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Groan.

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Try a little harder - there is a sales opportunity.

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My thoughts exactly. thx

DMcC · ‎21-04-2022

Great histgory Don, thank you. A Ford Tri-Motors-Motor is under (re)construction, maybe creation of, at Port Clinton, OH. See https://www.restoretheford.org The intent is to have two Tri-Motors in use, one based there and another to tour, I believe under direction of the EAA. My 7th grade teacher was a smoke jumper based in Missoula where a Tri-Motors-Motor was used. He related on one return jump flight the crew found bits of tree foliage in the undercarriage from a possible too-close look at a fire. The plane's three engines were hard to keep in sync leading to a "waa-waa" sound.

DMcC · ‎14-04-2022

Chuckle!

DMcC · ‎01-04-2022

I have tried super glue for taillights cracks and pits but my test has yet to hit the road, i.e. still sitting on the bench. I used gentle sanding with 400 to 600 wet/dry sandpaper to smooth down the too-high deposits. In a future world, we may look to plastic 3D printing to replace rare plastic bits - needs the item's program for the printer; way beyond me.

DMcC · ‎30-03-2022

A coupe appeared at 1st Saturday cruise night in nearby Golden couple years back - no idea if a repop, probably, or not.

DMcC · ‎18-03-2022

The tire trials will never end, neither will the discourse.

DMcC · ‎16-03-2022

Exactly, could have been lower, more swoop for the back, etc.

DMcC · ‎16-03-2022

JohnnyD outside of the two features you mention, the vehicle was very much the rather boxy 4-dr body that emerged with the 1949 Plymouth and largely continued through to the '51 4dr. with minor detail changes.

DMcC · ‎15-03-2022

Long been a favored car - not quite a Chevrolet but has the V8.

DMcC · ‎15-03-2022

My curiosity is with the abundant plastic used in cars of today and over the last 15 - 20 years. Most plastics degrade, some very quickly due to atmospheric conditions and sunlight, will 3-D printers take care of restoration needs of 2020 Impalas 80 years in the future? Even NOS bits may be brittle.

DMcC · ‎08-03-2022

I must have spotted the same car at the Thynan dealership and thought it wonderful and remains the only one I have seen. Saddly, the windshield had been trashed when I saw the car and I wonder why, an accident? Vandalized? Congrats to the new ownership.

DMcC · ‎08-03-2022

Not following IMSA I was not aware of Cadilac's race efforts - good for them. Would love to hear the engine exhaust sound from either of these cars (the Duesenber included). Would be interesting.

DMcC · ‎08-03-2022

Exactly!

DMcC · ‎08-03-2022

I have to recognize the maker's artistic and technical abilities though. Drive it on the street? Hardly.

DMcC · ‎03-03-2022

The '60s era Saabs were almost the only vehicles I could pass in my 1600cc VW square back when heading out (up grade) to go skiing in Oregon's Cascade mountain ski areas. Both were good in snow but SLOW.

DMcC · ‎20-02-2022

Chuckle!

DMcC · ‎14-02-2022

--- plus the sideways glance and expression from the wife character.

DMcC · ‎14-02-2022

Yeah, my wife is a fan and had to ask me who that was.

DMcC · ‎14-02-2022

Saw one but missed the other - need to search. thx

DMcC · ‎14-02-2022

Welcome to generation gap - did not do a thing for me.

DMcC · ‎08-02-2022

Agree, my '70 Bug with auto-stick (name?) worked fairly well but I had to blow debris out of the vac intake or whatever on the engine to maintain positive shifting. I looked into swapping in a conventional shift trans but found it would have meant replacing the entire pan. No, not for a driver saved from a junk yard for $300.

DMcC · ‎26-01-2022

Watching that restoration's episodes was wonderful. The detail Kendig went to was spot on and enlightening! Now I wonder where that 'liner may be? Would love to see any of them in person.

DMcC · ‎26-01-2022

Bits of info have surfaced in my aviation awareness about engine testing on Pike's Peak and Don you very well detail that history, thank you! I have not been on the Peak in years but need to check if remains of this installation are still there. Also, were there other aircraft engine tests likewise on Pike's Peak? (Member, Aviation Archaeology, Colorado Aviation History Society)

DMcC · ‎21-12-2021

That is my reaction too, replace the duals with a single. I see a few 18-wheelers that use a single tire where duals were used on the tractor saving materials and added time to service duals. However, these appear to be special use tires and maybe too the rims.

DMcC · ‎09-12-2021

Mix of interesting other cars in the background of the images: open top bus, another looks a little like an early Porsche or a Heb variant w/ flat glass but split windshield, maybe too a plastic kit car. Inquiring minds --- .

DMcC · ‎07-12-2021

I can't wait! They have long intrigued me, esp. the early ones with the exposed V engine, not to be duplicated by others.

DMcC · ‎17-11-2021

Chuckle!

DMcC · ‎15-11-2021

Something adrift in the fuel tank was my first thought too.

DMcC · ‎08-11-2021

In my experiance there is a kinship with gas heaters sold for VWs and Covairs - I never had a Corvair but had many miles in VWs. Somewhere I acquired a Corvair manual for the purpose of installing and operating my VW's gas heater. Said heater ran fine (but also ran me out of gas one trip) and I will guess the Corvair use would work fine.

DMcC · ‎30-10-2021

I fear there will soon be abundant '30s and '40s special interest cars on the market via estate sales - possibly including mine. Those of us who enjoyed those cars as owners, drivers, and enthusiasts generally from the "boomer" era are aging out.

DMcC · ‎30-10-2021

A Denver neighbor had one and I thought they were very attractive and unique. Then, a few years later, one appeared in a salvage yard and I thought what a waste!

DMcC · ‎17-10-2021

Sad that Dan left us too soon.

DMcC · ‎27-09-2021

Maybe a girdle linking the bearings wrapping them all together?

DMcC · ‎27-09-2021

Turns cubic money into noise. Love it!

DMcC · ‎25-09-2021

--- and very hard to find (except well modified and probably done for 4x4s).

DMcC · ‎11-06-2021

Yes!!!!!!

DMcC · ‎08-06-2021

I had to check the date, no, not April 1.

DMcC · ‎11-05-2021

Not knowing but guessing about the demographics of NASCAR TV and live fans, are they an older generation? The younger car owners/drivers of today and for the last 20+ years have been with available 4-cyl. and V-6 front wheel drive cars. Do these drivers follow NASCAR? Maybe not. A few years ago a local drag strip opened Thursdays for high schoolers and their cars. The crowd numbers exceeded the weekend drag fan numbers.

DMcC · ‎10-05-2021

Two push rods makes sense to me - can't imagine adding more push rods, needs cam lobes, space through the block, etc.

DMcC · ‎06-05-2021

Millenials busy elsewhere?

DMcC · ‎06-05-2021

I am wondering if the auction co. wants them freshly cleaned or leave them dirty and messy allowing the buyer to do their careful cleaning and examination of a new prize. What is it that they just won?

DMcC · ‎06-05-2021

I suspect he enjoyed the trip. Another find, get it home, examine, think about, maybe take steps, etc.

DMcC · ‎10-04-2021

Me too. I have long held that an Outback or similar size small truck is sadly missing form our pickup selections. The VW pickup of years back filled that space but, gone.

DMcC · ‎29-03-2021

For traveling use: small volt-ohm-current meter to chase down electric faults and a small soldering iron to fix some of those faults. My needs often centered around maintaining a CB radio (anyone else remember those?) external wiring, lead wires, and antenna.

DMcC · ‎29-03-2021

My direction - different, some bulk items. At estate and garage sales I watch for unopened qt. oil containers, ditto radiator coolant, windshield wipers still in their bubble packs, WD-40 cans, also yard fertilizer, weed killer -- .

DMcC · ‎26-03-2021

Interesting. Thanks, new info. My street rodded '35 Ford uses silicone fluid, same fluid remains after 20 or so years. However, the plastic container the initial fluid came in has developed a crack about at the top of the remaining fluid. Container aged out? The DOT 3 fluid in our daily drivers gets replaced every several years to clear out moisture, etc.

DMcC · ‎03-03-2021

Love it!

DMcC · ‎03-03-2021

-- and wondering if her 356 is at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, believe it was there.