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  1. After selling my motorcycle, I bought a low mileage 1942 Studebaker Commander 4 door sedan that was was not currently running and needed a complete new interior.  It was parked it in a friend's barn. I soon discovered that the cost of the interior alone would exceed the hobby budget.  Raising our children was the priority and spare time was not readily available. After a handful of years, I sold the car to a Studebaker collector.  I made my next purchase when my children gained a measure of independence.  The learning experience of this initial old car purchase gave me a much more realistic perspective on the my abilities and the necessary equipment, workspace and dollars needed to enjoy the old car hobby.

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  2. My great uncle used a version of this to rid his cattle pasture of woodchucks.  His tired 1953 Chevy emitted a blue has haze from its exhaust.  He piped the exhasust down the woodchuck's entry hole, opened the trunk lid, had a seat and waited for the blue haze to exit the woodchuck tunnel's backdoor.  His long tom shotgun eliminated his rodent problem.  

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  3. 10 hours ago, The 55er said:

    No finger comments here but given its nice appearing clean untouched original condition I'll give the car a big TWO THUMBS UP. I don't know about the $13K price tag but sooner or later someone's going to get a nice one. GLWTS. 

    I"m familiar with the car.  The owner is a long time member of our local car club and has owned it for years.  Advanced age is a forcing the sale.  It's a well kept vehicle and the owner will represent the car honestly to any one interested in purchasing it.

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  4. I had the privilege of meeting Ted and Joe at the NAOC's national show in Lansing, MI yesterday.  It was an absolute treat to put eyes on the high quality, detailed restorations of both of these cars.  They were very willing to answer questions in depth about their restoration processes.  I've followed Ted's car from the beginning with his postings here.  Joe spent a lot of time with me highlighting the steps that he and Ted took to recreate the missing, unavailable parts necessary for an authentic, correct restoration.  These are must see cars, if you get the opportunity

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  5. On 12/31/2020 at 10:41 AM, Graham Man said:

    1909 International Harvester Auto Wagon....hubs look correct..., the bright side is there are some still around to look at

     

    1909 International Harvester Auto Wagon - Farm and Dairy

     

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    National Auto and Truck Museum in Auburn, IN.

    http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/internationalharvester.htm

     

    Unexpectedly got to see one of these close up in person yesterday at the Walloon Fly Wheeler's Show in Northern Michigan.  Got a couple of pics of the drive train layout and was given an explanation of how it operates.  Not sure of how to post them here should there be any interest.

  6. This car is advertised on the Grand Rapids, Michigan Facebook cars for sale.  Can't get the ad posted here.  Maybe someone can do that for me.  History indicates that two of these were built by Cooley Bros. and sold by Frank Hilker, a Studebaker-Packard dealer in Chicago Heights, IL.  The background story can be found on the Studebaker Driver's Club forum under responses to "rumble seat Lark"  Also included there is the name of the person who purchased it in 1971 and had the Cooley Bros., who created the rumble seat for this car, do its restoration.  It went from this owner to someone in Michigan.  The Cooley Bros. did two Larks as well for Frank Hilker.

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  7. Thanks for sharing the show pictures. 🙂 I appreciate the pictures of the tractors, as I am a tractor collector myself.  I've always associated Vespa with motor scooters exclusively. Your pictures are informative and always a treat!

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  8. As a long time owner of a TP media blast cabinet,  I very much agree with the other posters per the quality of the cabinet and the customer support provided by the company.  Replacement parts for the wearable items ship quickly, and there is a wide range of available upgrades for their units.  I also want to under score Joe Padavano's point about having an air compressor with adequate CFM.  It'll prevent a lot of potential aggravation and frustration with the pace of the blasting process.

  9. My local antique car club has for years made it a priority to visit assisted living facilities in the greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area.  We have many requests each year and have several homes that we visit on an annual basis.  The visits are always met with appreciation and bring a lot of enjoyment to all involved.  Our monthly summer meetings are concluded with driving our cars to various different ice cream shops. During the Covid pandemic, there have been requests for driving our cars past homes of people who are confined that are celebrating a birthday or need a cheering up, etc.

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