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On 10/21/2020 at 3:42 PM, Walt G said:
OK time to get into a VANE mode. weather vane of course. This was 2 stories up on the top of a gas station in Mineola , N.Y. and when my friends who ran the station were leaving because the word is the place would be torn down ( it was built ca. 1934). I stopped by and wondered why no one had taken down the weather vane that was there since the building was new - my answer was that they didn't like height ( neither did I ) so it would stay and become part of the debris heap. I went home and loaded a wood construction ladder into my 41 Packard woody wagon and with my Dad along went back and climbed up and cut it down with a hack saw ( it was November, really cold and by the time I got there was dark) had a small flash light in my mouth to see what I was working on . Several friends stopped by and wondered who was at the top of the ladder and when told who in a loud voice said " REALLY are you nuts!" . They never did tear the building down but it got sealed up and turned into a laundry.
The weather vane is about 36 inches wide for the length of the car which resembles a 1935-36 Chrysler product or a Reo or a ? I do not know who made the weather vane but it is very well detailed in heavy sheet metal . Today for many decades it has resided on the top of my garage. Still functioning well . I had to fabricate a new base for it to fit well on the garage here.
This is one that I made
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Attached are pictures of my generator and starter for my 29A if that helps.
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Generator on my 29 Hupp has chain drive
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This muffler shop has been in business for over 50 years
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Took my 29 Hupp to a muffler shop yesterday to have a complete exhaust system installed. They turned the end of the pipe down in front of the rear axle housing because they said they can not run a pipe under the gas tank. The gas tank is only about 1 1/2 inch from the spring on both sides. Is this a legal government regulation?
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How do you flash a positive ground generator with only one wire
out of the generator?
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On 3/19/2023 at 12:10 PM, 29hupp said:
I need to move my 29 Hupp less than a mile from its present location so I made a tow bar to fit it. With the front off the ground I can not force the tires to turn by pushing and pulling on the tires which would be trying to force a worm gear in the stering box backwards. I might be overthinking things but do I need to disconnect the steering linkace to alow the car to follow the tow car around curves?
My first attempt to tow my car was a complete failure making a gradual left turn out of the garage and towing it less than 50 feet. The 2"x1/4" pieces of flat steel that I used to attach to the frame and then offset through the bumper bent as shown in the picture. I then removed the bumper and the 2nd towbar is much stronger using 1/4"x2" square tube. It did not bend or budge but the tires drag when turning. The back and forth between garages is something that needs to happen several times so having it towed is not an option besides I have AAA but want to save that should I need it when it is running and further than a block away from home, hopefully soon. I am sure that having someone steer the car would work but for that to work I will have to wait for one of the grandkids to visit which will drastically slow the progress. I have towed pre-war cars many times and never had this problem. Have not tried disconnecting the steering linkage and might try that but I am not optimistic that it will work
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The steering assembly works fine. Not frozen
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i have wire wheels and can disconnect the linkage if it is better to do so.
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I need to move my 29 Hupp less than a mile from its present location so I made a tow bar to fit it. With the front off the ground I can not force the tires to turn by pushing and pulling on the tires which would be trying to force a worm gear in the stering box backwards. I might be overthinking things but do I need to disconnect the steering linkace to alow the car to follow the tow car around curves?
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Hopefully you can find a cross reference
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This might help.
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In the Cincinnati area. Northern KY
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I have a 29 Hupp with a honeycomb type radiator with a leak that appears to be in the middle of the of the honeycomb. Is this something an established radiator repair shop can possibly repair?
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Would it be a possibility to leave the rest of the vehicle 6V and install a separate 12V alternator. Obviously a compressor would be needed also so it might get a bit crowded around the front of the engine.
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I love it when someone post information like this
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10 hours ago, Matt Harwood said:
You guys are certainly world-class experts at finding reasons why electric cars won't work. Glad you weren't around when the gasoline automobile was in its infancy. You'd have been all those farmers standing around saying, "Why should I try to find this dangerous flammable 'gasoline' stuff to power an expensive and unreliable 'automobile' when I can just let my old reliable horse eat grass wherever he wants?"
Or do you just assume that the way it is now is the way it always has been and that change has never happened? In 1912 there was a gas station on every corner and interstate travel by automobile was effortless and fast, right?
The electric car is where the gasoline car was in the early 20th century. Once the infrastructure evolved to support the automobile, travel became easier. Then superhighways. Service garages. Gas stations. Rest stops. Convenience stores. You think that technology and infrastructure won't continue to develop? That electricity storage mediums won't improve? Charging won't get faster and more convenient? Prices won't come down as the technology becomes more prevalent? Why would the electric car be different from every single other technology ever created? Remember when a TV the size of the one you now have cost $8000 but you only paid $700 a few years later? Technology moves very fast. The electric car is technology.
The only thing that's guaranteed is that things will change and technology will improve. If you think the way things are now is how they've always been and how they'll always be, you're not a particularly good student of history for an old car enthusiast.
Perhaps opinions will change when gas prices here in the US start to match those in the rest of the world (what, you didn't know that the oil industry is one of the most heavily subsidized industries of all?). Or will the guys who complain about electric cars [that they don't and won't own] be the same guys whining about gas prices?
I think I see a thought process that is similar to this
Dear President Jackson:
The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known as ‘railroads.’ The federal government must preserve the canals for the following reasons:
One. If canal boats are supplanted by ‘railroads,’ serious unemployment will result. Captains, cooks, drivers, hostlers, repairmen and lock tenders will be left without means of livelihood, not to mention the numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for the horses.
Two. Boat builders would suffer and towline, whip and harness makers would be left destitute.
Three. Canal boats are absolutely essential to the defense of the United States. In the event of the expected trouble with England, the Erie Canal would be the only means by which we could ever move the supplies so vital to waging modern war. As you may well know, Mr. President, ‘railroad’ carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by ‘engines’ which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers, roar and snort their way through the countryside, setting fire to crops, scaring the livestock and frightening women and children.
The Almighty certainly never intended that people should travel at such breakneck speed.
Martin Van Buren
Governor of New York-
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Try Odorxit I think Ace Hardware sells it. I'm told it really works good.
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Glad to see you were able to fix it. See you in Pittsburg.
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Finally getting to installing the headlights and realized a special connector is needed. Any help with a source or other information would be appreciated
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As a kid in the sixties I worked on my own car as a necessity and have mostly continued all my life. When restoring my first and only almost 100 year old car 60 years later I have had numerous how to questions. I joined a local car club hoping to network with others with how to knowledge. What I found is that almost all take their cars to someone else to be worked on. This forum has been a wealth of information and I am grateful to the many that have responded to my many questions.
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out of the generator?
1950s Saturday Evening Post Poster - List of all 2530 Car Makes Sold in the USA
in Parts For Sale
Posted
Is this still available?
Dick Arnett
WB4SUV@gmail.com
859-991-4368