Flivverking

A chev 6 in a nice old Hudson seems under powered and a step down to me. We have a well known local 1929 Ford Model A coach with an unexpected replacment motor. It's a real old time hot rod? Having a Hudson Terraplane 6 installed in 1939 or 40..A gem of an early motor swap .. The owner and the one who did the engine swap in 39/40 had passed about 4 /5 years..Cleve Curtis. But the charming unrestored brush painted black car survives in that state and only a real idiot would put original. Red V8 wire wheels with over sized WW rubber and sealbeam converted headlamps with tared roof complete the personality . I drive once at a pick nick..it was a hoot!

We just picked up the 4 Chrysler 70 wooden spokers from Charlie Decker ,A.K.A. Bandit. Not knowing what color the car will be painted (if ever)in the future,it was decieded to go with simple black spoke stripes to give the wheels a finished and period look, an another color accent stripe around the rim and maybe hub too can be added later, matching a future body stripe to tie it all togther if one(me) desired.. Worried a bit that the black stripe would be too subtle,it really isn't and pops the natural wood even more against the black metal parts. Now Charlie is a very busy fellow, traveling to on site locations for custom work, almostly daily and is skilled in all types of pinstriping ,lettering,and sign painting ART! He maintains a studio adjacent to custom car facility in Vernon Connecticut for brought in pieces, like my wheels,guitars,biker helmets ,fenders,tanks,advertizing signs,logos even custom tattoo pattern designs painted out for the tatt man to follow. If you have an on sight job, set up an appointment, but be prepared to be on a list as surely a few will be ahead of you..Same goes for brought in pieces..a 2 weeks wait for completion is no unusual with his demand. You can look into his social media sites and check on some of his work on custom ,classic and antique vehicles plus other odds and ends and other things on 4 wheels or 2 wheels or with 8 strings! 8 strings? https://www.banditpinstriping.net/ Biz card info

I won't live long enough to ever see any large mainstream conversion to EV vehicles. ( there is too much greed, money invested and to much money to still be made! on burning up oils). To bad though ,as I'll never see the after-market parts ,accessories and high performance catalogs for Electric Auto-Buggies of the future.. "Hey Kenny,what you doing this weekend,I 'll bring over some beer?" "Common over man ,you can help me put on the new kick ass chrome field coil cover on my Ben Franklin Lightning Bolt 5000 coupe and install super duty 700 strand battery cables with this cool lime green loom." "O.K. I'll be there"

Unfortunately ,Winn brand and other period auto ingnition synchrometers,like radiator mascot caps, are collected, by tool collectors , who buy and hoard these things(often in multiples) who are not into actual cars and the stuff gets to help no one. But thats life!.

For a $150.00 per car come take anything off you can in one day. First come first served! No torches and must sign the not liable for your injuries /law-suit waiver.

There is no other make or model of doors on record that can be transposed to a Dodge Victory 6.

Search the Jalopyjournal. "1929 Dodge Victory Six Doors" About 5 years ago there wurz 3 doors for a 29(fit?) ,being offered at 200 each. 2 rears ,one front.. "28chevyguy" was the seller I see you have do not have a "want ad "with the Dodge Brothers Club

Nothing gets by anyone here..LOL I thought to go look at..but I don't like to waste others time..if I'm not really interested...but it would be fun to bring a bag of 20's of a 3rd ,maybe just a scant more of the asking just to wave it at the guy! No worries,they haven't taken my " carry permit " away.. YET!

That is great! I like that it pre dates their introduction of auto "lacquer Enamel" in about 1923? All the colors any normal person needs. At that time top coating with clear varnish was normal on all factory paint jobs but for dipped or baked black parts...and it was easier to apply a fresh coat of varnish( if the old was just dull and not cracked ) every couple of years instead of starting from scratch with new color-varnish or enamel . Wait to long and it was a complete stripping down to metal and build up. Those earlier paints and varnishes were mostly of the short or medium oil type and dried completely hard over night which helped alot.

On Facebook Market Place in Weatogue Connecticut is listed a nifty "barn find" (arrent they all ) 1927 Pierce Arrow model 80. A close couple sedan type with trunk box almost over the rear axle and spare wheel behind.. Nice unrestored shape ,and appears very complete and intact and only slightly doggy. .It stands on grossly undersize tires of the common 1960-70s Sears Model A Ford tread pattern . The business man looking seller had marked it down from like $20,000 to $19,000 which proves he knows nothing! To take a gander look into it. I have no link and unless your on facebook..you can't really find it. Truly a nice find,but not at near these 6 figures ,as it is.

Just a couple of years ago a guy was selling a pretty nice surviver condition ,good looking 1928 Peerless 4 door for" 5,ooo or best offer" Someone cleanly dumped in a big old 50's Caddy or Olds V8 back in the 60's ,the rest of the car was" right as rain "stock and still charming . The original engine long gone.. The event was done,but it would be reversable.. That type of old ride would be a good consideration for a highway required daily beater of 1920s vintage. I wouldn't consider this type of car a hot or street rod or even a modified with the present form of "performance" usage of the word. Not even a resto rod.. I don't now what? Just had "an engine replacement" What did they call all those V12 flat head Lincoln Continentals that ended up with later O.H.V. V8s, a popular conversion at one time,and some still that way? About 2 months ago maybe 3 or 4 ,on Ebay a little 29 Essex sedan sold for about 5 grand. A simple repainted up ,solid old car, not restored to any degree,it had some modern 4 banger in it with all the Essex stock mechanicals-brakes too,which are pretty good on those cars. 21" rubber on wood spoke wheels . Still used the stock pedal layout with the 5 speed. It's and old car,that looks like an old car,feels like and smells like an old car...but sounds and shifts like a Toyota!😝 Not for most of us,but I can see some amount of appeal .Maybe this type of car can be a serious consideration to get you going? You can collect the right motor and bits for the future along the way if you like too. I or we would like that. .

Some random" used " metal moulding pieces 1/2"x1/8" low crow that maybe of usefull to a low buck, not show car inclined hobbiest as floorboard trim or deck trim on a speedster project or early car/truck body seam covering etc. Trunk/tool box or wood edge trimming? Aluminum solid core, appox 1/2"x 1/8" One long piece has a tweaked end. 10 pcs. -29-7/8 9 pcs.-23-7/8" Nickeled brass over wood .465 wide- approx. 2 pcs.-29-7/8" 2 pcs.-23-7/8" Some core wood splits at nail holes. Chrome?over steel -hollow core .485-.490 ish wide. Some tweaked metal 1 pcs.-23-3/4" 4 pcs.-29-7/8" $40.00 all, plus shipping Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4

Are you sure the carburetor is adjusted properly? Learn up on the proper adjustmet before condemning that carburetor.

First of all ,you have to figure out exactly what year /model/ Victory you have. These cars can very quit a bit ,even in the same year model with early and later series.. From hoods an inch shorter to shorter doors etc. Advice is to NOT invest any amount of time or money untill you aquire that door. Be prepared to having to buy a pair or even a hole set of doors to get one.

One change in our time that really didn't take hold as much as they (who every they was?) thought it would ,was the complete conversion over to the metric system.. It's very funny,it was a big annoying deal . Now what,are we 20 or 25% diluted with it after 45 years?

I think there is a place "JB's engine and machine" in Balitmore that restores antiques and everything else...call them and ask them what they can do or not?

Why not look up babbit bearings in Maryland.. Fusion Babbitting! Servicing Maryland. You do not have to be a pure specialized vintage car engine rebuilder who also does babbitt work..to do very fine babbitt work..

I got a message too, from this scammer a few days ago !

Purple lenses. I had been told by various sources through the years it has something to do with "lead"content in the glass mix. There is manufacture window of time where it is usually seen in some aged automobile lenses.. Like 1915-1923 ..rarely if at all after 1925.. Like low number license plates..some folks get all giddy about purple lenses...Break one from a pair...good luck finding a match .unless its a Model T.

I'm old school..If I really like it,I go look at it only once. I either buy or leave it and don't look back. It's all one shot, now or never. None of the wussy thinking about over night or comming back for a second look or making an offer the seller needs to think about. I bring the maximum cash I think I'll pay..and there it is..he takes or not.,right then and there.. If not I walk away. Move on. Of its a go! there are no deposits..I pay for it right then(the power of cash makes the buy) and get the car's paper work and their personal info and plan the pick up . Only time I ever go looking twice is if the seller has to find some missing junk he metioned that goes with the car but is not handy .. If parts that are included that are not seen with the car and you buy it ,chances are pretty high they will not show up ,ever. If you have the guts and you really want it? ..bring 17,000 in green max! He will sell you that car if it has been on the market more then 3 weeks. Or just speculate on it for fun.. It's cheaper...

Most all adult folks did get dressed up when going out in public ,but that started to end 50 years or more ago. But the final straw I think was when fake fleece was invented in the 80's , it was all casual comfort when not working and before that, polyester jumpsuits for men ...eek! .

Some basic daily life changes . The end of the paper boy jobs, boys lawn businesses and just about anything else of that sort that got young girls and boys of 10 years plus out of the house to learn and earn a few dollars on their own ,and be a bit independant . No more hanging out a your friend's dad's or uncle's gas station while he was helping out after school pumping gas ,then you too,eventually getting paid and picking up many skills. There are not that many real starter jobs left for younger teens and priced accordingly for the skill level. Once the grannies were in McDonalds..that was it for many teen jobs. Our local Walmarts have 10% under the age of 20 work force ,same at the large grocery chain stores. We where able to work at 14 for limited hours in 1960s-80s .Don't know if that still holds. We no longer have milk ,egg and cheese delivery. I recall in 1969 the last sighting of the local fruit and produce man cruising the neighborehoods in his 1935 Dodge open canopy express truck. We use to have morning and afternoon mail deliveries and could send a night letter. The trash men wore white and took those freaken heavy galvanized garbage cans from the back of the house to the truck and back. Like a 50 yard round trip.

For Sale one hard to find,extremely rare,(unless you go looking) Parkhard rear tail light,not to be confused with the more common front tail light! I believe it is for a 1929,by that I meen 1930 or 1931, and off higher end model,in contrast to something lesser. Offered as removed from a lowly 1928 Hups-Mobile some time in the past.How dare they! It has the perfect patina dings right where you want them most..One right on top on maker stamp and the perfect dig on the face bezel to the right of the red center lense,which is genuine red,not the fake stuff! There maybe a minor missed ding some place to complete the detail. Spotty original ,dirty stained chromium plate will clean up some for that slightly better preserved patina look for the original car or for the cheapskate who won't spend on a pricey over restoration. The license plate lense shows plenty of interior silt from the dirt roads of the depression while traveling down to Florida from New England when wizzing through the small shanty towns built of tin ,crates and a few Tin Lizzy cars. We have not opened it up..That would cost extra,and we are searching for a 3 contact plug socket in the scrap electrical safe. Delusional parties may inquire absolutely free of charge! One available at the outrageous bargain price of $750.00 each! Or buy just one ,for only $750.00. Prices subject to change due to boredom , whimsy or increasing fuel or shaving soap costs. 2 pic 3 pic Forth pic

The usual, Chicken bones,corn cobs,acorn and walnut shells,grungy cotton stuffing,seeds and intact mouse skeletons. I've seen a couple of 20's southern cars with straw cased ,unlabled booze bottles wedged behind the rear seat cushions .

VALVE COVER?. watch the Jay video I belive the wheels Leno's ,Owen/Owen's Magnetic are to too small ,non original to his car. Jest don't look or fit right?