Cars, trucks, rat rods and hot rods

[Ripster]

A few pics from the Car shop.

That blue Continental is drop-dead gorgeous!

Thanks Dan , out of all the Cars that have gone thru our Family shop, this one isn’t for Sale. That one will stay in the family . She is a beauty, you oughta hear it purring down the road . If you ever get over here for any reason, stop by and we’ll go for a cruise .
Thanks for taking interest.

[Boji]

Saw my favorite Healey again.
What is the little red one with the white top? Vauxhall? Opel? Fiat?

[Dan In MI]

That one will stay in the family . She is a beauty, you oughta hear it purring down the road . If you ever get over here for any reason, stop by and we’ll go for a cruise.

Not at alk surprised that beauty will stay in the family...and I'd love to go for a cruise in it!

What is the little red one with the white top? Vauxhall? Opel? Fiat?

I'd be shocked if it wasn't an Amphicar!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar

[Boji]

What is the little red one with the white top? Vauxhall? Opel? Fiat?

I'd be shocked if it wasn't an Amphicar!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar

Oops! I should have known that. There is an Amphicar here locally.

[royal0014]

Man those are some gorgeous vehicles !
I love most any old or classic car, but pre-WW2 and Brass Era really get my heart going.
They are not usually well represented at any show I've been able to attend.
My bucket list includes the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, but it'll probably never happen .. .. ..

[Just Plain Dave]

I know for a fact that without a lottery win (and it's tough to win if you don't play) I will never make a Concours d'Elegance.

[jmh58]

[jmh58]

[jmh58]

The gold 50 Chevy Fleetline is my sons.
The blue 69 Pontiac Catalina is my daughters.

[Dan In MI]

The gold 50 Chevy Fleetline is my sons.
The blue 69 Pontiac Catalina is my daughters.

Nice. Your kids have good taste!

The bright yellow car in your first post is a 1980 Oldsmobile Rallye 350. It's a one year only model that was made in small numbers. Very cool!

[jmh58]

The gold 50 Chevy Fleetline is my sons.
The blue 69 Pontiac Catalina is my daughters.

Nice. Your kids have good taste!

The bright yellow car in your first post is a 1980 Oldsmobile Rallye 350. It's a one year only model that was made in small numbers. Very cool!

Thanks Dan.. The Pontiac was purchased new in 1970 by my dad.. Was the first new car he ever bought.. Never driven in snow etc and has 95 plus thousand miles.. It is all original (except wheels/tires) .. Used it in my first prom and also in my wedding in 1980.. Lots of family memories..
John

[Ripster]

The gold 50 Chevy Fleetline is my sons.
The blue 69 Pontiac Catalina is my daughters.

Nice. Your kids have good taste!

The bright yellow car in your first post is a 1980 Oldsmobile Rallye 350. It's a one year only model that was made in small numbers. Very cool!

Great taste indeed
Dan ,you know your cars,that Rallye 350 is one year . Way cool
John, Thanks for sharing your show with us ,the Kids have some great Cars

[Mumbleypeg]

This is the oldest automobile I’ve ever seen in person. 1886 Benz. Lives at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine. The day we were there they took it from its place on display to the shop, started it up and gave a few folks a ride in it! It has a horizontal fly wheel behind the seat which is manually spun to start it. IIRC they said only twelve were ever made, and four are known to exist today. The guy pictured in the plaid shirt is a volunteer docent at the museum. I have a video of him starting it and talking about it while it was running, but don’t know how to post it here.

Ken

[jmh58]

Very Kool Ken
John

[garddogg56]

These were my everyday drivers back in the day,a 1977 T/A 6.6 Bert Reynolds edition with Borg Warner super t-10 with Hurst shifter,ws6 handling package,vacuumed actuated ram air and extractors,blue printed engine,carb and HEI replaced.. Had to order because I didn't want T-top..Next a 1966 F-100 six with three on the tree ...lastly my 69 C-10 with a 304 four bolt main with 4 speed and 360 air thru vent windows with sexy west coast mirrors::nod::

[Dan In MI]

This is the oldest automobile I’ve ever seen in person.

I see no brakes. Did one coast to a stop? Very cool and histor nonetheless!

A 1966 F-100 six with three on the tree ...

My Dad used to have a 1966 F-100; his had the 352, if memory serves me correctly. I used to have a 1991 F-150 with the 300 inline six. That thing had an ample supply of torque!

[Mumbleypeg]

This is the oldest automobile I’ve ever seen in person.

I see no brakes. Did one coast to a stop? Very cool and histor nonetheless!

Good question. Here’s another picture in which the brake is more easily seen. If you were seated in the vehicle the brake is the straight metal rod on the left, just outside the left arm rest and beyond the wrist of the guy in the picture. You simply pull back on it which applies friction. Much like the brake on a horse drawn buggy of the day. The driver sat to the left in the seat, which allowed it to be steered using the right hand via the “tiller” mechanism which turns the front wheel. BTW the shiny copper canister behind the seat is the fuel tank, holds a gallon.

Ken

[knife7knut]

Have never been to the Owl's Head Museum but I did stripe a vehicle that was donated to it many years ago.
The car is a 1913 Rolls-Royce touring car that was originally purchased as a closed car by one Alice Longfellow who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's daughter. Sometime in the 1920's it was sent to the factory in Springfield Massachusetts(yes they did build Rolls Royce cars there)to be re-bodied as a phaeton.
In the early 1930's it was purchased by Roger Bemis who regularly drove the car until it was caught in the flood of 1938 on Cape Cod Massachusetts. Roger then set about to completely overhaul the car. It was finished sometime in the 1980's and he thought he would like to have the body pinstriped. A mutual friend by the name of Malcolm Lee;a person I had striped several cars for contacted me about doing the job.
It was completed about 6 months before Mr. Bemis passed away from the complications of Parkinson's disease and his will stipulated that the car be donated to the museum.
The picture of the car is from a magazine article and the two lower pictures are of me striping the hood and Mr. Bemis and Malcolm looking on.

[knife7knut]

"Old cars;newer cars;trucks and bikes......................"
Some stuff I've painted over the years.
#1 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile
#2 Gettin' down to stripe the underside.Good thing the gold paint dries fast.
#3 1905 Ford Model F touring car.Repairing a goof up on the stripes.Painted the fenders without the running boards in place.The stripes were partially covered when it was assembled.Remove and repair.
#4 1933 chevrolet fire truck I added some aged lettering to the sides.
#5 A good friend's phantom 40 Willys sedan delivery with big block Chevy power.Lettered the Willys logo on the panel.
#6 Bob Small's 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile replica(3/4 ths the original size).
#7 !940's Chevy(or GMC;I forget which)fire truck for the Blackman Township fire department.
#8 1935 Diamond T truck in Caterpillar livery.
#9 GMC fire truck for the Garden City fire department.
#10 Art Farley's 1928 Harley-Davidson JD painted for the 2012 Motorcycle Cannonball.

[knife7knut]

A few more:
#1 A relatively rare 1932 DeSoto deluxe roadster.
#2 1940 Chevrolet sedan delivery I lettered outside at a car show in memory of the owner who was tragically killed as he was crossing the street in front of his shop.
#3 1911 Huppmobile runabout for my good friend John Morton who collects vintage race cars.
#4 Leo Warren's 1908 Buick touring.
#5 Leo's 1937 Ford convertible sedan just after undergoing a complete restoration after being destroyed in a fire at Leo's shop.
#6 A 1940's DIVCO(Detroit Industrial Vehicle Co.)milk truck restroed by another of my great clients.
#7 ! 1920's era Ford Model TT tow truck for a friend in memory of his uncle.
#8 1935 Ford wrecker for Phelps Towing in Jackson Michigan. Truck was totally destroyed in a fire(no insurance!) and is currently undergoing a second restoration.
#9 A Model A Ford sedan done for a local business.
#10 Leo Warren's 1936 Ford convertible sedan;a second car that was totally destroyed in the fire and rebuilt by Leo.

[Dan In MI]

Here’s another picture in which the brake is more easily seen.

Yes indeed; much like a horse-drawn wagon, only without horses to stop as well! The additional photo gives a good view of the flywheel, too.

Yes they did build Rolls Royce cars there...

From what I understand, that was the only place outside Britain that Rolls-Royces were built, and the venture was not a great success.

You have been fortunate to stripe some great vehicles! The fire truck is a Chevy; a GMC of that era has horizontal grill bars.

[Mumbleypeg]

Have never been to the Owl's Head Museum but I did stripe a vehicle that was donated to it many years ago.
The car is a 1913 Rolls-Royce touring car that was originally purchased as a closed car by one Alice Longfellow who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's daughter. Sometime in the 1920's it was sent to the factory in Springfield Massachusetts(yes they did build Rolls Royce cars there)to be re-bodied as a phaeton.
In the early 1930's it was purchased by Roger Bemis who regularly drove the car until it was caught in the flood of 1938 on Cape Cod Massachusetts. Roger then set about to completely overhaul the car. It was finished sometime in the 1980's and he thought he would like to have the body pinstriped. A mutual friend by the name of Malcolm Lee;a person I had striped several cars for contacted me about doing the job.
It was completed about 6 months before Mr. Bemis passed away from the complications of Parkinson's disease and his will stipulated that the car be donated to the museum.
The picture of the car is from a magazine article and the two lower pictures are of me striping the hood and Mr. Bemis and Malcolm looking on.

Ray, that’s fantastic! Here is the car as it was on display at the museum in Owls Head when I was there. If you click on the pictures you can clearly see your pinstripe work.

I took a lot of pictures the day we were there. I’ll post some of them later. It’s an amazing place, a must-see for anyone who likes cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and airplanes.

Ken

[knife7knut]

Ray, that’s fantastic! Here is the car as it was on display at the museum in Owls Head when I was there. If you click on the pictures you can clearly see your pinstripe work.

I took a lot of pictures the day we were there. I’ll post some of them later. It’s an amazing place, a must-see for anyone who likes cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and airplanes.

Ken

Thanks for posting that picture.I have a couple others around somewhere of that day. I don't know it if it is still on there but one of the things we decided to do was to put Mr. Bemis' initials on the driver's side door. After 50 years of owning it we thought he could rightfully call it HIS car!EDIT:It looks like the initials are still on there.They are just below and slightly in back of the bulb for the horn.They were done in red also.
I understand they host car shows there during the summer months.As I understand it the museum is one of the few that actually drives the vehicles on display around on occasion.

[knife7knut]

From what I understand, that was the only place outside Britain that Rolls-Royces were built, and the venture was not a great success.

Actually it was quite successful. They started building them there in 1921 and closed 10 years later only because of the Great Depression.There were over 2,000 cars built at the Springfield factory. I remember one in particular was a roadster that used to come in for service at the R/R dealership I worked at for several years.
The owner was a woman who lived in a nearby town and owned two Rolls-Royce cars:the roadster which I believe was a 1927 model and a 1948 Silver Wraith formal sedan.
She would call the dealership and ask them to send out,"Mister Wayne" who was our pickup and delivery driver to pick up tone of the cars for service. She would not allow anyone else to drive the car but him. When the service was finished on the car she would be notified and have the other one ready when Wayne delivered the car.
I found out that her father had bought the roadster for her 16th birthday and had her initials put on the driver's door. They were still very visible and the original paint was in incredible condition.
The ironic thing was her name was Doris BENZ! And she did not like Mercedes-Benz automobiles!

[Mumbleypeg]

Ray, that’s fantastic! Here is the car as it was on display at the museum in Owls Head when I was there. If you click on the pictures you can clearly see your pinstripe work.

I took a lot of pictures the day we were there. I’ll post some of them later. It’s an amazing place, a must-see for anyone who likes cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and airplanes.

Ken

Thanks for posting that picture.I have a couple others around somewhere of that day. I don't know it if it is still on there but one of the things we decided to do was to put Mr. Bemis' initials on the driver's side door. After 50 years of owning it we thought he could rightfully call it HIS car!EDIT:It looks like the initials are still on there.They are just below and slightly in back of the bulb for the horn.They were done in red also.
I understand they host car shows there during the summer months.As I understand it the museum is one of the few that actually drives the vehicles on display around on occasion.

The museum takes pride that every car, plane, motorcycle and engine in their collection actually runs except the mock-up replica of the plane the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. The morning we were there they let the museum visitors pick what was to be taken to the shop and started. The old Benz was the choice so they pushed it out of its space and rolled it down the hall to the shop, followed by all of us visitors. The items on display have drip pans under them to catch any leaking fluids (the floors are so clean it looks like you could eat off them).

The museum has literally acres of space under roof, with hundreds of items on display at any given time, and hundreds more in storage which are periodically rotated to display. Here’s a sampling of what was on display the day we were there.

Ken