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This old thread might help you as well:

Is this the part that you are referring to? If so look for them being called wheel wedge or clamp which might help your search.

Here's one with both a local and automotive connection The driver Bob Hayward was from Embro, Ontario - about 15 miles from Woodstock and of course most oil and gas collectors will know the Supertest name. Those were some of the bravest/craziest race drivers. Do they even run Unlimited Hydroplanes anywhere anymore?

Hmmmm.....I wonder how many times you can collect that 50 bucks. Might be a whole new sideline buying them off Marketplace and Kijiji

While not a prefect explanation by any means I've always looked at the Pre-War, Post-War thing as being running boards, no running boards. There was a clear change and even thinning of the herd of manufactures in pre and post war production and design.

The last couple of days have not been terribly exciting - it's that time of year to get the books caught up One of the great joys of running a small business in order to keep the doors open to the shop. I'm still kicking it old school and use the leger books to record everything. I know that there's plenty of software that I could use but between the cost and the learning curve I find the old pen and paper method works and is cost effective. There's something about writing it out as well that re-enforces what the actual cash flow is and the way I record things I can see immediately on every transaction where I stand. At the end of the day it takes me less than 20 hours to get everything together to ship off to the accountant, which for a years activity I figure is pretty good. I don't dare do the same thing keeping track of the expense of the cars - I don't want to have to order a bunch of red pens!

Does this work

Posted on their Facebook page today

Similar vintage but they are record players.

I am actually kind of proud of myself that in the showroom I've managed to keep the counter top clear on this one display cabinet. I cleaned out a bunch of stuff that was in front of it and have organized a few treasure inside. The Oxford Winner cigar box is a local piece, we are located in Oxford County. Though unofficially known as the Dairy Capital of Canada, we also used to have a large number of tobacco farms in the south end of the county.

Today was most a house cleaning day. The poor 26 Star I think was feeling neglected and need of a cleaning. The dust/dirt is just from sitting in the shop. I like to have the cars cleaned up before doing any work to them. It avoids grinding the dirt into the finish and I find that I stay cleaner and am happier and even a little bit more careful working on them. A little elbow grease and it looks a lot better. Now that it's cleaned up, and I've made a bit more space as well I can tackle the water pump packing

Yesterday I had a fellow come to the shop who I've sold a few parts and manuals to in the past. He's from only about 30 miles away and his car of choice is Ford Taurus SHO's - when was the last time that you saw one of those? In preparing for his arrival I kept going through my Ford section to seek out any parts that might be of interest to him. I did find a few pieces for him but more important to me was that it was an excuse/reason to go through most of the parts that I hadn't identified yet and get the shelving squared away. To continue on from the pictures above rest of that aisle on the left now looks like this: To do the shelving over I would not place it directly against the wall. Shelving is like work benches that there is a maximum depth of around 24 to at the most 30 inches. Anything more and stuff falls into a dead space that you can't reach and this industrial shelving is just way too deep against the wall. It's there now and not likely to be moved.

You need to tell us what car - you've posted the same question twice without naming the vehicle

39 what?

These two - I've had to the use the second due to my own stupidity, but fortunately it was effective so I didn't need to use the first

Anyone buying any aftermarket accessory products or even some OEM accessories should carefully read the packaging for words similar to - Intended for Off Road or Show Use Only - followed by something like May Not be Legal in all Jurisdictions, Refer to and Obey Your Local Laws and Regulations

Just a thought to help pay the freight - quite literally - if you need any small parts you might be able to arrange to have them shipped to where ever you decide to stay and take them home in a checked bag - likely even paying to check the bag will save yourself a small fortune in shipping charges. After all nothing says Happy Anniversary like car parts!

I'll try to carefully word this but that's what is missing so often - add to the history, don't try to erase it.

This right here is what is the heart of this hobby - I have no idea if your post is what allowed the other member to find this car, but this is what happens time and again that we help each other out. And the fact that you've brought it full circle by offering to pick it up is icing on the cake!

Wow that's an impressive stat...I had to go through and count them up and I'm at 35 as a lifetime number and I've got more than a few years on you at 55

Congrats and great local support for them! I keep looking at my friend's that's stored in my place and thinking well I do have the keys to it....

Thank you for the kind words @John Byrd My intent is to keep going for the year - as you can no doubt tell, I've got more than enough to keep me as busy as I want to be. I'm pretty sure that anyone who has gotten into the parts and manual business didn't wake up one day and think "This is what I'm going to do with my life". I know for me I had no intention of it getting to the point of where it is. I started off with a large lot of manuals from a Chrysler dealership in Milverton, Ontario, the old Kipfer's Motors. This was another family run dealership in a small town that basically got shut down by Chrysler wanting them to build a multi million dollar building which financially made no sense. That first lot of books took up two skids on the floor and it seemed manageable to sell things that way. As happens, things morphed and I kept buying more lots of stuff that I found and I also started to get people reaching out to me asking if I buy large lot of manuals and parts and that's where the ongoing changes of how the heck do you stock this stuff and keep it sorted. For the manuals I lucked into some library shelving that a community college was selling off and as luck would have it I was the only bidder for the online auction so that problem was mostly solved. The Redi-Rack shelving came about as a local company was clearing out a bunch of it but that as you can see that presents another challenge as it quickly became this: It has sort of become a made up process as I've been going along. Stuff is organized in a certain fashion, I've got my Ford Section, my Mopar Section, Heavy Truck etc but it hasn't always been the most user friendly to find stuff as it sells. I usually have a pretty good idea where stuff is and in what bin but I do end up moving three to get to the one that I need. I've had this table of sorts sitting around for a couple of years - I actually made it to support the Christmas tree in the back of the 64 D300 when we had parked it outside for a few years all decorated. The tree that we used to use gave up the ghost last year, so today was the day that the table got cut down to help with the parts section And the other side of the aisle I'll admit that these are "magazine" pictures and the rest of the shelving needs a lot of work to look organized. Each one of these little projects will save me time down the road. All the material that I used I already had on hand so it was just a couple of hours making it happen. I had tried the Excel spreadsheet thing and labeling the bins with numbers and tracking where each part was but I found that I was spending more time messing around with the computer than actually accomplishing anything. I'm sure with time I'll come up with a better mouse trap but for now this will work.

I'm going to book end the ages of the participants of the hobby with this post. With the 25 year rule a young person can get involved, likely on the cheap, and get exposed to a wide range of other vehicles and get to meet lots of great people at the same time. Be honest, how many have had your tastes change over the years. There will be a good number of young people who don't even know what a 1929 Anything is. Now at the other end, it allows members who are no longer able to operate the older stuff properly. They can, however, continue to participate and be included "on the field" and continue to impart their knowledge to others while maintaining the social contact. Again, how many of them would show up if they had to park elsewhere and walk in - if they are even able to walk that far.

Or the divorce lawyer when the buyers spouse sees/smells what they just dragged home!

I understand your thoughts, but walk into a dealership and try to order parts for a 1999 anything, at the very least obsolete comes to mind or like so many of the NOS parts that I have they are marked NLS - No longer stocked or serviced, never quite sure on the S. There are a lot of interesting cars that now qualify for AACA that at first plush you might not consider them antique but they are antiquated by todays standards but still interesting. Think first gen Acura NSX, Dodge Stealth, Chev Impala SS just to name a few. At one time a VW Beetle was an unloved used car but look at them now. I think that the electronics in the modern antiques are going to be the biggest hurdle to preserving them. Come to think of it, maybe that's the term, modern antique.