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You have the contacts to find them… every early fire truck collector seems to have several on a shelf. I know my pockets have failed to be deep enough to ever get one. If work keeps me away from the Gilmore this weekend I will check on the stash nearby that used to have a few.
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Much of it is very like the larger Maxwells.
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I don’t know this car at all but it is in my town if anyone is interested and wants me to take a look for them.
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I have seen this, and I have seen the absolute opposite of it. Keep being friendly to the kids.
At 41 years old I am still a young guy in the antique car hobby… but I have been in it since I was a fetus! I recall countless tours where the closest person to my age was my father that brought me there… I have seen this change. I have been treated like an asset and a future of the hobby and as a dumb kid that should be playing a video game instead of trying to play with the grown ups.
I ‘barely’ recall the “old” guys on a PATC tour getting me incoherently drunk in the hospitality room the summer I got my drivers license… and then letting me drive their cars the next day… cars I will never in my life be able to afford.
There is a neighborhood kid that has been a shadow in my fathers garage for years, taking an interest in old cars. He got himself an old DeSoto that he drives regularly. A couple of days ago he stopped by my parents house while I happened to be there visiting and I offered him a ride in the 15 Dodge Brothers that just came to me. For about six blocks I explained what I was doing and how to operate the car and then I pulled over, got out from behind the wheel, and had him take us home. He did great! I am fairly sure that when I am my fathers age I know of at least one guy that will me touring with me!
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Thanks for the well wishes and I am certainly enjoying the day!
Recently patched up radiator installed, all fluids changed, grease cups filled and turned down… my new toy is nearly ready for the road… I guess I do need to change a tire.
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While I don’t entirely agree that hiring an inspector is always a total waste of money, I think the points made against are more than valid. I have seen professional inspectors really trash on good cars and I have seen them miss obvious big time pass issues (like a 4dr VIN and frame on a high dollar convertible).
At a minimum though, you could expect for a third party inspection to verify that the car in the photos does in fact exist and is in the possession and ownership of the person whose number and address you have, give a rough evaluation of condition, verify that it runs and drives (although perhaps not correctly evaluate how well it runs and drives), and send you some better pictures than some sellers might be able to provide of any areas you are concerned about. In most cases the guy they send will not be able to tell the difference between a #1 and a #3 car. He should be able to tell if a refrigerator magnet will stick to a rear quarter panel.
There are lots of companies advertising in Hemings that offer the service nationwide, mostly with part time hobbyist doing the actual inspection which is why I would be reluctant to refer the one company I have been impressed with where I live as I have no idea who they would send in that part of the world.
Also, plan on the inspection costing you north of $500 for about 90 minutes of a guys time on site and a half hour of his time afterwards. If the plan is to spend less time than that with the car, it might not be the right program. -
How about a pic of @gossjh just finishing up taking my daughter for a spin about ten minutes ago.
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We have been very happy with Mel in Ohio through a few sets of wheels. I am in Lafayette, IN and have a set of 26” wheels wooded by him and not yet finished if you want to inspect.
Mel's
PO BOX 179
Jeromesville,Oh.
419-368-3226
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2 minutes ago, ericmac said:
That's the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, MI. The Old Car Festival I was referring to is the Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, part of the Henry Ford in Southfield outside Detroit. Different museums. Gilmore participates at Old Car Festival and usually takes something VERY special to the event.
crap, I am operating at the level I feel.
yes, I read that the old car fest is on as well, but take that from a guy that just read greenfield and got Gilmore from it.
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2 minutes ago, 1937hd45 said:
Is the early car event in the Fall still on?
On their calendar they have a prewar event in a week and a brass event in the middle of July. All but the first weekend in September have something else going on. -
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Is this what you are after? It came to me while trying to buy up 26” Stanweld stuff.
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I would wear them with pride, but not for about six more months.
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Air was just gushing out of the fuel gauge cap. Removed a modern gasket that didn’t fit well, cleaned the original with some spit and my finger, and had a pressurized fuel system about five minutes after pushing the car off the trailer. If I didn’t have a second person to operate the pump on the dash while I stood behind the car to listen, I would have never found it.
She runs great!
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14 hours ago, Peter Gariepy said:
Dont worry, I removed the "Pain in the Tush" and "Know-it-all" badges.
Those are two I would really like to see.
Joined the forums: 2005.
One year badge: 2021.
I wondered if they had an hour counter and I have actually logged one year on the forums.
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10 hours ago, TaurusLX86 said:
I'm pretty sure a 1903 Ford Model A replica wouldn't cost 200,000+ dollars to make like what the real models cost today to buy.
I am certain that unless you are an experienced pattern maker already in possession of your own forge, foundry, and machine shop… then yes, it would cost well over 200k to make one from scratch. With fairly complete brass era project cars regularly available for 10k or less, a restoration will be the far cheaper method if ownership is the goal. Purchasing a restored car will be cheaper yet, but the guy thinking about building one from scratch is likely looking at the project as much as the ownership.
To put an example out there, when guys restoring a car need a replacement component and no originals can be found, they scour the earth for other people that need one to share in the cost. For a simple 1 or 2 cyl engine jug, the pattern maker is going to charge somewhere between 2 and 20k, the foundry is going to charge a few thousand for the first one but then be rather reasonable for subsequent pieces. When that cost gets spread out over 20 parts for 20 different people, it is manageable… but if making the the first one of every component, the high cost of the first one will be there on every part…. The machine shop is going to be the same way to do just one.
Over a decade ago we needed a small brass latch that held a wooden door under the seat for a 1907 cartercar. The first one cost nearly $2,000 (cast fob on stamped base) but every one after that cost about $40 if we purchased in some quantity. People were more than happy to pay $100 or a little more each for the latches and we had enough made to hit a break even at that sales price… but it took almost ten years to move them all.
Following all that talk of an accurate replica built from scratch not being a cheaper option, it is an option that spreads the cost out over time. Your build could generate patterns, parts, and knowledge that help all owners of whatever vehicle you choose to duplicate. I hope you go for it and succeed! It just won’t be cheaper.
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It is real, but units that actually work are far too expensive for hobby work. Equally: for professional work, who would pay a half million dollars to reduce billable time by the least expensive to pay employees.
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I just acquired this car from James and am very excited about it! Seeing as it is the worst possible time of year for an air conditioner mechanic to take on a car project, progress towards getting it on the road may be very slow for a moment, other than the fact that I believe my car collector father to be almost as excited about the new arrival... he is retired with much more free time.
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My Maxwell turns 111 this year and I intend to throw it a party, assuming I have it in running condition this summer... I wonder which of us will drink more that day?
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13 hours ago, Roger Walling said:
I advertised a 56 Ford as a parts car and when a man showed up, he handed me the money even before I had opened the door to show it to him!
There must have been some unobtanium in it.
Ps.
I looked up unobtanium in google to make sure that I had spelt it correctly, this is what I found,
Unobtanium (pronounced un-ob-tain-ee-um) is a highly valuable mineral found on the moon Pandora. Humans mined unobtanium for energy generation, as the RDA was suppressing the development of alternatives on Earth.
Who knew that Google had a sense of humor?😁
I really liked that movie, but thought them calling the mineral unobtanium was a little tacky, only because we had been using the word to describe car parts for so long before it came out.-
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I think the most smiles per dollar you can get in this hobby happens behind the wheel of a model T or Model A. If speed is a need, Model A.
I am also 6’4” and fitting in either can be an issue. On the A, look at Tudor sedans and the slant windshields, they offer pretty good space. You will be able to fit and drive any A... but the Tudor will be easiest. For me the issue on most model A body styles is the lack of room for my leg between the shifter and steering wheel when in reverse or first gear.... taking a few inches off the shifter is a couple hour project that fixes the issue and nobody notices. Many model A’s already have this done. The most leg room you will find in a model A is in the two door phaeton... one of the few body styles outside of your budget.
Look at lots of cars! Sales prices are based on how shiny the paint is. You want the best driving and most mechanically sorted car you can get.
aftermarket speed equipment tends to add little to the sale price of a car but are expensive to add to a car that does not already have them... some of them really help with driving in traffic.
A model T with a two speed rear end and, high compression head, better carburetor, and ignition upgrades will run with the stock model A’s all day.
A model A with trans swap with a 4th (overdrive) gear, high compression head... will run with the early v8 cars all day.
Most importantly, welcome and go get a car, we are all having a lot of fun!
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51 minutes ago, John_S_in_Penna said:
On another thread, we were discussing
how quickly cars depreciated and became
obsolete in the early era. The fact that they're
crushing a rather large car less than 10 years old
shows that that car didn't have much value to
anyone.
I suppose they were as ambivalent about that car
as we might be about a 1989 Hyundai sedan---
my teen daughter drives a 2006 Hyundai Tucson that I gave the paltry sum of $1,500 for.... It is an appliance more than an automobile and I hate driving it.... but... somehow it has become the most reliable car in our fleet.... I would give the square body burb to the tank!-
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On 12/21/2020 at 12:57 PM, Peter Gariepy said:
Update: Didnt buy it.
Combination of things, but mostly more than I wanted to get into.
Thanks for everyone's input.
Likely a wise decision. The 56 4 door hardtop is my favorite of the tri five bowties, but what that car needs compared to what a good driver cost... you would have to enjoy the work as much as the driving... and I do not.-
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Help with motor meter please...
in HCCA General Discussion
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I have used a combination of Marty and Mikes suggestions. Store upright in the freezer… in the evening when watching tv, spend 30 minutes or an hour tapping, not particularly gently, on a tire (or a not too precious book on an end table as I did)
After a couple or a weeks worth of days of this they always seem to go down. I did have one go back up the first time the car got warm and not return down… repeated process a few times always with the same result. I believe that one was even a modern reproduction that gave me fits.