Dave Henderson

I'd put that one in the "plough wrench" category. I have a tool box of various odd ball wrenches from who knows what. From my "Peanut gallery" prospective it's probably not automotive.

Ron, Just a thought, why not experiment with various paint mixes by painting sample spots of it on the inside side of one or more tires on your daily driver to test how well it holds up.

I have one still in it's original mailing box, postmarked Dec. 17, '65. It is of heavy bronze, has u's, not v's, and an undrilled mounting tab at the bottom.

Golly, how did I manage to overlook the wrecked field car '37 Cord sedan in '52, and my '64 K Code Comet Caliente hardtop in the late '70's? The Cord had hit the rear of a truck so hard that the front door openings were squeezed, but sheet metal behind that was good as was the complete power train, dash with instruments, radio, and interior hardware. In retrospect I should have kept the windshield frames too but didn't because the chrome had failed and pitting had begun. That one was a whopping $45. The Comet was to be junked for $35 the next day, I offered $45 which was accepted and with a new radiator hose was able to drive it home, puffing like a steam engine all the way. Fortunately the block was not harmed when it had overheated so an overhaul with $85 worth of J. C. Whitney parts which included pistons came out well. I have put another 125 k miles on it since and it still runs well and doesn't use oil. The good old days . . .

'37 production numbers are lumped together in my resource, so no specific figures there. They are rare however, since '37 I've seen two convertible sedans but never a cabriolet.

A great old time kind of meet that just gets better year after year. It's like those of the good old days with friendly laid back vendors, reasonable prices, and less often seen stuff from out of the murky past with some of it just spread out on a tarp on the ground. Sure hope I can be there again this year.

Originally it was to have A 16 cylinder engine, thus the long hood. The body is considerably larger all over than an original L29 sedan's. Plans were revised and became for it to be a 12 cylinder car. Later it was disassembled and the engine for a while was used to power a dynamo or other device at the nearby power plant. My recollections are a bit fuzzy but a comprehensive history of the car is known and could be addressed by ACD Museum staff members or the L29 historian of the ACD Club.

States have their own requirements pertaining to the condition of yom plates. In Virginia restored plates are in use routinely, and I have never had difficulty with them being approved at the DMV. Admittedly, using fiberglass to make reproduction parts is best done where there is a need for multiple copies of a part, all the same. I made a part I needed using the process, then made and sold several copies, and finally sold the mold to a parts supplier.

I remember that reversing switch, the one on my dad's new '41 Chevy broke off of the starter before the car was even a week old. Funny how you remember things, I was 10.

This, a '20'S Boyce Radio motometer with a winged hinged base, the pride of my collection, also features a head, possibly inspired by the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922.

Here's another approach, assuming your state allows repainting yom plates the same colors as when new if needed and otherwise in good condition. Do a little experimenting on something small before going whole hog... You'll need fiberglass cloth, resin, release compound such as thick cook pan spray, and paint. Apply release compound to the plate you wish to duplicate, cut a piece of fiberglass cloth a little bigger than the plate, saturate it with the mixed resin and lay it onto the face of the plate, pressing it down around the numbers so there is a good contact. After it cures remove the fiberglass from the tag and; viola, you have a female mold to use to duplicate the tag. Employ the same process and materials as in the first step. When cured separate the pieces and carefully trim the duplicated tag and paint it. Last step is to shrink wrap the two tags back to back. Both sides will be visible, look identical, and the DMV probably won't require unwrapping them for further inspection.

All passenger Model A's originally had black fenders, This A's body is black but it has light color fenders, maybe primer, or just some leftover house paint brushed on, a car at or near the bottom of the pecking order. In the era short skirts prevailed in better times, long ones when the economy was off. Could be a hint that this picture was taken during the '37-'38 downturn.

Specifically it's a P8 limousine of which only 98 were produced as per The Production Figure Handbook by Jerry Heasley.

Looks to me like it could be a '35-'36 3 window Ford coupe but the rain gutter doesn't look right. If in fact it is Ford the dual wipers would likely make it a deluxe.

Amen. I just tossed my Toastmaster toaster a year ago, it had been given the fix several times but it was finally done. We had gotten it as a wedding present. So what? Jean and I will be celebrating our 70th wedding anniversary later this year!