Marty Roth

After the '32 Chevy 5-window coupe, and when I finally got my driver's license I needed something better than the Family's '57 Plymouth Savoy & '51 Chevy 4-dor Special Deluxe. Then one day in West Long Branch, NJ, visiting with my friend Vic Lefkowitz, he mentioned that his older brother had driven his mom's car while a student at Rutgers University, but had graduated and now drove a '56 Dodge Royal Lancer convertible. The garage across the street from their home still had the old car pushed into a storage area. It was dusty, and wouldn't even turn over, but it was beautiful in my eyes. It was a RED 1949 PONTIAC CONVERTIBLE. Sure, the leather interior was a bit stiff, one fender skirt and two hub caps were missing, and the convertible top was no more than shreds over the top-pads. How I ever got it to start, and to drive it home sixty miles holding the clutch pedal UP with my left foot when the button inside the distributor cap wasn't even there, is still a mystery. It was a very cool Jersey night, especially with no top and no heater, and with my 12-year-old brother holding a flashlight so I could see the gauges. A rebuilt clutch and, pressure plate and a couple of recapped tires with my discount as a part-time employee at Pep Boys, and a good used Rayco white vinyl top off of a junked '51 Chevy from an Avanel junkyard for $8 - then dad & I installed it ourselves - I drove it from October'59 through my summer playing with a band at a resort hotel (Salhara - used to be Friedman's Lakeview in Woodbourne, NY) in the Catskills. The Red Pontiac was sold in late August of 1960 when I went off to Valley Forge Military Academy to start my college days, but was soon replaced by a triple black 1954 Mercury convertible with every power option, including the thing that shot sand from the trunk at the rear wheels in case of ice and snow. It was, in turn, succeeded by the yellow & black power-pak '56 Bel-air convertible, and then by the white '58 Impala convertible.

Ryan, I passed along some of my smaller and lightweight parts at Hershey, but likely have some of the other stuff stashed away, What do you need for your DS project?

Gregor, You are responding to an ad which is six months old. You might be better off to click on his "indyducati" signature, and then click on "private message" to have an email sent to him since he has had only the one single post here, and probably does not follow up on a regular basis.

Guess I'm part of that rare breed too!! Of our four (4) Corvairs, there were NEVER any electrical problems. Oil leaks in the early days, YES, but not the electrics - just normal maintenance. The 1960 sedan with Powerglide was driven until being sold in 1969. The 1965 Corsa convertible with 4-speed & trombone exhausts, 1966 Corsa coupe with 4-speed, and the 1966 Monza convertible with Powerglide and Posi-Traction, were all a ball to drive -- and the '60 was especially good for delivering the Sunday morning Newark Star-Ledger during snow storms back in Linden, NJ

I was just about to add my thoughts when I noticed Pete's comments , and those of Chris as well - that holds true for the New Orleans area as well as other parts of the Deep South - black, silver, gray and white. Our white 1994 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham served as a livery / rental to local funeral homes before I bought it back in '05 with only 50K (slowly-driven?) miles on it.

Hello Mark, and welcome to the FORUM. We drive and enjoy our AACA HPOF ORIGINAL 1937 Buick 80C, and know you'll enjoy your '37 when you get it home. We have friends in Oconomowoc in case you need another contact there (another AACA Director). You probably know Matt Hinson, another of my friends there in Wilmington. Matt also has a Buick and is a good resource and a great guy.

Mark, You should probably have posted this request under "GENERAL DISCUSSION", and possibly also farther down in an area dedicated to Lincoln.

Mark's comments are right on the mark (pun intended). While very similar to the Tahoe/Yukon, my preference for the Suburban/Yukon-XL is this: 1. These models have approximately 20" extra length, so when you need more carrying capacity, or load a long part, it still fits inside 2. Much longer wheelbase gives much better stability when towing, or when just driving 3. can be had in 2500 Series - much heavier construction / chassis / steering / braking - all built for a 3/4 ton vehicle as opposed to a "grocery-getter" 4. can be ordered with "bigger" engine - mine has the (no longer available) 8.1 Litre Big Block (old ones had 454ci) 5. When all three seats are in use - all the luggage for 8 people still fits inside -- my cousins (3 couples) left from New Orleans after visiting with us. They were in a Ford Expedition 3-seat. ALL OF THE SUITCASES WERE ON THE ROOF - After 2 days of serious storms on the road back to the area of Raleigh, NC, much of their stuff was damaged. My "stuff" fits inside where it is safe from theft and weather. Most of these comments also apply to our Excursion 7.3L Turbo-Diesel (but that one has softer rear springs). I've had all versions, and appreciate each for what they are intended to do, but for hauling a closed trailer cross-country I've come to respect the stability, feel, strength, and durability of the Suburban 2500 Big Block

When I first got my 1912 Oakland Touring it had a Kevlar clutch in excellent condition. It was even more "GRABBY" than it should have been. As oil from the rear main would leak, it would gradually get to the point where slippage was making it very difficult to climb hills, especially in Pennsylvania. We replaced with a leather lining on the cone clutch and the car behaved beautifully, even allowing the revision of new differential gearing from 4.0:1, down to 3.50:1, and the addition of a Lloyd Young Overdrive, and would still climb those Central Pennsylvania Hills, even in the higher gears without slipping of the clutch.

Our wish for a joyful Christmas and a Healthy, Happy New Year to all our friends on the FORUM

Juha, Best regards to you and best wishes for the Holiday Season, and for the NEW YEAR !

Thanks Guys, all this is more fuel to the argument that Benz does not necessarily deserve ALL of the credit he seems to get about being the FIRST

Using R-134A hose even seems to work better if you are still using R-12, because the larger R-12 molecules have less chance of leaking through the R-134A hose.

Why? Because many folks do not have access to, or the affordability of R-12. Fortunately I have some put aside for my own use, and a bit for my friends. Anybody can get R-134-A, even at Wal-Mart and the Auto Parts Stores, and the equipment used to charge the system.

That was my thought as well, late last night, but wanted to think about it again......now agree, and more likely aftermarket with mounting holes for big sheet metal screws into door/fender from above, rather than bolts from below into mirror and clean base surface....just my opinion.

BEFORE BENZ !! From: GULF COAST REGION AACA , and reprinted with permission from the article by Julie Wagner-Palmer who visited the museum where Sigfried Marcus' 2nd car is still operable. His first car was built in 1864, and he went on to invent a four-stroke engine with carburetor and magneto (1870-1875). It was a 3-wheeled motorized vehicle made by Karl Benz in about 1885-1886. As all old car buffs know, this was the first gasoline powered, internal combustion engine automobile -- or was it? In front of the Karl Benz replica was a very interesting and intriguing photo -- a picture of an automobile made by Siegfried Marcus of Vienna.(The actual car is on display at the Vienna Technical Museum.) Dr. Barnea told us about Mr. Marcus and how he built the first automobile in 1864, at least twenty years earlier than the Karl Benz auto. Siegfried Marcus was a very talented prolific inventor: not only did he build the first internal combustion engine, but he also invented and patented the carburetor, electro magnetic ignition, detonators, the telegraph relay, and some early electric lamps. As early as the 1860s, Siegfried Marcus had suggested the petroleum distillate benzine – called gasoline in America and petrol in Britain – as a suitable fuel. His choice was prompted by the fact that Austria-Hungary had been exploiting oil wells in its eastern province of Galicia since the early 1800s, indeed it was there that the world’s first oil refinery opened in 1858. Recognizing the need for a combustion cycle that would more efficiently make use of the explosion, Marcus went further to invent a four-stroke engine with a carburetor and magneto (1870-1875). Marcus built his first automobile in 1864, a vehicle that was powered by a one-cylinder internal combustion engine. It was called the Pferdloser Fahrenden Wagen which can be loosely translated as "horseless carriage.” Marcus used a wooden cart and since the contraption had no clutch, an accomplice held the spinning rear wheels off the ground. Then once Marcus took control of the smoke belching wagon, the helper dropped the wheels to the ground and the carriage began slowly moving for about 200 meters. Six years after he first drove his horseless carriage (1870) Marcus attached a petroleum two-stroke engine to a conventional wooden handcart. Pedestrians were amazed as it trundled along Mariahilfer Strasse. Although the vehicle no longer exists, documents and photographs confirm the early date. This was the world’s first mobile internal combustion engine. Marcus also invented the mechanism required to ignite the engine’s mixture of liquid fuel and air. An 1883 patent taken out for his Wiener Zünder ignition device makes mention of “carbureting air”, thus giving rise to the modern word carburetor. So why hasn't Siegfried Marcus received the acclaim that he obviously deserves? European history contains the answer. Marcus was Jewish. His place in history was all but erased during the German annexation of Austria in 1938. The Nazi propaganda office ordered his work to be destroyed, his name expunged from future textbooks, and his public memorials removed. If it had not been for a lucky accident, he might have been forgotten forever. In 1950, during the postwar rebuilding effort in Vienna, a second prototype vehicle was discovered hidden behind a false brick wall in the cellar of the Vienna Technical Museum. It had been hastily concealed in the cellar by the museum staff, who were determined that the Nazis should not rewrite history. "Marcus' second car, (1888) still operable, is now owned by the Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club in Vienna and is now on display at the Vienna Technical Museum. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/364327/Siegfried-Marcus http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm http://www.rokemneedlearts.com/carsindepth/wordpressblog/?p=5702 http://www.hebrewhistory.info/factpapers/fp032-1_marcus.htm http://www.hebrewhistory.info/factpapers/fp032-2_marcus.htm

And even more unusual... NO BATTERIES ??:confused:

Assuming you'll use R-134-A refrigerant, you should consider changing out the rubber hoses to the R-134-A type hose. R-134-A has smaller molecules, and the new 134 stuff will gradually leak through the old style hoses.

1930 Packard 733 Dual Windshield

Winter Weather in New Orleans Dec. 20, 2013 Wow !! Good thing tomorrow's New Orleans Bowl - TULANE UNIVERSITY vs U of LOUISIANA - LAFAYETTE - will be played indoors at our SUPERDOME

Thanks Melvin, I've also used universal cables in the past, sometimes without problems, but would just prefer to have a correct original. One end has become frayed, and I could simply add the universal tip, and sure, this could be functional, but then I could never again remove the cable to lube it. This is a relatively low-mileage (79,xxx mile) triple-black convertible, and I treasure keeping it correct where ever possible. Thanks for your response and question - but I'm still hoping to find the "right" replacement.

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Our 2000 Ford Excursion SUV tow vehicle has the 7.3L Turbo-Diesel. When pulling the big Cadillac on an open 2,000 lb. trailer we get 13-13.5 mpg. When pulling the same car in the 3,800 lb. enclosed trailer we only get 8.5 - 10.0 mpg. Note that the enclosed all-aluminum trailer is somewhat more than normal, in that it is built extra tall, sitting higher than normal above its 12,000lb. (2x6,000lb) axles so that the interior wheel boxes are only 5" high so I can open the door of a 1950s car over the wheel box and the driver's side access door. The roof is raised an additional 18" so that a Brass-Era car can go in without having to lower the top. The trailer has an overall length of 30-1/2 ft. - 24' box plus a 4-1/2 ft. wedged & tapered nose holding extra spare tires/tools/jack/jack-stands-etc., plus 2ft. exterior tongue which holds the electric tongue jack. The open trailer adds almost no frontal-area when behind a tow vehicle, but the closed trailer is about 2-1/2 ft. wider, 5 ft. taller, and has a flat rear surface which creates substantial drag, and has Maxx-Aire boxes on the roof which cover the two roof vents. Towing the same trailers with the 2002 Suburban 3/4-ton and 8.1L gas engine: Open trailer -- 11.5-12.5 mpg Closed trailer -- 7.25 - 8.5 mpg

Talked earlier with friends and family in PA, NY, NJ, and VT..... they mostly all believe that maybe they should have moved to New Orleans like I first did in 1969. We were sunny and 60s today, and expect clear and 70s through the week....SORRY GUYS !!

In addition to the ring, they also have a "Ladies Pendant" version which is similar to the top portion of the ring, available in silver or gold, and with stones as the axle-hubcaps on the Duryea. My wife just received hers, and loves it.