I learned to drive in my Father's 1937 Chevy,and the starter was under the foot feed.You had to push the pedal to one side to operate the starter.My present...
I know of complete vehicles and much more that has been take off the Dover Air Force Base years ago in AF trucks. If I told you what,when and how,,i'd have to...
Chysler pick up truck,a 3 horse Silver Eagle with a fluid drive,and an Allstate Eagle.Some rare finds indeed. ... From: Jeff Sent: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:07:46...
I believe the Nash Ambassador and Statesman strait shift cars had starter under clutch pedal but I may be wrong.. The Nash Rambler may have had this set up as...
Carl, It was spelled "P-O-W-E-R-F-L-I-T-E". The "Torque-F-L-I-T-E" was the three speed transmission. Budd ... torque ... older ... call ... engine ... have ......
Carl, Stick to Cushmans. The Dodge Brothers decided to leave Ford, not the other way around. They felt with thir experience of building engines and fixing Ford...
... worth , Carl Yes, it does, but the spelling was changed to "f-l-i-t-e" later in 55 or early 56, iirc. Why? Many people weren't sure how to pronounce it....
At the time of the Pinto situation (caused by a rag used to replace a missing gas cap, btw), a nephew told me my 64 Valiant was dangerous because it had the...
... Bring both down to Moab Utah and I just take all that junk off your hands. A friend should not let a friend toture himself with this kind of stuff. ;) Budd...
The sad part is, someone actually built that car. . . after the song came out. Budd ... welcome on ... the ... <schrader@t...> ... Has a ... Anywhere? ... ...
A man would walk out of the factory every night, pushing a wheelbarrow full of sand. The gate guard would inspect the sand very carefully, but never stopped...
I want to say, "Studebaker" but it could have been a Hudson or a Nash also. Budd ... pedal ?????????? ... think....i ... Buick! ... been a ... brake, ... ...
Hi all. Budd, very simple answer to that. Since noone at the factory knew how to spell it, and some other automotive words, they sent their workers in for...
Hi gang. Budd, I owned a 71 Pinto, and what the dealer told me was that there was a bolt behind the rear bumper that, if the bumper was hit hard, would...
Does anyone have a 130/70-10 Maxxis whitewall tire they would part with. Arcadia no longer has these in stock and the one on the rear of my Vanguard looks ...
There is a picture of a 1955 De Soto in March 2006 page 45,Hemmings Motor News.Says it has a 291 CI Fireflite engine and a PowerFlight auto X-mission. A #4...
Right, Budd. I had one in my '53 Clipper. It was two speeds with two ranges. The quadrant said H for high instead of D for drive. You could drive it all day...
That's good stuff, Bill. My father worked for a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in 1950 and 1951. He used to bring home a different car every night and I got to...
Sad to say but I just put me old 3 wheeler on ebay. I gonna find it a betta home. Maybe someone will make an ice cream or hotdog concession outs of it or maybe...
Here in Tennessee, we use really big lunch boxes. A lot of Tennesseans took them to Dee-Troit when they went up there to get rich. I guess Johnny was one of...
What's yer computer routine? After wife sez why aren't you outside instead of on that stupid computer, I first check e-mail, then to this scooter site for the...
I think a lot of stick-shift cars are like that. Our last two Toyotas, an 89 and a 99 Camery both had that little feature. So does my Toyota truck. There are...
... an Allstate Eagle.Some rare finds indeed. ... But not as rare as you might think. A couple of years ago, I bought a 1958 Eagle with a 2 3/8 bore 3.2...
... starter ... had this ... We had a '39 Nash and my aunt had a '46, and I think both had the starter button under the clutch. Do you really have a 1955...