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2018-09-27_05-02-21 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr Car on its way to the shop.2018-10-15_04-45-57 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr Packed with spares! Car is a 1979 Tenth Anniversay Trans Am. For those that dont know and may be interested, this was a special edition model commemorating the first Trans Am of 1969. It was somewhat of a limited production model, they made 7500 total, 1718 of which were 4 speed models. This one is a 4 speed. 4 speed cars came with a true Pontiac 400 motor, the automatics had the corporate GM olds 403. This was the highest priced trans am when sold, and had zero options. Including for the first time a leather interior.

2018-09-27_05-02-21 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr Not the best pic. I rarely tow cars though, usually a skid loader or tools and materials.

Good Luck with your search, and I am not trying to hijack your thread, but wasnt the name of the fellow whom wrote the Waltons, about a family living in the hills of VA also named Hammer. I believe the program was somewhat autobiographical.

Im just a year younger and would love to go back in time and have a Model A one of these days. My old car experience goes back as far as a 53 chevy, so nothing real to add. Without any knowledge, other than what I have read I think with the desired age range, 30mph would be optimistic. I had a 1913 motorcycle and on the books it would run 60mph! The particular model I had was banned from the Brooklands in the day for being too fast and having an unfair advantage. That said, I think the fastest I ever had it was about 30-35 and that was scary! One of the first comments people would ask is 'how fast is it?', How fast it would stop was the bigger issue. Very good point about finding someone with the type of car you desire and take it for a spin.

Bluefish, I know this is an old post, but is that first pic at Adams Chevy in Havre de Grace?

Thats a pretty nasty repair. I would have done something like that when I was 16 and had no money in the budget for car repairs, I knew a guy with a 36 ford coupe that was half bailing wire and the other duct tape! But for a pro shop to do something like that is pathetic. I can surely see a mistake happening and trying to cover something up, but a fix like that shows the integrity of the shop, which is appearently not that much. I had a job that the glass exhaust hood over the stove was broke in the box. My problem was that I picked it up from the store for the homeowner, and it sat in his barn for a few months before we opened it. I know for a fact that we did not break it but I took the high road and ordered a replacement at my cost ($1600.) This was for a very good customer that I have done a lot of work for since. It was a tough pill to swallow but has more than paid off since with future work.

I have both my trailers, a flat deck and a 16'box registered in Maine. I went through a broker, and paid a minimal fee to do so. Absolutely no problems in doing so. I spoke with the guy on the phone. I think I got 5 yr reg. for each and it was still much cheaper than 1 yr in MD. MD dmv fees are horrendous. I am not sure on the legality, I have been told it is legal within the fine print. I have never had any problems. The one problem I did have was taking a work trailer into PA from MD without a DOT no. though, That created ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.

Without seeing the wood, I would suspect a lap joint would be best. Done correctly it will be almost as good as original. A good waterproof wood glue ( i use titebond for everything) is sufficient. No need for fancy glues. I dont know car joinery, but have been woodworking for 40+ years, and building fine furniture for half that time. In furniture work a well executed joint does not need to be pegged. They dont add any more strength to a good glue joint. Also, no need for fancy glues, throw away the gorilla stuff. Again, waterproof tightbond is all you ever need. I know a fellow in the furniture business that is one of the best in this country. His furniture is literally in the White House. He is multi generational and the only glue they have ever used is white elmers.

Used tire business is very big in my area as well, but still local guys running them.

Yes, that is he. My father knew him fairly well. I had the pleasure of going to his farm on a couple of occasions to look at his cars. I figured at least at one time he would have been very popular in the packard world. I would imagine most of his peers are gone now.

Dad traded his 2 year old rusted out Olds 98 on a new Cordoba. Mustve been a '75 or '76. He was always a Pontiac guy, and in the general progression traded up to an olds. He was so disgusted at how quickly it rusted out he switched teams and went to Chrysler. I was only 9 or 10, remember the car well, it was a dark metalic brown with tan 'corinthian leather' int. I dont remember him ever having any trouble with it, but he did end up trading it on an Audi. On a side note, I thought I read somewhere that there was a company in NJ that had the contract to supply the leather, and it was a cheap grade at that!

I think you need to have a man to man. Tell him youre pleased (i assume) with the work to date, however....... Ask him if he plans on getting the problem taken care of in a timely manner, if not, if he has an idea what it may be and remove the car. If he does say he wants to fix it, set a date. Tell him he has until so and so to get it done. I had a great, reputable guy build my Pontiac motor. He did the job complete in about a month. Then my car sat in his shop for a year to get it installed. First shop manager was the problem. He was let go, second guy did the job.

I guess there are some decent people out there, the guy that stopped to help you out. Glad you got home safely, sounds about like my luck. I knew a guy with a work van, front tire blew out on the interstate, you cant imagine the damage it did to the fender area of that truck. So yeah, it could have been a lot worse.

Great Looking car! We had a '35 chevy pickup at one time. You need to update the story on the bullet holes though🙂 Bank robbery, prison break, etc.

I am new to this forum and thought it may be interesting to know if anyone has some of the old cars I knew of. There were 2 Packard collectors in my area of North Eastern MD when I was young. One of the fellow, whose last name was Dugan had quite a few. I remember riding in one for our towns birthday parade around 1970. It was a big open phaeton 1920's or earlier. Dad was good friends with the owner and drove this car, with my family in the rest of the seats. We all had our best period clothes on. Still trying to find a pic. Mr. Dugan had several Packards and a couple were in the parade. I know he also had a yellow roadster, may 1930? All of his cars were pristine. He must have passed away in the late 70's early 80's and his cars disapeared. He had a couple of daughters no idea what they did with them. Another fellow last name Henry. He had an even bigger collection. He and his wife would tour the country in them. I know she continued to do so after his death. I remember one car he had was a large sedan, Honestly cant remember if it was a closed car, I am thinking it was not. The story Mr. Henry told was that he found it in Mexico. He said it was quite special and the way I remember the front end was nickle plated. I have seen some examples of cars with a polished aluminum front but I am sure his was nickle ( I could be wrong). I realize these guys were in the hobby many years ago, but does anyone know of them or what became of their cars?

I will add Sandblasting I think. I enjoy getting the immediate gratification of turning a rusty old piece of junk, into something clean and usable. However I detest the heavy and hot hood, the respirator, the mess that is made, etc. etc. I dont mind a blasting cabinet as all of the above do not come into play.

Hi Jim, My wife works in Elkton, its our county seat. About 20 min drive to my house. I would bet you travelled I95. I am about 5 miles off the exit just before the Susky river. Safe travels.

Ed sounds like a good plan. Theres a guy in my area with a chevelle that has been meticulously restored to original factory. It is a loaded car, but VERY stock. Hubcaps, vinyl top, tan paint etc. It always draws attention over the plethora of SS models.

I will add the same thing regarding my email as my phone no. It is my business email and I use it for contacting and talking to customers almost as much as my phone. I readily give it out as a source of contact. Fortunately I have not been scammed. They have tried but so far no go. One of the better ones I got was supposedly from my service provider (a small, local company). It said they were resetting their servers and I needed to log in to the provide link and provide my password info and such. The company logo was on the email and it looked official. I dont click anything that I didnt ask for, so I went to their office and asked them. It was def. a scam they were having problems with. Another was during the holidays I got an email from FEDEX, said my package had been shipped and to hit the provided link for details. Very official looking even with logo. Problem was I KNEW I had not ordered anything. In to the trash.

Painting is not all that bad. I had lots of experience with a spray gun shooting furniture over the years. When I did my first car, I had a deal worked out with a painter. I was going to do the jambs and hidden area, and primer. He was going to put the finish coat on. After getting my part done, it looked pretty good. So I figured what the heck and painted the car. It turned out pretty good I think.

My first car was funded mostly through 'found money'. I cashed in over $2k in scrap metal during that time. And whatever spare change I could come up with. Sometimes taking months and months at saving $20 a week from lunch money! The downside of this is that it takes an incredibly long time to get the job done (over 5 yrs). The upside is that when the car was finished I had zero debt with it. I never had to haggle with my wife over expense. I DID buy here a new mustang convertible when it was done to appease the natives, so to speak.

Having to pay someone to do something I cant, i.e. motor work. I am not overly mechanically inclined and have yet to build a motor. I am gonna try on my current project. I enjoy most aspects of restoration work. I enjoy doing body work and paint very much. I like having a finished car better though. I am a master carpenter of 40 + years, and also dabble in building high end period reproduction furniture. I would love to have the chance to do woodwork on an old car. Especially would like to build a 'woodie' from scratch.

Very interesting log indeed. I saw a program a couple of weeks ago about Midway. Real life footage and interviews with guys that were there (was an older program). I cant begin to imagine what they went through!

Glad you didnt get stung! My phone no. is my business, the more that know it the better I am!

A huge thanks to all that have and do serve. I knew a fellow years ago that was a paratrooper during the June 6 invasion. He was quite proud of his service but never talked too much in detail. My grandmothers neighbor was a Navy diver that was at Pearl Harbour. For obvious reasons he never spoke a word about his service either. My wifes grandfather served in europe, we have a framed letter of commodation that was given to him for some action in Italy. Pop was a bit too young but I had a few uncles that served during the 'big one'. My one uncle was a pilot, he flew 'The Hump' during the war, also was a pilot that participated in the Berlin airlift. I will always salute our flag!