LARRYCAROL

my wife & I have been showing our 65ford for 9years in HPOF & this year we were not able to pick up our award-I just read the list & we are not on it! The judges viewed the car & no changes were made since last year. all seemed ok. Why is our car not listed? 1965 ford galaxie blue, 6cyl, 4door hardtop. vehicle #16690.

I am lead tech at a large VW dealer & agree with mastertech that people do not do maint. I am required to go to school & maintain my training(ase & factory & state), some paid some not. We check over every car & top up fluids for free. Yes we may be expensive($111 @ hour)but I dont get that. we get little respect & work very hard for our pay. Many times I clock off a job but keep working so as not to run up the bill. Many times I speak with customers myself to ensure I get correct info. I test drive with customers with phantom noises & have to smile. 37yrs with VW & getting tired. Sorry if I ranted on. Not all dealers are crooks but we all take the blame & yes I try to upsell maint items but only as recommended by VW.

My wife wants me to add her favorites. Brickers fries, ice cream from those guys with the hit & miss engine churn & dinner at the Crossroads diner, My sons always want Penn dutch chicken soup at Chocolate world. The soup however has gotten expensive & portions smaller. I got very very sick one year eating at the wrong stand so now I am very careful.

My wife & I had similar concerns when we got our 65 ford. We got antique insurance & regular plates. We had that for 8yrs. Inspection was funny because line guys would stop to look & didnot know what to do about emmisions. We recently had to renew & opted for historic plates.(cheaper) Do not worry about police, they love old cars too. Just make sure your car is safe. If you come to Hershey look for us in HPOF. (blue 65ford w/jersey plates) Larry

we uesd to have this problem with old vw's that sat too long. we took a large sledge hammer & whacked the face of the drum a few times & that always worked & never damaged anything. I never tried it on a car as old as yours. I hope this helps.

We recieved our DVD yesterday & watched it last night. Good coverage of flea market & glad you had the high wheel event, but where was the saturday show? I was very disapointed that it was not included. Is there a reason you cannot show that part of the event? Years ago I got a vhs of Hershey & they didnot cover saturday either. I was hoping for shots of cars parading in & out or even a panning shot of the field.

i appenticed at a chevy dealer's truck shop in high school. then worked for sears fixing tools. cleaned windows with my wife & her dad. then a friend got me a job at a vw dealer. 31 years later still with vw & getting sick of new cars. most of our techs are young & my 65 ford amazes then. NO computors! give me the old anytime. larry

my first car was a 55 dodge v8 automatic. i was 15(too young to drive in NJ). i paid $1 & my dad towed it home with his 61 dodge. my uncle helped me rebuild the trans & later he bought it from me for $25. i never did get to drive it on the road. larry

Jeff I just read about your problem & every time i have seen this it was caused by too little vacuum at the booster. The port on the manifold could be clogged, the check valve stuck, or as i had on my ford the rubber hose was bad. That hose is special & if you us fuel line hose it can colapse inside. I hope this helps. Larry

desoto frank was right about going back to basics. I would also try static timing method. you set engine to tdc #1 & line up timing marks. then turn ignition on & turn distibutor till points arc. lock it down & you will be on time. its an old method but works good. hope this helps.

I have been following the posting of Hershey pictures & they are great. I took over 100 myself, but I have a small problem. I forgot to snap my own car! We were in hpof front row 2 cars down from the Mora & next to a 40 ford coupe. We have a 65 blue ford galaxie 4door hartop. If you have anything showing our car or even part of our car please post it or send to my email. ajmd@juno.com Thanx.

my 1948 motors repair manual lists 153624 for plymouth 6cyl

Sorry about cap lock I'm new at this. Our Ford is a '65 galaxie. We posted pictures on the Hershey '05 photo gallery.

LAST YEAR WE SPENT DAYS GETTING OUR CAR READY. OUR TEENAGE SON CAME FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE HAD THE WORST RAIN SINCE 98 AT ONE POINT ON SAT MORNING IT STOPPED!!!! WE GRABBED TOWELS & ARMORAL & BY THE TIME WE FINISHED, IT STARTED AGAIN. WILL WE STILL GO? WE WOULDN'T MISS IT. LOOK FOR OUR FORD IN HPOF. RAIN OR SHINE.