Ron Green

To add to the above. Put the smaller parts in boxes by vehicle with a label on the outside indicating what parts are inside the box. Walk the wife around or a few family members showing them what you did. Also tell them what is more valuable and ballpark the price if you have some rare stuff. Just went through this with the wife last month and told her not to throw parts out or let some of it go for nothing. Donate it to the vehicles marque club if necessary.

I was only kidding around I knew the picture existed. We were bored, tired and somewhat delirious waiting for the room to be cleared, plus the "official" room partition man was lost in action. So after some discussion I drove it through the small man doors (barely) and had pictures taken by the six of us that remained. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera but here is a shot someone not to be named took. Rest of the pictures are to be emailed to me which are better and without people. We all know if car people sit around long enough they come up with some strange ideas.

Gave up the duster over 15 years ago and only use KOZAK wipes which I believe was founded in 1923 in Chicago. Last time I bought them Pep Boys was selling them. Unsure who purchased the company a while back but they are still available. No scratches and leaves a clean shiny finish.

Pat, agree with all your comments regarding the meeting. Very well run machine plus the food was the best we have ever had at a banquet of this size, and we have been to many. Enjoyed sitting with your father at the upholstery seminar. He is a wealth of information and countless stories. The wife even had a great time and she has become fairly numb to 30 years of car events and banquets. She also enjoyed showing and talking about her car in the trade show. Rumor has it a picture of a car was taken late Saturday night under the star on the red carpet Ray F did his best Shultz " I know nothing" impersonation.

Used Calyx on my 55 Pontiac over 14 years ago and it still looks great however I did touch it up about 5 years ago which was easy. I put it on with a toothbrush. Car has 5 repeat grand national senior awards.

Here is a picture of me (early 20’s) and a car I still own 46 years later (72 vette). I have since become a purist (with short hair and much older). Car has a fair amount of Baldwin Motion stuff (doors back) with the front end from California (told 3 were made). Now sports a front ground effect spoiler.

Also an easy and much needed upgrade to these cars are 2/0 battery cables. Fastenal sells these in perfect lengths with terminal ends already factory attached. Cables from the factory are way to small for the amount of amperes the batteries are capable of. Here is a link that takes you to the one I restored. Shows you the burnt contacts, towers, etc that I referenced above. If the link below doesn't work go to the restoration section of the forms below and type in Citicar Restoration and it will come up. Good luck. https://forums.aaca.org/topic/129263-1976-citicar-restoration/

These are very frustrating cars to work on. Assume you have a maintenance manual as that has many good tips on troubleshooting things. It seems as soon as you repair one thing something else has issues. They had so many running changes it is all but impossible to document them. My car does not use a circuit breaker, it utilizes slow blow fuses. It is not unusual to go over 250 amps especially when starting out or going up a hill. My guess is you are having resistance issues possibly in one of the two tower contacts as they wear down and burn up under normal use, or they need reset via a feeler gauge. Also one of the running changes was removal of the diode that is connected to the forward / reverse contactor. I think I have a extra set of towers here somewhere. I also think I have new NOS tower contacts here which are all but impossible to find. Many eliminate the towers and go to a Altrax controller which gives you variable speed in lieu of the 3 speed micro switches which are also very problematic. I also have a new Altrax controller I never installed and would be willing to part with. Hope this helps.

Out for a swim and a drive while visiting some Amphicar friends in New York a few years ago. Wife can’t swim but has tolerated the hobby for 30 plus years. She is much more at ease cruising in the 55 Pontiac.

Married 31 years and have done countless car related activities to the point that they blur together as she says. She is always there to help when I need an extra set of hands to hold something. Though she did say the other day while in the shop “please don’t leave me with all this stuff”.

Having met Dennis at the Amelia Island Concourse years ago where he did a feature on my 55 Pontiac for MCC, and after chatting for an hour over a beer, in my opinion he truly is a really nice down to earth car guy who likes anything with wheels, including motorcycles.

Very sad. I just spoke to Don the day prior to her passing. They were married 51 years and they both shared their love of family and the car hobby. It was only 4 weeks ago that they hosted a region tour up in their beloved Perry County. Carol was a recent well-deserved receipt of the 2017Gettysburg Regions service award. We all know how much Don as done for the hobby through the many clubs and organizations they belonged to, but rest assured Carol was there every step of the way including serving as first lady of both AACA National and the Gettysburg Region. Thoughts and prayers go out to the entire family.

A lot of good suggestions here. I have around 71,000 miles towing in 22 years with a 24’ enclosed trailer. I recently installed a wireless hitch and rear trailer camera. For the rear camera it did take some tweaking with extender antennas and more powerful receivers / transmitters to get it to connect regularly. It is great to have when backing up especially at night into a tight hotel space as the grid lines easily get you within 12” of a object, plus the wife and I no longer argue and yell at each other. I also installed a wireless trailer tire temperature / pressure monitoring system which recently saved me on a 2,200 mile trip. Never had a trailer tire go flat while towing (2 in a parking lot). On the NY throughway it start beeping telling me a tire was losing air (down to 30 psi). Had to time get off an exit and sure enough had metal thru the sidewall. Highly recommend installing a TPMS.

Last year friend and 1989 NHRA funny car champion Bruce Larson let me sit in his Corvette funny car and was going to start it (drive shaft was off). Hard to get in and out but I finally did it but unfortunately when trying to start it the batteries weren't up to it. I believe these start with 24-volts. Unfortunately I had to leave by the time they were charged up and he fired it. Still kicking myself for not being able to stay. Hoping I didn't miss the chance of a lifetime and get to do it some day.

Zulaytr: the process is somewhat slow when getting a vehicle approved for 35 A or B. It took well over a year after filling out and submitting all the paperwork and documentation for successfully getting the Amphicar into class 35B.

Roger, you say you torque your 24' trailer lugs at 80 foot-pounds. My old 24’ Haulmark which had 55,000 plus tow miles on and my new 24’ Car Mate trailer both say the correct lug torque is 140 foot-pounds. Recheck your manual for correct torque recommendations. Below is what I found on the internet regarding correct torque: Lug Size FT/LBS Torque 1/2" 90-120 9/16" 120-140 5/8" 140-160

According to the BBB they are out of business. https://www.bbb.org/youngstown/business-reviews/battery-manufacturers/antique-auto-battery-in-youngstown-oh-20003207 100’s of complaints out there just do a search. They are always at Spring Carlisle with a decent selection of all types of batteries. Interesting to see if they are there this year.

C&P was a great magazine which Bob Stevens was mostly responsible for. At the end it was easy to see it going downhill from the direction they were taking. For those who knew Bob; it would be easy to fill a book with his outlook on things. Entertaining for sure.

I also thought Tom did an excellent job of explaining the situation, especially being put on the spot and reviewing 2 plus years of what occurred from memory in chronological order without notes. Sadly there are still a fair amount who don't yet understand what has occurred between the organizations. National has been completely transparent with everything.

I bought a new Car Mate trailer a few years ago and it has the 7 pin connector. I also have a large standard size battery in the trailer for a winch, lighting, etc. This battery is charged when the truck is running. No special wiring or difficult modifications were needed they tell me to get this to charge from the truck alternator.

Merry X-mas and keep the cold air up north. FYI, all my Canadianfriends but one Christmas cards came from Florida this year:)

That may of used a few trucks on the series like mostproduction sets. This museum has a lot of “real” vehicles including CraigBreedloves Spirit of America, original bat mobile, several presidents personalcars, etc. They even have the casket handles from Abram Lincolns casket whichwere taken off prior to burial. They could have made a replica made but doubtful. All the real trucks should have a studioletter of authenticity.

I visited this incredible museum a few years ago which has so many historical items from Matt Dillon’s hat to a huge selection of unusual vehicles including Johnny Cash’s one piece at a time Caddy, JFK’s ambulance (recently sold), etc, etc. They also claim to have the Sanford truck (scroll down) which was there when I visited. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/18242

The Citicar has no heat but a windshield defroster on / off switch in the dash however as per the owner’s manual there is no blower connected to it. The manual states only the switch was mandated for vehicle production.

I thought the same thing taking the Amphicar for a hot lap around the 1 mile oval at New Hampshire Speedway. Not to smart.