TerryB

You mentioned alternator and voltage regulator, has you replaced the stock generator and cut out relay? With the meter showing discharge with the headlights on would indicate the wiring is somewhat correct, especially if this happens at idle.

Yep, I had to go look and as usual you got it right on the money! On the first one with the screw holes, it seems the single screw hole was added? Great work there Mr 55r!

Price looks optimistic for a car with so many obvious “personalization” modifications by the owner. Could be a solid platform to start from if you want to get it back closer to original.

It’s Chrysler Maserati. Not trying to be critical, just helpful for internet searching.

The ones with screw holes are probably from interior trim.

Might help?

Auction is in Culver Oregon. Quite a collection.

Great idea! I will be there in spirt. Looking forward to pictures of it here on the site. Save me a bear claw doughnut 😀.

The blackwalls look wrong on this car. Thunderbird was a sporty image car and should have appropriate whitewalls to highlight that fact. One of the best clean under the hood condition cars seen on here in quite a while.

Stroudsburg PA is just next door to NJ in the Delaware Water Gap area so a NJ tag wouldn’t be unreasonable to see on a car in that area. My wife is a graduate of nearby East Stroudsburg University.

Tried to enhance the orig picture

We have 50 states and the US constitution gives jurisdiction to each state to make the rules governing the process of determining how to record ownership and transfer ownership of vehicles in the state. There is a National database for stolen vehicles but that is only part of the process. To paraphrase an old Paul Simon song, “ there must be 50 ways to get a title”.

A little more fiddling

You might want to see if you have a camera setting for close up pictures to improve the focus. It’s kind of like being on a crime scene tv show and decoding the clues.

The picture is not in good focus but here it is with some adjustments.

Look at this https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1930s-nos-pines-winterfront-company-arrow-turn-signal-set-rare.1159600/

I used my iPad photo editor and got this

Big trucks like this have a limited market. Having a storage place big enough to hold it is often a dealbreaker for many. Even in California dollars, that price seems too high.

Not being a model T guy, is that floor shifter some type of modification or non model t transmission.

No space to put bodies in the trunk of that one! Great looking car.

We used to call these Mustangs “secretary cars” since so many women seemed to own them. This ad seems to support that call!

Seemed every old garage in the 1950s has one of these Steam Jenny steam cleaners. https://www.steamjenny.com/

I hear Simple Green works good on loosening grease and dirt buildup. The Mack truck, being built like a Mack truck, would laugh at a pressure washer. I raced off road motorcycles for many years and avoided using pressure washers as they put water in places that were harmful to the suspension bearings and other bits and pieces. Lots of garden hose time got the bike clean.

I just have the book!

The car looks good on its own merits, the badges don’t really add much given 20 years have passed since they were awarded. If anything, it shows the car has had good care over that time.