Mark Shaw

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Bumping to the top....

Steve, Call Mike Larsen at 360-574-4882 in Vancouver, WA. He has about a hundred vacuum tanks for prewar cars in stock. If you really want a new one, he can rebuild one for you.

Roy, Exactly my point...an additional photo of the car with the windshield card taken at the time the car is judged could facilitate matching the winning cars to the photo with the owner(s). The real point is to eliminate the time consuming process of having each winner come up the the podium to receive their award and and/or pose for photos at the banquet. Car photos without people are just car photos. I am suggesting an alternate way to recognize the winners that could significantly reduce the awards process at the banquet while simplifying the preparation process for the banquet.

Synchronizing car photos with award winners is not difficult. If the photos and judging are done at the same time, a photo of the windshield card can be done immediately before the photo of the car to help identify it for judging and for the awards presentation. The same could be done when the cars arrive at the meet. I suggest the owner(s) be photographed with the car upon arrival. The photos of the windshield card photos could be matched so we could simply show photos of the winners with their cars at the banquet. This would make the awards presentations much shorter and allow everyone to clearly see the car and the recipient (much better than waiting for people come up to the podium one at a time). The same photos could then be published in the Bugle.

Good answer Wayne; I agree. Just add the ample technical expertise, where to find parts & services and the encouragement you get from other club members to complete the package. Did somebody say something about Groucho?

Some mix STP & grahite into the SAE 250 lube to slow leakage. They believe the STP sticks to the gears better too. I use the same straight SAE 250 mineral oil lubes with no sulphur additives in the tranny, rear end, & steering box. Today's lubes are much better than what was available in the early days....& these cars lasted a very long time.

I agree with Mr. Earl on his suggested forum headings. The Prewar & Postwar headings allow all of us to focus on our areas of interest and serve as an index to our special interests to make the forum easier and faster to use. Technical headings are not necessary because everyone tends to post all types of issues in each area. I too want to thank the AACA for providing this forum and I thank Peter, Roberta, and others who maintain order within the forum. Good job!

I am sure the 53 Willy's PU I restored for my daughter was a "Hurricane 6". I just assumed that Willy's made it. I have seen lots of older jeeps with Buick V6 engines transplanted. These make good all around drivers... But.... In my late teens I had a 47 Willy's wagon. It was a sleeper with a 389 Pontiac V8. One of my best memories of it was when I surprised a hot little Mustang one night on the freeway... He pulled up next to me at 60 mph and made a negative remark about my ride. He got the jump on me, but when the secondaries kicked in, I blew him away! Lots of fun!

Bud Rex in Portland Oregon has a 1930 Pierce Arrow. Bud Rex E-mail: xraybb@comcast.net

I use Texaco Thuban SAE 250 or Shell Dentax SAE 250. You can usually find these at your local industrial lube dealer in 5 gal. pails.

Terry, Thanks for the posting. Sorry to hear of his passing; & please send our condolences to Graeme's family.

I heard there will be judging at the next one. Ken, You may not remember me, but I was once a member of the Capitol Chapter BCA. I lived in Fairfield and drove to Sac-ra-tomatoe for meetings.

Bob, I believe these cars came with either a Willy's Overland four or "Hurricane" six cylinder engine. If you have the flathead six it is a real find. Get more info here: http://www.jeepsterclub.com/

Bill, If only you had asked for some corn.....

70 Electra, Blue is about the least color fast color and is prone to fading in sunlight. This applies mostly to fabrics, but may also effect paint if not protected by UV screening top coats. To verify, just take a look at any old blue couch or car fabric to see where the sunlight faded the blues and not the other colors. You can always find the original color "where the sun don't shine".

Rebecca, My suggestion to check the bottom hose was only a first step in troubleshooting your problem. Matt correctly described a more serious problem. If you do have lots of accumulated crud inside the cooling jacket, it may cause the coolant to "spot heat" inside the engine and cause foaming when it gets to the suction side of the water pump and/or boil over at slower speeds. I agree that you should clean out all the crud you can as other have described, and then flush the engine block with the radiator disconnected. You should also, reverse flush the radiator to remove any crud already acumulated in it.

Rebecca, I suggest you check the bottom hose to make sure it will not collapse on the suction side of the water pump when running hot. You should not be able to squeeze the hose enough to make the sides touch each other. Some have springs inside to prevent collapse.

Try this: http://www.manheimgold.com/car_lo.html

I just checked my route to Colorado Springs and it is over 1330 miles. It will cost over $450 for fuel one way at $4 per gallon and will be the same to get home again. Add hotels, meals, etc. and it will be well over $2000 to go with a car in tow.

Thanks Roberta, that was the only stop we missed.

Dave, I agree! Brian and his "nagavator" Chris did a great job putting together a great tour. Sorry I missed the picnic on the last day; I heard there were lots of Buicks in attendance. I think Dandy Dave had more fun than most... Here is a photo of him in the pool at the hotel finding the leak in his innertube.

The 1911 Model 26 had a 100" Wheel Base and 32 X 3 1/2" tires. Engine was 201 cubic inches with 4" X 4" bore & stroke. I have the same engine in my 1913 Model 31, but your spark plugs may come out of the jugs at 90 degrees, mine are slightly angled.

Dave, Glad to hear it. I am doing the same to my 38 Model 48 Buick. It has only had a repaint & new wiring harness to keep it as original as possible. Maybe we will see you in Colorado Springs at the BCA National next year?

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