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- Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What "barn find" would you like to find?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4164
Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?
Car: T-head Mercer Raceabout. Plane: Beech Staggerwing.
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: On the Road Again
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2029
Re: On the Road Again
Yeah, he's a writer, and a damn good one. Thank, Bob. I needed that!
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Trying to get a complete list of swap meets and shows for Brass era autos
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3330
Re: Trying to get a complete list of swap meets and shows for Brass era autos
Mason, I'm interested in what you've heard about the HCCA magazine, "good and bad". I'm a very active life member of the HCCA, and I'm on the committee that helps the editor get out the Gazette every two months. I'd appreciate it if you'd send me a private message telling what you've heard, good and...
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Besides your T, what other Ford would you wish to own?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5918
Re: Besides your T, what other Ford would you wish to own?
Rob's K, B, N, and F touring, in that order.
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A name is?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5465
Re: A name is?
On this website I use my name. On the HCCA and AACA websites I use oldcarfudd, for reasons which should need no explaining. When I write articles for thew Horseless Carriage Gazette, I use Gil Fitzhugh the Elder because my son, also a Gil Fitzhugh but with a different middle initial, is also in the ...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Is a T Safer than a Modern Car?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3927
Is a T Safer than a Modern Car?
The New York Times ran an article today about the dangers of modern cars and trucks, that have 100 million lines of code, compared with airliners that have only 15 million lines. They might become the target of hackers looking for ransom money or just wanting to commit mayhem. The CEO of a computer ...
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Estate Sale
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2325
Re: Estate Sale
There is a club for Dodge Brothers cars, and it has a magazine. The new editor is Tracy Lesher, who is also the editor of the Horseless Carriage Gazette. She might be able to give you ad space. Her HCCA web address is editor@hcca.org.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Nov./Dec. Vintage Ford
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7747
Re: Nov./Dec. Vintage Ford
It arrived today. I was delighted to learn I could still have a gift matched if I got it in before 12/31/20. Fortunately, I had already done so.
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Nov./Dec. Vintage Ford
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7747
Re: Nov./Dec. Vintage Ford
Still waiting in Morristown, NJ.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cars you once owned it would be nice to have now
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3865
Re: Cars you once owned it would be nice to have now
1916 Briscoe V-8 touring car, '48 MG TC, '61 Triumph TR-3A.
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Susan's retirement day is December 17th !!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3309
Re: Susan's retirement day is December 17th !!
All good wishes for a long, healthful and prosperous retirement!
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: We've lost another one
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1568
Re: We've lost another one
Bob was a most unusual fellow. He'd been suffering from metastatic cancer for years. Despite that, he hosted a great one-and two-cylinder tour fromm Chatauqua, NY, a few years back. He and Jill took their topless 1908 Buick to the Lansing-Dearborn run and the Old Car Festival at least twice - and, w...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Alternate History Question 2: Modern Model T
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1661
Re: Alternate History Question 2: Modern Model T
Well, let's see. It would have crumple zones front and rear, properly engineered three point seat belts, air bags, anti-lock disc brakes front and rear - probably look like a Ford Focus.
- Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What brand tube?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3089
Re: What brand tube?
But after 12/31/2020, the UK will be out. Nobody knows what that will mean yet.
- Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: dixie wide track
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4321
Re: dixie wide track
I have a wide-track 1912 Buick model 35. The front and rear axles are longer. The fenders are normal, but the splash aprons are wider to keep the fenders centered over the wheels. This is the entry-level Buick; it has a 101-3/4" wheelbase, an engine smaller than a Model T (same bore, but 1/4" less s...
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
Several years ago I went on a Mainely T Tour. I wrote it up for the Horseless Carriage Club website. Here's the link.
https://hcca.org/BOARDS/viewtopic.php?f ... 627af3940b
https://hcca.org/BOARDS/viewtopic.php?f ... 627af3940b
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What kind of a car is this?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4090
Re: What kind of a car is this?
Actually, there really was a Pullman Junior cloverleaf roadster with that trunk.
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Who uses 30 x 3 clinchers?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8227
Re: Who uses 30 x 3 clinchers?
Quite a few small early cars used 30x3. The first Model 10 Buicks did, although when they went to four seats they strengthened their tires to 30x3-1/2. My 1907 single-cylinder Cadillac runabout has them, but the heavier-bodied touring car version had 30x-1/2.
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: About to be on the road again - 1910 Ford racer
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6070
Re: About to be on the road again - 1910 Ford racer
That's going to make your K roadster seem downright wimpy and boring. You may need to unload it on someone who appreciates wimpy and boring. Me, for instance.
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old photo: New 09-10 Model Ts.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6146
Re: Old photo: New 09-10 Model Ts.
It's just as well they weren't going down the Mississippi to the Panama Canal. The canal didn't open until 1914.
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Golden Gate Tour Rides Again May 31, 2021
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6455
Re: Day Three on Golden Gate Tour
What a wonderful tour you folks are having! I'm envious as blazes.
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T Times article, “Before Ford vs. Ferrari”
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3063
Re: Model T Times article, “Before Ford vs. Ferrari”
This is a great set of articles and I enjoyed them thoroughly. Many thanks to you and Natalie/ One question about the cover: How did you do that bit of photoshopping? It's a black and white picture, EXCEPT: 1. The Ford's hub caps, wheel spider, radiator, and ignition switch are brass; 2. The Ford's ...
- Fri May 29, 2020 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What did you do with your T Model in May ?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 19545
Re: What did you do with your T Model in May ?
My wife and I have been taking advantage of all this downtime by seriously cleaning the garages and workshops. I just cut up a lot of cardboard boxes that had literally ben around for 20 years. I saved lots of clean pieces to put under leaky cars (NO! REALLY?) if I wanted to work under them. The res...
- Sun May 24, 2020 9:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: No parades this weekend - so.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2703
Re: No parades this weekend - so.....
What a great picture! But tell us, Darren, was it hard to split your love between two Queens?
- Wed May 20, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Should I get a Model T or A?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7064
Re: Should I get a Model T or A?
To play with early cars, you have to be at least pleasantly loopy. To play with steam cars, you have to be certifiably insane. I know; I have one. I've had As and Ts; for the last 19 years I've had a T but not an A. Get a T. They're a hoot. (But, since I'm certifiably insane, why would you listen to...
- Tue May 12, 2020 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
I tell people it's like butterflies emerging from cocoons.
- Sat May 09, 2020 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
Sorry about the double post; I'm not sure why that happened, other than that I don't understand anything that doesn't start with a crank, including my computer.
- Sat May 09, 2020 1:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
IMG_0117.jpg Our local Cars and Coffee is called Cars and Croissants. Two reasons: 1. It started out life meeting at a French bakery, which it has long outgrown. 2. The founders are into modern exotic iron.. When they first approached me about joining in, I said I didn't have that kind of car. "No ...
- Fri May 08, 2020 9:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: My T on the road. Original owner at the wheel
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1804
Re: My T on the road. Original owner at the wheel
Did he die of carowner virus?
- Tue May 05, 2020 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
Susan Yeager had never even seen a lobstah, let alone eaten one. She came to the final banquet with Jay Klefoth; I think she learned quite quickly!
- Tue May 05, 2020 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
Possibly the biggest annual purely-T tour is the Mainely T. I've done it once. Here are a few pics.
The website won't let me put more than five pictures in one post, so you'll have to keep scrolling for the best one.
The website won't let me put more than five pictures in one post, so you'll have to keep scrolling for the best one.
- Tue May 05, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
They do indeed. This is from a Hangover a couple of years ago.
- Mon May 04, 2020 11:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
Several years ago I took my '13 on a week-long Snappers tour. It was a progressive tour. We started in Kalamazoo and went up the eastern side of Lake Michigan, returning inland from the lake. While there are always some Ts on a Snappers tour, many of those guys favor VERY large cars. IMG_1729.JPG IM...
- Mon May 04, 2020 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: The Model T as a bus in Central Europe
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2052
Re: The Model T as a bus in Central Europe
If you follow the link, you'll see four short biographies of Hungarians who worked for Henry Ford.
- Sun May 03, 2020 11:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
Here are a few for lovers of alphabet Fords (aren't we all?)
- Sat May 02, 2020 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
Here are some pictures from when I have been a passenger on HCCA tours out west.
- Fri May 01, 2020 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Virtual Model T Tour
- Replies: 252
- Views: 52113
Re: Virtual Model T Tour
First, many thanks to Wayne for starting this thread, and for posting the picture he took on the MTFCI tour in Canada last year. Wayne was one of my passengers, it was a great tour, and I enjoyed the company. I can cull my stash for a lot of pictures of my and others' Model Ts and earlier Fords on v...
- Fri May 01, 2020 9:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ford Model K - Christian F. Weeber, Jr.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5653
Re: Ford Model K - Christian F. Weeber, Jr.
Do any Model S Ford coupes survive? See the ad on page 161.
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: 8,000 miles in 1907.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2014
Re: 8,000 miles in 1907.
It was assumed the car would need repainting and revarnishing during the three year period, but that it could be done for 35 bucks. Also, that the car could cover ground at twice the speed of a horse. The Amish I know say that an average Amish horse - often a race horse who is spirited but not a tra...
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Qantas safety video
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3804
Re: Qantas safety video
In 1959 I had an opportunity to spend three weeks in Australia. Since it was so bloody far away, I figured I might as well go around the world as go out and back. Back then, that was a VERY big deal. The leg from Singapore to Darwin was on a Qantas Connie like the one in the video. It's the only tim...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: A change of fuel on my road to Damascus
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5983
Re: A change of fuel on my road to Damascus
A lot of atmospheric moisture can condense on the interior walls of a partly empty gas tank, and then trickle down to the bottom of the system. Back when I used to play with airplanes, we'd always fill the tank when we were through flying for the day, to minimize where water could condense. And befo...
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: WHat Have You Done To Your Model T In March?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 26569
Re: WHat Have You Done To Your Model T In March?
I needed to pick up a couple of prescriptions at Shop-Rite pharmacy today. It was a severely beautiful day, so I drove the T. The roads, and Shop-Rite, had about 20% of normal traffic. It was spooky! But, driving in, Every. Single. Driver. honked, waved, or gave a thumbs-up. They must have been over...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Rob has a cover car
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6522
Re: Rob has a cover car
Front cover plus eight inside pages including the centerfold. Congratulations!
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sara's Grandfather's 1915 Model T
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3248
Re: Sara's Grandfather's 1915 Model T
Congratulations! A wonderful story about a wonderful car.
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old Photo, Brass touring car and family
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2290
Re: Old Photo, Brass touring car and family
9 people in a Model T? I'll bet, as those kids got older, Daddy discovered why God invented depot hacks!
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Model T accident in Kerrville TX yesterday
- Replies: 46
- Views: 15391
Re: Model T accident in Kerrville TX yesterday
My 1907 Cadillac got nailed like that in 2008. Hagerty totaled it, but let me buy the bones back for a very reasonable price. Pretzeling half the frame, shattering the flywheel and destroying two wheels, among other damage, doesn't get fixed easily or cheaply on a car as scarce as a one-lung Cadilla...
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Vintage authenticity?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 28446
Re: Vintage authenticity?
A curved dash Olds is just as street legal as a Model T. If it weren't, I'd be writing this from jail. But just because something isn't illegal (yet) doesn't mean it's always a good idea. I'm careful about when and where I drive my T, and my Olds, and my Stanley. The fatality on the London to Bright...
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How cold do you drive?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 21500
Re: How cold do you drive?
Sorry, this isn’t a T picture. I go to a group called Cars and Croissants. It’s like a Cars and Coffee, but when it started, it met at a place with a French bakery. It’s long outgrown that meeting place. but the name has stuck. Since there’d been no snow, hence no salt on the roads, the group decide...
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: ”Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7524
Re: ”Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.”
Henry may have made that announcement about color in 1909, but he didn't get around to acting on it for 4 more years.
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:06 am
- Forum: OT - Off topic
- Topic: Post your favorite sign
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14672
Re: Post your favorite sign
I don't have a picture, but there's a twisting, winding road in northwestern NJ called "Shades of Death Road". Glad I don't live there!
- Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New London New Brighton
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9530
Re: New London New Brighton
I didn't look. I think it was a bit after 5.
- Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: New London New Brighton
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9530
Re: New London New Brighton
I drove it in my Curved Dash Oldsmobile. The usual great organization, support from police, and enthusiasm from bystanders. A wonderful assortment of early cars. The rain wasn't quite biblical, but it seemed that way sometimes. I didn't get to a hot shower until 9:30 pm. When I finally got undressed...
- Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6098
Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour
I heartily second the idea that this was a fabulous tour. An example of the attention to detail: At every intersection that might have been troublesome, there was a sign telling us which way to go. That meant someone had to go out on tour putting up signs, and go back on tour at the end of the day t...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 11:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What have you done to your Model T in July?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 35094
Re: What have you done to your Model T in July?
Since I bought my '14 touring 2-1/2 years ago, I've just been using it for one-day tours and general puttering around. That changed last month, when I went on the VMCCA Nickel Era tour based a few miles south of Gettysburg, PA. The tour was open to any car 1913 to 1927, even if it had no nickel, and...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6098
Re: MTFCI 2019 Red Dirt Tour
Aye, 'tis mine.
Gil
Gil
- Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Odds of getting stolen
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8294
Re: Odds of getting stolen
I worry more about vandalism than theft. I left my Stanley outside one night at the HCCA's shore tour in early May. Another tour participant said she chased away three teenage boys who were sitting in it smoking.
- Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What did you do with your model T in June
- Replies: 97
- Views: 32829
Re: What did you do with your model T in June
The VMCCA has a Kentucky-based, but actually nationwide, nickel-era chapter that accommodates cars from 1913 through 1927, even if (like my '14 T) they have no nickel. Their summer tour was last week. We stayed at a ski resort south of Gettysburg, PA. The longest day was over 125 miles to Harpers Fe...
- Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: I am 87 today
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11616
Re: I am 87 today
All the best, Daryl! I'm only 4 years behind you, but sometimes it feels as if I'm catching up fast.
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Foto of the Day
- Replies: 652
- Views: 171234
Re: Foto of the Day
Boondocks are where you find them. This was an optional "road" on the 2015 Mainely T tour. Rich Bingham might recognize the car.
- Sat May 04, 2019 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Western Mass?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4723
Re: Western Mass?
Is your T a pre-'16? If it is, look up the HCCA Autoneers.
- Sun Apr 14, 2019 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Accessory I have never seen....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6437
Re: Accessory I have never seen....
If you can stand advertising another club, the HCCA sells a hat lanyard for three bucks. It's basically a strap with an alligator clip on each end. One end goes on the hat, the other on the neck of your shirt. If your hat blows off, it doesn't go anywhere; you just reach back, grab the hat, and repl...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Let's talk gasoline
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11871
Re: Let's talk gasoline
I use regular E-10 pump gas, the same stuff your Aunt Minnie puts in her Toyota. My garage is heated enough to take the chill off. I've been able to drive my T off and on all winter, whenever it had rained enough to wash the salt off the roads. I've gone to yoga, to lunch, to the barber, to the bank...
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: What have you done on/with/to your T in febuary?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 23388
Re: What have you done on/with/to your T in febuary?
It was a beautiful sunny day, temp 34. Joan and a friend had gone horseback riding, so I put on ski underwear, lined jeans, a warm shirt and ski outerwear. I put a bottle of IPA in my coat pocket and drove the '14 to town for a fine lunch at our local Thai restaurant.
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OT - No longer surprising!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6642
Re: OT - No longer surprising!
When all has been said and done, more will have been said than done.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OT: Unintentionaly altered history
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9605
Re: OT: Unintentionaly altered history
Since women got the vote in 1919, I wonder what they were marching for in the twenties. The date might not be the only mislabeled thing in that picture!
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: White tires
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8388
Re: White tires
Is that white paint dense enough to be used on BLACK tires? If it is, we could save a lot of money. Buy the cheaper black tires to begin with, get the long tread life of black tires, and get the period look of white tires that stay white.
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Idea: USA national Model T tour/event calendar
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3732
Re: Idea: USA national Model T tour/event calendar
This idea has the potential to be very useful, as well as very time-consuming for whoever maintains it. Several clubs other than MTFCA and MTFCI have tours that are Model-T-friendly. HCCA national and regional tours welcome pre-'16 Ts. Snappers, a brass-era group in AACA, also welcomes pre-'16 Ts. A...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Old Photo- DR. Gossle's car after a fire
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3499
Re: Old Photo- DR. Gossle's car after a fire
The first Chevrolet Royal Mails were 1914 models, according to the Kimes & Clark Standard Catalog. But this car has me buffaloed. It's left-hand drive, which is unusual that early, but it's neither a Ford nor a Brush. It looks somewhat like a REO, but I'm not convinced.
- Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: OT WTB Soon.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3821
Re: OT WTB Soon.
It comes in 5-gallon pails at Wal-Mart. It's where I buy steam for my Stanley. Good stuff!
- Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Partly OT - First VMCCA Meet 1939
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2696
Partly OT - First VMCCA Meet 1939
This wonderful old home movie, updated to a more modern format, was just posted on the AACA website. There aren't many Ts. The games are fun, but the one of driving over logs while balancing a tray of drinks looks to be hard on the cars. There are two fires - one simulated, the other clearly not. Th...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Downtown abbey
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6671
Re: Downtown abbey
About 3 years ago I drove my T to the local supermarket. As I was leaving the parking lot, I passed two women walking. One pointed and said: "Look! Downton Abbey!"
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How to get the ladies interested !!!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6966
Re: How to get the ladies interested !!!!!
My wife hasn’t ridden in an antique car since an accident a couple of years ago. Before that, she went once in a while. I asked her how I should answer this query; here are some of her thoughts. Ask your wife what she’d like to do. (If she says she never wants to see that smelly contraption again, i...