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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now I see why Mrs. Peterson is fooling around!
</div></div>Ow!
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A similar situation in the Oakwood suburb of Dayton. A man installed a nice picket fence around his "main drag" property. Unfortunately, it was a few inches too high and the association told him to shorten it or take it down. After going around and around and getting no where, he finally took down his fence, painted his house purple, and rented the house out.
As John said, you've got an uphill battle.
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Motor Inn Co. is said to have served Albert Lea since 1904.
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No, the battery didn't blow up, but it took out my regulator... But that turned out to be a good thing, because in trying to fix the damage, I found out my generator's bearings and bushings were really bad, and would have surely left me stranded on the side of the road on a longer trip. God works in mysterious ways, sometimes.
I did have a battery blow up in my face during another incident, though. I was young (16), stupid and frustrated. Fortunately no physical damage to my face or eyes. (They say experience comes from doing stupid things, which means I've got a lot of experience under my belt
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Bruce,
Did you get my e-mail regarding a story in the Harford Horn?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'll bet someone tried to jump it with a 12 volt battery, and blew the lite bulbs. Oh, just got the coupe running again. It's poor old battery just gave out! Advance Auto to the rescue!!!!!!!
</div></div>I've often jumped six-volt batteries with a 12-volt, without any problems... except that time when I hooked the darn thing up backwards
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Our '87 BMW had 232,000 miles on the origional plugs when it went down the road.
Bill Boudway </div></div>
I think we have a winner!
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Teste Rossa? Si, certimente!!!
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I told my wife that if I die before she does, she should get re-married. But I told her I wanted my boys to get the Packard and not to let her new husband to drive it.
She said that would be no problem, 'cuz he doesn't even like old cars.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ron,
All of the information I see on the Internet states that the 1948 Cadillac was the first car with a factory rear window defogger. </div></div>
Is that an "in-glass" system? or blower?
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1924 RV Knight
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My 1972 Impala two-door with the concave rear window had the same thing.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">West,
A speedometer measures speed. That one is easy.
What the heck is an odo? And do we really need a meter to measure it, whatever it is?
</div></div>Susan,
I never mentioned speedometer, but if you like, I'll try and come up with something.
Second. I never mentioned odo, either, but I know that an odo is a meter that measures miles... more typically run together as... odometer.
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Diz,
I can match you with my mini van. 1992 Plymouth Voyager. It's impossible to replace the rear plugs without taking off the intake and a bunch of other stuff, so I didn't. It had 200,000 miles on it when I sold it, and, like you, was getting 20mpg.
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Are you asking about the in-glass "wired" defoggers, or would some sort of fan ducted toward the rear window count?
I remember my dad's 1967 Eldo had the wired kind.
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What is the earliest use of a rear window wiper on a production car? 1941 Pontiac?
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A guy stopped at our spaces at Hershey and introduced himself as "West Peterson". </div></div>
I was looking for the apple you promised to all DF'ers.
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That REO is owned by my friend, Phil Bray, Michigan. I photographed it for a future feature story (in the rain!)
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">get up.. back slowly away from the computer... then go do something like visit the Air Force Museum </div></div>
I went to the AF Musuem a couple of weekends ago when they had a WWI flying display. There was an AACA Region there as well. I don't remember which one without looking at my notes, but it was a touring region from Michigan I believe. Some interesting cars from the WWI era and earlier, including a Stoddard Dayton, Cadillac, Buick, and a few I've never even heard of before.
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yeah, that's it. I talked with the owner at Canton. Apparently the car originally belonged to Col. Jesse Vincent, Packard's chief engineer... Next owner was some famous jewler in NYC. The dilemma is... to restore, or not to restore. Since I'm poor, it wouldn't be a dilemma for me, but for those that can do such things, I suppose it presents quite a conumdrum.
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Aquarius: Both feet firmly planted in the air, and tongue firmly planted in cheek.
If I ever get too serious, start digging a hole... seriously.
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Bruce, that's good... but I was thinking of the "dirty floors," which men's locker rooms are known for.
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If you're going to power a street rod with a Rolls-Royce engine, it had better be a Packard-built Merlin, otherwise don't bother.
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One of my favorite sights at Hershey last year was an early Silver Ghost Roller that had been made into a pickup truck. It was great seeing that running around town. Perhaps this one could be fixed up similarly?
Garage Find!!!!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Here's a West Peterson request, barn find that is.
My neighbor, knowing of my love of old cars, asked me to give him an opinion of a car he had in his well-hidden garage. I was floored to find under all that crap a 1969 4-4-2 coupe. He bought it new. Several years ago, took off the top layer of paint to "freshen it up a bit." The new paint job never happened and now it's a garage shelf. I'm gonna try and talk "Mrs. Peterson" into letting me buy it. Maybe she'll like it better than Diz's Corvette and come back home.