CarlLaFong

Many Shriners used to ride Cushman Eagles in parades The scooters were all festooned with all sorts of accessories and geegaw. Cushman began building Shriner models to sell to the various temples. They had Shriner badging and all sorts of flash, windshields etc. they're pretty sought after by scooter collectors.

Franklin, so obviously it is not a Franklin engine.

To me, it has a crude offshore look

Fin another Continental engine or fix the old one. The chances that Chrysler and Continental have the same bolt pattern are zero. The chances that there is a Mopar to Clark adapter are less tha that

I'll catch this thread on the flip flop

If the visor is salvagable the low rider bomba guys are paying crazy money for things like that

I have always wondered why the Big Three produced vehicles specifically for the Canadian market. Mercury and Fargo trucks, Meteors etc. Did they sell Merc autos How about Lincolns, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Cads? But we had Plodges Pontiacs with Chevy drivelines. The point of everything has always been the bottom line, money. Tooling up for these cars was not free, not horribly expensive either. Where were the bean counters?

To me, it doesn't look automotive and far too modern looking to be a Model T accessory My 2 cents

A Rose Parade float

A bit like asking "How does driving an Auburn compare ti a Corbitt truck?". Some common sheet metal and nothing else.

Used Cars

You're going to have to address the welded in spark plugs

Coils are not polarity specific

Here's my ALCO story. 60 plus years ago I was a junior high school old car nut. I would pedal my bicycle around my San Fernando Valley neighborhood looking for old cars. We had a few old car hoarders. One in particular, his name was Grobley I think had a doze or so card behind a fence. I was peering through th chain link and he wanders over an we spoke for a few moments. He told me about all the cars. There was a large very old truck and I thought I would dazzle him with my old car knowledge and I ask "is that a Nah Quad?" he says, "No, that's an Alcoa". I thought oh, OK. Later I thought an Alcoa would have much more aluminum than that rusty hulk. Many years later I realized it must have been an ALCO. I read an article somewhere a few years ago about an ALCO truck that was rescued from a Los Angeles suburb. I'll bet it was old Grobley's Alcoa

Flywheel?

Texas Lone Star? Every house, fence, gate, shop and garage is slathered with them in my area

You can tune a horn but you can't tuna fish

Whatever it is, it looks non stock to me. I can't imagine why any transmission switch or sensor would be plumbed into the fuel inlet

Certain terms make my brain ache. Rear windshield, front headlights pretty much top the list along with calling wheels rims

My Renault Dauphine had a crank

GMail is a big red flag, always has been

The pierce Arrow LSR car. the Tucker convertible and the Model T Opera Car

I onfused it with the Autoette made in Long Beach Ca. A few old Grannies had them in my neighborhood. I can still hear the sound they made, the singing chain drive

They were electric