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40 minutes ago, Telf said:
Is this Whippet still for sale?
I may be interested.
Vaughn Telfer
30 YEARS AGO AT HERSHEY A SOUTHERN GUY CAME ALONG AND ASKED DAD WHAT HE HAD FOR A WHOOPETT, DAD SAID SYMPATHY. WE ALL LAUGHED AND HE AGREED.
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No I dont..Do you think there is axles and a diff??
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On 12/3/2023 at 8:49 PM, sagefinds said:
I have maybe half pickup load of leftover mechanical parts from a 1908 Olds M or MR restoration. Rear axle housing with truss rods and maybe an internal part or two,some brake parts,most of steering box,repaired trans case,front wheel,misc brackets and whatnots. I believe there is also a hood for a Model 20 in pretty good condition still around here,location unknown at this time. All from a friends restoration,not mine. I do have some pictures I will load after they are found on this electronic devise. Most parts are packed up in a wood crate right now. Located in Cheyenne,Wyoming,like to get $950 for all picked up here. They were scheduled to be donated to a museum a couple years ago when I needed a writeoff but it closed and I don't need one now. Will trade for something I need,teens Cadillac or 33 Chevy Master,or trade for something else I can resell if that would help a museum.What do you have in your donation lot that you don't need? PM me if your trigger is tripped.
Steve Grisbee
Cheyenne,Wyoming
Steve Id like pictures of the rear end bits. Mike West
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Im sure its a one off conversion of a horse drawn oil tanker. The large springs are pulling that drive wheel forward in essence downward to give it traction. Its a cool old thing.
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8 minutes ago, Crusty Trucker said:
From what I can determine, authentic Edsels did not have the flair or bulge over the rear wheel well opening (quarter panel), but a flare matching the front. The bulge was a feature of Fords in '57 and '58 and did not appear on the '58 Edsel. This leads me to believe that the subject retractable is a highly modified Ford, NOT an Edsel.
You can fool some of the people some of the time .... but not all of the people all of the time. Nice pick!
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Its REALITY!!!!!!! That car needs a 100 grand spent on it to have a 20 grand car. Nobody is fixing 1920s cars like this at least around here.
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On 8/3/2023 at 7:28 PM, JC Boutin said:
HI Every one this car is still for sale.
Make a reasonnable offer.
Thanks
J C Boutin
jcboutin@hotmail.com
418-655-5455
$3000.US
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5 minutes ago, alsancle said:
I don't know. Better to spend a little more and buy the two door version.
another dreamer..... motor has a problem, crappy color and a ugly model and he starts his ad out dont try a get me down!!!!
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1 hour ago, alsancle said:
What is "fair" about the price?
Around my hood , $5000 would be hard to pull.... I wouldnt spend more that 3 grand on that tub for resale.
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6 hours ago, John_S_in_Penna said:
I can't speak specifically for Buicks, but road speeds
were much lower in the 1910's, as you probably know.
My Locomobile (1916 and 62 horsepower) loves 25-35
miles per hour on country roads. Why? Because in
1916 the state speed limit in Penna. was 24 m.p.h. on the
open highway, and 12 m.p.h. around town. One state's
rules stated that 30 m.p.h. was "prima facie evidence of
excess." A speed of 45 in 1916 would have been reckless!
EXACTLY ... but we dont drive on dirt roads anymore. Today its more reckless and dangerous to to drive 12-30mph on a highway. Id fear that some jerk with a big truck would run over me from the rear. Think about it, any good brass era Model T Ford will run 45 without any problem. Everybody knows what the speed limit was the=n and why they drove that slow.
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1 hour ago, wayne sheldon said:
I have never owned either one, however, over the years I have known a bunch of people owning and extensively touring late 1910s to mid 1920s Buicks and Dodge Brothers automobiles. Generally speaking, I think the Buick sixes are about ten mph faster than the Four cylinder Dodge Brothers cars. (To be clear, I have never known anyone with one of the last Fast Four Dodges, so cannot comment much on them, though I have heard they are a bit faster than the earlier Dodges?) The Buick fours of the early 1920s are about halfway between the Dodge and Buick sixes. Basically, all the Buick models that era are impressive driving cars relative to the era.
I have driven quite a few cars with two wheel brakes, and personally do not fear them. Pay close attention to everything around you, keep some extra room in front of you (yes, the modern drivers will cut in front of you often, live with it!), KNOW your car's braking limits, and be very careful.
Wayne , Thanks for that impute. 10 MPH is a 25% increase in speed so its huge. I need to run at 45 mph on the highway without the motor thrashing like its going to cast its withers. I like the 6 cyls, the open valve train and just the looks of the Buick.
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9 hours ago, Craig Gillingham said:
That coupling, I'm confident is the same as those used on an OX-5. I was hoping to find some clearer photos of a coupling. They have two lugs that bolt onto the flange, with a cover over the coupling -the cover is missing from your one. Attached is a catalogue of the different D8 Berling magnetos showing they were suitable for car, truck, tractor, or marine use. The OX-5 used a Berling D81x2, were a clockwise magneto with a two-pole armature.
Craig Thank you for your wonderful information!!
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My dad had a bunch of cars when I was kid , always a dozen and usually more. Only a few had free wheeling that I remember because they were mostly cheap cars. We would go over some hills on our rides and dad would coast to the bottom and he always called it "Chinese Over Drive" I dont know where the term came from but I still use it..
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Ive always admired these teens 6 cyl Buicks. Im curious what a comfortable road speed is for it? I had a 1924 Dodge Brothers roadster , sold it last fall as the car wasnt fast enough to suite me. At 45 it sounded like it was going to blow.
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2 hours ago, Terry Harper said:
Not really automotive related.
In 1922 the Lombard Tractor Company of Waterville, Maine produced the first model AOL "tank-type" tractor for the Great Northern Paper Company. Since 1919, Great Northern Paper pioneered the use of tractors in Maine's north woods using a combination of Lombard 10 ton half track type tractors along with Holt "tank-type" tractors for hauling pulpwood over snow/ice roads from the cuttings to the landings. It was quickly recognized that the big Lombard Tractor-Trucks with their immense power, speed, stability and ease of operation were most efficient when used for long hauls over a main haul road. That was a task the Holt tractors were not well suited for. The early Holt steering system had a number of issues. When turning a corner, the early clutch steering system diverted power from the inside track to the outside track essentially doubling the power to that particular track when the tractor as a whole had traction reduced by half. The other issue was how the tractor steered when pulling (or pushed) by a load. On the level ground or going up a grade steering was normal. However, when descending a grade with the sleds pushing from behind the operator had to reverse steering inputs. An unskilled operator could get into trouble fast!
With that in mind Great Northern wanted one type of tractor that could do it all. Have the speed, power, stability and ease of operation of the big Lombard half tracks yet retain the compactness and maneuverability of the Holt. Thus the Model AOL Lombard tractor.
It featured a number of innovations including a duplex motor consisting of two Stearns four cylinder "Extra Reserve" motors sharing a common crankcase. Drive was through patented Lombard multi-disk clutches and two Cotta type FA constant mesh, 3 speed transmissions also sharing a common case and a final drive again sharing a common case but driving each track independent. Steering was via a small diameter steering wheel which used a system of worm gears and sleeves to control the governors of each engine. Thus as one engine speeds up the other slows down and the turn is made.
With that in mind, I decided to model it up in Solidworks. Unless some more photos emerge or a long lost set of shop drawings appear, this is probably as close as its going to get. I knew a couple of dimensions (thanks to the proposal) such as the center-to-center distance of the motors. Using that as a guideline I was able to scale the drawings and pull dimensions with a limited degree of accuracy. I am pretty sure my model has a much nicer finish than the original did!
Not really sure WHY I like these types of projects.
Terry Its amazing! The detail .... is this a actual model you have made?? Mike
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4 hours ago, Layden B said:
Craig is correct. This Berling magneto is for 1 spark plug per cylinder on an 8 cylinder engine.
Curtis OX-5 was the biggest user. The engines were ordered in mass for WWI and so many were finished under contract after the war ended that they were still available new in the crate into the 1930s. Several airplanes of the 1920s were designed specifically to take the OX-5 because although obsolete it was so very cheap.
Layden, did this mag run at 1/2 speed (camshaft speed) like a normal magneto like any 4 cycle motor?? If so it could be run on a 8 cly automoble motor.
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Why makes you think its aircraft?
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Curious what the vintage of this mag by serial number. Made in Buffalo NY. The type is D81x2 STAMPED SERIAL # 107790 Thank you for any information provided. Mike
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The more I look at it Im changing my opinion. Straight shafts on the ends. Why do the drums always have to be missing>?? at least the brakes are there
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It must be light duty . In the pictures it struck me as larger than a Model T . Is it about the same size and weight?? It sure is unusual... Layden butler my know.
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The fact that it has such small brakes makes be think it isnt real early...
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I think the fact that the car just Clicked once when i initially tryed to start it says that it had a bad connection or a battery problem. If that same click created a arc after i ran the car for 15 minutes that might be the cause of the eruptions.
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It looks like a 4 door sedan with a bad haircut to me.... Could the trimmer made a poorer boot?? I wonder what the top frame looks like??
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Jane , Does this car have JUMP SEATS behind the drivers seat?? What is a comfortable road speed for her?
1929 Peerless 7 Passenger sedan, Where is it today?? $$ Reward for info.
in Peerless
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This is a pictured of a 7 passenger 1929 Peerless sedan my dad owned in the early 1970s that I would like to located today. I am trying to locate the car. The other 8cly cars like it that are known all have wire wheels, this one different than those in that it rode on wood artillery wheels, had chrome bands on the fender spare tires. The car was sold in PA around 1974. Ill pay a generous finders fee for information that leads me to a purchase. Mike 585 738 1541