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Hi everyone,

I just last week picked up a new pair of wooden spoke wheels for our '15 Dodge Bros tourer, made for me by an Amish wheelwright Noah Stutzman in NE Ohio. Some guys from the E-M-F club referred me to him. He did absolutely great work for a very reasonable price and I can highly recommend him. Takes about 3 months. The bare wood wheels are so pretty I gave serious consideration to simply applying light stain and finishing with spar varnish or clear urethane like a lot of people do. Then I studied a photo of the car I have showing the original owner posing with the car in 1915 and the wheels were clearly painted so clear finished bare wood was not the way the car was made originally. I decided I would restore the wheels to original condition so I masked and prepped them for paint. Before making the decision I stripped some paint from one of the front (painted) wheels and although the wood is solid, they won't clean up well enough to stain and refinish as bare wood, which also influenced my decision to paint the new wheels. So I basically made some more work for next weekend.

Bill

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I got pretty daring and drove the gnarly project ’69 Bug to work a little over one week ago, on Monday the 13th of August. It got me to work and back, not running super-well, and also died mysteriously right at the corner of my street—which required me to tow it back up to the house, and also kind of took the wind out of my sails a bit.

It sat for the next week, until I finally got to tinker with it again yesterday afternoon after work. One thing I finally got around to replacing was the spark plugs, and a brief test drive after that seemed to indicate smoother and improved performance.

Still have more “proof driving” I want to do before attempting the work commute again, but I feel that I’m once again cautiously optimistic…</SPAN>

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JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS - to continue

While waiting for a new set of plugs and wires for the 52.......

today......

Talked to Dad about the '28 Whippet. It was his car and after 40 plus years (he is now 88) suggested that I check the float and sure enough! The side draft carb had leaked down over the winter and the float was stuck open!

Seriously guys & gals, the old saying that a screw driver (and bail wire) and you can repair these (old) cars is not far off!

The truth is that the carb most likely will have to totally come off, be cleaned carefully due to the casting material and reassembled with new gaskets but...... it lives again right now! Even the Vacuum tank works well supplying the carb with gas so....

Still need to get the '52 going, or will have to push it out (such a disgrace) to go for a spin in the Whippet but at least this is the 1st running vehicle of 6 that will be getting some exercise. Looks like Sunday will be the test day.

"Orphan Car Show 2012" here we come.

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drove my 62 invicta vert to the hemmings cruise in this afternoon in bennington,saw lots of cars and old friends.two hour trip each way 4 bufords from ct

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Getting cautiously more adventurous with the project gnarly '69 Bug. Had it out for local pleasure driving two evenings ago (starting to get dark earlier, I've noticed--depressing trend of late summer), and it ran good, then did some more yesterday. Here's a shot from about 7:45pm Wednesday evening, at the side of the scenic shoreline CT Route 146, not far from the Branford/Guilford border:

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Tentatively going to try driving "Creeky" up to a fun-sounding car show at the Berlin Fairgrounds tomorrow, ref: http://www.100percentkulture.com/Images/FRONT-August-2012-4inx6in.jpg and http://www.100percentkulture.com/Images/100-Show-August-2012-4inx6in.jpg ...

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Figured out why the fuel was pouring out of my carburetor on the '31 Dodge. When I had taken the carb apart to clean and took the pin out of the float, I inadvertently dropped the needle valve somewhere on the ground without knowing. Put the carb back together like that and caused the flooding problem. Good thing I had an extra DRT-08 for parts! Running like a dream now.

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Figured out why the fuel was pouring out of my carburetor on the '31 Dodge. When I had taken the carb apart to clean and took the pin out of the float, I inadvertently dropped the needle valve somewhere on the ground without knowing. Put the carb back together like that and caused the flooding problem. Good thing I had an extra DRT-08 for parts! Running like a dream now.

That is good to hear !!

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Think maybe I'll tinker with my 64 for a while tonight or tomorrow. See what kind of trouble I can get into or what kind of troubles I can solve !!

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I did reinstall my vacuum tank on the 1925 Buick, just haven't replumbed it back in. It does seem if I get down to the last gallon it starts to starve. Since I have not put on more than 25 miles since I got the car last October and have gone through 10 gallons of gas(2, 5 gallon cans). Even with some extended idling to check overheating and setting up of engine. I would hope I could get better than 2.5 miles to the gallon!! Took it out to my first car show today. I thought I could get at least some recognition as I thought I was the only entrant in the Antique class. Except they considered cars 25 years or older Antiques. I had the only pre-1953 original type (unmodified). No pre-war class. Only 1 mile away and it cooperated (no overheating). I am still reluctant to drive much farther. That is because there is heavy traffic after that 1 mile distance. I am still having issues with the sticking clutch. This overworks the brakes. As I attempt to stop you feel the engine still driving the wheels with clutch in and brake on, almost to stop before the clutch breaks free and dissengages. On our local highway (route 30) to try to stop short in an emergency and have the clutch not dissengage would be disasterous. I did get brave and drove 2 miles away to get 10 gallons of gas. So this weekend I did about 10 miles so far without issue. Would love to get a tank of ethanol free stuff but the nearest place is about 40 miles away.

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Yesterday I made a new gas line for the 1907 one-lung Cadillac, to replace the one whose flare fitting had cracked and was (via the exhaust stack!) spilling gas all over the road. Today I drove it to Cars and Croissants, and parked next to another 10-horse, one-cylinder vehicle - an early post-WWII Messerschmitt. What's the chance of that? Some nice older vehicles: a couple of open Alfas, a Beetle, a Karmann-ghia convertible, a TR-6, an MG-TD, a Fiat cinquecento, a 12-cylinder XKE, a Chrysler Town and Country convertible, an HPOF-certified 4-cylinder Tempest convertible, a Model A sport coupe, and the usual bevies of Ferraris, Corvettes, Porsches and other modern exotica. Fun morning!

Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ

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Guest mikelj

I spent the morning replacing the incorrect Lucas fog lights on my '68 Shelby GT500KR with the correct ones (took a long time to find correct NOS ones), and adding the correct engine code sticker to the head to continue the detail work for future judging.

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Rode to Rico and back.........160 miles, half in the rain. My bike is a "Dirty Girl" but it cleaned most of the bugs off my leathers!! We'll spent some quality time out behind the shop tomorrow.......starting with the pressure washer!

Also added a set of Paul Smith fork protectors. I'll add a photo soon. They're a little 'rustic" but I like the look of them on the stock forks.

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Attended a fun little cruise night, just one town over, last night, benefitting a high school robotics competition team (hard-working, motivated kids, in other words), and drove the gnarly '69 Bug. Enjoyed parking next to and chatting with owners of a very beautiful '71 or '72 Super Beetle Convertible...

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Gotta do our best to maximize these remaining beautiful summer days & nights...

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Got a phone from my brother from where I store my cars. Among others, we both own E36 BMW M3s.

His has been broken into and the ECU stolen. They took the kidneys out, opened the hood and then took a panel off the firewall to get to it. Smashed the passengers side window as well. Luckily no vandalism to the car. My M3 which was nearby was not interferred with so I bought it home.

Very unsettling when I think of the damage that could have been wrought.

Today we tow the car up from the basement so the tow truck can take it for repair.

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Drove our 1925-25 Buick to church then to the church picnic. Only about 4 miles round trip but no issues, Oh, thats right it did have an issue. As we were driving along I heard a "ting" then pulled over to see what fell off. The right front hubcap took off! The good wife ran back and retrieved it . I replaced it and we went on our way. The 25 got lots of attention at the picnic. Then another friend from church brought his 1949 Buick Roadmaster and parked it by mine. We had a great afternoon!

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Yesterday a friend and I removed the front clip from the 31 Hupp that has the engine out for rebuild. I wanted to clean and paint the frame and firewall while it was out. So today I did just that! It got a dusting of epoxy primer and a new topcoat of black enamel. My pro body man friend said the epoxy would help the new paint stick and last a lot longer. Now, if I hadn't used that new small gun I would not have the runs on the firewall to fix...... picture is yesterday after degrease.

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Well lets see. On Saturday I took apart my 4 wooden spoke 19" wheels off the Durant. It was an interesting task, removing the hub and fellow and removing the spokes. Then started to strip each spoke of the old paint. Original paint and then the dreaded previous owner's paint. Spokes in hickory in good condition. Now have to bleach the wood some since the last coat of black paint seemed to soak into the wood some. On Sunday started glass bead blasting my hubs. Two rear ones done, now on to the front hubs. The work goes on.

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changed the ignition switch on my 62 invicta this evening and took my friend to the local dq for an ice cream cone.4 bufords from ct

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i drive cross country 18 wheeler hauling freight, i got home yesterday, unwrapped a nos 1954 pontiac insect screen, this is only the second one that i have ever seen, i have the nos first one too. brought home two small leather samples to see how well they would match the samples in my 1953 pontiac dual-streak colors and upholstery album, lime colored sample was closer to the book's laurel green sample than the bone colored sample was to the book's milano ivory sample. took pictures of a complete working used 1953-54 pontiac power antenna assembly, that someone may want to buy, it's an extra one to the another one i have in nos condition. charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor.

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Drove my gnarly '69 Bug Convertible to work this morning, pre-dawn, battling for space with all the big trucks that rumble thru Connecticut on I-95 early in the morning (not to mention all the drowsy New Yorkers heading home from "all-nighters" at the Indian casinos in the eastern part of the state).

Car ran pretty well, and I also felt slightly safer with a large reflective "Slow Moving Vehicle" flexible magnetic sign that I had stuck to the back of the car, purchased recently from "In Color Inc." in Florida, ref: Welcome to In Color Inc - Stock & Custom Signs or Decals

Not that I necessarily drive that slowly. I try to stay at around 65 mph, in the right lane. Just trying to make myself a little more visible for the occasional fast-approaching vehicle from the rear...

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Still taking advantage of the weatherman's prediction for no (or at least minimal) rain as this work week draws to a close, having fun driving the '69 Bug with the top down--nothing beats the summer heat & humidity like some open air motoring.

Yesterday I had to drive out to Madison right after work, so took a couple of posed photos in front of the North Madison Congregational Church, which is located on Route 79, just south of the traffic circle (where Routes 79 & 80 intersect):

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