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P.S. The bead on the pipe may not be original and even if it is, not necessarily needed.
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What are the compression and leak-down tests showing for each cylinder ?
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What is the O.D. of the pipe or, conversely, the I.D. of the triangular flange ?
And what does the flange side of the exhaust manifold looks like ?
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2 hours ago, jpage said:
Here's a picture of my restored unit. Notice that the doge units are higher than the Plymouth's, maybe because of the larger engine.
So how did it look after dipping, draining, wiping off the excess and eventually in use ?
And how often you service, i.e. clean and re-dip it ?
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1 hour ago, TerryB said:
RCA manufactured a record player for cars in the 1950s
Except that advertisement is for 1960 Chrysler Corp cars. First year they offered 45 RPM Players (as I noted in my earlier comment) 😉
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16 2/3 RPM, Highway Hi-Fi.
I've restored a couple and they seemed to have worked fine.
Many years ago, some guy name Jay called and asked if I had any records for one. I didn't.
The later (1960-1961 ?) Chrysler record players featured 45 RPM and had more problems.
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1 hour ago, Joe in Canada said:
Sorry I passed.
🙄
Not enough $$s or no name on the credits and marquee, I guess ?
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2 hours ago, Marty Roth said:
Comparison:
I replaced with Coker Bias ply on my 1937 Buick 80C Roadmaster Phaeton (convertible sedan)-
I replaced with Coker Bias-Look Radial American Classic on my 1941 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Coupe (cabriolet)
Both are mounted on the car's original rims.
I replaced with Coker Bias-Look Radial American Classic on my 1954 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Coupe
They are mounted on the Coker/Wheel Vintique aftermarket version of my original spoke rims, sealed for tubeless tires.
We tour all cars extensively, many thousands of miles.
I do not notice a significant difference in ride or handling on the earlier cars, but the 1954 may have a very slight edge in higher speed cornering when needed.
Both seem to deliver a good driving experience.
I continue to have tire balancing problems with the Radials, seemingly requiring much more balance weights, and still not satisfactory, but then I'm very critical of vibration.
The Bias-Ply on the Buick do go down the road at all speeds, as smooth as anyone could imagine, even at Interstate speeds when required, although I prefer not to overdo it.
The radials on the '41 Caddy are relatively new and show almost no wear after thousands of miles, but when they age out,
I'll replace them, probably going back to real Bias Ply with the correct size whitewalls, as this car was delivered, and as I toured it for its first 26,xxx miles of my ownership.
The tires on my 1930 Packard Touring with wire spoke wheels are older, maybe a bit stiff, but with no serious wear or cracking.
I would absolutely not install radials on this car!
Very sensible suggestions, but if I'm not mistaken, all except 1930 Packard have independent front suspension & more modern(?) type wheels so not really comparable to 1931 Chrysler.
I too have driven countless miles in dozens of (or more ?) pre- & postwar vintage cars which originally came with bias-ply tires (still common in American cars in the 1960s) converted to Radial, i.e. steel belted, tires and some benefitted noticeably, but not all.
The few solid axle & (close to) stock suspension/steering late-1920s/early-1930 cars I've driven with Radials (most on steel wheels) didn't benefit, but rather suffered from the conversion.
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13 hours ago, jpage said:
These are a type of oil bath. after cleaning, you dip the unit into oil to cover the filer, then drain out any excess oil. Some oil is trapped in the filer element and catches dirt. Unlike the regular oil bath un its, these have to be cleaned more often.
Doesn't sound very logical/practical as it would likely take days or weeks to "drain" enough 50W oil not to make a mess or get in/on the carburetor and inside the intake manifold, but I'll take your word.
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10 minutes ago, Joao46 said:
I was planning on taking it to Last Chance Garage to replace the tires as I don’t know how old they are but may be pretty old as they do not have that DOT date code .
But the guy who runs Last chance told me bias tires if not cracked should be ok as bias tire bands are not steel and do not rust.You may want to consider taking the car to someone who offers better and more sensible advise.
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Unless you plan to also modify/modernize the suspension, steering, wheels, etc, the “best(!?) driving experience” will likely be achieved with the type of tires the car was originally designed for.
Additionally, a lot will depend on what kind of and how much driving you’re planning to do and on what type of roads/streets, etc, etc, …
If you’re planning to drive short, local trips to C & Cs, car shows or on/off a trailer, accumulating perhaps couple of hundred miles a year, any tire will do.
Beauty, even “ultimate”, is in the eye of the beholder, e.g. what you or someone else may perceive beautiful, me or others might consider ugly.
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Thanks for confirming.
I also noticed the service decal instructions are for an oil bath type air cleaner, which yours is not and therefore those instructions aren’t exactly correct for it.
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On 9/28/2023 at 7:46 PM, Joe in Canada said:
Once had two ladies looking at my 30 Cadillac inquiring about using it in a porn movie.
And ???
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@vette-kid I admittedly don't have experience with that particular air cleaner, but have you tried removing the (domed) top lid (i.e. "COVER" noted in service instruction decal) which looks almost like possibly being held in place with some internal clips or something and may just pop off if pried up at the edges, hence allowing access and removal of the inner filter element for servicing ?
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Another great 120+ mile Christmas drive.
Got a little late start at around 7am, headed south to Lake Elsinore, then up & west on Ortega Hwy to San Juan Capistrano, where after a brief refueling stop I made a U-turn and headed back the same way, spiritedly enjoying the twists and turns of the freshly redone/-paved canyon section of the Ortega Hwy (attached photo taken in Orange County side, heading east toward the canyon).
Got home around Noon, took a brief nap and headed to the steak house where I had a nice N.Y. Strip with asparagus, sautéed mushrooms and a glass of quite good Cabernet from Paso Robles.
Now back at home, in the backyard, enjoying some 12 y.o. Glendronach with a Plasencia Alma Fuerte.
Happy Holidays to all !
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3 hours ago, pkhammer said:
I think this approach would work fine for a smaller event, but at a swap meet the size of Hershey, I could see dozens and dozens of trucks and trailers backed up trying to get onto the grounds Monday morning while vendors are shown "one-by-one" where they are to go. Right now you simply drive onto the grounds, go to your spaces since you already know where they are at, park, and start setting up. I think parking vendors on a first come first served basis could potentially have vendor traffic backed up for a really lengthy time. I drive four hours to Hershey and I don't want to sit in my truck in a long line waiting behind dozens of other vendors waiting for someone to show us where our spaces will be.
Perhaps we're misconstruing each other, but I don't mean every vendor should need to be shown "one-by-one", as in personally taken to their row or spaces.
Instead, from the entry gate on, there would be a line of volunteer's(?), one in a bright orange vest every 100-200(?) ft. directing/pointing/instructing traffic flow of vendors to follow the vendor truck/trailer/van/vehicle ahead them until they reach the point where they're given as many spaces they've pre-paid for and so on ...
Other than perhaps not having enough volunteers to orchestrate this at each field simultaneously, but maybe if each field is filled one at a time ...
... these volunteers can be moved to next one and so on ...
As for porta-potties, perhaps businesses providing those services could have a bunch of them ready in some corner(s) of each field and personnel on hand to check with newly arrived/parked vendors if they've ordered/pre-paid for one and if yes, then just quickly bring (with golf carts + small trailers ?) and drop off as many as they've paid for.
I'd imagine businesses providing and getting paid for such service should be able to co-ordinate something like that fairly easily.
This way all the vendors would be consolidated to much more approachable formation without countless empty spaces (or rows ?) in between, hence making it much easier for those potential buyers walking (or hoping/trying to walk) through the entire swap meet.
OTOH, I don't know why I'm wasting my braincells & time on this since I likely won't attend Hershey swap meet any time soon anyway. 🙄
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1 hour ago, A Woolf said:
The idea of filling rows sounds good until you consider that it would be a mad rush once the fields were open to try and get the best location. It would be a recipe for chaos and likely a disincentive for vendors.
I'm not sure that ^^ is an accurate assessment, especially if the filling of the rows/spaces were conducted and directed by volunteers in orderly "first-come-first-served" manner, instead of some "mad rush" fighting over "best location" and any jackbottom attempting to pass the organized lineup would be penalized by either directing/forcing them to back of the line or possibly even revoking their attendance all together.
I would think filling the rows/spaces one-by-one would also help prevent any chaos & disruptions some late arrival vendors can cause when trying to maneuver their trucks & trailers, etc through already otherwise filled rows to get to their "reserved" spaces.
I've heard and seen these approaches working well in most other vintage car events/shows, even if attendees/vendors are pre-registered.
Or is the privilege of having "reserved" space(s) more important than consideration & respect toward all other attendees or organizers ?
I would think in most clubs and/or their organized events all members are and at least should be considered/treated equal.
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6 hours ago, Littlestown Mike said:
That would make printing of the Program rather difficult, would't it? I bet that program is printed months nefore October.
Could the club explore going paperless for the program? Save the printing costs--or at least reduce them, and make it easier to update vendor listings.
6 hours ago, 63RedBrier said:I agree! I was just trying to flesh out some alternatives! Why not just indicate what row the vendor is in? I usually ask people I am trying to find at Hershey what pole number they are near, that always seemed easier to me than trying to focus in on number plates tacked to the pavement...
Why is it even necessary to identify vendors location in a (once a year) SWAP MEET ?
Why not just implement earlier suggestions of assigning/compressing/filling spaces on first-come-first-served basis and perhaps splitting commercial/professional vendors from hobbyists, as these improvements(?) would obviously make it easier and simpler for attendees/buyers/spectators look/walk through the entire area and vendors with potential will-call pick ups can easily inform their buyers via todays digital technology ?
OTOH, I think since the advent of various online market places, most of the potential "improvements" for any physical swap meets might be moot anymore.
Full disclosure: As I've mentioned, I haven't been to Hershey (& Carlisle) for over 30 years or many other, closer-to-me swap meets for over 20, mainly due to having access to easier/simpler ways to find/source needed parts, etc by just picking up a phone (or more recently, occasionally opening/searching the internet).
As for other, club related membership experience improvements/upgrades mentioned by @CarNucopia and others, while I'm not a very active as a member of any I belong to, I've heard/seen similar concerns being expressed by membership in all of them and many of these clubs seem to suffer from continually diminishing membership, perhaps due to not adapting/evolving (fast) enough in the modern world.
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Weather prediction for Monday here the Inland Empire of SoCal looks promising for my annual Christmas morning drive.
If anyone in the area is interested in joining me with their vintage car, PM/DM before 6pm Sunday for contact info and potential route/scheduling plans, which usually for me is a +/-100 mile drive from/to Riverside, CA at a leisurely pace and includes some scenic secondary roads, possibly up to local mountains, plenty of stops for restroom/snacks(bring your own)/photo-ops/etc and may include a short nature trail hike.
Preliminary plan for departure is around 6am and return by midday (according to my wife, we have dinner reservations at 2pm in some fairly local restaurant, so I can't spend the whole day on driving pleasures).OR, alternatively, wife and I are planning to do our annual, EARLY morning (at/before sunrise) drive to and through Joshua Tree National Park on January 1st to welcome the New Year, if anyone is interested in joining us.
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3 hours ago, 63RedBrier said:
I have an idea to fix the empty spaces problem. Assign vendors to rows! When vendors arrive, they get the next (however many spaces they reserved) spaces in that row! Working from the center out will concentrate all the occupied spaces toward the center and leave the empty spaces on the far end.
And perhaps assign different areas or fields for "commercial/professional" (i.e. reoccurring, etc) vs. enthusiast/hobbyist (i.e. occasional/one-time, individuals just trying to unload their "extra" parts, etc) sellers and fill each area first-come-first-served basis.
And I imagine in today's world, any seller, be they "professionals" or "hobbyists" with pre-agreed/-arranged items to be collected, can easily notify/reach their buyers/customers via cell phones, emails, social media, texts, etc, once their row/space has been assigned and/or they've settled in to it.
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43 minutes ago, John_S_in_Penna said:
Example of elastic demand: One gas station prices gasoline
at $2.50 a gallon. A few blocks away, another station is $2.45.
For that 2% difference, the $2.50 station will lose many customers.
Yes, in THEORY the 2% higher station MAY lose many (or some ?) customers, including some who MAY just be cheap and illogically think that by driving extra mile or few (or more) will somehow save them a couple $s OR those in lower socio-economic position who may not even afford to think filling their tank every time it's nearly empty, but are, also somewhat illogically, trying to stretch their budgets by fueling only a couple of dollars worth and always or often spending/wasting excess time (& money ?) trying to find yet another cheaper station, ...
...while those with some basic common sense approach to or understanding of economics will just go to nearest station whenever needed, fill-up and get on with more important things in life, rather than waste time & money trying to save a dollar or two.
It's kind of like "Common sense is not actually that common".
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48 minutes ago, Bhigdog said:
At some point the law of diminishing returns will kick in and an enterprise can price itself out of existence.
And hasn't that always applied to any and all business/commercial "enterprises", not just antique automobile related swap meets where last time I checked, no one was holding a gun against attendees or vendors heads forcing them to participate ?
Or who knows, maybe this will eventually create a yet another great(?) or at least cheaper option business opportunity to outsource car shows and swap meets to some east Asian locations ?
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17 hours ago, alsancle said:
Tough to be in the print media business.
AFAIK, has been for couple of decades already, thanks to digital media, including online forums.
While I've placed a few small ads in Hemmings over the decades (and sold a couple due to those ads), I've never subscribed to it, as I've never had that much time to read or peruse through the few mags I have had subscriptions for decades already.
I guess I have other things to do.
OTOH, if any or all automotive related magazines, digital or print, went out of business indefinitely tomorrow, I probably wouldn't notice their demise for months or perhaps even years.
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2 hours ago, dalef62 said:
$100 is for Monday through Friday! $20 a day, ….
Couple of months ago I went to a small, single day, single manufacturer (MoPar) oriented local swap meet about 50 miles away and they charged me $45.- for a single (20’ x 20’ ?) space.And I was told by several spectators that compared to past events, this one didn’t have even 50% of vendors.
Perhaps those organizers screwed me ? 😡
And add that insult to almost $200.- per night in a nearby hotel (with a comfy bed though and free parking), a great $120.- dinner (with drinks) across the street from the hotel, fuel to get there & back, wear and tear on my (work) truck, etc, etc, etc, all which was made less painful by almost $7K worth of sales, so how upset should I be and publicly cry into everyone’s beer here about it ?-
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Here’s a fun one — Who bought a car for under $ 100 ???
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by TTR (see edit history)
I don't recall ever buying any specific vehicles, modern or vintage, for less than $100, but have been offered many for that, i.e. less than $100, or free and turned down most of them.
I've also given or offered several (vintage) cars or lots of (good ?) parts for them for free, but not all were accepted.
OTOH, I've bought numerous vintage cars for less than $500 and many of those have been reasonably good, running/driving examples, but I really didn't start buying/selling/owning vintage cars until mid 1980's.