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  1. I have always had to choke when cold on anything updraft. Occasionally, if hot I can not choke, but most of the time I choke some as most of the cars I have had are rather unforgiving and when hot you get one shot at it and muff it up and you will be sitting a while. Ed is right about the 31 Cadillac carb - I did choke when car had been sitting, but if it had run within a week I could start it without choking. A good example is the Stromberg U-3 on the 1930 Franklin - I choked it every time I ran the car no matter cold or hot. I had several carbs and swapped the butterfly around from the one with like a 95% solid butterfly (the 5% being a relief) to one butterfly that was 100% with a small spring loaded relief valve - I found that to be my favorite butterfly (probably because it was 100% closed to draw fuel but upon firing allowed it some air as needed while I was fumbling around at the controls). Also, not uncommon to turn an updraft car off and have it puddle gas out onto the ground - there is a lot of gas in suspension in the manifolds when an updraft car is running (most cars i have ever worked on or had there is some sort of drain that divers gasoline from puddling in engine pans).
  2. I have worked on a 1927 8 cylinder sports touring, though unfortunately I got there a little late in the game and the windshield frame was already re-nickle plated. Here is what I can tell you though: The front windwing windows were nickle plated. The dash was wood-grained, as were the windows sill moldings front and rear (you have in black), the front seat cushion retainer, the two cubby box covers and the side-curtain cover in the rear compartment, and surprisingly the entire J&N Tonneau Windshield was also wood-grained.
  3. A lot of club members are huge help. As a rule if it is bad on your car it is bad on probably everyone else's too. It just depends on what you have for a car and what you need. Also, for certain cars there are no parts supply or you missed the boat on when the three or x number core ones were restored 20 years ago. And, for certain cars the parts are going to be egregiously priced, others reasonable, and others are like a field day for those of us who are use to serious challenges - ex Ford Model A & T's (but the rare and choice stuff still is at a premium - I have seen 1K paid each for a perfect Model A spark plug). Swap meets are fun too - and always good to see people you know. And I spend a lot of time visiting my favorite machine tool shop.
  4. Ed, I have been using a heavy duty cut-off (which is a little hard on the fingers, but moves some power through the car). I accidentally threw the box away from the last one, so do not have a part number, though did a quick search and found such as this. I stumbled into the heavier switch when walking through the racing department of our local Pep Boys (at one time they carried both types and just caught my eye). https://www.amazon.com/Fastronix-Severe-Master-Battery-Disconnect/dp/B07L2JRHRQ/ref=pd_sbs_263_t_1/134-7750251-9655536?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07L2JRHRQ&pd_rd_r=bc562775-3c4c-4324-908c-547a8ed2789d&pd_rd_w=ikzgR&pd_rd_wg=HShLk&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=2SMTG4ZD1NGJ1ZJND97G&psc=1&refRID=2SMTG4ZD1NGJ1ZJND97G https://www.amazon.com/Cole-Hersee-75908-Silver-Disconnect/dp/B001FQNI9I/ref=asc_df_B001FQNI9I/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241973068692&hvpos=1o8&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6584075452439214703&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015702&hvtargid=aud-800640527683:pla-583135075371&psc=1
  5. Strikes me as a now deceased friend's car - they had it in the Jacksonville area of Florida for years and very nice car, though Florida is a little hard on a car given climate (in even the nicest of garages).
  6. Yes, that would be a Lyon type Cover. There is another style I have seen for 1931 and that was all painted with each cover having a stainless bead. And, there is the 32 -33 Series 16 style one piece cover that you occasionally see on a Series 153. West Peterson (AACA Forum moderator) was at one time reproducing the Lyon Emblem for the covers. We have some reproduction covers left via CCCA - they are spun, in bare metal, and take a "considerable" amount of handiwork to prep for Chrome plating the tread plate (and you really need to be super skilled and do it yourself as too much work/too cost prohibitive for most chrome platers). https://inrccca.org/2019/10/03/cover-strip/
  7. Do you have a picture of what exactly you are looking for to match ?
  8. By the way, for anyone one that has experienced it, a chrome spoke wire wheel is dazzling when the sunlight hits them just right or at night, especially when you get under street lamps = they have a "camera flash bulb" effect. You also get the same effect all be it more dazzling with a 33 and 34-37 Cadillac V-16 "Flipper Bar" hubcaps,50's flipper bars in full caps, or even such as a 1955 Buick Roadmaster hubcap. And sidenote: this is a really great photo too !
  9. I would say poorly publicized and poorly photographed so it may do that, though had they played their cars right it coulda/woulda/shoulda go more in the 40-45K range. Pretty great engine and lots of potential via body style, plus looks to always have been a decent kept car. The older restoration is not particularly attractive color choice or ... And the wooden wheels are just hideous on it (especially the sidemont mounts) - will haunt it forever until someone forks out some serious pocket change to convert it to wire. Agree to the radiator shell needs chromed or it needs a stone guard like a DuPont. And, headlights could stand to be larger or ... - yes just looks "off" in the front.
  10. Actually, a pretty nice car all the way around in looks "Panel Brougham" and older restoration - excepting the wooden wheels do absolutely zero for it.
  11. Great advice and near the first comment - a very nice tire.
  12. In 2006, when we blew the honeycomb core at Auburn Cord Duesneberg festival with the 1935 Auburn 851 Sedan, Shawn Miller drove us to AutoZone and we bought the fine copper colored barrs leak and it worked fine - we drove around Auburn, we did the parade, and we drove from Auburn to Cincinnati - then the Labor Day Monday after we tore the front off the car and had the radiator out to take to be repaired and at the radiator shop on Tuesday.
  13. Try Core-Sure http://damonq.com/Core-Sure.html my radiator guy swears by the stuff and half the cars in Cincinnati have a tablespoon or so in it given his insistence.
  14. Start contacting owners of the better shops - they all have trouble finding talent that also understand the business side (ie like you really have to show up, be able to talk with the customers, understand quality, and work too).
  15. Doubt given rust if there is enough wood structure to support any use focused on just mechanical. I had a discussion with a friend on weekend (actually he is in a photo looking at the car) and he mentioned that parts are near unobtainium (also said in his opinion a quality running/drivable/presentable parts car was likely needed to manage costs) matched to engines being delicate as to connecting ears on the sleeves and anyone not knowing what they are doing busting them with the slightest bit of "sticking" - exact words were carbon on sleeves tend to swell with any moisture and a novice will quickly do damage.
  16. I think the 36 Super Packard Phaeton that sold at Hershey went too low and I am guessing this was due to it being an original car with upgrades verses fully restored - which is a shame is I would rather have a car in this condition 100 times over a restored car - and basically have always been willing to pay more too. The Standard 8 Phaeton that did not sell was sort of an anomaly like the non-supercharged Auburn Speedster that recently sold (when you hit certain price ranges you tend to want the best of the best example in the Marque verses ...). I disagree with the Millennial argument of Matt's - what I believe is that lots of cars soared up in value and it is difficult to find buyers for so many over 100K priced cars - regardless of peoples age or ... Running a Concours d'Elegance, I will tell you that people love the early stuff, though the problem is they just plain cannot afford it or they can afford one "it" and get something more drive-able/usable. I also I see noticeable numbers of younger people at Horseless Carriage Club events matched to younger people at Auburn Cord Duesenberg Events. And, in Europe younger people are commonplace with older cars.
  17. The "shockingly" has been showing itself since about January. I would call it a car recession or maybe just seeing what happens via tail of a period of possible unsustainable growth - the really choice stuff seems to be doing fine, convertibles fine, exceptional restorations fine (but owners often still loosing on sale values less than restoration costs), certain sports cars doing well and others bouncing all over the board, the decent usable under 20-25K stuff seems ok, and the rest is just getting by or ... Sidenote: The cost of restoring is a real eye openner !
  18. You could also do a "Shay" Ford Model A - I think they are pinto powered - sort of a cult following too.
  19. Question: May I ask where you found the "cup" that the switch is mounted in on the floorboards - nice touch ! I need to do this exact thing in about a week.
  20. No offense to the person who built it as they did a very good job building it, though it just is unfortunately just "off" enough to substantially hurt its value.
  21. Friends swear by their Model A Fords in LA - say they do well in traffic, do well up to 45 mph (which is as fast as they usually go in traffic), often get to valet park right in front at no charge, parts availability in a day, and ... They have a 1935 Ford Phaeton for road trips. I heard wild talk of a 50's 2 seat Thunderbird possibly in their future.
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