oldcarfudd

The Stanley picture was taken New Year's Day at a Cars and Coffee. It was 18 degrees when I left home, wearing a snowmobile suit.

With that flywheel, not likely.

I miss the young body I had back when I was offered most of this stuff.

He probably wouldn't have been driving a new-looking, 11-or 12-year old luxury car, either.

The other one, I presume, is a Hupmobile.

Now watch this thread get sidetracked by a fight about whitewalls on a Model T!

The smart folks today have even smarter lawyers to defend them them against suits from the stupid folks.

People look at my T and say: "It's too complicated. I couldn't learn to drive that." My response: " Henry made 15 million of these things. In the course of history, there have probably been 60 or 70 million people who have known how to drive one. And you know something? I'll bet you're smarter than SOME of them!" They look a bit sheepish, and I offer them a ride. I show them how it works, and then put them behind the wheel. There's a place near me where I can do this without endangering any expensive targets. I let them try low gear and stopping, then low to high and stopping, then low to high and back and stopping, then backing into a driveway and pulling out again. Then we pull out onto a country road with curves, and they take me for a ride. I tell them there are two things they're NOT in: (1) a car with strong brakes and (2) a hurry. They love it! Sometimes a week-long HCCA tour will offer a parking-lot T-driving lesson for women one afternoon. We have a couple of women T-owners who like doing this. A few years ago, I spent an hour with the granddaughter of one of our long-time members who was navigating on the tour for Grandpa. He had never taught her to drive an antique. I spent an hour with the young woman, and she showed good judgment (in her driving, not in her choice of instructors!). I told her to tell Grandpa to find another navigator for the next day's run; she was coming with me, and I was going to navigate. She drove my '13T 94 miles on Massachusetts roads the next day, and got honks and thumbs-up from all the other drivers on the tour. It was hard, at the end of the day, to tell who had the biggest grin - her, her Grandpa, or me!

That Kissel is truly a labor of love!

I sent you an email with my cell phone number. Gil Fitzhugh

I've seen a brass Cadillac with interchangeable open and closed bodies.

The car appears to be a Buick Model 26 runabout. Well sorted, it would be an excellent car for week-long HCCA tours, of which there are many in the northeast. It would also be a hoot for trips to the bank, the barber, the ice creamery and your favorite pizza joint as long as you don't live in a traffic-clogged city. I have a 1912 Buick Model 35 touring car, mechanically quite similar, which I enjoy in all of the above uses. I have the mechanical skills of the average American earthworm, so I hire the skills of a very good brass car guy in Pennsylvania. Yes, they exist. If you're interested, PM me and we can talk. No, I'm not a candidate for ownership; at age 86 and counting, I'm cutting back. Where in NJ are you? Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ

Better mileage and cooler running with Woodford Reserve - I'll keep that in mind.

So the kids are on leashes but the dog isn't?

Nonsense! Nobody's butt is that ugly!

When my wife and I were first married, she had a diesel Rabbit. We live in NJ, but belonged to a ski club with a lodge in Vermont. We'd whiz up there after work Friday, have some adult beverages and go to bed. Next morning after breakfast we'd go skiing, come back for Saturday night partying, get up Sunday, go skiing, and roar home. In those days cars - especially diesels - were reluctant to start in a Vermont winter. (Minus 20 was a mild day!) So, when we arrived in Vermont late Friday night, we'd top the car off with winterized diesel, go to the lodge and unpack, and leave the car running all night. Next morning we'd get into a warm car and go skiing, leaving the engine running in the ski area parking lot. Repeat Saturday night and Sunday morning and drive home. A night's idling burned 1.6 gallon of diesel. A low price to pay compared with getting someone out to start the car, especially since everyone else in Vermont wanted his car started, too. Before anyone worried about global warming!

How do you hook the wood stoves up to that Honeywell regulator?

A more complete translation: Good evening: I have a 1931 Buick X8-95 phaeton,seven seats, convertible and right-hand drive. I bought it in Buenos Aires and had it totally restored there in 2016 (wood, brakes, bodywork, motor and everything). I imported it to my country which is Spain. The car (not sure of this; maybe it just means the body) is new and I have used it very little. These days, due to my age 75 and the weight of the car, the use I give it is minimal and I would like to sell it as long as the buyer is a serious person who can appreciate what he's looking at. Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ

But did you graduate?

A surprising event, since Estonia was part of the Soviet Union in the '60s.

Thank you. Nice lines to that car!

What's the little pale blue sedan? It looks like a closed MG-TF, but I never knew they'd made such a critter.

nzcarnerd's entry form is the best thing I've read all year! Thank you!

Decades ago I commuted between Montclair, NJ and Newark on the DL&W railroad. Approaching Summit, there was a Hebmuller VW in a back yard. Always in the same place; never moved. The Hebmuller was a semi-custom two-seater convertible that looked like it had two VW front ends, one in front and one in back. I wasn't collector then, and didn't pursue it. I hope it survived; those things are rare.

I go on a lot of brass tours and Model T tours, and I have a blast. But I think you might be right!