ThomasBorchers

First trip to Hershey. You will like it!! I am not the Hershey specialist, of course but I can give you some information about my last trip last year. The show will open at 7 am and close at sunset. Car field? You mean the car corral? It is open from Wednesday to Saturday. No admission charge but charge for parking (last year $7,- to $8,-). There are a lot of signs which show you the way where you can park.<BR>The first thing you should do when you arrive on the fields is to buy a catalog of the show. Last year there was at the car corral an information center where I bought the catalog, if I remember right. This catalog is a must especially for the first visit. There is a schedule of events in it and a map of the show. But the most important for you will be the full register of vendors with parts and so on. If you are looking for Model A parts you can look under "Ford Model A" and you will find the vendors with the location where you can find them. On the fields it is not so that you can find that one row is Model As one Row is Packard or. It is all mixed. Take a good pair of shoes with you <BR>Was this correct, my friends of the forum?<BR>I wish you a lot of fun there.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Gord:<BR>Could it be that you mean a Graham-Paige? If yes, I can give you some information.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Here come my favorite cars:<BR>1958 Chevrolet Impala Coupe<BR>1958 Oldsmobiles<BR>1958 Pontiacs<BR>1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville<BR>But best design of all time: Bugatti Atalante and 1936 Cadillac Coupe.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

As Peter said: You must visit the Black Hawk Collection. There are a lot of fantastic car with special bodies. Even a Bugatti Royale. The BHC is in Danville/CA. It is around 1 hour from San Francisco over the Bay Bridge. On their website there is a map with driving directions. <BR>Also the Imperial Auto Collection in the Imperial Palace Casino in Las Vegas is great. The collection is on the 5th deck on the parking garage if I remember right. The access is through the casino via elevator.<BR>Another very nice car museum is the National Automobile Museum in Reno. This is different to the other two and they have cars from the early years of cars to the 70s. They start with the oldest and during your tour through the exhibition you came to the younger cars. This museum is near downtown of Reno.<BR>Have a lot of fun there, John. I had it.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Thanks Rick.<BR>I sent John an Email and I will see.<P>Thomas

I am still looking for the correct plugs for our 1918 Hudson Super Six. Maybe by Champion or so? Who knows it?<BR>Thanks so lot.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

What Kind of star is it? Like the one of Mercedes? Perhaps you have a Mercedes wheel?<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Old cars? Just a hobby? Not for me. I live with and for old cars. It is not the only thing in my live but a main one. I grow up with old cars so this says all, or? <P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Larry:<BR>I know one more reason why a drive shaft can vibrate but I think this is not the reason of your vibration of the shaft but I would like to tell it here. I had this problem at a 1958 Impala. It had the same vibration like your car but an other reason: There was on one side of the driveshaft an undercoating. This was so thick that the shaft started to vibrate because it was out of balance. I removed it and: No vibration. I think your drive shaft is clean all the way, or?<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Dear Ron.<BR>We use this plug : Bosch D 7 BC. I don't know if you can convert that? I have to check how many room there is but I am afraid not too much because the CR is 5 to 1. It is a lot for this time, I think.<BR>Hmm, Hershey... My room in Lebanon is booked since months but at the moment I am a bit low with my money, I must say. The dollar is very high and my cars cost more as I can earn with it. Perhaps when I can sell my 1912 Cadillac for a good price then I can say: Yes, I go to Hershey and have a look for a new car. I plan also to make a small business here with classic cars, spare parts and accessories for classic cars. So I need a bit money for this. I will see... Now it is not the end of August and who knows it: Maybe my stocks will be more worth in the future...<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Hi Ron.<BR>We changed all ignition cables recently but I found another thing: The plug threads in the head are longer as the threads at the plugs. Maybe it is a problem that the plug is too far away that they can not ignite the gas? But plugs with a long thread will hit the piston or valves said our mechanic... Maybe there is a very special plug for these Super Six engines? <P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Thanks for the tip, Phil but I changed already the plugs between the cylinders. I have to search again. By the way: Yesterday after a 15 miles tour with 5 cylinders I cleaned the plugs and then it run 15 miles with 6 cylinders but it seems that the engine starts with some faulty ignitions. I inspected the plugs and saw that plug one and three was a bit moist with a smear sticky film on the bottom of the thread but they still fire because the other parts in the plugs were dry.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

The spark plug is wet with gas but it seems it is oil. Hard to say because the oil is new.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Hello my friends.<BR>We have this problem with our engine of our 1918 Hudson Super Six: Since we have the car we have the problem that the first spark plug is wet and makes no spark, of course. When I clean the plug and screw it in and we drive, then sometimes we have luck and then it works but very often the plug is wet after a short while and even when I remove it and clean it, it does not work. Then sometimes we can drive 20 miles with no problems. The 2nd plug is absolutely dry, the 3rd shows a bit moisture, 4 and 5 is dry, too and the last one is a bit wet but it has a spark. <BR>We checked the 1st plug if it has a spark and it has. The engine was rebuild recently with new valves and head gasket. Every cylinder has a good pressure. BUT the car has not the original carburetor. Is has a Stromberg OC 2 with an electric fuel pump. Maybe this is the problem that the engine needs the orig. carb? Or is it even a problem that the engine gets too much oil? Because the gauge shows in idle speed 3 but it should shows 1 to 1 1/2. <BR>HELP!!<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Yes, I also think that it's an Essex. Model year must be 1929 or 1930. It could be that it's a Hudson but I think the wheelbase is too short for a Hudson. <P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Ron:<BR>That sounds very nice. Made a nice 20 miles in the night at 10.30 with my 1912 Cadillac soem weeks ago. But I was alone (sigh). Some saw me with my car and thought that I must be crazy to drive with such an old car in the darkness. But my Cad has bright lights. I think I have to drive more at this time because there were only a very few traffic.<BR>Thanks Ron that you share this night with us. <P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA<p>[This message has been edited by ThomasBorchers (edited 08-14-2000).]

I guess that your engine is between 1926 and 1928. <P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Thank you very much you all. I am afraid that my friend decided that he don't want to buy this car. He bought it at an EBAY auction and of course he didn't see the car. After a while the seller told more and more bad things about the car. After the deal, of course...<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Thanks, Rick. I remember that one of my friends did this and paid around $550,- each two years ago for 1955 Oldsmobile bumbers in CA.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

I have a friend who is thinking about to buy a 1959 Cadillac sedan in USA. But the chrome of the bumbers is not the best. Can someone tell what the average price to rechrome bumbers in a good quality is in USA?<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

It is of course the question which year the Moon was but here are some general information about the Moon cars.<BR>Moon cars were built in St.Louis/Missouri from 1905 to 1929 by Joseph W. Moon who died in 1919. The first Moon was a 5p touring car with 30/35hp engine. The Moon was called "The Ideal American Car". 1913 came the first six cylinder car and from 1916 to the end were all Moon 6 cylinder or later even 8 cylinder cars. In 1924 the Moon cars got hydraulic brakes by Lockhead. Moon built also the Diana cars from 1925 to 1928. They had a straight 8 Continental engine. Moon built also cars with a large wheelbase up to 132". In 1929 the Moon Company started with 2 new cars: The Windsor and the Ruxton. The final end of the Moon Company, Windsor and Ruxton was then in 1930. <BR>Could it be that her husband had one of the later Moons like the 1928 Aerotype Model 6 or 8?<BR>Hope this helped you a bit.<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

Hi you all.<BR>I remember that I was in school not the first one who said: "Take me, take me". Some things change after a while... Here in the forum I answer questions if I can, make remarks to some post and have a lot of questions. I like to help people with their classic car problems, if I can. In Germany one website use now also the UBB system. That works. Not so much as in USA but it grows. I try to animate the people to talk with each other like here. It takes some time... <BR>All the best wishes to this forum and the lot of guys who helped me in the past. I hope that I will get this in the future, too. I would like to reciprocate this with one or two articles for the Antique Automobile. One article about a pre 18tour and one about collecting classic cars in Germany. Takes a bit time but it will come. I hope you will like it.<P><BR>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA<p>[This message has been edited by ThomasBorchers (edited 07-28-2000).]

Thanks for the tip but there were only ornaments for a 1955. <P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

I am looking for a hood ornament for a 1956 Buick Special. This nice plane, you know. Who sells this ornament in a new or like new condition?<BR>Thanks<BR>Thomas<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA

I am looking for the hood ornament for a 1956 Buick Special. This nice plane, you know. Who sells this ornament in a new or like new condition?<BR>Thanks<BR>Thomas<P>------------------<BR>Thomas Borchers<BR>Member of AACA # 004829<BR>HCCA and MAFCA