J.H.Boland

It would make an awesome Halloween prop ,moss and all. Just add goblins.

Took the '25 for a little foliage run this morning.

It'll soon be time to put them to bed for another season. Had the '25 Buick for a little foliage run this morning.

With a little elbow grease it should look like this one out touring with us today (Oct.21). Good luck but don't give up on that awesome '33. Jim

Your Reo looks a little better than a friend's did when he found it upside down in a gravel pit.He had to fabricate a new roof for it. This is the end result of years of painstaking restoration.

You have it !

Nothing quite as exotic as a revolver (I wish),but when we loaded up my "21 Chevy after 41 years of storage and started down the bumpy gravel road,I was horrified to see stuff falling off and bouncing down the road. Turns out the car was full of old walnut shells deposited over many years. There was even one wedged between the flywheel and belly pan. I bent a crank trying to get the engine unstuck, only to find that the walnut was the problem.

There are a number of variables,as mentioned. My '21 Chevy is comfortable at 28-30 MPH,the '25 Buick about 40-45,the '29 Buick about 50,and the '40 Packard 110 50-55 MPH. Radial tires help immensely in keeping the car going straight,whereas the bias tires require your undivided attention .Stopping these beasts with mechanical brakes can be a nail-biting experience in traffic equipped with modern disc brakes,that is if you could free up a hand to chew the nails. It all boils down to common sense.

At first glance, it looked like a vintage military foot locker, like this pre WW1 example, but it's a bit small for that. Jim

Hello Ed A little while ago I may have been tempted to let it go.I couldn't get to the bottom of lack of power,sort of like riding a pig that's screwing a football.Turns out the manifold bolts needed to be tightened down.Now it runs like a Packard should. My wife found this car only 9 miles from home while delivering Avon. It had just turned 40,000 miles.Some fresh fuel and a borrowed license plate and we drove it home. I'll keep my eyes open for you,but old coupes are still prime hot rod material.Where in Ontario are you ? Jim

A friend bought this maroon 1940 110 coupe in restored condition for $20000 a few years ago. The previous owner complained that it kept blowing head gaskets and had just parked it in disgust.Turns out the mechanic had put the thermostat in upside down. We got the two together at a local historical show.

I presume you're talking tongue-in-cheek when you say cheap. The ad says no rust, but the rear fenders seem to be molded into the body. The car needs virtually everything.The last restored example of a 110 coupe I saw sold went begging for about 30K. The restoration tab on this one would run to more that it's worth,IMHO. I was quoted about $12000 just for chrome plating. I love the '40 Packard's appearance and have a similar unrestored car, albeit in better original condition. I would likely be lucky to get $15000 for it and you could drive it home.(I plan on keeping it for a while yet).Too many guys looking at it want to go the big block, Camaro front suspension , tubbed rear wheel well route.

It's a sweet looking car, but IMHO you will ruin it's appeal by lowering it and making it look like a "lead sled". It's proportions are just right, the way the Buick folks built it.Please reconsider . Jim

The hand crank windshield wiper is universal fit for just about any open car. I have one on my '21 Chevy 490.

Make sure that Studebaker truck is well tied down. It doesn't appear to have much "bounce" room.

I attended a small rural estate sale some years ago.Small items were boxed and placed on a hay wagon.While the wagon was being emptied,I prowled around the old,leaning garage.There was a box that had been missed high up on a shelf.I pulled it down and first saw a universal spare tire cover.Under it was a nice pair of clamp on wind wings,complete with beveled glass. I handed it to the auctioneer's assistant on the wagon. When it came time to sell the box,the assistant threw a pair of wood splitting wedges in on top ! All the junk boxes had been going for about 25 cents.I had to pay $1.50 for that one.Turns out the guy I was bidding against wanted the wedges.I sold them to him for a dollar The wedges fortunately didn't crack the wind wings.

Yep. That clinches it. Can't remember where I got it. It's the only Mopar part in my garage! Thanks, keiser.

Looking to identify this emblem. Part number 1707869. Thanks. Jim

Welcome to the most helpful vintage car forum on the internet. I understand this is your first really old car and also that you originally had aspirations to go the modified route.Before you do that, Google "vintage car wrecks" or something like that on Images. None of us wants an accident, but to have a serious one in a car like this would be nasty. I watched a pair of videos on line recently showing crash tests of a 1929 and a 1959 Chevrolet. They don't build them like they used to, thankfully. I own four pre-WW2 cars and have been in the hobby since 1961. I love them the way they were built, and am fully aware of their limitations in today's fast,distracted, impaired world. As has already been stated here, fix it up to the point where you can experience what driving a 96 year old car is like and enjoy the comments from fans at the shows. I recently won a fan favorite trophy with my '25 Buick coupe at a mostly rod and custom type event. it's nice to know that these rarely seen originals can still draw admirers .If you want to drive daily in today's traffic, drive a modern car. Jim

They already do ! https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/collector-classics-beijing-bound

It's been a long time since I restored my '21 490,but I recall that I encountered both 2 1/4 and 2 1/8 diameter hub caps.You may want to check which one you need rather than finding out when you get home that they're the wrong ones. Jim

My son used Photoshop to "age" this picture taken a couple of weeks ago at the local pioneer village. The car's original owner was a doctor,the house belonged to a doctor and "the doctor" was in !

Wow ! A Buick with two trunks !

The 1929 Buick has an adjustable front seat.