West Peterson
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5 hours ago, WPVT said:
Getting back to my original point...
As an experiment, I tried driving with my high beams on (old style headlamps), straight into traffic for an hour. Not once did anyone flick their beams at me to tell me to dim.
My newest car is more than 20 years old, and I've been driving with my high beams on all the time for quite some time now. Same results as you. Not one time has someone flashed me. My thought is that my high beams are much dimmer than the modern low-beam lights.
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22 hours ago, Gunsmoke said:
Carly Simon said it best back in 70's, .... When interviewed today about why she chose Nova Scotia back then in her lyrics, she said she needed a place that rhymed with Saratoga!
That's an interesting thing to say, since there actually was a total eclipse of the sun in Nova Scotia in both 1970 and 1972, when the song was written.
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On 3/28/2024 at 3:11 PM, jhh2206 said:
I have made over my quota of mistakes already this week, so I am fairly confident that this car was at the Packard Centennial. Its was very much the worse for wear. The owner was running the engine and balancing a quarter on it . Given the probable compromised compression it was running even smoother than normal. Mosquitoes may have suffocated.
It was restored by a proverbial "well known collector " not far from me I had the privilege of seeing it soon after.
I have driven two Packed Twelves. Starting at the bottom of a hill in third gear and accelerating up to the top is an experience to be remembered. Perhaps it will get more exercise in the future.
John
Nope. Not the same car. It was NOT at the centennial. The one you are referring to is Ralph Marano's, and is the only convertible sedan with jump seats. Ralph purchased the car right after the centennial, and had it restored.
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The restoration was finished in less than a year. It competed for AACA's Zenith award soon after.
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1 hour ago, jdome said:
I think Underslung wears 43 inch tires, which is another large auto of this era but of course with a much lower profile. It would be interesting, maybe cartoonish to see an Underslung parked next to one of these olds
What's more comical, or cartoonish, is seeing a giant next to a single-cylinder car. While the Packard is a step below in size to the Olds Limited, these "Mutt 'n Jeff" photos of a 1911 le Zebre and a 1910 Packard is fun to see.
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14 hours ago, John E. Guitar said:
A few photos from France.
WOWZER!!!
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Donnybrooke is the old name for Brainard International Raceway in Minnesota.
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On 2/14/2013 at 8:58 PM, Marty Roth said:
Hi Bill,
Take a look at the PRODIGY ... TEKONSHA
I've used their stuff for years...excellent products....no problems.....easy installation....buy the unit...they tell you which cord matches your truck.....
PLUG and PLAY.....all electronic....great adjustability to vary braking force dependin upon the load you are carrying (Loaded vs empty...Packard vs Model-T)
Easy to install yourself.........Even I can do it !!
I just replaced the Reese controller in the Avalanche with the Tekonsha Prodigy. It also came with a dedicated pigtail specifically for the 2003-???? Chev trucks, from unit to fuse box, so no splicing of any wires. Works perfectly. See ya'll in Charlotte!!
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For a general's license plate, perhaps???
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I had a couple of the Ford Times magazines laying around, and my wife picked one up and saw recipes in it from the cookbook. She found a like-new cookbook online and ordered it. Since her dad worked for Ford for almost 40 years, she recognizes many of the recipes as ones that her mom would make.
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3 hours ago, 1912Staver said:
I have been of the mind that the HCCA is doing itself no favors by sticking to the 1915 cut off. It's been my belief for years now they should officially extend up to 1920. Membership is shrinking. Other than T's and a few other quite low H.P. cars there are very few " affordable " HCCA cars available to younger people and those of us with only average means. Somewhere around 35-50 K is what I usually see for what I would call a reasonably ordinary , but decent road usable HCCA car. And that's just too much for many household budgets. Opening things up to 1920 would bring many affordable cars into HCCA use.
Expanding the acceptable years doesn't work in regard to adding membership. Just ask CCCA.
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I didn't do anything. Honest. Just asked the question after it showed up.
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The company name itself throws up a red flag!!!
Devious
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19 hours ago, Buffalowed Bill said:
IMHO the car hobby, as we know it today, is of, by and for the Baby Boomers. There has never been a group of car crazies' like them before nor will there be another group like it that follows.
This is just totally untrue.
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On 3/1/2024 at 12:11 AM, HK500 said:
1936 Packard V-12 Town Car. Looks like at the low point of its depreciation curve! California 1953 license plate tag. Must be California there's a Palm tree in the background - or, as the movie industry calls them "Sky Weeds" ! And how bout them sealed beam conversions!
Someone has been hunting for this car for several years.
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Since the OP asked for first "production car" with 4-wheel brakes, I have to raise a red flag regarding the Spyker.
So far, it looks like 1922 Duesenberg and Rickenbacker were the earliest on production cars.
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As editor, I've seen them all. My wife bought me a button that says "I'm silently correcting your grammar." That kind of shut me up. I tend to correct much less, now (outside of the magazine)
All of the above, plus....
Expecially
Concourse
LeMans (in reference to the race)
Camero
El Dorado
Belair
Carman (Ghia)
pick up
year of the car, followed by its color (ie 1966 Black Mustang)
marquee
body styles capitalized (along with a plethora of other non-proper nouns)
renig (instead of renege)
chomping (at the bit), vs champing
peaked (instead of piqued)
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Duesenberg had 4-wheel hydraulic brakes in 1922, and as early as 1914 on their race cars. Chrysler had 4-wheel hydraulic brakes in 1924.
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Sooo... I can't do it myself, correct? Because I don't even know where the admin control panel is located.
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I'm a stupid old donkey, as I cannot figure out what this message means, nor where to go to install it.
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On 3/17/2024 at 8:07 AM, Paul Dobbin said:
I think Frank Kleptz in Terra Haute IN had one too.
Don sold it to Frank. Went to auction after Frank died. I believe it no longer resides in the USA.
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With every car a different color and so many different shades, I don't know how you can come up with a preset that will cover the wide variety. I don't use Lightroom, as I prefer Photoshop. When adjusting photos for publication, I adjust each and every one accordingly.
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I've supplied parts to reproducers a few times. In all but one case, I didn't need the part, nor did I ever ask for one in return. In all cases, a free part was sent to me as a thank you. Supplying a good part to be reproduced is a good way to "give back" to the community, not just the company making the parts so that we can restore our cars.
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Packard overboard.
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Apparently a judge got into this car and took it out of gear... Not owner fault, nor mechanical fault.