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    Spark plug expertise needed........

    in General Discussion

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    Yes, spark plug location, either by the actual physical location in which the plug enters the combustion chamber or the depth at which it protrudes into the chamber affects flame propagation. Race car mechanics even take it to an extreme and will "index" the spark plug electrode grounding lugs so they point toward the center of the combustion chambers and (or so the theory behind it goes...) don't interfere with the flame as it travels across the chamber to push down the piston.

     

    Resistor plugs cut down on radio static, mostly on the longer wavelength (AM) spectrum

    Last of the Indianapolis firsts?

    in What is it?

    Posted

     The front end is reminiscent of several automobiles of that post-war era, the contemporary Durants and Buicks are pretty close, but  it is a pretty generic design, although it is oddly lacking an manufacturers logo or emblem on it.

     

    I think the best clue as to its identity is the epilogue in the Wikipedia article on the Harroun Motor Co. : 

     

          "After the war, the company tried to get started again, creating a new model for 1920. Representatives took the car on a tour from Detroit to Montana and on to Denver to prove its reliability."

     

    Your picture is probably an image from that trip. It shows  a car that is obviously brand new (the paint still has some "shine" to it!) with a Michigan  manufacture/ dealer license plate (Harrouns were built in Wayne, Michigan) from 1919,  and is parked in front of a Harroun dealership in  Colorado. This has to be a prototype or early production model or it wouldn't sport that license plate, and it appears to have been driven to Colorado from Michigan, a little worse for wear.

     

     Also according to that entry, this was also the company's swan-song as they halted production in 1920 and their assets were sold off in 1923.

     

     

     

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harroun

    Now here is a picture of some Auto Grilles worth framing

    in General Discussion

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    On 1/28/2020 at 3:38 PM, Hudsy Wudsy said:

    I'm sorry to be that guy again, but it really is "grille" and not "grill". A grill is something that you cook on. I suppose that if you wanted to be your own sort of that guy, you could grill a burger on a Rolls Royce grille...

     The  early series  Land Rover's  galvanized metal grille was easily removed (2 screws and the nameplate held it on) so it could be used as a grill. Just be sure to cover it with tin foil or your burgers would absorb some of the zinc for a nice galvanized taste!

     When they went to a plastic grille in the late 1970's owners had to resort to packing a hibachi.

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    Gale Automobile

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by dustycrusty
    add photographic examples (see edit history)

      There was an old photograph posted containing a  "Mystery car" on the MTFCA board a  while ago- after some spirited back and forth the general consensus was that it was a Gale. That discussion turned up at least one Gale (and possibly two more) still in existence, with pictures!

     

    http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/822076/869692.html?1528068680

     

     

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    Only have these photos

    in What is it?

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    its one of those fiberglass kit cars that proliferated in the late 1960's- 1970's.  Kelmark,  Fiberfab, Manta, Sterling and a few dozen more built GT coupes like that, ROUGHLY based on the LeMans dominating Ford GT40.

     

    Here's a similar appearing Fiberfab Avenger/Valkyrie. Notice the abundance of smooth lines and volumputious curves---- now look at the CAR!

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    1910 era Touring

    in What is it?

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    All  U.S. market Buicks were RHD until 1914, when they followed Ford's (and a few others) lead and adopted the LHD configuration.  Most other U.S. automakers quickly followed suit, but the last  stubborn holdouts didn't do so until the early 1920's.

    1916 ID

    in What is it?

    Posted

    It probably had leather straps running from the front top bow down to the front of the car , attaching to a handy spot like the headlight brackets to give the top some rigidity

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