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  1. Normspeed, I use that glucosomine/clondritin for years and years now,,,it really works,,,I am barely able to function without it. I highly recommend it for anyone with 'arthur' (worst one of those 'ritous' brothers)in their bones and joints!! Makes ALOT of difference the brands and different forms too!! I ONLY use the Osteo Bi-flex brand after learning my lesson!! James Douglas, I did come across an old open cage motor,plugged it in(for 15 seconds) and it sounded GOOD,,,like new without even bearing oil. NOW I am NOT sure if it is double ended tho,,,know it has a pully on one end. Also found an 'arbor' ,ran that with a belt and you can put a wire wheel on one end,grinding or polishing wheel on the other side. This motor is the OLD style with a frame underneath,,,with an intergral handle on top(of the frame part). MAY have come out of an OLD Maytag washer YEARS ago!! or bought that way on an auction,,who knows. Do you folks have arbors out there?? Or is that NOT what you were looking for. Unsure if it was the 'look' or the 'result' you were seeking!!?? I will look at it again today!! We have used an OLD arbor for years on a small grinding wheel. OSHA non approved,,,so small of motor with wore out starters,,,so had to spin belt by hand to get it 'started',,,carefully,,,so your fingers didnt get pinched under the pully. AND it would start backwards too!!NOT recomended to do THAT!!!I think I saw 3 or 4 arbors so far!! -jd-
  2. One tidbit of interest to OLD cars was they showed cars rolling off the assembly lines. The 'quoted' total cars produced in '41',,,like 169,000 cars(not make specific),,,others might know total real number,,,I guess I could be way off. But the point was for the war years of 42-43-44-45 there was ONLY something like 169 cars produced in ALL years combined,,,because the assembly lines were converted to war equipment and all steel was used in war effort. They also showed mass producing airplanes down same lines I think,,,with 1 million plus parts and one was rolling off every 63 minutes,,,24 hours a day. They quoted the number of parts on a regular car then,,,was___ cant remember,,,but the point was like a few thousand parts assembled on cars but well over a million parts on a plane. other point was the 'women' that were doing alot of this work,,,riveting ships together and welding, and inspecting quality control, crawling thru small spaces checking to be SURE planes and ships were 'right'. They discussed full employment in doing all this work,,,building ships in Mobile Alabama,,and cars, tanks and airplanes. Also war rationing, stamp issuance for a supply of tires food and items. BUT is said 1 out of 4 sales of anything people wanted and needed was a 'black market' sale!! Basicly this is a compilation of LOTS of old black and white movie film of the era and of course some still shots. LOTS of war action too,,,and artillery shooting!! Boy those BIG guns must have been something to be standing next too all day,,hot and noisy,,and hard work, heavy shells!! It showed our state and the ammunition factory it hasty built, back then,,and I always heard of lots of people working there. Lots of racial facts also showing some races were used for specific bad jobs,,and the American born Japaneese descent people being interned,,sad. In less than GOOD conditions. Below zero weather and leaky buildings with little heat!! But showed how they played ball every day and did good things. Stuff mentioned here you dont see in 'history' books of facts and figures,,,lots of graphic detail!! War is hell!! In so many ways!! Lots different than watching Red Green!!! IT "IS" our history!! --just don--
  3. Ken Burns series on WW2 is on PBS, 2 segments down,5 to go!! Lots of old cars,planes and trains to look at!! Plus teaching THIS old dog some facts and actual accounts of history is always a GOOD thing HERE!!
  4. I sometimes find the initial thing hard to follow,,,this one I KNOW,,, most do too,,stands for "cold cranking amps",,sorry sometimes I am way out in left field with all the 'short' talk,frustrating for ME!! MY brain doesnt fully engauge some days!!just me I spose--just don--
  5. I guess I dont belong on this poll,,,I am 157 these days!! The OLD saying is your as old as you feel?? Well for me that makes it 157!!! Course it is caused by degenerative disease,,but thats a whole nuther deal!! I get another step closer to the grave every day!! Or FEEL like it anyway!! I am thankful for all the nice people on THIS forum!!--just don--
  6. Fred, just in case,,,do you have enough 'hog rings'??? I just found 4 full boxes full or enough to do about 50 old cars. I didnt have a clue what I was gonna do with them,now I do. I recently found out what to do with my 4-500# of lead too. They say gun enthusiasts/bullet casters will snap it up at a buck a pound!! Local steal it scrap yard pays 5 cents a pound cause they CAN and will steal it!!
  7. First off,,,Ed,- Saw your pic,nice to put a face with a name. I looked again at the dash. Maybe,,,less than proistine but still pretty darn nice,,,think the fly specs will clean off okay. PM me your address and I accept ALL suggestions to how to ship,,it has stuff sticking out the back pretty good. Suggestions how to pack!! Rear view, PM me your address too,,i think I can pack those real easy!! Old Daddy, Headlights are LESS than pristine but I am UNSURE of my future plans on these. As I have said to you once,,I would sure like to have an old square back suicide door coupe,, and was thinking I should keep in case,,,let me get MORE into this project and I will surely keep you in mind,,,I think I have some unmatching headlights elsewhere havent dug out YET!! So I WILL keep you in mind. Norms coupe, My arthritis, as we have discussed is giving me fits in this project anyway,,overwhelmed would be accurate,,,ANY additional to-do's is OUT of the question,,,IF "YoU" wanna come do that,,,my blessings,,, you can even have the honor of sorting and hauling out every lick and stick of crap presently going thru. Everybody, STILL having problems locating a GOOD market for my lead stash. Close place said a nickel a pound. Would rather give some to somebody to make fish sinkers out of than THAT. Another place said 20 cents,,,still NOT much considering,,,I thought they werent mining lead any more and it was a scarce commodity. How can the same place pay $4. a battery and only pay 20 cents a pound??? There has to be MUCH more margin,,,and like I say its clean and cast in 5 or 25 # ingots. What is most anyone has heard for lead?? I assume(dangerous I know) that they arent using nearly as much. I do have some colored glass,,,maybe I should take up leaded glass hobby after this is all over!! Also have ALOT of copper wire and old radiators One is an old Chrysler radiator(I think) still pretty good,cant promise it not to leak,,,but hasnt been used as old as I am, sitting dry!! Is there MUCH market for the antique wrenches OR do you have to give it to somebody?? Does anyone have use for pole spikes?? Cutivator shovels?? Any tractor restores with H's or M's,,anybody know somebody that does?? Hog rings out the wazzo, Modern style nipple waterers?? MORE car stuff to come, lots of gas and radiator caps,how to tell whats what?? Gotta go sort and toss!! Thanks, keep the ideas coming!!-jd-
  8. You talking about the car,,,or the smokin hot chick behind the wheel???
  9. Can you post a pic of what one looks like for sure?? I am not an owner of a digital camera,,or smart enough to be able to post one anyway!! Thanks -jd-
  10. Or could be titled,,how NOT to clean a garage of three generations. I am JUST getting started with this project. After 60 years and three generations of accumulated 'junk',,,sure finding some interesting OLD stuff that I never knew was in there to start with. Some I knew of but hadnt seen in 40 years. I should say this all falls on ME to sort and organize. EVERY broken part in this whole time frame is HERE to sort and toss in the iron trailer,,,or save back cause it might bring something on an auction sale. Dad never sold a pound of iron in his lifetime,,,always worried it wasnt worth enough YET!!! The whole attic is stuffed full so lots more to come!! So far found a pristine Dash speedo and gauges, laying face down(NO sun fade) on a board 7' off the ground so really is nice,,have NO idea why it was there,,dunno fer sure, but looks like it may be off 51 Plymouth Found a whole 5 gallon bucket of the OLDEST socket wrenches and other old wrenches(the kind with 4-5 sizes on each end,,,sockets driven with hex sided allen wrench type driver. LOTS of four corner sockets, light sides. Found by old bean shooters I made while like 12-14 years old. Sawed off areial end butt nailed to a 2X4 by bending over nails. Used black cat firecracjers back then,,,the BIG ones and unwrapped enough paper off of them to stuff it in one end.,,,rolled soybean down other end,,pointed it at a can or other suitable subject and let her rip,bazooka style, had enough power to go thru or nearly threw a piece of the old style galvinized tin most sheds were made of then!! Lucky we didnt try them on one another!!!! Found an old maytag gas washer motor(sister promtly claimed that). As well as a old fashion pitcher pump!! Found my stash of lead,,proably about 500# or so,,,how MUCH is lead worth these days??? Lots of brass plumbing faucets and other copper and brass,,,any idea what market price of copper and brass is,,,lots to sell!! Havent hit the BIG rolls of copper wire waiting for the wind to go down to catch afire and burn off insulation. Tons of old electric motors,,,gonna give them to somebody that scraps them!! Hub caps of most variatys and brands,,mostly singles or pairs. Saw an old Doge cap.and a Desoto. One brand new cap that was LIKE a baby moon but slightly coned,,,paper just fell off of it,,perfect condition,new, was told it was the 'spare' tire cap off the stock trailer bought back in 60's or 70's magnetos,some tractor, some car,,,who knows what!! Most of them are going to junk,,,hate to do it,,but musta been bad or never would have been off!! Parts maybe?? Whats auction price area?? Demand for them Chevy script off of car(or pu),push in pin style 4-5" long!! Couple non matching pair of spotlights thru the wall type for old cars,, Some old free standing headlight buckets,less than pristine,but NOT bad. MORE to follow,,,I am off to go sort and toss again today,,just WISH knew whats what!! --just don--
  11. .....in the last place you look,,,so look there first!! Just went thru same thing with sidewalk line crack maker,,,I ended up borrowing one,,,if I had bought a new one,,,for sure would have found old one!!
  12. When I was 16 (Like around 1966)I worked in the hayfields of the sandhills one summer. ABOUT 150 miles one way. came home one weekend and journeyed back late Sunday nite,,,ran all the way to and from,,,except the last 1/4 mile. Lucky cause it was a 18 mile walk to nowhere down this 'trail' to get there from town!! Turned out to be the rubber hose by the fuel pump disintegrated from the inside. Next time to town, got a new one and ran good ever since. NOW, this was LONG before ethanol,,,and I 'do' know that ethanol degrates rubber parts REAL QUICK!!! Even if you dont buy it specificly it is cross contaminated enough to eat rubber!! Do ya think they sanatize those tanker trucks that brings fuel to stations?? OR they forget and put wrong fuel; in wrong tank?? Or running non-ethanol after ethanol in the pipelines?? IF you were to test non ethanol gas,,,you would be real surpried how much of it you would find there,,besides the effects of time!! makes it swell up and get funky,,,so might check with supplier to see IF they have new ones made for that?? A GOOD replace after about so long anyway!!(like every 4-6-8 years or so).
  13. Take a pretty good size hammer and pop them on the head a while,,,with PB Blaster or Kroil all over them. The vibration busts the rust as said before here!! Repeat applications may be warranted!!
  14. In Don's license pic,,,did a bomb go off in your tool box??? Or have a two year old helper with the dropsey's?? OR is that just a Tennesse way of tool organizing???!!! wondering --just don--
  15. Allen screws are pretty hard,,,my guess is somewhere between grade 5 and 8 bolts. they are extremely hard to drill. My best luck with getting them out is a punch that fits inside the hole of the allen. GOOD penetrating oil(that leaves WD-40 out) (like PB Blaster or Kroil,,,OR similiar). Depending on the size of allen and degree of rust a judicious tap or ten. What that does is bust the rust between the threads of the allen and the hole. DONT drive it clear thru,,,just enough to loosen the hold. IF your inside the hole you dont damage the threads, with the punch. IF the first time doesnt work try try again,,,it WILL work eventually,,,then you know the amount of tap that was required. IF you have a open ended hole when you get the lock all out,,,run a tap thru and clean up those threads and true them up. Make sure the crud is all cleaned out of the bottom of the hole so you dont strip and round the allen worse and you are usually ready for a long handle allen wrench you can really get a good hold on and push in while torquing loose. IF one allen sticks way out and other doesnt,maybe somebody put two in one hole after another to correct a getting loose condition,,,OR somebody stuck a longer one in there just to confuse ya!! Whatever you do, put a new one in their with a new ridge,or like new on the leading edge,thats how they work. Long as they are not stripped heads they are good to go. Thats what I keep all those junk locking colllars around for!! One of those socket end allens, you can get max torque on and push darn hard to get good results. IF it doesnt wanna move fisrt time, spray, go find something good to eatr or drink,,,then try again. Usually the shock of the tap combined with the penetrating of the spray does wonders,,eventually it HAS to come,give it time,,,and MORE spray!! Both ends of the screw doesnt hurt,if you can get there. Heat MAY work,or screw more things up than you started with,,,LAST resort after 2 weeks of tapping,,,at least!! never had one fail YET!! Screw it back in,back and forth if it doesnt want out too good!!MORE spray!!
  16. I cant imagine going thru ALL the trouble of doing that great rod and putting on wheels that gaudy,,,unless the blue went with something I "DIDNT" see!! I think a set of black mags straight out of the 60's would be a 500% improvement over those blue,,, eye hurting rims!! JUST my opinion tho. Wire wheel s would also be a 100% improvement. Even slotted chromes would be cool there!! "I" was never able to afford such luxeries back then!! Same way with the white front fading to flames. To me flames on my car means it is REALLY on fire!! Cant imagine ANY car strong running enough to portrey they are 'flaming' hot!!
  17. Is there a 'way' to lift one side at a time 3-4 feet off the ground "safely",,,so at least for half the time you are working at comfy levels?? Was thinking of a couple cherry pickers,or chain hoist,,,even a fork lift or tractor loader propped up???(would think MUST be propped to avoid sagging cylinders). Would a old rug or blanket cushion where the chain runs over the edge of the body?? Or would this 'make' more problems than it solves?? just wondering--just don--
  18. Am truely sorry for your loss. May God hold you in his loving hands,,until you meet again,,in heaven!!
  19. I was setting here feeling sorry for myself tonight and found YOUR post. Makes my few missing teeth and the remainder of the top ones filled all in one day sound like a piece of cake cmpared. Gee I hate oral surgery,,,but the stuff you have ahead is MUCH more important. My dad has beat colon cancer three times over,,,so anything is possible,,,I mean positive possible,,,keep up the GOOD thoughts and your spirits too.... Easy if you can keep a smile on the nurses face!!
  20. ALL bolt makers have there own little code or mark for their 'brand' Me thinks those M or w's are just a differnet bolt maker than the F's. Now the 3.5,,,are those metric's?? Maybe somebody put in there cause it was close enough?? I never knew bolts to be metric for those,,,screw on a spare nut on all of them to make sure of thread sameness. Otherwise if somebody jammed them in American (SAE) threads,,,you may have to 'chase' those holes to make a bolt fit good. Easier now than while laying on back, crap falling in eyes and nothing fits. Might try hand screwing them in designated holes then numbering them across the board. Make sure IF you need longer bolts someplace,,,more brackets or other space needed, put those in first, all else fails reach in the bolt bin and make them all the same. IF they are rusty or compromised threads,,,makes life easier!! This isnt structural so its a good place to use some zip bolts,,keeps them from backing out on vibration!! Thats what "I" think,,but may be mistaken with those 3.5's That MAY be sae too and just somebodys trademark. There are hundreds of kinds,,,you can look them up on line. remaining --just don--
  21. Are those old Electroluxes really that valuable?? I think my folks still use my grandparents(from the50's- 60's) canister electrolux that is older than these pics,,,it still used the cloth bag that you dumped out, outside and stuck your arm thru and bopped it around,,,hopefully standing upwind!! They use it primarily to vacuum out there car in the garage. I will have to ask for vac priviladges when they dont want it any more!!
  22. One of my very first jobs was working for the railroad communications division. That was the telephone and telegraph wires that ran alongside of a railroad track. They of course were all privatly owned by the railroads. Nothing like working on top of a TALL pole(standing on pole spikes)(over 25') and you laid the bare wire on your shoulder as you worked up there. If somebody rang thru while it was so shouldered you got the identical buzz to holding onto a crank telephone wires.(you got used to it after a while). As temp summer help while still in high school,,,I got the dubious honors of digging ALOT of post holes,,,with that banjo and spoon. Never saw a post hole digger for the years I worked there!! This banjo and spoon has 8' handles that you could barely get your big hands around!! Worked great for hole digging down 6-7 feet. Hardest hole I EVER dug in my life was in Northern Illinois and was thru what felt like solid rock and had to be 6 and 1/2' deep cause it was a tall pole. Took nearly half a day to dig it. AND we set all those poles up by hand also,,,their was no such thing as a fancy truck like you see these days!! ALL the linemen section foremans drove Rambler station wagons,,,all of them,,they were long enough in the back to hold their digging tools,,,and everything else they needed. They were used like pickup trucks. It was amazing to me to see cars that were used and abused like they were with as many miles on them and never been touched,,, Some of those miles were driven in ditches and rough untamed ground along those rails!!(Maintance MUST have been top priority back then). One guy said I only have 49,thousand on mine,,,for the third time. The NEXT guy I worked for had 360,000 on his and it still hadnt been touched. Any regular car of the day was pretty well wore out at 80-100K. Not those Rambler wagons,,,they ran forever!! With NO signs of giving up!!
  23. That round thing on the firewall 'looks' like an ant trap. That car sure looks good to me,,,cant see the 'rough' from here!! My question for you smart fellers is ,,,will simple green OR that squirt on hose off window wash stuff they advertise take off the dirt and grime and leave that paint on the firewall?? Mine looks about as grimey and I would want to get it as clean as possible without a toothbrush scrubbing activity. How else you yall gettem and keepem so clean?? On a related note,,,I have a deisel tractor that had an exhaust leak and every time you start it,,it blows that black soot,grime all over the motor. I am going to sell it one day soon so I wish to clean that diesel grime all off. Mechanic says a power washer wont touch it. Anyone have experience with what would?? I thought maybe simple green and a water hose,dunno!!
  24. Taylor made, How much do you have invested in this motor so far?? Reason I ask is there is a hemi in a clunker for parts NOT too far from me.,,,just wunderin how much they might be worth. Would this fit decently in my 50 Dodge IF my other motor doesnt work out??. How much more power were these compared to the flat six?? Would like to have one of each but being conservative for now cause unsure of future plans or where abouts in couple years!!
  25. Not wanting to start a plug war here but,,,,,throw those dern Champions where they belong,,,in the trash,,, last time I put those in half of them didnt work straight out of the box. Go do yer self a favor and buy some Autolite OR other good brands. Champion USED to be tops,,,now not even good enough to get the lawn mower started on!! If I take anything to a local mechanic here with Champions,,,he hits the roof. They also foul ten times easier!! My 2 and 1/2 cents worth!!!--just don--
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