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[Plymouthy Adams]

 my granddad on my mothers side..owned a Chandler...never seen one

Edited May 20, 2017 by Plymouthy Adams

[BobT-47P15]

Peanutmobile??

[Plymouthy Adams]

you think Mr. Planters was the first owner eh?..I'm convinced...

[Norm's Coupe]

you think Mr. Planters was the first owner eh?..I'm convinced...

Naw, down by you it had to be Jimmy Carter's.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Norm..I'm a transplant..the car was far removed from this neck of the woods..I've been in the south per say since 1966 and Georgia since '94..I still get the "you ain't from around here are you"

[Norm's Coupe]

Tim,

You sound just the opposite from me. I'm from the south and lived in Chicago and Wisconsin since 1967. Wisconsin since 1971. Because I've lived here longer than in the south I just consider myself a Wisconsinite now. So........in your case, you are now a southern boy and I'm the northerner.

Back in the 70's I stopped at a C-store late one night down in Louisville. Ask the clerk where the soup was. Since I lost my southern accent while in the service from 61 - 67 I had a hell of a time trying to get the clerk to understand the word soup. Finally gave up and just looked for it until I found it myself.

[Normspeed]

Back in the 70's I stopped at a C-store late one night down in Louisville. Ask the clerk where the soup was. Since I lost my southern accent while in the service from 61 - 67 I had a hell of a time trying to get the clerk to understand the word soup. Finally gave up and just looked for it until I found it myself.

Hence the bumper sticker, "Talk Right, You Ain't in Chicago Anymore".

Tim, if that isn't a 1923 Webley-Vickers triple cowl drophead touring runabout, then I don't have a second guess.

[PatS....]

Tim, the AACA has a great forum called "What is is?" They are pretty good at IDing obscure makes from less info than that.

http://forums.aaca.org/ubbthreads.php/forums/58/1/What_is_it

For anyone into old trucks, the American Truck Hysterical Society has a great "What Am I?" forum as well.

http://forums.aths.org/InstantForum414/Forum7-1.aspx

[Norm's Coupe]

Hence the bumper sticker, "Talk Right, You Ain't in Chicago Anymore".

If you really want to hear a funny story about you ain't in Chicago anymore, here's one for you.

My first wife was born and raised in Chicago. In 1965 I was stationed at Fort Knox, KY. While we were visiting her family in Chicago we stopped at a gas station in Chicago to fill up and get the car washed. I had a license plate like the one below on the front of my 65 Dodge and regular Kentucky plates on the back. We were talking with the attendant and all of a sudden he says, "Your wife must be from Kentucky". She had more of a southern accent than I did, and she was from Chicago. Her mother was from Wisconsin and father from MA.

[Don Coatney]

you think Mr. Planters was the first owner eh?..I'm convinced...

Ond day a nice lady went to the zoo. She noticed the monkey cage was empty and ask the attendent where the monkeys were? He replied it was mating season and the monkeys were all busy mating. She responded "well wont they come out for some peanuts? The attendent replied "would you?"

[Fireball]

That photo is so cool, even though I have no idea what car is in it. But that spare made me wonder, they really had to swap the center section of the wheel with outer rim + tire, and those were made out of wood. Wood and labour was cheap back in the day, what was the reasoning behind that only the outer part was as a spare?

What a hassle if one had a flat

[Young Ed]

Thats how the cars were back then. I suppose maybe it was too expensive to own the 5th wheel. Also flats were a lot more common. I've seen quite a few of these with 2 tires stacked on the back for extras.

[Norm's Coupe]

Thats how the cars were back then. I suppose maybe it was too expensive to own the 5th wheel. Also flats were a lot more common. I've seen quite a few of these with 2 tires stacked on the back for extras.

Like this one my father in law restored with the two spares. I've only seen one other Crow Elkhart. That was up at the Pioneer Auto Museum in SD about a week or so ago. It was not a roadster though and wasn't restored.

[Young Ed]

Looks like that one has 6 wheels though. I suppose by then the manufacturing process was a little more refined and they could afford to include rims for the spare tires.

[Norm's Coupe]

Looks like that one has 6 wheels though. I suppose by then the manufacturing process was a little more refined and they could afford to include rims for the spare tires.

Actually I'm not sure if the car really came with six wheels. I think my father in law may have just added them for the look. There are a lot of other extras on that car that it didn't come with. If you go to this page you'll see all the extras he added http://www.indfloorcoating-repair.com/antiqueauto.htm

[B-Watson]

That photo is so cool, even though I have no idea what car is in it. But that spare made me wonder, they really had to swap the center section of the wheel with outer rim + tire, and those were made out of wood. Wood and labour was cheap back in the day, what was the reasoning behind that only the outer part was as a spare?

What a hassle if one had a flat

The wooden wheel was a carry-over from the wagon days. There were two types of tires common back then - one style with a soft clincher (bead) and the other a hard clincher (bead). The soft type was usually used with wire wheels (inherited from the bicycle) such as used on the yellow roadster, while the hard type was used with demountable rims as used on our unknown car.

Back then the wooden wheels were not bolted to a hub or drum, but were attached to the axle and held in place with a nut. The wheel also had inner and outer bearings. Thus the demountable rim. Instead of removing the wheel from axle and reinstalling same, bearings, grease and all, the motorist removed the rim from the wheel. The rim was held in place by six clamps attached to bolts in the wheel.

The advent of 4-wheel brakes helped bring in the era of wheels bolted to the brake drum or hub.

Demountable rims were split rims, with a catch (cam lock) that held the rim closed after the tire and tube were installed. The cam lock was not easy to release and one had to be very careful the rim did not spring up and smack you.

This style of rim is still in use on many semi tractors and trailers.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[Norm's Coupe]

Here are couple of the old wooden spoke wheels. These have the a metal rim that the spokes go through, then an outer steel rim that the tire is mounted onto. The outer rim is held in place by little clamps bolted onto the inner rim to clamp the outer rim down. Not sure but I believe these were old Buick wheels.

[Don Coatney]

Here are couple of the old wooden spoke wheels. These have the a metal rim that the spokes go through' date=' then an outer steel rim that the tire is mounted onto. The outer rim is held in place by little clamps bolted onto the inner rim to clamp the outer rim down. Not sure but I believe these were old Buick wheels.

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Are these the wheels of fortune? Can I buy a vowel Vanna?

[Norm's Coupe]

Are these the wheels of fortune? Can I buy a vowel Vanna?

Don't know about them being wheels of fortune. Chet seems to think they are. He was worried about someone stealing them out of my front yard, mounted to those post. But........they were there for about 10 or 12 years. Guess I should put Chet's mind at ease now. (Maybe) . They are no longer in the front yard on those posts. The posts are gone too. Wife redesigned that garden area so took them out. Now, the wheels are simply sitting on the ground leaning up against the side of the garage in another flower garden in the back yard. They've been there at least the last 2 or 3 years. Even though all you have to do is pick one up and carry it off, no one has bothered them. One of them now has at least one spoke rotted away. Guess I'll have to make another spoke for it someday when I get a round-to-it.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I was just wondering if that flag originally flew during Norm's childhood

[Don Coatney]

I was just wondering if that flag originally flew during Norm's childhood

Be careful Tim;

I think it still flies in some remote parts of Kentucky and West Virginia:D