Category: Wheel Tracks
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What Spare Time?
Before I retired a couple years ago, I’d ask my mom if she would do me a favor and [fill in the blank]. I’d undoubtedly hear her say, “I’m very busy today, but maybe I’ll have time.” Now that “blank” could be filled in with any number of things, from making a batch of brownies…
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1976 Shay Model A
After 43 years of dreaming about Shay Automobiles, Paul Wagner finally has one… thanks to his persistence and his wife’s dickering abilities. I first heard of the Shay Model A when a Ticonderoga, NY, dealer advertised one in 1979. Did I want one? YES! But we were raising a family on our dairy farm. We…
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Zip-Zip, New Line
I recently discovered a neat trick to help form new hard brake lines. I am a huge fan of nickel copper tubing; it is very easy to form and lasts forever. I have found that it makes sense to leave a little more material on the end of the line when making flares, as the…
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Loves in a Hooker’s Life
I suppose not all women would be so open about the loves in her life as I am going to be with you in this short writing. Right off the bat, I will tell you, if you do not already know, I am a card-carrying “hooker.” I am just one in a large group here…
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1971 M35A2
This 1971 Army Deuce and a Half lives in White River, Vermont and is owned by Mary Kay & Dennis Brown How did you get interested in these military trucks Dennis? As a little kid, we used to have several convoys of Armytrucks go past our home on Rt.4 in White River Jct. VT. When…
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Ford Model A Pickups
Have you ever noticed how serene Model T Pickup owners are? The pickups here are Model A’s and we will try to explain why their owners may not be the serene-type… The red truck is my 1934 Ford Model 46-830 with 21 stud flathead V8. After many false starts looking at both Model A’s and…
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Your Vote, Your Choice
Well, another Town Meeting Day has come and gone without a physical meeting to go to. It just doesn’t feel right. Let’s hope next year we’ll be back to normal, whatever that is. I remember the first Town Meeting I went to. We hadn’t lived in Underhill very long, and it was all new to…
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Over Bearing
I recently changed one of the rear wheel bearings in my 2016 Outback. This is fairly typical, as the car just passed 50,000 miles, and this is a common problem with Subaru’s. I have changed many rear wheel bearings on Subaru’s. I can usually do the job in less than an hour. The Subaru does…
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The Softer Side of Barrett-Jackson
Don and I have been snowbirding in Arizona these last few months, and he got us tickets to the Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale for January 27. I have sat through hours of TV viewing of the auctions while Don was engrossed in them, and I was intrigued by the whole “up close and personal” side…
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1969 Plymouth Road Runner
This 1969 Plymouth Road Runner was “the transportation” for Megan and Adam Shafritz when they married. It was the fall of 1985 and Adam Shafritz was looking for a project car to work on for his Advanced Auto Mechanics class during his senior year at Mamaroneck High School (NY). Late 1960’s muscle cars were just seeing their resurgence. He had…
