Category: Wheel Tracks
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More Questions About Oil
From the Editor…. Dave, would you please keep this oil discussion going? Questions….. Should we use synthetic in our old cars? What about the question of single-weight oil vs multi-weight oils in our old cars, which is best and why? You have mentioned the moisture collecting in our car’s oil pans, especially during winter storage,…
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Cats in the Woodpile
If you are reading this and are not a “cat person” do not bother to continue. But, if you tolerate them and even love them, read on. For several months this winter I was feeding two feral cats, one female and one male. The male decided that inside the house would be better than outside,…
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1923 Ford Model T Mail Truck
Dan Noyes and his dad, Bob, with their 1923 Model T Mail Truck that has been in the family for five generations. In 1901 or 1902, Fred Noyes and his horse Ned delivered their “Rural Route 1” mail in South Sudbury, Massachusetts (note picture to the right). In 1923 the route was 28.6 miles, Wheel…
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Synthetic Oil
Hey Dave’s Garage- What is synthetic motor oil all about? Why is it better than natural oil? How does it differ chemically? I always thought that frequent oil changes were necessary because of the build up of acid and other contaminants. Why don’t they build up in synthetic oil the same way? Wendell Noble Wendell,…
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Jack’s 4th of July… Continues
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A 1949 Indian Roadmaster makes it back on the road.
With a little help from Wendell Noble and an assist from Fred Gonet For as long as I have known him, my friend and neighbor, Dallan Baker, has owned an all original 1948 Indian Roadmaster motorcycle. That’s at least 30 years and I only recall seeing him ride it once. When he recently mentioned that…
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Tank Ooze
Absent any questions this month, I will share something interesting with you. Recently I drained and removed the gas tank on the Datsun 240Z project. This car was parked in 1982. I removed the drain plug, but no gas came out. I poked at the hole with a screwdriver, and felt a thick tar like…
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Special Days
By the time this goes to print, Mother’s Day will have passed and Memorial Day and Father’s Day will be on the horizon. Let me say, before I really get going, that I probably have written about the subject before and hopefully you are a bit like me and can’t remember and to those who…
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John Johnson’s Pro Street 1967 Camaro SS
A few in the VAE have heard about John Johnson and his Mountain View Auto Body & Sign company in Sheldon, Vermont. If you see the logos on our show trailers, they were made in John’s shop. There are also some beautiful member vehicles that have departed John’s shop ready for the show field. This…
