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  1. My 1954 Willys Jeep has no top, as it came from factory. Once a while I am completely washed with summer rain storms, when I am driving the car here in Brazil. I have already learned how to behave on these conditions! Part of the experience on this amazing hobby!
  2. Hello GrahamP! I am about to start the restoration of the brake piston gear box system for my 1926 Studebaker big six, so your experience solving this issue will be helpful for sure! I have found some threads may be useful for you now. I have bought the brakes manual from studeq, very good source of information. Please post here your findings on this issue!
  3. Agree with Wayne. Brakes are the main point of attention in my experience. I frequently drive my cars under the rain, and the brakes performance is severely impacted in wet conditions. If the car has mechanical brakes, double the attention. My advice is to anticipate braking as much you can and drive slower than normal. I normally start braking much earlier in these conditions. We have also to remember we are driving cars with diagonal ply tires, so additional attention is needed when driving in rainy days. For my open cars, the tops and wind wings do a good job. I have never bothered to take the side curtains out to use them, when the rain started. I only install the side curtains if I am in a covered space and plenty of time and patience! Vacuum windshield wipers are also an additional challenge during heavy rain, when you driving uphill, quite annoying! Anyway, if you do well, at night, under the rain, in a open car, mechanical brakes, diagonal ply tires, with 6v headlights, you can be considered a good driver!
  4. 1928 Chevrolet Touring, with no carburetor! The owner only agreed to sell me the Chevy, if I took a 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook sedan, with locked engine and no brakes (master cylinder was in the backseat). I was young and fool, planning to buy one running antique car, ended up buying two projects! They became my school in the hobby, lots of learning with the Plymouth, my first restoration work and the reason I discovered this forum! Both are still with me, running and completely restored.
  5. A Totally right and understandable to keep this secret. Anyway, after @dadaozzie has concluded the transaction, please share the automobile information and pictures with this group! For sure the Forum will be glad to contribute on the restoration process as well!
  6. It is always prudent to double check.
  7. Automobiles are considered assets in many countries, as in Brazil, so proof of ownership is needed for exporting them. Customs authorities need to prevent exports of theft artifacts. 3Macboys is right, not necessarily this vehicle is eligible for depart the country for historical reasons, so you need to check. I would hire an experienced company to execute the entire process. There are bureaucratic details at the export part, as well in the import part, that only professional services can deal properly. It changes based on the country from/to, and probably some state laws also. In my humble opinion, if you really desire this car, try to avoid the headaches on the import process, leave them for the restoration phase.
  8. Very interesting body, three doors? Short wheelbase.
  9. Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Carmen Miranda and her sister, Aurora, 1930s.
  10. Same approach for me two Optima 6v batteries in parallel, doubling the cranking amperage, in all cars. Slow charging at home sometimes, generally lasting 6-8 years. Investment in a good charger is important. This is the approach I have used in my cars for more than 10 years. I have to admit the last ones have lasted less time than the initial batteries I bought. When they completely die, without much notice, it is definitive, time to buy new ones. I use mp3 players in my cars, so I have installed a small 6v to 12v transformer to allow me this pleasure. For large heavy engines, I believe a 12v conversion is helpful.
  11. Totally agree! Every drive is a mixed of joy with diagnostic of problems…but I realized this is part of the hobby anyway. New people will always show up. When I started at age of 25, I felt alone among so many older people. I am older now, and there are always younger people coming, not necessarily properly welcomed, exactly as happened to me. Nevertheless, I kept insisting because it was my desire to own and drive antique cars. I believe it is human nature anyway. Some clubs operate very well to add new members, integrate them and foster collaboration. Others, unfortunately, only connect to you once a year, at time of membership dues.
  12. Thanks a lot, for your research, 30DodgePanel, very dedicated work, for sure. And thanks for posting all this information here at the forum, it will help many in years to come. The Biflex bumpers have a very distinctive format and they are probably the most successful one on the list, because they became standard in Studebaker and Lincoln for many years. I was always curious about this option on late 1920s cars. Looking to old pictures and car shows, I realized early 1920s cars had bumpers really as an option, because you can see frequently both situations: with or without them. In late 1920s, according to literature, bumpers were still optional equipment, charged as extra costs, however, you cannot find any pictures or survival cars without bumpers. When have bumpers become mandatory by law? 1926/27? Ford model T was sold without them, but until the last years of production too? Was the “option” in late 1920s cars just a way to fake a reduced price? At the you would have to pay them anyway. I have never seen a 1928 Chevrolet or Ford without bumpers, but were they charged as extra? I am sure this was the case for Chevrolet, but what about Ford and other cars?
  13. I believe he is the tall bowtie man on the picture.
  14. I have always reflected about my art skills, that are actually inexistent for music, painting, sculpture…however, I realized, as a man, my art is in the restoration of antique cars. My efforts on ensuring their glory, beauty, harmony and operability of the past are returned to life, to be shared with others, are always a pleasure and a contribution to society, mostly paid by genuine smiles of unknown people on the streets. I am glad we have this community of fine and dedicated artists here, what I am very proud to be part of.
  15. Thanks for posting these pictures jeef_a and John E. Guitar. Very interesting, to the point I will read the book for sure. According to reviews on the internet, the car was really a 1918 Marmon, but I am surprised with so many problems during the trip, with a just 2 years old automobile, specially from a brand known for superior quality. There are some perceptions they were very bad drivers what could justify most of their road issues. Anyway, The Cruise of Rolling Junk is already on my reading list!
  16. Is it true the transition from Nickel to Chrome took place in phases? Initially only exterior parts used chrome, keeping nickel in the interior, then later going to full chrome plating. Is this true?
  17. An important museum of antique cars in Brazil was called Mechanical Antiques Museum, back in 1963. I have always enjoyed this name! It describes very well my personal passion of history and machines, I believe this is the joy I have in the hobby, as many here. It is a great pleasure to connect history, preservation and mechanical artifacts. Old automobiles, clocks, watches, trains, agricultural equipments, engines, airplanes, tractors, sewing machines, tools,… the list is endless, as probably the clubs for such enthusiasts.
  18. Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Summer time in 1933.
  19. Few months after buying my first antique car, browsing on the internet, I discovered this AACA Forum. This great knowledge exchange community has been a fundamental source of information in the hobby for me, e naturally for many others. Since the year 2000, I have been learning a lot here, contributing where I can, sharing ideas and thoughts. I had a period away, so I lost my original user (marriage, new kids…), but came back happy to see the forum was very active and the community growing. It is very important to recognize the help of the fellow members, as Bhigdog, for sure a reference for us. Over the years, this virtual exchange of experiences has transformed in real connections, when I was able to meet some forum members in flesh and blood in Hershey Fall Meet, or voices over the telephone, like Walt, Matt, Ed, Bill and many others, or even visiting Brazil! After that, the experience became even better! Thanks a lot to AACA to keep this space open and running, very well administrated by Steve Moskowitz and team. I believe this forum has been the most important worldwide contribution in knowledge sharing in the antique car space. Thanks to all of you!
  20. City of Santos, Brazil (jan-1924)- one century ago!
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