Dandy Dave

Not a common mag. This unit makes it's own power to provide a spark. DO NOT hook it to a battery. You will burn out the windings in seconds if they are still any good. Usually these old mags need a good cleaning by someone that knows what they are doing. Condensers are usually bad just from age. The lug pointed to in the photo is where a wire to a switch that grounds the mag out to stop the engine would go. If the mag has any spark you will be able to see it by hooking some sparks plugs to it and grounding the bases out with the mag in a vice. You will have to see which way it spins by watching the way the rag joint turns while cranking the motor. Also the points usually need cleaning with some very fine emery cloth as they oxidize with time. If your unsure of what I'm writing here, get an expert.

Could be original miles on this little CJ3B I rescued a while back. I have it on the back burner waiting to get other jobs out of the way first. I watched it for years as an old barn fell on it and melted away around it.

Yep. And if one survived longer it was designed to last for only around 30,000 miles. Warrantee? What Warrantee?

This looks like around a 1915 or 1916 Buick. It was a touring car. I think maybe a C-25.

Sweet. May it bring you many trouble free and happy miles. 🙂

All the good stuff is always on the other side of the country. 😵🤪🙃

20-25 RR. Yep. Been there. Aint never steam cleaned one though. Sounds like the guy holding the wand didn't know where to stick it. That ill make it ruff on the old girl. Where's Ed??? He auto be in this conversation.

That's cuz you work on them there fancy high end cars Burnie. You sur nuf aint no tractor, or bulldozer mechanic. I understand where them fancy cars are concerned, we are a lowly crowd. I find when I do it the way you do it I need to use lacquer thinner just before painting it. Always amazed at how much dirt washes out in the solvent that way. Just when you think it is clean, It isn't. You can come and wash off the old Honey Wagon some time with your rags and diesel so we can get the broken floor chain back together without getting full of cow poo. 😉 Did I mention I don't use it on my 1915 Buick or other antique cars??? 😬

The top photo looks a lot like the remains of the Stoddard Dayton I owned. After some research, and with the recollection of the old fellow that last drove it, it was a Knight engine powered automobile. Here's some info from a 1913 Book that I have in my collection of stuff.

We won't go there! Nuf said. Dandy Dave!

Every Tool has its place. I've used both, and do own an 11 HP cold water high pressure washer with a cat pump. It is capable of 3,000 PSI. With an adjustable valve on the handle to regulate the pressure. Great tool when I'm cleaning a nasty engine or other component when it is getting rebuilt or restored. Works great on Bulldozers and farm tractors and other equipment. Takes packed in dirt and mud away with ease. I've also used a steam cleaner in the past and it does better to melt away road dirt and grease. It is great when I need to get a component ready to sand blast as a sand blaster will not remove grease unless it it has dried up hard. Even then it does not blast off fast like rusty steel. Semi-soft grease the sand will just stick to. When I wash a component I keep my air hose handy to blow away and water left behind to prevent flash rusting. Also, even after doing a wash down if you are going to paint something you need to use a solvent to get the surface clean as there is a thin oily surface left behind. With all this said. I do not wash my 1915 Buick or other antique autos with it. I will wash a farm vehicle, like a pickup with it if it is really muddy or has something corrosive like fertilizer that needs to be washed away to prevent premature rusting from the chemical action.

Point taken. The hood lovers even look right.

I think the last car in the lineup is an early Thomas.

Well it's about time. 😜

Real short drive in the 1915 Buick yesterday. I drove it out of the shop to get the Buick Snow Master Super Shovel out and then put put it back in. It started right up and ran like it should after it's winter nap. I won't take it on the road until rain washes the salt away.

Back here no one officially owns the plates on the car. The plates are owned by the DMV in that state. I would take the repo pair of plates to the guy and trade him for the original. He will have his keep sake # on the wall twice, And you will have what you need to make the car legal.

Oh My. I can see it now. 😵 The look on the young fellers face when you ask to borrow a hub puller for a 1926 Huppmobile. 😬 A What??? Aint never heard of it? The computer don't even list it.🙃

Spring is a coming. I heard the birds chirping yesterday morning.

Thanks Larry. Moving my Machine Shop to the farm as we speak. The business where I had it set up is being sold. I should be back up and running soon. It will be better for me having it here a short walk away instead of having to drive to it. I've moved most of the small stuff already. The Back Hoe and forks are ready to move the big stuff. I have two damaged caps I've been looking at on my desk here for a while. They have cracks and messed up threads. I think I have come up with a way to repair them after some long thought.

56 was the last year the hood opened on the sides.

The correct term is a Dragline. I've ran a few in the past. Ran one on a T-35 Bantam. The other was on a Bay City Crane. Been around some B-22 Bucyrus Erie's also. The booms are basically the same as a crane with some extra bits for the tag line to keep the bucket straight.

Lucky if you could pick up 4 or 5 tons with it with proper out riggers . Safe Lifting capacities diminish expansionally the further out the boom is extended. I had a 1952 model 41 Hanson on tracks. It had a safe lifting capacity of 13,000 LBS at a 15 Foot radius. That would translate to 6 -1/2 tons. At a 25 foot radius it was only good for maybe 2 tons. With a drag hoe or shovel front it was rated as a 1/2 yard machine.

Agree that the crane most likely was fitted to the truck when it was new. In the Historical Equipment circles these are called, "Truck Cranes." There was a similar old Mack in a gravel bank off of Rt 25 in the New Town- Monroe, CT area. As a youngster I watched it be dug around for years until it was on a pedestal of sorts. Then one day it was gone. The Sand Hill Plaza is in that location now.

If your center is good you can have it refaced at a local place that relines Brake Shoes.