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GM is simply acknowledging that capitalization has gone the way of punctuation now that everyone is typing with their thumbs.

Road test taken in my mother's 1956 Ford Fairlane Sunliner, Seafoam Green, purchased from Knipfing Ford, Westbury, New York. She had just gotten it to replace a 1953 Buick Roadmaster Converible purchased at Atlas Buick in Brooklyn, and it lasted until 1959 when it was replaced by a Corvette, 4-speed, 270hp, Positraction from Frame Chevrolet, Mineola, New York. To the best of my knowledge, all three cars are long gone along with the dealerships. My mother liked sporty vehicles as her next one was a 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL purchased from Sigrist Motor Company of Montclair, New Jersey. I believe Sigrist is gone as well, but I still have the car, 59 years later.

Why don't you ruin its originality by touching up the rust spots on the white border?

Ebony duo on their weekly patrol for vermin.

1) Are/were the cars titled in the deceased's name alone, or are/were there co-owners on titles who now have ownership through survival? 2) Did the deceased have a Will? If so, who is the named Executor? Has the Will been probated? 3) If there is no Will, who is in line to be Administrator of the Estate? Has an Administrator been appointed? Unless and until these questions are answered it is very difficult to provide meaningful advice. All else is speculation. From what has been revealed so far, it appears you have no legal position with regard to disposition of these estate assets nor do you have any legal obligation to perform any work on behalf of the estate. Tread carefully.

This picture shows several items that qualify. The Kennedy tool chest belonged to a friend of the family who was a machinist for Republic Aviation for forty some odd years. He gave me the chest, fully stocked, when he retired. They don't seem to make precision tools like those anymore. The Craftsman drill press belonged to a client who owned an R & D business specializing in electronic measuring instruments. He retired and sold the business in the mid-1980s which happened to coincide with my constriction of a new shop. He gave me the press, an eight foot heavy metal work bench and a number of eight foot fluorescent light fixtures that are used almost every day. I don't think I've had to replace more than two light tubes over the years although they're sometimes a little slow to light up in the morning when it's cold and before the electric heat kicks in..

Usually able to find a friend with a partial load or an empty return going somewhere near the pick-up point and the destination. Trailer exteriors not always the flashiest and sometimes the remainder of produce cargoes on the floor, but never a problem with a successful transport. By the way. many years ago, when the Orient Point - New London ferry was still using a converted LST, it was quite common for automobiles traveling to Long Island to be loaded into empty trailers returning from produce deliveries in New England. Actually it was a good system as it saved space on the boat and saved the motorist from having to wait for the next boat which could be hours away or even the next day. One can only imagine what today's regulations and insurance requirements would think of such an informal solution to a practical problem.

Northern Vermont.

Passing of the Mercedes-Benz torch (as symbolized by the lighting of a cigarette) from the 300 SL Coupe to the 300 SL Roadster.

Absolutely correct in asking for documentation and exactly for the reason you gave - to support the value of the car if you decide to purchase it and further if in the future when you might sell it. If the seller has misplaced the receipts, that is his problem and he has no call to be upset with you for asking. Anyone current with the purchase and sale of antique vehicles should be aware of the importance of documentation and how it adds value to the vehicle.

Save your effort and advice. Lebowski isn't even the principle in this story. It's just a rehash of something that appeared in an Edsel owners' magazine.

Has the new driveway gotten the first oil drips on it yet?

Having too much free time, I searched "105 E. 24th Street, Charlotte" and found "Machine Shop of Charlotte" located there. Perhaps a successor to Jones Cylinder Grinding?

Hinsdale 1/2" socket set that belonged to my maternal grandfather together with a more recent Snap On valve adjusting tool.

Picture taken in 1972 of me examining my latest purchase which had been the Mercedes-Benz Standwagen at the 1956 New York International Automobile Show. Second picture is of the car at the show. Third picture is of the car at present.

I didn't wreck it as my grandmother was driving when she allided with a utility pole, but the passenger's side windshield damage was all mine. I was about three years old at the time.

Some of my favorites and used on occasion when more modern just doesn't work.

Packard engines in PT Boats all rotated in the same direction as did the wheels they powered. Center engine was direct drive to its wheel whereas the two outboard engines were installed in an opposite direction to the center engine and transmitted their power to their wheels through V drive transmissions with their shafts passing aft underneath the engines.

Strangely enough, I've never built an automobile model, but have always been attracted to aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm of which I have many examples constructed over the past 50 years.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Interesting that a New York State Trooper appeared to be first on scene at an incident in Manhattan.