Matt Harwood

Yeah, but you could have this for only about twice as much...

Scam ad. That's Sean Miller's car that's listed elsewhere for six figures.

It uses a round muffler about six feet long and six or eight inches in diameter. Waldron's can probably make one for you.

Dave is a friend of mine and he's fine. I saw him about a month ago and all was well. The best way to reach him is to text him--if you need his phone number, PM me and I'll give it to you in private. But I'm sure your car is safe and sound and he's plugging along on it.

Fuel injection was optional. I'd guess only 10-15% of '76 Eldorados had it. Not sure I'd pay a premium for it given the scarcity and frailty of the electronic parts, unless it was on some crazy low mileage car I didn't plan on driving.

The post is just an indexing post so that the whole switch doesn't rotate when you turn the knob. Look closely and you'll see it's only a little higher than the mounting nuts. You can see it here at the 3 o'clock position. It's just slightly proud of the switch plate, enough to keep everything from moving around.

That's a standard body, not a custom. Most were built by Murray.

Anyone notice all the late-model Corvettes that tried to crash the meet? Melanie and I were near the entrance and we counted nearly a dozen of them just rolling in like they belonged there. It's as if those guys just go out driving on a Saturday afternoon looking for any car show and expect to be greeted with open arms. One guy left particularly angry--dude, it's the Buick nationals and you're surprised they won't let your 2009 Corvette in? Pffft.

Please don't let him paint it red. It wasn't red when it was new, I guarantee it. It might have been dark maroon, but that's as close to red as it would have been. A dark, subtle color would be correct. Bright colors were frowned upon given the circumstances of 1932.

I enjoyed meeting you in person, Barney. Thanks for stopping by!

Anybody with one of these cars who would like to attend? Here's a flyer with some additional information:

OK, back to work. Drove down to the Canton Classic Car Museum to see my friend Gary who hooked me up with a bunch of replacement packing nuts. Looking through his box of spares, there were several different shapes and sizes, so we picked a few that seemed close. One looked pretty new so Gary machined it down to give me some extra clearance. A variety of packing nuts. My too-tall one is on the right, the rest are from Gary's stash of spares. I'm thinking the second one from the right is the winner, even though it's a little taller than the others. Gary chucked one in the lathe and cut it down a bit to add some clearance. And should anyone doubt Gary's Lincoln credentials, he showed me his current project in the back: Yeah, that's quite likely the second most valuable Lincoln in the world. Once again, Gary comes through in the clutch and really helps me out. I may give the water pump a try this weekend, since our big open house is the following week and it'll be eating up all my time. If anyone's anywhere near northeast Ohio on the 27th, we'd love to have you join the party.

Your dad sure love his wide whites!

The 80 Series has great proportions. The 90 Series cars of this vintage always look a little overstuffed and frumpy.

Seme and Son rebuilt my 1935 Lincoln V12 two years ago. Very pleased with Frank's work. A Buick straight-8 would be no problem for them. Seme and Son Frank Seme 1320 East 260th Street Euclid, OH 44132 216-261-0066