Robert G. Smits
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A few more wall hangers
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22 minutes ago, 1912Staver said:
BAT can be a bit picky about what cars it will list
I agree 100% If not accepted I would rotate to CL or FB marketplace and get it over with!! Recently sold a 96 Dodge 3500 with the desirable 12 valve that hadn't run in 12 years. It was gone in three days and out of my hair and I didn't even wash the filth off of it. I had three buyers interested and a 19 y/o kid showed up with a trailer and 6K. Gone in 30 minutes. Rehabbing that truck would have taken 3 months out of my life for a possible 4-6K
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Correct me if my assumptions are incorrect but if you haven't touched the cars in 10 years your interests have shifted for whatever reason. I am also going to assume your standard of living is not related to these sales. If the above is true I would list them on BAT as "Projects" without a reserve and take the money and run for all the reasons outlined in many of the above posts. This would require having the cars detailed and professionally photographed. I am rehabbing a Mercedes 107 that sat for 12 years and the process is going to cost 5-7K. This was my wife's favorite and she wants it running again, Nuff said.
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On 4/5/2021 at 8:57 PM, Graham Man said:
I think this is the Three Speed Suburban model. They also made a Touring model. If my memory is correct the Suburban had a detachable rear seat.
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13 hours ago, Peter Gariepy said:
It gives me hope that activities will return soon that let us share our old cars in person and to interact with fellow hobbyists face-to-face.
Life resumes for me in two weeks with the return of the Pate Swap Meet with 8500 spaces sold. Thirty per cent of Texans have been vaccinated and we have been vaccinating 18 and older for a week. Hopefully we are getting close to Herd immunity. Can't wait for Hershey!!!
On the topic of car clubs the greater Houston area has over 4 million people and can't support a CCCA club.
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Another sign from the same Mt Doro show
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The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company was a streetcar and later a bus company beginning in 1919. It was in service until it was acquired by the Bay Transportation Authority in 1968. I purchased this sign at the fall Mt Doro Antique Show 20 years ago. Although I was attracted by the graphics I always thought this was a fantasy piece. Today I noticed that it is dated in the lower right hand corner A-M 1-63. What do you think??
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Interesting booklet that came with some EMF literature I purchased years ago.
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Went to that downtown first Friday celebration last night:
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Nothing wrong with going overboard unless you are buying on credit. We have the Pate Swap meet coming up in a little over 2 weeks and I can't wait. Great collection of Buick memoribilia. Reminds me that I have a similar heavy paper weight to the one you found. The question is
4 hours ago, MetroPetro said:
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I finished my ENT residency in 1972. In 1973 I attended a post graduate course at the House institute in LA where much of the initial work was done on Cochlear Implants for treatment of total nerve deafness. The initial implant was a single frequency and required each of the 4 patients to come to the lab 5 days a week for 8 hours and be connected to large computers that occupied most of the room. Until they were hooked up to these large computers they had no hearing. Since it was a single frequency they did not hear "speech" as we understand it but computer input helped them recognize words and improved their lip reading skills. Thanks to electrical and medical advances the modern cochlear implant now has 120 channels and the external wearable device has been reduced to the size of your thumb and is programable. Probably the most recognizable Cochlear Implant wearing Celebrity was Rush Limbaugh.
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Leather Conditioner
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Going through a file cabinet today that hadn’t been disturbed in years.
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On 3/26/2021 at 12:00 PM, Peter Gariepy said:
People" are the most important
Peter I agree with you completely, however when you turn 81 you will realize that almost all of the "people" are gone and all you have left is the memories. Thankfully my wife and I have many younger friends but it is not the same as going to swap meets and camping in the back of a 70 Chevy pickup with a camper shell as 1912Staver related. Getting older isn't all it is touted to be but it beats the alternative. As a friend reminded me, always eat your desert FIRST!!!
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What a great example of late 50's styling. I love it and wish it was in my garage. Unfortunately at my age I am no longer acquiring cars. GLWTS
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1 hour ago, edinmass said:
The only problem is when you win the rat race......you're still a rat.
Ed. that is one of the most profound statements on life I have heard. One of the advantages of money is what you can do with it like my friend who helped fund the library and will have his name on it, although I would prefer to do it anonymously.
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Another one from the Saturday Evening Post. Interesting vignette at the top.
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1 hour ago, edinmass said:
...living is fifty times better than just 100 years ago. It’s easy to forget.
I would agree with Ed I was 12 years old when electricity came to our farm. Didn't have AC in a car till after I graduated from college and now my wife's new car has the self driving option. I would agree with Dave s that my wife of 38 years was more important to happiness than the money or the cars. If all of my cars disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't miss a beat as long as I have my health.
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More examples of framed paper adds from magazines. My son used to go to swap meets with me. To keep him interested I would let him purchase these adds
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I guess we all think alike. I probably have over 100 antique frames of various sizes hanging in my shop. Hope I live long enough to use them!!!
BTW very nice framed calendar Terry
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Really neat Dodge signs especially the truck bed rails!!
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Another one for tonight
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A couple of brochures I picked up years ago. The first is a 23 page sales brochure listing four models and all the mechanical aspects of the car. The second is titled operating instructions but is really a shop manual. Both are for the Model 5.
Who has a parts car ? (or several) Just curious.
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I have owned a MB 107 intact parts car for 30 years. Always kept in CC storage with my other cars as I was not organized enough to sell it. A year ago my wife's pristine 81 380 SLC with 55K miles suffered catastrophic engine failure when a timing chain guide broke (interference engine). With luck I will have the parts car roadworthy tomorrow after a 3 month rehab. Plan to drive it 5000 miles and then do a oil analysis. If that comes put OK will do an engine swap with the wife's car. When your wife has put up with this antique car/advertising obsession for 36 years you need to keep her happy!!!