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There is a Pratt Elkhart Touring car offered by Clay Green on the HCCA.org site. I do not know if they are related or made in Indiana. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Mitch, I loved the 1911 video as my Dad has a 1911 Touring that was the first car I drove at age 13. He is now 88 and we had it out last week. My Daughter live in Perth and we stopped in NSW on they way back last year. Spent a Day with Maxwell and Packard owner north of Sidney. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

I am interested. Please PM with pictures. Thanks, Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Hi, We have a club member with very nice Buick Century that I think is a 38 but maybe a 37. It is a well sorted driver but the owner has had some health issues and is selling some cars. It is in the Dayton, Ohio area. I do not have his contact info with me but will try to contact tonight. Tom Muth

Hey Guys I think we are a bunch of wimps compared to fellow Snapper's friends in their EMF. http://bswann1912.blogspot.com/2015/06/i-have-been-reminded-by-jim-walker-that.htmlThey have traveled over 4000 miles in 12 EMF and up in Washington State heading south right now. Mark Shaw should watch out. I hope to have my 1912 McLaughlin-Buick on it's first tour(80 miles) this weekend in Dayton , Ohio. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Glen, My Daughter lives in Perth(met a guy when student teaching a couple years ago) We visited Perth and Sydney last year. Met great Packard collector in your fair city which was the best part of my trip. But to your topic, I also am kinda looking for a 90's Roadmaster sedan or wagon but with the tow package. See some rough ones every day on the way to work in Cincinnati. However, last week on business I saw a very nice maroon 94 limited Sedan with 67000 miles in Minerva, Ohio near Canton for sale. Arranged to see under the hood and drive the car. While it had the 5.7 engine, it did not have the mechanical fan thus no tow pack. I took it for spin anyway and drove well. New tires, brakes and alt according to the second owner who says it was always garaged. It is very clean with no visible rust. As I was not really interested I did not do a close inspection. He said everything worked but I did find the rear left power window did not work in my 10 min joy ride. Let me know if you can live with a sedan via a pm as I have contact info and maybe a picture on my phone. Regards, Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Tom, I love the coverage of this event by both you and Gil. I have 12 McLaughlin-Buick I hope to have sorted out for some tours later this summer. I remember your great post and pictures of a New England tour a few years ago in the Hup. The US Constitution was commissioned I believe by President Washington and used in the War of 1812 and known as "Old Ironsides" as cannon balls of the British ships just bounced off it sides. I also believe it was restored with money raised from the Boy Scouts in the 1920/1930's. It did a tour in the 1930's with a Great Uncle of mine from the Atlantic to the Pacific and was used in a movie on the West Coast. My Great Uncle was an extra in the movie and gave a fake wooden Flintlock pistol he had used to my Dad when he was young. Unfortunately He was killed in World War Two just before he was to retire after 20 years in the Merchant Marines. He is buried in Arlington near the tomb of the unknown soldier which I visited a couple years ago. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Dennis, Ron T of our Southern Ohio Chapter AACA had one on his 1913 Stoddard Dayton and he never used it either. I am sure he can give you more info. Hope to see you on a tour some time with our group. I hope to have my 12 McLaughlin -Buick back on the road for the Ohio Region Summer tour in July in Beavercreek. Joe S. keeps telling me you are going to come sometime. We have nice tour to Metamore, Indiana June 21. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

West, I think you should drive it up to Auburn next week. It would look great next to my entry. Cousin Eddie Cincinnati, Ohio

Hi, You have one of the most active AACA chapters in US in Canton known as the Canton Chapter which is part of seven chapters of the Ohio Region. I grew up with this group with my parents as members but now belong to the Southern Chapter. Denny and Cindy Robish and other officers on their website would be glad to help. You can find them on AACA list of regions and chapters. The site is being rebuild right now so a little tricky to find. If you have any trouble PM me. By the way, they are hosting an Ohio Region weekend tour with all the chapters in May. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Joe, I am infrequent poster but daily reader of this forum including the Buy/Sell. I love to see nice and non customized cars posted on here regardless of being a dealer or a flipper. One of the frequent dealers that post is member of the AACA's Ohio Region Northern Chapter. Another AACA member/dealer from Northern Ohio has wonderful videos on nicely restored cars showing them running. I will raise holly hell if they are prevented from posting. I am also a Life AACA member and officer of the local AACA Ohio Region's Southern Ohio Chapter. I have five old cars from 1909 -1970 plus a HPOF 1984 Motorhome I showed at Hershey last year. I may want to sell some of them too some day and not one at a time. So do not let the wanabe forum police upset you. That said, most of us like to see opening price or best offer and location. I also would love to have you join us on a local event or tour. My wife and I are hosting a lunch at Camp Washington Chili and a visit to the American Sign Museum on March 21. We have monthly driving tours in Southwest Ohio scheduled starting in April. Most of us drive cars like yours but I hope to drive my 1912 McLaughlin-Buick this year on a few after 9 months of rebuilding it's rear end and installation that will take place this weekend. Please sent me a private message so I can send you are local Newsletter the Gauge. Thanks, Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

John, I have Phare-Neverout self generating center headlamp. Sent me a PM with your e-mail and I will send pictures. Thanks, Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Ted, If you are in the Cincinnati/ Dayton Ohio area please send me a PM. Our Southern Chapter of the Ohio Region would love to have you as a member. We tour a lot all over Southwest Ohio and sometimes NorthernKy. Thanks, Tom Muth

Atlas, Please contact me at Tomcarnut@yahoo.com and let me know where in Ohio you live. I know some Fairlane owners and would to see if you are near some Ohio AACA chapters or VMCCA groups that are strong in Northwest Ohio. I know old car owners all over Ohio and travel the state on business. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Atlas, While, new cars are safer then old cars, old cars are safer and better in the winter than a bicycle or a motorcycle and most with four wheel brakes stop better than most large trucks of today. You just have to learn to be careful and know the differences. A young friend in the neighborhood was given by his grandfather at your age about three years ago a 70 Torino two door they had purchased new and was rust free from the south. He got it running and learned a lot about mechanics. He also decided to take the nice running engine out last fall and rebuild it. That resulted in four in and outs to solve some mistakes he made putting it back together.(Sidebar, on a Snappers Brass and Gas Tour last summer we saw Steam Engine that was used at MIT in the 1890's for students to take apart in put back together to graduate.) He drove it last week from Cincinnati to Table Rock Lake, Missouri for a car show near his Grandfathers Lake house. Ran great all the way down on route 66 and freeways and is on his way back this week. He is starting college in a few weeks at the University of Cincinnati hope to major in Mechanical Engineering. The Education he got over the last few years working on the Torino should put him in much better position than his classmates and it cost a lot less than semester of college. Two of my best friends I meet in the Canton Chapter AACA in the 1970's worked on old cars with their Dad's in high school, drove them in college at the University of Akron College of Enginneering. One is now President of a division of Michelin Tire and the other is high up on the food chain at the engineering firm Flour Daniel. I could go on with other stories of kids I grew up with in the hobby and continue to see on tours and Hershey including our AACA Magazine editor West Peterson who helped his now OSU student son with a rotary engined Mazda. They drove it on a tour last summer and hope to see them on our August 17th on our AACA Southern Chapter tour to Yellow Springs, Oh hosted by a recent Miami University Grad who also grew up in the hobby and got his first job in part because of it. Follow your dream, Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Atlas, I will throw out another idea here. I grew up in the car hobby in Ohio going to local tours in the 1970's as a teenager going to AACA Canton Chapter tours in that area and Ohio Region Weekend tours all over Ohio. It was there I learned to love brass, Classic along with 50's and 60's cars kids my age liked. It was a great experience as I made great contacts with members and as a result through a member got several jobs including working on the Delta Queen for summer during college and internship with Nationwide Insurance. While my main interest then and now is the prewar cars, my first car was a future collector car a 66 Chevy Impala converible with 25000 miles, original paint, interior and spare tire in trunk. That was in 1980 and was purchased from long time member that had sold his older cars a few year before and used this for tours as it was easier to drive as his health declined. I still have my first car that was used in our Wedding, bringing my kids home from the hospital but mostly AACA tours for last 35 years. It now has 50000 miles. There lots of nice 15-20 year old convertible cars with low miles out there including Mustangs, K Cars, Chevy Chavlier/Pontiac Sunbird, Mitubishi Ecilpse Spyder(Had one of those for my daughters till it got totaled last year but fun car) These low mile types can be bought for $5000-$10000 and cost little to maintain. Since my Impala had only 25000 miles in 1980 and 50000 now, I have done only batteries, tires and brakes. The key is finding a clean well maintain car of this era. While you might now see the 600% increase in value, I have seen, nice convt from the 80 and 90's are at their bottom and may go up. By the way, I am still involved with AACA and local president with the Southern Chapter, Ohio Region. I travel on my job all over Ohio and have old car friends in just about all parts especially Northern Ohio. Let me know if you are interested in meeting some club members in your area. The side benefit is the help in your future career as car hobbist are from all walks of life. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

My Dad ordered a 71 Chevy Impala Custom Coupe with 350 and three on the tree and manual steering and brakes. At first they refused to build the car even though it is specified in the 71 Chevy information. He even wrote to John Delorean who was Chevrolet's General Manager at the time who called our house and told my Dad he would get the car with a stick but with power brakes and steering. Probably a good move.They had the car for 10 plus years and I learn to drive in it and drove it to college. It was fun to drive with a 350 but the linkage would jam in second sometimes as it got older which we carried a hammer to tap the linkage. The next owner put a floor shifter in it. It was grey with standard hup caps but optional fender skirts. Maybe the only stick made in 71. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Hi prewar car fan, I see you are from Northwest Ohio. Lots of great roads and pre ww11 car fans in the area. Bob Brown and his VMCCA crew have run The Three Rivers Run in Defiance for pre 42 cars for 20 year and this year are hosting the VMCCA/AACA Glidden tour in late September in Defiance. There will be 200 of these cars in your area for a week. I had hoped to do the Glidden this year but recently discovered I broke my ring and pinion on my 12 McLaughlin-Buick last year on the Definace tour. It will not probably not be ready by September and will be costly as non Ford parts have to be custom machined and I will be putting in new axles and bearing etc while it is apart. Which is exhibit A why you should highly consider a Ford. Hey, I knew that going into it ten plus years ago but bought it anyway. You also want to consider what you want to do with car. If you want to tour which is best part in my view, there are usually three brass era tours in the midwest with AACA's Snappers(pre 16 cars), HCCA's Midwest Brass(pre 13) which is mostly people in southern Mich, Northwest Ohio and Northern Indiana. With most brass or two wheel brake cars of the late teens or twenties, you may need a tow vehicle and trailer to go on anything out of your area. There are also lots of Model T tours in your area including the all Michigan tour an all Ohio tours that usually have about 100 T's. The 1916-1927 two wheel brake non fords have limited touring opertunities, need a trailer/tow vehicle and limited part availabilty but are cheap to buy. I could talk for hours but gotta go now. I am involved with the AACA Ohio Region that is hosting their fall tour in Northwest Ohio in October. Feel free to PM me at tomcarnut@yahoo.com I come up to your area on business. Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

Tom, I have 12 Buick model 35 with new Zenith carb that will do the same thing sometimes as did a Tillitson that was on it before as does my Dad's Model T. It usually is when the car has been sitting for a while. After I drive it, it usually stops leaking. While my Dad's T will always stop with a tap near the float area, the carb on the buick does not always stop with a tap. I suggest installing a shut off near the carb which still means lifting the hood but better than crawing under the car each time. I always shut it off if I am not going to near the car for a while or towing or at home in the garage. Tom Muth

FOR SALE - RARE! PRE-1915 PACKARD DOORS The cost to have reproductions made of these doors as of two years ago was over $10,000. I am asking $4,000 for the pair of these rear all original pre-1915 Packard doors. I will be at Hershey in spot RNA-15/16. You may also reach me on my cell phone (513) 218-4509. Thanks for looking!

Jeff, You can always join us on local AACA tours. Southern Ohio Chapter is hosting the Ohio Region Fall Tour in Troy, Ohio October 18-20 Tom Muth Cincinnati, Ohio

You might also try the Yahoo's Brass Buick discussion group as several have model 29's who view the posts. Tom Muth Cincinnati,Ohio 1912 McLaughlin-Buick Model 35

Hi, I am getting ready to tackle a lose cone clutch lining on my model 35 buick. It appears that I need to take the engine out. Any advise or opinions? I have not taken an engine out of anything before. I hope to fix a few leaks around the time gear case and the water pump while it is out. Any tricks or issues with this. Thanks, Tom Muth Cincinnati,Ohio

Yes, we drive rain or shine. I will be in my 70 Vette I just drove 700 miles last week to the Ohio Region Fall Tour in Cleveland last weekend. My wipers worked great. Fantastic tour of the west side of Cleveland including homes and factories of early auto pioneers and collections. Some of our group will wimp out and drive modern(I have done that too before) Look forward to meeting you. Let me know if you can make it. Tom tomcarnut@yahoo.com