What's the unofficial HAMB cut-in year? The cutoff year is basically 1965, but what might a cut-in (for lack of a better term?) year be? Let's try to narrow in on one. My starting bid is 1927 because that's a year of Model T that I've seen here quite a bit. I've probably seen something older. ---- For the oldest car: Participants must post a picture, it must be a driver (versus a project), and it must pass the HAMB moderator test.
1910 Buick and 1915 Ford. The 1910 Buick Model 16 was "modified" in the 'Teens or early 1920s. It is still that way today. The 1915 Ford was built in the 1970s and using all original, period Model T parts using an accessory Rajo overhead engine, wire wheels, chassis lowering parts, bucket seats, etc. It appears to look like a car that was built in the 'Teens or early 1920s.
Original hot rods ? Cooooool I have a book somewhere about brass era race cars , total loss oil systems , riding with a mechanic , and 18’ of screaming chain beside the driver going to the diff . these guys had tool steel balls back then !!!!! can’t really see a “ cut up” year . As humans have been wanting to go faster since the wheel was invented .
The closest I can get is a 1919 Chrysler deck lid, sure wish someone would buy it before I do something stupid with it.
Walter Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation June 5 1925 so sorry to tell ya but your deck lid is either not 1919 or it's not Chrysler. He bought out Maxwell and turned them into Chryslers. Later he bought out the Dodge Brothers. Dave
I already got beat for oldest, but this is my 1916 Hudson Super Six that was cut down by my neighbor’s family in the ‘30s. I inherited/purchased it after my neighbor passed and got it back roadworthy (ish). It does a handful of drives per year, mostly parades.
Doesn't count (per the rules) but I have the engine for a McKay Steam Automobile (1900-02). Dad was starting to put parts together to build one... never happened
For a while I had under my care an 1898 Panhard, I did drive it but it wasn't mine. It's fun to drive though, it had a De Dion single cylinder engine instead of the Benz one.
I figure I have everyone beat(at least most) on oldest unrebuilt non nos fully serviceable non leakier shocks lol. My 53 has the ac Delco pleasurizer shocks installed in 1969. Was going to replace them till I swapped rear ends because the surface rust had me thinking they were shot. But the way they extended as soon as unbolted and resisted compression let me know they were basically new mechanically. So a quick scuff to knock off rust and some rattle can black and I hooked them back up lol
You should retrofit some brakes also because there were none, that's how he invented the car accident at the same time by driving through a wall.
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