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LOL. Good point. But think of each rim tool as a stick-figure character, and you can see what he was smelling...er, thinking, I believe.

Collectibility of any vehicle depends on popularity vs availability. Rarity has little to do with it, except as a factor of relativity vs demand. For just about ANY car ever made, you will find at least a few rabid fan who love them more than anything. Extreme value sets in when LOTS of people want a particular vehicle, but not many of them are extant. Simple as that. There is really no way to predict the future of demand. For example, a lifetime car collector and restorer in the Southern Ohio Chapter of AACA once predicted that the 1971 to 73 Buick Riviera was likely to be a blockbuster collector car one day, based on that uncommon "boat tail" rear windshield design. I was a teenager then, listening as he explained his theory. He pointed out that very early boat tailed cars were extremely popular and valuable. He also observed that the Riviera was a sporty-designed luxury car with a powerful V8, and in HIS opinion, all the other US luxury cars of that period were milk-toast by comparison. Now that i have lived long enough to witness the results of his prediction, I can see that people do like those Riviera's, but nothing like they do the muscle cars of the same period. When friends or family members say that they are tempted to buy a new or nearly-new car and put it away for an investment, and ask me what make/model/year I think they should buy, I tell them NONE of them. You can't see the future. Remember when people were paying over sticker price for 1978 Corvette Pace Cars? There were even a few folks who financed those cars, stored them away with zero miles, and paid insurance and upkeep costs for decades. Only to find that too many other people had done the same thing... "Invest" in a "collector vehicle" that YOU like well enough to own and enjoy for many years. Then later, when and if you sell it, perhaps it will have grown in value. Good for you! On the other hand, it might not be worth as much as you have invested in it. So what? You had all that fun for years and years, and were able to get most of your investment back. Try achieving that with a new speed boat, expensive vacation, or commemorative "limited edition" statues or plates.

I have used them several times, and since I just received my new 32 X 4 tires from Coker Tire, I'm about to use one of them again in the next couple of weeks.

The outside of the back part of the light housing was likely painted black, originally. At least, most of them that I've seen from the period that employed electric light bulbs were painted black.

My family had a 1929 Model S Hupmobile sedan in the late 50's, early 60's, when I was a kid in the old car club.Ours had disc wheels too. Not uncommon at all for Model S Hupps. Let me see if I can find an old pic.

Ok, guys. Help me out of my shell of ignorance...again. I thought I recalled Dodge cars of the late 1920's being advertised as the first car with an ALL STEEL BODY. Is this incorrect?

Here is a photo of the component-mounting bracket I mentioned, which you will find on the front of that manifold with number 3846559. The photo is from the book I wrote for CARS & PARTS magazine several years ago, entitled CHEVY V8 CASTING NUMBERS, 1955-93. By the way, I also found the same manifold casting number listed in the book series my good friend Al Colvin wrote many years ago, with virtually identical identification information. So I'm pretty confident that this information is correct for you. Cheers!

Hello. I could only see the casting number of your left-side exhaust manifold. It is 3846559, which was used on 1964 Chevrolet full size passenger cars with 283 or 327 engines, and 1964 to 1971 Corvettes, with 327 or 350 V8 engines. This manifold featured a cast-in bracket for mounting bolt-on components, such as generator, with 3/8-16 bolt holes which faced the FRONT of your engine (towards radiator), instead of the driver's side fender. Since it was in use for so many model years, you'll need to look at the backside, to see when it was cast. You'll find an alpha-numeric date code, example, "C 23 8", which breaks down as March 23rd, 1968. Matching right-side exhaust manifolds actually changed more often in those same model years, so I'll need that casting number to offer an assistance. IF by chance the casting numbers on the passenger-side manifold are not legible, the casting date code on your left one will help me to ID the right one, (assuming they are indeed a matched pair).

Well done, Gentlemen. Thank you all!

I have special reasons to love your Kissel, Ron, as we discussed before. LOL.

A family friend posted a photo of the Lincoln County Ky courthouse on Facebook with a tag to my name. She asked me what year the photo might be, based on the cars. I told her it was likely mid to late forties, since the first car looks to me like a 46 Plymouth. The next car looks like a late 30's GM 2 door "humpback" sedan, and the car far in the background looks like a 36 Ford...even though very little detail is visible. Not sure on the car at extreme right. Can you help me with this one, gang?

When I first saw this post, I thought Chrysler, and guessed about 1938. But the 38 lights were distinctly different, and I ASSUMED that such lights would be inside the fender by 1940. Well done, Tex.

Curti is right. We used to projects like this with an airbrush at my graphic arts company, years before computers and photoshop. Want proof? Look at Mr Benny's right sleeve, on left side of photo. You can sort of see right through it in places. Plus, the shading is all wrong. Cool photo. Now someone tell me what car it is, please.

The red lens might be the glass cover for a beacon, like at an airport, or along a railroad track, etc. Also, I have seen vintage fire trucks with light posts at the corners, which had lenses similar to this. I almost bought a Larrabee-Deyo firetruck years and years ago, with similar lenses on rear vertical posts, but those lenses were lavender purple, of all things.

Interesting side note: That's my parents' 55 Chevy 4 door sedan in the background. It's the first car they owned which I remember riding in. They had a 33 Plymouth coupe as their daily driver before that, but I cannot recall it.

Thanks so much, guys. Mystery solved. Joe owned this car for decades. Later in life (1980's, sometime) as a young adult I did indeed drive this car, plus Joe's Kissel touring. There were a couple of car shows where Joe brought more than one car, and enlisted me and a another friend to help shuttle them there and back again. By then Joe had a beautiful Royal Tourist touring, and preferred driving it. I miss old Joe.

Hello, group. I LOVE this forum, and all the expert knowledge to be found herein. Anyway, I've been in the antique car world literally for all my life. Attached is a photo of me in about 1960, seated behind the steering wheel of an old touring car. My family had a Hupmobile sedan at the time, so I know it's not one of our family's cars. Years ago I started writing captions on the backs of old family photos, since so many of my relatives were killed in a tragic car accident. I was afraid of losing all connection to my past. Anyway, I labeled this photo as me being behind the wheel of an HCS touring car, since family friend Joe Antrim had one, which was similar to this car in this photo. But thinking back, I realize that as a child in the Southern Ohio Chapter of the AACA, I was privileged to sit behind the wheel of many, many cool cars when I was little. I loved it. So, my wise friends...is this the red and black HCS touring car, which I remember Joe Antrim owning...or something else, maybe?

Wow, this is a fascinating thread.

Looks very much like the trunk lid trim with lights off of 1974 and 75 Olds Cutlass Supreme, but I'm not sure of that.

Years ago I bought one of those really cool recreated double decker buses from Walt Disney World in Florida. Had it shipped home, and to my surprise it still runs and drives fine.

Hello again, folks. I am trying to ID a bunch of old items which I have saved for years and years, because I don't know what they are, and can't stand to throw them away. I always worry that some car collector someplace might be looking for this very item, you know? Anyway, I'll add a few of these every chance I get, until my "Unknown" bin is empty...or as close as I can get. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. ----Cheers!

Still mystified by this one.

Any ideas on these seat tracks, folks? I hate to throw them away, but I have too much stuff clogging my garage space, and need some room to work. Sure would like to find what they fit, so I can offer them to someone who might need them.

Can anyone help ID this little cowl lamp? Just wanted to bring it back to everyone's attention. I deeply appreciate the amazing knowledge found on this forum.

I sure could use some help on this one, if anyone has any suggestions. Maybe someone might recognize that part number on the back? If I could at least get a head start on it, I might be able to make some headway. It seems to me like a fragile piece, which would have been subject to pitting, etc. So I figure someone somewhere really needs this piece for their car.