Car Thread

[healey36]

"spotted a truckload of Willys Jeep Wagons on 81 just south of Scranton, presumably on their way for a restore"
Were they headed north or south? This week is the Hershey car show. I did one of my DC.area trips yesterday. Went for Philly to Purcellville Va. over to Annapolis then to Savage and up into north Baltimore. Sometimes it's hard to believe you don't see more wrecks along the highway. I show a guy driving an Old dominion double trailer. This Bast#$d was watching a movie on his cell phone.He should have been yanked from the cab and flogged.

heading north...it looked like a scene from Pickers...

[robert.]

Robert, That's pretty cool on the motorcycle tag!!! What bike is it going on?

i hope one day to have this. If i ever get time to put everything together. Years ago a guy named the ice cream man from hell drove around on an old trike. He would sell ice cream from the back of it during the swap meets. I hope that when i done building the bike my daughter will want to ride around selling an angels heavenly treats. the sidecar wont be as high as the one in the photo. i'll remove the doghouse part.

[sarge]

"Grrr" the Midget has finally yielded up its secret snit; the fuel filter element had become unsealed from its housing and was making for an uneven flow of petrol to the carb. Sneaky little perisher! I changed the whole thing out (new housing and filter) this morning and took a turn 'round the route to test it out. Lovely drive in sunshine and took a few pictures of a lovely autumn day "over the wheel".








Here’s a pretty typical old farmhouse from the early 1800s here.




The next is the Midget, a little dusty and quite proud of itself. It now goes like a stabbed rat; big difference!




The last is an homage to the film series "Back to the Future", made in the 1980's if I remember right. Today is the date in the future that the main characters travelled to (in a modified DeLorean) in the movie, and what do I encounter today but this.




Fine day, today.

Hope everyone's was as much fun.

[healey36]

Looks like it was a good day, Sarge. I distinctly recall that farm house from our drive...a sharp right-hander then up the hill I think. You need to map the course...this could be "Red House Corner", sort of like Maison Blanche at Le Mans:



Doing a bit of painting around the house...trying to get things buttoned up before the real cold weather sets in. Tomorrow promises a another day in the seventies...perhaps the last for awhile. We'll have to drag something out of the garage for a jaunt.

Healey

[robert.]

Here is one for you British car guys. This is from the motorcycle forum i visit. The guy say it cost him $500 in his college days. Only thing from the photo he kept was the jacket. Bike in the photo is an Indian

[healey36]

Big Healey...a 3000 perhaps, with that knot on the bonnet... Looks like a truck tire on that motorcycle.

[sarge]

Thin frame around the grill, might be a 100/6, else a 3000 with a mix of bits.

Anyway, spanner day today; changed oil in both MGs now VR1 instead of the no-zinc shit the environutters have cursed us with, new filters, last of the PO (previous owner) sludge hauled to Jack's (he burns used oil to heat his garage in the winter). good oil pressure in both; happy me.

There was a thump in the near-side front on the B under braking; pulled it open and found a caliper bolt had "escaped", so the caliper was rocking against the backing plate each the the brake was hit. I'll pick up the bits from Jack tomorrow along with the new fuel filter ordered up from Moss.

At the same time I changed the breather-box on the Mini, so three bonnets raised at once in the garage. Looked serious! Great fun!

Healey, mate;

You recognise the place correctly, hard right and uphill; Maison Rouge it is!

[healey36]

A page taken from Sarge's handbook, the section on how not to fritter away the last days of October.

First, a fork in the road...oh, which way shall we go?:


Arter's Mill on Pipe Creek (original mill built in 1781, rebuilt in its current configuration in the early 1800's):

No sign of the race...

The B-road...one needs to be careful on these roads not to take a black walnut off the hood (bonnet):


St. Mary's United Church of Christ in Silver Run:


Another Bailey Bridge, albeit a small one (thank God for Mr. Bailey and the Royal Engineers):


Farm kids just love to burn the tires off the old man's pick-up:


The view looking up:


This is pretty much what the whole county looked like when I was a boy:


The Sprite had a dead battery again...thought I'd cracked the short that was draining the electrics but apparently not. The Z stood in nicely:


Last stop for the day, the Shriver Homestead in Union Mills (1797), also on Pipe Creek:

It was here that Stuart stopped for the night after thrashing Corbit's cavalry at Westminster. A pleasant dinner with the Shrivers and then he was off the next morning to get his behind handed to him at Gettysburg.

The under-shot wheel on the mill:


The Mason-Dixon Willys Club is having their annual meet at the Homestead this weekend:

If you need a part for your '49 Jeepster, this will be a good place to have a look around, and you can crash the wedding.

Tomorrow the forecast says we start a streak of mid-fifties...that should knock some leaves off the trees.

Healey

[Tony-h]

Sarge, my man! Need some info...I assume your Midget came with the fresh blue paint job? I am seriously considering wet sanding my green paint, barely presentable in my opinion, and getting rid of those beautiful pinstripes that have Healey in such a dither! Know who/how much to get the old snot redone next spring? The wobbly wire wheels came out looking like new. Neighbors are asking what the chrome plating cost. I don't have the heart to tell them about Rustoleum Brilliant Metallic spray cans! The Donzi system sounds great!

I am redoing the entire braking system. The front pads were at 60% but of 1979 vintage. Put on new calipers also. Rear brakes have new lining and rebuild kits for the cylinders. Might as well do everything while she is up on blocks in the front yard, don't you know. Are you listening, Mitch?

I really hate to miss all this nice weather so I checked over the Model A for a day long excursion Sunday.

BTW, that beautiful picture of the mill and homestead is now on my desktop!

Tony

[sarge]

Nicely done, Healey, but you do have to figure out the electrics in the Sprite so you can stop with Der Batmobile.

I did go out for a lap round the route with the Midget this evening; gotta get those last days in before the salt flies.

[healey36]

Damnedest thing...I got the dim glow on the brake warning/test light to go out but the battery still drained. My brother's coming over at an opportune time and we'll work our way through it. Der Batmobile back window is good, by the way...today was the first time I dropped the top since Dave worked on it and it held up, even after being bent up like a pretzel. I'll have to drop him a line (I wonder how the chair's coming, lol)...

[sarge]

Glad it's holding up!

I saw Dave the other day; big job for some "buffalo wild wing" franchise and you made the mistake of telling him time was not an issue-

When next you go see him, stop by. Hopefully everything will be back together and well-sorted here by then.

I'll be interested in hearing what you two find is sapping the battery.

[healey36]

Excellent...since the dog disaster I don't have much disposable cash anyway! He can take his grand old time. I've been in a Buffalo Wild Wings...the BBQ sauce flies in there...they must reupholster and repaint monthly...

[John Webster]

A slightly larger roadster, the Marmon V-16:







The pictures you guys are taking while buzzing about are excellent.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I believe I remember a car that made its appearance back in the early 1970's called a "Bricklan(d). Does that sound correct? It was short-lived on the scene, but seemed to be of the same ilk as the DeLorean, sort of. The car (only available in chartreuse?) had a showroom on a road between Cortland and Homer, NY.