[1929 DeSoto Stewart-Warner vacuum fuel pump]

i commend you for your dedication. all the challanges of a vaccum fuel system explains why the previous owner of my 23 buick “lost” the top portion of my unit. i’ve been using an electric fuel pump with a regulator set to one psi to run my car. 

[Battery Reconditioning]

i ordered a genius charger. i have an old optima 6 volt battery to hopefully get functioning again along with a couple of old dead 12volt regular batteries. 

[Slotted Screw Removal]

good time to try a 50-50 mix of acetone and atf. supposed to penetrate better than anything else. (i have not tried it.)

[Help identifying car in photo]

my guess is an early model t.

[A pet peeve - the hobby is dying and old cars are junk]

 I am ready for the self driving car. I want to crawl in the backseat take a nap.

[which one do you most regret missing?]

6? healey 3000 for peanuts back in '68. i probably would have destroyed it had i bought it. 

[Vapor lock with our modern fuel]

part of the curse of modern gas with ethanol. try to find some gas with no ethanol.

[TRAILER]

the biggest maintenance expense of owning a trailer are the tires.

[40 Million Fire Extinguishers Recalled]

man. i've a dozen to check.

[radiator leak idea?]

i just use aluma seal. seems to do the job. 

i read somewhere that GM used bars stop leak by the railroad boxcar load on the production line. 

of course there is the old standby... egg whites and also pepper. 

[Title]

my 1923 buick used the engine number on the title when i first bought it 15 years ago. after i found the vin on the frame i took the car back to the arizona motor vehicle department by my house and they verified the two numbers and issued me a new title with the frame vin. took an hour and a few bucks but worth it. 

[Sitting garaged for 33 years]

i suggest just get it running and driving safely first. 

if the body and paint are original... just give it a good cleaning and wax... even if not perfect. ditto the interior. 

[Tire dressing? (Do or Don'ts)]

maybe i'll try that atf trick on an old tire... i have a quart of old cheap atf in a damaged leaking old style can. 

[Bet you haven't seen one of these:]

cool mini. and made in italy? i would guess old fiat key blanks.

 

in 1965 my neighbor bought a new austin cooper s. that was such a fun car. later in 1967 i bought a 1964 mg 1100 sedan. also fun until the crankshaft broke at the #4 throw rod.  then sold it to an amigo who put his own engine (from a wrecked mg1100) into it. ran for a long time. 

[Backfires]

tinindian's story i've heard a few times before over many years. best to just throw the new condenser into the glovebox as a spare. 

[Color versus Black and White]

oh yeah. b+w. no doubt. even if it is a conversion.

 

butt either way it's good.

[Should I buy a old car even if I don t know how to fix cars yet?]

i thought it was all about me. 

 

anyways... original poster... you gotta start somewhere. 

[Should I buy a old car even if I don t know how to fix cars yet?]

i suggest a carburetor type car. 240z would do. old and relatively simple. the electronics greatly complicates everything. the relays are enough. 

[Unknown car under cover. Barn find. Need help to ID what it might be.]

corvair. 1965-1969. convertible. just guessin. 

[Bubble on the side of a whitewall tire?]

my experience so far with steel belted radials is not age related. i have run 10 even 20 year old steel belted radials successfully. then again i have experienced failure with young (less than 5 year)steel belted radials.

 

please understand. i like the improved ride and handling of steel belted tires. BUTT i don't trust them. especially new ones. the old bias tires seem to last longer. as in much longer in many years.. and if and when a bias tire fails it is usually an inconvenience and not a damaging event. 

[Bubble on the side of a whitewall tire?]

steel belted radials are the worse for potential damage to the car. and they are unpredictable. if i feel any new vibration i try to pull over quickly in a safe area and check for a tire belt starting to break. and in my experiences it usually ain't related to the age of the tire.

[Bubble on the side of a whitewall tire?]

 

i would drive it until it utterly fails . ain't none of them tires that gonna last forever.

 

.  enjoy.

 

edit... i know this is easy for me to say... i bet it's just a cosmetic flaw. just pop the blister with a needle to bleed off the blister. the air that is in the blister is most likely trapped air that is caused by a good  'rim to tire' seal. the air just hasn't escaped.

 

(btw i made this edit just before i read the most current original poster's oct 10 post.)

[Tire dressing? (Do or Don'ts)]

i've tried a few. even using old brake fluid. nothing has impressed me yet.

[ELECTRIC POWER STEERING]

dang. i did not know that such things were available for retro fit. my prius has it and it is weird. butt because of the mpg...  i like it.

[But Is It Really A Blight Issue?]

man. that is sad. but it is true that he needs to liquidate most all his stuff while he can. i'm younger and have much less... but still a daunting task. hope the 'powers that be' cut him slack.