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My wife and I bought our 1913 Buick in 1998, (the one photographed by the Bugle from Larry's post). It has been a great car to drive in the brass era hobby. The Buick has retreated in value over the past five years and today represents a similar potential as it did twenty-five years ago, A person must have a truck and trailer and a parking place to participate, however, life is grand at 30 miles per hour. I've been in the market to purchase a Curved Dash Oldsmobile. They used to fetch $65K, now they are $40K. When I find one, I only buy cars from people I know, the Olds will give me ten years before I am too old to carry on. What happen in ten years, I do not know, but I've had my fun. When I bought our Model 31 Buick a friend told me I could have bought a new Taurus for what I paid for the antique. What is a '98 Taurus worth today. Buy the REO. Bonhams is auctioning a 04 Cadillac and a '05 Franklin next Saturday, step up. Regards, Gary

Life is too short, Just buy the Cadillac, make your best deal and have a car you can use and enjoy. Good luck, Gary

Couple have been identified, the car has the look of a Thomas to me. Tie rod is in front of the axle, larger hubs on the rear axle than the front, running boards. Thanks for looking. Regards, Gary

Thanks for the update. so rare to learn if a vehicle sold on these forums, Seems the fellow who bought the Buick at auction made a pretty astute purchase, Regards, Gary

I campaign a C-25, the Buicks are OK to repair, the engine was used from 1908 t0 1915. The engine is well known and uses modern Chevy pistons and valves for instance. Weak points are the rear axle and U Joint. Best of luck, Gary

Actually this is not an old photo, I snapped it at Christmas time a few years back. Gary

A four cylinder Oldsmobile Autocrat with a 1912 Cadillac on tour. Well used Autocrat, has been driven around Europe and to local restaurants, too. Regards, Gary

Seems like a pretty good deal on a decent car. A fellow could begin touring with the one cylinder bunch this summer and continue to restore the Cadillac as you like on the go. The owner says he is reasonable. Make an appointment to see the car and buy it. Life is good at 20 MPH. Gary

Mar 30th is the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. Bev and I plan to make the hour and a half drive East along the 401 freeway to attend. Thanks for the invite. Regards, Gary

Every morning I click on the HCCA.org website, classified. My question is what happens when something sells? Recently there has been a red rectangle which declares sold, however, I haven't seen that on any ads currently displayed. Before the upgrade in the classifieds there was a button to take you to recently sold page. Does Recently Sold still exist and I missed it? Thanks, Gary

Yes, the hood can be painted black and the body a different colour in 1914 and 1915. A style which didn't become popular. Many cars which were originally done this way are changed by the restoration to be more appealing, done in one colour to suit modern tastes. Regards, Gary

While performing some winter up grades to our 1915 McLaughlin touring car and since the sun is shining, roads are dry it is hardly a winter photo at all. Two photos, the brown background is Feb 10th in Southern Ontario and the green background is the same location last July, a vacant lot at the end of my street. I would regularly say "think spring" but not necessary. Regards, Gary

Hub Cap Collector your photos and commentary answered a mystery for me. I have a small collection of mostly common parts and if anyone needs one for a vehicle they are usually given away. Just happy to have it back on the road and serving a need. That brings me to the heavy brass Buick cap with nickel plating and the nearly new aluminum cap as shown in the photograph. I now see from your posts they are a Buick and a replacement or after market cap. It never dawned on me they are the same size. Regards, Gary

Top. windshield, brakes, luxury, you people have it soft....

Thanks for letting us know the outcome and best of luck with your new car. Gary

I have a lovely German Silver, I think, flip top from the side opening rad cap. I would like to identify the make and model. Originally it had the Boyce cover plate as posted above. I've installed a working motometer, not Boyce, with a metal front cover. The backside is printed on yellowish paper. No identification on the Motometer either. I should say on the rad cap wings it had a male threaded pot metal system. I cut that off and retreaded it to fit my '15 McLaughlin, it also fits my '13 Buick. Any thoughts? Both pieces are original finish, unrestored. Gary

I've arranged with the owner of this 1905 Model F Cadillac to remove these hinges and door handle and deliver them to a Mennonite foundry to be duplicated for my project. The foundry will produce the molds, however, they only work in the winter and we have had foul weather here lately. Hopefully I will have the new hinges in my hand in March. I ordered three sets of hinges and handles. Regards, Gary

When I lived in Fort McMurray in northern Alberta I left my Toyota Land Cruiser idling the engine all night in the driveway when the mercury dropped to minus 40C. The truck had a manual transmission so I had to block the tires. A pleasant winter day was -20C, no wind and sunny. I still recall the ice fog above the parking lot at the local Safeway grocery store, every car was idling and unlocked while the folks shopped. My coldest experience was minus 53 Medicine Hat, Alberta. Recently in a submarine movie someone asked about the cold, the answer was " Brighton, in August!" Made me laugh. Regards, Gary

Merry Christmas and joyous New Year. I received my latest order from Restoration Supply in California. Included were these NOS brass hose clamps, a person would never see them except I know they are there, looking correct and performing their intended job. I always phone Resto Supply to place my orders, just to talk to real brass car people. Lets me ask about the rains, etc. and the fact they are lovely young ladies I met from visiting them in Hershey is all good. Regards, Gary

Just a thought, Is there a way to contact folks who collect hub caps? I searched for groups on Facebook without success, however, they must have a way to swap, buy and sell.

Everyone has the perfect solution, pun intended, to polishing brass. I use a variable speed polisher with two 8" cotton wheels, one loaded with red jewelers rouge compound and the other clean. The speedometer on the left is good as found and the other took about a half hour buffing on the discs. When the brass is polished I coat the parts with paste wax, vegetable oil is good preservative too. Regards, Gary

I have a heated garage attached to our home and a workshop in another building with enough heat to keep from freezing. I also added a heated toolroom, 10X20' to the back of the workshop. I expanded our parking situation by removing a 25 X 25' lawn and adding gravel. Today, the weather was mild and I swapped the parking for the Cadillac with our 1915 McLaughlin. The Cadillac will mostly rest until the spring and the McLaughlin is getting a refurbished U Joint installed and I am having side curtains fabricated during the winter. This is the first time the Cadillac and McLaughlin have been together, the Cadillac's body is on a rolling workbench in the shop. Regards, Gary

I had this happen with my '39 Century. I would like to suggest the issue is in the clutch since the car won't roll with the clutch petal pushed down. I had a mechanic and he set the parking brake, start the engine in gear and " burned in the clutch". Clutch and transmission have worked fine since. Be careful, best of luck with your new wheels. Gary

The Lansing to Dearborn Endurance Run followed by the Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village.