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How much lead is in the old auto paint? How dangerous is it? Is the paint dust in ones garage dangerous?
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Dad had a 47 Ford, a 52 GMC, and a 38 IH trucks. We hauled 200 bu of wheat on those trucks. The IH was the best to drive. 200 bu @ 60#/bu = 12,000 # load. We were taught to shift down to stop, took a lot of pressure off the brakes and taught us to plan ahead. Wheat was fun, tractors were NOT. We had John Deere D's. They weigh around 6,000 with wheel weights.
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Did you see the pilot-house? Page 47. Note the original patina.
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Turner Auto Fire, Fresno, CA. Lookup www.fresnobee.com. Go to news and the report is there. Burned about $500,000 damage which included his Corvette hobby collection. Look up Turner Malaga CA maps. Follow Golden State Hwy down to view the yard from satalite. Amazing the size of his auto yard.
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I've spent a lot of time there. My favorites: (1) 17 mile drive which includes the two famous golf courses, (2) the 100 mile (3 hr one way) drive from Carmel to Cambria which passes Herst Castle, a must see. This is considered one of the most beautiful coastal drives in the world. (3) The Salinas Valley, 15 miles to the north is some of the most fertile vegetable farming in the world, (4) Big Sur community and all the other good advice given by others. It is a very interesting place.
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This is a qualified guess. Probably around $1,500.00. Dad bought a new '52 Ford Victoria, it cost around $2,700. Gonna watch and see how close I am.
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Had coffee this morning with a car enthuiast who has attended the 17 Mile Concouse in Pebble Beach, CA., for many years. He said that every year there is more and more interest in the 'as is' cars than in the 'perfectly' restored cars because of the authenticity of the 'as is' cars. Money can 'perfect' a car but only time can make a real deal. Interesting! He told me not to repaint my truck, just "fix it and show it!" Interesting. For the uninformed, Pebble Beach is one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in California.
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That blue is great! Post some pics of the entire truck. Great job!
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Like all others our prayers are with you. Dad lost mom in a similiar way and then retired. The worst thing he could have done. TOO many changes too fast! From what I observed in his life he would have been better off if he had slowed down more gradually. PF
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Is that your neighbor's CHEVY sitting out there in the driveway? Beautiful work, way beyond my imagination and abiltiy. NICE!
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Those bed are too beautiful to haul anything in. WOW! I read the forum just to see the incredible work done by so many of you. Hope to get back to mine next spring. Got to feed two grand kids this winter, tough love, but I think we are winning.
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On the red truck, it looks like he cut out part of the old grill 'frame' and molded the new grill in. That could be done to a '48 front end as well, in fact it may be a '48 based upon the lower part. Looks very good, best creative grill so far, to my taste.
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Leave them there, adds character to the car. There isn't any thing wrong with 'original patina'.
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The bumpers say it is a '49. The ridges on the bumpers were gone on the '50. I had a '50 just like this, only black, and I had fender skirts also.
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Your point is well taken, tradgically so, our politicians, by and large are not models to emulate. I do sympathize and pray for their families, but I still do not have to respect them, they wrote and lived their history and we have the choice to respect or not. I am not going to further this discussion, the forum is a positive one based on trucks and I like that. Sorry if I have spoken out of line.
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Old Joe Kennedy reportedly gained his fortune through a lot of illegal business, then used that money to influence (buy) political clout for his sons. John was a philanderer on a major scale, so was Robert and Ted so none lived moral lives. The Kennedy fortune has evaded taxes yet promoted taxation to pay for their ''dreams" of a better nation. I find it impossible to respect that kind of leadership.
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Never been a supporter of this family, none of them!
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My dad always said to watch the oil pressure, when it was up get going and that referred to cars, trucks, tractors, etc. By following that advise I never had an engine blow up on me. We lived in Western Nebr where it got COLD!
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Engineers of yester year compared to today!
pflaming replied to p10plymouth's topic in P15-D24 Forum
I should copy these posts and send that to as many high school auto mechanic teachers I can find. It was a very interesting read. Thank you for the information. It doesn't matter to me if some of you differ in your insight, it was GREAT. We need to remember that car and trucks had to drive on ROUGH roads. If today's cars spent 90% of their life on gravel roads, I wonder how long the plastic would last. Finally, I have an 87 T-Bird. At 300,000 miles it still has the original spark plugs and wires, engine, tranny, front suspension and rear brakes. Not bad. It has a 5.0 EFI engine and gets 24 mpg on the highway in complete comfort. Not bad. -
Throw in a long log chain and a motorcyle tire. If you need to tow the car, put the tire between the two cars. It works as a shock absorber. It makes no difference where you put it. A tire is essentially a cable covered with rubber. I've done this numerous times over the years. Good luck!
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This post is probably too late, but throw in a bicycle. When my brother was in college, he always had a bicycle stowed in the trunk!
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Norm, you can still hear? Wow! Seriously I use the archives and the search all the time now. I open up a document page and when I find an answer I cut and paste it to the appropriate page. When I work on something I print out th page and take ALL the ideas with me. For me this is much better than asking all the time. Whenever a new or 'another' idea / solution appears on the forum, I cut and paste that also. At first I was on the forum a lot and it became embarrasing yet all were extremely helpful. Thank you!
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whats your top speed in a 46, 47, 48 plymouth with a flat head
pflaming replied to michael.warshaw's topic in P15-D24 Forum
My first car was a '50 Ply. My brother and I drove it to California and back from Western Nebraska. Seems we drove between 60 / 65 for that trip. In Nevada/Las Vegas when the temp was 105 we drove by the thermometer. We were farm kids, dad taught us to be aware of the guages. His rule: If the guage is dirty you need to clean it and look at it. It was a good rule. -
Hey Frankie. If my memory serves me correct, at one time these were called 'OKIE' cars!!!! :D Nice looking Dodge!
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We see a lot of it in the Fresno, CA area. Like the examples shown, they are most always immaculate. The bodies are stock but as a rule not the suspensions and the PRIDE is high. Most in this area are 40 vintage Chevrolets. I would guess 10% of the cars at the show were such, but not surprising since our Spanish poplulation here is very high and the show was generally of such. I should have taken an full representation picture.