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Don, Good for you ! Glad someone stepped up to save this car. Jim

1966 Corvair Convertible Modified with a V-8 Northstar 32 OHV engine Also ... 1963 Corvair Rampside 95 Van Modified with a turbocharged direct injected dual carbuerator set up Dropped bth off last week in Minden, NV Jim

I love Harold’s Suburban tow vehicle & his open home made trailer with the garage door ! His touch is everywhere you look. It is very much a living museum .... Jim

The Lemay Collection at Marymount. I visited there at the invitation of a volunteer a few weeks ago - Mike met me in a Model T - drove me around the property- - then gave me a guided tour. He would visit there once a year as a kid on the day it was opened to the public. Now he is a volunteer - one of many who continue Harold’s passion for automobiles. Only (3) paid staff - the rest are volunteers. I am on the road just about every day - I have visited every of the lower 48 states. There is nothing like it ...... Jim

Chris, I always enjoy your videos .... Sorry Buddy but it ain't the car that's not gettin' the Babes .... Jim

You are the Seller. You already made the Sale to an Overseas Buyer - your choice. It is up to you to decide the method of payment before you put your items up for sale & sell them. If you are not mis-reprsenting what you are selling - you have nothing to worry about. Jim

I guess I don't see the issue here ..... Are you misrepresenting condition ? If you want a " sure thing " then sell your wares locally for cash ..... Jim

Some folks will spend a foolish dollar to save a thrifty nickel. A boat trailer is not a car trailer = for obvious reasons. Jim

Goodyear used to make a private brand of bias trailer tires exclusively for Uhaul to use on trailers. They were branded for Uhaul use only on the sidewall. They were load range F or G equivalent. Goodyear & Uhaul parted ways - Uhaul was selling trailer tires on ebay from it's regional warehouse - I know because I was contemplating buying some from them many years ago - so it is not suprising that Uhaul is badmouthing Goodyear. I have had these tires on now for about 1000 miles - no issues. I don't pay attention much to Gossip ..... Jimk

Mike, i would suggest you you take a look at your shackle straps when your trailer is sitting empty & level as I outlined above. Many trailers come new from the factory not set up correctly. Jim

I purchased my parts at Redneck Trailer Supply but you can get the best deal at e-trailer - just call & make sure the part(s) are in before you place & pay for an order .... For a tandem axle 3000 to 6000 pound axle trailer: Equalizer kit @ https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Suspension/Lippert-Components/LC1594011.html?fe ed=npn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2JeimefK1QIVkFp-Ch0ndAGTEAQYASABEgKF8PD_BwE Suspension upgrade kit @ https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Suspension/Lippert-Components/LC281285.html Jim

This is what happens when your shackle straps are oriented in a near vertical position .... This shackle strap is just about to break from being hammered .... The constant hammering up & down causes the shackle bolts to oval out the softer surrounding metal - that leads to suspension component failure ....

Almost identical to my old shackle strap orientation ....

Each morning it seems I find a trailer parked next to mine that I can learn from (if only I bother to look) ... This morning there was a triple axle enclosed trailer - note the angle of the equalizer shackle straps:

If you build a trailer with tandem or triple axles and choose a leaf spring suspension - get a spread axle design instead of a conventional system using equalizers & shackle straps. If you have a conventional system - consider upgrading to a Lippert Equa-Flex System: @ https://www.lci1.com/equa-flex I just put this system on my triple axle trailer along with new leaf springs & the shackle strap & bolt upgrade kit. Jim

I watched the video. No car can be loaded & secured for transport in 5 minutes. I have no clue what the statistics are - but customers routinely rent trailers from U-Haul & other rental companies and then lie about the tow vehicle they are using and/or the vehicle they are putting on the trailer. Insurance coverage does not prevent an accident - injury - death .... It just addresses the consequences ..... Anticipating a U-Haul trailer being pulled down the road at 75 + miles per hour with no electric trailer brakes and just a two point secure attahment on the front wheels by someone with little or no experience hauling a car does not make me feel particularly safe .... Any open car hauler trailer should be equipped with electric trailer brakes in good working order and the vehicle on it should have a four point tie down. Jim

Good news for those looking for an American made trailer tire .... @ https://corporate.goodyear.com/en-US/media/news/goodyear_launches_american_manufactured_trailer_tire.html I just installed (3) of these on the curb side of my enclosed trailer - interested to see how long they will last .... Jim

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Sure Is Purty ... Jim

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This this is the Summer Residence for Kramer & George ..... Jim

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Great Detective Work ! So - based on the side profile view - what model of the 1936 P2 series do you think the car rolled off the Detroit production line as ? Jim