[Happy "Holidays"!]

Merry Christmas to all you car guys and a video to see the lighter side of our issues affecting our family gatherings. All stay safe and have a good holiday. 

Joe in Canada 

  

 

[The Great Race from New York to Paris - 110 years ago July 30th, TODAY!]

The Thomas would have large tires making the ride a little smoother.

[James Bond Mercury Cougar sells for a record $481,000 in London]

She passed last Sept. from cancer at 82 RIP Diana

[Auction. Cars, parts]

4 hours ago, padgett said:

Best things about Albuquerque are the hot air balloons and the sopapillas.

And the baretto food truck across from the u-pick it yard. But there is another great food stop at the Willard Cantina in Willard and one of the the waitresses there is from BC Canada. Anyway back to the auction.  Sorry Xander for getting carried away.

[Auction. Cars, parts]

When I was a member with CCCA we went to the Gilmore for a weekend event. We stayed the full weekend there were everyone else left the Sat evening making our car the only one left in the lot that night. They had a security guard sit next to my car the full night.  

[JUST REALIZED I HAD OFFERED MY 6,000th POST]

Congrats Marty and this pandemic must be an outlet for car guys to converse driving up the activity here. 

[Auction. Cars, parts]

Been there many times and even had a car dolly disappear at the Marriott one night in Albuquerque. 

[1932 Cadillac 355 Convertible Coupe Update!]

We were there for a stop on the Glidden tour in 2016. CCCA was there for one of their Caravans that week also but we chose to go with VMCCA 

  You really have to sit down and consider what the builders went through to get the large glass windows up that remote road. Just considering the conditions and equipment back then.

The first Glidden was there in 1905 and check out the video on the road up there and the cars that did it.

   

 

[1932 Cadillac 355 Convertible Coupe Update!]

To me a trunk looks good behind a rumble seat or a trunk however the rear deck lid opens or a Victoria. Not all cars came with a rumble seat.

 

[1932 Cadillac 355 Convertible Coupe Update!]

On 12/6/2020 at 8:50 PM, jcrow said:

plus the trunk behind the spare

is small and difficult to get in to.

Try and get into a trunk behind a trunk if you want to try difficult.

[Cars of Dreams in Florida a private car collection anyone hear of this fellow ? His first car was a 1929 Pierce Arrow]

He is now into super luxury yachts so it says in article

  https://www.cosanostranews.com/2012/03/crime-really-does-pay-for-some.html

[1932 Cadillac 355 Convertible Coupe Update!]

8 hours ago, trimacar said:

Luckily the son has a good interest in the cars....which doesn’t always happen...

My grand kids asked if I sold one of my old cars would there be enough money to buy a wake board boat.

Right now the 14 year old is at Whistler for two weeks with his team practicing snow boarding. My old cars will hit the auction block real fast when I am gone.

[1932 Cadillac 355 Convertible Coupe Update!]

10 hours ago, Cadillac Fan said:

interesting. I know of a guy in the states with a 60 Cadillac Seville and a v16 roadster.  He restored the roadster himself over a long period of time and finished it in the last 10 years.  Interesting to think of two guys with Essentially the same two cars. 

The car when new was sold as a roadster in the Boston area and my friend bought it in California when the restoration was stopped for some reason. 

The next time I go to visit him I will take some pictures of his barn finds. But with the pandemic it may not be until spring time.  

Should get these two guys together as Steve is also a hands on guy. 

[1932 Cadillac 355 Convertible Coupe Update!]

4 minutes ago, Joe in Canada said:

A friend has a 1930 V16 roadster sitting as a basket case for well over 20 years now that I have mentioned before somewhere here. The motor is done and the body re wooded in paint.  I did the frame for him many years ago and it has been suspended from the rafters over a very nice 60 Biarritz convertible I have not seen fired up in 30 years or more. Car is complete and then some with even new rear fenders from the RM metal beater. I was a little ticked about the fender as he came to my place to take a fender off one of my cars to copy, then dropped it off not putting it back on my car

Being a basket case how is the market for these cars today.  What vintage of cars become basket cases and what ones become part cars? It would be interesting to see this car piled into apple crates and skids and put through an RM auction to see what the response would be!

 

[IMPORT DUTY FREE INTO CANADA]

I actually had a fellow from Peru contact me a few weeks ago for some 30/31 12 cyl Cadillac parts. I told him I did not have the parts he needed as not wanting to get into shipping issues like someone stated above.  

[How many tools to do a car restoration?]

7 minutes ago, 13CADDY said:

Not sure if they like me or just like all my tools that they borrow.

I know what you are saying as I had a very good friend ask to borrow a box pan brake and shears for the winter and I relented and said yes. The wife is not happy when I do things like that and especially when I do a door to door delivery. 

[How many tools to do a car restoration?]

My boys may be wright on me having too many tools, machines and equipment. As most car guys I have a hard time turning down a tool bargain as I could not pass by one again. I bought my 3rd band saw blade welder being able to weld and anneal from 1/8 to 1 inch blades with the push of a button. You just do not see them for sale very often and you should always have 2 spares.  

[Hobbyists who take apart a nice car then try and sell it in pieces years later ? ?]

Here is a 12 T I came across by accident when I was approached by a fellow in his 90s when leaving a parking lot. We stopped for lunch in PA on our way home from the 2016 Sentimental Tour and got sidetracked to the fellows basement to look a 4 cars he put away in 1942 before leaving for WW2. I made him an offer that he rejected as he wanted to sell them seeing his family had no interest in them. I told a friend about them and he also could not strike a deal with the fellow who wanted 2X the value. This pass spring a family member contacted my friend as the fellow had passed and bought 2 of the cars for the price of what I offered for one he bought. Now the cars are still sitting in the basement  seeing the boarder is still closed to essential traffic only.

Just little clutter and a few cobwebs underneath.    

[How many tools to do a car restoration?]

8 hours ago, Frank DuVal said:

18 volts. Says so on the package. 

If just removed from the charger, it is close to 20 volts. that is 4 volts per cell, high for Li-Ion. It drops to 3.7 to 3.6 volts per cell as a load is put on it.

Very good! Yes 18 volts on the package but you really have to look for it.  The bold print 20 volt is all smoke and mirrors and is actually referring to the charger itself not the tool.

John Deere and many other manufacturers that lost their law suit for over rating the motor size then had to reimburse  money back last year. Check and see if your mower is on the list for your refund.

[How many tools to do a car restoration?]

On 11/20/2020 at 7:25 AM, alsancle said:

 

Also, I'm in the process of replacing all my pneumatic/corded tools with 18V electrics

Here is a quiz for you. How many volts is a Dewalt 20 volt Max* tool after being fully charged. A tip is it is not 20 volts.  

[Rare and Obscure............and just a nice used car.]

13 hours ago, Restorer32 said:

Whatever became of Ron Fawcett's Pierce 66s?  Many years ago we made a convertible top assembly for one of his cars. That was when I first became aware of the cast aluminum body sections.

Peter has two of Ron's Pierces with one for sale . The daughter has another and John has one in baskets. Unless Peter sold it he had an extra cast body for sale also.  

[Looking at a project - 1929 Canadian Buick]

Thanks for the info I think you are right it is cobbled up model 129. I called the guy and is asking $12,500. and insists it as a touring possibly being a one off. I think I am going to bypass  this fellow. 

    Thanks again all. 

[Replacing Original Horns with Klaxons...AHOOOOGHAAAA! Is this a crime?]

I have a hockey arena trumpet horn that signals a goal or end of a period if anyone is interested in a horn that people will hear. But they may go temporarily deaf after you hit the button. 

[Looking at a project - 1929 Canadian Buick]

A friend sent me a link on a 1929 Canadian Buick for sale up here. Is this an original touring or has the roof been cut off? The owner bought it from an estate and thinks it is original but I do not know Buick's and have many questions. The windshield does not look right to me for one.  The chassis is totally done from tiers to motor but no pictures of that part to see. 

   Any thoughts??   Thanks Joe

[Hobbyists who take apart a nice car then try and sell it in pieces years later ? ?]

53 minutes ago, Tate said:

Gotta wonder how he lost the body.

I know of a 1931 roadster body that went into a shop for sand blasting. When the owner went back to pick it up he found that someone else beat him to it. It was never found that I know of.