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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 09:25 pm:

After seeing Bob Bergstadt's post about his big sale of used parts, I called and got dibs on the Holley G and NH bodies. So Wednesday I set out for Rockford. After tying on the feed bag in Des Moines, I headed east and ran into this nice rainstorm.




At Bob's I loaded about five hundred pounds of carburetor bodies and other parts in the car and headed home. I'll post pictures of the loot later.

In Iowa I took a new route, and in Creston I found the Frank Phillips Visitors' Center.



The reason for a new route through Iowa was to go home by way of Mound City, MO, for a visit with Dave Stroud.



We went for a nice drive in Dave's coupe and I shot some video: http://www.youtube.com/user/aqfarn?feature=mhee.

After leaving Dave's I found that the old US 159 bridge over the Missouri River will soon be replaced.





I took a shortcut along the state line. Here Are two views from the same hill.


Looking east: Nebraska on the left, Kansas on the right.


Looking west: Kansas on the left, Nebraska on the right.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By William L Vanderburg on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 09:39 pm:

so....if you bought 500 pounds, did you leave anything for the rest of us?
LOL


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 10:45 pm:

Love the pics, Steve!

What's next - a new website that mysteriously appears in the classifieds, "CarbsCarbsandMoreCarbs.com"?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 10:58 pm:

Yep, there are tons left. I might have bought more, but I went by Camry. Didn't want to drive the colossal gas hog suburban all the way up there.

Danial, yes, sort of. One of my winter projects will be rebuilding enough of those carbs to pay for them and maybe bring in some extra sheckels. I'll probably add a page to my website.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 11:02 pm:

Right on!

Would you suggest changing my carb to something different? Currently runing a Holley vaporizer.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Scott Gilham Bellflower Ca. on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 11:43 pm:

So Steve, Was the sheer volume of parts overwhelming? Must have been a little like......well Heaven


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Doug Money - Braidwood, IL on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:09 am:

I'm hoping to stop in on the 24th or 25th. We'll see if Steve left anything for the rest of us. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Hoshield on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:18 am:

It is amazing to find a source of parts like thar! I'm lookimg forward do the carb photos too! Love the visitor's center!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:52 am:

Danial, I don't have a 1927 so I haven't used a vaporizer. I seem to recall in the recent carburetor discussion some guys said they're OK. Check it out and see if I remember correctly.

There's lots of stuff at Bob's, but what's remarkable is that Glen Chaffin, Don Lang, and some of the other parts dealers have similar big piles of used parts. It's amazing how much has survived since the T era, though a lot was lost and a lot is pretty poor.

While I'm posting, here's a picture I couldn't get to work earlier.



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:07 am:

Steve - Being the long ago retired but highly trained observer that I am (was), I feel that I should probably tell you that whichever way you were facing on the first photo you posted is also the same way you were facing on the second photo you posted. In any case, I have also observed that Kansas and Nebraska look a lot alike, but not THAT MUCH alike. And just when I thought your photography work was absolutely flawless! Ha,ha,.....harold


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:10 am:

Ooops,.......I failed to say that it's the Kansas/Nebraska photos I'm talking about.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:18 am:

Egad! You're right, I posted east twice. Here's west


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman - Sumner,WA on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:26 am:

Well, okay, but now I'm totally confused! I don't know if Kansas looks a lot like Nebraska, or Nebraska looks a lot like Kansas!

Just jerk'n yer chain a bit Steve,......beautiful photos as always! I figure you're just tired from all that driving! But at least you know that there are those of us that look at your beautiful photos carefully, right?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George Clipner-Los Angeles on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:35 am:

I would expect the Missourah River to look a lot lower.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve McClelland on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 03:42 am:

Steve Thanks for the pictures.... I have a NOS Phillips 66 double sided sign just like the one hanging in front of the station. Mine came from Blue Ridge Ga. It had been stored under the floor of an old store / station for the last 50 years it was still in the old wood slat crate. Mine is complete with the wrought iron frame and hanging clamps, it's pretty neat just to see one in the from of how it was used, I'd sure like to have one of the old pumps to go with it...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Patterson, OZ on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 04:04 am:

Kansas or Nebraska. Coulda fooled me.There are parts of Australia that look just the same.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Semprez-Templeton, CA on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:44 pm:

Steve, that is some beautiful country! Thank you for posting them!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Noel D. Chicoine, MD, Pierre, SD on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 02:11 pm:

Steve, are you sure those pics are of Kansas and Nebraska? there are parts of South Dakota that look a lot like that.:-) Great to hear about your trip. Keep posting. love your pics and tales.
Noel


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 02:18 pm:

It occurred to me that the state line pictures could just as well be Oklahoma/Kansas, Nebraska/South Dakota, or North Dakota/South Dakota. Not quite OZ, though. No eucalyptus.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dick Lodge - St Louis MO on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 02:43 pm:

Koalas ate it all....


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Ragan on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 02:59 pm:

Steve

I came through Creston, IA on Monday before you came through. Picked up a Uhaul trailer there and loaded my new Depot Hack about 10 miles south. The guy I bought it from had 4 T's (now three) and 3 or 4 Model A's Depot Hack on trailer


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 03:14 pm:

Excellent! Nice-looking hack. Did the U-Haul "1928 or later" computer system give you any trouble? How about the tie-down straps? I hope you had some of your own.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Ragan on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 03:59 pm:

No problem with Uhaul. Of course it was in Creston, IA that I rented it and the Uhaul/Appliance/Video store that I rented from knew the seller very well. Everyone out there knows everyone else very well. I did have heavy duty tie-down straps on the rear and a lighter weight one up front. I was concerned with unexpected stops and I didn't want that thing in the back seat of the tow vehicle. I really don't trust the "over the wheel" straps. I was on pretty rough country roads for about 15 miles and one of the straps seemed to have slipped some when I stopped to check it. Towed great, but I tend to be overly cautious.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 04:24 pm:

Steve - Thank you for the pictures, as usual..

We get over to Bob's every once in awhile and have seen all his stuff many times, but some will still find it amazing.

BTW, those state line pictures could also be IL/WI, except that the roads might be paved...

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 05:42 pm:

Larry, here's why I asked. I think they may have stayed on for about fifty miles.




This afternoon I've been putting NH bodies into smaller boxes so I don't have to move them 100 pounds at a time. Most appear usable. A couple are like new, several are excellent, and most that don't pass muster can be fixed. A few are toast. One thing I noticed is that a lot of them, even fairly good ones, appear to have "slept with the fishes". Not just a little surface rust, but enough to leave pits.





Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Hoshield on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 11:13 pm:

Wow ... when you said "500 lbs of carburetors", I thought you were talking figuratively! LOL OK Steve ... when are you setting up shop to sell parts for these now???? :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 11:26 pm:

I bought them now because they were available now, but it will be awhile before I'm ready to do anything with them. I expect rebuilding some to sell will be one of my winter projects. For now I have plenty of other stuff to eat up my time.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Sunday, August 12, 2012 - 04:37 am:

Steve, thanks for posting the pictures and video. I had a great time visiting with you and hope to get down your way one of these days. Thanks for taking time out to stop by! Dave


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