oldcarfudd

In Connecticut there's a chapter of the Model T Ford Club of America called Tent Topped Touring Ts. If you live in or near New England and have a Model T, you might be interested in this group.PM me for their contact.

Moline-Knight?

This thread started by asking about the '50s and '60s. I'm going to throw in an observation from memory, which is fleeting and may be wrong. In 1946 my father was transferred to the Canadian office of his company. Of course, the whole family went, too. I was 9, but already a car nut. Dad's car was a '41 Packard 110, bought just before the war and not yet replaced. The man who soon became his best friend in Canada (or anywhere else!) was driving a Canadian Pontiac, about a '39. I remember (correctly?? it's almost 70 years ago, and I was 9) him making a trip to the States in that car, stopping for some routine service, and being told to his surprise that it had Chevy running gear. If this is correct, the Canadian badge engineering started before WWII.

That print -out dates to 2009. Is it current?

Daryl Kemerer in PA has several, and drives them extensively on HCCA tours. He would be a useful source. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder

The HCCA roster lists something north of 30 IHCs. You might want to post this request on hcca.org. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder

Thank you, Matthew and Steve. I'll call Lynn, and also pass this information on to Manny. Gil Fitzhugh

Point of curiosity: I thought a century-old car participating in a national meet or tour was eligible for the century plaque. My 1907 Cadillac got one at the Reliability Tour, but my 1912 Buick didn't get one at Hershey. Manny Rein showed a similarly-old car at Hershey, and his car didn't get one, either. Oversight, or are we misinterpreting something? Gil Fitzhugh the Elder, Morristown, NJ

About 45 years ago I helped a friend recover a '23 Packard from what we had thought was a chicken coop in rural Minnesota. It turned out to have been a moonshine still. We found remains of the distilling apparatus, a recipe for sour mash, and - in one of the door pouches - a pack of Wings cigarettes. I wrote up the story and it was published in Antique Automobile many years ago.​

I'm an old fudd with old cars. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder, Morristown, NJ '13 Ford Model T, '12 Buick Model 35, '11 Stanley Model 63, '07 Cadillac Model K

What rear spoiler? Are you perhaps looking at the door frame of the building behind the car?

I've never ridden a motorcycle. I've ridden bicycles hundreds of miles, sometimes (but usually not) in traffic. People do dumb things, whether on two wheels or four, but the guy on two has a lot less protection if he's not agile enough to get out of the way. I'm reminded of two things. One is an old Burma Shave ad: He was right- Dead right - As he sped along, But he's just as dead As if he'd been wrong. The other is a line from Sancho Panza in "Man of La Mancha": Whether the stone hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the stone, it's going to be hard on the pitcher.

I wonder what happened to the right rear door.

The Southern Ontario Regional Group of HCCA had a week-long tour in Cobourg for brass-era cars a few years ago. I think we should have been told about this law and issued a pair of reins for our cars. We probably would have made the local paper!

I have 4 brass-era cars insured with Hagerty at agreed value. Two were after professional restorations that became senior award winners. All were insured for reasonable, but upper end amounts, which in one case was MUCH less than the cost of restoration. These are not trailer queens; I drive them hundreds of miles a year, mostly on HCCA tours, though I did have one on this year's Reliability Tour. I also drive them extensively in the local area, just for fun, and give rides to almost anyone who's interested (but never for pay).

I suggest you post this on the hcca.org discussion forum, too. Several HCCA members have Hupp 20s.

Since the car is eligible for HCCA tours, you should also post on hcca.org. Lots of people will see it there. Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ

The Stanley Museum in Kingfield, ME is alive and well, although I believe the second site in Estes Park, CO, had to close. Scott is right that it's largely about the Stanley twins, who were into many things besides steam cars. They were teachers, they had a very successful company making dry plates (they sold the company to George Eastman, which was the source of at least some of the money they used to get into the steam business), they were quite good amateur violin makers, and one of them developed the airbrush and used it in portraiture. The museum also gives some attention to their sister Chansonetta, who was an accomplished photographer. The head of the museum's board is John Linderman, a very active Stanley driver from CT. Apropos nothing, John and I are going to share a trailer and go to the New London to New Brighton Antique Car Run in MN in August, he with his Stanley and I with my one-lung Cadillac. The HCCA has an Affiliated Registry called the Antique Steam Touring Club. While some of its members will be on the CT tour next week, it's not the sponsor. I'm not sure whether there is an official sponsor. Typically there are three steam tours a year, one in the east, one in the far west, and one in the middle somewhere like Kansas. I believe Scott is right, that a tour just happens because someone decides to put it on. I've been on a couple of the eastern ones, and they've been fun and very informal. But, by the time they get around to organizing and announcing it, I've often found I already had a prior commitment. Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ

Google Maxwell Briscoe Owners Group. When you get there, the home page will have a box you can click to join the group. You may have to jump through a hoop or two to prove you're not a robot.

There's a brass Maxwells Yahoo group you may want to join. These are neat little cars. They perform about like a strong single, e.g. Cadillac, but run smoother.

Great pictures, Marty! I drove my 1907 one-lung Cadillac on the short Creepy-Crawly tours that were an adjunct to the Reliability Tour. Only about 230 miles. Got the oldest driver award - not something I was aspiring to! Also got the 100-year plaque from Don Barlup - as did lots of other folks, since the newest car on the tour was a young whipper-snapper of 99. Good fun! Gil Fitzhugh the Elder, Morristown, NJ

We're being asked to identify a couple of GM cars from more than 40 years ago, in Indonesia. Isn't it likely that they were made in an overseas GM plant, where the trim levels might not have been the same as the ones in the US catalogs? My first wife came from Alice Springs, Australia. When we were married in 1962, her father was driving a full-size Chevy with right-hand drive made in Australia. It was the biggest car for - literally! - hundreds of miles. I'll bet you could have found difference between that car and standard US production. I confess I don't remember what the differences were, because (a) it was 52 years ago and ( I blush to confess I had other things on my mind at the time.

Yesterday I schlepped about 2.3 zillion kids in my 1912 Buick at our neighborhood Memorial Day party. Today I carried a 93-year-old WWII vet in our town's parade in the same car. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder

I just came back from Croatia. Our guide said the Yugo company in Serbia is back in business.

Is that what German Fords looked like? Both cars have European license plates, and the sedan in back has a "D" for Deutschland.