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    1959 F100 tailgate needed.

    in Ford, Edsel & Mercury - 1954 and Newer

    Posted

    If you are looking for reproduction parts, try Dennis Carpenter:

    http://www.dennis-carpenter.com/

    If you are looking for a used tailgate, there are several very similar ones. You will need to make sure of the exact dimensions for the one that you are looking for. I know a guy who has a couple of solid used Ford Tailgates from around that era, but he won't know exactly what each one fits, so he would need dimensions of what you need.

    Ghostly Gas Stations

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    TG57Roadmaster,

    I finally got by to see the owner of Hughes Brothers. The current building (their second) was built in 1935. The business included gasoline sales until 1980. According to the owner, in 1935 there were no vehicle height restrictions in North Carolina. The canopy was built that size so that they could get any and every car, truck, and trailer, including any load, under the canopy. He was amused that his building had attracted internet attention here. He also is sponsoring our local chapter car show again this year.

    Ghostly Gas Stations

    in General Discussion

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    <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> I don't own an explorer... but I get the joke <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.

    I'll see if I can't get a copy of some vintage photos of Hughes Brothers. As I recall, some of the photos that I have seen just show Model A Fords there. I don't think I have seen any photos of vintage semi-trailers there. I don't understand why it was built in that scale. I'll see if the owner can give me any insight into it. (It's about time to take a show sponsor form to him anyway.)

    Attached is another local former gas station. This one is within a block of my favorite one and the two are certainly a study in contrast between their original use and their current uses.

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    Ghostly Gas Stations

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    With a quick check, I located about 30 old gas stations in Wilmington today. Most of them seem to now be used as used car sales lots or garages. Some of the more original new uses are a pizza delivery outfit, an art shop, a tattoo parlor, and a consignment shop. The attached photo is probably my favorite. It is probably one of the older ones still in use here in town. It appears to be in good shape, is a really neat design, and has served several businesses over the years. I know of a bunch of others on backroads throught southeastern NC, many of them are more "ghostly" than those here in town.

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    Ghostly Gas Stations

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Reading this thread has gotten me interested in old gasoline stations, so I spent some time today searching them out.

    Regarding the old bus station.... I have lived in Wilmington for 23 years, so I had to ask a Wilmington Native about the old bus station. I learned that it was on the Southwest corner of 2nd and Walnut Streets. Unfortunately, that corner has been a parking lot since sometime before I moved here. Even though I can't show you that, Ironically, just three blocks away, at 5th Avenue and Walnut Street, I found an old gas station, that several years ago, was used as a bus station in a movie. I don't remember the name of the movie, but it was set in the late 30's or early 40's. Attached is current photo of what is left of that old gas station.

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    Ghostly Gas Stations

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    Attached you will find a photo that I took today of the old station at 12th and Market. It has been gutted and they are preparing to do the restoration soon. It is either a curent photo of the same one that you attached to your first post, or else it is an identically designed and built structure. If it is the same one, the large tree that is behind the right rear corner of the station in your photo was cut down several years ago.

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    Ghostly Gas Stations

    in General Discussion

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    Alright, I realize that I have not had time to go take any photos in the past few days, but now you are taking all of my shots.... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

    The first attachment you posted looks very much like an abandoned station here in Wilmington at 12th and Market Street. Now, you have gone and posted a photo of Hughes Brothers which is located at 11th and Market Street. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

    The abandoned building at 12th and Market is about to get a new life as an office building for a tugboat company and they are planning on restoring it to its original exterior apperance and even putting a reproduction gas pump in front.

    Hughes Brothers has been a Firestone Dealer here in Wilmington since Mr. Firestone ran the company. A friend of mine owns the business and he is one of the sponsors of our local chapter show every year. At one time, long before I was born, I am relatively sure that they sold gasoline as well, but they are still operating as a multi line tire business and all around garage today. They do most of my mechanic work that I decide not to do myself. It's a great business and a really neat building.

    I was planning on getting a photo of both and adding it to this thread, but I guess now, I don't need to. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

    Can't get oil pan off 1930 tutor

    in Model A

    Posted

    The oil pump should drop out of the block and into the oil pan. Sometimes people will incorrectly install a set screw or bolt into the plug location in the side of the engine block to hold the oil pump in place. There should not be plug in the side of the block, as the spring on the bottom of the oil pump is what is supposed to hold the pump in place. Is it possible that your block has a bolt or set screw holding the oil pump in the block? If so, it would probably be hanging up on the oil baffles in the pan. I suspect that you will find a bolt or setscrew is holding the oil pump in the block. I think removing that bolt or set screw will allow the oil pump to drop out of the block and then you should be able to remove the oil pan. That is my best guess. Good Luck.

    Trivia Question

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I have been a member of the club for ten years and last year was my first year to make it to Hershey. It was great, but I have enjoyed my local chapter and region events from the first year. The knowledge that I have gained from my local fellow members has been a great help to me in the past 10 years. I have met a lot of great people through the club. You should send in that membership form!

    What would you do?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I would spend the money for a stamp. Some executives don't read email. They might actually read something that arrives in an envelope.

    And when you call, no matter who answers, (in a calm voice), tell them that you have a complaint and that you want to speak to their supervisor. Keep asking for each person's supervisor and you might eventually be talking to the guy you want to talk to. Almost everybody will let you talk to their supervisor since they don't want to have to handle a customer with a complaint.

    What would you do?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I don't know anything about the company or the owner except what I just read on their website after a quick Google search for the company.

    I agree that people should keep their promises.

    I would call their 800 number daily until you talk to the guy. Or send him a nice letter reminding him that he should keep his promise.

    Good luck.

    What would you do?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I'm not a lawyer either, but I think that 1937hd45 is probably a little confused, just the same as I am ...

    Is "the scale model at the Neuremberg model show" one of these - "His deal was, If I bought two kits he would build two convertible models, one for me, one for him. I just had to supply the two models. Instead of handing him $200 I ordered the kits and handed over the kits. He sent me a couple of progress pictures and then fell off the face of the earth."

    Or, is it the prototype from Exoto - "Exoto scale models. He tells me he wants to make a die-cast model of my car. I'm thrilled. All I ask for is the finished prototype when they went into production of a die-cast model. He promised that and a couple of the production models."

    If it is one of the models that you gave the guy, then you clearly own the kit ... but he could potentially claim whatever the value of the production of the car from the kit....

    If it is the prototype from Exoto - If this is your exact verbal contract "the finished prototype when they went into production of a die-cast model".... you would have to be able to prove they "went into production" before they would owe you the prototype....

    So, I guess either way it is a fight that you have a chance of winning, but sometimes the cost of litigation far outweighs the value that you can possibly win.

    I guess most of the time when somebody sues somebody else two lawyers win cash and one client wins a potentially hollow victory and the other loses. Usually there are more losses than wins in the equation.

    Only you can determine how valuable the model is to you. Only you can decide if the fight is worth it. Good luck with whichever way you decide to go...

    Trivia Question

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Packing31....

    For a guy with as many posts here as you, I can't believe you are not a member. The monthly magazine (which West Peterson can tell you more about) is worth the cost of the annual dues. Let me invite you to join. It is a great organization to belong to. You would be a welome addition to the group's membership.

    '65 Mustang 2+2

    in Ford, Edsel & Mercury - 1954 and Newer

    Posted

    Matt, good to have just heard that you are in my area.

    I don't have any idea of what any Mustangs are worth. I would personally try to steer you towards Model A's.

    Your dad should have emailed my cell phone number to you by now. Give me a call and I will get you in touch with a local Mustang expert who is very active in AACA as well as Mustang Club of America. He can give you some advice on this issue.

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