Steve Braverman

It's Ohm's Law. Since you have half the voltage, you need twice the amperage.

Check all your connections, and be sure that you have the proper gauge battery cables. A six volt system requires 0 gauge cables.

I bought an Optima this year for $125 online. It's worth the price. The car cranks faster, the lights are brighter, and the generator charges at a higher rate. If it lasts half as long as they claim, it will be a bargain.

I believe that the Devaux and the Continental are quite different cars. The Continental is a much smaller automobile. I've never seen one. There are only four Continentals in the registry, and none are convertibles.

Oh, I misread Durant28's post as saying that <span style="font-style: italic">you </span>had the only DeVaux convertible. Who owns the green car then?

I am missing the top bows and irons for my car, and I plan to make new ones. I know of a few Franklins around with this body whose owners will allow me to make drawings of the irons, but it's going to be a very challenging project. Windshield and header bow look slightly different than the one on the Franklin. The Franklin Olympic is basically a REO Flying Cloud with a Franklin engine stuffed in. I only know of one REO convertible surviving, and there are only about 11 Franklins. Here's a photo of a nice Olympic convertible showing the top and windshield. Your DeVaux appears to have squared off corners at the bottom.

Barry, Does your DeVaux convertible have a Hayes body? Can you post a photo of it? I believe the body is the same as my Franklin.

The Startix is a very simple device, and is not troublesome at all. Mine works perfectly, and I've never had to touch it.

Maybe Rawja is right, the logo is getting old looking. So is the stars and stripes, maybe we should update that too. Same difference.

Okay, I found another McLaughlin for sale. This time it's a 1927 Standard Six. Is this one basically identical to an American Buick? I don't even see any McLauglin badges on it, but the seller is advertising it as a McLaughlin-Buick. I'm not looking for a McLaughlin per se, but they keep turning up.

I think the first one is a Studebaker, and the third one is a Dodge Brothers.

I believe 1932 would still have the straight plugs, not the angled plugs. So that would make it 1933 or later.

I found a stack of Plymouth Owners manuals today. Is yours an early engine with the generator in front of the block and thermo-siphon cooling, or a later engine with a water pump and the generator on the side?

$2500 sounds cheap! If you decide it's too much, I'm in the market for a Series 9 touring.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave@Moon</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> It's impossible to option a Sienna over $31K unless it's 4WD (nla on Grand Caravan), and at that it totally maxes out at barely over $37K with near-Mercedes C-Class-like equipment. The Dodge's base price stripped is nearly $23K. $19K was a GREAT deal even for a potential orphan car no matter how it's equipped! The Dodge does have an unlimited drivetrain warranty, but the rest of the warranty is actually poorer than the Toyota. Also as no less than Jim Cramer (this week) on NBC has predicted the imminent demise of Chrysler before the end of the next year, that's likely a moot point.</div></div> Yes, you caught me. My friend's Sienna is AWD, so I guess it's not a fair comparison. My Caravan came with a 8/80 bumper to bumper warranty as a CPO car. The CPO Odyssey was $25 in stripped down form. My Caravan is loaded. Even on brand new vans, Chrysler had a $4k discount right up front. Toyota and Honda were charging full sticker price, and they made it seem like they were doing me a favor. I'm not bashing the Asian carmakers, I am just pleasantly surprised by my satisfaction with my domestic. I have owned a string of foreign cars. Mostly German (BMW and VW), with one English car (MINI) and a world car (Suzuki - Korean car with Australian engine, German transmission and a Japanese name, all made by GM).

I've never had it off, but it's definitely a pressure valve, not a vent. It's probably your problem.

Harry, If my memory is still working, I believe there is an oil pressure relief valve on the side of the engine. Did you check that?

Last year, we decided that we needed a mini van. I look at cars like this as appliances. I was determined to look at everything. All the crap I read indicated that the Toyota and Honda vans were the best, so I looked at them. I also looked at Hyundais and Kias. Ford killed off their mini van, the salesman telling me that nobody wants them anymore and I should buy an SUV instead. The GM mini vans were non-contenders to me, too ugly. The Toyota salesman was a big a__ h__, and the Honda guy refused to actually give me a price on the van or a value on my trade. He actually insisted on walking me around the Odyssey and showed me the revolutionary features such as the maintenance-free battery and the tethered gas cap. Ooohh. The one van I wasn't really interested in because I felt it was too boring were the Chrysler products. I walked into the Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealer and told the salesman that I felt that all the minivan are basically the same (kinda like toasters), and that I just wanted the most van for the least money. We LOVE our Grand Caravan! And it was considerably less money than anything else. Interestingly enough, a year later my father decided a mini van would be just right for him also. We went back to the C/D/J dealer to see what they had on the used lot, but prices had gone up for some reason. I got my 2007 in April of 2007 as a certified pre-owned with 13k miles for $19k. Now there was nothing for less than $25k on the lot. Dad wound up with a 2004 Mercury Monteray with 30k miles for $12k. The reason for the low price is that Ford has killed their mini van line so the values dropped. The funniest part is that my friend somehow feels that his $36k Sienna is cooler than my $19k Caravan with the same features. Oh, and I got a better warranty. Guess who's laughing? Yet somehow the American people flock to foreign cars that are almost always more expensive than the domestic counterpart. It's all marketing and people's perception of what's better.

I used to think I was a young guy (34), but now I teach middle school, and my students assure me that I'm an old guy.

It may take me a few days.

I've never really had it apart. It only has 39k miles on it. I have had the head off many times, because a valve will hang up if it sits too long. I do have a spare engine with the pan off. I also have an owners manual somewhere. Maybe I could scan parts of it for you.

My local Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealer has been in business since 1927 under the same family ownership. They are very honest. When I go in they know my name, the owner runs the sales floor, and his son runs the service dept. If Chrysler goes under, I will continue to buy cars from them no matter what they sell.

The Plymouth four is pressure lubricated. I believe that they are all pretty much the same internally from 1928-1932.

Was this Tatra air-cooled? There is a Tatra from the 1920s in the auto museum section of the Ponderosa in Nevada. It has a renault shaped hood and an opposed engine with the cylinders sticking out into the front wheel wells.

Thanks for all the replies. I saw the ad for U Coat it, and was intrigued. I definitely want to paint it with something. I'm curious as to what product old car fan used.