Captain Neon Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Just wanted to remind every one that Friday, 22 April, is "Drive Your Old Car to Work Day." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 What are us retired folks sposed to do??? I don't hafta work, I wanna bang on de drum all day!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 So I have 3 days to find a job:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I have three days to retire..I will never drive my car or motorcyle to where I work..its bummper car haven there and the wife's place of work is even worse...(female counterparts of the bad drivers I work with) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkestes41 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I work from home so my car is at work everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I have three days to retire..I will never drive my car or motorcyle to where I work..its bummper car haven there and the wife's place of work is even worse...(female counterparts of the bad drivers I work with) Tim this your work or the wifes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Neon Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 What are us retired folks sposed to do???I don't hafta work, I wanna bang on de drum all day!!! Drive them to the post office and where ever else you tend to congregate, tell lies, and solve the world's problems every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Tim this your work or the wifes? wife's, times 35 cars of similar driving/parking characteristics. Now had you shown a 4 wheel drive jacked up truck with the front right wheel about 1l2 way between the rear bumper and the trunk..it would be where I work..and am sure you could see a brown trail of tobacco spit from the truck front door to the walk through gate..at the local Wal-Mart, imagine the pictures of the Tsunami wake in Japan..( with apologies to the Japanese) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Drive them to the post office and where ever else you tend to congregate, tell lies, and solve the world's problems every day. Ben you're nicer I was going to say drive to McDonalds and get a senior coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadworthy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 hmmm... now to decide which old car to drive Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Interesting... Well... First, my car has to be together, that's not gonna happen by Friday. Second... It might snow. FWIW, we overlook the old Franklin car plant, or actually the high school where the Franklin car plant was. Across the street, they built parts for Model T Fords and the building we're in was once a GM plant back in the twenties and thirties. So, even if I can't drive my old car to work, at least I can claim some old car history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIPJOBXX Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Think I will just save the fuel and use it some other day as I'm retired!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Ben you're nicer I was going to say drive to McDonalds and get a senior coffee. Hey Young Ed ...Don't knock that Senior's Coffee at Big M - 83 cents Cdn where I live incl. GST, plus they cheerfully give refills...Heck, you can sit there all day drinking coffee and shooting the breeze... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAKOTA169 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Don't know about Friday, but tomorrow is the weekly meeting of the Xerox Romeo's (Retired Old Men Eating Out). It's raining and 38 degrees now, so don't think the '37 will be going out for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Don't know about Friday, but tomorrow is the weekly meeting of the Xerox Romeo's (Retired Old Men Eating Out). It's raining and 38 degrees now, so don't think the '37 will be going out for a while. There is a group of Model A owners in my area that drive their cars to breakfast every Friday who also call themselves "ROMEOS". I guess the term and phrase "retired old men eating out" is more common than I thought. Or maybe it is yet another club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 John are you in the old Rockwell Plant??? Here is a pic of the Franlkin works. the guy that painted my car whose name is Franklin, has the stainless steel script sign that was on the engine plant that was in Liverpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I'm with the other retirees.......I see the car every day as we pass thru the garage whenever we leave or return to the house. Gotta put a different carburetor on it before further driving.....the current one seems to have a crack in the side and gas leaks out a bit. Will drive it on some future occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Ben you're nicer I was going to say drive to McDonalds and get a senior coffee. I dont have a cup holder in my car so I would have to park the very hot coffee between my legs. I see a lawsuit in the making when I am shifting gears while going over a bump and around a corner. This might be a good idea:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Olson Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) As usual, this is an easy one for me; as I am either working in my part time job, doing meals on wheels, volunteering at the AZ Humane Society, inspecting all of the rust free old cars in AZ for future investing and/or testing out the cleanliness of the local bar's/saloon's beer taps; I shall do my best to uphold the "drive yo ride" day. Charlie Olson, "worker of the year", The Wood Car Company IF IT'S WOOD; IT'S GOOD Edited April 20, 2011 by Charlie Olson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Olson Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I'm with the other retirees.......I see the car every day as we pass thruthe garage whenever we leave or return to the house. Gotta put a different carburetor on it before further driving.....the current one seems to have a crack in the side and gas leaks out a bit. Will drive it on some future occasion. I just wanted to say that I had a faded red hard rubber/something P15 convertible toy, bought at a 2nd hand store, when I was a little boy. I see them sometimes on the bay. Every time I see your convertible, I think of my red childhood toy. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Charlie.....glad it makes someone else happy, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 John are you in the old Rockwell Plant??? Here is a pic of the Franlkin works. the guy that painted my car whose name is Franklin, has the stainless steel script sign that was on the engine plant that was in Liverpool. Yep! We've been there since we started the business in 2000. It's an interesting building, one of the first stressed concrete buildings in the world. It has 21" thick concrete floors! It was first built in the 20's by Brown Lipe to build differentials and gears. GM bought the business and was there until Porter Cable bought the building, then Rockwell bought Porter Cable. It sat empty for years after Rockwell left and then it was refurbished in the nineties. The view on the postcard is about the same as through our side window. Was that Rex Franklin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 No, Jef Franklin, but I do know Rex through the sports car club years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-12 Tommy Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I'm with the other retirees.......I see the car every day as we pass thruthe garage whenever we leave or return to the house. Gotta put a different carburetor on it before further driving.....the current one seems to have a crack in the side and gas leaks out a bit. Will drive it on some future occasion. Bob, If you want I have a D6G1 Carter you can have. All it's missing is a float pin. The float has a hairline crack. The rest of the carb's in good shape. Give me your address and I'll ship it to ya.Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Thanks Tom. I got a couple used spares just a few days ago from a fellow not far from here. Have mostly cleaned one up after it sat on his shelf for several years. The other is partly cleaned up. I'll try one of them and see what happens. Also was able to find a carb rebuild kit in stock at O'Reilly Auto store for about $24. Seems to have everything except a new float. Don't know that I really need a new float though...old one is probably ok. The rest of the thing is - I've never tried to work on a carb so I may look for someone locally who's a better mechanic then me. My neighbor who lives across the back yard used to rebuild carbs for people, but he now has health problems and can't do it any more. He did the current one for me a few years ago.....it was really handy.....just hand it over the fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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