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Trulyvintage, I will have a closer look at your idea.

Not sure how this would be able to do using straight axles. Might change the geometry of the mechanism of the tilt trailer. Thinking it might be better to add some 20 foot 2x12s; shorter 2x12s, add them in stair step coming up about 1 3/4" maybe one foot apart, even cutting the ends at an angle. Most of my classics would clear. I am concerned to raise the center of gravity too much. My trailer weighs in at about 4,000 pounds. My diesel dually will easily pull about anything.

Thanks, Ed. Please leave a message if you miss me.

You have a good eye. The tag is from another historic car license plate collector. The oil, water, gas cans seem very authentic and I added them as well as the license plate.

Seems very old. Certainly not a re-creation! Martin Perry website thinks it is original.

With your kind suggestions, I have joined the Lincoln Owners Club. Thanks

Picking up plans for an existing garage warehouse building. I have some land and am planning to redo along the garage edinmas is building, more like 75x150. Examining my plat in order to where to build? I will not cut down major trees, and not sure how close I can build next to my lake, but would like to have a water view. Some questions about parking for guests, but these can be without cutting trees. Will keep you posted.

Thanks for reminding me. Couldn't remember where and when I asked the question. Maybe some more information may be posted?

Not mine. Shovelnose is aptly named.

I think I have asked this question somewhere but can't remember exactly where. At a time in my life memories get lost in "senior moments" so let's resurrect and create new memories! Seems like I am often meeting new people, but know them from somewhere. Sorta joking..... Ever happen to you? One of our first antique cars is a 1923 Model T Depot Hack aka Club Car. These were acquired to bring passengers to and for train depots. A chassis was bought from Ford and a body installed. Like a few of our other cars. This body was made by Martin-Perry & Co of golden oak. Seems original. My wife, Anne adores the car! She absolutely insisted on getting it. She drives it very well. A wife, who also knows the difference in a socket wrench and an open end wrench; and adores antique cars - is treasured and I am very lucky! A badge is affixed. See picture. Does anyone know when the badge was awarded?

We have some very wide cars that are very close to clear the inner fender wells of our trailer. One inch on each side is too close. Thinking about getting a deckover equipment trailer where the wheels are below the deck. Slideout ramps. Can fin aluminum trailers for about $7600 with 5200# Axles. Or for about 7K axles at about $8700. The additional idea about how to have an enclosed deckover trailer? There do not seem to be one. But it could be a simple idea to mount a 24 foot box truck box on one and have an enclosed deckover trailer for about $10,000. I know there are very high end trailers with elevators, etc, but trying to stay under $10,000 - $15,000 and stay under 12 foot overall height. I have been asking trailer dealers as to why they can't build an enclosed deckover trailer with an enclosure? They know how to build a deckover flatbed and they can make an enclosed trailer. Georgia is the trailer manufacturer of the world! They can't seem to think outside the box?

SWEET! I remember they made stroker cranks, called it the "Big A.S.S Stroker" as they abbreviated Atlanta Speed Shop.

We, you and I, like BIG and tow vehicles. 24 foot open and 36foot gooseneck Take a lot of room! Using the gooseneck as a portable garage at our new property. Good for storage.

I am still in the planning stage. My plans are predicated on existing plans that were built for the Truett Cathy collection in four buildings. His cars were set too close together and a different layout. I have enough land for a larger building. I also like having multiple rollup doors as I like to drive these huge cars easily. I do understand the turning radius is quite large in compared to more smaller cars. So multiple doors would make entry and egress much easier. I can modify the plans as desired. Want to examine available structural members to support the roof.

Depends on the layout. Going for a more unconventional space. I don't like the cars so close together that I can't see the whole car. We plan to set this up as museum-type exhibits. Our cars are about 20x7 feet with about 140sqft / car. with 8125sqft available. Minus bathrooms, maybe a sitting area. totaling about 1,000sqft. We can easily stage at least as 15 cars, in about 7,000 sqft and each car will have about 450 sqft space. We plan to have tours by appointment, and I want people to view the cars, pose with them for pictures, actually (while supervised) to sit in the cars. I like this to be interactive. Even touch the cars. Much of enjoying cars is being able to touch them, feel the leather, the sweeping curves. even the smells of vintage. I can wipe down fingerprints! Storage, lifts, and maybe a paint area doubling as a detail shop - will be housed in another building on site.

BIG THANKS! Xander, very helpful

Great parking for three wheel cars or others in pie-shape configurations. <grin>

Like this. Ready to build. Just how to best make the undercarriage, and don't tell me about an army of dwarves named "Arnold". <grin> Let's think seriously about DIY machinery. Any engineers here???

Grin! No, I am planning a building about 65 x 125 feet. The turntable would be about 20 feet in diameter. Unless I make a building in the shape of an icosahedron!

My thanks to you all!!! I thought that I was alone in buying this car. I stepped out in faith. I knew nothing about this car. But I intrinsically liked it and two very good friends loved this car. One of them has passed and I know he is watching! So is the other waiting for a ride in it when I get it going. My wife also loves the "Willoughby." I am very happy. My friend who passed is pictured below, He drove the 'Willoughby' to his office. He ate a lot of chicken, and I bet you have eaten his chicken also.

Carl! Lucky to have friends like you. It smells like an old corncob pipe from Douglas MacArthur era. The car is really wonderful. Truett Cathy had himself driven on many occasions to his office. I did send a message to Linus Tremaine, waiting for a response. The Starter Generator worked for a while and then only works when I put the car in gear, rock it back and forth so the starter gear will engage the flywheel ring gear. Did seem to be working the last time I tried. However, I have been getting some other cars and the 1920 is in the back of my warehouse. I am building an 8100sqft Museum/Garage and hoping to split the collection so I can get to a car and then drive it! These cars just seem to multiply. I miss your peculiar email! You have a challenging and delightful style.

John, looks interesting, but not very active. Mainly I would like to get a shop manual. Thanks

More photos. Cloisonne Badge, rear ashtray, lighter and door. Will get it outside and get better pictures. Love the detail work.

I am in the planning stage and want to install a turntable. My cars ranged up to 145" Wheelbase (though a 20-foot diameter platter would be best), and my heaviest car weighs 6,000 pounds. Would like the turntable to be a disk, not rails, and inset into the floor. Easy to drive onto. Your ideas? I am a fair fabricator. Welding. Plasma cutting. Concrete and heavy construction.

Bernie, we got several of Truett Cathy's cars. Which book?