Guest Pulfer&Williams Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 For the record the website is lavinerestorations.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikzjr@aol.com Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Harry how is your electro-lock cable tag,mine is missing if you need one they may have it. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Mike, Thanks for reminding me. Since I got the cylinder back from Jessers I haven't thought about the "pop out" switch. My cable has a fairly presentable tag on it in about the same shape the Sparton tag pictured above is in. I am going to be talking with the Pulfer & Williams/LaVine Restoration folks in the near future and will ask if they have a replicated these tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dean_H. Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Harry, it's good to see you getting on with your project. I recently had the same horn issue as you. My Hupp had a Sparton horn on it. It was in nice shape, I stripped, painted and re-installed it on the car. I also had a Klaxon horn on the shelf. When I hooked up the battery, I discovered the Klaxon to have a better sound. I tinkered with the Sparton adjustment screw, but the Klaxon still sounded better. I ended up stripping and painting the Klaxon and installed it on my car. Also, the Klaxon fit better, I became suspicious the Sparton was aftermarket, but I'm not certain. Good luck on your decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Very interesting, Dean_H..........Could you possibly post some pictures of your horns and give some more description? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dean_H. Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 OK Harry, Here's a couple of pics. I just noticed your Sparton is slightly larger than the Klaxon you have. My set up is the opposite, the Klaxon is the larger horn (the electric component end). So, your sound results may differ from mine. In this first picture of both horns, the Sparton is on top. Here you can see the Klaxon tag, it's in pretty good shape. The reason I indicated the Klaxon fit better was because of the 1/4" mounting bolts. The Sparton had #10 screws and was sloppy in the bracket holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Dean_H...Thanks.....This is very interesting. Looks like Klaxon and Sparton produced several different patterns of horns in the late twenties. The mounting bracket on your Hupmobile looks like my Chrysler. The "guts"(technical term) of the two horns I have look very similiar. The sheet metal is the primary difference in the horns I have, ie. trumpet sheet metal and end cap. Dean, I can't read the #/series of your Klaxon: mine is a series 18-B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pulfer&Williams Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Harry,Your tags have been sent out and we should hear something back here in the next week, from there I will call and qoute you and work our our special arrangement haha. I'm looking forward to getting these out to you. I'll be in contact with you as soon as I hear back. Take Care,TravisPulfer&Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Backyardmechanic Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Travis,Will you be in Dunkirt NY. swap meet in May?vern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 Thanx,,Travis,,,,I look foward to getting the quote; by the way, do you do decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikzjr@aol.com Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 HARRY,THE CAR IS LOOKING GOOD,DID PULFER & WILLIAMS HAVE THE ELECTRO-LOCK TAG I STILL HAVEN'T ASSEMBLED MY LOCK. MIKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pulfer&Williams Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hey guys,To start out to Vern, no we will not be at the Dunkirt swap meet in May.Harry, Good news! the qoutes are in so I will give you a call today. And as for the decals, unfortunately no we do not reproduce those. TravisPulfer&Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pulfer&Williams Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hey Mike,Shoot me an email about these electro-lock tags and any pictures/info that you have on them. If we haven't made them before we could have them reproduced with sufficient information or an original tag. Email me at lavine@bnin.net and we can talk about it more if you'd like.TravisPulfer&Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David B Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Harry , Liegh, and other 72 restorers ,at last I have put the body on the chassis.Lots of work to follow , but a big achievement for me. Once I work out how to reduce the size of these photos , I will send more detailed ones. I will be away for all of April , so will be back in touch. Hope this photo comes through ! Regards ,David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David B Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Sorry about filling up screen with photo. If you copy and paste it , it does reduce the size to normal .......no more photos until I can learn how to reduce them. Old cars are much more fun than this stuff ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAA Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hi to everybody I'm new here.I'm restoring a 6 cylinders Chrysler.This car arrived new in France around 1928.I own the VIN n° CW273H The body is signed by FischerJob n°7890 Body n°203.Can you tell me if this car is a type 70 or 72 and what is his year of production.I'm also looking for a rim, a wheel-prop for the spare wheel and rim attachment bolts on the wheel.Can you help me please. greetings from France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 AAA....Sounds like a model 72. What wheelbase do you have? Here are the 1927 numbers and 1928 numbers. I may have some more of the rim bolts. Got a photo of what you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 David B,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Fabulous car, I noticed the painted headlight shells and natural spoked wheels. By the way..............where was the picture taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAA Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Thanks for the reply.the wheelbase is a convertible 2+2 in the rumble seat.i found the engine number J195358 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAA Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 This is what I need nowI can't found the wheel rim.I'm also searching the wheel-prop because I made a temporary one but it's not as good as an original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AAA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is what I need nowI can't found the wheel rim.I'm also searching the wheel-prop because I made a temporary one but it's not as good as an original.</div></div> AAA.....Here is your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David B Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Harry, The picture was taken on our 4 acre block of land which borders a timber reserve ,which you can see in the background. Most trees are eucalyptus (gum trees) and some low scrub. We live approx 140 kms SE of Perth ,Western Australia, in a small town called Brookton. Our house is on the edge of town , and also overlooks farming paddocks as well as the bush. Very nice spot. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Beautiful car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 AAA.................. Looks like, Keiser31 has your car's identity pegged. The headlamps and the tail light are not standard equipment on U.S. delivered cars. Looks like your car was originaly supplied with Depress Beam headlights as the lower stanchion bracket is still on your hood shelves. Very solid looking car you have. P.S.......thanx for the picture of the Fedco plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikzjr@aol.com Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Harry any luck with the electro-lock tag Travis has replied back, but I don't have a tag on mine to show him the size or what it looks like, maybe you could forward that to him thanks Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Mike..........Travis (LaVine Restorations/Pulfer & Williams) hasn't gotten back to me yet. I hope to hear from him in the next week or so. In our last conversation, he said he was having the Sparton tags made and would call me when the batch was in his hands. Quick update on the progress on my restoration. I have not sat on my hands since I got the car back from the body folks. I have done alot of study and observation to plan the next steps. My plan is to perform some small detail/repair work on the body now; such as sanding the wood base frame and painting/preserving it and then setting it aside and restoring the chassis. I look foward to the day I start on the chassis; as I am (in my opinion) better at chassis work than body work. At the minute, I am trying to find a sand blast booth and some kind of a way that I can paint small #'s of parts ie......paint booth. The first step in the chassis restoration will be to remove and store the body and related parts until I need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Talked to John Wolf today, it may be 4 to 6 weeks till completion. I said that's OK with me ...............no rush quality is the objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Set back in the restoration,,,,,,,,,After spending quite a few hours and a few $'s to fabricate the tongue&groove flooring from scratch; "Mr. Badwrench" here made two mistakes in cutting out the floorboard. Back to square one!!!!! I am going to have to fabricate another tongue&groove slab from scatch. I could cuss at this point; however, I'm sure this won't be the last time in this restoration a set back will occur. Here are some pictures of the present state of the front floorboard project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 Look what I found in my Junk pile. (I have bought out several autoparts dealers of their old stock parts and bought a few select parts at flea markets in the past.) A 18B Klaxon! Here's a picture of my find and the junk horde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 Junk horde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 By the way..............it also includes 50' ft. of extra select possum fur.........just what you needed for your Stutz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Nice score....that horn looks like my '31 DB horn. I am not sure what make it is. I guess I will have to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CarAdMan Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Here's an original ad for the Chrysler 72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 CarAdMan.............Thanx, I have never seen this ad before. The body style shown is a "Crown Sedan"; the most expensive standard body style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 Quick update, progress is somewhat slow due to the fact I had to backtrack. In the last week; I have acquired several white oak boards, cut them to length, planed them to thickness,cut tougues and matching grooves, and "dry" fitted, and am ready to glue and clamp (see pics). The next step will be to cut the floorboard out of the blanks, and hopefully this time "Mr.Badwrench" won't mess it up! Concurrent with performing the remake of the floorboard I have been studying for the next step and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp36 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Harry That wood is so pretty, you will want to urethane it and leave it exposed but you and I know that will not happen. Nice work. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Dave.................regretfully Detroit didn't see the need for possum fur soon enough. Yes, due to this catastrophic failure, we are in the mess we are in today! Hupp36, yes, to replicate the look of the floor boards I must paint these. Anyway,,, here are some pictures of progress. I have glued and clamped the floor board pieces I produced last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 So far.........so good....I cut out the basic floor board. It fits great. Now, I have to cut out the rectangular battery access hole. I plan to have this operation performed by a CNC router set up; although, a friend of mine offered to produce a router template. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 That floor is beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Progress report....................At present the following steps in the restoration are taking place; the guage cluster is in John Wolf's hands; the horn restoration project is stalled as when I made the original post I thought I had access to a sand/media blast booth (at present I don't); even with this delay Pulfer and Williams are reproducing the manufacturer's tags. I am working on the floorboards. I am very close to saying " Good Bye " to wood working. As of late I have been following Steve Braverman's post relative to casting rubber parts as I am trying to replicate the two rubber floor grommets that sealed the body arround the brake/ clutch/ steering column area and the shifter/emergency brake area.( I will include some pictures in the near future) I have been working with a friend of mine to replicate some roll forming dies to produce reproductions of the running board molding. He has made a set of dies.....I hope we have a match.....more anon. I am still studying re-casting the interior door handles,cranks, escutheons etc. A major question remains...........What did the original front floor covering look like??????? I am studying the chassis prior to re-restoration (the original effort was expended in the mid-sevendies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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