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Lubriplate is a trade name for white lithium grease.

Wasn't this same car here a month or two ago? How many three-speed manual 1957 Firesweeps could there be?

The 1978 MGB that I bought new had grease fittings on the cable conduits. Only time I have ever seen that. On my other cars, I use white lithium grease on the exposed parts of the cable and shoot aerosol lubricant inside the conduits. Seems to work.

Is there any chance that one of those gold Allantes has a VIN that ends in "884"? That would be a car I knew very well!

The shop manual for my 1986 Cadillac gave detailed instructions for the repairing radiators with epoxy. If it works on aluminum radiators, I don't know why it wouldn't work on brass.

Agreed! Girl doesn't look much like Audrey Hepburn. I believe that that is the picture that was released in the US as "Roman Holiday".

I have a 1940 LaSalle, which is a very similar car. I have had very good results with hydraulic jack oil. That is what most people use. Some people use motorcycle fork oil, which is probably the same stuff. Do yourself a favor. Join the Cadillac and LaSalle Club.

I think you are right! Look at the left front tire. Of course, that makes it easier to get rid of those ugly whitewalls.

This is the only Buick of that vintage I have ever seen that had a clock delete. Did they still offer dog dish hubcaps in 1956? If they did, I'll bet that that is what it came with.

I hate to start an internet argument here, but Type F was not introduced until the mid 1960's. Ford transmissions before then used Type A, which has been replaced by Dexron. My 1956 Continental has a Turbodrive transmission, which was entirely built by Ford. The shop manual calls for Type A.

More basic question-Was the 1952 prototype Skylark even a real car? Does anybody know for sure? I know that GM used to build engineless mockups in those days.

The words "Allante" and "dependable" should never be spoken in the same breath. I owned a 1987 in the early nineties. It was gorgeous. It was also a complete disappointment in practically every way that you could imagine. I am sure that the guy before me was just as disappointed and that the guy after me was as well. On rare days, you might luck out and have everything functioning properly for short periods of time, but this is just the car's way of sucking you in deeper. Forget that you ever thought about it and you will be a happier man.

Looks like it also has a radio delete and a rubber mat in front instead of carpeting. I'll bet that it started life with blackwall tires. The guy did go for a heater, at least, so he wasn't a total curmudgeon. I don't know why, but I am always attracted to bare bones versions of fancier cars. I like it.

I don't have any interest in buying it. I just wanted to properly identify it since the seller appears unsure what it is. I have a very nice 1940 series 52 LaSalle Sedan. I agree with you that interest in these cars is waning and that parts sources are drying up.

1940 LaSalle series 50 sedan.

A few years ago when Chevrolet was the feature car at Macungie, at least one Little car was on display. I believe that it was owned by a man whose last name was Little.

Until just now, I never noticed that the LaSalle coupes did not have an emblem on the trunk lid. The sedans did. Just one more strange GM quirk.

1940 Cadillacs and LaSalles did not have a gravel guard between the trunk and the bumper. I know that Buicks did. I have always found that odd. This car has the optional full wheel covers, so it would not have had the optional trim rings. They were only available with the standard hubcaps. The wheelcovers are missing their medallions, however. The gravel shields on the rear fenders are missing, as is the trunk emblem. Hard to tell very much from these pictures.

President Warren G. Harding was invited on one of the Ford-Edison-Firestone camping trips. At the time, Ford was campaigning to get the US government to sell him a half-finished dam at Mussel Shoals, Alabama. When Harding returned from the trip, he told his people that he was appalled by the open and constant bigotry of his companions and that he never wanted to have to go anywhere with them again. I have seen the "Wild West" picture of Ford previously. I find it odd that he would pose with a cigarette in his mouth, given that he was fanatically opposed to cigarette smoking.

I remember seeing the obituary, back in the seventies, for Manny, the Pep Boy on the left. His photograph really did look like the caricature in the ads.

I was in Dearborn about 10 years ago. I saw the Rouge River. I don't recall it looking particularly red.

I just got done cleaning the cooling system of my Mark II Continental with Thermocure. The system had enough rust in it that when I opened the block drains, nothing would come out, even when I tried to unblock the drains with an icepick. After leaving three quarts of Thermocure in for ten days, a ton of crud came out and the block drains run freely. Thermocure is made by Evaporust. I was very pleased with the results. It can freeze. Also, I wouldn't leave any of these chemicals in for a season.

People forget now, but the bustleback was a winner in its time. They sold them in big numbers. Lincoln and the Chrysler Imperial both copied the rear end. It was always a polarizing design. I can remember people calling it "The hunchback of Detroit".

I have used Terrill Machine Company in Deleon, Texas about 4 0r 5 times for different cars. Have always been pleased.

My 1940 LaSalle has an aftermarket Arvin heater installed that appears to have been there for a long time. I once saw a picture of a 1930's Chevrolet dealer parts department that had a prominent display featuring what appears to be the same heater. At least some of these non-authorized accessories were probably installed by dealers when the cars were new.