Larry Schramm

Prestolite has been around for a long time. Here is a link to their web site and history timeline. http://www.prestolite.com/pgs_about/about_us_timeline.php

The oils on page 22 are the Lubriplate that I referenced above.

Agree

One other item that I might have missed in the discussion was to be sure you have brakes on both axles. I have seen some trailers that have brakes on only one axle. I just believe that you can not have enough braking power on a trailer.

Here is what I use. It is from a company called Lubriplate. I use the 600wt oil in my transmission gear box. http://www.lubriplate.com/Online-Store/Late-Model-Rear-End-and-Differential.aspx There might be some brass/bronze in some later axles, but I am not aware of any brass or bronze. I just know that I have been told by many persons including lube companies that old cars should use a GL-1 axle lube of the same wt as recommended by the manufacturer. The GL-1 does not have any additives that can attack the brass or bronze. Just what I have been told my many and it makes sense to me.

Some of the modern oils can attack the bronze in different assemblies. There is a thread that talks at length of the reasons not to use modern oil. You can buy GL-1 600 wt gear oil but it usually comes in a minimum of a 5 gallon container. I know, been there own one.

Does the car have Bose sound system? I seem to remember a fix for that. You might stop at a Buick dealer and see if they would check the technical data base for a fix. Just a thought.

Jason has one of mine for the winter.

Here is a picture of one in front of a factory. http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Media/images/HD-Museum/exposed-exhibit/main-carousel/R2573.jpg

I would also vote for the extra length. When I bought my trailer I got a 24 ft trailer, 6,000 pound axles with brakes on both axles, left side door for getting out of the car even though I have only hauled teen's vehicles, lights inside, shore line for power, and I am happy with it. The one thing I did miss was getting more height to load older vehicles with the top up.

I have a Delta/ Rockwell band saw and it has been an excellent saw. Purchased it in about 1980. Here is one on craigslist in detroit. http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/tls/4158564918.html

Went to auto zone and got one for I think a 54 Chevy. They had it on the shelf.

Thanks a bunch.

Anyone got an idea what this is from? Thanks,

I believe that much of the wood used in the old bodies were what was available locally. For cars in Michigan it would be mainly oak, ash, maple, and maybe pine or birch.

I can agree with everything that is said above as I was the mystery buddy. It was like a comedy of errors (events). The good interesting thing is that we got to go visit Dandy Dave and his real "man cave" Also got to get our picture taken at the World Famous Packard Plant in Detroit as shown below.

The script is cut out of plate. In todays world, water jetting would be the easiest way to make some new parts.

There were a number of companies selling trucks to England & France for the war effort prior to the US getting involved in 1917. Buick was selling trucks to the British Red Cross in 1915 for ambulances and was the chassis of choice. In fact a majority of trucks built by Buick in 1915 went for export. I would guess the lamp was from a vehicle prior to 1915 and not necessarily a truck.

The GM "F" cars were / are the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird. The Cimarron was a "J" car along with the Chevrolet Cavalier, Buick Skyhawk, and Pontiac J2000.

I had George make a puller for my '15 truck and he did a great job. Even Dandy Dave used it for one of his projects at a local museum.

Just a thought but fuel filter, restricted fuel line, or possibly a weak/leaking internally fuel pump? Do you know what the fuel pressure is at the carb?

There were at least two different sizes as I have one of each. I agree with Jay and have seen them from 1908 - 1915.

Took Dandy Dave Brennen to the plant when he was visiting last summer. Maybe he will put some of his pictures here to show his visit.

From my investigation of gear lubes so I put the correct one in my truck I believe that gear lubes are graded from GL1 - GL5. GL1 is plain old mineral oil with minimum if any additives. GL5 is like the regular gear 80/90 weight that you purchase for todays cars/trucks that is not synthetic. For my truck I purchased GL1 because it does not have modern additives and I too had read that the additives in GL5 can damage the brass parts of a transmission or rear axle. For the transmission I purchased 600 weight gear lube from LubriPlate SPO-299 is the part number. Look at this link. http://www.lubriplate.com/Online-Store/Automotive-Products/SPO-299-one-quart-bottle.aspx Here is an older discussion on gear oils. http://forums.aaca.org/f120/600-weight-gear-oil-264964.html

I am going to Hershey and can help you if you need. PM me if you want to connect.