alsancle
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The "assembled" thing is a bad moniker. Although not as bad as "orphan" which applies to about 75% of all collector cars.
The price is stupid, but the car is cool.
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Agreed on the lift. A Camaro looks best level.
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4 minutes ago, TAKerry said:
I like the look of the race deck. Like AJ, its been awhile since I have looked at their stuff. The one thing I dont like is that with the placement of square tiles the joints are all aligned. A small nitpick but from a floor installers point of view it looks odd. We do a lot of laminate flooring and I have been very tempted to put some of the water proof flooring in my garage. I thought I would be the only guy with a wood floor in the garage (to match the wainscoting and crown molding), but alas I see you have beat me to it! As a comparison the water proof laminate can be purchased for about $3. a foot.
Kerry, how durable to do you think that laminate would be?
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I swear this is one of those cars that somebody "created a market". Back in the 90s a few of them sold for stupid money at BJ and all of a sudden the other 20k that were still around quadrupled in price.
They go for about 1/2 of what they did 20 years ago. Which is still double what they should.
I agree a documented fuelie or dual quad car should bring money. But not the other 95%.
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13 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:
Hmmm, I wonder if I could come out ahead putting that V12 into this:
Matt, take those Trippe lights off. You will get an extra 15K for it.
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Doesn't seem to be giving them away. I wonder if that is the set that has been available forever?
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Wonder how long that for sale sign has been on the windshield?
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5 hours ago, m-mman said:
Kaiser people, is the supercharger actually a benefit or a detriment?
We know Kaiser installed them to compete with the V8s but in the 21st century are they repairable? Are they easy to tune? Are they reliable?
I have read about the principles behind superchargers (comparing the before and after carb designs) and I have understood that using the before carb variation, can really mess with float bowl venting and air-fuel mixtures through the Venturi.
On a Hudson the dual carb (Twin H) is reportedly to be simple and reliable and worth installing.
Is trying to run and maintain a supercharger on a Kaiser 6 really of value? Or more trouble than it’s worth?Superchargers are cool. It looks like the same set up that was on the later Studebaker. There are vendors that will rebuild them. My experience with blown cars is that they make a very cool whine, and at RPM there is a noticeable horsepower boost. So I am 100% behind anything that makes otherwise mundane car cool.
All cars are a pain in the ass to some extent. Any added complexity makes it worse. But the one thing that makes this car worth keeping around is the blower.
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Cool. Post some more photos. I always like these. If it’s presentable, do not restore it.
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47 minutes ago, Loco 90 said:
By the numbers
What does "Dual carburetion" mean?
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Stick/Blower is cool. Too bad it is not a 2 door.
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On 2/6/2024 at 11:37 AM, alsancle said:
In fairness to Jay, it takes some practice. If you are shifting that high you need to double clutch, or go early and often. I find my Stearns is easier to shift.
I just got around to reading the owners manual. The PII has a clutch brake and you are not supposed to double clutch on the way up. When the transmission gets warm they advise pausing in neutral (I assume to give the brake time?) before proceeding to the next gear. I was in a PII today and experimented with this and will shift find going up if you follow the pause methodology.
An interesting tidbit is that they suggest using the throttle control on the steering wheel for the double clutch on the downshift. I need to think about that one a bit.
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Everybody here knows that 90% of the time it makes more sense to hold your phone horizontally when you take a picture?
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So last Thursday we got 5 inches of snow. Today is 70° with clear blue skies. I spent 30 minutes driving around in a phantom II Rolls Royce. Driving Weather is here!
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I have had these magnets made up for all my cars that I’m running water in. One on the dash, one on the radiator.
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53 minutes ago, Steve_Mack_CT said:
Along related lines does anyone know the rough antifreeze to water ratios to protect from freezing at say 32, 15 and 0 degrees F?
As I look at ways to counter crap gas boiling I am adding an electric fuel pump, carb heat shield and may want to move off 50/50 mix from the sounds of it. A 10% improvement would be great. Before moving to straight water though I wonder about the value of a 25/75 ratio? Anyone else have thoughts on this?
Cooling system - water pump, rad has been done.
Steve, get a hydrometer. They are cheap. And you can gradually add more antifreeze if you want more protection.
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All the Letter cars are cool. But the earlier cars with the crazy induction systems are the coolest.
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On 4/6/2024 at 6:52 PM, Matt Harwood said:
If you just want to run water, you should add this instead of cutting oil:
In fact, whatever you're running, this stuff is fantastic. We recently brought a 1930 Marmon out of hibernation after about seven years and the owner was fanatical about using this stuff. After draining the radiator, it was squeaky clean inside. I'm a believer--it's in all my old cars.
There is a lot of chit chat on the internet about this product. Based on your recommendation Matt I bought a case and I'm going to give it a try. I don't see that it is a lubricator however? So probably stick with some cutting oil too.
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I haven't seen anything like this eclipse since 2 days ago when the sun went behind a cloud.
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1 hour ago, Fossil said:
Black rims on the trailer and red rims on the ground. Interesting. Wonder how much the red paint raised the price? Resale Red?
The tires on the ground are too small. It looks stupid.
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A concours win last week means nothing.
I actually feel bad when I see advertisements like this for such a nice car. A seller is going to be in for rude awakening, and will be very disappointed.
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I keep a logbook for my cars. And I try to check the tire pressure once a month and then note the pressures. This is something I started doing more recently when I started driving the cars more often. Also, you will find that a car will steer at slow speed much better with fully pressurized front tires.
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Like I said, my car runs significantly cooler with water versus antifreeze. I can’t explain why. But it does. And that alone is enough reason for me to run the water and cutting oil over antifreeze.
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Just now, BobinVirginia said:
Interesting. I wonder if that would be a common experience with other sleeve valve gas engines?
It may have something to do with the design of the cooling system. Or it may have something to do with being sleeve valve. Or it could be the cooling coefficient of water is that much better than antifreeze. I barely passed thermodynamics, so I’m the wrong guy to ask.
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What are you working on right now?
in Our Cars & Restoration Projects
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My brother used to collect WWII armor. Made car collectors look sane. He had 2 hellcats, A Stewart and a Chafee which I think had the Cadillac engines. Also a Tiger thank replica built on a Russian chassis.