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  1. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage refrigerator parts

    1930artdeco: By all means, if you can get a Monitor Top in good shape for a reasonable price, get it. I bought my first one in 1980 and it has been my kitchen refrigerator ever since. It needed a capacitor when I got it and that simple repair has proven it to be bulletproof. A few years...
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    Vintage Cars

    For decades it has been a goal to drive a Model T Ford to the observatory on top of Mount Diablo in California and, finally, I was able to do it. With a friend of 35 years we made it to the summit with no trouble at all. And, considering a Model T's imaginary brakes, it is just as noteworthy...
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Since the factory closed, getting new-made parts for Stanley cars has become sort of a waiting game. Guys who have the capacity to manufacture new parts are few and the line for their services can be long. Well! I'm happy I made it to the front of the line for a new burner for the Stanley...
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    Vintage Cars

    If you're not into early cars, such stuff doesn't matter but, if you are, then things like tires become an item of special interest. The thing is, early cars have distinctive tires, they are big and they are skinny and getting tires to fit obsolete wheels is more of a challenge now than it has...
  5. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage Appliances

    I'm afraid this may take the knowledge base of someone like LizzieMaine. I've spent a lot of time online searching for even a hint of how, exactly, do early ice trays work? I bought a second 1934 GE monitor top at an estate sale and it came with two original ice trays. But they're not the...
  7. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage Cars

    I'm surprised to see it has been nearly a year since I last posted here. It has been an eventful year, though. I had been renting a commercial warehouse from a friend - at a greatly reduced rate - but as times changed he sold the cavernous space he used for himself told me he now needed the...
  8. Studebaker Driver

    What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

    I really like that "Carhartt-like" fabric, Eric. It would make a good early car cap.
  9. Studebaker Driver

    What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

    Eric - I really like the scale of the Cordova caps, that width looks great. And the fleecy, nappy finish works well with the fleece sweater, too! LOL
  10. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage cars, golden era photo shoots

    I'm deeply indebted to a friend who is a tireless researcher. He dug into the archives of humanity to find these photos of the Stanley sedan taken in the early 1970s.
  11. Studebaker Driver

    What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

    That's a solid philosophy, Eric. Sometimes the indignation of being cheated bubbles to the surface. It was a very expensive and disappointing lesson and the next ones will be Cordovas.
  13. Studebaker Driver

    What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

    I sure wish I had followed your example, Eric, and bought Cordova caps rather than waste my money at Monsivais. I erroneously thought because I could visit Monsivais in person it was a better choice.
  14. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Well, Bigman, I can't help you with "tube liners", but I can tell you about flaps and rim strips. Little ones first, rim strips, which are relatively narrow bands of rubber that fit between the sidewalls of a tire on the rim. They have to be stretched on, like a rubber band. If you are...
  15. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage cars, golden era photo shoots

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    Vintage cars, golden era photo shoots

  17. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    It took a long time, but I finally got the big 30 hp Stanley Mountain Wagon engine back from the machine shop. Metal fatigue had claimed the steel engine frame rods on one side - basically the engine broke in half on one side. For anyone who has ever wondered what a Stanley steamer engine...
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The Brits are wildly enthusiastic about all forms of steam machinery (love them) and steam cars are high on their list. This is a great short You Tube video
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    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Vacuuming up ants or dirt from cars is an offshoot of the physics of the Stanley steam syphon, used to pull solid water from lakes, streams, horse troughs, into the water tank. It was *very* fast, much faster than mere city water pressure; 50 gallons could be syphoned into the tank in a matter...
  21. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Some of the gimmicks and tchotchkes sold in the early day of automobiling were just laughable. There were worthless gizmos that were "guaranteed" to make you flivver start easier, give you better gas mileage and go faster doing it. Things you could buy to make your lights brighter, your tires...
  22. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    The only important part, Big Man, is that the trouble was isolated and fixed! I've been working on the Stanley sedan's beauty
  23. Studebaker Driver

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    How are you doing with your oil leak, Big Man? Did you get it tracked down OK?

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