Dandy Dave

Welcome Aboard Matey. Dandy Dave!

There was a fellow at Hershey about 4 years ago that specialized in rebuilding vacumm tanks. Not cheep, but the workmanship was excellent. Maybe someone on here will remember who he was. Dandy Dave!

Down on the farm we use to call that color, to put is nicely. "Calf Poop Yellow." Yuck.... Dandy Dave!

Paint code, 001...Bazooka Bubble Lishious. Dandy Dave!

Say Larry, so you found another Buick truck. Cool! :cool: Dandy Dave!

Say, that tractor is a Cockshutt, built in Canada. Dandy Dave!

Here is a 1910, Dandy Dave! Volo Auto Museum:: 1910 RAMBLER Pre 1950 MODEL 44 FIVE PASSENGER TOURING - Used Inventory

Looks like they took the touring body off and made a makeshift truck out of it. Dandy Dave!

With an air pressure gage, It definetly is out of a heavy truck. The IH busses that our local school had, all had vacumm brakes. Dandy Dave!

They use to sell something similer to this in the J.C. Whitney catalogs for a vacumm wiper replacment motor. Also used in a 40's, 50's, jeep windshield. Dandy Dave!

That air compressor looks like a converted Model A Ford engine to me. 2 cylinders for motor and two for Air. Dandy Dave!

That dash reminds me of a 1960's International Loadstar for some reason. That is just a guess. Dandy Dave!

Early John Deere spoker D tractor had a Carburetor similer to the Schebler. Dandy Dave!

I agree that it is not a Buick. Not sure what it is? Dandy Dave!

I just buried a very close friend on Monday. I sent him off with this uelogy which I wrote and read, and a pack of mini chocolate donuts which he loved to eat. Dandy Dave! John B. Bates Sr. or "Jake" as we all knew him was a Man who in many ways was larger than life. Hard working, Fun and Loveable, Giving and Sharing. Jake had A heart that was bigger than the man himself. He also had a sheepish smile that will not soon be forgotten. Many countless hours we spent,,,, all of us that knew him,.... telling stories, and jokes, and laughing the hours away whether at work,... or at play. A Guitar picking old cowboy at heart, He loved to play an old country song with licks and lyrics that would often make everyone laugh. And he could pull the soul out of a sad county song, Or play an old country standard on a minutes notice. Jake also loved to party and when he partied, Just like when he worked,... he did'nt do it half way. It was all the way or nothing. Many nights he would go out for a few rounds with an old guitar in hand and play and sing the night away always scaning the crowed for a lonley lady. Yes, He also was a lover of all the ladies, and the tales that he told about those adventures would make one Laugh,.. and Cry,... at the same time about things that I shant tell here. He also loved a good team of farm Horses and spent many a day on my dads farm, plowing the fields, cutting corn, and just driving a wagon along the country roads durring the Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association gatherings that were on Long Hill Farm in the 1980's. Jake was also at home on his farm in West Taghkanic. I even spent a few day there myself having an old fashioned hay ride with his family and helping him put away hay. His image is forever captured along side of my dad with a 12 Horse Hitch on Long Hill Farm with a 12 foot disk pulled behind. And that image made the local news paper and is part of history now, forever in the archives of the Great American way of life. A Machine Operator. A mover of the earth. He was right at home operating a (Pronouced, Bu si rus) Bucyrus Erie 22-B Drag Line, or on a D-8 Caterpiller Buldozer. Or loading trucks with a 225 Cat Excavator. He dug many a celler with a 977 Caterpillar Track Loader. He "Cut his Teeth", as they say in machine operators terms, on a 15-B Bucyrus Erie Shovel, and on a BG Cletrac Buldozer in his youth working for Jimmy Sulivan in Banksville. Then he, and his brother went out on their own and formed Bates Brothers Excavating, A business that is still talked about today all around the Banksville area. Jake, and his brother Ed were legends in there own time. The quality of their work was unsurpassed. In 1981 the old place in Banksville was sold and Jake moved the business to Hudson NY where he ran John Bates excavation for many years until 2005 when he once again pulled up stakes to leave for Maple Hill, North Carolina where he spent his final years. He was a true friend to many, always ready to help out others in need. If a machine rolled off of a trailer in the road that belonged to a fellow contractor, or sunk in the mud, Jake would drop everthing to help out a friend in need. And many he did. Yes, Jake was a true Friend indeed. A preserver of the past for the future. A collector and restorer of old and tired Trucks, Tractors, and Automobiles. He believed that we should keep these things for future generations to live a piece of the past. He was an insperation to me, and many more. I walked in the shop one day many years ago and told him that I had the opportunity to get an old Hanson swing shovel from the late 1920's. He said "lets go look" And off we went, Jake, Cookie, and I. When we got there, it was sunk in the mud, and he handed Cookie a shovel and said Start digging. I was a little skeptical because the old machine was ruff and rusty and had sat there for only 39 years. A small stream was running though the tracks that were buried almost level with the ground, but Jake said, "You'll get it running Davey." He was right, One year later, to the day we went and picked it up. And it was loaded under it's own power. The proof is in Jakes Diary that he kept everyday for many years. That machine is now part of the collection of the Connnecticut Antique Machiney Association in Kent, Connecticut. He often told me that he, and I moved, and revived, more old iron than anyone else he knew. If it were not for Jake, I would have never built the small power shovel that has delighted so many. I told him I was going to build it, He said, "How are you going to do that Davey?" I said I don't know, but I am going to do it. I was putting it together and spending many hours at it. Everyone was wondering where I was but Jake. The 2001 Historic Construction Equipment Association Show was in Canadagua NY that year and the day before we were going to leave, I walked it out of my shop, loaded it on my trailer and I pulled into Jakes yard with it. His eyes were as big as half dollars, and with a Big Grin he said, "I knew you were building that machine Davey. Everyone has been asking where you have been, but I knew, even though you didn't say what you were up to." Thanks Jake, for the one percent insperation that got me started on the path to the ninety nine percent perperation that got increidible things done. We laughed with Jake, we talked with Jake, we worked with Jake. And some of us even Cried with Jake. He was a believer in the Lord and prayed often in silence. A simple man with many sides and he will be sorely missed by all. If there is one thing I know, there is a Heaven, and Jake is riding that Big Bulldozer in the sky.

Arrrrrrhhhhhh Matey, Ye be the only car Driving, Sea faring pirate I be knowing of that has a Vintage car that floats when it hits the water. All of my cars would be at the bottom with Davey Jones's locker. Fly the Jolly Rodger with pride matey! Dandy Dave!

That was used for only a very short time in 1928, These early cars are considered AR's. Sort of like the the one ton truck wire wheels with the locking ring and 6 X20 tires. Rare stuff. Dandy Dave!

Welcome aboard Matey. I've repaired my share of Model A Fords. You've picked a good reliable car for fun and touring. Dandy Dave!

Looks sort of like a Simplex to me. Dandy Dave!

A very near and dear old friend of mine, and a preserver of the past for the future has past away. John B. Bates Sr. was an avid collector of Automobiles, Trucks, Tractors, and Vintage Construction Machinery for many years. He past away Wednesday, April 21, 2010 after a long illness. Formally of Banksville NY he was partners in Bates Brothers Excavation though the 50's, 60's and 70's. He then moved to Hudson NY in 1981 and ran John Bates Excavating until 2005 He then Moved to Maple Hill, North Carolina where he has resided until now. We all knew Him as "Jake". He was well known in the circle of collectors and will be sorely missed. He liked 1930's Fords and had a 1937 roadster, and a 1936 Ford 2 Door. Others too numberous to mention. Dandy Dave!

Hey miner 49ers. Is the gold rush over yet??? Look out Sutters Mill, Here we come. Dandy dave!

I know that the replacements for my 15 Buick are larger, because I have not found a spare that will slide in the trunk like the original did. Dandy Dave!

Yeah, I like really old Trucks. Dandy Dave!

High beam, low beam, park, and off. Dandy Dave!

The old truck on the Beverly Hillbillies was an Oldsmobile. Dandy Dave! Ralph Foster Museum - Beverly Hillbillies Car, Point Lookout, Missouri