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John Kelso

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  1. It very well could be and I had a similar thought, unfortunately the fellow who did this conversion is no longer with us. Thanks
  2. Can anyone help me figure out what this master cylinder is. It came off a vintage car that had hydraulic brakes added about 1995. It measures 4" from the front the the back of the mounting flange. note the mounting is also vertical and it is a 1" bore, the outlet is at about a 30 degree angle Thanks
  3. Two of my helpers, had their own bed with a heating pad in my shop for those cold winter days. Always ready to go to work or a ride no matter what the weather.
  4. Friends of mine just did the 3000 mile Australian Tour in one of these little Saxons, Tough buggers. Yes Aussies and car, she drove all the way cause it is her car.
  5. Our kids were not allowed to drive an automatic until they had mastered a manual transmission. I also taught them how to recover from a slide. This was taught in a pickup truck, the reward was being able to drive our XKE
  6. Need accessory stop light for late teens, also a radiator cap as pictured or with same thread, hole for motor meter OK Radiator cap threads, 2" diameter 16 TPI
  7. Ah baloney, yea I know but that's how we say it. They drop a big one on New Years.
  8. Still a very attractive car to my eye. Should be an excellent "have fun" car
  9. Stay away from the builder in Mass, I have experience with them
  10. Al, as you can see it has a lot of miles on it the advantage is you can paint the wheel, really lay on the paint, and leave it, it basically turns into a big run until it dries. Yes I can only do one at a time, usually paint them in the morning then just spin all day to set up. Have done everything from 29" wood to Buffalo wire wheels, its set up now to do clear coat on a Telecaster I just built. I know it looks messy, the cleaning lady hasn't been in lately!
  11. At the tender age of 14 my mentor Bob Garlock took me to a Swigart Museum meet about 40 miles away, we left home at 6 driving his 1909 IHC. I think of several times I looked down and saw rabbits passing us, once even a turtle. what a great trip. When we arrived Carl Amsley was there already in his Stanley having driven it over 60 miles . As we pulled in Carl said" Boy, you ready for a ride in a real car?" As we took off in that Stanley, my life changed forever.
  12. I use an old ironing machine, attached to the drive roller is bar stock with various holes. This way the hubs can be installed and tightened on wood wheels and no issues after painting and installing them. Same principle with wire wheels. I've using the same machine for many years
  13. I find it interesting no one mentioned Rigid. I bought my first battery powered drill 15/16 years ago. Rigid offers a life time guarantee, yes I have used it and they have replaced the batteries more than once at no charge. I do a lot of body building with ash and there tools hold up. I wouldn't buy anything else. My Australian friend likes to remind me that all my other tools came from Noah after he built the ark, they still work great.
  14. I'll put my 1908 Stanley up against anything mentioned
  15. I got my fuel pump kit from Hal Houghton of The Classic Preservation Coalition and it had new internal flaps.
  16. Grimy your right its an Atwater Kent type RA, and its on my 17 Pierce. I think my generator was changed to use this distributor.Sorry all for the misspelling very cold in here, fingers and brain aren't working properly thanks all John
  17. Looking for distributor cap and rotor (6cyl) for Atwood Kent distributor believe cap to be 3447 and rotor AK46 Thanks
  18. Terry you are correct it did belong to Sterling. I'd know him since I was a boy and when he got hurt he called me and said he wanted me to have the car so it would get finish. Sterling was a true gentleman of our hobby.
  19. 1899 Crouch built in Baltimore,Md. It was found in the furnace room of the original Crouch Manufacturing Co. building. Would like to find another early steam project if anyone knows of one. thanks, John
  20. This type of leather work is still being done today. It would have been rather easy to make that framework and have it covered,then or now.
  21. Early steam car project or parts wanted anything considered, thanks
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