TerryB

The comment about accidents and modified systems is spot on. When I was hit by a car while riding a 3 month old new motorcycle, both lawyers in the case checked to see if my bike was properly inspected and set up properly. Lucky for me I had proof the bike had received its 600mile dealer inspection as specified in the owners manual. The bike had 1100 miles on it at the time of the accident. Any time money and especially bodily damage is involved, everything has to be up to snuff.

T bucket beginnings?

Nearly every automobile made in the brass era was a toy for the well off, no secret there. A guy making 20 cents an hour didn’t buy a Locomobile or most any early auto. Henry Ford changed all that with the T but the big $$$ cars still were sold too. Model 3 Tesla is the electric car in the buying rage of more people. Saying Tesla is only a high end car for rich people is no longer true.

eBay is your friend here. You might be able to identify what you have and a ballpark price based on SOLD prices and not asking prices. There can be quite a difference between the two. Nice original signs are an easy sell. Plugs can take longer depending on what you have.

Thank you for brining some sanity to the discussion. A big local natural gas utility wants to move it’s HQ to a nearby municipality and wants 10 yrs of local taxes waived to sweeten the deal.

It does on mine, many mutual retirement funds including ones I have are invested in the company. Plus lots of people and suppliers depend on the company’s sales to keep people employed. On the other hand, the stock prices being low is attracting investors as reported today in the financial news.

Tesla has a strong following despite the recent screw ups by Elon. If anything happens it will be a buyout by a cash heavy company from the US or China.

The most common car in that timeframe was the Ford model “T”. A Nash would be a step up from that. Nash automobiles were made into the mid 1950s.

There might be days when your friends think this could be the solution to your old car problems. Lucky we know better. From a 1940s postcard.

First thing I looked for was a handicap parking permit and the Mustang has one as noted. If it were not for Mustang II where would all the street rods get their front suspension parts? Seem half of them advertise using it in their build. Didn’t Farrah Fawcett appear in an advertisement a white one? Charlie’s Angels Car?

Both nice cars, glad to see the blue car is no longer a garage junk magnet. I like long walks over taking up 2 spaces too. In spite of that I did have an experience where a run away car hit mine with considerable force in a parking lot at work. Talk about poor luck!

Had to be the price. Open touring cars seemed to be on the low price end thus making them more affordable to a buyer. Considering many owners were going from horse drawn wagons to a car the open sides might not have been as big a change as you might think.

1957 or 1958?

Nice pics!

Nice car not often seen for sure. Oregon must be the Mecca of old car sightings (or we have a good cameraman whose always ready to grab a pic for us!)

McMaster Carr is a huge industrial supply company.

Never saw a big Chevy like this with a trunk mounted rack. Wonder if they sold many of them?

Texas is a big place, where are you?

In the motorcycle world the same sentiments were put forth by the people and the manufacturers listened, they built new versions of the 1960s, 70s and 80s motorcycles as requested. When the public saw them and rode them they found out they really didn’t like going back to that era after all so the dealers were stuck with unsold units. We say we want this or that until it happens and then the majority of requesters fail to show up to actually buy. I would like to see exterior and interior colors expanded and less of the 1001 buttons on the steering wheel as a future trend. Then again I am unable to drive anymore so it’s kind of moot that I offer any input!

Frank, from my tune up guide 4 to 6 amps is the range given with the points closed and engine not running. I am an electronics guy, 35 years at what was known to most as RCA. In non automotive applications 14 to 12 AWG would be overkill for that level of current. I appreciate the knowledge that automobiles use that heavy of wire, I could not recall what the coil to points wire looked like as it’s been quite a while since I was around one. Terry

Tim’s website shows the collection will be up for on-line auction starting in mid-September with pick up just in time for Hershey.

One of my friends used to sell a car or two annually in the car corral, for many years his cars were bought by Swedish buyers. Sweden does have nice US cars at their show.

Quantity vs quality, there may be shows with more cars but Hershey brings in some of the best antique cars and one of the best flea markets for them anywhere. Many of those Swedish cars were bought at or restored with parts from Hershey.

Think about everything that operates with the battery voltage. Lights, heater fan, gauges, starter, relays ignition coil. Most everything will require some type of modification. Depends on how much of a challenge you enjoy.

Seems a bit heavy for the wire from the coil to the distributor. Typical draw is 4 to 6 amps for the coil circuit. From the DC battery source on 6v to the coil I agree with 14 AWG to keep the copper losses to a minimum.