we want kids to enjoy - or even respect - antique cars, we have to let kids interact with the cars, not just look at a static display. That said, I completely understand wanting your car to be "hands-off" if you have a perfect, no scratches or blemishes vehicle. For the rest of us, how much harm will a few more scratches really do? In fact, while the car may earn a few scratches, it (and you as the owner) also earns a great story to go with those scratches. And most importantly, the kids each walk away with a story of their own. Here is a group of kids climbing all over my Model A at my kids' end of the year school picnic. Help kids enjoy these wonderful cars! (although I don't really suggest letting them sitting on the hood like this - that was a bit further than even I was comfortable with - but, alas, the hood did not dent or bend). Larry

This is a beautiful 1934 Dodge. I wish I could buy it. Since I cannot, I thought I would make sure you all know about it. They're asking $25,000 for this beauty. https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/5426458518.html

Great stories from everyone. Thanks for sharing these. I'm excited to get started on my project of video recording the stories of so many family and friends. Perhaps I'll be able to post some videos on this forum at a later date. Cheers! Larry

Thanks for your story John. I always enjoy reading your posts, and I never realized you were originally from Michigan. I grew up not too far from Royal Oak in the small town of Marine City, Michigan. Cheers! Larry

After a life-time of passion for everything cars, I've finally come to the realization that the thing I really like about cars (and parts, and tools, and garages) are the stories behind the cars. I love hearing about travels and travails involving our "antique" cars back in the day when these were new or considered just another used car or old beater. A handful of these great stories from the dawn of the automobile were captured in books and early editions of AACA's Antique Automobile. Most, of course, are long gone and cannot be recovered, short of imagining the stories that may be behind a particular car. I want to start capturing these stories. To that end, next week I will begin a project of interviewing people about their early car experiences. I will ask about their first car - what it was, how old they were when the purchased it, how much did it cost, etc. I will ask them to tell me any fun experiences or road trips they had with a car decades ago. One example is an 86 year old friend who, along with a high school friend, drove a 1930 Model A roadster from Michigan to Tijuana, Mexico when he was 17 years old. It was just a fun road trip. He made the entire 4500 mile round trip without a single mechanical failure ... until pulling into his parents driveway at the end of the return trip, when a front wheel fell off and rolled the rest of the way down the driveway. I would love to hear stories you may have about cars you owned or drove 30, 40, 50 or even 70 years ago. I'll start with my first car, a 1966 Chevy stepside pickup truck. My dad officially bought this truck for me in 1982, when I was 13 years old. The purchase price for the truck was a case of beer (Miller High Life, to be specific). The seller was a good friend of my parent's, so I knew many stores about the truck and its adventures well before i took possession of the truck. The truck was named "Mort", and was painted orange and black, the local high school's colors. With those colors and the colorful character of the person who owned it for years, the truck itself was well-known around our small town in Michigan. Mort was very rusty, so we never plated it. Instead, we used it to haul firewood up from our woods to the house. Most important to me though, is that this truck was how I really learned to drive. We had 85 acres of land which I used as a race track and driving school. I had a blast powersliding that old truck around corners, nursing it through a muddy bog a time or two, and learning how to keep a car running. Points ignition were old school even then. After a few years of driving this truck, I became the go-to guy in my high school when it came to dealing with an old car that had points. Towards the end of the trucks life it was so rusty that I had to wear goggles while driving it, for fear of rust flying around inside the truck getting into my eyes. When the cab of the truck was finally so rusty that it was falling down over the frame rails, I pulled the strong running 327 engine and sold it to a guy for a few hundred dollars. A nice return on investment. The carcass of Mort still sits back in the woods on my parents property. I've attached a picture (the bent front fender itself has a story that can be told another time). So what stories do you have?

This is not my add, but I saw this on the website prewarcar.com Looks like a great project at a very reasonable price of 3,900 euro. Your first challenge, though, will be shipping it from Portugal. http://www.prewarcar.com/classifieds/ad175192.html

So what's the likelihood that my 6'3" body could fit behind that steering wheel? Too bad, I've always loved these cars - and this one looks fantastic.