Hadders Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hi just pulled my transmission and once I'd cleaned off the cr*p this name appeared. Presume its a part from a scrap / breakers yard but can anyone confirm this? Thanks Andy form the not so sunny UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 That appears to be from a standard autowrecker's ball-type marking paint bottle. Automakers commonly used a grease marking crayon. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alleyyooper Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Working at Fisher body Pontiac in the late 1960s I was on a job with 3 other guys. I always left my itinals with a paint stick on the car I worked on so I could prove a screw up was not my car. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, 8E45E said: That appears to be from a standard autowrecker's ball-type marking paint bottle. Automakers commonly used a grease marking crayon. Craig Hi yes often done over here in the UK on 2nd hand parts, didn't know if anyone knew of the people or place or if it was a mechanic's signiture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily rag Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Could be the owners name put on by a re-building shop. I used paper tags with strings to put on names and dates to help keep track of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Probably a breaker's signature or less likely, a rebuilder. They marked parts so they would know if someone returned a part under warranty, that it was one they sold. Austin would have been put on to identify the part when it was on the shelf. Is there an Ernest Loera who runs a garage or breaker's yard in your area? Edited April 16, 2018 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 13 minutes ago, Rusty_OToole said: Probably a breaker's signature or less likely, a rebuilder. They marked parts so they would know if someone returned a part under warranty, that it was one they sold. Austin would have been put on to identify the part when it was on the shelf. Is there an Ernest Loera who runs a garage or breaker's yard in your area? Hi nope hence my post as I'm in the UK and imported this 62 TBird last year - which had been sat in a barn in OK since 82! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 So, probably out of warranty anyway. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Salvage yards in my area used to mark down a buyer's name on parts like transmissions, when the buyer had called ahead and agreed to buy the unit, and the employees had pulled it out and brought it up to the front desk. That way, when the buyer walked in the door asking for his part, the counter men could easily find it on the "will-call" shelf. I bet that's what this is. Your transmission reminds me of the Borg Warner auto trans that was in the 1963 Studebaker Lark I had about 10,000 years ago. I wasn't allowed to own a car, but when her transmission went out, a kind old lady in the neighborhood gave me her Lark. I went to a local salvage yard, and bought a used transmission. It wasn't much better than the one I took out, but it got me around town, somehow. Glad my dad didn't catch me out on the road with it! LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 5 hours ago, alleyyooper said: Working at Fisher body Pontiac in the late 1960s I was on a job with 3 other guys. I always left my itinals with a paint stick on the car I worked on so I could prove a screw up was not my car. Al All that proved is that you neglected to leave your name on the ones you screwed up. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Wow. There is NO END to the amount of amazing information which can be found among the experts on AACA forums! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alleyyooper Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) Back in the day you could walk the line and find my itinals on every 3d car that had power windows and the vacum locks. Yes the 69 Pontiac GP had vacum locks a wad of hoses that ran across the inside fire wall to a spider then from there into the doors. two hoses to the switch and 2 hoses to the actuator. Al Edited April 17, 2018 by alleyyooper (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 You should definitely call the guy in Austin and ask if he used to own your Tbird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 25 minutes ago, Rusty_OToole said: You should definitely call the guy in Austin and ask if he used to own your Tbird. Not brave enough, some mad English man making clams about an old car - could think I'm some insurance claim scam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Hadders, is this tranny out of a T-bird? If not, what car is it from, please? I might call that guy on your behalf...just because I'm curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, lump said: Hadders, is this tranny out of a T-bird? If not, what car is it from, please? I might call that guy on your behalf...just because I'm curious! Hi yes a 62 hardtop Thunderbird Was a light silvery blue colour but someone painted it white. The license on the screen shows Oklahoma. I’ve loads of tax commission receipts and registration certificates going back to 79 same owner - name on the certificate: Hill Wendell L &/or Fern L. Headrick OK Looked like they moved in 2011 to Polk Street in Altus OK. So either this was the previous owner or something they had fitted during their ownership?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Maybe Mr Loera ran a workshop (transmissions or general mechanics) and the transmission was sent to him by a wrecker? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, mike6024 said: Ernest Loera Possibly this man. He appears to be a car enthusiast based on the pictures he has posted. I messaged him a copy of the transmission picture. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 That worries me a bit to put someone else's contact information right out there for everyone. I know, it's public information, but nevertheless... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 An address and telephone number have been in phone books for many decades, so I see no inappropriateness there. It's all the OTHER information which the internet collects about people that has been considered invasive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, John_S_in_Penna said: An address and telephone number have been in phone books for many decades, so I see no inappropriateness there. It's all the OTHER information which the internet collects about people that has been considered invasive. This is what bothers me about what I'm starting to see in recent years on calendars featuring vintage cars and trucks. For whatever reason, the licence plates are blanked out with an ugly white or black rectangle which totally take away from the photo. The sole reason of a licence plate is to be conspicuously displayed on the vehicle, as we all know what happens when it is missing or obscured. Unfortunately, some of these are YOM plates that are intentionally blanked out, which only add to that beautiful, professionally photographed vehicle is disappointingly blanked out for no real reason. Craig Edited April 19, 2018 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Yep, that's Ernie. He responded to my FB message. He said thanks for sending the picture. He said I only owned about a million of them in all my years working on transmissions.. He sent me a "voice message." If I can figure out how to copy and paste it here I will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/17/2018 at 11:37 PM, mike6024 said: Ernest Loera Possibly this man. He appears to be a car enthusiast based on the pictures he has posted. I messaged him a copy of the transmission picture. Wow that’s amazing. Be interested in what you’ve heard! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 All this hoo hah the board came up with excellent information including the identity of the name on the transmission and the OP doesn't want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) Ernest Loera.html Can anyone hear the audio by clicking on that posted link ????????????? I have never attempted this before. Edited April 24, 2018 by mike6024 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 8 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said: All this hoo hah the board came up with excellent information including the identity of the name on the transmission and the OP doesn't want to know. Nice, have responded but I'm on the other side of the world so my responses are delayed due to the time difference!!! 6 hours ago, mike6024 said: Ernest Loera.html Can anyone hear the audio by clicking on that posted link ????????????? I have never attempted this before. Hi, many thanks for this, the link just give me some text unrelated - not sure why but not audio??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 8 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said: All this hoo hah the board came up with excellent information including the identity of the name on the transmission and the OP doesn't want to know. Nice, have reacted but as I'm not in the US there's a time difference to when I'm awake with internet access! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) Unrelated text? There should be an audio where you have to hit the "play arrow" by clicking it with you mouse. I'll try it from another computer. It works from my home computer. Maybe someone else can try it. Hopefully someone with a FB account. I think one may need to have an active Facebook account they are logged on to for the link to work. The audio didn't say much anyway, it was only 20 seconds long. Thank you for sending that picture, it's been a long, long time. i think he was a mechanic, specializing in transmissions, and wrote his name on the ones he worked on. Edited April 24, 2018 by mike6024 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Mike you're a star for finding this out! Amazing, I'd be a little more discrete in doing the same so he must of owned the transmission shop!! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadders Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Hi Mike, long shot but can you message Ernest to find out what transmission fluid he used as it seems to be difficult to know if it should be type A / F dextron etc etc!! Thanks again Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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