That bottle triggered some memories. I Had to look it up to be sure… Sanka decaf. My mom was into that when I was a kid. Something about her nerves. Hope I wasn’t the root of the problem.
I knew it immediately when I saw Drake's photo, and I'm not a coffee drinker. In a sense the saying "any port in a storm" comes to mind.
My Iola swap meet haul. The signs were all really cheap, ranging in price from $5 to $30. Just stuff for the new garage walls. The steering wheel looks like Mercury Turnpike Cruiser but it has no splines and it does have a keyway. Anyone know what would have used that wheel with a key instead of splines? The hubcaps are kinda ugly but I really like the spinners on them and would like to find two more. The back side looks like it says Gay Lord wire wheel disc but it's really hard to read. Anyone know anything more about those? Might be hard to make up a set of 4, but I'll be looking.
I did find this article about Gay Lord hubcaps, holy shit these were expensive! $90 a set in 1953! Cool to know their age though.
Buddy with a metal recycling yard gave me this.It weighs about 250 lbs,I tried to weld the 2 half together but its not alum? So made some little metal tabs to use the threaded holes along the end of each half. Will smooth the middle with some tiger hair and make an oak base like a old ship cannon...more man cave stuff!
Just traded and got the new ride home. 1929 Buick 5 passenger coupe. I'm used to Ford's so being around this, dang she is big! My speedster has about a 90 inch wheelbase, this is 129! She is going to make an awesome tow rig for the speedster. I loaded with the winch (didn't want the previous owner to remember it might run) but managed to put in a can (fuel tank is dead) with a hose and drive her off the trailer. Someone had to just try it out. . .
just about the only thing I kept from dad's basement clean out. Says it works with denatured alcohol. I'm not going to try it. Looks like a cool space gun!
Also found a small roll of coil stock. It had this little spring loaded clamp holding it together. Made by Trico.
I got the Snap-On metric sockets at a yard sale for $1 each. I found the Mephisto saw handle at a thrift store. Who could resist the devil's hand saw? It looked like it had spent decades being banged around at the bottom of a tool box. It was dented up all over, so I filed, sanded tumbled, and polished it to it's present state. There's a thread on Mephisto tools on Garage Journal. The Real McCoy tether car, I got from an online auction.
Father in law gave this to me Wednesday. His grandfather bought it at the New York world fair, 1933. That's what's written on the bottom. You put cigarettes in it. It loads them so the little guy pops up and hands them to you one at a time when the door is rolled back. The art work on the sides is inlaid wood. Gave 'em up 30 years ago, had to bum one and shorten it to the same length as pre-filter era cigarettes so it would work right.
There are too many old Fords out there. May take a little more time and heavier parts but this coupe will make a great hot rod.
Not going to make a rod out of it. She's my gangster car, '29 top of the line coupe sold height of prohibition, and out of Chicago! No I'm not taking her to original either. In fact I'm going for the period 20's early 30's racing rig. Something I will trailer and tour with. Right now I'm inverting the manifold and dropping a Stromberg on.
I've got a box which is similar to the one shown here, but with a different inlay top: https://www.atlasantiques.co.uk/en-...y-cigarette-dispenser-box-with-dog/prod_11745 My grandmother gave it to me 40 years ago. Had to do a similar thing - ask her for a cigarette then cut the end off to make it fit. Cheers, Harv
Saw this a month ago at a local building that's getting torn down, an old IH tractor dealer. They were auctioning off the contents. Was told this would come up for sale in the auction and I got it, finally. Gonna look great on a beam in my new garage at the meat market. Got a few other trinkets too but this was the thing I wanted most.
You must have misunderstood, modifications would be entirely period and completely bolt on. How could you say no to putting on a different carb etc?
this is a hot rod site, it is perfectly reasonable to everyone here to modify cars, that is what this place is all about
I found this in a garage I was helping to clean out. It was in the bottom of a box of old moldy magazines!
This clamp is to tighten a fuse in its holder. In power plants or large industrial plants each motor starter had fuses, usually 3 for 3 phase motors. The fuses were approximately 6” long and had various ratings up to 60 amps. They were held in by clips with a V shaped spring. Over the years the spring would weaken and the clamp you have could be attached to the fuse clip so a Good electrical connection would be made. Yes it was a band-aid of sorts but very effective. When the system was out of service for an overhaul the clip could be replaced. These were common in every plant’s electrical shop.
I gotta quit buying shit and get back to building projects. But here I am again. There was another estate auction with this in it (online bidding only) and I just couldn't resist. It's about 8 feet wide. Pictures showed it just like it looks below, caked with filth, and since I missed the inspection day to go look around, I was taking a chance on it that it would clean up presentable. It ended up cleaning up great, without much trouble, so I'm really glad I got it. Had to bid a bit more than I really wanted to gamble considering it's condition, but in the end I think it was a bargain and is gonna look great on the shop walls. A friend of mine thinks he knows where it was, gonna try to track down it's history.
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