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    Earliest cars that no longer had a total loss oil system?

    in HCCA General Discussion

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    On 2/10/2024 at 12:49 PM, alsfarms said:

    Yes, my wife and I had a real good time on the Nickel Tour and yes we recovered nicely. The following week we flew to Newport News Virginia for another fun filled week of vacation.  That Va. vacation took a bit more time to recover from but certainly was a good time.  Have you heard of anyone willing to sponsor the 2024 Nickel Era tour? How about you folks?????? I was intrigued by your picture showing your nice Oakland but also with the grapes in the background. I have been bringing back into production my Grand-dads old orchard that was started around 1895.  I started one full row of Jupiter purple seedless table grapes and some green seedless. I am configuring my arbor a bit different than those in your picture.  I am also planting my grapes on 8' centers. Your picture shows what looks like 3' centers. Back to your Oakland, what is the MFG. of your brass lamps, they look terrific against your green color.

    Al

    Edited yesterday at 12:50 PM by alsfarms

    It looks like there won't be a Nickel tour this year. Hopefully it will come back in 2025.

    My Oakland is actually painted a 1976 Volvo blue. The Oakland came in either blue or green. I like blue cars. (remember my blue 31 Chrysler??)

    The lamps are all CM Hall

    Ken

    Earliest cars that no longer had a total loss oil system?

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    Hi Al

    Recovered yet from the Nickel tour??

    We were in wine country in the interior of BC and those are grape vines.  There was lots of smoke from forest fires at the time so you can't see Okanagan Lake in the background.

    My Oakland is a Model 40 so it's a midsize car. Runs very well and starts easily on the hand crank. I've never installed a modern electric starter on it. I restored it in 1987 and put more than 20000 miles on it over the years.

    Ken

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    Earliest cars that no longer had a total loss oil system?

    in HCCA General Discussion

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    I can't say if other Oaklands leak that much. On mine I need to dump the sump oil after every couple of hundred miles or so. Easy to do just open 4 petcocks on the pan and it drops the oil down to the correct level. that prevents a lot of the dripping. When I forget though, and the oil level gets too high, then it drips out the rear main quite a bit. The old transmissions are also tough to seal as they mainly used felt seals. There's always some dripping from them. However I've driven my Oakland now since 1988 and I've never felt the oil dripping to be an issue.

    Ken

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    1911 Stevens-Duryea with Carter BB-1 updraft carburetor tuning recommendations

    in Technical

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    3 hours ago, carbking said:

    (3) (Opinion) The LARGEST engine for which Carter suggested the LARGEST BB-1 ever made was 319 CID. We have done testing comparing other somewhat larger carbs on the 310 CID and 319 CID that Carter lists, and the somewhat larger carburetors run MUCH better. The largest engine for which we will sell a BB-1 is 285 CID! My data suggests your engine is a 478 CID.

    Good information Jon. Can you suggest a better carb to use for this application. I'm in the same situation on my 415 cu in T head engine. Currently I'm using a BB1 but it does feel like it's not getting enough fuel at higher RPM's

    Ken

    We acquired an Oakland with a "little" work.

    in Our Cars & Restoration Projects

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    Hi Harm

    Yes I have put a lot of miles on my Oakland. I finished the restoration in 1987 and I've put over 20000 miles on it. It's been very reliable only coming home broken down twice that I remember. The magneto needed adjustment one time and the other time I broke the universal joint. Both were relatively easy fixes.

    For oil I've been using 15-40 diesel oil. I'm of the opinion that any of our modern oils are a huge improvement over what was available back in 1912. 

    I've always had antifreeze in the engine. About a 50/50 mix.  Plain water can cause a lot of rust while the antifreeze has a rust prevention component to it.

    My car does have a cone clutch. When I restored the car the clutch was still in good shape so I left it. Finally about 8 years ago it started to slip. I sent it off to a fellow in California who recovered it in leather, the same as it was originally. He did a great job and the clutch is very smooth. Never slips.

    The brakes are about the same as any car from that era. Not the best but I can lock them up on wet roads. I use my gearing when coming down steep hills. I'm in British Columbia and we have a lot of mountains and hills. I don't feel too intimidated by them.

    Here's a few pictures from last August when I was on a 3 day tour with the Oakland. It was great!

    Ken

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    We acquired an Oakland with a "little" work.

    in Our Cars & Restoration Projects

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    I've been enjoying seeing the work you done on your Oakland. I have a 1912 Oakland 40 that I've owned since about 1980. It also required a full restoration. On it were the remains of the Prest-O-starting system. The dash plunger was there and there was also a button on the floor board. The rest was missing. When I restored the car I decided to leave those pieces off. Like you mentioned they don't seem to be a very safe way to start your car. I've hand cranked my Oakland now for 40 years and it's the easiest car to start that I've ever owned. I'm sure you will enjoy your Oakland when you get it done.

    Here are the before and after pictures of my car.

    Ken

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    I'd like to hear about your "first cars"

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    I was 15 and thinking hard about getting a car when I was 16. Dad had an old Texaco station and small wrecking yard on the west side of Vancouver. One day a customer with a Model A came in and wanted juice brakes put on. No problem. Dad went out and bought a 40 Merc Coupe that was going to be junked. He pulled the brakes off it and the A went on its way. The Merc didn't have an engine  and now it didn't have brakes either but I thought I could make a car out of it. Come on Dad. Give me the car. And he did. I found a running used engine and the missing brakes and after a few years had a good running car. I used it everyday for about 5 years. In the mid 70's I put it away and eventually sold it.

    The pics show the Merc getting ready for paint and later on my buddy with a 41 Merc coupe and I posing the cars in front of old engine 374 at Kits beach

    Good memories.

    Ken

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