Sweepspear

I can't recall a time I wasn't interested in cars. When I was 8 or 9, my Father bought and began restoring a 1937 Jaguar SS100. Then in later years a '40 Continental and a '37 Cord Beverly. I kind of grew up going to CCCA, and other club events. I feel it is just in my blood.

I wonder if that voids any warranties?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RICK YOUNG</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can't help my self with this one. I was watching a Bob(take a swig) Newhart rerun over the weekend and "here comes Larry, Darrel and Darrel" They decided to go on a vacation in the sun and catch some rays. They told Bob(take a swig) they were going to "The Riviera". Bob(take a swig) asked "Your'e going to France?" Larry replies, "No, we're going to a junkyard to find a Buick, hopefully a Riviera to lay on to catch some sun"!!!!!!!!!! </div></div> I remember that drinking game. We called it "Hi Bob!" LOL!

Wow! What a find! And what a price!

What I would like to know from the global warming crowd is, just what is the ideal temperature the climate should be? They surely must have a benchmark they are comparing to. No matter what happens, they blame global warming. Warm winter? Global Warming. Cold winter? Global warming. An unusually high number of hurricanes? Global warming. No hurricanes? Global warming. And so on, and so forth to ad nauseam.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: joe_padavano</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave@Moon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The Prius is marketed as the most fuel efficient car you can buy. There isn't one buyer satisfaction survey out there that ranks the Prius less than <span style="text-decoration: underline">first</span>, and most have it as the all-time champ in that category. </div></div> Call me a cynic, but do you really expect someone who overpaid for a trendy Prius to admit that they made a mistake in a survey? Again, pardon my cynicism, but here in the DC area, most of the hybrid buyers readily admit that they bought the hybrid for the HOV exemption. How a Prius at 55-65 MPH is any more fuel efficient than (for example) a non-HOV-exempt Toyota Echo (and thus the Prius driver deserves HOV exemption) is another mystery of government. </div></div> Giving hybrid drivers carte blanche to use the HOV lane is an idea that wasn't fully thought through. A hybrid is the most fuel efficient when standing in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic. Not while cruising down the HOV lane at 60 mph.

I get those all the time in the mail for cars I haven't owned in years! My elderly Mother got one in regards to her 1994 Park Avenue and nearly fell for it. I'm not a believer in purchasing extended warranties to begin with.

I just went through this with my '92 Park Avenue after suffering for several years with no air flow. Mine was so clogged with a fine black fuzz that when I first looked down into the A/C box I couldn't tell the evaporator core from the box itself! I used both a shop vac with a rigged up extension, and compressed air. The car is a joy to drive on a hot day now.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1948Lincoln</div><div class="ubbcode-body">People just dont have any respect for old cars. When I am driving around in any of the 5, they tailgate and cut me off, they dont care to think that maybe the car has old tech., etc. they care more about their Starbucks coffee and their little cell phone conversation, the bottom line is that no one cares anymore and that is why the world is in the shape it is. </div></div> Ain't it the truth!

Through his son, I was able to contact Mr. David Cole. He was gracious enough to send me a letter informing me that he has no further information on the car beyond it being owned by Dr. Schultz. But that he may make mention of my quest in an upcoming issue of the Way of the Zephyr magazine. What was interesting was he sent me copies of correspondence that he and my father had exchanged back and forth in the late 70's when my father purchased the car. I'll keep you posted. Dale

I have sent an email to Richard with my request. Wes, What a great story! I would love to be able to bring this car back into my family also!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jeff b (zeff 40)</div><div class="ubbcode-body">HIS SON HAS EMAIL AND IT IS LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY SOMTHING LIKE RILICO@AOL.COM I SURE THEY TALK </div></div> Who's son Jeff? Dave Cole's or the son of Dr. Schultz that bought the car?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Phil Knapp</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since you posted a message on this forum, I assumed that you were a mmber of the Lincoln Zephyr Owners Club. Dave Cole is the editor of the LZOC newsletter "The Way of the Zephyr". Dave is also a contributor to the LCOC "Continental Comments" and to the Early Ford V8 Club "V8 Times". Dave's mailing address is: 1119 South Speed Street Santa Maria, California 93454 (805)925-8427 </div></div> No, I'm not a member of either club. I hope I am not stepping out of bounds by posting here. I can understand why you would assume I was a member. I appreciate the help Phil.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Phil Knapp</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My 1994-95 LCOC directory has 1940 Continental Cabriolet #103603 registered to Gerard E. Schultz, M.D, P.C. at 351 Girdle Road, East Aurora, NY 14052 (716)652-2252. However, www.switchboard.com has no current listing for Gerard Schultz in East Aurora, NY. The car is no longer listed in my 1996-98 directory, nor is it listed in the latest LCOC directory. I would suggest contacting Dave Cole with your inquiry. Dave has tried to keep track of all known 1940 Continental Cabriolets and he might be able to provide more information. (Dave has owned his 1940 Continental since 1954). Good Luck! </div></div> Thanks for looking in the member directories Phil! How do I contact Dave Cole? Is he a member on the board here?

(I posted this in the Lincoln forum, but thought I would also post here for more exposure.) Let me start by saying that my intentions are not to find this car to purchase it. (Maybe some day though I hope!) I am just curious as to where the car is, if it is still as my Father restored it etc. Also, I may be able to answer any questions the current owner may have about it. Here are the particulars. 1940 Continental Cabriolet. Chassis #103603 Body #06H56-292 Restored by my Father Russell Bjorklund of New Brighton, MN during the early 80's. Sold to a Dr. Schultz of Buffalo, N.Y. in late 1991 or early 1992. (I will attach a photo later from home since the Photobucket site is blocked here at work. It is the same car pictured in my avator.) Car is also featured on page 331 of the book "The Classic Car" published by the CCCA. Any help would be appreciated. This car has a lot of sentimental value to me as I helped my Father restore it, and I loved driving it. What a road car! Many tears were shed as it was loaded onto the transport trailer. I have been meaning to post this request for some time now. Thanks in advance! Dale Bjorklund dale455@gmail.com

Let me start by saying that my intentions are not to find this car to purchase it. (Maybe some day though I hope!) I am just curious as to where the car is, if it is still as my Father restored it etc. Also, I may be able to answer any questions the current owner may have about it. Here are the particulars. 1940 Continental Cabriolet. Chassis #103603 Body #06H56-292 Restored by my Father Russell Bjorklund of New Brighton, MN during the early 80's. Sold to a Dr. Schultz of Buffalo, N.Y. in late 1991 or early 1992. Car is also featured on page 331 of the book "The Classic Car" published by the CCCA. Any help would be appreciated. This car has a lot of sentimental value to me as I helped my Father restore it, and I loved driving it. What a road car! Many tears were shed as it was loaded onto the transport trailer. I have been meaning to post this request for some time now. Thanks in advance! Dale Bjorklund dale.l.bjorklund@gmail.com

Firing order: 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 Dwell: 30*

I'm sure many of you have seen this term used in for sale ads on eBay etc. Needs restored, instead of needs to be restored. Prolly always puzzled me, I can say I have never heard the word probably pronounced as prolly. Probly perhaps, but not prolly.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrpushbutton</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Classic" is a term thrown around by the general public and the media, used to describe anything that is out of production, an '89 Caprice Classic with 22" ghetto rims is described as "classic" To further explain what 58 mustang said, most states determine that any vehicle 25 years old or older to be an antique. I came into the antique car hobby in the 60s as a kid, so I have a hard time seeing a 1980 Monte Carlo as an antique, but by definition it is. The Classic Car Club of America made a list not long after their forming that clearly states what is a classic car by their recognition, and what they will accept/judge at their meets. The cars the CCCA defines as "Full Classics" (a term they had to invent and trademark due to the inability of any group of people to "own" a word) were very expensive when new, sold to an exclusive clientele and sometimes featured advanced engineering, sometimes very un-advanced engineering, and were built between 1925 and 1948. Most, if not all of the post-war cars on their list ('46-'48) are built on chassis' that were used before the war and sometimes have superficial cosmetic changes to the bodies. I personally prefer to only refer to cars on the CCCA list as "Classics" and use the other terms that apply to a given vehicle such as: Gas Buggy Early automobile Brass car antique car 'teens car twenties car thirties car exotic car forties car fifties car fin mobile 22 feet of bad taste sixties car compact car sports car muscle car seventies junk General Lee clone eighties junk struggle buggy hobby horse (jacked up pick-up truck) beater car hooptie car Pimp mobile this is only a partial list. I am not in the CCCA, don't have any problem at all with their list or goals as a club, I just don't like the word "Classic" thrown around. </div></div> Same here. I consider the CCCA's list as gospel when it comes to the word Classic being used in reference to a car. Having a father who was a CCCA member while growing up, it is ingrained in my head. I have given up trying to educate people as to the proper application of the term. It still gets under my skin to hear the term thrown about to describe any older car.

That's a nice, interesting car. Perhaps I missed it, is it a 1940? You mention it having both '40 & '41 parking lights, but that looks like a '40 grille.

That's a thing of beauty!

I would guess the reason the big 3 spend so much time on the feel of a light switch is because they always hear complaints about their switches feeling cheap. I have always been a die hard big 3 guy. I have had nothing but good experiences with my American badged cars, even the ones that were made during the dark ages of the big 3, but I think my next car will be a Mazda 6 sedan. I hate to say that, but it is true. Nothing practical that the big 3 currently make is anything I would want to drive. I am 47 and currently drive a '92 Park Avenue which I can't say anything bad about. Been a great car, but my son is going to take it over as his 1st car.

I thought Ford Five Hundred and Zephyr were great names for Ford and Lincoln to go with! I guess being a car guy they had more meaning to me than the average consumer.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jeff_a</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Unfortunately, a lot of antique cars are being remanufactured into something else, and it's not good for the antique car hobby. I looked at a photo-posting website last week and typed-in "antique car". What showed up was a screen with 40 twenties and thirties cars with chrome-plated, supercharged SBC engines sticking up out of the hood ( actually, no hoods in this case ). Is that what's going to happen to all the really interesting antique cars? It's one thing to fix-up old cars -- but is getting rid of the hood, motor, front axle, rear axle, brakes, wheels, etc. adding to the car...or taking away? What I'm seeing lately are cases where people are buying "Classics" and turning them into "cars". Buying a Pierce-Arrow or a Packard, removing everything but the frame and body, planning on something "awesome", and then realizing that it's not going to work and selling the remains to someone else. Seems like a waste, IMO. </div></div> There was a '36-'37 Cord on ebay not long ago that suffered this fate. It was a basket case with a modern subframe already attached. It was inferred in the description that this was a plus. So sad.

My Father who restored a '40 Continental Conv. at one time, used to say that the people who had the money to buy the higher end cars, usually had the money to have them taken care of. On the other hand, the V12 with the float type oil level indicator, removed the visual inspection of the oil when the level was checked. "Says it's full, everything must be ok."