J.H.Boland

Looking for steering center link for 1963-66 Chevy C10 pickup with power steering. GM part # is 5691508. Prefer NOS but good used is fine. Thanks. Jim

I once had an insurance broker advise me not to put cars on stands .In the event of fire, you stand a better chance of saving at least a couple of cars if the tires are on the ground.

Some light body and final paint work were about all that was left to do on the car above. Chassis was restored and upholstery was in.

This is the '33 Ford coupe that sold at Shackleton Auctions for $72500 CDN. There were about ten cars, including some nice early brass cars ,sold. You can still view the cars and prices on their web page.

Pictured here is the correct grill guard for a '40 110. The bigger series had two horizontal bars. I know you'll enjoy the convertible. Jim

A friend sent me these photos and asked if I could identify them. My initial response was "Geez man . How old do you think I am ?". Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. Jim

APC stocks them. Delco # is 18E1294 and Dorman is W37625.

Must be something about women finding dream toys for their hubbies. My wife found our '40 Packard 110 coupe while delivering Avon product to the owner's wife. She even bought into it 50-50 !

A '40 Packard convertible coupe has always been on my bucket list too, but my bucket has a hole in it. They're pricey enough but our 77 cent CDN dollar take nice ones out of my reach. Congratulations. I'm sure you'll enjoy it's smooth ride , good handling, and excellent brakes. Jim

I used to own an Oshawa-built '46 1 ton pickup in original survivor condition. I sold it to a guy back in the '80s and it resold at auction a couple of years ago in the same shape. Attached is the parts book page showing rear fenders. They were used as you say from '39-'46 panel and suburban trucks as well as the 1 ton pickup .In your photo the right rear one looks good. I remember seeing NOS ones at Hershey some years ago. Good luck on the running boards. You may have to replace with nice oak ones. Not original but I've seen it done. The parts book I have is for Canadian models. The 1 ton pickup is a model 14-34. I don't know if the US equivalent is different. The attached photo shows mine on a teeter-totter . It's nice to see another one. Jim

A friend sent me this picture asking me to identify it. With the exception of the grill it looks like a '33 Oldsmobile. Could it be an export model ? Jim

My bulb catalog only goes back to 1946, but it shows #1158 for tail lights. This is a double contact even pin 6 v. bulb.

Oldtech is right.

Sometimes it's a simple matter of making do. A friend once had a '32 Packard 900 roadster. He bought it with a Chrysler hemi V8 installed. Seems some young fellows drove the Packard a bit too hard and blew the engine. Their dad bought a new early fifties Chrysler and not long after, rolled it into a ditch. The two cars sat in the yard side by side until a bell went off in one of the boy's head. A Packard hemi powered roadster was born. I believe in recent years the Packard has been restored with a correct 900 engine. In the North Africa campaign in WW2, it was common practice in one repair depo to install Ford V8s in Chevrolet Canadian military pattern trucks. Seems the shop foreman was a Ford mechanic in civilian life. The ultimate insult was when one of the Cadillac staff cars came in with an engine issue. Out came the flathead Caddy and in went the flathead Ford !

This is the best I could do to enhance the car. It has very large gas headlights.

This carefully crafted '21 Chevy roadster-pickup also started life off as a touring car. A fire charred all the body wood when it was still quite new. Conversion included sawing off the body tub around the rear fenders, leaving them as aprons. Originally, someone shaped a pair of rounded wooden fillers to hide the rear door hinges. I didn't replace them since the new wood didn't include the hinges. A complete roadster top finishes it off nicely. I expect the box was locally made. I added the box side extensions from an IHC high-wheeler to bring the box height more in line with the rest of the truck. Period conversions ,be they pickups, tow trucks or fire engines have always appealed to me.

Someone more knowledgeable than I will identify the Chevy. That CJ5 (M38A1 ?) looks like it deserves some love.

Funny how old cars attract other old cars. I find the same thing with my other hobby, old firearms. You get a random call from someone saying they hear you're into old cars (or firearms) and that grandpa died and left these (items) to them. You just have to check it (them) out and one thing leads to another.

I hadn't seen a Model 25-6-26 picture until now. Here's one from the sales brochure.

Right you are. I was too focused on the lights. It looks a lot like my '25 Buick but I can't find a Buick with that body style.

1926 Star coupe.

I've shown this car on here before but it fits the original question. It's a poor man's Packard, a 1940 110 Business Coupe. It had 40,000 original miles on it when I bought it (47,500 now). It had an amateur repaint years ago. The engine has had a valve job. The brakes have been rebuilt. The running boards have been restored. The wheels were restored before the new radial WWs were installed. The cost of a frame-off restoration would be double it's completed value. It gets as much attention or more at shows than many high value restorations/ restomods. I have a couple of trailer queens and have owned a trophy winning fire truck. The Packard is the most enjoyable.

I think GM called that "Ocean Green".

We drove the '25 Buick to the local cruise show tonight. Although it stuck out like a sore thumb, it didn't generate a lot of interest. Surprise. Surprise. The new Mustang beside us was popular, as well as other models nearly fresh out of the showroom. It used to be that a car had to be pre 1980 to get in. It should have stayed that way. Oh well. It was a nice cool evening for a drive,

Took the '25 Buick to the local cruise show tonight. Although it stuck out like a sore thumb, it didn't generate much interest (as expected). Still, it was nice to let it stretch it's wheels for the first time in ages. As to the new stuff, no thanks. To quote our old friend Hughie "They depreciate faster than a saucer of cream left out in the sun" !