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I've seen it done (and possibly, I think, by a law enforcement person, on his personal vintage hot rod, in my area). I am not sure that it's 100% legal, but you'd probably get away with it 99.9% of the time, especially if all the paperwork matches up properly. I don't think law enforcement wants to hassle old car drivers in general anyway.
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Politicians are getting very excited now about raising gas taxes. These (relatively) "good times" at the pump may be short-lived...
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Good morning and Happy Wednesday! From our ongoing Hershey 2015 flea market browse, we saw these "VVR" German driving school training models in the same space with the Checker wagon... Pretty cool!... Here's a somewhat similar one that apparently got sold at an auction within the past few years: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19363/lot/350/ ... Happy Wednesday once again!
EDIT: "VVR" evidently stands for "Verkehrsverlag Remagen," a German company that is evidently (though I cannot read German) still in the driver training business, ref: http://onlineshop.vvr.de/
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I remember seeing a lot of these! What've we got, another 9 months?
Hope you are enjoying the trip back to Hershey, John, I know I am.
Flea market space renewals are due back no later than February 16, 2015, by the way--a reminder to us all!
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Another from the Hershey 2014 flea market browse... Here's a nice Checker Marathon Wagon, that advertised a web site for a company in MA that appears to specialize in buying & selling Checkers: http://www.checkermotorcars.com/ ... It was hard to discern if the Checker was for sale or not--probably not, since there was a lot of "stuff" set up in front of it--so I'll guess it did dual duty as a company advertisement and Hershey parts-hauler... Wikipedia says that Marathons had a very long run--1960 through 1982, ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Marathon ... Happy Tuesday afternoon!
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If it is made in China it will have a mammoth image problem to overcome. In my opinion, more so than ever before Americans want a product that creates American jobs, and rightly so !
Wayne
No argument for sure, Wayne, and I doubt I would ever buy a China-made Buick.
However, I've also heard that Buicks are HUGE sellers in China, so can only guess there must be some cold, hard business decisions being made on this one...
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-chinese-buyers-love-buick-2013-4
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...If it goes into production it will probably be built in China...
Ouch.
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday!... From our ongoing Hershey 2014 flea market browse... Magnificent 1905 Stanley... Wow...
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Happy Monday afternoon... Continuing on with our Hershey 2014 Flea Market browse... Here's very nice large-scale Mobil Pegasus someone was selling... Wow, the market value on these seems to be climbing... Have a good rest of your day...
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Good morning and Happy Monday... 36F and light rain this morning in Southern Connecticut--I can deal with that for mid-January... From the Hershey 2014 ongoing flea market browse, here's one for those who enjoy a challenge: 1911 Ellmore--a marque of which I've never heard--though there is a wikipedia page for them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_(automobile) ... Have a good day!
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Hershey 2014 Flea Market, '53 Skylark...
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One more for Friday from the Hershey 2014 Flea Market... I think this is a '53 Buick Skylark, and sorry, did not think to try to take any pictures of what look to be some papers on the left side of the windshield, to see what the asking price was (if it was indeed for sale)... Love the style and pizzaz of this car! Does this car exude the Unlimited Optimism of the time or what?!... Happy Friday once again, and have a great weekend!
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Good morning and Happy Friday!... Hit a blizzard-like snow squall on the way to work today here in Southern Connecticut that pretty much *doubled* my commute time--argh--but beyond that, no other hassles, and we got there safely, thank goodness... Continuing on with our Hershey 2014 flea market tour, here is yet another vehicle that I find a lot more interesting, the more I am digging into it NOW (and wishing that I had studied/taken more pictures of at the time)!... This is a 1945 Dodge WC64 (KD) Ambulance... I only have this front view, and then a photo of the information card that was displayed with it (which was invaluable in finding out more info about it)... It sounds like these are pretty rare vehicles--one reference indicates that only 3,500 units were made from the beginning of 1945 until the end of WWII--also found out that KD stands for "Knock Down," and with more info about what all of that means, reference: http://militaryvehicleweb.com/vehicle/1945-dodge-wc-kd-ambulance-34-ton-3163601/ ... And, what do you know, on this page it appears *this very vehicle* is discussed in more detail, reference: http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=243477 ... Happy Friday once again and drive carefully!
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Oh, There is that Buick hub cap that I was looking for......
Sorry Larry--no idea who was selling these!... All I can suggest is that it was somewhere in the Orange or Green fields...
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Good morning and Happy Chilly Thursday! The thermometer read a big *eight degrees* in little old Stony Creek, CT this morning--yow!... Here are a couple of Hershey 2014 flea market photos that make me think warmer thoughts... "Hubcaps World"... Have a good day and stay warm!
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This tableful of old lamps and horns in the flea market seemed photo-worthy... Made a labeled copy of the shot with transcriptions of the decipherable price tag inscriptions... Have a good rest of your Wednesday...
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One more from the Hershey 2014 flea market for this morning... Here's what appears to be a vendor's really sweet-looking 1965 Ford Country Squire wagon--very nice!... I did some quick internet searching to try to find some reference images of those front fender emblems on this car, which, when I crop & enlarge, are not too discernable, but ran across a page that had some good pictures and pithy comments about 1965 Ford Country Squires, from which I've borrowed a couple of reference images--the source is: http://jalopnik.com/303249/1965-ford-country-squire ... Happy Wednesday once again!
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Good morning and Happy Wednesday... Here is a beautiful and very deluxe, but, sadly, "non-operative" '58 Olds, as seen in the flea market...
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My coater blasts and coats everything he does. The combined cost is so darn reasonable that I can barely sandblast the parts in my own cabinet for what he charges for finished parts and he even picks up and drops off at my shop for no extra charge.
Yes, I forgot that my powercoating guy also does all the blasting, cleaning, what-not prep work, so that I don't need to go to the sandblaster guy at all, period.
You have a nice service with your guy there, auburnseeker! I am a small-time customer, but since my guy is so close, it's a very minimal hassle to go and visit him, plus I get to ogle all the other beautiful parts that he does for other customers while I'm there!
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I agree with motoringicons comments, and since you are just going to black, you should have little to no problems, color wise.
I've had tremendous results in recent years, as far as a good, durable, lasting finish on wheels for my daily driver cars, with the powder coating route. When I start to think about all the time and effort involved in doing my own wheels refinishing (trips to & from the sandblaster guy, trips to & from the automotive paint store, time & effort to set up and paint the wheels, concerns & countermeasures regarding harmful chemicals and vapors exposure, etc., etc.), I find myself more and more justifying having the local powdercoating guy do the work for me, start-to-finish, even though more expensive on a strict cash outlay basis--and I end up with a more durable, better-looking finish as the cherry on top. If I had reason to need a very specific color, I might go back to painting, but at this point, powder coating rules in my book.
This picture shows (one of) a set of generic black steel wheels that I had the local powdercoating guy do a nice glossy black finish on, for my 2001 Subaru (sorry, I was on the road at the time, and did not have opportunity to clean the wheels first for this photo), and while the original alloy wheels were off the car, I worked with the same powdercoating guy to come up with a unique & interesting finish, which does a nice job of disguising the corrosion damage that had occurred over many years of use. Can't wait to get some tires for them and see how they look back on the car...
EDIT: I think the powdercoating guy said the coating's name was somethign like "black vein," though he also nicknamed it "moon surface." Though not very apparent in the shot, it also has a nice shiny gloss.
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One more from Hershey 2014 for this chilly morning... This one doesn't really show any specific "things", except, I suppose, an inviting general flea market scene (either Orange or Green field)... Happy Tuesday once again!
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday... A big 18F degrees showing on the thermometer in little old Stony Creek, CT this morning... And we hear that it's going to steadily lower for the next couple of days at least... I'd rather think of some warm Hershey thoughts... Here's a view of some old bikes that a vendor was selling...
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Hey Steve! Thanks for the kind words. Collies are indeed one of God's most beautiful and amazing creations. As far as my Cadillac goes, I'll enjoy just continuing to follow the thread and see what pops up! I am certain that all are enjoying your photos. Simply posting them in the order taken is the way to go. Thanks for sharing them! Regards, Rick
Thanks Rick. I'm having a lot of fun going thru the photos again--it's a nice way to sort of "re-live" the experience. Certainly glad to hear that others like yourself are also enjoying the tour. Give Max a pet on the head for me!
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Sounds interesting--I'll check it out next chance I get--thanks for posting Writer Jon.
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That's why we do our best to get in 2 to 3 full days of flea market walking every year--there is just so much cool & varied old-time stuff that you will see at Hershey, and don't want to miss any of it...