Larry Schramm

I can not tell you exactly, but it is after 1978. When I was working at AC in the 70's we were still putting the green rings on the plugs. I worked in that department that was called print & glaze. The reason for the deleting of the green rings is if there was a small imperfection in the ring the green would not cover the ring evenly and it was considered a scrap plug. It did not hurt the performance of the plug, just the appearance. No green bands, all of the bands looked good and performed as designed. As background, the insulator just before it goes into the kiln to be fired into the ceramic insulator they are very fragile. Think pressed powder like a compact. If touched something, it would be easy to damage the ring. After firing, no problem, it is before firing the issue was created. R-45 plug probably came out of a small block Chevy.

I also have a couple of AC kites, but not like the one shown. They are white with a sparkplug and the fire ring.

Those were known as belly pans and they were not there to catch drips of oil, but to try to keep the mud and such from being splashed up in the engine area. Remember at that time virtually all of the roads were dirt when dry and MUD when it rained. As the roads got better they eventually went away.

I do not seem to have a "tight fit" problem with my 1915 Buick truck. Lots of room, but the Model T, that is another story.

And the lawnmower is a REO. My parents had one.

That is the best type of sale/trade where both parties are happy.

WOW

Sounds similar the Riddler Award at the Detroit Autorama auto show.

I have been told that Wix filters are good.

IMO, the reasons most of the smaller companies went out of business was not being able to achieve the economies of scale. In that time if a fender die costs say $100,000.00 to make a fender and you make 1 fender/car the tooling cost is $100K FOR THAT ONE FENDER. Two cars, $50K. 100 cars $1K per fender. Multiply that by all of the thousands of distinct parts for a particular manufacturer the tooling costs eat up any possible profit. Commonizing all of the parts like engines, transmissions, rear axles, and the list goes on that customers might not see gave GM, Ford, Chrysler the economies of scale, yet different designs looking vehicles and the ability to stay in business during the depression. I know that during the depression GM would go out the plant and tell workers that the workers need to take a pay cut so they could stay in business. They told them that there was a job at this hourly rate, but not a higher rate. Everyone felt the pain of the depression. On a side note if you look at the video at 7 minutes 31 seconds during the Duesenberg discussion where the race cars are, that picture was taken in France at LeMans. My great uncle, Ernie Olson is on the passenger side of the #12 race car. He was a riding mechanic. I think the picture was taken in 1922 or 1923. My wife and I were fortunate to have him and his wife at our wedding.

Have you taken the fuel pick up tube & filter out of the tank? Could be plugged.

Looks close to correct spot. The top photo with the house just left of the two/three gable roof looks the same in both pictures.

The dealership labor rates from what I have heard are about $180.00/hour here in the Detroit area which are probably representative of any large metro area.

They have a driveshaft somewhere in one of their distribution centers. Probably now a millwright pry bar.

Don't forget... what has been seen can not be unseen.

It was a good prewar meet, but since covid it has been tough. I probably missed only a couple of them during their run, but like others have said it has been sparse the last few years. Oh well, time marches on.

is the engine in the car or out? Running or head off? Pictures?

No picture

Where is the speedo?

Flower car

Another reason to use a container versus a building is in many states the containers are looked as as personal property like a trailer because they are moveable. Different tax rate than real property, ie. real estate and their taxes which is becoming crazy high. I can get in and out of all of my vehicles by just driving them into the container, though the Corvette & Camaro are kind of tight. If you are over 200 pounds and a waist more than maybe 36-38" it could be tough, very tough. I gives me motivation to not gain any weight.

I find the containers very practical. I have put in ventilation with about a one square ft opening on the door end and a one square ft opening on the other side where I have one of the whirly style roof vents. I have not had any moisture issues. I store our Corvette, Camaro, and the other old cars when I have not working on them. As for the locking mechanism, locks are just for the honest folks. Any lock is just a 10 second inconvenience to a thief with the new battery powered cut off tools.

Says vintage Hupmobile screen covers, not Buick

That is the same as I have, an I-Pass. No annual fee and have driven it from Chicago to Maine, to NC and no issues.

That green Buick truck is our truck. We have had a lot of fun with it including touring with it. I think it is the only one that is regularly taken out and driven and seen in public. We have worn out one set of tires on it so far. I need to fix a driveline noise and then it will be on to tackle another set of tires. Best trophy is a set of worn out tires.