Jim Bollman

In my first shop I had one long built in bench and a second free standing. In my current shop I went for all free standing, gives me more flexibility if I change my mind on how things are arranged, and I have a couple of times. My last change was to eliminate a bench since it was just full of junk anyway. I also have one small bench on casters with a carpeted top and shelves underneath. Makes it handy when you need an extra work space and storage for all those tools that come in storage boxes. It has a plug strip and a work light mounted on it.

I attended Hershey twice in the 60s with my parents and a family friend that restored brass lights and horns to sell. If memory isn't failing me I believe 1962 was my first year. The flea market by then was more than just along the stadium. I remember the family friend always wanted to walk the whole flea market quick to catch any bargains before he opened up. I remember seeing somewhere on the site, at one time, many of the aerial photos of past Hershey but didn't find them to see if it showed what the place looked like in 1962.

Not sure how, but I allowed a sales person in to the house years ago because I thought I was interested in some film developing club (that shows how long ago it was). I quickly figured out their scam and told her I wasn't interested. She then switched to trying to sell me this miracle adapter for under my carb to increase my fuel efficiency. We live about 5 miles from a nuclear power plant. Some how the plant came up in conversation and I mentioned being 5 miles away and that in fact the 5 mile line ran right through the middle of the dinning room table and she was inside the line. She was obviously a little nervous. I got her outside finally, she was going to show me the marvel adapter, which was in her car. By now it was dark and she asked what the glow was to the West, I told her it was the nuclear plant and that it has done that ever since the leak the year before. She then left without anymore questions. I didn't bother telling her that was about the same time they put in the new lights and that they reflected off the haze some nights. :-)

Your thread reminded me of this photo I have. Wrong Speedometer Man but thought you guys might like it. Maybe someone from Phily remembers the place.

The orphan car meets are not going to look much different than a regular car show soon.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LINC400</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Ok that works, but it still seems like extra work for no gain. I do not currently have any saved searches on Ebay. I guess I will have to now if I don't want to type in all that crap anytime I search for something. I still say it was easier just to type 1972-79.</div></div> The 1972-79 still works for car searches, I use it, haven't tried it in the parts searches.

I have a Honda EU2000i. It use inverter technology so it puts out very clean sine wave power and only runs as fast as it needs for the power being used. I can have it running under the carport and not hear it running in the house unless there is nothing else on. I can hear my neighbors 6KW that is 2000 feet away through the woods if it on. I can run pretty much everything but the electric heat and electric hot water heater, including the frig and a deep freeze. I have a rather large sump pump for the rainy season and I can't run the generator in the economy mode with the sump pump or else the lights dim when it kicks in while it ramps up power and that isn't good for all the electronics I use right through the power outage. I solved this problem by just unplugging the sump pump in the dry season and just run it once in awhile as needed. In the Winter and most of the Spring I store my camper battery in the basement connected to a cheap 2000 Watt inverter from Harbor Freight and use that to power the sump pump with a trickle charger plugged into the generator. This is also handy for middle of the night outages, I can plug the sump pump into it in the middle of the night and let everything else wait till morning. Running in the economy mode the Honda will run 10-14 hours on less than a gallon of gas. There is a fairly simple mod to add a 6 gal boat tank. I have the tank but haven't picked up the parts to add it in. Then you can run multiple days and even fill while running if you use a long feed line for the boat tank. The 1000 watt and the 2000 watt Hondas can also be used in pairs to double the power, the inverter is setup to sync with another Honda, so if one turns out to be a little lacking you can get more power and each piece can easily be carried where a 3 or 4 kw generator needs two people or wheels.

If you're using original rims I would use tubed tires and be sure you get tubes that are meant for use in radials, they are different. Older rims were not sealed for tubeless tires. I ran radials on a 52 Crosley and they ran alright but on that car I had to run a lot higher air pressure than was recommended by the tire manufacture to get decent handling it was kind of squirmy otherwise. Radials do tend to exaggerate loose suspension components, so as MC said make sure all is in spec.

Well I finally played with the new eBay Motors with my old saved searches. You are right they don't work as well any more. I dove in to see why and the reason they don't work is they changed the search parameters around so a bunch of my search criteria was ignored. It took me only a minute or so on each of my canned searches to create new criteria that actually gave me better searches than before using some of their examples and canned check mark refinements. I guess I don't have a problems so far with their new eBay Motors.

Yep a Holt, here is one that was at the Canandaigua, NY Steam show back in 2000.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: charlier</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> This contractor also had some other interesting design suggestions for the project that both kept the cost lower and made the area more useful. </div></div> Hope you will share the pro's design ideas. I also look forward to the pictures.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ZondaC12</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This forum is CLEARLY a failure....noooo one has said it yet. Im appalled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... <span style="font-weight: bold">Come on that'll buff right out.</span> </div></div> Ding Ding Ding - we have a winner

I'll pass on the door part of your question. Since you're on LI you may not have the option I will suggest. I did my barn in vertical hemlock rough sawn planks. When I checked into it originally it was actually cheaper than T-111 by buying directly from the saw mill. When I first talked to the saw mill I didn't know what kind of wood I wanted and was only going to do the front. The owner (old timer) told me I wanted hemlock, said that's what all the old 100 year old barns in are area was made of and mine would last 100 years to if I didn't do anything for a finish and longer if I did. When I got the price I decided to do the whole barn. T-111 does go up a lot faster but I find that it looks fake when your done. If your trying to get a little rustic look on something modern it is fine but on an old barn it looks modern. I put my planks up over flake board that I covered with tar paper. I used tar paper so I could do the planking without batten and the cracks that would show up in time would just look dark. By not putting on batten, it was cheaper/faster and I could use random thickness and widths, cheaper no planing. Built in 1981-82 and it till looks pretty good. Picture is from 2005, I have put a new steel roof on since the picture, but it still looks pretty much the same. I put CWF on it after it sat for a year and once more about 10 years ago. Will probably put on another CWF application in another year or so.

I had Metropolitans when they were just used cars. Stories about 2 of the 3 I owned. A 1959, very rusty hardtop, I decided to part out, this was 1966. I was by myself in my dad's shop, parents were at work and would not be home for many hours. I had it jacked up on one side with it's little jack that goes in the side socket. Now the next part is the stupidity of youth. I was working on removing the brake hub or something in that general area when I noticed the car sinking to the floor. I was sitting with my legs under the car. Before I could move I was trapped, the jack had gone through the floor. I was sitting there unhurt, thinking it was going to be a long day, when I thought, it sank because of rust. Then I grabbed the fender/rocker area and peeled it back and slid out. My main driver was a 61 hard top. In 1967 I was driving in a heavy rain and didn't see a Falcon stopped in front of me. This was in town and a slow speed crash, I hit the brakes and tried to steer around the Ford but hit the left rear tail light with my front right fender. I broke his taillight, that's all. The Met, fender pushed in and the metal in the unibody was so rusty were the front suspension attached it rip loose. My dad and I spent a lot of time welding in new steel and getting the suspension reattached. I sold it soon after and bought a 66 Mustang (don't have that any more either). The Met was a great running car and a lot of fun. Might even buy another one some day but I would look the unibody over very carefully for rust. I couldn't believe how rusty these two cars were when they were only 5-7 years old. The 3rd Met was an early convertible that I just bought and resold when I decided it was to good to part out for some things I needed for the 61. I hope it is still around. Someday I will tell you how many college kids you can get in a Met.

I think I'll call my Crosley a Mack truck, then people will give me more respect on the highway.

I had to learn how to use Microsoft Publisher today so I could teach someone else to use it. It was an interesting task since I don't like Windows and haven't touched it in years. The fellow that I was teaching is not much of a wiz on the computer but could do the simple stuff that I didn't know on Vista (first time I even saw Vista). With my knowledge of what a publishing program should be capable of and common sense I had the high points figured out and roughed out a 2 page newsletter for the guy to use as a template in about 30 minutes. I have to admit to all that were pushing a publishing package, it did make things easier than using OpenOffice or Word. Not enough easier that I would spend $169 but for this fellow it will be the difference between doing the job and finding someone else to do it. Jim...

I have a dozen or so of these I bought from Austie at Hershey when he shared a spot with I believe his son inlaw back in the early 70s. If someone really wants them for a collection I would probably part with them for postage.

I'm a Mac guy so I have a rule against using MS software even when it is available for the Mac. If I ever get talked into doing a full fledged newsletter again I may look into a layout program just because I'm getting lazier. I did the Crosley Auto Club Quarterly from 1973 till 1984. Started off with a type writer than used some very early experimental word processors then experimental computers and internal written word processing software at Xerox where I worked. My favorite word processor was written by the fellow MicroSoft hired away from Xerox that wrote the original Word. Use to work on the Quarterly during my lunch hours. I have done assorted newsletter since but they were all small 2-6 pagers. Currently I'm just a contributor to the Crosley Quarterly so I let the Editor do the final lay out work, I think he uses Publisher, I furnish him Doc files form OpenOffice with the images inserted.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 58Mustang</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you can get them into the US, they can be shipped USPS book rate which is pretty reasonable. I shipped enough magazines to fill two 4 drawer file cabinets from CA to the east coast for about 300 bucks. </div></div> By the way you're right the manuals could be shipped media rate in the USA. Your magazines can't. I have mailed large boxes of magazines myself via media but found out recently, that because they have ads in them they can not be sent media. Doesn't matter if they are old magazines with old ads. If they catch you they can charge you whatever higher postal rate they want and if they feel it was done knowingly can even fine you if they are in a bad mood. I have actually got mixed answers from postal clerks but a postmaster gave the ruling of no. They also have the right to open and inspect media mail anywhere along the route if they want.

So it basically comes down to ease of use. As I said I don't use Word I use OpenOffice so I don't know how much is different and what is the same. Years ago I had an early page layout program and it was nice, but when it stopped working after an OS update I was to cheap to replace it and dove into the word processor I had at the time and have switched a couple of times since. I find most high end word processors have most of the ability I need including linked text frames. Once you layout using text frames instead of the normal word processing columns, things get easier. I do all my photo sizing and processing in a photo program before inserting, so they go in the right size and are the proper size for printing (specify the resolution correctly). I also tend to do small jobs, only a few pages. Been a few years since I did large newsletter. Back then I was moving up from a typewriter so making word processors jump through hoops was an improvement.

Wayne, could you explain more by what you mean about graphics being tough to put in a Word document? I don't actually use Word I use the free OpenOffice program that can read and write Doc files. With OpenOffice you can insert photo and graphics most anywhere and if you use text frames you can get a pretty nice looking layout without buying special software. I don't distribute in Doc format I use PDFs, but if I'm passing an article on to an editor I will send it in Doc format with photos inserted.

My drive and parking area is all what we call dirty 1A's. It is everything that is left when they screen out the #1 crushed stone. It is a good solid drive and it doesn't move around. It does track in a little. Water doesn't go through it as fast as gravel so you want to be sure and have it graded so water runs off. I had one small area by my wood shed that I used washed gravel and you could hardly move around in it. If you use washed stone only use it for a thin top coat.

I forgot to add to my post above. In the time frame we were watching these movies in Drivers Ed in Ohio, the local Highway Patrol would save the car from the worst local crash that involved a teenager or young adult during the past year and put it on display at the County Fair each year. They would have it outside their display building that had photos of all the good local crashes. Of course the cars were complete with all the blood and a write up on the crash.

Signal 30 Part 1 and Part 2 are both on Archive.org 1959, here is the descriptions and links. "Legendary "shock" driving safety film featuring numerous scenes of mutilated cars and injured/dead people and a voiceover lacking in compassion. Produced in cooperation with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and shown to millions of young drivers for over 40 years. CONTENT ADVISORY: Many disturbing scenes of violent deaths and accident scenes; cries of crash victims on soundtrack." http://www.archive.org/details/Signal301959 http://www.archive.org/details/Signal301959_2 They also have Wheel of Death by the same people. http://www.archive.org/details/WheelsofTragedy

Grew up going to old car flea markets and shows with my Father and his best friend. When I got old enough the friend would hire me to clean either his 1915 T or 1915 Saxon for weekend shows. Had to clean them top and bottom. My Dad had an unrestored 1936 Packard 110 Business Coupe 6 cylinder. If he would have held on to it just a couple more years, it would be mine today. He lost storage and sold it a few years before I was in a position to buy and store it. It was not a Classic but it was a classy car and would be great in HPOF. He sold it in the late 60s for $500. He originally bought it for $50 so he was happy.