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Established July, 2001. Edition 2512
Friday, May 09, 2008
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The daily Magazine & Marketplace
dedicated to the pre 1940 car
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May: 50 sold/expired - 34 new
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Your editors's Model T has passed the Dutch Road Safety Board tests (RDW ) and is granted a licence which will be efffective within days from now. It is our intention to report to you about Model T life during the remainder of this centennial. At the start of this t-project we like to express special thanks for their help to Keith Canouse for being our buyers guide during the AACA fall Meet, last October in Hershey. To Dougal Cawley of Longstone Tyres for providing an A+ set of vintage tyres and safety inner tubes. And to Theo Castricum for fine-fettling the car over the last few weeks for use on the Dutch roads! We'll keep you informed.JB
UPDATE: see video
No Friday lovely today; just to remember you it's Mother's day this Sunday...
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The Brass Dash Mystery (UPDATEs: Standard !)
Rastislav Noga from Bratislava, Slovakia asks our help in identifying this slightly battered brass dashboard panel. Several years ago he bought it locally without knowing what it was for. The speedometer is Smiths; the mechanical clock is made by North & Sons Ltd from Watford and London; the fuel gauge is AC Standard and the ignition switch is a Lucas Startix. The only markings that can be found on the inside of the panel are the numbers 300030 and 1034. It could be that the speedo and clock were replaced at some time, but still the whole dashboard has a certain ‘made in the UK’ air about it. What do you think? Let us know (RB)
UPDATE II comes from Crawford Stirling who has a 1934 Standard 10 which has a similar (painted) dash (click!)
UPDATE I by Steve Gallichan: “I am certain this dashboard comes from a 1930's Standard, made by the Standard Motor Company Ltd of Coventry England, and were very similar throughout their range of cars made between 1933/1934. It should have a wood grain pattern that was coated on top of the brass which has been removed. The circular cut out in the top of the dash was for the windscreen wiper handle that could be turned to engage the electric wiper motor or move the wiper blades off of the opening windscreen, there was the a second piece of the dash that covered the centre section to hide that large hole.”
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Weird Wednesday:
Find the PreWarCar!
(see UPDATEs)
This vintage hauler set was sent to us by Hugh Nutting from Montana. The pickup is his 1947 Hudson model 178 'Big Boy' 3/4 ton towing a trailer with his LaDarwi. At first glimpse both vehicles are post-war, so where’s the pre-war? Look closer at the trailer. It’s a recreation of those often used by dirt track racers in the 1940s. The main frame rails are from a 1917 REO Speedwagon one-and-a-half-ton chassis salvaged from a hay trailer conversion. Hugh often uses it when going to sports car races. His longest trip was from Colorado to Sun Valley Indiana. And if you’ve never heard of a LaDarwi, don’t be ashamed, although the maker of this fibreglass body has many followers. There used to be a website about it, we couldn’t find it anymore. (photos Hugh Nutting) (RB)
UPDATES: Ben Curtis informs us that details of La Dawri can be found here (click!) and both Hugh Nutting and Kit Foster have found information here (click!).
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Towing in Thrupp & Maberly style.
Ben Thompson (UK) reacts to our earlier Triumph-Triumph towing story from Martin Frosh.
"My father and I use his 1936 3 1/2 Derby Bentley (Sports Saloon ? ) by Thrupp & Maberly, to tow my 1928 Austin Seven to race meetings, seen here setting off for last year's VSCC Prescott. The Derby, one of only 30 or so four door saloon's by T&M - a 1935 car, registered early '36, has been back on the road for about ten years and runs very well indeed, covering thousands of miles a year. The Austin was re-built by myself in 2004, used often for road, hill climbs and trials." (here seen slightly faster than the camera (click)) Next chance to see this prewar combo will be at VSCC Wiscombe next Sunday. (photos courtesy Ben Thompson)
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A Monday Morning Axle Mystery (UPDATE: only Model T stuff?)
Normally we publish an unidentified rusty chassis on the Monday morning. Just something for you to chew on during the busy week. However, this time we found a lovely axle hiding in the Brazilian woods. It looks to be a mix of T-Ford and De Dion Bouton parts, but we can always try to find out what it really is for. We couldn’t find a clue on the axle itself, but take a close look at the unusual double-action suspension set-up as photographed from above and there’s also a front view. All kinds of ideas are invited! Mail us (RB)
UPDATES came in form Layden Butler: "Appears to be all Model T Ford with grease seal modification to the axle tubes, the coil springs are Float-A-Ford aftermarket accessories, the wire wheels are 1926-7 Ford with home made adaptation to the 1925 and earlier axle."...and Hugh Nutting:"Only speaking for the Model T bits - The spring is the tapper leaf style used to 1917. The coil shocks are brand - Float-a-Ford that came out in 1918. It has the small brake drums used on 1909 to 1925 Fords. The wheels are 21" Ford wire wheels that could be 1926-27 T or 1928-29 Model A that were likely fitted at a later date."
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