Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

[LizzieMaine]

Very sharp lookin! I was out adjusting my carburetor on the Plodge and flushing the air cleaner with kerosene during my lunch break today, which is rather astonishing when you consider I usually have to put it away by the end of November each year. But no snow yet, temperatures near 50, so we'll keep going until the winter forces us to stop.

 

[Stearmen]

Very sharp lookin! I was out adjusting my carburetor on the Plodge and flushing the air cleaner with kerosene during my lunch break today, which is rather astonishing when you consider I usually have to put it away by the end of November each year. But no snow yet, temperatures near 50, so we'll keep going until the winter forces us to stop.

I have been doing my best to send some snow your way!

 

[Braz]

Lizzie, your Plodge reminds me so much of my great grandads '46 Dodge, which he always referred to as "the machine." He was the worst driver I ever experienced. He thought the painted line in the middle of the road was where his left side tires should track and he held his position in the face of all oncoming traffic. One day we were coming back from a trip to town - I was about 12 - when he spotted some ears of corn laying beside the road. He stopped the car right where it was, in the driving lane of a state highway, on the dark side of the crest of a hill and had me get out and gather up the corn to feed to the squirrels. I did some super fast gathering that day I can assure you.

 

[2jakes]

It was such a beautiful day today I decided to give the old Plymouth a much needed wax job. Now, to hit the road and do some driving.

This ad is my homage to your Plymouth & great wax job.
Also for motivating me to do likewise on my old ’46 truck.

 

[Big Man]

This ad is my homage to your Plymouth & great wax job.
Also for motivating me to do likewise on my old ’46 truck.

That looks great.

 

[LizzieMaine]

And the best thing is that not only could the Monopoly Man sleep in the back seat, he wouldn't even have to take his top hat off.

 

[2jakes]

And the best thing is that not only could the Monopoly Man sleep in the back seat, he wouldn't even have to take his top hat off.

First jalopy my folks bought for $75.

There was space in the rear window above
the back seat where my little sister would
climb & go to sleep.

 

[Big Man]

First jalopy my folks bought for $75.

There was space in the rear window above
the back seat where my little sister would
climb & go to sleep.

I slept many a time on the back shelf of my Dad's '55 Olds 98.

 

[Stearmen]

First jalopy my folks bought for $75.

There was space in the rear window above
the back seat where my little sister would
climb & go to sleep.

And, when a Cop saw that, he just smiled and rode on! Unlike today, where they would be arrested, and on the news for child endangerment!

 

[2jakes]

And, when a Cop saw that, he just smiled and rode on! Unlike today, where they would be arrested, and on the news for child endangerment!

It never occurred to me until I read it here & perhaps it wasn’t safe at all.

But then I remember one of my aunts (back-seat driver) saying,

“You know the ants can crawl from one side of the road up over the car
& get to the other side before you complete the turn !”

God Bless my Dad...he married into a platoon of “control-freaks” on my mother’s side.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Today marks the official mothballing of the Plodge for the winter -- usually I do this at the end of November, but the weird weather this month kept on the road a bit longer. But with six inches of snow expected tomorrow, the time has come.

Total mileage for this year came to 2,289.8 miles, with the odometer now standing at 99,384.4. If all goes well, I expect it'll turn over the 100K mark some time in May or June 2016.

I had a dream last night that I had to buy new tires, but a look at them as I was doing the mothball job today leads me to think that won't be necessary for a while. I do expect to replace the tie rods next year, and I'm long overdue for a proper tuneup.

 

[2jakes]

Today marks the official mothballing of the Plodge for the winter -- usually I do this at the end of November, but the weird weather this month kept on the road a bit longer. But with six inches of snow expected tomorrow, the time has come.

Total mileage for this year came to 2,289.8 miles, with the odometer now standing at 99,384.4. If all goes well, I expect it'll turn over the 100K mark some time in May or June 2016.

I had a dream last night that I had to buy new tires, but a look at them as I was doing the mothball job today leads me to think that won't be necessary for a while. I do expect to replace the tie rods next year, and I'm long overdue for a proper tuneup.

Lizzie, Do you use jack stands when you store your plodge for the winter?
My ’39 panel is stored for a longer spell & besides the stands, I was thinking of draining the oil.



Btw:
I sometimes have had dreams in color
(and not induced by any drugs or alcohol either)

 

[LizzieMaine]

I don't jack it up -- I have a wooden floor garage, which is easier on the tires than concrete, and it's usually only stored for three or four months at a time. I don't drain any fluids, but I do take the battery out and keep it in my cellar on an old wooden chair for the duration of the winter. I did have the radiator flushed in October, and had fresh new anti-freeze put in.

I fill a couple of old stockings with mothballs and hang them from the rearview mirror and the backseat ash tray, as well as from the horn under the hood, and scatter dryer sheets around on the seats, on the package shelf, and on the floor. and I stuff them down the pedal holes on the floor board to discourage mice from entering. And I shove a hunk of steel wool up the tailpipe in case any mice get any ideas.

I think my tire dream was provoked more by the fact that I already had to shell out almost five hundred berries for tires for my winter car, and was quite put out by that.

 

[Babydoll]

I sometimes have had dreams in color
(and not induced by any drugs or alcohol either)

When studying Spanish in college, I used to dream in color and in Spanish. I didn't understand everything they said, but I knew it was Spanish. Oddly enough, it was Spanish with a Finnish accent - my professor was Finnish by birth.

 

[Auld Edwardian]

Hello One & All,
Since I was last here, which was sometime ago, I had to let "The Queen Mary" go. She was my 1965 Lincoln Convertible. We're in the process of moving and we don't have a garage on the other end, which is essential with a cabriolet of any era. It was a dream car to own whilst I had it, and was especially fun to take to the drive in theater, as it was like taking your living room with you. I hope to own another classic someday, but will only purchase one after I have a garage built. I would also prefer it to be heated so it would also serve as a workshop. It gets cool in Blue Ridge Mountains in the Southwestern corner of Virginia. It may never happen, but a pre WWII Packard, like the 1940 Super 8 Woody below, would be a fun car to have. But I would be willing to settle for any pre WWII Parkard as long as it wasn't a 120 series. Not likely to happen, but nothing wrong with dreaming about the possiblity.

Also a Happy & Healthly New Year to one & all.
And safe travel on the road with your venerable cars!
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[Young fogey]

My car.

 

[1930artdeco]

Nice looking Edsel Fogey.

Mike

 

[William G.]

This is my dad's 1956 Chevy Bel Air and 1957 Chevy Bel Air:

The '56 is a bone-stock V8, 2-barrel, Wonderbar and rear-speaker car. He wanted dual exhausts but otherwise the car is equipped just like it left the factory.

The '57 is a combination of 2 project cars (it took both cars to make one). It has a '74 vintage 350 Chevy engine and 1990 700R4 transmission, 3:08 rear gears in the factory housing, and custom early-60s vintage 375 hp heads (the kids in the machine shop went a little insane with the vintage heads—I really wanted to sue and even consulted a lawyer over it). It has the factory '57 power pack exhaust manifolds and carburetor and breather, and looks stock under the hood, but I've never driven a car that runs like it. I've got a '57 vintage 283 ready to drop in it someday, bu for now we've been showing it as-is.

 

[1mach1]

My car.

She's a beauty, YF!!

 

[GHT]

Ran the slide rule over this beauty today, what a car.
http://www.beaulieugarage.co.uk/#!1937 MG SA DHC BY TICKFORD/zoom/caq3/image_1ku1