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Interesting. Maybe you should consider selling ‘autographed by the author copies’! I checked the guy’s ‘completed listings’. It looks like 20% or so of the 700 listings sold. A lot of work, but some $...

I think it is interesting that the bottom photo used a hand-painted backdrop of the type used by a portrait studio. The floor is wooden planks and there appears to be oil stains. Maybe taken in a service station or a studio set up for this purpose?

Here are two 1955 Ford clocks. Both are spring-driven. The one on the left is electrically wound, the one on the right requires manually winding. One is from a 'plain jane' four door sedan. Does anyone know more details about models? I assume the electric one was from a more expensive model?

This clock is aprox. 2 1/4 inches in diameter. (The dash hold would be aprox. 2 1/2 inches.) Stamped "WESTCLOX LASALLE, ILL, USA" PAT 2279015. An ink stamp looks to read 1949. It is an electric wind. The style and color are similar to a 57 Desoto instrument cluster that nearby. Anyone know for sure?

I was with my dad at a one-man-repair-shop with a little old lady’s car over the pit. There was a small ‘audience’ as the mechanic went into the pit, trouble light in hand, to investigate the ‘funny noise’ her car was making. After a few sighs and comments, the lady was becoming noticeably more nervous. The mechanic then tossed up random parts onto the shop floor: first an old rusty muffler, then a used oil filter plunked down, rolling across the floor dribbling oil as it rolled toward her feet… I don’t remember the diagnosis or the repair, but we were all busting a gut at her expense.

Nice Fabric Covered sun visor. Measures 15" x 5", triangular, 3 hole mounting plate. I'm guessing 1940s - 1950's. (We had a 1948? Dodge sedan, maybe it's from that car?)

I'm guessing this NOS bracket with the tag still attached is for a Ford. The number stamped is F1372. 1941 Ford truck maybe? (We had one of them...)

Thanks, for some reason even though I resized it, it was still huge. Let's try this one at 4x6 100dpi.

I still can't see the photo, can anyone else? What am I doing wrong?

Speedometer with odometer and trip odometer. Labeled Stewart, Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corp, Chicago, USA. The rear has Stewart stamped in script and the number P34C79. It is also inked (paint?) NOV 1927 and 281-C. The dial measures 3 1/8 inches. There are two mounting tabs on the rear measuring 3 13/16 between them. I recall that there may have been a Stewart truck sometime in the past. Can anyone tell me if this fits one and what years? Thanks in advance.

Another trip to the barn, didn't have time to remove stuff piled on top. Any guesses based upon this part of valve cover that is visible?

I used this as a chair in my room as a kid in the 60's, and it was old then. I think I recall it was from a truck, maybe a Stewart, circa 1927? (I could be wrong, my memory is fuzzy, but I found a '27 Stewart speedometer...) The base measures aprox. 18" wide, the bolt spacing for the rear mount is 13", distance from the front mount bracket to the rear bolts is also 13".

Thanks ProGoofOff! That was fast! Does the attached photo of my former, long ago, 'field car' count as a '55 parts car'?! ;-)

New OEM Tag says from Ford Motor Company Edgewater, New Jersey The number stamped on it is )1Y 5310A. It measures 25" from end-to-end. Is it Model A or newer?

Second Photo

Moto-Muffs - Trademark by Sinclair-Cox Co, Cleveland, Ohio. My guess is that they are an after-market cover / insulation layer for Model A engine compartments? They measure 15" x 23" and 15" x 30". Four slots have springs inserted for attachment maybe?

Thanks for the information! It wouldn't surprise me that driving lights represented a 'profit source' for car dealers. Certainly the 'classic era was before my time, not that my parents could afford to do more than admire them from a distance... I do remember my dad's story about their first post-war new car, a 46-48 Dodge sedan: They told the small town dealer that 'they would take it'. When they returned with their checkbook to pick it up, the dealer had added fog lights and other 'extra cost items'... The had that car into the 50's, and I still remember those big amber lights on the front bumper.

Another Headlight, this one is clearly a Trippe, and has a Trippe bulb. It is painted black. Is this original? (Most that I have seen are chrome...) What is the difference between a "Junior" and a "Senior"? Lens diameter measures 8", housing depth is about 6".

Thanks West, Let's try again...

There are no visible markings on this light. The 'Art Deco' design initially made me think it was 1930's, but the 7" sealed beam, if original, makes me think it is more 1950's. Aftermarket / generic maybe? Photo fixed...

This hub cap has been kicking around since I was little. It is just shy of 15 inches in diameter, has a helmeted explorer inset. My uncle had a 57 Desoto, does this belong to it?

Thanks guys!

Thanks Skydog, We had a '54 6 cyl waggon, and a '55 272 V-8. Would it be the same radiator in both?

Hi 'Wheel', I think of Wide Open Throttle, have seen it abbreviated as WOT on other boards, and workshop manuals. It could refer to someone that always gos "all out'. That's as exestential as I can think, but then it's been years since I read Camus...

I've always used driver's perspective, i.e. in USA, right is passenger side. (Downunder, UK and Japan where they drive on the "wrong side" it would be driver's side, but still the "right side".)