tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86205309009206516822024-03-13T19:46:21.325-07:00The Hot Rod Disorderâ„¢Thoughts & opinion about hot rodding. As well as discussions with friend over cars & parts.
Included subjects; rods --- rats --- parts --- ebay --- shows --- swaps --- & building jalopies.AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-53906289461745722542013-01-24T10:30:00.001-08:002013-01-28T22:30:00.527-08:00GUIDE to BLC Headlights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Part of building any hot rod is customization. And one of the details that will give a car its personality (other then engine, paint, etc) are the headlights. They are your car's 'eyes'!<br />
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Throughout the early years of car design, most all headlights were mounted on headlight bars between fenders. As the 1930s went on, headlight bars would disappear. Soon, all headlights were integrated into the car's fenders, then the grill. Most light-duty trucks were a hold-out until WWII ended. But many new heavy commercial vehicles were still made with fender-top mounted headlights for many more years. So considering the lifetime of pedestal mounted headlight, there are quite a few styles to choose from for a nostalgic hot rod.<br />
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Vintage brand name buckets from Arrow to Yankee all have their own charm. Some of the most popular like the Dietz and King-Bee have been reproduced to death! But none have ever matched the quality of the early originals.<br />
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Something common to all the best styles is the lens size. That's because of a 1940 federal law that standardized the 7" lens for all car makers and integrated high/low beam in one bulb. Now any headlight marketed had to be the same size as everyone else's.<br />
Thankfully the standard was dropped in 1957, paving the way for the popular 5-3/4" two-bulb system. Many excited car designers quickly integrated this into their next car design --think of the 1958 Bel-Air or Ford Fairlane.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In this post,</span> I'll be talking about my personal favorite brand; GUIDE & BLC headlights. <br />
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They are my favorite because they are easy to find, have good quality, and they come in a variety of shapes.<br />
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<b>What is B-L-C?</b><i> In 1936, as Guide continued to grow and expand, the <b>B</b>rown-<b>L</b>ipe-<b>C</b>hapin Co (B-L-C) was named a plant of Guide Lamp Corp. The Syracuse, NY company turned out lamps, bumper guards and hub caps for GM's eastern section of the United States.</i></div>
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<li>The four varieties of headlight for hot rods are model numbers; 903-J, 904-A, 682-J, and 682-C. All use the standard 7" bulb with the three prongs on the back.</li>
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<li>Similarities over all the models are the trim ring, bulb retainer ring, and threaded mounting stud. Over the years there have been minor changes to these parts. But they almost always interchange over all the different models.</li>
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<li>Differences are the obvious headlight bodies, and the riveted on lower mount. 682-C & 682-J share the same basic body shape, but 682-C has the parking light mounted on top in an indent stamped into the metal.</li>
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<li>Wiring is also different over the model lines, with exception of 903-J & 682-J which share the same basic design. While 904-A and 682-C have unique wires for each of their parking light component. The earliest buckets had wire sockets underneath, rather then the loomed wires exiting the housing that is most commonly seen. </li>
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<li>Paint was always black. A chrome trim ring was an upgrade from the painted one. 904-A was the only headlight model, that I have observed, that was chrome optional from the factory. But the majority of the 904-A were still painted black.</li>
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<li>Tags (pictured above) were not on the very earliest headlights. Before tags, bodies were stamped with the the maker's name, model number, and "MADE IN USA". ALL riveted on tags were silver (nickel) color when new. The brass ones you might see today have had the silver polished off. Tags could also be made of aluminum, the one second from the top is one.</li>
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The shortest of the headlight bodies. Great looking on any hot rod, especially the small ones like a Model T or modified. <br />
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The medium sized body. Only the very earliest 904-A had no light on top and were stamped with the model number on the body (no tag).<br />
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There is also the 904-A with light, but no tag. Like this one pictured.<br />
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But all tagged 904-A have lights.<br />
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904-A have three wires running out of them like 682-C; high beam, low beam, and parking light. <br />
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682-J<br />
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Most common GUIDE bodied headlight. Looks traditional on any hot rod, but is best on larger cars like the '32 Fords and newer.<br />
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I've observed early 682-J with stamped model numbers (no tags).<br />
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Only two wires come out the 682-J, like the 903-J. One for high beam, one for low.<br />
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The 682-C shares the same basic shape as the J.<br />
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Probably the most popular of all and the most well known headlight. The 682-C is still a 'love it, or hate it' hot rod part. Some guys think they are too large or too "over the top" for a traditional hot rod.<br />
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They came with a variety of glass parking lights, here are a just a few pictured: the top one I call "sheathed", below that is "big/smooth", and the much celebrated "hawk-bill".<br />
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The parking light (sometimes converted to turn signal) is held on with one long screw, from the top, keeping the stamped steel light retainer/cover on. Inside is a black foam-rubber gasket that keeps the glass pressed firmly against the retainer. Without the foam the glass will rattle around, but still not fall out.<br />
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Although, OTB does make a chrome trim ring that is top-notch and does fit the original headlight buckets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a size comparison between the 682-C/J, the 904-A, and 903-J on the right. </td></tr>
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I've broken down a 682-J to show you the parts of this simple headlight.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also note the mounting pad and original wire exit, similar to all.</td></tr>
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The trim ring is tightened on with one stainless steel pan-head screw, partially hidden inside a cove on the ring bottom. This is unique to the GUIDE/BLC line and is partly what makes these lights so interesting.<br />
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A look under that is the bulb retainer ring. I have seen two ring varieties, one is chromed steel, and another made of stainless steel. Three small, flathead screws hold the retainer down on to the sheet metal body. Rings are also reproduced by OTB Gear. They are nearly impossible to find loose at swap meets.<br />
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Four screws is all it takes to change a bulb. Early models were equipped with non-sealed headlights, where a smaller bulb was installed in the back of a reflector and lens. That changed as the industry standardized under federal regulation requiring 'sealed beam' bulbs.<br />
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The wires to the 682-J (903-J similar) consist of the 3-prong plug, two wires exit the housing. All headlights have one wire grounded with a rivet to the body installed at the factory. Covering the wires is a tar/cotton loom, and each headlight had a steel clip that kept the loom and wires from being pulled out the headlight.<br />
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<br />AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-16761614055902224072012-12-08T23:37:00.001-08:002012-12-17T09:57:22.552-08:00Mooneyes X-Mas Party 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The cold December morning didn't deter the hearty, for the Mooneyes X-Mas Party crowd weather isn't a concern. <br />
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2012, the foggiest on record, brought in the biggest crowds with it to Irwindale Speedway as the show continues to grow year after year. One could hardly walk the merchant's isles, where people were shoulder to shoulder shopping, gawking. talking and being merry. <br />
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And as always, Southern California dusted off its melting-pot and cooked up a full serving of real kustom car culture. Our ladle was spilling over again with another colorful mix of super-nostalgic to low-brow rods & customs.<br />
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By 10 a.m. the sun was peeking through the clouds and the temperature was rising, but it never got as hot as the cars! Roadsters to coupes, sedans and even a speedboat, all in attendance. There were superchargers, quickschanges, polished motors, chromes headers, and glitter paint to dazzle the eyes of the young and old.<br />
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It seemed everybody was having a great time. Early arrivals were parked haphazardly in some areas, with many clubs hanging banners and pitching tents, with charcoal grills billowing the smoke from cooked meats. At the far end, the gassers & rails-jobs where smoking something else --tires!<br />
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Vans too had a bigger presence, I counted at least forty! There were motorcycles also, and some were inside those vans.<br />
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These are Willys coupes. One stock, one not >>> <br />
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Irwindale Speedway is all about racing. So after the fog lifted and the track cleared for racing, the sounds and smells of vintage races cars filled the air. It was a run-what-you-brung (with tech inspection) on the 1/8-mile track. It's all mostly for show, there were even a few cageless roadsters having a go at some legal tire smoking fun. <br />
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Unfortunately, I couldn't stay past 2 p.m., but even then a steady stream of late-comers waking in from the only parking left that was on the street.<br />
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<br />AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-72266282003456788032012-10-11T21:52:00.000-07:002012-11-03T12:27:21.920-07:00Throttlers Picnic 2012Year after year, the Throttlers Car Club Annual Picnic never lets me down. The best Burbank has to offer can be found in one place. By no means a large show, but the concentration of vintage rodders (and early rodders) is unprecedented. <br />
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This year, fellow A-V8ers member <a href="http://otrujillodesign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ollin Trujillo</a> joined me in my car for the trip over the Hollywood Hills. We got there nice and early, and as usual the pancakes were as great as ever --not to mention the company. <br />
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Once again, the conversations turn to back-slapping as we congratulate each other on what fine cars we drive. I have to say, it's as fun as it gets. Gosh, I really love vintage hot rods!<br />
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With perhaps 200 great cars in attendance, there was plenty to look at. Anybody can go, it's all free (pancakes breakfast is $6). And it is a real, honest-to-goodness hot rod community event. It all feels comfortable, laid-back you know --no music playing, no products for sale. Just a simple gathering of friends.<br />
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My friend Tim Cicora 21-stud powered V8, 1934 coupe drives great. Proving that this pre-war Davis intake & 2x Winfield carbs do work well on the street. <br />
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Many enjoyed this ironic 1929 pairing. The least expensive American made car that year, the Ford roadster Model A ($450 new). Parked besides one of the most expensive cars, a Packard Dual-Cowl Phaeton, an exclusive car only for the rich & powerful. <br />
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Big news --well not really. After years of teasing, this custom Model T track roadster finally drives in under it's own power. For the last three years at least, the builder has been trailering it in unfinished. The cars has many handmade parts. It's now as impressive now that it is done.<br />
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Many more cars from the show can be seen on the HAMB, <a href="http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=741869" target="_blank">click here. </a></div>
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Take a bunch of the coolest hot rodders in So-Cal, invite them to the picturesque Palos Verde peninsula, and what do they do? That's right --talk about cars. Then eventually, they drive slowly around the perimeter of the said peninsula, wooing crowds while trying not to get lost.<br />
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The First Annual Palos Verdes Hot Rod Cruise, directed by the incomparable Lynn Bird, was fun for the participants as well at the general public. Who seemed to enjoy waving at us from the sidewalks and from within other cars.<br />
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Many of the planned stops along the way included scenic views of the blue Pacific and nearby industrial harbor. At each point, crowds gathered around our cars to snap pictures and look at them inquisitively.<br />
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The day started early with everybody meeting at the Tucker Car Collection in San Pedro. Keith Tucker owns & maintains a large collection of vintage cars and automotive ephemera collected mainly by his late father. It is also where Keith grew up and where his mother Patricia still lives. The large quarter-acre lot had several large garages, and plenty of space to work on cars. There were so many great vehicles there and vintage gas station signs, I could have spent the entire day just looking around!<br />
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Lynn was also debuting his latest hot rod, this roadster pick-up on the right. Here Dave Steele & Vic Cohen are inspection the details. It was also a shake-down run for Lynn's new new engine. Luckily, the only part to fail was the distributor rotor which broke in half on his way home. A frustrating, but easy fix.<br />
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Next was the Korean Bell Of Friendship, which located on a majestic hilltop. We walked away from the cars and gathered around the shade of the bell's pagoda only to talk about cars again and upcoming events.<br />
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Oh sure, there were other subjects we talked about. But all I remember was enjoyable debates & opinions of the automotive type. It is great to have something in common with interesting people.<br />
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The cruise ended with the buffet lunch at Acapulco Mexican Restaurant on the harbor. It was good finish after a long drive in an open car. AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-50879135188805878322012-09-22T22:32:00.000-07:002012-09-23T20:41:44.236-07:00What A Difference A Drop Makes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dropping the headlight bar was something at first I hesitant to do. My reasoning was that it looked fine with the stock height bar. But after searching out a few examples online of fendered '29s with '32 grills it was starting too look like it really did need to be done.<br />
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And now that it's dropped and on the car, I'm so glad I did it. Turns out that it's must-do for hot rods --who knew!<br />
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It's only about a 3 inch drop, but the difference it makes is quite large. The bar is now crosses the center of the grill. And with the lights lower, the whole 'face' of the car has better proportions.<br />
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In a previous post I showed you how I installed the <a href="http://www.hotroddisorder.com/2012/05/putting-fenders-on-my-model.html" target="_blank">fenders on the hi-boy roadster</a> and how I made a '29 headlight bar fit a car with a 32 grill.<br />
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But dropping the ends of the bar needed skills I haven't mastered yet. I found that out when I tried dropping it myself and failed. Luckily the talented Mr. Pete Eastwood was accessible to me. I see Pete at many local hot rod events, later I learned that he drops bars like the pro while reading how others do it on the HAMB.<br />
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Failure: Here is my overly elaborate scrap-metal jig I built to drop the bar. But due to never seeing how it's done, I was out of my element. <br />
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After Pete showed me the simple jig that he made, mine looks like a joke! I won't share secrets of the master, but Pete has made dropping headlight bars a science. For him, it's child's play.<br />
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I can't show you Pete's jig, but I can share one detail of his work found on my freshly dropped Model A bar.<br />
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Take a look at this close-up photo of the bar end. Maximum drop, but with a quality of a factory part.<br />
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Now look closer. Maybe you didn't notice, but the 28/29 bar ends are actually upside-down. Pete cuts the ends off just shy of the light mounting cups. Then flips it over before welding it back on to the center while in his jig and probably after completing the drop.<br />
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This is to start the drop coming off the flat fender mount in the downward direction. It's an easy cheat to get the best look and the space to use factory style bolts. <br />
The stock bar points up from the mounting, the new bar points down. You can see it on the stock bar bolted to my jig above for comparison.<br />
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When I picked it up from Pete I was more then happy with the result. The soft S-curves gave it the classiest look. Thank you Pete!AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-14203420948023255122012-09-09T18:21:00.001-07:002012-09-15T10:13:14.398-07:00Update: Daytons in Japan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Apparently my nickname for the outrageously vintage and well appointed roadster stuck. Daytons hit the Japanese mainland and within months was splashed accross the pages of a popular moto-culture magazine. Good work Sehoji!<br />
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Fly Wheels magazine --half car/half motorcycle, all vintage stuff. It is one of the many publications catering to the American nostalgic Japanese motorist. It's large format, with high quality images of cars, bikes and events make it one of the best. It is reminiscent of the popular US magazine/book, The Rodders Journal, but on matte finish paper instead.<br />
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I have to thank Sehoji again for sending me several copies to keep and give out.<br />
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I don't read, nor do I know anybody fluent in Japanese. So what is written in the margins is left to my imagination. But I'm going to assume the stories told about the car is about its distant and recent past --perhaps I get a mention? <br />
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Some of the small detail pictures are out of the photo album of original pictures that went with the car. By themselves, the reader gets a good idea at the car's vintage. But again if you can't read Japanese, the story is missed.<br />
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Despite the few changes & additions made to the car, it's still the same car. Some I'm sure are for safety like the new rear tires & turn signals. But the car really looks great. Yeah, I sometimes miss the car. But I'm really, really happy to see it in good hands.<br />
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Update, comments left Sept. 14:<br />
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<i>"Hello! I'm Ayako and my husband Souichi Oikawa, who wrote the Daytons
story, is the chief editor of Fly Wheels magazine.
The Daytons story is mainly based on the article in Rod & Custom,
and of course, this blog. First I translated those to Japanese and then
my husband wrote the story based on them.
And yes, you got a mention! You can see your name on page 40 and it
explains that you found the car, which was far from in good condition,
and did the excellent job to save it. The most important mention is that
you had no intention to change the look of the car because that's the
style Bill Bair had taken as perfect 50 years before. We were impressed
by that. And what you did was just like a time-warping effect on the
car, the story says.
BTW my husband is happen to be a long-time reader of this blog. He had
already known all about Daytons when he heard it's coming to Japan. FYI
he's not very good at English--that's why he needed my translation--but
he can still enjoy your blog..."</i><br />
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Thank you Ayako for leaving that very nice comment. The magazine article is very classy, everybody I have shown it to has been impressed.AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-69429671641007075452012-09-09T18:16:00.002-07:002012-09-09T18:16:28.207-07:00Syracuse Nationals: Street Rod Heaven <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As far a s big shows goes, the Syracuse Nationals is up there. Thousands of cars, as far as the eye can see in all directions. Any style, any era, a mecca for the automobile --mild to wild. <br />
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I was visiting Upstate New York for my wife's high school reunion which also fell on the same weekend the 'Nats' an hour south in the town of Vestal.<br />
Her old college instructor/cousin "Johnny" Butchko lives in nearby Binghamton, and has always been into cars, invited me to "a car show" earlier in the season. I thought, "Oh, that's nice, a local car show, no big deal." Not until the dateline got closer to the east-coast trip did Johnny hint that the car show would host 7000 cars. And I still wasn't taking it seriously enough!<br />
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So we landed that Wednesday in Syracuse, NY (due to an airline mistake), it was two days before the big car show, and already the streets were buzzing with roadsters & coupes! <br />
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By Friday morning I was in Binghamton, NY. Johnny picked me up at a local Dunkin Donuts and we drove to the show in his Model A hot rod. Now I was revved-up after seeing street-machines all over southern NY for the last few days. <br />
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The one-hour highway drive to Syracuse in a open car with an open exhaust was sensory overload and a drive I would not soon forget. My ears rang for hours, but with no lasting effects from the auditory distress. <i>I know you are reading this Johnny and I'm fine, really!</i><br />
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A great mix of all sorts of cars --something for everybody indeed! I gravitated towards the traditional hot rods of course and there were a lot to see. As far as I was from so-cal the influences are still strong.<br />
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Our proximity to rural populations produce the best rat rods and there were many that paid to enter. This would be one of the best:<br />
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The variety was uncanny. I perhaps saw only half the cars there, but I think I got my fill. <br />
There were some cars I can proudly say I would never have never imagined. Look at this one:<br />
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Girls look the same east or west coast. Johnny & I made some new friends.<br />
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Also cool was meeting Nubby, custom painter & pinstriper from the TV show American Chopper. A super friendly and approachable fellow. Only in the east coast!<br />
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If it weren't for the super hot and humid weather it could have been even more fun. But summer is for driving and binging out the good stuff. LA has summer practicably all year, car shows all year. New Yorkers make the most of their summers with enormous car show events!<br />
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<br />AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-26539555106311082172012-07-15T23:58:00.001-07:002012-10-12T11:16:50.462-07:00July 14 - AJ's Big Saturday: Trompers, Mooneyes, Weesner<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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5:09 AM - Got up after only one hit to the snooze button, showered, dressed. I put the kettle on, made coffee. Hit the road for some serious swap shopping.<br />
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6:03 AM - Eagle Rock, CA. I pull up to the Tromper's Car Club swap meet and it is already in full swing! I'm already late?!? It's a small parking lot filled with sellers, swappers and some really great hot rods.<br />
I can remember the last Tromper's swap as being very light in sellers and buyers. But now --super busy!<br />
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Lots of sellers means there might be some good buys --and there were. Friends aslo did well, or so I was told.<br />
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7:00 AM - I've already bought a lot and completed a thorough look though of all the sellers. Do I leave or should I stay?<br />
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8:00 AM - I'm still talking to friends, and I've bought more parts. I start a new conversation with my other friend Michael who owns the Belond roadster; Sandy's Muffler Special. He has great incite on tuning four carburetors and engine building, so we talk for an hour.<br />
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9:00 AM - Friend Dave Steele, finally gets a selling spot. By now I'm feeling dehydrated and I'm holding even more parts. Dave and I talk more, and I decide then, "Why not go to the Mooneyes show?".<br />
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10:15 AM - I finally leave. I drive a just a block down Figueroa Ave to the Mobil station to fill up. I also get an icy fountain drink and a turkey sandwich (breakfast). I quickly ate in the car as I merged into traffic on the 134 Ventura Freeway. <br />
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11:15 AM - Santa Fe Springs; Mooneyes Headquarters. I arrived at the annual Mooneyes Open-House Party already over two hours in. And it's only at <i>light-pandemonium</i> levels.<br />
Like the usually quiet Tromper's swap, the usually crazy Mooneyes show is somewhat calmer then in the past.<br />
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1:15 PM - Dave Steel finally arrives to the show in the Tommy Sparks roadster, just as the show starts to really die off.<br />
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Mooneyes is a great company, there are few others like it that have survived time so well and still hold tight to their tradition of making brand name parts. But I have always considered Mooneyes parts as 1960s/70s era look, not 1950s so much.<br />
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2:45 PM - The show is 100% over and Dave & I are pretty much the only party attendees left in the empty parking lot. One last snap shot under the Mooneyes logo and we bid our farewells. And so I head for home.<br />
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3:30 PM - I got home in Hollywood and unpacked the car of the earlier swap meet treasures. I'll take a few minutes to relax after a very sun-filed, car crazy day. I also took a moment to look up where the Weesner exhibit will show later that night.<br />
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6:10 PM - Wife Wendy & I head out to Santa Monica for dinner and a show. We eat at Bombay Cafe Indian restaurant on Pico near Bundy. It was very nice, but after this visit we still prefer our Indian place only 3-blocks from home on Sunset blvd.<br />
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8:00 PM - We near the Copro Gallery were Keith Weesner has his show. The Weesner showing in conjunction with a tattoo artists exhibit and the crowd is lively. Keith has his pieces widely spaced on dark walls with spot lights --more like in a quiet museum. While next door the tattoo art is crammed in, the room is brightly lit, and the art is scary to say the least (so were some of the visitors).<br />
The Weesner painting are serene scenes of cars, scantilly clad babes, sometimes topless combined with cars. It was really great to see the original art by Keith himself, the detail is fantastic.<br />
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8:50 PM - Wendy & I stopped for Ben & Jerry's ice cream on Main Street near the beach. Then we left for home. Boy, was I tired.AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-66726479367856051092012-05-27T23:45:00.000-07:002012-09-26T10:39:39.585-07:00Putting Fenders On My Model A<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some of you may agree, why put fenders back on a perfectly good looking, driving, roadster hot rod? Well, it's something I always said I'd do ever since I pulled that rough original roadster into the backyard almost a decade ago and tore it apart.<br />
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I sold all of the non-hot rod parts off the car, like the brakes, bumpers, drivetrain and headlights. But kept the fenders and brackets, hood shelves and latches. I've been bumping into those parts and moving them around the yard for too long. It was time to finally do it and put them on the car.<br />
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The fenders were in OK condition. Decades of use was very apparent below the surface. There were crack repairs already on them, and the fronts even has some filler.<br />
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Me, not a being an auto-body/sheetmetal repair type guy, took the front fenders to Troy at Hollywood Hot Rods. His guys did a fine job of fixing three cracks and magically pulling two large dents. The fenders were super solid again, and ready to use (in my eyes).<br />
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Again, I am not fluent in auto-body. So after very minimal sanding, I spray painted everything. OSH brand semi-gloss right out of the can. I will understand if you are disappointed with me, but this is "shade-tree" hot rodding to say the least. I literal hot rod in the shade of trees. As a plus, the paint will match what is already on the car.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--EPmUYG6_XU/T8GYnR0SZKI/AAAAAAAABZk/cobF6l0jJX8/s1600/DSC06089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--EPmUYG6_XU/T8GYnR0SZKI/AAAAAAAABZk/cobF6l0jJX8/s320/DSC06089.JPG" width="320" /></a>When I bought Goldie in 2003 (it had no name until Daytons came along), my first idea was a fenderless roadster. It was going to be low with tall tires, I was going to put a Ford 260 c.i.d. (SBF was all I knew at the time), but those were all the plans I had. Because I had never though I'd actually own an antique automobile, it was just a dream.<br />
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Luckily I had another stock Model A spring just lying around. I painted, then swapped in the standard eye main leaf, which added one inch of height. Would it be enough? We'll find out later.<br />
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Now I'm moving on to attaching the brackets that hold on the running boards & front fenders.<br />
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Years ago when building the car I filled many of the holes in the sides of the frames for looks. I welded up the passenger side steering box holes, and the eight motor mount holes.<br />
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My front fender brackets were cracked at the frame mounts from fatigue. So after bolting on the headlight bar, I welded the cracks and added some steel bracing to strengthen them.<br />
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Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of the brackets. But there are four
that hold up the running boards. Of them, the front ones are the same
left or right side, the rears are the smallest and are unique to the
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The front fender brackets are the same on each side also.<br />
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Original step panel/running boards. The tops are cratered from rust, very typical. It's due to water & grit getting under the rubber, sitting and rusting away the steel.<br />
My new running board rubber kit from Mac's was adhesive backed and very easy to use. It will cover up that cratering and nobody will be the wiser.<br />
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As it is coming along, one side almost done as seen here.<br />
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What you don't see is that the body bolts have to be loosened to get the side aprons between the frame and body.<br />
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With the body bolts off or loose, I lifted the body up one side at a time with the jack. The side aprons are secured to the top of the frame by two small bolts at each end.<br />
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Particular note has to be made where shims were needed to keep body alignment. <br />
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7 PM with two days left to work on the car before the show and I still don't know if the tires will rub fenders, time for a spin... <br />
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I start up the car and a turn to pull it out the steep driveway, and right away lots of angry tire noise!<br />
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Aah! The car looks so great! But had to go much higher in front, damn. So I took the spring up, not all the way back to stock, but close. From seven leaves, up to ten leaves --adding almost three-quarters of an inch more height and stiffening up the suspension just a bit more. <br />
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Next problem: a stock 1929 headlight bar doesn't work with a 32 grill. Time to do some chopping and fast!<br />
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Out of my stash of parts, a curved 1930 Ford headlight bar to fill the center. A little cutting and a bit of welding --job done!<br />
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Friday, ready for action and one last problem --my axle caster is way off!<br />
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I forgot that by raising the front end the caster degree is now less then 3º. The car doesn't want to drive a strait line.<br />
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I never got the chance to do the Pasadena Roadster Club Reliability Run, the last run being 2010's. This year I got word early that there would be a picnic for invited cars only. I wasn't going to miss it this time!<br />
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PRC, unable to continue the the very popular reliability/poker run due to "clerical issues", settled on a picnic rather then skip another year with no events like 2011.<br />
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In my mind, I was thinking it was going to be something like the Throttler's Picnic --a shaded local park, pancake breakfast, lots of spectators, cool cars all around.<br />
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I found out later after contacting members of the club and excitedly telling them, "I so want to be a part of it!", that it was 27 miles inside the Angeles Nation Forest. At a secluded rest stop, also known as Newcomb's Ranch.<br />
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Oh, I was still looking forward to the event. But I would have preferred it maybe not so far from civilization. I knew that it being so far inside the forest would keep spectators away... and it did... very much so. I have to tell you, I like spectators. They make a show fun, busy, buzzing.<br />
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I was already familiar with Newcomb's Ranch, I spent two weeks there on a low-budget movie shoot (nothing you'd ever heard of), shuttling actors back and forth from LA. This was years ago when gas was $1.50.<br />
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But what I wasn't familiar with was the forest anymore. I was a little blown away when I saw for the first time since the fire ravaged these hills for miles all around. I can remember the fires of 2009, it was bad that year. The one in Angeles was called the Station Fire; 160,577 acres burned & killed two firefighters. <br />
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So sad to see so much destruction, nearly every mile we drove was burned. I want to fondly remember it as it used to be, because it will take a lifetime for the forest to return to the green-emerald like place it was.<br />
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The drive to Newcomb's was a blast. Although Wendy & I got off to a bit of a late start because I was still working under the car at 7AM at morning making suspension adjustments.<br />
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We left home at about 9:00, stopping for a bagel nearby. We reached La Canada at 9:40 and topped the tank off. There was a '29 tub filling up too, so I knew I was on the right road.<br />
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After a pleasant drive through the windy roads, we finally pulled into Newcomb's at 10:30. Third to last to arrive I beleive.<br />
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Lots of chatting with pals, staring at cars, hot rod parts talk of course. Lunch was nice. I made some new friends. Wendy discovered Lilacs grow there (because it snows, Lilacs need a frost). And then we were off by 2 PM, satisfied.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">FOR MORE, visit the HAMB's coverage including great photos of the cars:<span style="background-color: white; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=695802" target="_blank">click here</a></span><br />
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Like a stick of gum in a pack of baseball cards, new speed parts all come with a brand logo sticker for the most part. We stick it on our toolbox or designated wall, or we'll save in the drawer. They are all made or paper and vinyl, they are bright and big to get other people's attention. Parts makers want to make sure non-part owners see the logo even more then you. Hey, you already bought the part, right?<br />
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And some of those stickers today are huge! Some as big as Oreo Cookie boxes --so big it covers over other stickers on your rolling tool cart. Maybe it's on purpose. <br />
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But there was a time, many moons ago, before even the ubiquitous 'bumper sticker' was invented. Back when one would order speed parts by mailing in a postcard and paying for it C.O.D. Way back, when a Mustang was just a horse and there were no aluminum wheels. 'Stickers' were decals, and they were applied with water and patience.<br />
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They were also see-through. And when applied to car windows, it was like colorful stained glass for passengers and a distraction for drivers.<br />
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Just like me, many of you have had practice with water transfer decals in our youth. All scale model kits from the 1950s on, come with a small sheet of water transferred decals. Aah, memories are flooding in...<br />
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Today, these vintage decals are like rare sports trading cards. The ones that have survived decades at the back of a drawer, or unforgiving hand of a Virgo mom. Will make their way to collectors and enthusiasts, who cherish them like the small gems that they are. Representing a time you could recognize an engine by the sound it made, and when ice cream was only a nickel.<br />
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This is one huge swap meet! 2012 was my first year going to this San Diego annual event. Guys have always said I should go, and now honestly I am hooked. Believe me, I'll plan on it every year from now on!<br />
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Miles and miles of sellers, in row after row arranged without any real logical pattern. And it's true --there is no way to cover it all in one day. For me, two days wasn't enough! I am sure I missed some of it. There was part of the swap beyond the car corral I never saw. Some were saying this was the biggest year yet.<br />
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I was able to go Friday for the half day, and all day Saturday. By the end, I was worn out!<br />
After seeing how big this swap meet was Friday, my plan for Saturday was to go to go around to the far end and work my way back. Well that backfired. By the time I got to the back end, my bags were so heavy with parts, I bought a $25 wagon to save my arms.<br />
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For the last two years, 2010 & 2011, the rain had flooded the grounds to where some parts & cars were feet deep underwater. Aah... this year it was nice and dry, cool sunny weather. May have been the reason sellers were in abundance.<br />
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So much to see, so much to buy! Need a tractor? <br />
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Travis Perich's T project car on sale. He's got some skills. More on this T roadster, <a href="http://perichbrothers.blogspot.com/2012/02/chocolate-cheese-roadster-reprieve.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
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Lots of odd items to see or buy. Need an old TV? Look for the "house trailer".<br />
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Now, I was actually considering this. It's a 40's sprint type racing car. Aluminum body, Model T frame, 101 Halibrand QC, and Daytons Wire Wheels. But I have a T racer, and I used to have Daytons, so... I didn't get it.<br />
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Now to the stuff I bought! Here is Friday's haul:<br />
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16x3.5 wide-5 wheel, some crank pulleys, SW gauges, 25¢ wrenches, NOS parts, Lucas fog lights, chrome trim rings, spring perches, and more --and all for great prices!<br />
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Saturday was the long day, but I found so much!<br />
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My biggest swap produced the biggest bounty. I'm loving it!AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-39827911961863439652012-02-22T18:37:00.000-08:002012-09-26T10:27:13.909-07:00It Was A Good Run, Bye-Bye "Daytons"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It's been great to own this car for the last two years, the best really! And in that time, numerous <i>doors </i>have been opened to me as an owner of a real vintage hot rod. I can’t even count all the new friend and acquaintances I’ve made simply by knowing I was associated with this car there were so many. </div>
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The car has let me down several times, twice due to ignition problems. Like the time the breaker points broke the morning of load-in of GNRS. And when the coil that burned out while at the Petersen. But I sorted those problems out, and the car was better for it. Giving your car the <i>bird </i>doesn't fix it, I learned</div>
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Knowledge, another thing I've gained in the short time it was my car. Priceless info like; how hot rods were build over half a century ago, 3-piece hoods, lead filler, slanted windows, and much more. Gosh, that A-V8 had it all. I might just miss it more then I thought.</div>
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Plans were in the works for a steering arm for the T roadster for a while. The arm had to elevate the drag link high enough to clear the front shock. I have the steering box inside of the cowl, so it is a bit inboard unlike most other cars where it's outside the frame. Normally shock clearance wouldn't be an issue.<br />
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Factoring in that the drag link should be parallel with the hairpin radius arms to stave off bump-steer, my steering arm has got to be plenty tall. It's a lot to think about when making a seemingly simple part.<br />
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Comparing it to the old steering arm, I marked points where I should heat bend it.<br />
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Using the rosebud attachment on my oxy/acetylene torch, heat bending this was probably the quickest part of this project.<br />
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Like the hairpin frame brackets I made in an earlier blog post, I'm using Speedway Motors tapered-hole 'shock eye' for the tie-rod end attachment. <br />
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Simply MIG welded in and then ground smooth with my new Makita grinder.<br />
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I also drilled 1/2" holes to match the 1937-41 Ford spindle.<br />
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Here is that strengthening I mention earlier. It is 1/8" steel bar bent and filed to fit the perimeter.<br />
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I'm coping something I saw on a sprint car I thought looked good in Gary Schroeder's workshop.<br />
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Tacked on strips before fully welding, now you get the idea of what the finished product will be.<br />
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Now, imagine it fully smoothed and chrome plated! Are you as excited and I am?AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-79829249072048243892012-01-18T20:56:00.000-08:002012-05-17T09:45:42.954-07:00Honk If You Like Hot Rods<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YUwmaU8gguo/TxeRR0UVa_I/AAAAAAAABL8/GGRhhbwIz6U/s1600/DSC05241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YUwmaU8gguo/TxeRR0UVa_I/AAAAAAAABL8/GGRhhbwIz6U/s320/DSC05241.JPG" width="320" /></a>Of all the roadsters I've ever worked on, none have had horns. It just isn't a priority, just like turn signals.<br />
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But since I had all the parts, why not?<br />
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Actually, I thought I had all the parts. I couldn't find the vintage column mounted button, it's somewhere in the garage. No worries --I'll be using this old cigar lighter, and it makes for good camouflage too.<br />
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All told, I have to have only $10 in swap meet parts here. The lighter being the priciest part at $6.<br />
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You know that lighters lock down while the element heats up, then pops up when ready. So to prevent that, I bent the three inside prongs enough to only make a ground contact and no more. If the lighter were to lock in, the horn would blare!<br />
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A little paint, and it looks new again. I also made the missing top part of the dash holder clamp, it's what will hold and ground it to the metal dash.<br />
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The next problem was where to mount the horn. Space is limited, plus horns aren't pretty to look at.<br />
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I though of putting it behind the engine and under the passenger's feet.<br />
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Then I found that there was space under the radiator and behind the front grill. This was only better because I don't want to be too close as I toot my own horn!<br />
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There was nothing to bolt it to. So I made a simple strap from steel flat rod that bolts under the radiator mounting bolts.<br />
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Finally, wiring it all up. A horn relay is important because without it you be sending the full power of the battery through the switch and for some reason that is bad. That is why they make this relay.<br />
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As this diagram shows (taken from my <a href="http://www.hotroddisorder.com/2010/04/basic-hot-rod-wiring.html" target="_blank">basic hot rod wiring post</a>), battery power comes from the fuse block to the 'B' post on the relay. 'H' is connected to the horn, 'S' goes to the switch. <br />
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The lighter looks right at home on the dash of a 50s vintage car. <i>I've been told everyone smoked back then!</i><br />
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Today, this lighter has become an "anti-smoking" scare tactic. An unsuspecting smoker will push in this lighter only to get a warning signal! In Your Face! <br />
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Aagh! I've never been a fan of those hideous, derelict kid's Radio Flyers old guys drag around swap meets. They are almost always walking slower then everyone else, and they selfishly take up more room in crowded aisles.<br />
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I especially like them less ever since I almost took a spill over one left haphazardly across an aisle by a careless owner last summer. Sure they have to be helpful. But you guys have got to be more conscientious of other people's safety! Duh.<br />
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So be wary of gaudy wagons and their unscrupulous owners. They are a menace to us all!<br />
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<i>Dateline: Long Beach Hi-Performance Parts Exchange, 7:00 AM </i> <br />
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Here's one that is a foot wider then the average wagon. Really, is that necessary?<br />
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<br />AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-74689615476141057612011-12-10T16:30:00.000-08:002012-01-21T17:36:05.692-08:002011 Mooneyes Xmas PARTY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Fd_n9sAfgg/TuPuLzcLdPI/AAAAAAAABF4/C9spW3Vt7Pg/s1600/DSC04891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Fd_n9sAfgg/TuPuLzcLdPI/AAAAAAAABF4/C9spW3Vt7Pg/s640/DSC04891.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
This years Mooneyes Xmas Party was Bigger then ever in every way! I'm so glad I went, because it took a lot of willpower to get out of my warm bed this morning. I got there at about 9am, as a spectator only, and the parking lots were filling up fast.<br />
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First thing I noticed, nobody couldn't have asked for better weather! Having an outdoor show in December is risky, use last years rained-out show as proof. This year everybody was having a great time --the sun was warm, and even the ladies could dress up (or down).<br />
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Car styles for everyone! Yes all genres of classics were represented. So in this post, rather then my usual ramblings, I'll give you one-word descriptives:<br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>VANS</i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vans are getting crazy popular again, who would have thought!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like the hot-pink ones, what can I say!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I saw Iron Man drive in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most popular place at the show.</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k00MQyInbsw/TuP1HLmo3qI/AAAAAAAABJM/Oy-LczBlveE/s1600/DSC04890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k00MQyInbsw/TuP1HLmo3qI/AAAAAAAABJM/Oy-LczBlveE/s400/DSC04890.JPG" width="277" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tNvaJ9YT-zI/TuP1EvRN3fI/AAAAAAAABJI/OKDLWrfdMco/s1600/DSC04893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tNvaJ9YT-zI/TuP1EvRN3fI/AAAAAAAABJI/OKDLWrfdMco/s400/DSC04893.JPG" width="296" /></a></div>AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-23557147361867397662011-12-06T22:58:00.000-08:002012-01-21T17:35:26.018-08:00Vintage Sprint/Midget Dirt Track Meet at Willow Springs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xaAg1etM-RQ/Tt8HGveN1aI/AAAAAAAABD4/gXT0BynsctI/s1600/DSC04728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xaAg1etM-RQ/Tt8HGveN1aI/AAAAAAAABD4/gXT0BynsctI/s400/DSC04728.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
It's a rare opportunity to get to see vintage sprint cars race around a track. And for me, it was my first time seeing sprints or midgets run, ever.<br />
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November 25-26 was the 19th Annual Walt James Classic hosted by the Western Racing Association (WRA). It's held every year at Willow Spring Motorsport Park in beautiful Rosamond, CA, just over the Kern County line. Among the 7 races courses at the venerable Willow Springs is Walt James Stadium --a 3/8-mile clay surfaced track with no walls, perfect for track-roadsters, Sprints, and Midgets. <br />
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This was an awesome sight to see. Although it wasn't a real competition, all these people were really here to do was celebrate these old racing cars with a go around just for show & fun. Owners get to drive their pride-and-joy for about 10 minutes before another class of car gets their turn, in a rotation that lasts until dark Nobody get hurt and the cars get to do what was meant of them: get dirty, or at least that's the plan.<br />
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Awesome cars were all around. Vintage racers from the 30s to the 60s. With Halibrands, V8-60s, Hilborn injectors, long tail pipes, nerf bars, chrome & aluminum galore!<br />
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I really went to see how they were made, but I saw so much more.<br />
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Fortunately there was one vintage track roadster there. It's a '27 Ford with Dodge turtle-deck, on an Model A frame, Ford suspension parts, ans a highly modified Ford 4-banger. It had an airplane seat and a real Bell steering wheel.<br />
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The owner also owns the vintage sprint car behind it. These were the two roughest cars there, can you believe it?<br />
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The driving was intense! Not really.<br />
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The cars had to maintain distance from one another or be black-flagged. But that didn't stop them from going fast and kicking up some dust!<br />
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Even with all the cautiousness an accident did accrue. Late in the day two sprints tangle tires, spun around and got airborne for a short distance. Flattening the tire on one car at least, denting the other. No one was hurt, just some bruised egos I guess.<br />
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It is a 3-speed, typical flathead tranny, late case; part number 78-7006. But it is a 1950 truck transmission, and because of that it has some upgrades that makes it a good one for me.<br />
I bought the trans attached to my first flathead, way back in 2003 and saved it all this time. <br />
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It is an open-drive, with a sliding yoke instead of a closed torque tube.<br />
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It also has the light-duty truck gears, only found in these transmissions. But they are in fact heavier-duty then popular passenger car gears.<br />
It has a 27/16 tooth count main gear, it's a gears set that can't be mixed & matched with any other gears. <br />
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Taking the gears out for the first time, they all seem to be in good shape. The bearings inside the main lower gear of this later transmissions has the loose pin roller bearings, rather then the caged type. So I had to make sure I don't loose any. <br />
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I've stored this trans for years, I really should have drained it. There was about a cup of water hiding under the oil, But I have a feeling I let it get rained on a few times.<br />
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Luckily, no harm done. <br />
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My biggest worry was these pits in second gear. But Jim Gordon assured me, they are a quite a minor defect and I should ignore it. Jim has much info on transmissions, and he's happy to share it.<br />
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Jim is also best source for all flathead & trans parts I know in the LA area. He own and operates Specialty Ford Parts in Rosemead CA --I'm just so glad it's there sometimes!<br />
I bought all the parts I needed to freshen my trans up; gaskets, seals & thrust bearing.<br />
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There are also other sources like MacsAutoParts.com.<br />
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The case & gears now clean, it is time to put in the gears.<br />
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Remember those loose pin bearings in the main gear. Well you need something like this: heavy transmission assembly grease. It's really the only way to keep the pins stuck in place when sliding in the main gear shaft again.<br />
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Reference material may be helpful, but honestly the only way to really learn is take it apart yourself.<br />
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These transmissions couldn't be easier to work on. And frankly, it's pretty fun doing this kind of stuff.<br />
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Before that top goes back on for the last time, I'll make sure I have the shifter's arms in the gear slots, and a new gasket to seal it. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> And it's just about done --ain't she a beaut! A little more wire brushing perhaps and it's ready for paint.</div>AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-46279518170906343382011-11-07T22:46:00.000-08:002012-01-21T17:33:40.747-08:00"Everyone's Dream Find", I Got It!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sw62CsD1L0A/TrqqZCVwqjI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/z2DI_luZkm0/s1600/DSC04560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sw62CsD1L0A/TrqqZCVwqjI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/z2DI_luZkm0/s400/DSC04560.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">You know how you're not really sure about something until somebody else says it too? Well that's how I felt.</div><br />
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Issue 37 of Rolls & Pleats Magazine, out this month, features Daytons --it's the first car you see inside! I'm very honored to have a car I own published.<br />
Local hot rodder and friend, Chris Casny shot the photos at the Throttler Picnic in secret --the photos look great Chris! In fact it might be a better representation of how the car really looks then it did in Little Pages. These pictures aren't photo-shopped --more <i>au natural, </i>you might say.<br />
And maybe that's the way like it in France, where Rolls & Pleats is published. Jerry Desvaux, Editor in Chief, hails from across the pond. Jerry corresponded with me via email for details about the car. Also visiting this blog for some vital statistics. <br />
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Now I know a few of you don't get Rolls & Pleats where you are. So I'll just go ahead and show you the few pages with Daytons only. But believe me, if you can get your paws on R&P, it's a really good magazine. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The last paragraph is my favorite part.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Coincidentally Daytons made a sneak appearance in R&P's last issue, the one covering Grand National Roadster Show.</div><br />
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I'm posting this exactly two years from the day when I saw this car for the first time and purchased out of that small Long Beach garage. Ahhh... I can remember that day very well.<br />
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My hot rodding life has changes immensely by owning this car. It's been the topic of more then a few blog posts here, which has kept you the reader, and me, entertained. It's coolness has helped me make many new friends, in person & online. And it is now featured in two popular magazines, Rod & Custom's Little Pages, and now Rolls & Pleats.<br />
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Plus, I've learned a lot about hot rods simply by owning this vintage roadster for the short time. New techniques & ideas, some of which I am already using on my current roadster built, the '27 T. <br />
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I am a lucky persons, I got to reintroduced Bill Bair's car back into the world. I only hope Bill would have liked what I had done with it. People really love to see this car, it craves attention.<br />
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<div style="color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"> FOR SALE: Vintage 50's Hot Rod, A True Southern California Roadster</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"></span></span></span></div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div>The new owner will get the whole package! This car is more then meets the eye --you can change it's look to suit your pleasure. It has a removable canvas top, a 3-piece hood, extra wheels with wide tires.<br />
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Everything you want, and more on a hot rod roadster! You can plainly see it's a Model A on a original 32 frame, but under that bonnet beat the heart of a winner. The Ford flathead engine is all vintage muscle. And just like the body it is custom everything!<br />
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A car with a long history and comes includes an album with many old pictures. The oldest dated photo is 1959, and some undated are older.<br />
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It is fun to drive, starts easily, shift well, stops well, and it gets a lot of attention.<br />
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The cosmetic condition of the car is less then great, the paint is fifty years old and has many scratches & chips. All the chrome has aged, as has the rubber, and everything else in fact. This is an untouched vintage hot rod, and it looks every bit the part. Born right here in So. Cal. with hot rod history running through every part.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Update: Feb 17, 2012 Car Has Been Sold</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The asking price was $35,000.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">To learn more about this car,</span> I've updated the roadster's page with all the statistics and new information. Please click the picture on the left side of the page "Daytons" or <a href="http://www.hotroddisorder.com/p/roadster-bill-j-bair-built.html">click here</a>. <br />
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If you have any questions or comments, would like to see the car in person, or to make an offer <a href="mailto:ajofhollywood@gmail.com">click this link to email me</a>.AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-17648966245765256562011-10-26T22:48:00.000-07:002012-01-21T17:32:41.124-08:00Petersen Museum Open House - Ultimate Car-Guy Fantasy Comes True!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Tonight, my wife Wendy & I went to the annual open house for members only. This event is worth the small price of a yearly membership alone. This is the only place on Earth with a true melting-pot of world class cars! And it's basement is open for view only once a year to us regular folk.<br />
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Nowhere else on Earth will you find a 1925 Rolls Royce Round-Door Phantom parked next to a beat up shell of a Muntz Jet. Or the Doane Spencer roadster keeping company with a gold plated Delorean. AMBR winners, Big Daddy Roth cars, solar cars, Kurtis midget racers --dream cars for everybody! I'm not exaggerating either.<br />
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I spend a good 15 minutes with the only car I really wanted to see, Frank Mack's Model T. I was told it wasn't in the basement, and there it was in a dark area near the front. This was the first time I've seen it in person. I was happy.<br />
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I've never seen this slammed coupe before, I'd like to know who's it was.<br />
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Unlike the cars on display up top, cars down in the basement don't have info placards. <br />
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This is one of two Muntz Jets in in storage, this one was the bad one.<br />
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You might know these two hot rods. Yes, those are the original ones! Stacked down here as if they were just parked at the mall. Actually, they are usually on display. But the Phil Hill exhibit is in theirs, and the Doane Spencer 32, place at the moment.<br />
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I didn't see Bruce Meyer there this evening. Let's just assume he has full access to the basement anytime he wants.<br />
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Cars not good enough to display in the museum?<br />
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There were over 100 vehicles the public will never see down there. Priceless cars to the mundane! I wish I could share what I was feeling with you, but I'm no Wayne Carini.<br />
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This one was a jaw dropper. I've never seen this car before either. It an obvious vintage hot rod no doubt. But it's half Ford, half Duesenberg, at least I think so. Duesy engine & grill, modified Ford body, suspension, frame. Four Stromburg carbs, BLC headlights, Chevy taillights --standard hot rod parts.<br />
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I did a little searching online, and only one old photo popped up, really no other info. I could tell this was done in the 40s/50s, hmmm.<br />
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'Sniper' is its name, many of you should remember it --this custom was a game changer. Now it's way in the back in the basement next to the Elvira's '58 Thunderbird.<br />
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This is it, right off the Pebble Beach lawn --1925 Rolls Round-Door Phantom. One of the coolest cars <i>you'll</i> never see.<br />
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Johnny Rockets was treating guests to milkshakes, as if the night couldn't get any better.AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-6105798587291062732011-10-24T11:01:00.000-07:002012-01-21T17:32:04.416-08:00Aircraft "Bomber" Seat in a Hot RodThe issue of seating has been a topic of a lot of thought. I had a few ideas, but I kept coming back to my original idea --one seat, right in the middle, and vintage aircraft.<br />
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</tbody></table>Patiently waiting for the right opportunity, I was rewarded with a nice match pair for sale on ebay. The seller was restoring a warbird, but the project fell through. The naval airplane seats had already been were striped of the grey paint, and were looking pretty nice.<br />
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The debate continues whether bomber seats are "traditional". The answer is: it depends.<br />
Look at plenty of race cars, roadster-racers, track jobs, lakesters from the 40s & 50s, many had aircraft seats. Now look at street hot rods from the same time, and you might notice none of them had war surplus seating.<br />
So 60 years ago when weight (thus speed) was a issue, war-bird seat - YES. Comfort and sensibility, fighter plane seat - NO. The only airplane themed cars in 1955 were lakes only, belly-tank streamliners.<br />
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Now that I've had the seats a few months, I finally figured out how to install one... finally.<br />
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>>>By the way, two average aircraft seat don't fit into a Model T roadster. The seats are too wide and the T too small.<br />
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OK, to the right is how the stock seat hardware looked on the back. Aluminum & wood verticals, and aluminum brackets. The handle on the side was for adjusting seat height.<br />
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The brackets have holes for tube to slid in them. One idea was to use tubes again, but the size was some sort of AN sizing, 15/16" tube? It's not made!<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-72GT9AWsg4c/TqUH-5Kaj5I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/OIePGtnmpIU/s1600/DSC04406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-72GT9AWsg4c/TqUH-5Kaj5I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/OIePGtnmpIU/s320/DSC04406.JPG" width="320" /></a>I simply unbolted the brackets and and replaced them with 1" heavy wall square tubing. This way I can make a seat frame custom to my needs.<br />
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My needs were; it has to sit low, it had to leaning back a bit for comfort, and it has to adjust back and forth for diffident height drivers.<br />
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The foundation's start was simple, two 1x1.5", 1/8 wall tubes across the frame.<br />
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I'll weld these right onto the frame later. And I'll make joists to the longer piece for more support.<br />
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Now that the lower base is settled, I made seat slider rails with adjustment holes 3/4" apart. The rails are 1"square, 1/8" wall tube.<br />
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The ends of the tubes are all caped and sanded smooth for looks.<br />
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The lower base is just below the level of the interior floor so I can still put a floor panel in and hide all my nice work.<br />
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I'll skip the process and show you the results. This is the seat farme, there is the 1" tube directly replacing the original aluminum & wood, and tube brackets. The frame is fully welded and quite ridged. And the seat itself is not flimsy in the least. Now lending it's own strength, it is not going move around in a hard turn.<br />
I purposely didn't go overboard, the focus will be on the chair and not the supports.<br />
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This is the seat frame minus the seat. The seat was it's own jig. I tacked the parts together while on the seat and finished it off without.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another look at the adjusting rails.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"bomber belt"</td></tr>
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I bet you are asking, how about a seat belt? Well I have that covered too.<br />
This just in: actual WWII fighter plane harnesses --date coded, canvas and leather, early steel length adjusters. Another recent ebay find.<br />
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Attachment couldn't have been easier. I used 1.5" wide, 3/16"thick bar steel, welded to the lower rail. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aircraft seat in a hot rod complete. Now I just need a cushion.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>AJ Eliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917050774713669934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620530900920651682.post-87179404848770687132011-10-01T22:17:00.000-07:002012-01-21T17:31:22.260-08:00Long Beach MOTORAMA! (2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0CnOj0-L7NE/TofIsYeT3gI/AAAAAAAAAtg/IlLU17ICvJc/s1600/DSC04399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0CnOj0-L7NE/TofIsYeT3gI/AAAAAAAAAtg/IlLU17ICvJc/s400/DSC04399.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The second-annual (reborn) Long Beach Motorama seemed to be an improvement over last year's. Although I thought last year it was pretty great. The attendance was larger, the displays bigger, and the cars even glossier!<br />
The weather couldn't be better --Saturday was sunny and hot! Despite a few drops on Friday's opening day, the grassy parking drive-in area was quite full with all sorts. But first, the indoor cars:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eScXHBp_Yf4/TofMX_RMc3I/AAAAAAAAAtk/MH2oRoQiazg/s1600/DSC04312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eScXHBp_Yf4/TofMX_RMc3I/AAAAAAAAAtk/MH2oRoQiazg/s640/DSC04312.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Now I can't show you every car, so I'll show you some of my best <i>shots</i>.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OukPoURuyjk/TofMdrhS24I/AAAAAAAAAts/ipb0ra6O0TM/s1600/DSC04316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OukPoURuyjk/TofMdrhS24I/AAAAAAAAAts/ipb0ra6O0TM/s400/DSC04316.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2dER2phARro/TofMfsLFPLI/AAAAAAAAAtw/BRs-PFCyG3Y/s1600/DSC04317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2dER2phARro/TofMfsLFPLI/AAAAAAAAAtw/BRs-PFCyG3Y/s400/DSC04317.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKzXMdPwtYA/TofMauIx7CI/AAAAAAAAAto/xQ-qEK99Sq4/s1600/DSC04315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKzXMdPwtYA/TofMauIx7CI/AAAAAAAAAto/xQ-qEK99Sq4/s640/DSC04315.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not really a customs-guy, but nobody can say the don't like any of these cars. I mean each one was truly rolling art work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hQJhZ2BXt-g/TofMid1YCFI/AAAAAAAAAt0/eAa0jHjrEQQ/s1600/DSC04318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hQJhZ2BXt-g/TofMid1YCFI/AAAAAAAAAt0/eAa0jHjrEQQ/s400/DSC04318.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Of course it's also a hot rod show...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qyuarhZnFn4/TofT9OLmEiI/AAAAAAAAAt4/Wtonwj45oS4/s1600/DSC04374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qyuarhZnFn4/TofT9OLmEiI/AAAAAAAAAt4/Wtonwj45oS4/s400/DSC04374.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The king of the hot rods itself, the Barris built 'Emperor'. The original owner was Charles Kirkorian, today by Blackie Gejian.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s4aV2de-hoA/TofUBusTLnI/AAAAAAAAAt8/UPtNHFhyOqw/s1600/DSC04379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s4aV2de-hoA/TofUBusTLnI/AAAAAAAAAt8/UPtNHFhyOqw/s640/DSC04379.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Once winning America's Most Beautiful Roadster, and one of my personal favorites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NbuQ0a0SaEY/TofUEfvQohI/AAAAAAAAAuA/io3kHvTCPnk/s1600/DSC04375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NbuQ0a0SaEY/TofUEfvQohI/AAAAAAAAAuA/io3kHvTCPnk/s400/DSC04375.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dswboRubpU4/TofbKjlUcxI/AAAAAAAAAuE/kcQxYE_wrXA/s1600/DSC04394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dswboRubpU4/TofbKjlUcxI/AAAAAAAAAuE/kcQxYE_wrXA/s640/DSC04394.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Gary & Karen Schroeder's 1932 roadster, one of my new favorite cars. Gary has used a lot of components his company makes, like front & rear torsion-bar suspension, and a sprint car steering box. The car is bristling with one-off machined parts as well as many vintage items, as seen on the dash for instance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amcU_XaQTNo/TofbOXsZeaI/AAAAAAAAAuI/9Rz1Q7Mmtvo/s1600/DSC04388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amcU_XaQTNo/TofbOXsZeaI/AAAAAAAAAuI/9Rz1Q7Mmtvo/s320/DSC04388.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbgnIR_g1a0/TofbVji5mQI/AAAAAAAAAuM/jeqXt_j8Huo/s1600/DSC04396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbgnIR_g1a0/TofbVji5mQI/AAAAAAAAAuM/jeqXt_j8Huo/s400/DSC04396.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A car that piqued my interest was this lakester built from the wing-tip fuel nacelle of a Lockheed Constellation. The inner frame is steel with a aluminum skin, the 700+ gallon tank was found in Canada and was used for water storage before it was a car.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zjKTWuV6nGo/TofbYRo5I-I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/zCEVn2A28bQ/s1600/DSC04395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zjKTWuV6nGo/TofbYRo5I-I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/zCEVn2A28bQ/s320/DSC04395.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The car is registered for street driving as a 1917 Crow brand automobile, but has nothing really to do with a Crow except to used the V.I.N. The lakester seats two in tandem, and used many aircraft parts as well as numerous custom parts like the 20" wheels. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AwvRwUbjvg4/Tofbbq46o5I/AAAAAAAAAuU/M6xC4zgIQFM/s1600/DSC04397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AwvRwUbjvg4/Tofbbq46o5I/AAAAAAAAAuU/M6xC4zgIQFM/s320/DSC04397.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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In the side room...<br />
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Another year, another great Throttler's Picnic. Always a great turn out of friends and cool cars. And I'm always meeting new people every year. It helps to have a car at the show, that way guys will have something to talk about.<br />
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I took Bill Bair's car "Daytons", year #2 for it. I picked a nice spot near the the cars of the Burbank Choppers --that way I'm sure to get into some peoples photos.<br />
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Local LA hot rodder and new friend Ollin Trujillo followed behind me to the show at 8:00. He drove his non-rod Toyota, but next year we're pretty sure he'll be driving his AV8 currently under construction. <br />
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Some great looking roadsters were there <i>--this is So. Cal. after all</i>.<br />
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Here is a great looking 32 roadster, it's got some speed parts on it:<br />
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It's always nice too see a good looking roadster with fenders.<br />
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Jon Fisher brought his latest acquisition, a 32 coupe rod/custom build by Valley Customs in the early 1950s. A really good looking car from any angle, and great color too.<br />
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I liked this roadster too. Mild rodding done in the late sixties I believe I was told.<br />
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Here is a nice Merc custom, not the usual lead-sled. Another mild ride, it looks easily like it was right out of 1950 something.<br />
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It was easy to see it has a flathead V8. The air cleaner caps were different, no screw on top. Really clean engine though, I like it.<br />
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It may look rough, but this 32 is all together ready.<br />
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Check out the Stewart Warner vintage smooth bezel/curved lens gauge collection above, pretty sweet.<br />
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Some of you might have seen this car elsewhere, this roadster T is owned by Lynn Bird. Lynn is talking with Jon Fisher before taking off from the show.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">To see more, check out Chris Casny's awesome photos posted on the <a href="http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=627724">HAMB forum, CLICK HERE.</a></span></div><br />
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