West Peterson
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Nice looking car. Things you can do and still keep it original: Remove the grille guard (not correct), and locate some correct bumper guards both front and back (four total).
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13 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said:
Nash was the first unibody car in the US with the Nash 600 in 1940. By 1949 all their cars featured unibody construction.
"First" is a dangerous thing to say.
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Keep in mind that it's a postwar sign. I think it's poor condition will definitely reflect on its value.
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1 hour ago, Roscoe said:
The Graham's so ugly it's cool. But coming from dealing with vehicles that have readily available reproduction parts- where on earth would you find things like the missing head light lenses? Swap meets and online searches I guess...
For many of us, the search is the fun. You do not get any of the thrill of finding a part by buying from a reproduction company.
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On 4/20/2024 at 8:36 PM, Larry Schramm said:
One day I came home and our 1915 Buick truck was not in the garage, but our sons car was home. A little time later he comes rolling into the drive with one of his girlfriends that he had taken on a ride. He was 16 years old. In my world, no problem. Put a smile on his face, the girlfriends face and my face too.
I love it, but I'm wondering if your insurance would allow for a 16-year-old to take the car out on his own. It seems that most insurance companies seem to frown on that, by way of increasing premiums to the point of unaffordable.
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Past AACA President Tom Cox bought that.
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4 minutes ago, Restorer32 said:
Nah, 'twas a Dues. Art Brummer bought it. 1970 or so.
That would have been this one.
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10 hours ago, edinmass said:
Correct! The box has no where near the required movement that allows the lubrication to effectively work.
Apparently you've never been in the right seat when I'm behind the wheel.
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Toto. I have a feeling we're not in Ohio anymore.
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2 minutes ago, cutlasguy said:
I'm betting this is Bob Stevens' old car. Bob was editor of Cars & Parts for many, many years. One rarely sees a single-color Crown Vic.
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The Abernathy boys were featured on this front-page, which also features the Olds Limited.
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This is pretty cool. Looks to be the photos they used to make the famous painting.
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18 hours ago, Ed Luddy said:
This is in front of the barn it was stored in after a wash job.
Wait, what?? They made you wash the barn before you could get the car out?
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Is it oval? Or round? Can't quite tell from the angle. I think all correct Ford stuff is oval.
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1939-41 Plymouth
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2 minutes ago, ABear said:
Generally, unless you have a specific need like flat tappets and/or high spring rates like found in heavily modified built up racing engines for most part the high zinc levels is not needed.
^^^^ This
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On 3/5/2024 at 10:48 AM, real61ss said:
Be aware......these batteries are constructed as ordered so allow some time if you are preparing for a certain show. I ordered one from them about the first of the year and have not heard from them yet. They took my order and said they would contact me to access my credit card when they were ready to build the battery. He said at the time that they were several months behind. I'm hoping the hear from them this month
I ordered one for my '70 Camaro back in November. At that time, they said six to eight months. I haven't heard an update since January.
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3 minutes ago, CarNucopia said:
Cool. I didn’t know Aston Martin was that old.
At the time, we informed knowledgable A-M fanatics, and they said it was an unknown car and was the oldest then known to be in the U.S. It was a 1924 model, if I remember correctly.
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23 minutes ago, kar3516 said:
Wow! What year was that?
Early 1980s.
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I was with my dad when we followed leads to this barn north of St. Paul. Rollston-bodied Duesenberg. In addition, there was a mid 1920s Aston Martin there as well.
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I wouldn't read too much into thinking that the tires in the drawn illustration are grey. They may have been drawn a little bit darker in order to be able to differentiate the tire from the white background. Along with that, I was informed many years ago that original tires from that time period were never meant to be grey, even though a lot of them were sold that way. What happened was that after time, grease or soot (can't quite remember) got into the molds, and turned the later batches of the day grey.
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2 hours ago, 8E45E said:
Without offending all the Packard owners here, I believe what's left of the Packard plant finally being demolished will actually spur some further redevelopment in that city. Unfortunately, over the years, the Packard plant became a poster child of Detroit; the city either unable to get the owners over the years to pay their property taxes on it, nor having enough money in the city coffers in the past to tear it down. With what's left of it gone, it will no longer be symbolic with Detroit's decline, and the U.S. car industry in general.
Craig
No offense here. It should have been torn down decades ago. Matt is correct, though, Detroit is a whole lot different now than it was 10 years ago. Quicken Loans has turned that place around, along with the dumping of the 12-level-deep of government corruption.
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Quality of car for an AACA show, or "Is my car good enough?"
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Like others have said, I believe you'll have much more fun in the regular judged class with "Do Not Judge." I used to do that with my 1940 Packard until I got stupid and started fixing it up. Now it's an AACA Senior car.
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