jrbartlett

I have about a dozen 20-inch #6 wheels, and maybe 4-5 snap rings.

What a difference. Congratulations.

The cap from my '19 fits the '25 perfectly. The '25 came with a nice attempt at a casting, but the threaded portion is too small. The cap is OK to put on the car if it is stationary, but I think it would fall out if driven much on the road. The original cap was apparently on the '25 when it was purchased in 1989, but disappeared when the car was shipped by a transport company. I'll get back to you over the weekend.

I don't own a car, but do have a Model 90 instruction book.

Need a Locomobile-script threaded radiator cap with 2-and-3/4-inch male threads, or something generic with those threads that I can modify into a radiator cap. What have you? This is for a 1925 Model 48 Locomobile.

Need a Locomobile-script threaded radiator cap with 2-and-3/4-inch male threads, or something generic with those threads that I can modify into a radiator cap. What have you? More specifically, this is for a Model 48 Locomobile.

There's something else to consider. Any change from original makes it that much harder to diagnose problems and find correct replacement parts, which can be a mild obstacle for you so long as you remember where everything came from, but a huge issue for whoever owns the car next -- which could be a family member. That's why non-originality hurts the value of the car -- experienced collectors have already been down that road. For example, a conversion to disc brakes might require a change to suspension parts. What does that mean when it's time to align the front end?

Also, sometimes in the case of re-sleeved wheel cylinders the inlet hole on the sleeve is not aligned with the inlet hole in the wheel cylinder.

Long shot, but might this have been the Clark Gable roadster that he left in Canada after the death of Carole Lombard?

What is this huge early touring car? This photo is hanging in a museum in Paris, Texas, and the staff took the photo and sent it to me. I did not have the opportunity to take the picture down and see if anything is written on the back. Notice the double running board. Could this be an Oldsmobile?

Restored a '35 Auburn in the early 1990s with new everything. Used Dot 5 and I've never had to add any, despite a lot of use and sometimes long periods between use. Big benefit to me is that Dot 5 does not eat paint. It always seems like when bleeding brakes that you'll have a little fluid get on backing plates and axles. No problem with Dot 5.

My brother has a '38 convertible coupe. These are nice-driving cars with the overdrive. Really easy to steer thanks to Chrysler engineering.

Interested in converting a wood-wheel car to Buffalo wire wheels. Does someone out there adapt the Buffalo hubs to existing brake drums/spindles?

Hey fellas, as someone living where empty warehouses are hard to find and sky-high expensive, I'm just wondering where these are located.

Why not have a good rebuilder go through your existing engine? Then you'd know exactly what was done, or could customize to your preferences.

Wow -- nice car.

I've been in the hobby starting from 1960, and in all those years I never heard of any '29/'30 Packard roadsters made up from other body styles. I don't think the value of these particular-year cars was ever high enough to justify the effort. Plus there were a number of the originals around. Admittedly, I was in Texas, and the majority of these cars seemed to be in the Northeast, so maybe I'm just out of the loop.

How do you guys view Keels & Wheels in Texas?

Take out insurance on the car as soon as you buy it and before it's shipped. I just used Passport to ship a high-value car and there were no issues. See Matt Harwood's advice above. By the way, a Stanley sedan does have some sort of fabric on the roof -- full one-piece steel roofs did not come along until later.

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What year models of Pierce came standard with overdrive?

I think you nailed it.

Alsancle is correct on that Hudson being a good value in comparison. It just depends on which make car you like and how much you want to spend. As for colors, my 640 is too wild for most old car guys (me too at times), but I consider the pattern perfect -- same color on top and bottom, contrasting color on the body side panel, emphasizing the length of the car and lowness of the beltline. I would not chrome or paint the hood vents differently from the panel color, although some do. The red wheels bother me, and I've considered chroming them and going with blackwalls.

What is this beautiful car that appears to be brand new, judging by the reflections in the paint? The photo was taken in Bonham, Texas, sometime in the approximately 1910-1915 range. My first guess was Olds Autocrat, but that's only a guess.

As requested, attached is a photo of my '29 Packard Super Eight roadster. I didn't choose the colors -- but at the time I purchased the car, it was the only freshly restored roadster on the market (only 50 miles on the restoration, and 40,100 miles on the odometer). I get many positive comments during parades (red, white and blue). And the car looks great at night. I've run it another 8,000 miles over the past decade.