Dan Hiebert

I'm really bummed-out that I missed this opportunity to meet some forum members, make new friends, and check out some old cars, looks like there were a few there that haven't been in all the other shows around here. We had to go to NJ because my father-in-law was rushed to the hospital and it wasn't looking good at all, but he pulled through and should be flirting with the nurses in a week or so. So at least that turned out "OK". Saw some really nice cars heading to Buffalo as we were heading the other direction. I'm glad you guys had a good time.

Your welcome. That's the bike route I would recommend, too. A little west and north of Amherst, so technically "past" from your point of reference. I'm only 5 miles from the campus.

Rudder steer - your point "B" is Buffalo State, the car show is at the University of Buffalo in Amherst. Actually a shorter ride from Niagara Falls. There's a nice bicycle route from Tonawanda along Tonawanda Creek right to the campus. I'll PM you in a little while.

I am practically next door, count me in! What route are you planning to ride that bike?

Ach - no apologies necessary, I do the same thing, "cut my teeth" on CS, so I still refer to all that spray and gas stuff as CS. Kinda ages me around all the young whipper-snappers. Yea, the fire extinguisher sized ones. You'd have a mess, but it would be on stuff that is still yours.

Same deal here in western NY. All of the salt on the roads was only flushed off within the past couple weeks. I've had the annual wake-up procedures on the ol' D24 done for a couple weeks, but only took it for a spin yesterday, a beautiful day here in WNY - finally!

Tear gas. Pardon the "old" reference, but this is the old fashioned irritant used by the military and police to disperse crowds, riot control, etc. Still used for crowd control, but personal defense has gone more to pepper spray. CS doesn't affect everyone or most animals - pepper spray works on everyone and everything. CS also requires heat to disperse, not good in some situations. All the vets should remember that CS is what was used in the gas chamber when we did our protective mask drills.

All excellent advise, but no one else asked, and seeing that your in Sweden, when you say "cold" - how cold? Does your engine turn over fast, or slow? Does it act like it wants to fire (stumble) and eventually fires up, or does it just spin for a while? The "cold" is relative, when it's 80 degrees out and your car hasn't run all night, then your car is 80-degrees "cold", when it's 40, your car is 40, etc. My car all but refuses to start right around freezing and below. A couple years ago I had it outside in the winter so I could paint another car. It was 10 degrees out and it would barely even turn over. Had to push it back into the garage. Cold affects 6v systems more that 12v, and it thickens the oil so the starter has to work harder to spin the engine, and with 6v having less cold cranking amps than 12, it will have a harder time.

Aw man?! You mean those don't go away when you retire......?

Thought I had replied on this thread before, must have been the "other one" a few have mentioned. Anyway, nothing's changed since then, still the Deputy Chief Patrol Agent for the U.S. Border Patrol's Buffalo Sector. Been working my way up through the ranks for going on 30 years, with a few more to go before mandatory retirement.

Certainly won't be able to adjust that into submission.

Andydodge has it down. And, no, there should not be that much play. Something is way out of whack. I'd start simple- first course of action is to adjust your steering gears. Service manual and previous threads on this forum cover that very well, so I won't rely on my memory here. If you end up needing to rebuild the steering box, that is covered well here, too. There may not be enough adjustment available to correct that much play. A rebuild will correct a lot of that (a rebuild kit is generally less than $100). But if your sector shaft and worm gears are worn too much, you'll need to replace those as no adjustment can correct that. Good luck, and welcome to the forum. I've had many problems remedied by this esteemed bunch, not to mention the entertainment value.

Yesterday (a really nice day here in west NY - finally) was my annual go through the D24 and tighten things up day. Amazing the little things (read "annoying things") that work better when the connections are tight. I don't gorilla-torque (as the crowd I grew up with firmly believed), so I've made a regular once-over a habit.

My brother is a State Trooper in Texas. He sez one of the easiest ways to keep your vehicle (absent anything else) is to have a manual transmission, especially in areas prone to carjacking, as the vast majority of the thugs can't drive a manual - much less one with the shifter on the column. Several years ago when we still lived on the southern border, it was pretty common for car thieves to steal collector cars for Mexican "customers".

The original material was "mohair" (wool) wasn't it?

Was in southern Illinois just in time for that weather event. They had a tornado touch down north of Carmi at 8 in the morning with no tornado warnings out, then they had the tornado warnings but no tornado. Not bad, tho, no damages reported. I'd forgotten how much it can rain at one time down there - 8 inches over two days, 4.5 of it in just 12 hours!

Maybe some newer fuel filters require more PSI to push the fuel thru finer filtering elements, or they cake-up quicker because of the finer elements. (?) Now I'm thinking that's what was holding our Terraplane back. I did the same, put a standard NAPA filter on it. Ran for a bit, then wouldn't get fuel to the carb. This knowing the fuel system was all gunked up in the first place. (This year's "spring" project has been to R&R the T-Plane's fuel system and valves after realizing there was too much gook in the system to ignore.) Perhaps also the fact you found rust in the first filter you replaced - that clogged the new one up quickly.

Some have met with success using F-1 shock mounts bolted to the frame. Readily available items apparently. A Forum search will yield more info than I can remember. It's been discussed quite a bit in the past. "Shocks" or "'shock mounts" will have results.

Welcome to the forum! We live "across the street" from each other - I live in Wheatfield.

"Dooryard" now added to my list of words or sayings that make people wonder where the heck I'm actually from! (You'uns have spread the bug - I'm grillin' this weekend regardless.)

The amount of snow in WNY this year hasn't been the prohibiting factor in my endeavors, we've had more snow in some of the past winters I've been here, its been the record cold. Although my garage is insulated, I've only got portable type heat in it, with a general goal of just keeping it above freezing all winter. I've got one of those kerosene heaters that can get it up to t-shirt temperature in an hour or so, but the short walk to the garage when its negative temperatures kind of saps my enthusiasm. (Don't get me wrong, I like winter, I like all the seasons for what they are.) I've still gotten out a few times to do some blasting on small parts and to remove the gas-tank and exhaust system (what was left of it) from the Terraplane, as well as tinker a bit on other stuff, and I take small stuff to work on into the basement. Haven't done a thing to the D24, since pending projects on it require a bit warmer climate. And although the weather has "normalized" over the past couple of weeks, we've had the grandkids while my son packs his house to move to Michigan. They're 4 and 2 and quite a handful for the Missus, so by the time I get home from work, she needs a break. They aren't much help with the cars (yet), so I amuse myself with them inside (where its warm). In other words, its more like 50% life, and 50% weather that slowed things down this winter.

Funny thing about pursuits in SE Michigan, they always seemed to go into Detroit eventually- even ours where you wouldn't think there would be any ties. We'd have them head towards Detroit from the Ohio state line, and even had one run to the city from the Thumb several years ago. Not looking for patches myself, (I've got too many, and I've already got Oakland County and Ferndale), but will send a couple if you and/or your son are interested.

Too cool! I don't think reserve officers get all the credit they deserve. Which PD is your boy with? You'uns do the patch collecting thing?

Thanks for sharing! ...and I used to think getting frostbite while grilling was a Michigan thing (One of those "you can tell someone's from Michigan" lists). BUT, I have to ask - "dooryard"? I'd love to add that to my repertoire of regionalisms, but I'm not sure what it is?

The earlier post war Hudsons (46 and 47 that I know for sure) had the white triangle in the Hudson emblem hood ornament light up. My Grandpa told stories about being extra careful when driving around town (Centralia, IL) at night when they saw that white triangle on the car behind them, because the city PD used Hudsons.