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Bhigdog

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  1. Paralysis by analysis. By the time all the hand wringing, harrumphing, and doom saying is said and done the engine will have been safely nestled in it,s motor mounts and the job washed down with a nice cold beer...bob
  2. I'm thinking that what the dealer was saying is in the event the breakaway switch is left activated for any length of time a large capacity car battery has enough stored CAPACITY (amp hours) to possibly over heat the brake wiring and/or the magnets before running down. The brakes will draw exactly the same amperage no matter the size battery. It's the law (ohm's). I can see the dealers reluctance from a liability standpoint. All that said my travel trailer uses a large deep cycle battery for every thing on the trailer including the break away switch. Possibly there's a circuit breaker or other over draw protection. Good point. I'll have to check..........Bob
  3. Inanimate and non gendered? Perhaps. Quirky and personable. Probably. Worthy of emotional attachment. Likely..........bob
  4. And once again re communicating with inanimate objects. The below was from post a good number of years ago in the midst of restoring my 55 Century. The car was, at the time, quite literally cut to shreds and slowly going back together..........Bob "About this time, while pondering the project, and after a couple of beers and a cigar, it occurred to me to wonder about the Century's feelings and thoughts while undergoing such trauma. From then on, every afternoon when I left for the day, I turned the radio on to a classical music station and left it on for him all night. I'd like to believe it helped."
  5. 😁 To your question as to having a relationship with an inanimate object I'll refer you to my post from March 2017............ As I lie in my bed tonight, listening to the cold March wind, I think of the Sonomatic radio in my 55.... Cold.... Alone. I think of sliding in beside her. I hesitate as I reach for her knobs. Am I stupid for thinking I can turn her on at such a late hour and on such a cold night? I gently turn her switch. I'm joyed to see the soft welcoming glow on her face and hear the soft hum of her vibrator. I can imagine her power transformer stirring to life as he feels the pulses surging through his windings. Her filaments, responding to the stimulations, begin to glow a soft pink. Her plates feeling the inrush of warm energy long to pass it on. Her wires are willing but her resistors say "no, not yet, It's too soon." His capacitors will not be denied. Growing ever more charged and surging with energy until they can hold back no longer, they empty themselves into her waiting speaker. Softly she sings me to sleep.............. Any more questions?....... 😁...............Bob
  6. Not mine. New posting on FBMP............Bob 1953 Packard Patrician straight 8, flathead motor, transmission, and all other engine parts. Engine will need rebuilt I have it all apart, I can reassemble it if wanted. Make me a decent offer. If no one wants it, it will go for scrap. I don’t have the time to rebuild it. Going with a different motor. Any questions shoot me a message. New Albany, PA Location is approximate Seller information Skyler Manahan Joined Facebook in 2018
  7. Oy vey........Me and my machines have an agreement. I,ll do the required lube and maintenance and if you don,t break i won,t fix you........bob⁷
  8. Advocating mechanical over solid state is akin to advocating vacuum tubes over semi conductors. Yes, there are some applications where vacuum tubes are more practical, suitable or necessary. In our cars using a mechanical switch over a solid state switch is none of the above. But, if one prefers points for whatever reason, do carry on...................Bob
  9. Topic beat to death but here goes again.......... Pertronix units in ALL 5 of my collector cars. Oldest one now going on 22 years. In all that time not a single failure and as a bonus I've................ Have never needed to adjust, check, timing, dwell or condenser. Own but never need timing light, point file, dwell meter, feeler gauge, distributor wrench, those teeny wrenches or a flash light to look for those teeny little screws/nuts dropped but almost never found. Never pulled a distributor. Never needed to lay across a hot engine or dent the radiator tank with my knee. Points are not simple. They are a mechanical device. They wear, They need on going finicky adjustment. Just wondering. Do you guys carry spare ignition parts for your daily drivers that have used solid state timing for at least the last 40 years?...............Bob
  10. The easiest fix for that problem would be a Pertronix unit. Set it and forget it. Points! We don,t need no stinking points......bob
  11. I've also posted this in cars and parts because it's both stunning garage art and a useful and functional tool.......Bob Speed Way battery charger built by the Franklin Transformer Co. Built on 12-3-1943. Restored and fully operational. Rated for 6 volts at 80 amps with both amperage and time control. Very unique and would be a perfect addition to your early collector car garage both for use and as a stunning display piece with it's large meter and solid bronze battery clamps. They don't make them like this anymore..... Price is $950. Located in Eastern PA
  12. Yeah it is. Kinda hoping I don't sell it but I'm starting to thin the herd and have to just do it. ............Bob
  13. Speed Way battery charger built by the Franklin Transformer Co. Built on 12-3-1943. Restored and fully operational. Rated for 6 volts at 80 amps with both amperage and time control. Very unique and would be a perfect addition to your early collector car garage both for use and as a stunning display piece with it's large meter and solid bronze battery clamps. They don't make them like this anymore...Bob Price is $950. Located in Eastern PA
  14. 15 minutes ago I posted a reply. In case anyone noticed or cares I have SELF deleted it............Bob
  15. an abbreviation for the Latin phrase β€œet cetera.” In Latin, β€œet” means β€œand.” The word β€œcetera” means β€œthe rest.” No disrespect intended and In all fairness I copied and pasted the above from Google. ..............Bob
  16. Errr.... Ahh.... I think you must mean et cetera. And so ends today's lesson in grammar, pronunciation, abbreviation ect, ect, ect. Tomorrow we will cover syntax and spelling............Bob
  17. OK.....so tell us the name of the company and part already.....bob
  18. Pa has vanity plates and only recently allowed YOM plates. Maybe 20 years ago I had a 1939 plate restored for my 1939 PU truck. I wanted to use it so I drove to Harrisburg right to DMV head quarters. I took the plate along and I asked the nice girl at the counter if that particular number was active. A few clicks on the key board and she said no. I said "OK i want to register my 1939 truck and use that plate. She said I couldn't do that. I asked why not it's a PA plate with an open number. She said she didn't know why not. I asked her if she could find out why not, it's a PA plate after all. She said "be right back" took the plate and left. Came back shortly and said "Wrong material, wrong color, and non reflective.............. Case closed. So I asked if that particular number was assigned to a vanity plate. She looked at me sweetly and said "don't even think about it." So..........I bought a regular plate, put it in the glove box, put the YOM plate on the truck and I've been using it ever since. Plan "c" if I'm ever stopped I'll claim I'm old and confused and just came from a show and forgot to put the real one back on. " I'll do that right now officer. Thank you for pointing that out." It should work, I think...............Bob
  19. I occassionaly take on one off type work for fellow hobbyists. When the job is completed all i ask for is the cost of material and postage plus whatever they feel it is worth to them. All but one has been fair and even generous. Except for one guy i spent a day for making a leather die and 8 pieces. He sent me $10 postage. And so it goes......bob
  20. Just trying to show that there's lots of sides to the story and lots of ways to look at it. In my case I got my money's worth in satisfaction figuring out how to and actually making the tools and clips and helping the guy out. If I was a for profit business I likely could not have afforded it. And as silly as it sounds I get satisfaction by holding, in my hand, the likely only known new 1956 Chrysler wind shield clips in existence. How many people can say that?.........😁 ...............Bob
  21. There is absolutely no one size fits all answer to the OP's question. There are just too many variables to each and any situation. For example...... When I restored my 56 Chrysler I needed tail light, parking light and back up lenses. They were/are unobtainium. While I was showing my 55 Buick at the New Bern Grand nationals I met a guy that was showing his 56 Chrysler. In conversation I mentioned that I was restoring one and could not find lenses. He said he had several sets and he would send me a set gratis. He was as good as his word and a week later UPS brought me a set. Fast forward a year or so and he contacted me looking for a set of 11 good 56 Chrysler windshield trim clips. They are one year only and do not exist. The only examples are well rusted and fragile. I had enough barely usable examples but no spares. I had enough to use for my car but because of his extraordinary generosity I decided to make them. I knew the market was extremely thin but I figured I could at least help a few others. The die sets, other tooling and proto typing took about 70 hours before I had a good example. The average shop rate is now about $125 per hour. Do the math. It takes about 6 hours to hand make a set of 11.........Do the math I gave a set to my benefactor, I kept a set for my car, and made a few extra sets, of which I sold exactly one. The one set I sold netted me $110. So the point of the story is... Try to figure the logic of that one out. Yet it happened because of one guys generosity. Below are pix of the tooling and of an original, in process and completed re-pro clip................Bob
  22. My take on the situation is you likely saved them many hours of R & D time and the expense of many bad prototype parts. A few years back A repro parts supplier used my 56 Chrysler as a test vehicle for a rear glass gasket they wanted to market. After they sent and I critiqued two attempts they had it correct. They sent me one of the the first correct examples as payment for my time and as a thank you. They got hours of free R & D. I got paid in a part I needed. Everyone got a piece of the pie. That's exactly as it should be............Bob
  23. Happy Shaint Patty's (hic) Day.............Bob
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