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16 minutes ago, lump said:
Welcome, Kevin. Great car! I wish you good times and good luck in your old-car adventuring. It's been a great lifetime interest for me, and tens of thousands of other folks.
Thanks! It has been a great adventure in the short time I have been involved and I look forward to many more years of fun with the cars.
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Thanks to the original poster, Mark, for this post. I am 47 and my 21 year old daughter got me into classic car collecting over a year ago. My daughter saved up her money and wanted to buy a 1970's VW camper bus. My wife and I took her to look at one that was a driver but had some rust and while we were at the place looking we saw a beautiful 1931 Model A Roadster. My daughter bought her bus and my wife and I ended up buying that Model A. I became hooked on classic cars and I am lucky enough to have been able to add some more cars to my collection. As someone newer to the hobby, I have observed many of the same things that Mark has mentioned. Even in the local Model A club, I encourage them to get more modern with communications as well as getting their Model A's out to share with people. If we do not share our knowledge and the passion for these classic cars, then the newer generation will find the barriers to entry and to get involved, even beyond money, to be too great.
This year I have started to bring my pre war cars out to the local car shows and cruises and it is amazing how many people love seeing them and talking about them. I am always the only one there with an old car in as most have the fifties, muscle, and 80/90's cars but people always thank me for bringing the car out and sharing the knowledge. Some of the most engaging conversations I have are with the millennial age people. They always make comments about how impossible it must be to drive or how much money they must cost and every other perception they have and I give them the information to dispel some of those perceptions. I find that engaging in those conversations and giving people the information that puts a smile on their face is just as fun as driving our classic cars ourselves.
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16 minutes ago, edinmass said:
Neat car, there is one in Western Massachutts that is a yellow touring car, 13 or 14. He is in the HCCA roster last I knew.
Thanks Ed. I will have to take a look at that roster.
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Outstanding and beautiful car!!
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I am new to the AACA and I am looking for other owners of Cole Motor Company cars. In the Spring, I acquired a 1913 Series 9 touring car and would like to connect with other owners. Fifteen to twenty years ago, there used to be a very active club led by Leroy Cole, however as people aged the club pretty much stopped. I know Coles are not a very common car at all and there are a few in museums such as Auburn and the Gilmore, but it would be great to connect with anyone else that owns and drives them. My Cole was sitting in a museum for 12+ years and I am getting it back out on the road and touring.
Thanks,
Kevin
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1 minute ago, 1937-44 said:
They make some but they seem to only be for the back of the car and are butt ugly. An example being; http://www.easyontaillights.com/ I'm not sure why nobody makes an attractive five piece set (four turn signals and a controller) for antique cars.
Carl
Wow, those sure are ugly! It does seem like it would be a market opportunity for some company to do this. Thanks for the info.
Kevin
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In May I acquired a Cole 1913/1914 Series 9 touring car. With it, I have quite a bit of car documentation and company photos. I thought I would share some of it on here with others and maybe you will find it as interesting as I have!
In early 1913, Cole took a specifically labeled new Series 9 car on a long trip to test it out and show endurance as well as to raise marketing awareness for the 'Standardized' car. JJ Cole called it the standardized car because he wanted all of the best components in it that were or would be the standard in the automotive industry. Here are a few pictures from a company or Cole family scrapbook of the trip. The first picture is an 8x10 of the three drivers of the transcontinental test car. The second picture is the typed note on the back of the picture. The next picture is of the three individuals standing with JJ Cole. and then the picture after that is of some Cole execs arriving to the event in another Series 9 touring car. The pictures after that are from a 1913 Cole Service Bulletin with a map of the trip and then a great picture and story about the bear mascot mentioned on the back of the 8x10 photo.
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Excellent and thanks again!
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Matt, Thanks and I will share that picture with my wife, she will love it!
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This could be really helpful. Two of my cars have no signals and temporary ones could help while driving. I like the idea of two separate ones versus just a single unit though I cant find any after doing some searches on the internet just now.
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Joel - spot on and my wife loves late fifties and early 60's Vettes. I found the metro to be a much less expensive option!
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Thank you, this is extremely helpful! Now I just need to find the parts to make this work.
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I acquired a 1922 Maxwell Model 25 in the spring. the owners manual mentions that when filling the oil there is an oil gauge on the side of the engine that tells you the oil level. My engine does not have the oil gauge, but it has the bolt where it would go. Does anyone have one of the oil gauges on their engine and can send me a picture so I can see what it looks like?
Thanks!
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I am new to the AACA so just ran across this topic. I also just joined the HCCA recently as well. I started collecting 18 months ago and jumped right in. My first car was a 1931 Model A and after a few months with that, I was in love with older cars. I recently entered the pre 1915 era with the purchase of a 1913 Cole touring car and it takes time and research to find what you are looking for. I also do not have a large garage or land to build a storage place, but in the Detroit area we have facilities that are for classic and exotic car collectors so you can store your cars, have 24 hours access to them, easy in and out, and completely climate controlled. There might be something like that around you as well.
As far as the wife, I also had a similar situation. She was supportive of the first car, but she found herself not that interested in old cars or going to shows and tours. To work around that I talked to her about what would interest her in a car. She told me a pink fun car that she could go places and drive around with her friends in. So, I found her a 1955 Pink Nash Metropolitan convertible and she drives it all of the time. She now understands how classic cars are a wonderful thing.
Good luck with your journey!
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Looking for other owners of Cole Motor Company Cars
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That ad is very cool and thanks for sharing! I have several Cole ads and other documentation and I have not seen that one. The baseball team analogy is a good one for what JJ Cole was trying to do. Many people hear Standardized and they think Henry Ford, cost cutting, and standard parts, bolts etc. What Cole was trying to do was to put together cars with the top automotive components that were the standard or would set the standard in the automotive industry. Here is part of an ad that summarized the 'Standardized' Car components very well.