Larry Schramm
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On 9/23/2024 at 8:06 AM, kuhner said:
Interesting.
Champion has a factory here in Cambridge, Ohio that produces the ceramic insulators. Never thought about where the clay came from.
My mother retired from there after 40 years. She worked on a machine that took the raw ceramic blanks and turned them to shape before they were fired. Dozens of women setting in front of these machines loading and unloading for three shifts a day. It took coordination and concentration.
She would bring home unusual insulators from time to time. They made every type of insulator for Champion, I think at one time or another. Great paying job and was represented by the UAW.Believe it or not, but when I worked for AC Sparkplug in Flint hourly, one of the jobs that I had was the same job. It was called mold & grind department.
I had been laid off from a stock handler job which was considered a heavy classification and got a call and was asked if I would do a light classification I could go back to work. Of course I said yes and was in the department that was almost all women. Interesting time.
In the department they would take powder like compact powder and press it into a plug. Then it would be put on a spindle and passed by a made for a plug grinding wheel to shape the insulator. One would take the finished product and put them into a "sagger" to be put into the kiln to be fired.
Eventually my classification was changed back to heavy and I ended up loading the carts to go through the kiln and on the output side to unload the kiln. I look fondly of the education that I received on all of my jobs wit AC.
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6 minutes ago, joe_padavano said:
As for trailer wiring, my equipment trailer that I bought brand new had the crappiest wiring job I've ever seen. Those blue Scotchlock connectors should be outlawed.
Same experience with a new trailer and I agree on being banned, especially on exterior applications.
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On 9/23/2024 at 11:57 AM, dustycrusty said:
It looks like theyre surveying some WWI wreckage. Any idea what country the license plate is from?
LHD 1917 D34 for comparison.
My Grandfather was 22 years old and working at the Buick plant in Flint, MI. when this car was built, and by then he already had 6 years seniority!
Well your family history beat our family history. Congratulations. Our Grandpa Hawke started at The Buick in 1913.
I believe that the car in question is a 1917 Buick Model D-35 because of the short hood and the flat fenders. Towards the end of 1917 and for the 1918 year the model change was arched/crowned fenders from what I have read and seen.
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2 hours ago, arcticbuicks said:
Interesting arguements on 6 volt being just fine......yes a 6 volt in your classic car today that I am sure you only drive on nice days maintained is quite fine.....or defending a Duesenberg or other large quality classic car starting just fine with a 6 volt......but lets back up to when these cars were driven in all weather conditions and not just taken out on a summer day today.....I grew up in the tail end of 6 volt cars on the road......in a area and country outside the warm USA areas and much the same as many northern US states or other countries experienced......where cars trucks busses equipment etc where being used daily which includes winter and down to -30s many days....and I am not talking -2 degrees.........is a Cadillac V12 or Packard or Duesenberg going to start just fine in -10....-20...-30 or even a flat head basic Ford ?.......NO....it was the biggest pain in practical use of the times......once started and running everything functioned and ran and operated quite well.........just that darn 6 volt battery was the weakest part of the car.......6 volt are slow cranking and now lets take away 30-60% of the battery power in minus freezing weather that any battery loses in cold weather.....diesels were worse and as most people know a diesel requires 150-250 rpm cranking to start and in cold weather very difficult to obtain with 6 volt batteries.....12 volts was a warm welcome to practical all weather starting and far superior hands down.....and in fact it was the smaller gas engines that started better in cold weather than the big huge engines .........I only remember a very odd few cars that were actually able to start in -40s degree weather that we more commonly had back then .......and I am talking without electric battery blanket or electric plug in engine block heaters plugged in overnight,without keeping the battery in the warm house before going out to start the car and without filling the engine with warm coolant before starting......and none of them were any big luxury big engine cars that started the best....and was truely amazing any started at all in those conditions,my uncle from Chicago who had big packards and came back home with family to northern Canada every Christmas and other relatives with Cadillacs etc.......ALL complained of the poor 6 volt starting in cold weather.......traveling and staying in hotels on the journey home around Christmas time with car parked outside overnight anywhere enroute sitting in a hotel parking lot in -30 with windchill of -60.............perhaps a good way we can all settle the argument....have a AACA tour of the Reynolds museum in Alberta Canada in January or February in say -35 dregree weather or even -20 if we do not want to be so extreme..... and get the museum to place some of the finest cars in cold unheated building a few days before along with 12 volt classics......I could probably get the museum onboard for a historical test also........it is quite amazing how a lot of newer cars start well right down into the -40s likely mostly due to 12 volts and fuel injection as well as being smaller engines.
The same criteria for coldness also applies to 12 volt vehicles.
The big difference in the ability of a vehicle to cold start at those temperatures was the application of fuel injection in the 80's, +-.
I for one and I would guess not the only one carried at least one can of starting fluid on the floor behind the drivers seat all winter to start my 12 volt '63 car if it would not catch on the first try, and it was always in good tune. It was just a way it was in very cold weather. Carbs did not give good fuel delivery, especially in very cold vehicles.
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9 minutes ago, alsancle said:
Lose the phone number of anybody that tells you to convert to 12 volts.
Also, get some new battery cables. Preferable welding cables 00 or 000 size. Put new terminals on both ends and SOLDER the new terminals to the cables and you will be amazed at how well the car will then start. If not a world of difference, then and only then check the starter/solenoid. FYI, Soldering fixed lots of errors in cable crimps.
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A generator like this that would be attached to the bicycle frame and run off the rear tire of the bike. Positive wire from the terminal on the headlight to the terminal on the back of the generator. Bike frame is the ground circuit.
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Just now, Mark Shaw said:
I think sitting all day at a car show is one of the most boring things to do with collector cars.
Except the Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI.
https://www.thehenryford.org/current-events/calendar/old-car-festival/
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Bicycle headlight from the 50's.
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10 hours ago, rocketraider said:
Wow. That puts these things on the ragged edge of having to run weighted license plates in Virginia. Throw 500 lb of stuff in the bed (which I still haven't seen) and it puts it into a different and more expensive weight class for licensing purposes.
And if you think that is heavy, look at this, an electric Hummer.
9,063 lbs
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Only 4 on the car carrier because of the high mass/ weight. Almost 7,000 pounds.
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I like many others on this site have a great wife. We goes on about six tours a summer and two or three of those tours are with our grandsons ages 6 & 9. The oldest one has been touring with us for four years. The younger one started this year, the first summer after he finished kindergarten.
We also put on the Lansing-Dearborn tour every year that is connected with the Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village with another couple.
On top of that my daughter and son-in-law are now touring with us. They are in their mid 30's. They are members of the HCCA. They both love touring.
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I have a couple of tons of Buick Parts including front & rear axles, lights, fenders, wheels, and the list goes on and on. I believe that I also have a rear and front axle for a 1929 Buick in the pile.
I will be in spaces RWK- 30&31. Below is a link with pictures of some of the parts.
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Look up Joe Tonietto. He won the Zenith Award with his wagon and had a parts car, now gone but he might be able to help you.
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I doubt there are any fluids to speak of in the car. Everything on that car tends to leak out. Normal operation.
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On 9/19/2024 at 11:18 AM, Frank DuVal said:
Just on case someone needs reminding what these Rochester clips look like:
The only place I like them is on the choke pull off link on a Rochester HV, as once on, they NEVER need to come off, as the link slides out the other way when one needs to disassemble the carburetor.😉 Everywhere else gets the spring (hairpin) style clip. 😁
Those clips look exactly like the retainers for the trucks to the frame for Lionel Trains box cars.
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Are the lengths all the same? Some pictures of the bolts and the head?
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I would guess aftermarket if not Ford. Not Corvair that I have ever seen.
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9 hours ago, cudaman said:
Go to the HCFI library, www.hcfi.org, for an owner's manual. You may have to set up an account on the site to be able to download files.
HCFI = Horseless Carriage Foundation Library. Link below.
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My wife likes her Corvette & Camaro. See below.
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43 minutes ago, ABear said:
As an alternate, I do have a flatbed trailer large enough to handle hauling my vehicles if push comes to shove.
That is true if you are close to home. If you are a long way from home, it might be a different story. I like you also have a flatbed trailer but I also have AAA plus Rv which will tow up to 100 miles.
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Look up Dandy Dave on this forum. He will make a hub puller for you.
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I both fix most things myself, but others I farm out like making & machining "new" parts.
I do not own a mill, metal lathe, and other machines including the tooling needed for those machines to make parts.
At my age, it is cheaper to pay someone to do the machining for me than try to acquire the necessary equipment to do the machining myself, and I could do it as I come from a family of skilled trade relatives which I have worked around for a number of years. This does help to define scope of work with less confusion.
And that does not take into account the space to house all of that equipment.
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4 minutes ago, ABear said:
As an alternate, I do have a flatbed trailer large enough to handle hauling my vehicles if push comes to shove.
That is true if you are close to home. If you are a long way from home, it might be a different story. I like you also have a flatbed trailer but I also have AAA plus Rv which will tow up to 100 miles and it covers all of our cars as long as it is licensed.
Having AAA is cheaper than paying for towing on each of the cars insurance policies.
What car is this?
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Grandpa Hawke also worked in the Liberty Aircraft Division of Buick during WW1. We have his enameled employee pass that has an airplane on the badge.
I have a picture of it somewhere, can not locate it at this time.