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  1. Stanley Doble

    Auto collision repair in the 1940s

    Have been a vintage car fan for 50 years and worked in bodyshops and garages for 20 years so I have a good knowledge of 30s - 40s cars and yes, I have worked with lead body solder. Basic metal working techiques have not changed much, but the old cars used thicker metal that was harder to work...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Does this seem suspicious to you?

    Maybe they just want to know what you are interested in so they can give you a quote. It seems odd they don't have a price list but, maybe the price varies according to how many you buy and they don't want to bother explaining all the terms. You should be able to get a quote without committing...
  3. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    That's what I tell people. I'm a vegetarian but I'm not a fanatic about it (pass the gravy).
  4. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    You don't have to be a fanatic.
  5. Stanley Doble

    What are your favorite T.V. theme songs?

    Theme from Here Come The 70's, early electronic music from Syrinx (the original Syrinx) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37z6eAp3D4A Song was called Tillicum, here it is complete with girl in bikini. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fatQ3Cdpd0k French version, Vers L'An 2000 (Toward The Year...
  7. Stanley Doble

    What are your favorite T.V. theme songs?

    Theme from Flying Blind, does anyone else remember it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed02LzrKsp8
  8. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    A throw out bearing should last almost indefinitely. Did they grease it when they put it in? Same with the pilot bearing. Soft motor mounts will cause a shuddery takeoff. If they are the originals no doubt they are shot. A common source of noise is the muffler or exhaust hitting something. They...
  9. Stanley Doble

    What's For Breakfast...

    Two soft boiled eggs on Bavarian rye toast with coffee and orange juice.
  10. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Zatarain's Dirty Rice and a vegetable stir fry (mushroom onion red pepper celery sauteed in olive oil and flavored with Worstershire sauce) with a glass of Welch's grape juice, and a Macintosh apple and wedge of old cheddar for dessert.
  11. Stanley Doble

    New to the Vintage lifestyle, first meet up turned into a disaster

    Not from the south myself but from what i have read, you probably would have met with a politer reception in the south during the 30s and 40s. They might have been racists but they had manners.
  13. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    Hard to diagnose a noise without seeing the car but from your description it only happens when the car is in gear and moving. This points to something loose in the handbrake, rear brakes, a loose wheel, possibly even front wheel or front brake.
  14. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    From my old repair manuals, the belt should be tight but not too tight. The rule was you should be able to deflect it 3/4" with light thumb pressure in the middle of its run. The reason being, not to wear out the bronze bearings. Alternators with roller bearings can be much tighter.
  15. Stanley Doble

    how to start building a man's wardrobe?

    Why were people so tiny, for a start they ate about half what we do. The average man weighs 40 pounds more than he did in the seventies! At least I do lol. No, I saw that statistic on the net someplace.
  16. Stanley Doble

    The vintage car collectors of Pakistan

    Looking at the so called 1914 Ford Model T I don't see a single Ford part. I don't know what it is but it isn't a Ford.
  17. Stanley Doble

    how to start building a man's wardrobe?

    Dress For Success by John Molloy offers some great advice on building a wardrobe. His advice is geared toward business but tips on buying clothes, correct fit, color coordination etc can by applied to vintage as well. It just occurred to me that since the book was first published in the...
  19. Stanley Doble

    Patton leads German troops against USSR?

    It is factually untrue as well. The US warned Japan before dropping the bomb and offered the chance to surrender. They even dropped leaflets on the city warning the people to evacuate. They did the same at Nagasaki. It was a matter of "calling their shots" so there could be no doubt that the...
  20. Stanley Doble

    What's For Breakfast...

    Sausage egg and cheese on a Panini with coffee at Tim Horton's. Never had a Panini before. Don't think I will have it again. I like the bacon egg and cheese on a biscuit better.
  21. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    A run of bad luck indeed. Get a rebuilt carb from Andy Bernbaum while you are at it. If you were a mechanic, or knew a good mechanic, you could just get a cheap kit and rebuild your carb but under the circumstances, the rebuilt carb is a good investment. If you or your mechanic decide to...
  22. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    On your car the handbrake is a separate brake on the back of the transmission. The new lining must be riveted to the brake band. At one time this work could be done by any well equipped garage or auto machine shop but since bonded brake linings came in, they all got rid of the riveting machine...
  23. Stanley Doble

    Favorite comfort food . . .

    Rice pudding. You have to know how to make it, you can't buy good rice pudding. Pudding cups try to pass off vanilla pudding with rice in it, that is the worst. But, home made rice pudding is delicious comfort food and healthy too.

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