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I looked at all 62 pictures. Best suggestion; keep looking. Bernie

Use an inductive timing light with a tach function. Just set a small 12V battery within cable length for power. I have done it in the garage a lot. Bernie

I woke up about 3 AM this morning dreaming I was working on a large boiler. It was a sectional type, but an HRT or header type would have been fine. Now, manual burner batting on a modified D type with a superheater, now that's Lambo league. One night I fell out of bed dreaming I lit it off the back wall! Do you think the kid is looking for a Bugatti Type 57 on a VW chassis? Wait, Finger Lakes Area; frozen brain syndrome, for sure. Yep, that's it. Bernie

I'd be concerned about the 2005 date on the pictures. Best bet would be to get the location, then check your BCA roster for a member with a '50's car in a nearby zip code. Send them a checklist and a couple hundred bucks. You'll get a real good evaluation. I have a light week coming up. Alternate 2; fly me down to check it out. I would go for $1,000 per day plus expenses. That's cheap if I find they didn't put all the bolts back in. Bernie

At first glance I thought it might be the remains of a Cord Beverly that some "knowledgeable" restorer stripped out for spares in case his convertible ever needed them. Isn't that what the guys in the know did during the 1960's? I remember that sexagenarian dressed in uniform pants and shirt, with suspenders giving out that wise advice at the meet in the old Rochester Public Market. He'd point his old gnarled finger and say "Sonny, don't waste your time with those closed cars." Looks like his advice made it to California. You know who you are and I was there when you did it. Bernie

I will be parting this car out. Some items have been spoken for. Best bet is to email me at bernie@berniedaily.com. It has a single speed rear end that I will pull the axles from. The right vent window is a convertible one. The body panels will be removed from the floor pan; cowl, trunk section, roof, etc. It's coming down to parade rest, so if you even remotely believe in Murphy's Law you need to get off the pot. Bernie

They are NAS boxes, network attached storage. Sometimes you can't get away with just one affliction. I started using computers for work in 1974. They never have been what you call a hobby, but, then, I never really felt like I "worked" for work. Bernie

Dry, crusty, old, sticky splines at the clutch hub will do that every time. I fixed a Met like that a few years ago. The owner sent it to me for a new clutch and I was scared to death the car would break in half if I took the crossmember out. Snaked that red plastic penetrating oil tube up there, gave it a couple of shots, and a few coaxing taps while someone pushed the clutch in. The we drove it to breakfast and ate green eggs and ham. Bernie

I was 18 when I went into the Navy, 1967. I left behind my driver a '60 Buick Invicta, a '58 Chevy DelRay, a 1951 Chevy ambulance, a '56 Chevy two-ten 2 door htp body, '56 Willys Bermuda, '41 Nash Ambassador, '56 Studebaker Golden Hawk, and most of a '56 XK-140 DHC. We had a black & white TV and my Mother decided the family better get a phone in case I needed to call home. Sickness? Nah, sickness is looking at my old 1Tb Buffalo NAS and planning to upgrade to a 6TB Seagate BlackArmor. Bernie

Over the weekend I was negotiating my Packard around four other cars in my garage real carefully. And I smiled. I wondered if the Super convertible owner has realized what I meant by cracking walnut shells with his Buick. If we had any in the house I would have posted pictures. Bernie

That sex thing was part of the conversation on the Edsel: "Look at those Cadillac bumper guards, we can run with this idea." "Nah, the Caddy got by but I think this is pushing it." Come on, we can play stupid if the media says anything." "If we get this one past it's wide open." "I'm not so sure. I would be as risky as telling them the Falcon on the drawing board can be a sports car." "Well if your think it will sell to some guy who can't understand normal thinkin'". Bernie

A while back I heard a newscast where a South American politician was considered dangerously dogmatic by the US gubermint. I thought about that during some windshield time and decided I was actually playfully dogmatic. I'll believe my own BS if it makes me smile. Bernie

When I was a kid in school I got into the hobby in 1959. I always had an image in my mind of the "future car". I was really surprised when I actually saw it. Bernie

For the rest, how many have flushed the differential in their car? Or are you still running on whatever was in there, whenever it was attended to at all; or just topped off when the car was on a rack. Changing the differential juice car be a hard job, hard enough to get neglected. One car I did had probably never been touched. I had to remove the lowest third member stud to drain the really black stuff out after warming it on a 30 mile drive. Then I drained that and it was brown. I refilled and took it for another 30 mile run and drained that. The third time I drain clear honey gold 90W. Even though I knew it was good I had drained it just to be sure I was happy. I drove about 100 miles with cleaner and cleaner oil and probably charged $350 or 400 bucks. The events that never happen; priceless. Bernie- honey gold in my stuff.

I would put a couple of drops of 30W in there, the distributor oil cup, and the generator if they all have one. A better question is "how long since it was last done?". Bernie

The mileage and ages shows the car has been sitting unused quite a bit. There is probably rust built up on the splines of the clutch shaft and making it stick.If you drop the clutch inspection pan your can use a plastic tube to spray some penetrating oil around the clutch hub and shaft area. With someone in the car pressing the clutch pedal you should be able to get a rod or socket extension bar against the hub and work it free. It's a two man job. Bernie

I have a couple of days left on a '48 LC coupe that I am trying to move on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1558.l2649 I bought it, paid to get it home from 100 miles away, paid a couple of months storage for one of my other cars while I figured out the next move. So I have some time and money into it. I know if I part it out a lot of small stuff will go on Ebay and a lot of big stuff "by the pound". Never having a fear of losing money makes me pretty good to talk with. That rear section I thought about grafting onto the Packard is in good shape, rear fenders, the doors, and things like the rear axles, drums, and brakes as well. I am located between Buffalo and Rochester, New York. If I hadn't had to move one car to get it in the garage I would just let it sit there shaped like a LC coupe. Maybe you think like that too. Talk to me, I am pretty eclectic. You might not even need money. Bernie 585-797-7421

Sorry. I got this in the wrong section and can't figure out how to delete. Bernie I have a couple of days left on a '48 LC coupe that I am trying to move on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151739930708?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649 I bought it, paid to get it home from 100 miles away, paid a couple of months storage for one of my other cars while I figured out the next move. So I have some time and money into it. I know if I part it out a lot of small stuff will go on Ebay and a lot of big stuff "by the pound". Never having a fear of losing money makes me pretty good to talk with. That rear section I thought about grafting onto the Packard is in good shape, rear fenders, the doors, and things like the rear axles, drums, and brakes as well. I am located between Buffalo and Rochester, New York. If I hadn't had to move one car to get it in the garage I would just let it sit there shaped like a LC coupe. Maybe you think like that too. Talk to me, I am pretty eclectic. You might not even need money. Bernie 585-797-7421

Break a pane of glass and sort through the selection to find the best angles and contours to remove the paint. It works good and doesn't leave sand scratches. Bernie

Last time I had a boss I would tell him that if we both thought the same way there would only be a need for one of us. And I was older. I arrived first. Ever tried intolerance without denigrating those one is intolerant of? Check the liberal media. And today is church day. Bernie

Does anyone remember what earthshaking transition was happening in July, 1995? Decades go by so quickly. Bernie

A good set of snow tires and a Buick can take you up RT 81 between the Lake and the Tug Hill Plateau when the silent snow is just dropping in front of you. It pushes out ahead of the car and the "Whoosh", the accumulation flies over the top and starts again. Now, that's a driving experience. Bernie

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If the line is coming from the tank to the fuel pump and the pump is a mechanical one mounted on the engine you might want to put in a section of flexible line (rubber fuel hose). a hard tube connection isn't a good way to go. Then I would cut the line to length and put a bubble on the end by doing the first step of a double flare. Put a pipe to hose adapter on the pump and use Corbin clamps to hold the line on.

I looked at one of those "urban legend" cars once. The widow had a price based on everything one could see without bending over. I had a copy of Hemmings Motor News in my car. So I showed her the section with appraisal services and recommended one in a nearby city. I left the magazine with her but she seemed to think $250-$300 was an extremely high price to evaluate her $30,000 car Her deceased brother who did the expert maintenance on the car was one of those guys who doesn't cut the end off tie wraps. My wife has a list of prices she should get for all my stuff. Believe me it's a lot cheaper than my living price. If you hear about me dying call her quick! Bernie