Paul Dobbin

My Windows 10 Computer gets the messed up version, this Windows 7 Laptop gets the old style. What's Up????????????????????

We've owned a bunch of old Fords, once owned by Henry Ford. However, they are not rare because all the Fords made prior to Ford Motor Company going public were owned by Henry.

Steve, Could you post the pictures that we could not open, making the whole discussion understandable to the rest of us? Is this one for the Hill Climb or the auction at Hershey? Or a custom bodied show car? Sounds interesting but a mystery without the pictures.

Members 178 1,655 posts Location: Smoky Mountains Back to the information compiled on data plate #'s etc. Why not write an article with photographs and explain it all. Submit it to the publication that supports the marque that you are writing about. That way its shared in the public domain'and many people can use it. Some publications will even pay for good informational articles. I find it a lot easier to get published when I offer the article for FREE.

Back to the information compiled on data plate #'s etc. Why not write an article with photographs and explain it all. Submit it to the publication that supports the marque that you are writing about. That way its shared in the public domain'and many people can use it. Some publications will even pay for good informational articles. I find it a lot easier to get published when I offer the article for FREE.

Victoria Lynn, Now you are sounding like the rest of us. I think the hook has be set as they say on the Fishing web sites.

Padgett, It made me sign in again to give you a like for the mouse clue. Trimacar, What are you using for bait in your mouse traps?

We do a lot of AACA Tours, like the Sentimental & Glidden and tow to the tours with our Airstream DP Land Yacht with our car on a open car trailer behind. We have AAA Plus RV. In the last 20 years we've used it twice. #1. A Sentimental Tour in Virginia, the Stromberg 84 on our 1934 Ford Fordor went on strike AAA took us on a flatbed back tot eh campground where I had tools and another carburetor, Problem fixed. #2 The on last years Sentimental Tour in Salisbury, NC Airstream quit near the Charlotte Motor Speedway and AAA came to the rescue with the biggest wrecker we'd ever seen and we were towed to the campground in Salisbury. I found a local guy who came out and found the problem (Bad fuel cut off solenoid) It cost AAA $800 and the driver wouldn't take my tip. I knew (Or thought I knew they wouldn't tow the trailer), and called another Sentimental Tourist who came down from Salisbury and towed our trailer & car to the campground. (Nice to know other tourists) We've been with AAA for 30 years and the $100 premium is a bargain with a 100 mile limit. That's enough for our emergencies, because the parts and tools are at the trailer and all we need to do is get back there

Wingski, I know your said Model A, but take a look at this 32 Ford Tudor, which I bet would do anything you want in style and reliability.

Congratulations a belated Happy Birthday. I've always admired the people like you who came before me in this hobby and are still enjoying it. When we lived in Florida, we knew Ken DeWitt who lived to 99 and was still putting new steel Model A bodies on original Model A chassis at age 96,97 & 98. He celebrated his 100th birthday two weeks ahead of time and then died. He loved to tell the funny story about his artificial leg and getting it stuck between the pedals on his Model A while driving on Gulf Blvd. In trying to free it, it came off. He had to reach down and pull the leg out, now he was driving along waving the leg in the air to the amazement of the other motorists. Ken was an example to us all to enjoy life& antique cars as long as possible with a sense of participation and humor.

Again it;s a definition thing, First old car I purchased includes all the cars I ever owned except the one new one. I'll limit it to cars I bought as antiques not transportation too. My first 1934 Ford was 38 years old and I was 27, My first 31 Model A was 46 and I was 32, first 1915 Model T was 66 and I was 36 and so on and so on. I always thought antique cars had to be older than I was, because I never thought of myself as old or antique. The cars that I had or knew as a high school kid are and were just old cars, no nostalgia there! Now they are "collectible", but not to me. \

What great car at a reasonable price. It will soon be 100 years old and can carry a lot more people in a parade than the Model A Roadster in the garage. Paint the fenders black and enjoy it. I found one like it 40+ years ago while I was doing my first 34 Ford, couldn't afford two at a time. To bad. but I bet I couldn't have duplicated this one for $12,500 in any of the last 3 decades..

It would make an awesome Resto-Mod. Where do we bid? (To save it, of course)

One seat appears to be like original and the other on the same frame is a restoration with a slight different pattern. With the proper seat frame, your upholstery guy can make the material & pattern match whatever you want. If you have a picture of the original and the right frame, you're in business.

Those two Coupes oictured have the same front seat as our 1934 Ford Fordor.

We all had to start in the hobby somewhere. This is a great beginner project and if completed as very unusual truck.

I use 50 PSI.

Unfortunately, this type of SCAM is becoming more common. Often the "seller" says "they are currently out of the country on some humanitarian mission and they'll only work through a broker" (Sometimes Ebay) EBAY DOES NOT OFFER THAT SERVICE. "All is guaranteed for your protection and they will even have to government ship it to you for free". DON'T waste you time with these crooks. Often you can find the exact item they are selling listed someplace else on the Internet. I too am looking for another car and this SCAM is way to common for me to trust almost anyone. Internet cafe's on Nigeria are the source of a lot of this crap, whose going to catch them? Remember the old saying about the fool & his money!

Thanks guys, some old ads and some on web sites of brokers selling cars they've never seen and i can't see them either. But I'm getting a good education on Internet car sales and scams. Found one in Idaho, bur broker controlled and not readily available to be seen or to speak to the owner. One is coming up in an auction about 200 miles from here but the auction company says the expect it to go for $40,000 which leaves me out and not to interested to go to the auction. Still looking.

I guess the "Robertson" is a Canadian Phillips. I buy Canadian square drive screws and find them much better than Phillips. Never round one out or wear out the square drive bit. (Not correct on any vehicles that I know of, but great for other projects)

Thanks guys, I thought I knew it all before this thread, but now I'm sure of it.

I have also shipped fenders in home made cardboard boxes via Greyhound Buses. Fast, cheap & easy. They charge by weight, not volume. Only problem is the receiver has to got to the Greyhound Bus Station to pick it up, still a great deal.

We'll take our 35 Buick with it's bumper mounted American flags,

Earl, I know you drive your cars more than most guys your age, (I admire that) and you hold onto the ones you own. But, if you wanted to sell them, would you be one of those overpriced sellers? Probably not, because you can justify your prices just the same as other sellers. Eventually your desire to sell will be reflected in the price. That's the way it's always worked. I too am looking for another car, and I'm shocked by the prices for the ones I want. I keep looking and when the desire & price come together I'll buy one. In the mean time, I'll just wear out the one's I already know how to fix and enjoy their longevity.

Last month, on the Founder's Tour, there was a like new Subaru Brat. Complete with the two fiberglass rear facing bucket seat in the pickup bed. (The story was that America put a 25% tariff on inported trucks, resulting in the Brat becoming a passenger car) Any automotive gathering has the chance of something unusual and unique showing up. Example was last year's Highland NC Motoring Festival where 3 Mercedes Gull Wing's showed up and parked all in a a row together. Used, restored and pristine original, all complete with Gull Wing Luggage! That's the joy of local shows, suprises Last month, on the Founder's Tour, there was a like new Subaru Brat. Complete with the two fiberglass rear facing bucket seat in the pickup bed. (The story was that America put a 25% tariff on imported trucks, resulting in the Brat becoming a passenger car) Any automotive gathering has the chance of something unusual and unique showing up. Example was last year's Highland NC Motoring Festival where 3 Mercedes Gull Wing's showed up and parked all in a row together. Used, restored and pristine original, all complete with Gull Wing Luggage! That's the joy of local shows, surprises. I'm glad to see all old cars out of the garage and being enjoyed and shared.