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Try to figure out why my Stanley's oil pump weakens after a few miles of driving. The picture is from New Year's Day, 2016, when the temperature was 28. The driving should be a bit more benign tomorrow!

Calimer did my wheels for a '12 Buick. Stutzman did them for a Model T and a single-cylinder Cadillac. Both did top-notch work.

You might post this on the Model T Ford Club website. There's a fellow named Stan Howe who posts there frequently. He rebuilds all sorts of early carburetors, not just ones for Fords. He might know what it is.

John Nikodym in Nebraska is the contact person for the Velie Register of the HCCA. He may be able to date that panel more accurately.

Is pre-registration required, or can I just show up if it's a nice day?

David Deardorff in York, PA has a '10 Otto and sometimes tours with it. He was on last year's BBC tour.

I once had a '16 Briscoe with an ohv Ferro V-8. Pretty good engine, under-engineered car, fast little stinker when it wasn't snapping axles.

Looks like one to me, other than the home-made truck bed.

If you really want to go in style, there's a 1941 Lincoln Continental convertible with V-12 and overdrive for sale on the HCCA website.

There's a Connecticut couple who took a 1925 Flint on the Gladden Tour. I don't know them; I only saw their picture in the Bulb Horn.

The beginning of the Eisenhower Interstate Highway system! Little could he have known.

Is this a progressive tour, stopping at a different place every night?

I was the driver of the Cadillac in Chase392’s post. An old repair failed, the right front wheel spindle broke, and the wheel came off. This was on a 1907 single-cylinder car, so it was a slow-speed accident. I thought I ought to get off the road, so after slowing to about 15 mph (from about 25), I allowed the car to drift to the right. Until then, I seemed to have pretty good control. But then the un-wheeled spindle got to the unpaved shoulder and dug in. The rear of the car slewed to the left, and my wife (who was sitting on the left in this right-hand-drive car) was pitched out into the road. She hit the left side lamp on the way out; this caused her to half-roll, and she landed on the back of her head, unconscious. I was holding the steering wheel, and stayed in the car. The first driver to arrive on the scene was emergency-trained, and he took my wife to the hospital. She had a concussion, from which she recovered over about the next month. But she had also injured her rotator cuff, for which she had surgery six weeks ago; she’s doing well, but lost the ski season and won’t be back on a horse for a while. I’m not sure she’ll ever ride in an antique car again. Fortunately, this was on a dead straight road with no traffic in either direction. In this case, a seat belt, even minimally installed, would have kept my wife in the car. But on a twisting road, or one with a ditch or a curb instead of a shoulder, or in the event of a collision with another car, that high, narrow, short-wheelbase Cadillac could easily have rolled. There is nowhere in that car to do a serious seat belt installation. The world is not a risk-free place. We are skiers. We used to fly gliders. We have toured both in Europe and in North America on bicycles. My wife does horseback tours all over the world. We accept some risks because we enjoy the rewards. And we are well aware that we have been damn lucky. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder

Mel Draper in Jeromesville, Ohio, is a very good source of leather. He may know an Amishman in the area who will do the work. Several of us in the HCCA use an Amishman in Pennsylvania, but you might like to find someone closer to you.

A couple of years ago, before there was any serious noise about Trump running for president, the Trump national golf course in NJ had a car show to raise money for the Trump foundation. I took my '12 Buick. Trump was there, with his "yuge" helicopter, and so was a Rolls-Royce alleged to be his. There was a statuette of him mounted atop the instrument panel, and the NY vanity plate said: "ARRIVED".

Paul and Cheryl Vaughan in Willow Street, PA, have a couple of Pullmans. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder, Morristown, NJ

If you're rich enough to drive a Tesla (I'm not), you don't care!

dei - You don't have to wait any longer. I appreciate it right now! Gil Fitzhugh

If they start selling cars, I'd like first crack at that brass-era Model B Ford.

1938 Hudson or Nash.

I don't really have a dog in this fight. But the AACA membership card I just got doesn't mention the museum. Last year's membership card includes the museum logo "AACA Museum" and, in very small print, 'The Antique Automobile Club Museum". That would have suggested to me, a year ago, had I cared enough to look, that both the library and the museum were part of the AACA. By the way, the Model T Ford Club of America owns the Model T museum in Indiana. Both the club and the museum are 501(c)(3) organizations, club members are museum members, and the two organizations share a common board. So it's not an unusual arrangement. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder

I've seen lots of them. The only one I've owned was a 1916 V-8 Briscoe. I sold it 42 years ago to John Truman Briscoe. I have no idea where it is today.

Can a Rex-topped car be entered in AACA judging without a massive point deduction? It wouldn't have come from the factory that way.

That was absolutely spectacular!

I have a 1911 Stanley listed for sale in the HCCA classifieds. In the last couple of days I've had this online conversation: Subject: 1911 Stanley Model 63 12/15/16 Hello Seller, I saw your post concerning 1911 Stanley Model 63 for sale which price is $98,000 and i'm seem to be most interested in buying it.However,can I have a few pics sent to me via email ? Hope payment with Certified Cashier Cheque is acceptable from U.s.a bank... Await to read from you, John Re: 1911 Stanley Model 63 12/15/16 Pictures were included with the ad. Subject: Detail for the payment 12/15/16 Hello, Thanks for the mail i saw the picture I do appreciate it..However we can proceed with the sale by providing your details such as name that cheque will be payable to,mailing address,cell phone number in order for the cheque payment to be issue and deliver via USPS mail service respectively.. Await to read from you, Regards John Re: Detail for the payment 12/16/16 Hello, John! Yes, of course I’ll accept a Certified Cashier Cheque on an American bank! But I want to know my wonderful Stanley’s new owner will take good care of it. The front cylinder on early Stanleys generates interference with the flux capacitor of the magneto. It must be charged with a 120-volt degausser, or the boiler will leak. European degaussers only work on 240 volts. I can send you my dual-voltage degausser for an extra $2,250. Do you want it? By the way, can you arrange shipping? I've never sent a Stanley overseas before. Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas! Re: Detail for the payment 12/16/16 Yes am okay with your arrangement, Thanks very much with the honest you have toward this transaction, All i need now is your full details for the check payment, As i sad before on my last mail just send your full details so that you can receive your payment next weekend. Act faster. John (To Be Continued?)