Continuation of my 1938 Special thread

[JohnD1956]

I mentioned this in the July Update which I just sent this week. The place is on Rt 9 in Saratoga Springs and every friday is a Cruise night. It starts areound 5 PM and if you go they give you a free 1/4 chicken dinner. The food is pretty good, and they have an actual low powered radio station there, playing oldies. It's pretty neat. Any way, Matt Johnson lives right down the road and he has opened his collection for viewing to our members who attend too. Sort of two for one deal. The cruises stop when the race track opens. Everyone is invited...Brothers and Mom too.

[Pete O]

Hi Zonda,

I think I recall reading somewhere in this thread that you were planning on doing your king pins sometime in the future. I saw this 1938 king pin set on ebay. Currently at $9.99, which ain't bad.

Pete

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1938-BUIC...1QQcmdZViewItem

[Guest ZondaC12]

WOW thank God I decided to check back here after what almost a month? i actually just set up an ebay account yesterday so i could get a oil dipstick and tube for the cougar! that is something! little time left too, i wonder how many people want kingpin sets for a '38. we'll see! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> just in case anyones wondering, nothing new happening with the gray boat! just cruisin around a couple times a week, the ol' Eight starting after two turns over EVERY time, as long as I stab the gas a couple times 'fore i flick the switch. GOTTA love friend's reactions when they see me start the thing for the first time. like i pulled a rabbit out of a hat! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Guest Hinckley]

This is somewhat unrelated but the mention of Hinckley-Myers caught my attention. This company in Jackson, Michigan was started by my grandfather, Fred Hinckley. He also had a mill and machine shop on a race near Vandercook Lake and Hinckley Blvd. I know little about him as he died one year before my birth. Any information about him or his automotive related endeavors would be appreciated. One final tid bit - when I was a kid there was a photo of my grandfather and Henry Ford sitting on the porch of the Hinckley house in Vandercook lake. I don't know where that went.