Jim Bollman

Depending on the vintage, if they are the full shoes and not just the lining you might have a market. Many cores are getting in short supply. I know the later 9" Crosley shoes are hard to find. The 6" were made in large enough quantities that there are a lot of them around yet. I'm assuming a lot of the lower production cars would have core problems.

A friend used fine gravel (small enough to get around baffles), closes up the big openings and ties it in a cement mixer and lets it run for few hours.

You have a unique Crosley and it will take just the right buyer. If you really don't have room for it and with the economy in the dumpster you may have to cut a lot deeper. Last year after trying to sell a truck for several months I listed it on eBay way below what it was worth. I had tried selling it in several other places for less than 1/2 what it's blue book was with no real interest. It actually sold on eBay for $800 more than the low end of what I was asking for it locally. Still was a fraction of what it was worth, but in the end it is worth what the buyer will pay. The buyer was happy and it was out of my way. I saw your car years ago when it was shown at the Crosley Nationals.

When I got an umbrella policy a few years ago, there was a level of coverage for each policy it was covering. My JC Taylor policy was not at that level and when I contacted them they raised the coverage to that level at no additional cost and the company issuing the umbrella was happy. I have since changed umbrella companies and they had no problem either.

I'm not in your area or I would volunteer. I have offered in the past for our area and even did a couple of cars in trailers at Hershey before Saturday in years past. Every judge sees different things, so it is not surprising that the areas change a little. Since you don't see the point deduction you don't know if you traded some big point deductions for a few 1 point deductions. The other problem you may be bumping against, is the point spread. In a large show in a popular class you have a better chance of have a high point cars that raised the bar on you. It is possible to point high enough for a first, but the point spread pushes you down to a second.

I talked to Retro Radio Restorations at Hershey a couple of years ago and played with the demo radio he had setup and picked up his card. Saw he was there again this year. No first hand experience. Mike Frenchek 717-367-1428 http://www.retroradio.biz/ (not much of a website) service@retroradio.biz Elizabethtown, PA

I'm not a Model T expert so I will not argue on any of the discussions of as it left the factory. I was surprised to see it in the stock class. I expected to see it with the fire trucks where modifications after the factory are expected. I know the owner, mainly because his Mother and Father were are Chocolate field neighbors for years and I would see Charlie most years when he came down to help them out. I looked at the T when it was in the trailer, not as a judge but just someone that appreciates a unique car. It was Charlie's first attempt at a high end restoration and it was a Father/Daughter project. It sounds like he should have done more homework and perhaps the team captain for that class should have given him some advice (maybe he did since I saw Charlie after the judging and he didn't expect to win anything). I believe some of the comments are getting a little nasty and would certainly discourage someone from trying to restore a car for a National show. It certainly isn't the only car being showed that has a lot of new parts.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: javabug</div><div class="ubbcode-body">DNJ card should be blue? What, then, is up with the white one I saw on Saturday? </div></div> I also noticed that there was an off white DNJ card being used. No one our team, including the captain, had seen them before. We did verify that they did not have judging sheets and were listed on our list as DNJ.

I agree with all the kudos and want to add how impressed I was with the army of volunteers on the show field directing cars to the proper spot and answering questions.

I sent a note to speedster@aaca.org asking to be added to the E-News distribution, so I assume I will get future issues. Can some one forward me the first issue so I can see what I missed? Jim@Bollman.com Thanks, JSTruck was the first to send me a copy. No additional copies are needed.

The easy way to convert would be to send it to one of the fellows that guts the old radio and puts in a modern replacement, connected to the old controls. That would give you AM/FM and an Aux input to run something else like a CD player or MP3 player.

My Dad use to make these conversions for friends. I have one on the shelf in the shop. It hasn't been fired up for years, probably doesn't work anymore. The conversion made sense in the 50s to get a rugged shop radio. Today how many of us want to listen to AM radio in the shop. I picked up an old stereo tuner/amp at a garage sale for near nothing. Put it on a high shelf with a couple of speaker on the walls. I'm on my third one over the last 30 years but when they are free or close to it you just pitch them when they fail.

My back up is my son has an open trailer 2 hour south of Hershey.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Steve_Heald</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No car will be joining us on the trip this year (well at least on the way down, on the way back... who knows). Hershey in October for nine days: priceless. </div></div> So Steve are you bring an empty trailer just in case?

Wish I was as ready as Pat and Pack. The slide in camper and truck are ready and I'm starting to think about stacking up the flea stuff but haven't yet. I have to put the half the down stairs back together from having new flooring put down today, then I can get seriously started, I hope.

The short piece of 12-14g limits the current you could put down the wire. What you are trying to do is reduce resistance, so a short piece of 12-14g connected to a long piece of 10g is less resistance than a long run of 12-14g. If you need 10g or not I don't know.

It's the fairness issue on cars you know versus don't that makes me choose classes I'm not an expert on. After judging the same classes for awhile you develop a general understanding of the vehicles but not like ones you own.

One that was told me early on that I use often is: If it looks right, it probably is, if it doesn't, ask.

I vote for spray brake cleaner followed by a little compressed air. That is what I used when I converted to silicon brake fluid. I had rebuilt all the cylinders but wanted the lines clean.

Truck has sold.

Don't think so since it has been in a barn in Ontario NY since at least 1964 and probably longer. I think that predates you by a few years Pat.

A friend has decided to sell a 35 Ford Stake Bed that has been in his wife's family since 1964. It appears to be an unmolested original. Here are a bunch of photos, details and contact info. http://www.jeb48.com/Freds/1935Ford.html It is located East of Rochester, NY and he is asking $1800 for it.

Thanks all for the info, I will get together with the owner and see if we can track down the serial number. He was going to see if the engine was frozen by making a bar to put into the crank slot and just rock it a little. I told him not to turn it over just see if it was loose. Vern, I have only missed one Dunkirk, I had a conflict this year. I will have to see next year. I will try to look you up at Hershey. I will be at CI8-10. Pat, if you have contact info for Bob could you eMail it to me. Jim@Bollman.com.

A friend has a 1935 stake bed truck. I'm trying to help him find out more about it. We haven't found a serial number plate, where is that located? This truck belonged to his Father InLaw and has been in the family for a long time, not sure if he was the original owner. It has been stored in a barn for 30+ years that is as far back as my friend has been in the family. I'm guessing it is a 1.5 ton but that is a guess based on the springs. He will probably put it up for sale at some point. I'm trying to convince him it would be a good next project since he has been looking for an old truck, just not this big. Here are a couple of pictures.

Our region does a couple of nursing home shows every year and are always well received. For the last few years we have had a small nursing home show as one of the events at our Crosley club Nationals. The first year we brought a cooler full of ice cream bars/sandwiches and made it into an ice cream social. It was such a big hit we have been asked back every year but the nursing home insists on furnishing the ice cream for everyone. One of our members has a restored ice cream truck that he brings and he has ice cream server shirts. He recruits a few younger kids before we go to wear the shirts and hand out the ice cream. We each give a little talk about our cars and answer questions. The old folks get a real big kick out of the Crosleys when we pull in and drive them right down the extra wide sidewalks they have, to an outdoor shelter.