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There was a man working in the Maine northwoods who may have a genetic connection with Bernie, he was a songwriter and sort of a poet as well. He was called Larry Gorman and one of his works is titled 'Watch Out For Larry Gorman, He's The One Who Writes the Songs'. He was a master of satire.

You probably aren't doing your cars any favor by idling them to warm them up. The best way to warm them to operating temp is to drive conservatively til they reach normal temps and pressures. It would be possible to build a pre-warm and pre-oil system. It would be a lot of work for no real gain. Industrial and marine plants are configured that way. The standby emergency generator engines in a (now shutdown) New England nuclear power plant had constantly heated coolent and lube oil circulating all the time. They had to come under full load within fraction of a second of startup. They were tested on a regular basis and had crankshaft problems. You may be overthinking this.

Would you let us know how you determined that there is a flattened cam lobe? Are you able to view the cam directly? Just curious.

Not particularly a Francophile but I spent many years immersed in WW1 history as a serious hobby and have to confess to being a Blackadder fan. We have the occasional laugh at Froggie's expense. But... https://frenchmoments.eu/douaumont-ossuary-verdun/

If the car is in Delaware and if you can not make a trip to attend things like draining the cooling system, one solution would be to wait for warmer weather to transport the car. I suspect the ASC may be able to help as well. If the car has been sitting since 1955 you can expect it to fight you every step of the way. Most likely just getting it ready for transport will be a project. I would expect it to have been drained when laid up but the only way to tell is inspection. Good luck.

Same thing for commercial fishing with the very good chance of drowning or being maimed for life.

When you do the compression test the numbers will give you an idea of the general condition of the upper end of the engine. If you find some anomalies the numbers will give you a solid point of reference for making a plan for future work on the car. If you want to pursue matters further a leak-down test may be in order. When you have your compression test numbers, it would be a good idea to record them in your maintenance logbook for future reference. Good luck.

My '39 S8 Packard was owned by the chairman of the board of the Mt. Washington Auto Road, so I suspect it may well have made the trip more than once. It may also explain why the engine block had so many repairs. That block is now garage art and was replaced a few years ago.

Nice picture of an interesting auto at an interesting place at an interesting time. It could be a photographers prop, that doesn't change my interest. Adelbert Ames, hero of Little Round Top and 20th Maine fame was racing horses in the county fair circuits at this time, actually into the '30s. More than likely he was at the Unity Fair that day. He was known to be a hair prickly. Never mind the news from Europe, lets go to the fair. Maybe get out pitchers took.

$25.00 USD for a working wench is a pretty good deal. In my experience there are usually a few more zeros involved. 😉 🙄

I think in the early days of MOTORing another name for an automobile was motor, as in "Lets take the motor to the mountains this weekend, dear." Could this usage be where the terms like motor oil and others mentioned come from? In my world, 'engine' is the noisy hot smelly and occasionally greasy thing that usually dominates the engine room. They may come in multiples and by one means or another they rotate the fan or fans in the blunt end to make the ship go. 'Motor' is the item that drives the support equipment that keeps the lights on, etc. Some of us may never get the hung of the language.

Yep, things like that happen in the most surprising places, Maybe its because most of the machinery we're dealing with is well past its projected lifespan. I spent several years of my working career keeping a 1934-built tanker (ship) afloat and operating and making enough money to make payroll. Mostly successful. 😊 Are you sure the alternator is the way to go on your car? Those Mopar electrical systems are pretty robust abd just about bulletproof. Good luck.

I seem to remember the semi-regular announcement of a new flying car in several of the Popular Mechanix type mags from the '40s, '50s and '60s touting the coming flying car revolution. I'm still waiting but I started breathing again.

I think West Peterson's 40 Packard is air conditioned.

The internet, if I recall correctly, has debunked the Isadora Duncan scarf story (thanks, Gary) as an urban myth but who knows. I can remember reading the accident account in a biography of the dancer many years pre-internet so we can't blame the 'net. Given the lady's flamboyance I tend to (more or less) suspect theres at a grain of credence there. 🙂

StylishOne: Do you know the address of the photo? Todt Hill is the high point and is a nice neighborhood, I wonder if the photo is off whats now Richmond Terrace? Lots of local history at the S.I. Historical Society, enjoyed the Edison coverage of the launch of Kaiser Bill's yacht on Shooters Island in the early 1900s.

Nothing very exotic, SDC tour in central Maine, 2019. Location is a c. 1840s wire suspension bridge in New Portland. ME. Happy Holidays to all hands.

Impressive. Terry, Is the steam Lombard going to be able to make the small radius turns OK? Different subject- Is the track bearing job on the '28 dump truck making progress? Some pictures of that project would be nice. Thanks for the video.

"Like" on YouTube, "Like" on AACA forum is the only way I can give you two likes. I don't even own a MoPar. ☺️ Good job, Keith.

In the upper center of this shot is a BC348, the liaison receiver used in B29 bombers and other large aircraft in all services. The lower center is an ART13 liaison transmitter,1944 issue, and paired with the BC348. Note the the large knobs to permit cold, frightened 20 year-old operators do their job. I think of them every time I go on the air. The receiver on the lower left is a typical ham set c. 1938.

Just FWIW... I sailed for many years on small (~ 20K bbl.) tankers dealing with niche market gasoline and fuel oil from the refineries in New Jersey delivering product to terminals in various ports in the northeast USA. The product was delivered to Mobil, Exxon, Sun Oil, Gulf Oil and many independent terminals and some was to delivered from (for example) from the Mobil refinery to Mobil terminals but some, probably most was not brand specific, i.e. a load from Exxon might be consigned to a terminal of a rival company. We were told that specific blending was done at the terminal level. Some of the product probably was from tank bottoms and sold a clerance price. It was fairly interesting work with really archaic equipment owned by a 'Mom and Pop' company that got their start during prohibition delivering fuel to rumrunners.

That sounds familiar, I may have seen it in the late '40s when admission to the State theater was 12 cents if you were under twelve years old. I also think the plot was re-treaded more than once, unsuspecting and inept hero buys a bargain car at a once in a lifetime price and it proceeds to fall apart with much drama. Was there a 'Life of Riley' episode? Maybe an 'Ozzie and Harriet' plot as well? Maybe a real expert will come along and help us out.

I think the English language is constantly evolving. It really doesn't really bother me, I just choose to ignore it. What really does bother me is reading or being told there are words and phrases that I can't use anymore, so I have to go out of my way to use them. That may be a sign of approaching crumudgdonhood, which is OK. 😁

This is a large collection in several buildings, and the cars in the OP link are the project cars. Heres a FB blurb from the auction people, shows some of the better cars in (I think) a different building. https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1242687939581397&_rdr The auction company isn't an automotive specialist house and their conditions for picking up cars after the auction may be a tad stringent. I bought a Packard Super Eight engine from the collection owner a few years ago, and as Ed has said, an old school gentleman.

I'm not sure the BarrsLeak will work with an atmospheric (un-pressureised) cooling system. In the long run you probably would be better off to find a shop to repair or to replace the heater core, it is small and light enough to send out with minimum risk. Since it is an aftermarket heater, it should be easy to find a non-leaking replacement if you wanted to go that route.