hidden_hunter

I have a white VW golf R stationwagon, the ultimate in sleeper cars but certainly not economy in any stretch - you're talking well south of 20 MPG when pushed and highway is around 30-32 MPG Don't know if the GTI does that much better and with WFH the consumption hasn't really bothered me

I’m sure it will be somewhere, but it might involve finding period bearing books and finding other interchanges till you get something still made

And Mercedes here, Honda also moved to it and their sales totally tanked

As hilarious as some of the claims from these guys is, it wastes a massive amount of money fighting with these guys We have variations on the theme about how we’re part of the UK still

Can’t see anything cad in those pictures

The amount of stupid stuff I see hanging off people’s mirrors, it’s like geez you want to be in an accident or something

It’s the metering pin

Quite a few of the cars on here are premium makes so probably wasn’t the main design consideration, things like T’s and Chevrolet’s seemed to get semi respectable numbers

Set of Stanley screwdrivers

My Volkswagen Golf in heavy traffic gets around 13-15 mpg…

Think the 22 cad is somewhere around the 4-8 mpg range, it’s written in one of the sales brochure about how much more efficient the new carb is… It literally has not one but two drains that pour fuel on the ground lol..

My Cadillac’s brakes were really badly adjusted when I got it and you had the choice of locking up the wheels or doing nothing. After some trial and error we got them to be very good for the speeds you should be doing in the car (they are huge after all)

Been happy with my noco on an optima 6v red top seems to do a good job One of my period books shows you how many lights to add to a circuit on mains to be able to charge your battery… seems safe

Wasn’t the celluloid they used also unite flammable?

The Buick’s of that era are a good choice, good parts availability at a reasonable price and very active club. They sold well at the time because they were a good balance my 1922 Cadillac will happily run at around the 45mph mark with squirts above that and the brakes when properly adjusted stop it ok. They were rubbish when I first got even though the lining had been replaced, just that far out of adjustment

Now you’ve had it running it for a bit after cleaning things up like the points, have you looked to see if there is any abnormal wearing on them (or the distributor track)? what do your plugs look like?

Cadillac had is standard in 1912

We have lake goldsmith here in Victoria, which has a lot of the older steam and early stationary engines https://www.lakegoldsmithsteamrally.org.au/rallies.html They also have a working steam shovel that they demonstrate Definitely worth coming to if you're into early industrial and farming equipment

You spelled it wrong, I think you mean mums! 😂 My wife and I had a great day out watching light aircraft taking off from the local airport with a pub meal

Having done a stint in public service, most of the reason things end up stupidly complicated and slow is because of politicians rather than employees - it’ll be some scheme, carve out etc that makes things needlessly complex (oh these type of vehicles in this region should get a discount because it’ll help my electorate chances, that sort of thing). Being government you didn’t have the luxury of just ignoring it like you might as a private company so you end up with systems and processes that are very complex

For that money I’d go steam

That is the name of it, it’s on the same platform as a golf

Of course they never do, and people bemoan that we don’t make anything any more when execs were more than happy to chase a few bucks overseas before the company over there goes into business for themselves and puts the original company out of business…

You might need to be more specific about what you’re looking for and get the moderators to move your post to the looking for parts section

They have been in use here for years, have been for a ride along in one of the tech demo in a 5 series (our highway patrol cars now we don't make anything locally) They literally scan everything they drive past for current registration status and flag anything that isnt current and alert the police