Restorer32
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Ahhh...memories. My brother almost headed out on a road trip to look at a Ferrari that one of Mom's elderly friends had told her was stored in her shed. Further questioning revealed that is was a Volare.
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Not all road trips turn out badly. I was telephoned by a lady offering to sell me an old car trunk in excellent shape at a very reasonable price. She said it had a tag on it reading "Oakland". At the price she was asking I figured even an Oakland trunk was a good buy so I drove the 50 or so miles to look at it. She met me at the door and immediately began apologizing for luring me there under false pretenses. She had looked closer and realized that the "Oakland" she saw was actually just on the attached shipping label while the trunk itself in fact had a blue emblem reading PACKARD. She offered it to me at half price since it wasn't really the Oakland trunk she had promised. I told her that I would gladly pay her full asking price. I know, 50 miles doesn't really qualify as a road trip but good story in any case.
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Any info is appreciated, even that which adds to the confusion. The car came in with nearly new 33x6's mounted but they just look too big for the car and the customer wants to go with something a bit smaller so I suppose 600-21 is the way to go. Need to find matching rims first. Thanks for all the help!
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We did a good bit of work prepping a '32 902 for a CCCA show. The owner did not want the cigarette lighter to be wired due to safety concerns. CCCA checks the operation of lighters. What to do? With a tiny bit of orange/red paint we painted a nice glow on the element and dirtied it up with a few ashes. Judge pushed in the lighter, waited the appropriate amount of time, pulled out the lighter and ok'd its operation.
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For a real eye opener as to how engines were actually painted at the factory talk to Joe Vicinni about his years with Chevy, including '57 I think. I attended his seminar. He says the engines were painted with carb and manifolds attached with only a piece of cardboard held in the painter's left hand used to mask the crab, manifolds etc.
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CCCA would check the operability of the lights, low and hi beams. AACA wouldn't care.
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I'd be very careful with that torch and hammer. An original, non-rebuilt example of this Stewart Warner pump recently sold on e-Bay for something like $800.
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We have the grey/green paint for the block and head but what about the accessories? Oil pan, water pump, side valve cover, timing cover, oil fil, harmonic balancer, etc. What color were these? Thanks!
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Wes, we're preparing a measured cross sectional drawing for the ad. Same price as for a photo I assume? I will e-mail the drawing to you later this afternoon and put a check in the mail.
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To confuse things even further the sales brochure for this car calls for 33 x 6 tires, but we all know how unreliable these early sources can be, even from the factory.
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That sure does help! What measurement determines that it is a 4 1/2" Rim? The originals we have measures about 4 5/16 arosss the flanges and about 3" across the base. The felloes are stamped 30 X 4 1/2. We have 2 other rims that came with the car. These measure 5" across the flanges. I suppose we could use 2 narrow ones on the front and the 2 wider on the back but in any case we need a 5th for the spare.
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Plain, if you mean are there lugs welded to the rims. Not available repro.
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Need several 21" Firestone split rims for 30 x 4 1/2 tires. Needed to complete restoration of 1927 Kissel Brougham. Any restorable condition. Thanks!
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Yes I do. I assume I can do that online and will put it on my "to do" list for today.
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Need several 21" Firestone split rims for 30 x 4 1/2 tires. Any restorable condition, any reasonable (or even close to reasonable) price. Thanks!
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Anybody can become a Steele Rubber Dealer and take advantage of their rather generous discount structure. All you have to do is put up $5000 and agree to buy $5000/year in rubber products. Steele is to be commended for putting out the money to create the very expensive dies to make these parts. Some I'm sure on which they have little or no hope of ever turning a profit. We recently bought rubber spring mounts for a '27 Kissel. Large, complicated rubber "gloves" that wrap around and mount the ends of the leaf springs. We bought the second set they ever made. What are the chances they will recoup their investment? I doubt if the 2 sets they've sold to date didn't begin to pay the costs of the engineering and mold making.
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Just curious here but can you name one original, unrestored car that has ever won an AACA First (in its original condition)? There may be some, I don't now. That's why I'm asking the question.
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I have a 1932 Pep Boys Catalog. I'll post a pic of the cover if I can find it.
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Anyone? Must be some of these somewhere out there.
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Check online with Coker Tire. Their price lists also show overall diameters and tread width for their tires. Should be easy to compare sizes.
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Maybe this time.
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Forgot to attach the pic.
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Looking for 3 21" Firestone split rims as fitted to a '26 Kissel. These are for 30 x 4 1/2 tires. Picture attached. Thanks!
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Definitely a license plate bracket from the brass era. I believe Neverout made kerosene taillights as well as other lights I guess.
fuel pump rebuild
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You have an AC replacement for the original? If so it was likely made by Gould. He used to (and probably still does)take AC pumps and install a new activating lever to adapt them to the Packard engine. Not original but looks somewhat similar. You'll lose points if you show it, but perfectly reliable. I loaned him an original pump from which he patterned his laminated activating lever. This would have been in the 1980s.