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My Dad kept his '51 3600 Chevy pickup in a standard shipping container, albeit without the bed on. There is very little room to maneuver around the truck once it's inside, and I think if the doors and bed had been on it, there would have been no way to get inside the cab!

According to their website, which is surprisingly still online, the first Issaquah XXX was torn down to make a parking lot, and the current building constructed around 1968. Apparently the Issaquah location may have the only remaining barrel sign.

As much as I hate to see it be shut down and all the memorabilia removed, the food wasn't all that fantastic the last few times I went. Fairly expensive and they only accepted cash, which was a little odd given how much business they did. The local Burgermaster chain is taking them over apparently, which makes sense as they are losing one of their old Seattle locations to development; the food is much better too. I just hope they maintain some amount of the building's history with the renovation; taking down the barrel would be a crime.

I don't think I've ever seen a wiring diagram for an automobile that actually depicts what's inside all of the little boxes the wires go to. It might sound silly, but a wiring diagram is just that; a diagram of the wires. A schematic is what you want if you need to see the internal workings of all the components, but most car owners aren't familiar enough with electricity to warrant that.

Out of curiosity, are all of the valves moving freely? Although I think it's unlikely, you could have a number of valves stuck open.

If you have home radios, I suggest posting any questions about them at the Antique Radio Forum: https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/index.php The folks there can identify just about anything, and help you with rough values. However, I do have to caution you that many radios aren't particularly valuable, even to collectors. The larger they are, the harder they become to sell. Edit: If it's easier to post them here, I can provide rough estimates; I'm a member of the Puget Sound Antique Radio Association.

My position was based purely on what I have observed in person and read about from various manuals and publications, so I will defer to someone who actually worked for VW! Would love to have been alive when air-cooled cars were still in dealerships.

Going to have to disagree on that, in the US the 1973 model year saw the introduction of the slanted plastic air filter housing with the paper element on Beetles.

1972 in the US was the last of the oil bath air cleaners for VW Beetles, the 1973 models had replaceable paper cartridge filters instead. Type 3s stuck with oil baths until 1973, but the lineup was discontinued the next year. Buses had paper filters around 1973 as well.

Unfortunately I'm in Washington, so that drive is a bit far! I'd definitely try to make the meet in Prosser, though. Once I have the car, getting it driving is priority #1.

Hi Walt, I would probably wind up using a single-stage PPG urethane product.; my Dad used it on his 51' Chevy pickup. It's going to be several months before I even get the car, paying for it over time. I definitely would try out any color I consider, my Dad did the same when trying to get a good match for the blue he wanted on scraps of steel sheet. I'd keep the factory black fenders, no dual-tone green; I like the contrast better with the black.

Thanks for all the visual ideas! Steve, your Sedan is what I'm aiming for, probably a little darker, though. I have indeed joined the Franklin club, been sifting through all of the data available.

Green is my favorite color, and since I'd be spraying it myself I'd avoid brighter colors; that requires talent to pull off. Are there any specific greens/ paint codes that are known to have been used by Franklin?

Hello, I'm in the process of acquiring a partially rebuilt 1930 Series 14 Sedan from a friend. At the moment, the car is in primer, and I was wondering what colors were available/ popular at the time. The Franklin brochure seems to indicate that available colors were whatever they could get at the time of inquiry, which doesn't help much. I was told it was originally a midnight blue, but I would love to see it in a dark green personally. Are there any greens that would be period correct?