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I have always noticed that it was 3 future meet dates listed on the wooden nickels. The latest wooden nickel received at this past Hershey only had 2 future meet dates shown. Hmmmm........
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In replacing the rubber floor mats in my 1940 Packard, I see there is a black "tarpaper-like" padding under the mats, maybe 1/16-1/8" thick. Mine have deteriorated around the common use areas of the pedals and where you place your feet. I cannot find this material in reproduction, but I do see the fabric-based "jute" material for sale. Is this commonly used as a substitute for the black tarpaper?
Thanks !
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I'm glad I opened up this topic this morning. I was just getting ready to leave to preview the Smith auction items. But no way am I paying $100 to attend. I was interested in some pallet parts and maybe a car if the stars aligned correctly, but this auction is over my head. Too bad.
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I'm not criticizing nor endorsing, just making comments. It is the Series I Alpine, which is somewhat scarce on the ground now. The Alpine became much more popular with the Series II onward and more of those have survived. It is not a Rootes color, although somewhat similar to their seacrest green, which looks very nice on that car. Fake wire wheel covers..the originals were real wires or steel wheels with nice round holes. Steering wheel column plastic is coming apart and that will probably get worse later. The rear plastic window is virtually unusable due to crazing, but fortunately I think they are still available.
They have nice clean lines that first attracted me way back in high school.
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Yes, beautiful cars. Nicely detailed engine compartment. I would have preferred a slightly darker green and no "big white donuts". Something about the bottom of the passenger door looks oddly bulging but perhaps it is an optical illusion.
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My Church buys recycled stone & brick crusher run for their driveway and parking area, primarily because it is cheaper than quarry gravel. It comes from demolished houses and buildings and with each load, you get surprise objects that missed the screening process. Pieces of electrical outlets, mirrors, faucets, work gloves, wire, ...you name it. Can you imagine the amount of junk mixed in with the masonry debris from the Packard factory?
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Fall in Virginia
(That darned electric pole jumped in the picture)
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This car is marked as SOLD! on craigslist. I hope someone fulfills their dream and we see this car again back to life. Now I can get back to my life while my retirement account is breathing a sigh of relief. Boy...that was a lot of temptation.
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Maybe I'm not looking at this clearly, but mounted on the inside center windshield post is something on a pivot at the top (looks like a mini trashcan on a pivot), then below is what looks like a gauge on a post, then below that is the rear-view mirror. On the right side of the dash is a device mounted on a post with a big eyeball. And then....left of the steering wheel appears to be some kind of mini cluster with a big gauge. What are these items?
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Supercub says "could have been a livery car". I think I remember seeing a Cord used as a livery or taxicab in the movie "The Shadow", where I believe Peter Boyle was driving around the Shadow, played by Alec Baldwin. I thought at the time "Nah, no one used a Cord as a taxicab". But maybe that's true. This could have been painted yellow to be used as livery...or then again could just be someone's idea of an attractive shade of yellow.
What's all of stuff hanging from the center windshield post, inside ?
This is a mighty attractive thing to be so close to me....
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My circa 1850 house had Horse Hair Plaster walls. When I removed the plaster and lath in order to put in insulation, I could see tufts of hair throughout. Or at least I think it was Horse.
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I have a YRC (Yellow-Roadway) freight terminal fairly close to me in VA and have used them a lot. They are careful and will drive the forklift out and put it in your trailer or truck like you said. One thing though, keep that box or pallet as small as possible. They charge by weight but also factor in the cubic size. I made the mistake of shipping a set of wooden stairs by them one time. It used up so much of their truck and cost me out the.....
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60FlatTop.... as a tangent question, what is that film clip from ? I can recognize Andy Devine, Dabbs Greer, and Howard McNear, can't quite identify the fellow with the hat and a couple others. I love to try to identify old character actors.
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Two summers ago my wife and I visited Bourbon country in Kentucky. An impromptu visit to the Abbey at Gethsemani was one of the highlights of our trip. Such a peaceful lifestyle certainly is appealing. And their fruitcakes are cured in Kentucky Bourbon...Man, that's tasty !
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Thanks for the reply Frank. I'll just mail them to you and when you get the box with my return address, just send me $15 back.
How about that ?
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I have a box of 43 Franklin AIR COOLED News magazines plus Service Stations, #108 March 1990 to #164 November 2008. Not every year complete. They came with a "brand X" car that I bought so I have no need for them.
FREE ! You just pay shipping. $15.05 USPS Priority Medium box will do it.
Send me a PM.
40Clubcoupe
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I remember going with my father down to a junkyard off Rt.1 Jefferson Davis Hwy to pull a Willys flathead engine. They were burning cars and I was sitting in the car all day smelling noxious fumes. Then there was George Philbates' yard down in Lanexa, VA.
We lived around Drewry's Bluff and an early 50's Ford burned up on the street next to our house. At about 3 years old, I was both fascinated and terrified at the sight of that car burning next to our house. My mother had to tell me to stop going to the window to "look at that thing".
"40 Clubcoupe"
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Going back to what The 55er said, I bought a gallon of Captain Lee's stripper at Carlisle quite a while back. The stuff ate through the can and seeped out all over a metal shelf in my garage. What a mess. I never get to use any of it, but it stripped the hell out of that shelf.
Also, I vividly remember an attractive young lady working the counter at Captain Lee's. It was a bit difficult concentrating on the pitch, but maybe that was part of the sales technique.
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Message sent 12/18/19 .
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Here is a link to a craigslist ad for a 1946 G-P Frazer rototiller in Harrisonburg, VA. Appears to be an older restoration.
https://harrisonburg.craigslist.org/grd/d/harrisonburg-1946-rototiller/6941485770.html
Although I am interested in G-P cars, I am not a collector of this type of equipment and have no connection with this sale whatsoever.
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Another day in the cold garage struggling to remove the 38 headlight switch.
Does the pull knob remove from the shaft? Does the shaft remove from the switch lever? Is there a small tab that I can't see that releases the shaft and knob ? Is this some kind of press-in fit? Is there any documentation somewhere that tells about this removal ? Anyone pulled a 38 headlight switch recently ?
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Thanks for your reply. Not removed yet. I've been looking and studying this switch for more than a week now. It seems that maybe that hollow shaft you refer to has threads at the switch end, where the shaft and knob could be unscrewed from the switch. But that would mean removing the throttle and choke knobs also so that the switch knob could be rotated. The sliding lever inside the headlight switch that the hollow shaft attaches to looks somewhat flimsy to withstand a lot of twisting torque though. Perhaps a few days of soaking in penetrating oil.
I thought the switch really needed to be removed rather than trying to unsolder wires behind the dash. A hot soldering iron above your head in the dark is an accident waiting to happen.
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I am removing the wiring harness from my 38 Zephyr, so I am nearing the end and trying to remove the headlight switch from the instrument panel. I am mystified at how this switch is removed from the dash. It appears that maybe the knob screws off the switch shaft...but this knob is square and has no room to turn against the other knobs, even with the panel nut behind the knob loosened. It's humbling that something so seemingly simple is such a puzzle. How is this switch removed ?
The Zephyr is perhaps the first car I have encountered that has soldered connections to various components...wires soldered onto headlight switch, dimmer switch, antenna rail. Good thing I bought a 300 watt Weller soldering iron at Hershey a few years ago.
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The Jan.10, 2019 posting of The Old Motor online had another entry about the Zephyr. This time, a dark-colored '37 Zephyr Coupe takes the spotlight in this photo taken in the New York City Sept. 10, 1939. There is no other car in this street photo that even begins to look as modern and sophisticated as the Zephyr. From this angle, the Zephyr is truly a work of art.
(That darned electric pole jumped in the picture)
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Okay. I'm sorry I don't follow every topic on this site. I do have things to do in life than read everything every day, even though I am retired. I will try to be more observant of what is being discussed from now on and hold my comments.
May I say THANKS for the great Hershey this year !