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Larry, If that middle lens has a slight purplish tint to it, then it would be EXACTLY like the lens which I received when I bought BACK my parents' old 1921 Grant 6 project car. I always ASSUMED it was an aftermarket light. But then someone learned that I had this very uncommon basket-case project car, and offered me too much money for me to refuse, and I sold it. To this day, I don't know if that light was on the car, or just purchased by the guy who owned it between the times my parents owned, and when I bought it back.
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Quality, do you reside near where these engines and components are stored? I would be impatient to look at the center hubs of the wire wheels if I were in your shoes, because these sometimes featured the brand name of the vehicle they had been fitted on (the wheels were made by wheel manufacturers, but offered on the showroom floor and over-the-counter by dealerships, etc). It's common to find strong clues there...ASSUMING that the axles were indeed part of the vehicle(s) which the engines came from.
And as others have stated previously, the engine blocks sometimes had ID tags riveted on the side of block, just above the oil pan.
We're all quite interested to learn more about this cool stash of really nice old parts.
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Found a thread here on AACA forums, as Akstraw mentions above. Here is a link: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/146820-hirshell-spillman-engines/
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Looks like you made a great find there, Jeff. Good for you!
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Wow, fantastic stuff! Can't wait to learn more.
But like West Petersen, I'm baffled by the twin distributors!
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I have long enjoyed collecting enameled automotive badges from old cars and trucks (I used to call them cloisonné, but now I'm told this is incorrect). But they are getting harder and harder to find in the field. This year my son and I drove the 127 Yard Sale event for 3 days, and had some fun doing so. But I didn't find much. One cool thing that I did find was a glass enameled "Peerless" badge, which would appear to be an employee badge....hopefully for the Peerless motor car company. Has anyone seen one like it? Do you recognize the shape of the letters, etc, as fitting the style of the car company? I'm aware that there were lots of companies in other industries with similar names.
The badge didn't cost much, so if it isn't what I hope it is, I'm not out a great deal. But it sure would be cool if it is!
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Fascinating, for sure.
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I've got family in Springfield, Mass, and I go there once or twice per year. I would love to see the place. I wonder if that might be ok, with some advance notice? Don't want to be a bother, or slow down their productivity.
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Hello. My brother in law has a lot of old hubcaps. So after seeing your ad, I google-searched photos of Champ trucks to see what caps you are seeking. But there were several different ones shown. It might increase your chances of success if you show pictures of the exact cap and the specific wheels you are trying to match.
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I sent this photo to my brother-in-law, who has a stash of old hubcaps. He said he thinks he remembers having a couple like this, and he will try to dig through them in the next few days (too hot to crawl around an attic today!)
My email address is wirth4@aol.com, if you want to contact me directly.
--------Lump (Jim W)
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Dennis Long of Ohio is a friend and an occasional contributor on this forum. He has several Grant motor cars/parts, if memory serves. Grant cars used both Falls and Walker engines at various times. Maybe he will see this and respond?
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I made a living for nearly 40 years with car magazines. I ran a small ad agency focused entirely on the specialty car & truck world, including antique cars & trucks, classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, street rods, race cars, etc, etc. My clients were the companies who make and/or sell parts and accessories for same. At one time I was creating and placing over 125 print ads per month, in nearly 60 magazines.
We created and used ad code systems for clients to be able to tell which magazine ads were paying off the best. For some clients, we were even able to track which month of the magazine, and which ad section within that magazine had worked better than others. After some time, I became firmly convinced that hands-on how-to articles were by far the favorite of the majority of readers. Ads which appeared in issues with several such articles definitely performed better than others. Editors and publishers understood this too, but the cost in both time and money in producing such articles was vastly higher than simply generating photos of some guy's car, and telling where he found it, etc.
Indeed, at various times I actually wrote and produced my own how-to articles (IE: How to Rebuild the Front Suspension on Your Roadrunner), just so these articles would appear in the magazines. Most of you AACA forum members know very well how much time various projects like that can take...especially if you're also trying to "restore" control arms, frame horns, etc in the process. But now just imagine having to photograph every single step very carefully, making sure to light the undercarriage of the car without flash-blasting the technicians hands or chrome trim nearby, etc. You have the tech first begin the mechanical step, but then stop him while you set up the camera, lighting, backdrops...more lighting, etc. Then you snap several photos, bracketing exposures. Now you adjust the camera angle again, and start all over again. THEN the mechanic actually begins performing that one step for a few seconds, until you stop him and start all over again. THEN you finally notice that the mechanic is wearing some piece of inappropriate jewelry or etc, and have to start all over again.
Back in the day of film cameras, we would often shoot hundreds of frames for a single article, about a very simple project. That turns a 4-hour mechanical repair into days, literally (again, especially if you're going to repaint components that will be reused). Thus, editors & publishers tried to do a few step-by-step how-to articles in various issues, along with Q&A sections, etc. But they simply could not afford to produce and publish lots of how-to material in every issue. Not even in the heyday of car magazines.
Some publishers tried, like SKINNED KNUCKLES and CLASSIC AUTO RESTORER. While SK did not accept ads back then, C.A.R. did accept ads, and I bought full page color ads with them for a while. But the rates were necessarily high, and circulation apparently not high enough to generate the results we required. The ad sales rep for C.A.R. eventually became a friend of mine, but I simply could not continue buying ads. Before long, these magazines were (in my opinion) not able to keep up with the pace and the cost of churning out lots of hands-on how-to articles. C.A.R, as best as I recall, eventually shrunk way down in size, dropped all color, and produced a newsletter for a time long enough to satisfy their subscription obligations, then went away.
There are so many stories I could tell from my 40-year career of doing advertising and marketing for many of the companies of the collector car industry. But this thread is about SKINNED KNUCKLES and how-to car magazines...
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My late grandmother told me one when I was a kid...over 50 years ago:
A guy walks into an auto repair shop, and asks for employment. The wise old wrench-turner who owned the shop grinned and said, "Well, I could use a really EXPERIENCED car man, but I don't need no rookies. I've got a test to give you to see if you're what I need." The applicant agreed, and to his surprise, the boss tied a blindfold over his head. Then hollered to a helper, "Hey Joe. Start up that red sedan over there." He did, and then the boss said, "Ok, son. Now from the sound alone, what kind of car was that?" The blindfolded guy immediately said, "Chrysler product!" The boss was impressed, but pointed silently at a grey pickup truck around the corner and out of sight. When it started, the young guy said, "International truck!" Now the boss was getting really impressed. Just then someone happened to flush a nearby toilet. The kid shouted, "FORD!" He was hired on the spot!
Grandma said she heard that decades before, so this must have been another one of those jokes poking fun at the ubiquitous Model T.
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One of my very favorites is an OLD one from 1932, called, "IF I HAD A MILLION." It's about a millionaire who is dying, and gives away a million dollars at a time to total strangers. ONE of the strangers is the wife of the character played by WC Fields. Newly rich husband and wife buy a new car (early 30's or late 20's), but it gets damaged by various other drivers which Fields calls, "Road Hogs." So he and his wife come up with a plan to get even. FABULOUS old cars featured in this one. You owe it to yourself to see it!
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NIce! And I see the AT6 Texan behind it. Nice photo.
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Do what you want. IF you want to drive and enjoy the car, and don't care about value, paint it in your color choice. On the other hand, if you are more concerned with resale value, then the comments made above are SPOT ON.
Me, for example...I LOVED the metallic grey paint that GM offered for 1955 Chevrolet cars. But it was often paired "2-tone" style with a salmon pink color, which I detested. IF I had a 55 Chevy with that color scheme, I would probably change it...UNLESS it was a low-mileage original car with original paint.
But if I had a 68 Shelby Mustang 500KR, or an LS-6 Chevelle, or a mid 30's Duesenberg J, or a Bearcat, or a Talbot-Lago, or....well, you get the idea. For SOME cars the original color is more important than your personal taste IF you are concerned about its financial value. If you are only concerned with liking the appearance of a car you plan to keep, then paint it your way.
The only exception in MY opinion, is that some cars are too historically significant to change the color. We collectors all owe a little something to the future of the car collector hobby. If you found a very low mileage significant car with original paint in a color you didn't like, I would personally consider it a disservice to the future, to change that color.
In the end....do it your way.
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Wow, LOTS of great photos, Sebastien. I love seeing what car show events are like in Europe.
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My apologies, guys. I realize now that I have failed to answer a few queries here. Also, I need to take the suggestion from Hubert_25-25, and take better photos with the parts spread out and easier to scrutinize. I'll try to get this done for you all.
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On 6/30/2021 at 6:58 PM, Ohjai said:
lump, that is interesting, thank you. I used both P-S-T and Kanter to get all the parts I was looking for for my 62 Buick Special. Did not see all of the parts on one site, so I ordered from both.
Jim
They have two separate companies to cater to two slightly different market-profiles (IE: PST is oriented more towards muscle car and modified-car customers, while Kanter is mostly stock and original oriented). They have been around a LONG time.
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PST has been around for a LONG time. They are related to Kanter Auto Products, which has been around even longer.
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Wow. Awesome. Wish I had it. I think I would try to rub out that paint, polish and/or replace trim, add correct hubcaps, and then focus on mechanical restoration. I realize that many others would consider that blasphemy...but that's the way I would enjoy it the most.
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Reminds me of altered frame rails made for changing the height and stance of hot rods.
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On 6/12/2021 at 9:44 AM, Terry Harper said:
They are owned by the State of Maine and are preserved onsite. We simply rebuilt the roadbed beneath them.
After.........
Wow. Fascinating story!!
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Thanks. I snagged them. No cracks or broken holes that I could find.
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I don't know what the drip rails on a 28 Dodge look like, but I ASSUME that it won't be easy to source originals in good shape. Friends of mine who build hot rods sometimes buy a length of steel "Unistrut," and cut long strips off the edges with lips that look pretty good. Then they must carefully shape a curve to match the body. Don't know if it might help you or not, but as I said, I've seen this trick work pretty well on some Model A hot rods, etc.