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On 8/3/2023 at 10:02 AM, Robert G. Smits said:
The bottom two have been on the car since 1934. The top one is rare and I have never seen one on a car,
only in collections
That Indian looks like he got the pox from one of those infected blankets.
And, before anyone gets offended or upset - I am an Indian with a roll number through the BIA.
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The value of my two pre-war cars means little to me.
Both cars have been in the family longer than I have, so they are family heirlooms that will be passed down to the next generation when I am gone.
I am simply this generation's caretaker.Hopefully, the next generation takes a real interest in the cars and keeps them on the road and just does not sell them before I'm even in the ground.
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I like to see pre-war cars with mascots, it's part of their personality.
Each manufacturer chose their mascot for a reason. And most times it was chosen after many hours of bantering back and forth within the organization.
Some mascots are self explanatory while others need some research to find out why they were used.
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It's a neat looking wagon just as it is.
A car is only original once.
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This should tell you all you need to know about the difference in collision standards between modern cars and 50+ year old cars.
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Different plates on the car from the first set of photos to the last.
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That is a good looking coupe.
Ad says it hasn't run in a few years yet there is still fuel in the lines?
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Seems to be a very decent price for a nice car.
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On 7/11/2019 at 10:23 AM, John348 said:
This has been a very interesting thread, I always thought Cucamonga was a fictional town in a song.... "Pride of Cucamonga"
learn something new every day
The name Cucamonga came about as a mispronunciation of an Indian village that was in the area when the Spanish arrived.
The Spanish named the area Rancho Cucamonga and it's been that way ever since.
There are still a handful of cities and areas in SoCal that have their original Indian names, Tujunga, Cahuenga, Topanga, Yucaipa, etc.
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Beautiful car, just needs to lose the white walls.
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Wow, pieces of the fan exited both sides of the hood.
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On Ford Model A, with the availability of parts, I would just swap out the fan on a newly acquired car, just in case.
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21 hours ago, Angelfish said:
So what's the point of owning a Maserati if you're just going to haul it around in a trailer?
If you're referring to the MC20 my cousin owns, he uses the trailer to haul it from WY to CA for service. He trusts the Maserati dealer he purchased it from more than the one closer in CO so he hauls it 1,200 miles, one way, for service.
In the warm months that car is almost his daily driver if he's not in his Ford F350 or his Maserati Quattroporte.
He has used his MC20 for everything from going to dinner to grocery runs.
It is the only supercar I have ever driven and it is nothing like the stories you hear about how supercars are horrible drivers for regular driving.
It is extremely comfortable and easy to drive, despite it being capable of doing 0 - 100mph in 4.2 seconds.
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Great looking TR-6.
Is it a '75?
While not a powerhouse, they are a very fun car to drive.
Setup with the factory exhaust system, the exhaust note is perfect.
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I am surprised to hear of so many issues with GM rear disc brakes from the 70's and 80's.
I owned a '78 Silver Anniversary Corvette with the L82 / 4 speed combo.
Shortly after I purchased the car back in the late 80's, I went through all 4 calipers since the car had been sitting for about a year before I bought it.
All 4 calipers were machined to accept stainless sleeves to help prevent any future corrosion since there was some very minor pitting upon disassembly.
The 4 piston front calipers coupled with the 2 piston rear calipers were very stout brakes and would throw you through the windshield if you stomped on the pedal.
I don't recall ever having an issue with the parking brake or pedal travel as the pads wore down.
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8 hours ago, Grimy said:
If he's a California resident, make sure he knows that a trailer rated at 10,000 gross or more (i.e., most goosenecks) require a Class A Commercial or Non-Commercial driver's license. I know you have one, but the triennial special physical exam can be a financial pain for those towing for fun, and that becomes an *annual* special physical at age 75. That's why many Calif collectors order hitch-pull trailers with 12k or better components but "administratively downrated" on their VIN-spec stickers to 9,995 lbs so that their Class C (auto) driver's license will suffice.
If his existing trailer is like that and can accommodate a 7.5-ft tall car, I'm interested!
My cousin lives in Wyoming so I am not sure what they have for regulations regarding towing capacity and commercial licenses.
I know they have a huge gooseneck horse trailer they tow with their 6.7L F350 and neither him nor his wife have a commercial license.
I will double check the specs on his enclosed car trailer and let you know what they are. He has only used it to haul his Maserati MC20 so it hasn't seen much use.
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That is a fine looking land yacht from the mid 60's.
I bet it goes down the highway like a dream.
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Ford did a decent job with the big, 4 door hard tops of the mid sixties.
My dad owned a couple 4 door hardtop '64 Galaxies, one was the XL and one was standard trim.
Great driving cars and the XL with the 390 T-Bird engine was a tremendous highway car.
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I received my roll of coins the other day.
I have not broken open the roll but the coins do look nice, albeit they are smaller than I expected.
The coins are just a tad larger than a quarter.
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I hauled this car 1,200 miles last year from Calif to Wyoming.
What you can't see is my cousin's F350 in front of the trailer.
When he purchased this trailer he made sure it would be tall enough and stout enough to also haul any of our antique cars, including my Pierce Arrow.
Now that's he's got about 6,000 miles on this trailer he is ready to get rid of it and get a gooseneck, enclosed trailer after seeing how much better his gooseneck horse trailer tows compared to this bumper pull car trailer.
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GL with the sale.
I just wish I could find a UU2 carb ready to go for the same price.
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Good luck finding a home for these fenders.
I am on the opposite coast or else I would pick them up and try to find a good home for them.One set is for a car with bracket headlamps, those are not often seen.
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Nice looking Ford.
It even has a cigar lighter on the dash.
Would it have been a Hot Head in a German body?
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Very nice Model A.
Once I retire, I want to get a Ford Model A and use it as much as a daily driver as I can.
With parts availability, I can't really do that with the 20's cars I now own.
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Issues titling and registering a former basket case 1920 Essex - Colorado
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Good luck with getting your car registered.
Just another example of why it is so important to get a title before you start to work on a car and put real money into it.
But, I'm not sure how they would register a complete basket case of that early a car.