Dave@Moon

That video has been posted here before, I think in a longer version. The cross-traffic vehicles and dealership showrooms passed are to die for!:cool: Can anyone identify the badly wrecked car (phaeton?) being towed @ 1'41" in the video?

You mean a $41,000-$45,000 car selling at over 300 dealerships is beating a $69,000-$93,000 car selling (online) at less than 100 showrooms? Shocking! In fact the dollar figures if sales for both models are almost identical, and given that Tesla has deliberately reduced sales in the U.S. this summer to direct production to Asian markets (in order to establish themselves there) that's a pretty good track record. Simply put the two cars aren't even in the same market, and the Tesla is 10x the car the i3 could be. The upcoming i8 sports car, while technically a competitor to the Tesla Roadster, is a hybrid electric like the Prius and therefore not in the same class. I work at a Toyota dealership, and I can tell you that the corporate powers that be in car marketing are scared senseless over Tesla's marketing plan, so much so that our dealership went to a one-price system already (well ahead of the rest of the country) to keep abreast of the market. The Tesla vehicles themselves are proving quite robust and reliable. BTW, if anybody has either an i3 or Tesla S they want to give away I know someone who'd accept it...

I believe they are off of a 1958 Packard Hawk. The small item looks like the optional winged trim for the fender-mounted parking lights (see: https://www.flickr.com/photos/37573576@N06/3801952187/ ). The larger item I believe is the hood scoop trim from the same car.

Right bark, wrong tree. The PA inspections program is a money maker for free enterprise, not the government. Garages pay for a license to inspect cars, and pay a nominal charge for each sticker. They then charge what the market will bear for both the safety and (in most of the state by population) emissions stickers. It's usually about $15-25 for the emissions sticker, and $35-50 for the safety inspection. Generally speaking, the less you pay for the sticker the more likely the garage is using the program to drum business. (A common added charge would be for correcting supposedly mis-alligned headlights, however outright fraud claiming still-good tires and brakes need replacing is hardly unheard of.) And that (plus license plates) buys you one year of legal driving. For about 8 years before 1980 it was only 6 months. I'm glad on that count that I live in Ohio now.

There are a number of firms that can rebuild and recurve your Lucas distributor as a unit, or may be able to sell you one with yours as core. I've here posted links to 2 of the majors, one here in the U.S. and one in the U.K. I've not had any personal experience with either one, but both seem to be of good reputation. http://www.distributordoctor.com/ http://advanceddistributors.com/

Peugeot, 1960s & 1970s. ( http://www.cartype.com/pages/659/peugeot_related_emblems )

If you don't enjoy working on the cars, spending inordinate amounts of time and intellect figuring out problems and finding fixes, disassembling and repairing items that take more time and effort than would make any sense in a car you drive every day, then this isn't a hobby. It's a burden. I spend time and do things on my Triumphs that I wouldn't even consider doing to my daily driver. Somehow turning wrenches doing exactly the same thing on a car I love instead of on a car that'll have to get me to work tomorrow is a completely different activity for me. I'll do it to save money, but it's a burden. The hobby is fun, instead. If that dichotomy isn't in you, this isn't for you.

3 7/16" would be an odd dimension for one, most are either 3 1/4" or 3 3/8", but this wrench looks like a wire wheel center hex nut tool to me.

A big +1 on that one! However the full title of the book is From Tri-Car to Acclaim, Triumph Cars The Complete Story. You'll have more luck searching for it by that title. Another suggestion for something a little different would be a book specifically on the TR6. The Roadster Factory ( http://www.the-roadster-factory.com/indexmain.php ) sells a reprint of a book from 1984 titled The Triumph TR%, TR250, and TR6 Companion, by Steven Rossi and Ian Clarke. It's very inexpensive ( http://trf.zeni.net/novelties/24.php?s_wt=1024&s_ht=768 ) and is quite a good and informative read.

According to American Truck & Bus Spotter's Guide 1920-1985 this is definitely a 1961 or 1962 International, and there were 39 different International pickup models. The 1963 models were all single headlight models according to that book. If they did make this truck in 1963 it would have to have had that year's required amber parking light lenses. This truck, if it is a 1961, appears to represent the first year for the C-130 all wheel drive truck.

With just a single straight piece of trim across the bottom like that I think it's most likely for a 1954 Olds 88 or Super 88 4-door sedan.

I had a friend in high school who's father owned a (gold, 4-door sedan) 1971 Plymouth Fury I with a 3-speed on the column and a 318 V8. It was available that way for only 1/2 the model year. Supposedly he bought it off of the lot that way. I believe that was last full-size Mopar so equipped, with none made after 1971 (not 1973).

"Vedette" is a french word for "star", which may help. Both Simca and Ford sold cars in the 1950s and 60s by that name, but none used a light like this one.

They were back-up tapes in case the live TV didn't work. Never needed. Erased and re-used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes

It was real. So was this (I'll spare the extended build-up harangue that led an 83 year old Buzz Aldrin to this last summer). I like how the courts handled it: http://www.yourdailymedia.com/post/classic-buzz-aldrin-punches-man-in-the-face/ :cool:

I've never owned either car, but in organizing European car events I've had lot's of experience vicariously with their owners. I agree that the Volvo is the more comfortable, faster, more sophisticated car. The very early P1800s were U.K. built by Jensen, and those cars have some unique body/trim parts that are impossible to find. The later cars have much better parts availability... ..but nothing like the parts availability of rear engine VWs. The Karmann-Ghia would be a breeze to maintain and restore compared to any Volvo. However the bodies are somewhat rust-prone, and are more difficult to restore properly in part because they were so meticulously built by Karmann (http://www.karmannghiaconnection.com/Construction.html). The earliest low-headlamp cars have some nearly impossible to find body/trim parts as well. Also the club support for the VW is orders of magnitude better than that available for the Volvo. Both cars are more sporty tourers than sports cars. The driving experience does differ, the Ghia being much slower and the poorer handler (unmodified), but neither car would likely be purchased by someone for whom that mattered. So in the final analysis, the Ghia is mechanically easier to own and has a complex but gorgeously built body. The Volvo is more modern in feel and construction, but may be more limiting in terms of parts and repair/maintenance. Both are very nice cars that should be very enjoyable to own. :cool:

The Exxon (now ExxonMobil) Travel Club still exists. The name change took place in 1994. That sticker may not be very old at all, dating probably somewhere between the mid-1980s and 1994. (The current AAA reward is still $500.00). https://enrollanddrivetoday.com/Home/Partners/emtc?PromoCode=ECEMTC http://www.bbb.org/houston/business-reviews/travel-agencies-and-bureaus/exxon-travel-club-in-houston-tx-30156/ http://www.trademarkia.com/exxon-travel-club-74589401.html

The front fender badge and wheel covers for this car show the car to be Windsor model 60-1 (base sedan) from Chrysler in 1953.

If American, the Plymouth is almost certainly a Satellite and not a GTX. The roofline is just too high to be a hardtop, as all American GTXs were (except convertibles). However many cars in South America were amalgams of American models of previous years, often built in very small numbers. (For instance the GTX in South America was made in Argentina, as a Dodge based on 2-3 year old Dart components.) These cars in the photo could be from Argentina, Brazil, or some other country that assembled them in such a manner. I'd recommend showing the cars to a South American car expert to insure that they are indeed U.S.A. models

First I don't think it's as unlikely as Rusty does. I've been in cars where this happened, most notably a friend's very similar 1968 Dodge Polara sedan. Second, this may also happen if there are rust holes undetected in the underbody of the car in the vicinity of the tailpipe. I had this happen in an old Subaru daily driver once. Also if there's a missing body plug somewhere this can happen.

While the Calais is hardly rare, it is far less common than the Cutlass Supreme of 1979. The higher end Supreme had a few more bells and whistles than the Calais, along with some unique trim including the grille and front fascia. My brother converted a 1979 Supreme into a Hurst/Olds clone, and needed to find the unique bits to complete the conversion. It was not as easy as you might think. They made 240,917 Supremes in 1979, but only 40,842 Calais models (Standard Catalog of Oldsmobile 1897-1997). None were exactly the kind of cars people treasured and preserved through the 1980s and 1990s. Trying to find a decent Calais grille was quite a chore.

As I recall the Eldorado Brougham and the 1957 Nash were the only 2 cars of 1957 that had no 7" headlight versions. All other cars that were available with dual 5" lamps also had 7" single lamp versions available where (or when) the states hadn't yet permitted the new version.

Hillman Minx engines can still be found, and if not a Sunbeam Alpine motor is a direct bolt in with a different head. Ditto for a Plymouth Cricket engine. This car is not beyond redemption!:cool:

The Intrigue does have a reasonably good reputation, especially for a domestic car. There are some trouble spots to watch for, however. The 2 links below do a pretty good job of spelling those out so you know what to keeep your eye on: http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Reliability.aspx?year=1999&make=Oldsmobile&model=Intrigue http://www.oldsmobileproblems.com/Intrigue/

You should post your requests here for the best results: http://www.enfostuff.com/forum/ Good luck! :cool: