Jay Wolf

Do you have any pictures of what you need? Back in the 80's or 90's I needed a set of saddles for a 16 Elgin, I bought several set from piles at Hershey one year. I think I still have a couple of set in my garage, but I have no Idea what they go to.

At least it is not as ridiculous as Indiana's Historical Vehicle plate. First is cost the same as a regular plate about $35 registration plus excise taxes.($15-$2000) based on year and value. Indiana has no personal property tax on vehicles that are licensed. It must be renewed every year. It requires a state police inspection on which the officer states it has a drive train similar to original (eliminates street rods) and second the vehicle is be safe has highways speeds (55 mph) and this eliminates anything I consider and antique. So Indiana you can't license you model T or A as a historical vehicle because is is not safe at 55 mph. Really what prewar is safe at 55 mph other than a few high dollar Classics. If you get a regular plate it requires no inspection at all. I have had State Trooper inspect and pass car that are not capable of 55 mph.

I like the layout of the top putting General and AACA together, The rest will take some getting used to. Not sure I like the hidden subforums. Why do Olds and Buick have their own section but Packard, Mopar and Ford are in the Domestic? Not criticizing just commenting.

Do you have any photos? How about dimensions?

I guess the reason I would let it pass as a "Club name" is that it is a very common. I think half the Shelby's I have seen have the glove box or visor signed. I guess let it fall under "they are appropriate to the vehicle and displayed in good taste."

I would think it could pass under. "a. Badges and license plate frames with club names other than AACA will NOT be subject to a deduction for authenticity, if they are appropriate to the vehicle and displayed in good taste. They will be judged for condition." If it was well executed I would let it pass or deduct 1 point at most.

On my 1916 Elgin the book called for a good grade of Steam Cylinder Oil and a handful of good flake graphite. I tried 250 wt but it just leaked out as the transmission and rear end had no seals of any kind. An old guy at Hershey told me to use straight STP Oil Treatment.. I did and it worked fine without any leaks. The steering box called for Soft Cup Grease or Vaseline

Arcing is very important to Old Indian Motorcycles or the front brakes don't work. I always did mine by hand with a file, Not fast but effective. I could have used a belt sander, it would be faster, but I always went the safe route with a file.

I used a 12 volt jumper box in my 1955 Thunderbird. It has a 12 volt outlet on it.

One thing we do is move the meeting to different members garages and have the owner discuss recent or current projects. If not at the new garage I have a speaker come in to talk about something car related. We have had lectures/lessons on: repairing plastic bumpers Paint Plasma cutters. OBDII Look over our site I have photos of several meetings. http://beaver.vinu.edu/lover.HTM

There is one on Ebay they want $58K for http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170224430580

55 F100 Production Numbers Year Pickups Panel Trucks 1955 124,842 11,198 Year Model Code 1955 5 Year Truck Serial Code 1954 -1955 F-100 Conventional F10 1954 -1955 F-250 Conventional F25 1954 -1955 F-350 Conventional F35 1954 -1955 P-350 Parcel Delivery P35 1954 -1955 F-500 Conventional F50 1954 -1955 B-500 School Bus B50 1954 -1955 C-500 Cab Forward C50 1954 -1955 P-500 Parcel Delivery P50 1954 -1955 F-600 Conventional F60/F61 1954 -1955 B-600 School Bus B60 1954 -1955 C-600 Cab Forward C60/C61 1954 -1955 P-600 Parcel Delivery P60/P61 1954-1955 Engine Codes D O.H.V. 6 Cylinder-223 cid V O.H.V. 8 Cylinder-239 cid Z O.H.V. 8 Cylinder-256 cid 53-55 Transmissions Code Type 3 3-Speed Regular 3HD 3-Speed Heavy Duty AUTO 3-Speed Automatic 3OD 3-Speed Overdrive 4SYN 4-Speed Synchronized 5DIR 5-Speed Direct 5OD 5-Speed Overdrive Assembly Plant Code Plant Location A Atlanta B Buffalo C Chester G Chicago D Dallas F Dearborn E Edgewater H Detroit Truck K Kansas City L Long Beach U Louisville M Memphis N Norfolk R Richmond S Somerville P Twin City 1955 Paint Code Paint Color Name A Raven Black B Banner Blue C Aquatone Blue D Waterfall Blue E Snowshoe White G Sea Sprite Green R Vermilion U Meadow Green V Goldenrod Yellow P Prime SS Special Order

Some of us weren't smart enough to look at the front and back cover at the same time till you brought it to our attention.

What is this car.

How much and where they at? Photos?

Usually the cost of public carrier insurance exceeds any money you can make. Tell your insurance company you want to take passengers for hire in a old car with poor brakes and no safety equipment.

My 1916 Elgin with a Falls motor was Pull down to retard and up to advance. With the lever on the right of the wheel. Throttle was the same way down slow, up fast so for fast driving it both up.

Great road trip we had 24 people attend. We toured the museum of Jeff Smith had lunch at Mogger’s Pub, toured the collection for Frank Kleptz and ended with visit to the Clabber Girl Museum. Other than the Train stopped blocking highway 41 and the late arrival all went well. Photos at: http://159.218.3.3/04-26-2008%20AACA%20Tour/index.html

I used to use Wesley but never again. It works but when you put your car in the sun or drive it and get the tires hot your whites turn brown, it's a good thing it's easy because you have to do it all the time. Once you have used it on a tire you can't go back. I started using Coker's 2 part cleaner. It a little harder to clean but you only have to do when you have done something to get the tire dirty. I have cleaned the the tires drove the car 250 miles and never touched them before a show. Try that with beach. Tire cleaning is a monthly thing not a daily thing anymore.

Both collection are well worth the time to see, photos of the last time we visited these collections are at: Kleptz's in 2002 http://159.218.3.3/11-03-2002%20kleptz/index.html Smith's in 2004 http://159.218.3.3/06-05-2004%20Don%20Smiths/index.html Still not too late to join us!!

Lover (Lower Ohio Valley evansville Region of the AACA) is taking a road trip and touring 2 car collections on Saturday April 26th. At 10:30 AM EDT we will tour the museum of Jeff Smith. At 1:00 PM EDT we will tour the collection for Frank Kleptz both collections are in Terre Haute Indiana. Neither of these collections are currently open to the public. We have a group leaving Evansville at 7:00 am CDT and meeting up with more at Vincennes at 9:00 EDT. If you are in the area and interested in attending contact me. Jwolf@vinu.edu

Maybe AACA should publish and Anonymous list like BMWMOA does. (BMW Motorcycle Owners Association) "BMW MOA Anonymous book. Published annually with updated material, this book lists BMW MOA members who are willing to aid and assist (as indicated) in cases of emergency or just sociability. Listings are coded by phone numbers only and indicate degrees of services, abilities, parts, etc. available to BMW MOA riders requiring emergency help, simple directions or just a hot cup of coffee with a smiling friendly face attached. Over 12,000+ members are currently listed and as a BMW MOA member you will discover the Anonymous Book as an invaluable security blanket and an absolutely safety tool when touring anywhere, anytime." Code list things such as if you have. Tools, Repair knowledge and of which models. A trailer, place to store a bike. A yard to camp in an extra room. or just coffee and conversation. Even a place to say how far you are willing to travel to help someone. Every body is listed by location so it is easy to find someone near where you are having the problem. I have been in BMWMOA for over 25+ years and I have received about 5 calls. 3 looking for information, Campgrounds, best roads etc. One a couple with flat tire on a Sunday and most bike shops are closed on Mondays. They lucked out I had a used tire to fit their bike and they were off later that afternoon and I had one less tire to dispose of. The other was an accident. The guy was Ok but his wife hurt her leg and was in a local Hospital. I picked him up from the hospital took him to get a motel room and then the next morning took him to rent a car so he could pick up his wife and head home.

You will have to use a static balancer. You might have to make it yourself. You need to ballance the tire, rim and wheel as a unit or your wasting your time. Depending on how you drive the car and the tires you may be wasting your time anyway. I ballanced the Lucus 34x3.5's on my 1916 Elgin but found ballance wasn't the issue, the tires were eggs.

My 1916 Elgine HPOF had something on the inside of the door. I just figure to coal tar pitch or something the body maker put to protect it.

There were quite few trike v6's made and they still make them. They made very few v6 2 wheelers made and I sold the only one Monty ever made with the 2 speed and reverse to Howie in HI. You probably know him from the list. http://beaver.vinu.edu/boss%20Hoss.htm The problem was most people did not want to pay the extra cost of the Mercruiser V6. The motor cost more than the Chevy small block V8 and and on a trike why pay the extra money when weight isn't that big of and issue. On the 2 wheeler the 2 hundred pounds made a big difference. Most of them made just used the standard GM V6 and they had over heating and plug fowling problems due to the constant lugging at low RPMs. All but one had the single speed, no reverse converter. The trike should leave to CA by the middle of next week.