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Well, we EU'S look younger then we appear.

If anyone has the time, next Sunday Sept. 7 there is international USA classic car meting Reuver in the Netherlands, near the German border. Probably the biggest of its kind in Europe. Last year there were about 600 cars from the 20th up to 1978 http://www.cadillac1962.nl/?p=752 Here is an impression of the last years. Check on foto's (photo's) google translate will do the trick to translate the site into English. The most odd one was this classic. To bad for her age.....

On the firewall of my B4B, upper driver's side, I found this tag. It is very thin, soft metal and was attached to the firewall with screws. There was no paint under it, and the remnants of the original paint on it, and it is stamped with the numbers "5112-210422." Anyone have any ideas what this tag was for and what the numbers mean?

I go from 36 to 80 to 180 for filler work. Then 220 to 320 and 400 to block the primer. I use 400 and 600 grit to scuff a top coat if I'm going to respray. 800 to 1000 and 1500 to wet sand before polishing out the clear.

You might want to add your name and location to the members map located on the above toolbar. If you have not done so yet buy a parts and service manual as it will be helpful in repairs and parts identification.

He may have moved on because of your visit

"1950 PH Gas Tank...a look inside" 48D

yum, hey don't drink that! just curious, is your motor out of a car? one of my engines looks like yours...... might just be the water pump and radiator inlet throwing me off....

you do nice work,,,

Someone chip in now.... Oh, I'll do it. Fluid Drive is the presence of a fluid coupling between the engine and the clutch. Gyro-Matic is the Dodge lingo for the semi-automatic transmission. Tip-Toe for DeSoto and I forget what for the Chryslers. Start off in third and up-shift to fourth. Some cars had a three-speed transmission behind the clutch and fluid coupling. Drive all day in third.

.....or psychobilly!

Hi Phil; Man that looks a lot better than what I started off with. Enjoy it and have fun with it. You have found your best source of help and moral support. And please don't let the photo that Paul posted scare you off ........ I feel fairly certain the fire was not the trucks fault. Jeff

All this is true… As long as your crimping is done correctly with the right tools and dies properly calibrated so that the crimp is tight enough to make it a good air tight connection but not so tight as to damage the wire strands and weaken it. In the home garage setup like most of us have, the crimps are nowhere near that quality. I find it easier to get a durable connection by soldering. To avoid fatigue where the solder has stiffened the wire, it is usually pretty easy to secure the wire against movement with proper routing and clamping.

Don's beautiful gauge connections should be fine. Despite his dual carbs and other engine improvements his dash will not be subject to high frequency airframe vibrations, electronic interference, or wild temperature swings common to aircraft. His twelve volt operational environment will be closer to a farm tractor (sorry Don) and should be good for the life of the vehicle. My two cents.

If you take 2 screw drivers and form an X you can twist them against each other and push on the tabs that hold the sending unit lock ring in place.

I found an interesting photo of a pilothouse that a famous Australian artist (Albert Namatjira) owned. I saw a lot of Albert's paintings in Alice Springs (Central Australia) when I worked west of there, on oil & gas fields in the 1980's. It looks like he is all loaded up to go out to the MacDonnel Ranges, where he did a lot of his landscapes. Albert Namatjira (1902–1959), born Elea Namatjira, was a Western Aranda-speaking Aboriginal artist from the western MacDonnell Ranges in Australia. The most famous Aboriginal artist and one of Australia's most famous artists, he was one of the pioneers of contemporary Indigenous Australian art.

How about this one? It is a 1954 Dodge 4x4 Special Truck model C1-QW6. That is a pilothouse cab on a Power Wagon. Steve

My wife Lisa in the white. My uncle holding my brother and my dad. Youngest girl is my grandmother. My dad. This is the first car he bought me. Paid thirty five bucks.