Marty Roth
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Other than our 1995 Grand Marquis and 1995 Caddy Fleetwood, I don't have any closed cars. The entire world is different from an open car. I'll deal with the issues, and some of y'all know how much we've toured, going back to the 1960s (even '50s).
Having two much older ladies in the back seat of the '30 Packard on the 1999 Vintage tour in Fuquay-Varina, NC, we had a rain day . I installed the curtains for the rear, only. Our wind wings kept us dry in the front, and our riders were cozy in the rear.
Similar situation driving the same car on the Kingston, Ontario, Canada Sentimental. Two AACA National Board members in the back and we had a CLOUD-BURST !!
I ducked into a "Do It Yourself" CAR WASH for temporary cover and installed the rear curtains. Same result. All stayed dry, other than one mis-attached Common Sense fastener allowed a drip onto one rear occupant's shoulder.
I only added the front curtains when the car had to sit out in the rain, and they worked properly.
We've had the same result even with our '12 Oakland and '14 Buick.
The one time I installed full curtains on the 1912 Oakland was for a frigid and rainy day around the turn of the century, and with a ten (10) year old navigator smiling ear to ear. We departed Mackinaw City, Michigan, driving across the open-grate BIG-MAC" Bridge which separates Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. We dealt with the cold and rain, and headed north to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, continuing all the way to Sault Ste Marie, and into Canada. As conditions allowed, I removed the driver-side front curtain to eliminate the fogged windshield and curtains, and later removed the rest of the curtains. Of course the car had no wipers, but Rain-X is effective.
Enjoy driving the way it was when your car first hit the road -- We Do !
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@30DodgePanel
Hopefully for all y’all-
By the way, my dad had a ‘37 or ‘38 Humpback delivery
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On closer look, it seems more straight and solid than first glance -
and always among my favorites -
especially those Fins, Taillights, and 392 Hemi with Torqueflyte
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Maybe send a note to Hudson Club?
Many usable items which could, and should be preserved.
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2 hours ago, Brass is Best said:
The reason women are pinstriping the cars is simple. Women have a steadier hand than men. This is also why women are much more accurate at shooting firearms than men. So, most pinstripers would have been women. I have a great pinstriper who works on my cars. He has studied sign painting and pinstriping for years. He has shared lots of knowledge about the craft with me. I have even striped a few things myself. I will tell you it is not easy. It takes lots of practice and time to do it well. It is not cheap, but it is necessary to make a car look finished. Nothing bothers me more than seeing a car on the show field that should be pinstriped and it is not. To me the car is not finished. It makes me wonder what else was not done right.
Many decades ago I Swapped with a respected Trimmer, well-known, and enjoyed driving my 1927 Chevy Capitol AA Roadster. Having the 4-banger rebuilt by a gentleman in Baton Rouge gave me the opportunity to paint and detail the firewall and solid disk wheels a very nice shade of yellow to match the yellow car with black fenders. My friend Elliott mentored me with the paint and wet sanding process. Shortly I decided that the wheels needed a red and black pinstripe, but the idea of painting those concentric circles had me puzzled for a bit, until I came up with "Inventing" a process.
Placing the axles on jack stands, I could hold the brush steady while slowly rotating each wheel.
Of course this may fall into the same category as the night, having enjoyed substantial adult beverages, I bought a polyfoam sailboard with plastic sail, set out across a lake, and had to invent "Tacking" to get back to my TR-2.
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22 hours ago, Steve Moskowitz said:
That is a fact! In GM, particularly at the B-O-P plants where multiple brands were on the assembly lines we would get some funny combinations at times with mismatched emblems, floor mats, wrong owners manual and even key fobs. The worst, and we will never know how it happened but the assembly lines hardly stopped for anything at Olds in the early 70's so we even got one fender on a Cutlass painted the wrong color. I'm guessing final inspection thought it funny and let the dealer fix it.
I once had a Company Car, Dodge Aspen on the driver's side, and Plymouth Volare for the Passenger's side. Both sides should have been awarded the LEMON label.
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1 hour ago, edinmass said:
I had my first pre war car at 13, Dandy Dave kicked my ass again.
To be honest, when Dave was 12, I wasn’t sure gasoline automobiles had been invented yet!
I must have been 12, maybe going on 13 when I "bought" my 1932 Chevy 5-window coupe. I say "bought", because the lady on my paper route chose not to pay me the $0.37/week, but let the total build up to $15.00, and then transferred the title to me. Of course Dad had to sign for me. We had it running in a matter of hours after it had sat in her yard from 1939 util I got it in 1953. Then again, I'm starting to feel older than dirt, now into my ninth decade. Passing the torch, our son-in-law is in his 4th year as our AACA Chapter President, and one heck of a Cajun cook. Our daughter grew up in the hobby, and the grandson has judged and been awarded "Youngest Driver" on an AACA National tour . Passing our cars to family and friends is one of the surest ways to help continuation of the hobby.
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Good catch -
The ad copy does note "should a rainstorm catch the car unattended".
By the way, similar color combination to my '56 Chevy Bel-air convertible, but mine was a more muted shade -
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6 hours ago, Leif in Calif said:
I remember long ago someone said: "Never look a car for sale after dark or in the rain."
2 hours ago, m-mman said:Yes it worked, but I bet they could have bought dry clutch parts cheaper
My father once left a down payment on a '52 DeSoto, viewed at night in the rain under the lights of a Used Car Lot.
Went back the next day and saw the car was a Piece of $#!T - Had to bring a Lawyer friend to get his "refundable" deposit back
Hudson's Cork clutch is Extremely smooth - even in my 1915 Hudson SIX-40,
and could even be recorked in your own driveway (don't try that with asbestos !),
and you could even vary the "grip/slip" by varying the percentage of Oil/Kerosene mixture
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2 hours ago, Joe Cocuzza said:
Maybe give these guys a call:
https://www.tucsonpackard.com/product-page/1948-1950-packard-custom-8-lock-mechanism-nos
Careful !
That one states: Passenger Side
They MAY also have Driver Side, but NOT THIS ONE
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Absolutely !
And I appreciate his guidance, support, and mentoring every day.
His mechanical skills were surpassed only by his reasoning ability, encouraging me to stop and think it out.
His Model-T was so hard to start in Plattsburg, NY winters that he walked to college every day.
Once married, and back from WWII service with 6th Special Battalion, SeaBees, he soon dumped the Willys Americar for a '35 Chevy, then '35 Packard oil-burner, and a '37 Chevy, settling for his loved pre-blackout 1942 Chevy. That being wrecked by a drunk in a Hudson, it was succeeded by a short-lived 1950 Nash.I also found him a great 1952 Chevy, used as a "second" car". His first brand new car would have been a '57 Chevy, but unimpressed with the styling he opted for the Plymouth. Reverting to GM products, there was a string including a '59 Olds and then a '61 Olds, a new '67 Pontiac, and ultimately his 1972 Cadillac Sedan deVille. Following retirement in Florida, and Mom's unfortunate utility pole incident, the "Condo Car" of choice LTD didn't float his boat, but he settled for a 1992 Grand Marquis which I bought when he got his new 1995 Grand Marquis which I still use on tour.
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These Step Plates have been sold -
Thank you.
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All of my Suburban tow vehicles have been 2-WD.
I never thought, living in the deep south, that I'd even have a use for 4-WD.
WRONG !!
Visiting, and towing to and from the north, inclement weather, were basically OK,
then one AACA Meet, all trailers were required to park on a grassy slope, mine pulled by my 2002 Suburban 2500 2-WD.
The it rained.
I needed to be towed out (up a modest incline) because my 2-WD rear wheels just could not find traction, pulling the trailer.
Since that time, I've aquired two more tow vehicles, a 2000 Excursion 7.3L Diesel 4-WD, and a 2006 Chevy Avalanche 2500 4-WD.
My suggestion?
Always buy more than you need today.
Plan for tomorrow.
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1 hour ago, Walt G said:
Yes, planning to see your collection ( part or all of it) go to a specific place, club, society etc takes a lot of thought before you are no longer here to direct that. No guarantee that you will be here tomorrow, that not being stated in a "downer" attitude it is reality . Even with thoughtful planning what you have and cherish can go to the "wrong" place.
This goes beyond car collections - many of us have collections of collections, where is all your period paper/sales literature/photographs/ books etc going? you collections of period toys, mascots, emblems etc? Start to act now at least by writing it down -
My personal concern is that if gifted to a place will it be of easy or even moderate access to have people visit, not in a location that for 4 or more months a year the weather is so poor that no one can be there nor want to be. Also if you are donating to a library period material do they have qualified people who know what they are looking at? Are those people cordial? I have witnessed some collections where the curator/librarian is so grumpy ( I am being very kind with that description) that they have turned off major donations of material and the $ to sustain it.
ALL this being stated look at where a major automotive collection like the one at the Philadelphia Library was dispersed to for further safe keeping and ACTIVE availability ( like the AACA Library at HQ in Hershey) Where are major collections of other clubs, societies etc keep in trust to be used and available?? Preservation is very very important but so is having cordial people in charge to let the material be viewed or it is like the material doesn't exist at all. thanks for taking the time to read this morning rant.................
Walt
None are promised tomorrow.
On an early cross-country month-long vacation with kids, we elected to postpone a few days scheduled for the famed Harrah's collection, noting there would be time on some future trip -- You guessed it ! Gone !!
Our travels included visits to collections such as:
Mullin (escorted by Peter)
Petersen & The Vault
Nethercutt - Both Buildings
Jay Leno
Blackhawk Museum - Danville
Hall of Flame -Scottsdale
Speedway Motors
Gilmore
AACA
Janet Cussler Car Collection - escorted by Janet
Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum - Thank you @Joe Block
... and so many others, both public and private, far too numerous to list here.
Thankfully, a bride, children and grandson involved in the hobby have made these a significant part of our travels.
And when we arrive while driving vintage iron, some docents seem to take additional interest in our family
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Dad and his buddy had one - either a 1937 or 1938,
and used it for their part-time Radio and TV Repair business.
I moved it a couple of times, but was too young to have a license.
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On 1/4/2024 at 8:35 PM, John_S_in_Penna said:
Can you post a link to the ad?
This looks like a nice car for someone, and by the
award badge on the grille, I see some AACA collector
has already been appreciating it.
I agree - very nice.
Could someone please explain what are the differences between this Roadmaster and Roadmaster Limited?
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3 hours ago, MetroPetro said:
Didn't we all get a kick out of this one?
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On 11/30/2023 at 6:12 AM, trimacar said:
Every time this thread pops up I start to read it as "WHERE can I get a car collector wife for Christmas?"
Luckily, I already have a great one. One of our first dates, we were riding in the Pierce phaeton, top down, it started raining. Pulling to the side of the road, I was trying to tell her how to put the top up from the passenger side. Almost up, the top wouldn't go the last little bit, I pulled down on my side and she yelled. Seems her fingers were stuck between irons, luckily no damage. The important part of that story is that she kept dating me!
I have gone back to re-read this more than a few times,
and yes, You are very fortunate, in more ways than one.
Now, a good many years down the road, you are indeed fortunate.
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23 hours ago, Elpad said:
Aw, C'mon Hun,
Why don'cha smile for just one picture,show off the new ring you got for Xmas.
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Dale and I plan to be there
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On 1/4/2024 at 1:22 AM, TK3295 said:
Yeah i bought myself some lithium grease today and pulled the cable out of the sleeve wiping and the adding the lube. I was just wondering how long is the cable as I pulled quite a length out and lubricated it -- I don't know where it ends. Nevertheless, with the added lubrication I'll take her for a spin tomorrow and see how she sounds -- if it persists more lithium on the rest of the cable i guess lol. Goodnight all and thank you
You really should lube the entire cable, but as noted by @EmTee, a modest amount is good
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26 minutes ago, Dave Mellor NJ said:
Anybody know the movie?
Actually I believe that is Bud Abbot's comedy partner, Lou Costello-
Sorry I don't recall the flick, but always enjoyed their routines,
especially "Who's on First?"
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20 minutes ago, ericmac said:
I have owned several of these cars. Yes they have a strong following but candidly, this looks like a car that is going to need everything. There are Ambassadors out there for less and they are much better cars.
I agree the Ambassador was a better car. Dad had a 1950 Statesman 4 door, "powered" by the L-Head 184 cid, 85 hp 6, as opposed to the substantially stronger Ambassador's L-Head 234 cid 115 hp Eight. While it rode well, and was comfortable, the performance was at best, anemic. He often quipped " it couldn't get out of it's own way. Ultimately it was broadsided by a '50 Chevy convertible which ran a stop sign. Owing to the unibody design, repairs exceeded the value, and was sold off, replaced by a flashy new 2-tone '57 Plymouth Savoy with a 215 hp 301 (actually 299.61 cid) V-8, Sportone, and PowerFlyte.
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Posted · Edited by Marty Roth (see edit history)
AACA Western Divisional Tour is July 10-13 at Big Horn MT., Wyoming
I've been reminded several times that a Divisional is a National Tour.
Perhaps someone more current than I will chime in as to whether driving a 100 year old vehicle on a Divisional, Such as Montana in July, or Fredericksburg, Virginia in June, qualifies for the 100 year old badge?