Xander Wildeisen

I called and spoke with some one there and got a price for the rebuild. Just trying to give the customer a few choices, with different options. Not worried about tearing it down myself. The down side to sending it out is, I now have a two ton paper weight sitting in my shop. If you have parts for rebuilding them, will you not sell them? And if not, Why? What is the turn around time, if you had it today. When would a person get it back?

That was a good one, best led up on a joke so far. Made me laugh out loud.

Called him, he said all he had was NOS kits. And they are long gone, he stated that for the most part it is just O rings. One funny seal with a hole in the middle. Not sure if some one knows if a newer rebuild kit will have some seals that will work? Just doing some leg work before the car gets here. And I tear the power box down to see what the problem is

Try vintage automotive in mountain home Idaho. You will find it on the internet.

Does any one know if there is any kit or rebuild parts out there for a 1955 Desoto power steering box? My guess at this point is it just needs new seals inside, leaks under pressure. Anything available, or just piece it together?

If you go under the Hudson section on this forum. Some one is trying to identify a bumper just like this. My guess was Lincoln, I have never seen a Studebaker with that bumper before. I had a 1928 Hudson Super Six Coupe once that had what people said was a buick bumper on it. I was told that the cars were shipped with out bumpers to the dealers, and then the dealers would install bumpers. Not sure if that is true, it would cut down on the length of cars in shipping.

I will go out on a limb and say there is very little love for Lucas wiring. Having wired a Jaguar, and done electrical work for years. There are some different things done in the wiring for cars across the pond. Great cars, but I doubt you will ever hear a custom car builder say. "We used a big block Chevrolet, a ford rear end, Auburn gauge cluster and a Lucas wiring harness"

Lincoln

Jaguar, every good cat leaves it mark

Car has sold,

Ascribe, to think to be the result of. To think of as belonging to, or coming from. Malice, a feeling of wanting to hurt or harm some one. Incompetence, the condition of being incompetent. I am not really sure what you are trying to say? We all live in different places, and what goes on here might not go on there. I have been honest in my posts pointing out things that I have seen or heard of. If you want to say I am full of BS go for it. But there is no malice.

If you need it let me know, the offer stands. I am not worried I know who you are. First name restorer, last name 32. You live some where in south central PA. And I see by your picture you are a plain looking albino.

I have a hard time believing the Hudson needed any repairs at all.

Fraud is committed by people who want to cheat the system, we all know that. But what no one wants to talk about, is how fraud is committed by people being forced to do it through entrapment. I understand each States rights to run their State how the people of that State want it to be run. But some of the differences in State laws open the door to shady stuff. And any one with a brain does not want to get involved in shady stuff. If you get people with bad intentions in any positions of the system. Then the whole thing can go off course, like what we see in Goverment (on both sides) The DMV or Transportation Department, would be no exception. If the lid on the cookie jar is left off, some one will stick their hand in it, or try and find some one to do it for them. It is called entrapment, and it is one reason this Country is such a mess. I have made comments on this forum about building\restoring cars for a living. What about selling them? A classic car dealer. I am in no way saying that there is a bad shipping company out there. But with their need to find drivers, it opens the door to getting a bad apple. It would seem that if a dealer sells a good car to some one out of state, dealer and buyer talk on the phone back and forth. Get a good relationship going. Dealer ships a good car, bad apple driver turns on headlights, adjusts carb and so on. Buyer gets dead battery, and rough running car. Buyer slams dealer, dealer is a lier. Buyer calls dealer with ligament complaints, dealer knows they are not true, so stands his ground. A good honest classic car dealer can get a bad rap over time, not from anything he\she did wrong. But from the actions of another trying to take out the competition on behalf of some one else. Entrapment with titles can be used as well. Have a car with good paper work, but people know there will be a problem in the title process. Advertise car so a chosen dealer\person can see it. List it at a good price, BAM you just bought a headache. It does go on, now you spend your time and money to straighten out the problem, wish you never bought it. Price it to get rid of it, same people buy it back. Fixed up a little, problems gone on your dime. Or sell out of it, passing the headache on. Now you are guilty of blank,blank,blank. And you did not really do a thing. Set up by a system, to keep the ever growing snow ball a'rolling. It is very hard to have a small business in this country anymore, we are cutting our own throats. We have so many rules and laws in this country. I would not be surprised that if you eat food in this state and then drive in that state and use the bathroom. You just broke some waste disposal law of some kind.

Larry Schramm, thank you for the post. I get the cost on the fender example. The mirror example seems to "reflect" a problem. Are the different requirements really needed? Or are they there because we as a country at some time, we stuck it to them in some way. And then in turn, the foreign country sticks it to us. By saying if you want to sell that here, we require blank, blank, blank. Not being an expert in mirrors, are the objects closer then they appear, even closer around the world? I am just guessing that headlight requirements are up there as well.

I would ask you how you know. But I know how you know.

Wash it in the sink, when the wife is gone? You are a brave man, that is up there with doing powder coating in the oven when they are gone.. As far as the resto goes. The piece does not have a high value, have some fun with it. Take some of your pictures of your cars, shop or garage logo, family or friends. And have a sign company. Scan the images and do a vinyl wrap on the piece. It will turn out nice, and have a personal touch. And then match the theme you have in your shop. It could also be repurposed ,to have a new function.

With the car running, place a timing light on the spark plug wires one at a time. Shoot the light in your hand, and watch to see if on one or more of the spark plug wires, you get a miss in the flash of the light.

I think cleaning it, to get back to the original finish. Is a good thing. If you pull a original car from a barn, you would clean and detail it. To show it's original finish in the best light. There is a difference between original condition and dirty.

Was wondering if some one would bring up the range hood.

I have a pair of the caps that are going on a 47 convertible. My 47 convertible project is after the jag. If you are in a bind and need the cap, I can send it to you. If you will just replace it.

Compressor failure at the quad rally, leds to human remains.

We can all say the same thing about the damage, and getting it fixed. What I can not grasp, is that some one would not say anything after they did that. There is no way a person could say that they did not know that they did that.

I have never had any cider with that stuff in it. I find that a hot cider is better then iced cider. It really warms the belly. Sorry to hear about your right heel, that is a bummer. How long did it take your daughter to get a degree in nursing? I have heard that can take awhile? Have you seen the problems that this country is having with pain pills?

I am glad to hear that the weather was great on Friday, you can not ask for anything more then sunny and warm. What do you think was in the cider? powder mix? or a personal recipe? Again, thank you for taking the time to post the pictures.