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8 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:
Some continuity testing this morning reveals that the field coils are shorted to the case. It's coming apart again and I'll let the pros at the electrical shop handle it from there. Four days of work, flushed. Ugh.
Take you half the time, this time.
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2 hours ago, yachtflame said:
Again, I thank you all. I have scheduled an inspection for the 10th of April at their location in Spokane. If it’s a ruse, I’m only out $520 plus a night in a hotel. Cheap insurance for the value of the car I’m looking at. We’ll see how it goes.
This is the second time I’ve done this innEA, last time in Tacoma and I love that car!
Curious. Did you pay a deposit to hold the car for that long?
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People put all sorts of stuff on the dash and rear shelf of cars. Some give rise to little ditties like:
I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my plastic Jesus, glued to the dashboard of my car.
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Only about 9 clues in that one.
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Growing up, we always had a car with a stick. Mom insisted we know how to drive it to her satisfaction before we could take our drivers test. Dad preferred the automatic, having grown up on a dairy farm and "done enough of that".
I went to an automatic for commuting years ago due to traffic. Sitting there kicking the clutch in a 3 mile back up every evening will do that. Still have a 5 speed pickup and 4 speed with overdrive TR3. I miss my 67 GMC with three in the tree.
My brother always had stick shift cars and his kids had to learn if they wanted to drive. Period. My niece complained and complained until one day, during her supervised driving period, she picked up a boy she knew on the way to school. The boy said something along the line of "you can drive a stick?" and she responded "or course I can". End of complaining. Her mother was able to keep a straight face somehow.
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Man, I got to know what you have done for the PO that he likes you so much. Help bury the bodies? Enquiring minds want to know.
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My Mother bought a 41 Champion new.
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I had no difficulty understanding the headline or article at all.
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Lots of stories out there, no doubt you will get feedback from NJ folks.
Hope you haven't spent a lot of money on it before resolving title issues.
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There was a former junkyard and garage for sale locally a couple years ago. Pretty much all of the cars had been removed, and the building had fire damage. It was the kind of place that was pretty sloppy when pulling parts. Cutting hoses and letting coolant run out, oil leaking, etc.
It was listed for a very low price. I thought about it, and asked a friend of mine in his 80s who grew up here if he knew any history. He told me that years ago, it was a repair shop, junk yard, and gas station. He guessed the gas pumps were taken out decades ago.
My bet is that place was a mess from an environmental standpoint. I declined to buy it at any price.
Same bet on this one. Run, don't walk.
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I think I have damaged my retinas looking at that.
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Is that even a $35K car running and in good drivable shape? Matt Harwood had one of that vintage a while back that went for a lot less than that and was a good runner if I recall correctly.
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I agree with checking the coil. MIne did the same thing when the coil was failing.
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Reading over this, lots of people order from Rock Auto, but when they need the right part go to their local parts store.
Ya'll realize you are killing the local guy to save a few bucks, right?
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I read an article years ago that described the process a shop was following.
Essentially, it said that as each part is removed, it was refurbished, wrapped up, and stored for reassembly. This assumes the part would not degrade as other tasks were undertaken.
The idea was that once the body shell was done, parts were then ready to reassemble.
Always made sense to me.
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Have you thought of pouring a glass of Crown Royal and inviting Ed in Mass over to visit? He would appear to be an expert in all things Pierce.
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Oh the opportunity for smart atz responses. Tempting, tempting.
What type of feed goes to the oil pressure gauge? Guessing its a small diameter copper or steel tube, with a flare, or nut & ferrule connection. If you are lucky, the connection is loose at the gauge and just needs to be snugged down. More likely, the tube has cracked which will require replacement of some or all of it.
Find the back of the gauge, then check the connection. Clean everything up, start the car, and watch to see what leaks. Should be enough room to get your head under the dash.
Good luck.
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That building looks a lot like a former small town Dodge/Chrysler dealership near where I live. Back in the days when a small business could rep a major manufacturer.
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My Great Grandfather had the Allentown Stutz dealership in the late 20s early 30s. Wonder if any of the cars he sold are here.
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Been trading with TRF since the 80s. Their parts were generally better quality than found at other places. Charles worked hard to establish suppliers to produce parts. Pretty sure very little was actually done on site.
Can it survive? Frankly, unless there is a lot of insurance, I don't see how. Their entire inventory is gone, which will take years to replace.
While Charles run did not end well, Albert has worked hard to keep the business going which benefitted all.
Sad to see it so utterly destroyed.
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14 minutes ago, TAKerry said:
Looks like the front two cars are the smart guys in the group! LOL
I like your idea of touring throughout the year. I used to take my motorcycle out News Year Eve and again New Years Day. I called it the last ride of the year, the first ride of the year. Weather never slowed me down. Havent done it for a few years now though.
Used to do the same on my BSA and referred to it as the New Year's half ton. Not sure why I stopped. Need to make a point of that on Monday.
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4 hours ago, Xander Wildeisen said:
Early prototype of an aerodynamic design.
Uphill into a stiff wind, you might be better off walking.
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2 hours ago, Day Radebaugh said:
I'm in Kansas on a farm about 60 mi NE out of Wichita. I keep the farm going and restore old trucks in my spare time. I've never had to search for parts as I've had to for this carb. Most of my searches, for example, have been for vehicles such as a '63 Mack I restored, and the availability of parts was challenging and getting worse but by no means as difficult as the antique car market, where some of these parts have to be remanufactured. For example, I ran across a place recently--https://www.carbs.us/ that said they'd remake my carb if I sent them the original. I was astonished at such an offer, and will have it done if I end up having no other option.
Check them out very carefully before sending a rare piece. Or any piece for that matter. There used to be a place called Karb King in Pittsburg (nothing to do with Jon) that was an outright scam.
Front turn signals-1963 Riviera
in Buick Riviera
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Turn signal switch needs adjusting? Broken cable housing? My 63 broke the cable housing. Fixed that and have had no signal problems since.
Lots of info on turn signal problems can be found using the search function.