plymouthcranbrook

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Thank you. I will give them a call. As a side note my first atr compressor was a 20 gallon Craftsman oilless I bought in 1993. I used it for everything up to and including sanding down cars for paint. It drew so much current I could not have the lights on in my 20 amp circuit garage. Even then on a hot day the breaker would pop. It finally died in 2010 and I had the garage rewired for 40 amps and 220. Of course now I don’t use it nearly as much as I used the old Craftsman.

Yes, regular I believe dual piston. There was a place not too far from me but they went out of business years ago. Another one I found either went under or moved. With todays throw it away culture I expect finding someone to repair it will take some time. Luckily at this time of year all I do is fill tires and have a small one for that.

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Must be something about the photo because although my uncle(standing next to my Grandmother) was about 6’5 my Dad(on the left) was 5’8 and my other Uncle was about 5’9 or so. And my Grandmother was short, maybe 5’4. Grandfather died long before I was born. My Dad was about 19 in that photo so...don’t know. Wondered about that myself when I rediscovered it a few months ago.

I went back to the original and used the BIG magnifier on it. Good eyes Fleek as I also see 32 now.

Thank you all. Never expected a Graham-Paige. Grandpa owned a tavern after Prohibition ended and worked for US Steel until he had a stroke sometime in the early 20’s but I guess he did ok in the meantime. The original picture is not very clear either. Does anyone know what state issued that plate? I always thought they were in Illinois in the late 20’s and through the 30’s until my Grandfather passed in 1937.

This is my Father's family in what I assume is the early 1930's. Can someone tell me what the car is year and make. It will help date the photo. Thanks much.

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I suspect the real danger of the Cannonball is the fact of dealing with every other driver on the road interstate or not. Maneuvering around them and through them is the real danger. Every one of us has been passed by someone on the Interstate doing 20-30 MPH over the limit and we know most people drive 10 over as a matter of course. My Sister-in-Law routinely goes 100 MPH on the Illinois Tollway around Chicago and she is 63 years old. I drive a school bus and to keep my CDL I need to keep well within the rules of the road with the fact that all violations have double points for CDL's. Driving the speed limit I am usually the slowest car out there. I remember the thrilling days of yesteryear crossing Ohio at 55 MPH as well and Ohio would ticket you at 56 if the Officer wanted to write it. So that said I don't really support the idea of a non stop speed dash across America I can kind of understand why they do it.

Either too many or not enough.

I think that there is a basic misunderstanding by the general public of what “original” means. The don’t see a repaint or interior refresh as an issue. In fact I would bet that a percentage consider a restomod that looks old as original. The current lusting over “patina” notwithstanding.

Since I never have been there I don’t think that this would be a good year to start

I used to work with a guy who went to estate sales and bought all kinds of things he then resold for profit either at flea markets or his daughter’s antique store. One of the things he did was exactly what we see here. He would cut off the spines of old magazines(many types),then shrink wrap individual pages and sell them for whatever he could get. He told me then(1980’s and early 1990’s) that he would make 4 to as much as 10 dollars per book for basically no real cost as he bought big boxes of mags for small amounts. He also bought many other things for resale. I asked him one time did’t he feel a little guilty for underpaying for so much stuff. His answer was that he always paid what they asked when he bought it. He said it was not his fault if the did not know what items were worth.

Use the fanciest, biggest trailer you can find. Shine it up and put a big price on it. The as an incentive, write “car included”.

Time and money, just time and money. That’s all it will take. Lots of time and LOTS of money. Then you too can have a first place winner. Another proof of the old Theorem of how to make a small fortune in old cars. Start with a big fortune....

Never ceases to amaze me that people will just walk away from a vehicle like that. Did they forget they owned it, did the owner die, bankruptcy? I get angry when I forget a tool somewhere but a truck! Glad you were there to save it before the Gods of rust claimed it.

You are welcome. I live about thirty miles from it and when I used to drive a truck in that area I often saw the sign on 31st st. Never really knew what it was and the pic and question reminded me. I learned something as well.

If he had any sense of fairness he would carry it for a while.