[Old picture of first antique car]

[I’m considering a 1938 Cadillac Series 65 4 door convertible - your thoughts on value and any historical problem areas with these cars]

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

[Discussion in Chatham Ontario asking who made this car with the 1908 Licence]

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

 

[1914 Buick for sale - not mine]

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

[1914 Buick for sale - not mine]

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

[I JUST LOVE THE PICTURE OF THIS BUICK...........]

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

 

 

[1910-12 Oldsmobile Limited]

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

 

[1905 Cadillac fleetwood $25,000, North Scituate, RI]

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

[Shop/Garage Open House March 30 - Blow the Winter Dust Off and Show What You've Been Up To]

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

[Question to the Moderator]

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

[1914 Partin-Palmer 20, not mine.]

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

[Winter Buicks]

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

 

[Documenting Threaded Screw-on Hubcaps, Hub nuts and Grease caps 1890’s-1930’s]

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

 

 

[Open cars and rain]

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

[FS 1937 Buick Century Convertible/Rumble Seat]

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

[MASCOTS & hood ornaments - pre war WWII]

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

[1905 Cadillac Model F]

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

 

[Looking at two 1938 McLaughlins in -33]

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

[1905 Cadillac Model F]

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

 

[1918 Buick Hubcaps needed - Trying again]

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.

[Ive got a new past time......Polishing Brass]

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

[1905 Cadillac Model F]

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

 

[39 Buick Roadmaster stuck won’t shift]

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

[What is your favorite old car related destination/event?]

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

[1905 Cadillac Model F]

Finished with the hood decorating, painted the louvers black with single stage urethane, waited a few weeks and followed up with the fancy pinstriping.  I copied the pattern and layout from photographs of an original Cadillac published in the HCCA Gazette during 2000.  Now I will leave the hood to rest until it is needed in the spring.

 

Next is the dashboard, I previously painted the edge of the wood black and now it will receive broad and narrow stripes on both the inside and outer surfaces.  And it really is a dashboard, literally.

 

Regards, Gary