unimogjohn

Larry, I do not have one in my 23, but all the floor boards have been replaced so I guess it could be missing. What is it purpose? TX John

Larry, great pic of my 28. It was given its HPOF Certification. We are very pleased. And what the heck is a thimble. Could you post a pic of it in the car, a wide shot for reference. I do not recognize it as being in my 23.

Well done. You will have to post some more pics before you start getting it running, stopping and driving. That is what I would do first. And you will be amazed at what a good cleaning will do.

It is Sunday, October 15th. We went for a walk on our neighbor's farm. We came upon his old tractor. He said he forgot to set the brakes and was just using compression to hold it. He just finished pulling it out of the woods. I think it is toast.

My 1928 standard is 71.5 inches, should be about the same with your 1927. I just hauled it up and back to Hershey. It was close to get in through the door. Less than an inch to spare. You can let out some air in the tires for some additional space. Have someone watch as you load it in and be prepared to stop just in case it looks like it might not fit. Good luck and keep us posted.

Entering the Hershey show field. We are at 10:50.

Yahoo! I was just informed that the 1928 Buick, model 29, Town Brougham received its AACA HPOF designation/award.

Before I ask the larger forums I thought I would post an issue with the 1928 Buick. While cleaning it I noticed a dusting of material near the window sill jams. I am going to assume that this is an indication of a wood post beetle infestation. My question, how do you treat the condition without actually getting to the wood framing? Suggestions?

Still Sunday. And we just got back from showing the Jaguar and the Morris Traveller at the MG Club's Hunt Country Classic for British cars. Rain this morning and sprinkled up to about noon. So only about 50 or so cars attended. Some nice rolling stock. Alice won first in her class for the Morris Traveller, and I won the best in show British Ambassador's trophy for the Jaguar. Quite an honor for the Jaguar. Met lots of people as we parked the Jag and Morris side by side the last three hours of the show.

It is Sunday, October 8th. A long day at Hershey yesterday. Got home late. A great day for a show. We had a fun day. I think the Buick did OK. I will know in a week or so if we got our HPOF award. I did get dinged for repainted fender and an incorrect oil filter. We stayed with other HPOF cars for most of the day, but did take a walk to see all of the restored cars. We were way in back on the show field. Lots of nice cars in the HPOF area. Here are the pics I took of interesting cars.

Beautiful car. Great find. Re the click, that is the solenoid attempting to engage the starter circuit. It is one of three possibilities. The batter is discharged and too weak to turn the starter; the solenoid itself is defective; or the starter needs rebuilding. Your solenoid may be part of the starter and is attached to the top of it or may be remote and sitting on a fender. I would look first at the battery and its connections. Keep us posted.

It is Thursday, October 5th. We had a great day at Hershey! The weather was bright and sunny, and the vendors were all set and ready to go. The crowd was good too. The old Suburban, with its new shocks, brakes and trailer receiver did great hauling the 1928 Buick up to Hershey. We made it up in about 3 plus hours give or take. Had to make a gas and pit stop along the way, but other than that we just rumbled along about 65 mph. No more bouncing with the new shocks. We parked the trailer and unstrapped the Buick. It is ready to go to the show field on Saturday. We just have to connect the battery, turn on the fuel and back her out. We plan on being there about 8 or so. I hope to be on the field at 9 at the latest. I picked up my show credentials and then Camaro Steve and I walked the fields from about 9 til 3, by then we were pooped and headed home. About 90% of the vendor spaces were packed full of goodies and the crowd was busy poking thru everything. I did not buy anything, but Steve scored on a nice Coke Cooler. Cars in the Corral were sky high, but a few had sold signs on them. There were about 500 cars for sale with big loaders coming in with more. I have do doubt it will be filled by Thur/Fri. Here are some pics. I car I liked most was the 1950 Desoto Suburban, and at $35K was a great buy. It was perfect. The little Fiat 600 was my first car. Worked all summer to buy it in about 1963, I remember it was a 1959 and I paid something like $300 for it. A summer's worth of work. We will head up on Saturday at about 4AM for the big show.

It is Monday, October 2nd. Oh boy, it is almost Hershey time. I pulled the trailer out of the pasture a couple of days ago, and today the 1928 Buick got loaded. I had Alice watch the top to make sure I did not hit the top of the trailer door opening. She said that the car cleared it by about an inch. Boy, was that close. Tomorrow I will pack my tools and then head to Hershey early on Wednesday. Then on Saturday we will go back up, drive the 28 out of the trailer an onto the show field. Going to be a fun day for sure.

Started to get ready for Hershey, which is next week. Will take the 1928 Buick up on Wednesday. Camaro Steve is heading up with me. We will drop off the car and then head over to the show fields for the day. Then Alice and I will head up very early on Saturday morning. I will try to be at the show field by about 7:30 AM. This means we have to leave the house at about 3:30 AM. It will be a long, but fun day. I did get the headlight dip switch for the Morris Traveller. I hooked it up, it only took about a minute, and tried it. No go, still no high beam on the drivers side. The headlight, three position switch is a bit wonky, so sent away to the UK for a replacement. I did trace all the wiring and it looks good, all brand new. And Camaro Steve is still working on the air condition and heating unit for the 1953 Ford F100. They had to order another set of pulleys to get everything matched up, and successfully repaired the water jacket mount. Everything is in, but the kit was missing a special high pressure metal line so waiting on this last part. Then they can button everything up and charge the AC. Steve is hopeful that Barney will be back on the road at the end of the weekend.

It is Friday, September 29th. Corvette Wayne, Camaro Steve and I headed to Carlisle, PA for the Fall show. Beautiful day and not too hot. Lots of vendors, but the cars for sale was down by half, but then we were early in the week. Saturday is the big day. We bought a few trinkets, had a nice lunch with the like minded throngs of folks, and headed home. A real nice day. Here are a few pics.

Friday, September 15th. Nice day so decided to change the oil in the BMW Z4. Easy job, done for a year. Then decided to clean out the enclosed trailer and get it ready to take the 1928 Buick to Hershey. Oh!!!!!!!!! The Buick may be just a bit too tall. Probably will let out some air in the tires to get another inch or so. I have to pull it out of the pasture and onto the front lawn to see if I can squeeze it in. This will not be until October 1st as we have a couple of farm events that will not let me pull it out.

Chris, re the Black Avanti. It is setting in the hanger. Forlorn, but not forgotten. Needs wiring and an interior refresh. Greg says he has other fish to fry. But he is refinishing a set of original mags that he got from Australia a few years ago. These will be swapped with the ones on the Maroon Avanti. The Black Avanti will get the hand me down mags.

It is Wednesday, September 13th. A nice day so decided to take out the BMW Z4 and go see Greg. Have not seen him in a couple of months nor have I heard anything from him. Found him in his workshop toiling away like an elf in Santa's workshop. So this is what he is up to. Finished rebuilding one Curtiss OX engine and starting another. He gave me a quick lesson on how the valves operate. Very complicated with levers and springs, rods and bearings. He then showed me his new trailer. A very nice rig. And he had the 1921 Dodge inside. It was sporting a new top made by none other than our own Trimacar, David Coco. It looks really nice and a first class job. We went back into the work lair and took a look at the Wright Brothers V8 engine at Greg is building. He has the pistons in it and is working on figuring out the firing order. It is way different than a modern engine firing order. He is working with the cam to figure out the various cycles that the engine goes thru. Again, much different than a car engine. As soon as he gets it all figured out, it will be ready to run. Remember that there is no engine from back in the day, only a few pictures and a drawing of the cam exist. This engine is a work of art. And then we took a look at the 1910 Overland. He is working on the door skins and latches. The latches are very complicated. They have three closing mechanisms, which work in sequence to include an arm that comes out and catches a bar in the door frame. He also now has new tires for the car. So it is coming along. I expect that it has a year or more of work to go before it is back on the road. So it was a very nice hour long visit with Greg. Had to let him get back to work so headed out for a very long drive home down our country lanes.

Larry, another topic. Are you going to open up the clutch package for inspection?

It is Tuesday, September 12th. I worked on the electrical system on the Morris Minor. A couple of the terminals to the turn signals had some issues so had to rework a couple of connections, all good. But the high beam on one headlight did not work. Replaced with a known good light, but that did not work so the dip switch is probably defective. The dip switch looks to be original. I ordered a new one from England. Price was good at $12 shipped. I also talked to Camaro Steve about his HVAC job on this 53 Ford pickup. Steve has had several problems. The new pulleys with the kit did not line up so he had to order a another set that hopefully will work. And when he was installing a bracket, the block cracked and antifreeze started coming out the bolt hole. They are going to put a helicoil in the block. The coil will be coated with a sealant, which will hopefully fix the water leak. This has set him a couple of days behind. He hopes to have the block repaired today and hopefully all the new pulleys installed.

And this morning I did a little work on the 1966 Morris Minor Traveller, Dexter. I bought two new Lucas amber glass lenses for the rear turn signals. Both had turned an orange white color. Only took about ten minutes per side. Looks much better now. Alice does not want me to do any more to Dexter. She is afraid that if I do too much she will not drive it for fear of hurting it. So I promised that I would stop fiddling.

It is Sunday, September 10th. Well, I crossed another item from my bucket list. Camaro Steve and I went to the top tier NASCAR race in Richmond, VA last night. Left home at 2 PM and got home at midnight. Exciting to be there with all the pageantry, but the race itself was almost a non-event. Not much banging and crashing. But it was loads of fun with 50,000 of our friends. Oh, glad we had hearing protectors, it was really loud and exciting, you could feel the sound in your chest.

Chris, yes, that was it. It belongs to the Loudon County Sheriff Association. They use it for public events, parades and local car shows. It is a very nice rig.

Terry, I will take 6 then for my 23. I can pay via PayPal if you have that set up. Just let me know here or PM me.

Terry, do we need 12 for a complete head?