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VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 stake bed on the FB

NOSpart: 1195670 I found this NOS tail light bucket on eBay awhile back...the box is from the late 50s I reckon

NOSpart: 1487536 I found this would-be NOS hubcap on eBay a few years ago...not a scratch, ding or scrape on the thing so I do not think it has ever been used

SURVIVOR: saw this '53 dragged in by a neighbor over the hill

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 with a soap box derby racer on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-series on Allpar...check out that spare tire carrier wingnut!

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Anybody got a clue as to what those contraptions are in the windshield? I'm guessing it's some sort of anti-glare lens or sumthin'ruther cuz of all the snow as I've seen similar doohickies that were tinted, but ain't too certain as those seem clear...

this '50 Panel has an interesting two-tone break line

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 car hauler with a low-side and a panel the FB

When I got replacement door glass cut for the '48 & '49 at the local auto glass shop, they did an OK job but must have been in a hurry to go fishing the day I picked up their work back in '04. When I asked how to set the glass in the frames, the guy fished around in a box and tossed three mostly used rolls of tape at me, told me to use that, then left the shop area abruptly (lunch taco revenge, maybe?) The tape was mostly stuck to itself, very hard to peel off and would tear easily, and really didn't stick as much as wedge the glass in the frames. That glass never has set in the frames right, as winding the windows is still a two-handed chore sometimes assisted with creative german as the glass can get hung up in the door channel weatherstripping and come unseated from the frame. But it's just as well as I need to disassemble those doors to clean them up sometime. I would suggest contacting a local glass cutter, but ya might get the brushoff I got so who knows what the right answer might be

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 parked on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 at auction on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 dump truck on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 hauling flatheads on the FB

I strongly recommend having the fuel tank professionally cleaned and coated...I had one tank Renu'd in '96, another in '04, both are still intact

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 panel on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-3 ice cream delivery truck on the FB

additional information - B-1-F survivor

I had an older piece of farm equipment fail because the nylon lock nuts, which were quite old, came loose as the nylon had become brittle and no longer locked the nut in place. As for repeat usage, I reckon this varies with nut size & quality of nylon. I've seen larger nylon lock nuts that lose their effectiveness after one use, and smaller (under 1/4") nylon lock nuts that could be used repeatedly. Since using the prevailing torque lock nut, I generally have opted to not use the nylon lock nuts, as the PTLNs are not as susceptible to failure from heat, age, or fatigue...on more than one occasion, I have converted a regular hex nut into a PTLN as a temporary solution as I had a bench vise and machinist's hammer available and needed to complete a project in a timely manner

VINTAGEPIC: saw this B-1or2 1-ton on the FB

I knew Radio Shack was in trouble when they took sooooo long to start selling cellular telephones & mobile devices from established providers. They had the infrastructure to support that kind of commerce, but they continued to sell batteries, remote control cars, so-so stereo equipment, PC accessories, etc... I went into 3 separate Shacks in the last year for various odds & ends, and was greeted by "we don't have that", a csr looking up inventory on their computer, and saying they might could get it in a few days...otherwise known as "something I could do on my own from my laptop or smart phone"... There are several good electronics suppliers online for project components, but looking online gets tedious versus perusing a paper catalog or browsing shelves of parts...I've had some good ideas by accidentally noticing something completely different from what I have been looking for in catalogs or on shelves to solve other problems, but looking stuff up online, ya almost have to know exactly what you are looking for in order to get any information...for example, NAPA's old website allowed me to look up all kinds of technical information on PCV valves in order to generate a list of a currently manufactured valves to match the displacement of my flatheads, but then they revised their website several years ago that required the user to give a vehicle for reference and most of the technical information was no longer available. But that's the way of the world now I reckon: if ya are working on something outside of "the system", then you are on your own

HOLLYWOOD flipping thru the channels, I spotted this scene...from Ghost Town, USA episode of The Brady Bunch...I reckon that Pilot-House was a tow truck of some sort from the looks of the truncated bed

The '48 & '49 (and maybe early '50) used p/n 1238415; the Cleveland-type universal joint has lock plates similar to the ones at Mopar Mall.

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