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.
so....if you bought 500 pounds, did you leave anything for the rest of us?
LOL
Love the pics, Steve!
What's next - a new website that mysteriously appears in the classifieds, "CarbsCarbsandMoreCarbs.com"?
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.
Right on!
Would you suggest changing my carb to something different? Currently runing a Holley vaporizer.
So Steve, Was the sheer volume of parts overwhelming? Must have been a little like......well Heaven
I'm hoping to stop in on the 24th or 25th. We'll see if Steve left anything for the rest of us.
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!
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.
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
Ooops,.......I failed to say that it's the Kansas/Nebraska photos I'm talking about.
Egad! You're right, I posted east twice. Here's west
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?
I would expect the Missourah River to look a lot lower.
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...
Kansas or Nebraska. Coulda fooled me.There are parts of Australia that look just the same.
Steve, that is some beautiful country! Thank you for posting them!
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
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.
Koalas ate it all....
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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???? :-)
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.
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