Billy Kingsley
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What little I can see of that Edsel looks restorable.
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I can't believe I forgot about this show completely, ugh. I also forgot the show at the Renegades stadium last weekend. Next year I'm going to get there (I hope!)
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Although I have all three versions of the song in my collection his version was my favorite. Sad.
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I'd rather have the Nash or the Dodge then the foreign cars. At least I could get into them without hurting myself.
I saw that blue Bugatti or an identical copy at the Saratoga Automobile Museum a few years ago. I know it's considered iconic but I much prefer the looks of American cars.
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18 hours ago, TerryB said:
a matching hot dog that had been rolling around on a metal device with hot to the touch metal bars for hours
Well shoot, now I'm hungry.
We rarely use the cup holders for cups. I use it to store my remote batteries for my camera when I'm doing photo documenting tours, and the one in the door usually contains compressed air to keep the dashboard and gps screen clean. (I photo document every town and named place I visit by photographing the gps screen)
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Happy belated Birthday!
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Using the same thoughts here, would Ford's division be called MoCra (Motorcraft) and GM's GoWre (Goodwrench)?
Yeah, sorry, I'm just weird.
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On 9/28/2021 at 6:48 PM, Gary_Ash said:
In 2016, my wife and I organized the Studebaker Drivers Club's International meet in Warwick, RI. One challenge was finding a route for attendees from the middle of the country to New England that avoided Interstates. We have driven U.S. 6 through Pennsylvania several times, found it a comfortable 2-lane road with good scenery, sights to see, gas stations, restaurants, and hotels/motels along the way. Here's the route that avoids most of the big highways and big cities, though you may have to briefly be on busier roads to cross rivers, etc. There are some departures from U.S. 6 to get around the NY metro area. U.S. 6 runs from the eastern tip of Cape Cod in Provincetown, MA to Bishop, CA, but used to run all the way to Long Beach.
See the Wikipedia article on U.S. Route 6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_6
The Pennsylvania Lumber Museum just east of Coudersport on U.S. 6 is a good stop. As you go east, Silver Birches Resort on Lake Wallenpaupack is a good, old-timey stop for the night, has a restaurant, swim in the lake.
We stopped in Edinboro, PA in western PA once, didn't find a decent restaurant, barely found a hotel. It's on my "never stop there" list! On the other hand, the Milford/Matamoras/Port Jervis area is interesting, has the Hotel Fauchere in Milford with its restaurant. https://hotelfauchere.com/
Helm's Service Station, just off the center of Milford on Harford St, has a small collection of antique cars. From Port Jervis, you can make your way through the local cemetery to find the tip of land under I-84 where PA, NY, and NJ meet on the Delaware River, good for a picnic stop.
Route 97, the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway, has it's southern terminus in Port Jervis, and I highly recommend the road. I did it in full on March 1st, 2020, just before the pandemic kicked up. There are several interesting places to stop with river access, a waterfall to see, and the Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct which is very nice. I've walked it three times now. It connects you from Barrytown NY to Lackawaxen PA. The famed Hawk's Nest is also near the southern terminus.
There is only one gas station on the road so that's something to keep in mind. There are several in Port Jervis and at least one at the northern terminus.
https://public.fotki.com/ElCaminoBilly/driving-tours/upper-delaware-byway/
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I think it's cool. As someone also into genealogy I would be thrilled to find something like this for my ancestors.
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The price of eggs? What the heck are you talking about? You know what, I don't care. I come here to learn about cars, not eggs.
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3 hours ago, Alex D. said:
Garbage?
The “Built Not Bought” saying is in no way to discriminate against those that for any reason cannot or do not do their own work! It shows pride in, hey I built this or I restored this, or I built this from a kit.
When I rebuild an engine, yes, I will take it to an expert machinist to turn the crank, install sleeves, grind valves and etc. I then will assemble(build) the engine myself. I do my own body and paint. When I need a panel fabricated and if I don’t have the proper tooling for the job, I take it to an expert right down the road.
I’m so sorry my “built not bought” offends you.
You know darn well there's a difference between someone who's proud of their work vs. the person asking that question. I guess you've never been to car shows?
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5 hours ago, Aaron65 said:
Judging by the replies, I think I'm in the minority! Not the first time...
I'm never embarrassed by my own work, as I could hardly care less what people think about me or my cars. I simply think the question is meant to belittle an owner who doesn't know how to do the work or chooses to have it done by someone else, or imply that if they didn't do the work, they don't deserve to own the car. Like I said, that doesn't really apply to me, but I think it it sends a bad message. Maybe it's just the tone I notice with people around here. Maybe I'm being cynical...that also wouldn't be the first time.
This is how it comes across to me as well. The whole "built not bought" garbage is simply a way to discriminate against those who can't do their own work or are simply too busy with their family and real life to spend the time.
Besides, the people who actually built it were the people on the production line in Detroit, South Bend or a thousand other places.
Furthermore, experts are experts for a reason. If you want the best you go to the experts. Did you remove your own appendix? Drill your own cavities? I'm guessing you went to an expert rather than doing it yourself.
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Even with the ping and the leak, this is still a positive update and good to see!
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For what it's worth, one of my favorite hobbies is photo documenting roads and travels. I've covered a far afield as Illinois but most is centered on New York. My main goal is visiting every town in Dutchess County which is where I live...just took another ride yesterday.
When I do these trips I have the GPS on my phone turned on so you can see exactly where each photo was taken...and I also map out each trip which I put at the end of each album, at least for Dutchess County.
Some of the rides are quite long with 14 hours being the current record, some of them are also nearly 1000 photos.
I do have them in multiple places. Those that are documenting the way to a specific place (museums, usually) are under Trips: https://public.fotki.com/ElCaminoBilly/trips/
While those that are rides for the sake of exploring with no specific destination are under Driving Tours: https://public.fotki.com/ElCaminoBilly/driving-tours/
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I recognize quite a few of the places shown in the backgrounds...even though this is so close to home I couldn't get there. With no legitimate show aspect I couldn't just drive around the north country just hoping to run across you guys. Would have liked to have seen these cars.
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Most of the time it would mean nothing to me. If you are trying to prove provenance of a race car that would be different. Also something one off like Edsel Ford's speedster or Harley Earl's Y-job it's extremely important but then again the odds of owning those are nil.
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And I thought the trouble Matt was having with his V12 Lincoln was tough, imagine having to trouble shoot that!
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Very cool! I love older architecture almost as much as I love old cars.
I remember the days of film camera and I much prefer the storage capacity of digital photography. With my somewhat shaky hands it's so much nicer to see if I have to retake a photo right then and there so I'm able to do so. I'm willing to forgo some of the depth of field for that, a compromise I'm happy to make up for.
I want to learn how to do Daguerreotype images at some point, but I have too many other things I collect and spend my time on to set that aside to take up something new.
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That's very logical. Why take chances? Especially on a build that's been as troublesome as this one has been
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Just out of curiosity, but wouldn't it be possible to reuse the oil if it's still fresh and just had to come out?
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That's my favorite body type on Ts and most cars of this era...I'll be watching this with great interest!
The sentimental connection is all the better too.
Car trailer versus falling tree
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It's funny how trees fall. Not ha ha funny but weird funny. We had a neighbors tree come down into our yard during hurricane isiahs last year. It landed on the shepherd's hook that our bird feeder hangs on. The hook was totally fine, it supported the weight with ease. The suet feeder that was hanging there was bent in half and halfway down the yard. I was standing where it fell just five minutes before so I'm lucky I wasn't squished.