Larry W

Jonathan, the advice given by DodgeKCL is spot on. But as long as you already have these pieces, you may as well use them to hone your metal and woodworking skills. You have nothing to loose outside of time and patience, and you never know what additional items may come your way in the future. Just don't spend any big money on it for now.

Thanks, Bleach! Like I said, "I could be wrong", without further research, as least I was close.

The last time I saw an identical car was when I was a kid on my bicycle and I saw one for sale at a local service station. It was all white with red interior, didn't have A/C but did have a standard three speed column shift transmission. I like it!

I could be wrong, but I believe that your unit is used in conjunction with another unit that clamps onto the wheel rim, and does the actual balancing while the unit you have is just a motor used to rotate the wheel assembly at high speed while still on the car. After clamping the balancing part onto the rim, you would move your unit against the tire, jacked up slightly off the ground, and by moving the long handle, you would engage the motor that would make the disc in front of the machine begin to rotate, while in contact with the tire, and make the tire and balancing unit rotate at high speed. The little black knob may have been used to change direction of rotation when moving to the other side of the car. All in all, a very effective tool in its day, especially when all the pieces were available.

I'm not sure,but I believe that is a wheel cover for a late seventies/ early eighties Buick Regal.

If you're successful, and decide to take your show on the road, and make it up to my neck of the woods, you're welcome to consider any or all of my cars for proper and correct restoration. However, for anything other, they can remain rotting in my garage until I'm rotting six feet underground! PM me if desired.

I don't know if it's been mentioned anywhere yet, but I've heard of old flexible fuel and brake lines swelling up on the inside and closing off flow, even though they look fine on the outside. Sort of like hardening of the arteries. The only cure is to replace. Might be worth investigating. Good luck!

" I quickly learned the importance of the safety chains! ". My uncle invented trailer safety chains. At least that's what my mother tells me about my late uncle Paul Snifka, who ran a hardware store in St. Francis, WI. As the story goes, sometime, I believe in the early 1940's, apparently there was a contest sponsored be a magazine like "Popular Mechanics" or "Mechanics Illustrated" or one of those, that solicited useful suggestions for whatever, and Uncle Paul won the contest for his trailer safety chain suggestion. The idea took off, or in today's terms went viral, and eventually became law. I never tried to verify the validity of this claim, but that's the story according to my mom, and I'm sticken' to it!

I believe that having a CLOSED cooling system plays a major role in the preservation of cooling system components by eliminating air (read oxygen) from the system. Simply replace the original radiator cap with one of the same pressure specification, but valved for a closed system. Attach a small non breakable coolant reservoir to the open end of the overflow tube, a small plastic milk or detergent bottle with zip ties will work for this. For judging purposes, simply replace the original radiator cap and remove the coolant reservoir .

Great post! Reminded me that I bought my first collector car, also red and white, back in September 1973, for $50. It was a 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 2dr hdtp. I spotted it at a cottage while on a lake fishing with a buddy. The owner wouldn't sell it that day, because it was a Sunday. I had to return the next day to consummate the deal. I took my then girlfriend, now wife, for rides before regrettably selling it. Glad I kept the girl, but shoulda kept the car too! Shoulda, shoulda, shoulda.....

Maybe "Jrwox" from the "Hubcap ID" thread had better hurry to attend a VCCA car show, so he can see a '57 Chevy with stock hubcaps. Before they're all shown with mag wheels!

I'm probably way off, but my first thought is a hearse.

I strongly agree with Biscayne John, helfen, trimacar, headbolt, and others who would rather exclude modified cars from specific marque clubs. All of my cars are factory stock, EXCEPT for the only Chevy I own, which is my '54 Bel Air. It is bone stock appearing, right down to the full stock wheel disks over bias ply wide whitewall tires. However, at some point in its life, I believe sometime in the late 1960's, the original engine gave up the ghost, and a 195 hp, 283 Chevy V8 out of a '65 Impala was installed in its place, also bone stock right down to the 2bbl carburetor and correct stock air filter housing. This was not done to resto-rod or soup-up this vehicle, but merely an effort to keep it road worthy for an owner who couldn't afford a new car. If I were ever to have this car judged, and it may happen some day, obviously I would loose major points for an incorrect engine, but my goal would be to have it critiqued by knowledgeable people for correctness and quality of the 1954 portion of the car, along with proper detail of the 1965 drivetrain. I wonder how this would go over. I don't know, I'm just sayin'.

My thoughts exactly; but maybe worth investigating to see what remains.

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My dad had one of those, I believe he got it through my uncle, who worked for Nash at the time. His was a two tone brown coupe with a factory installed spotlight. He threw a rod traveling down highway 33 in Wisconsin, returning from a day of duck hunting at the Horicon marsh. I recently relayed this story to a current Nash owner and he said the cause of the breakdown was likely do to the fact that the car didn't have overdrive. Like my dad said, "it died of a heart attack!" I have pictures of it somewhere, I'll try to post. Good luck, I'd like to see you put your's together.

Hudsy, Perhaps a line may need to be drawn between the cars that are to be judged, and cars that are merely being shown. Not all show car owners care to have their vehicles judged. In that case, aftermarket accessories would be acceptable for "show" purposes, only to demonstrate what was available as automotive "chic" back in the day. However, if a vehicle is to be judged for points, I would adhere to the strictest standard of authenticity that I could attain.

I have a 1960 edition J.C. Whitney catalog. I'll have to look for it.

Ordinarily I would side with the purists, but I've already seen multitudes of correct early fifties Chevys, so in this particular instance I would make an exception for this tastefully done and rarely seen, (by me anyway) type of period correct automotive aftermarket bling. The key here for me, being rare and period correct, instead of mag wheels, wide white walls, fender skirts, and a blower sticking out of the hood, all on the same car.

I believe the large diameter wheels, as were used on buggies and early automobiles, were intended to provide a smoother ride by not dipping down into pot holes very deeply on crude or non-existent roads, and nowadays the same theory is being used to compensate for the poorly maintained roads many of us are forced to endure. It seems that we've come full circle.

I believe what you have there is an early transmitter for a automatic garage door opener. I also have one that looks quite similar to yours.

Is the gas tank full when the problem occurs? Are you using the correct gas cap?

Maybe the problem is with your ignition switch. I've heard that GM had some problems with those!

It is imperative that you get the oil galleries as clean as possible. Dip tanks and blow guns are not enough. Gritty dirt likes to hide in there. I use a small diameter wire brush on the end of a drill motor, along with an aerosol can of brake or carb cleaner. Wear proper safety attire. Don't skimp on time or effort. Do it once, and then do it again, and maybe a third time for good measure. It is a pleasure and quite inspiring to follow your progress. Continued good luck!

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