Beverly Hillbillies
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Gotta love the high quality EMT tubing bows for the top. Ends look like they were squashed in a vice to make the fittings for the pivots.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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And here's a little goodness from the Klairmont Kollection (yes, the spelling is correct). Over the course of the next few days I will be sharing a little Elvis and a little Graceland and yes, even a little Chicago Museum of Science and Industry with y'all.
http://klairmontkollections.com/
When it came to THIS collection, I fully admit I abandoned my family completely so that they could go to some other, lesser museum and made my way over to visit Klairmont.
It is an absolutely STELLAR collection and it was vast and so beautiful. So vast, in fact, that I photographed as much as I could while looking these cars over, knowing that I would barely be able to get through it all before closing. So, I'm now back in Texas, reading some of the text that accompanied these cars for the very first time. Note that these automobiles are not behind ropes or any kind of barrier for that matter. So much better to fully appreciate them!
Enjoy!
Cheers,
TJ
http://klairmontkollections.com/
When it came to THIS collection, I fully admit I abandoned my family completely so that they could go to some other, lesser museum and made my way over to visit Klairmont.
It is an absolutely STELLAR collection and it was vast and so beautiful. So vast, in fact, that I photographed as much as I could while looking these cars over, knowing that I would barely be able to get through it all before closing. So, I'm now back in Texas, reading some of the text that accompanied these cars for the very first time. Note that these automobiles are not behind ropes or any kind of barrier for that matter. So much better to fully appreciate them!
Enjoy!
Cheers,
TJ
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I see a 57-59 Ford Retractable hardtop peeking out there in the background. My dad had two 57's and a 59 over the years. Those things were a nightmare to maintain!!! Drive motors and cables everywhere. Think of a car with 10 speedometer cables!!! Both of his 57's had the 312 Y block engines, one was dual 4 barrel. Thirsty sucker.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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This road trip took me right past 12Bravo's place so I called to let him know I was getting gasoline at the Circle-K across the interstate and he invited me to stop by. (He never fails to tell me he misses the Gama Goat and I never fail to remind him what a good home it went to. 
) Hard workin' man, 12Bravo. He's up to his eyeballs in Mutts and Jeeps and little green trailers!
Here are a couple of specials from the Klairmont Kollection, since Rick has his personal Way-Back machine set to the 1950's era... Enjoy!
) Hard workin' man, 12Bravo. He's up to his eyeballs in Mutts and Jeeps and little green trailers!Here are a couple of specials from the Klairmont Kollection, since Rick has his personal Way-Back machine set to the 1950's era... Enjoy!
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I don't want to let our two-wheel enthusiasts down...(or even our THREE-wheel enthusiasts, for that matter) so here's just a little taste from the Elvis collection, with more to come!
By the way, the following sign is absolutely real and a pretty good indication that SOME PEOPLE simply aren't fit to be making decisions for the rest of us.
By the way, the following sign is absolutely real and a pretty good indication that SOME PEOPLE simply aren't fit to be making decisions for the rest of us.
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My neighbor growing up had a Honda Dream 160. We would call it the "Nightmare".
Guy
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M151 Body Panels - http://www.m151bodypanels.com/
'68 A1 - Under full resto
'68 A1 - Under full resto
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I just saw a 66 Honda 305 Scrambler go at auction for 14,000.00!!!!!!!!! A buddy of mine had one and he paid something like 1200.00 new for it. May have even been less. They had a very unique sound with the high open pipes.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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Here's a little something for you to enjoy with your morning cuppa.
From the Klairmont Kollection....enjoy!
From the Klairmont Kollection....enjoy!
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Another submission from the Elvis Museum and big enough to have its own ZIP code... By the way, the Sun Records building still exists in Memphis!
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Here we are, back at the Klairmont Kollection!
At the ripe old age of, oh....17, I dragged home a 1948 Hudson Terraplane which had a seized engine. Its back story was that some farmer's son had driven it out onto a frozen pond and it had fallen through the ice. At some point, they dragged it out of the water with a tractor, put it in a barn, packed it full of straw and then buried it in straw for good measure.
That process had the desired drying effect, except where the pistons were concerned (hence, the seized engine). That particular Hudson was the car where I learned about the benefits of the liberal application of Marvel Mystery Oil. Yes, I did actually get it running. No, my father was definitely NOT delighted with my triumph or my conceptualization of making a daily driver out of a sunken car.
Some people have no vision.
Alas, 17 year olds generally have very limited income and I, being no better in that particular category, soon discovered 'that darned submarine car' (as my father called it) had me in over my head. So, eventually it went up for sale.
I should have kept it (to the 64th power)
Finally particularly unusual buyer called me and as it turned out that person was a representative of the Henry Ford Museum. They bought it and that was the last I ever saw, or heard of it. My guess it was probably deemed only suitable by them as a parts donor but who knows.
Naturally, I am very fond of old 40's era Hudsons.... whenever and wherever I find them. Enjoy!
At the ripe old age of, oh....17, I dragged home a 1948 Hudson Terraplane which had a seized engine. Its back story was that some farmer's son had driven it out onto a frozen pond and it had fallen through the ice. At some point, they dragged it out of the water with a tractor, put it in a barn, packed it full of straw and then buried it in straw for good measure.
That process had the desired drying effect, except where the pistons were concerned (hence, the seized engine). That particular Hudson was the car where I learned about the benefits of the liberal application of Marvel Mystery Oil. Yes, I did actually get it running. No, my father was definitely NOT delighted with my triumph or my conceptualization of making a daily driver out of a sunken car.
Some people have no vision.
Alas, 17 year olds generally have very limited income and I, being no better in that particular category, soon discovered 'that darned submarine car' (as my father called it) had me in over my head. So, eventually it went up for sale.
I should have kept it (to the 64th power)
Finally particularly unusual buyer called me and as it turned out that person was a representative of the Henry Ford Museum. They bought it and that was the last I ever saw, or heard of it. My guess it was probably deemed only suitable by them as a parts donor but who knows.
Naturally, I am very fond of old 40's era Hudsons.... whenever and wherever I find them. Enjoy!
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Okay. Here's a couple of oddities to be found along Route 66 (yes, literally along Route 66). Wheeled into a truck stop for fuel and across the street was an old depot with these two rigs sitting outside. This is the McLean Depot in (you guessed it) McLean, Illinois. The fellow that occupies the depot is Tom Ludlam and he runs his McLean Depot Train Shop out of there. Tom is a very agreeable fellow so if you need scale model train stuff, you might just give him a try...
mcleandepot.com
LOADS of scale model railroading can be found in his shop. The two rigs outside also belong to him (ran when parked). You may note that one has a plastic cup holder in it so they were parked not too long ago! What were they used for? Well, previous to the medium duty trucks equipped with accessory railroad wheels these little buggies were used for track inspection.
Enjoy the weirdness with your morning coffee!
mcleandepot.com
LOADS of scale model railroading can be found in his shop. The two rigs outside also belong to him (ran when parked). You may note that one has a plastic cup holder in it so they were parked not too long ago! What were they used for? Well, previous to the medium duty trucks equipped with accessory railroad wheels these little buggies were used for track inspection.
Enjoy the weirdness with your morning coffee!
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I came back from my road trip to find three of the four tires had gone flat on my GPW chassis. The coincidence of 3 out of 4 being flat was rather annoying if you ask me. Or maybe, I just hadn't been paying attention before. Sometimes these old tires are so petrified they lose air, yet hold their shape until reaching that magic pressure and THEN they squat.
So, I took them off and I took them over to WW Tire (our local 'old school' tire place) hoping they would show some pity and let me get some tubes put in them because these tires are toasty. VERY toasty. Why do I bother with this bare bones GPW chassis? Well, it was a government rebuild right at war's end and it has excellent axles and the steering is really rather lovely. No wobble in the bell crank at all. Most likely, this will be the axles donor for my 42 GPW build. Alas, it's a late war GPW wrong frame.
Tires that hold air are a must-have item. All it has to do is roll so I can give it a shove, mow around and under it, and shove it back.
Naturally, the lawyers have made everyone in EVERY industry twitchy about even touching things such as un-roadworthy tires and the only way to get around it is to find the right guy who knows you and who also knows that when you say the tires are ONLY for a roller, that you are speaking the absolute gospel truth.
It also helps when you bring them the work and tell them they can get a round tuit when it dang well suits them. In that way, they can do all their big, high dollar work and know that the little jobs can take a back seat. Then they simply use the round tuit jobs to fill in the gaps when the work is slow. I can assure you, the chassis will wait quite happily on stands until the tires are sorted out.
During the process, I found I had one wheel with a small crack between the lug hole and the center hole. Normally, I would have replaced it. In the old days these wheels, being Ford truck 15" rims, used to be a dime a dozen. There were so many you couldn't GIVE them away. Apparently, that is no longer the case. I was sure I could scare at least one up from one of my scrounging associates but, no dice. Weird. So, I welded it up to make the fellas at the tire shop feel a little less twitchy about marginal tires on equally marginal rims.
Apparently they've dredged up some used tires from their small mountain of cast-offs. They're better than what I brought them and I've encouraged them to put tubes in them anyway, just to send a little extra profit their way and allow folks to sleep better at night and mow better by day.
Cheers,
TJ
So, I took them off and I took them over to WW Tire (our local 'old school' tire place) hoping they would show some pity and let me get some tubes put in them because these tires are toasty. VERY toasty. Why do I bother with this bare bones GPW chassis? Well, it was a government rebuild right at war's end and it has excellent axles and the steering is really rather lovely. No wobble in the bell crank at all. Most likely, this will be the axles donor for my 42 GPW build. Alas, it's a late war GPW wrong frame.
Tires that hold air are a must-have item. All it has to do is roll so I can give it a shove, mow around and under it, and shove it back.
Naturally, the lawyers have made everyone in EVERY industry twitchy about even touching things such as un-roadworthy tires and the only way to get around it is to find the right guy who knows you and who also knows that when you say the tires are ONLY for a roller, that you are speaking the absolute gospel truth.
It also helps when you bring them the work and tell them they can get a round tuit when it dang well suits them. In that way, they can do all their big, high dollar work and know that the little jobs can take a back seat. Then they simply use the round tuit jobs to fill in the gaps when the work is slow. I can assure you, the chassis will wait quite happily on stands until the tires are sorted out.
During the process, I found I had one wheel with a small crack between the lug hole and the center hole. Normally, I would have replaced it. In the old days these wheels, being Ford truck 15" rims, used to be a dime a dozen. There were so many you couldn't GIVE them away. Apparently, that is no longer the case. I was sure I could scare at least one up from one of my scrounging associates but, no dice. Weird. So, I welded it up to make the fellas at the tire shop feel a little less twitchy about marginal tires on equally marginal rims.
Apparently they've dredged up some used tires from their small mountain of cast-offs. They're better than what I brought them and I've encouraged them to put tubes in them anyway, just to send a little extra profit their way and allow folks to sleep better at night and mow better by day.
Cheers,
TJ
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Well, When we closed out the shop and were disposing of the equipment I bought the tire balancer since I have not found a shop yet that can properly balance a tire even with computerized equipment, I think I am also going to snatch the changer even though it is 53 years old! It still changes tires and an example similar to yours is the tires on my VW bug. They were beyond holding air, they would not even take air! In clearing out the shop I took all the used tires and was going to have my tire recycle guy take them and I noticed four of them were 205-70/15's so I grabbed them and ripped the old tires off the rims (literally, three of them tore coming off) and the rims are junk. The bead was rusted so bad I had to hit it with my needle scaler to knock off the rust and then I painted the entire bead with bead sealer and slammed on the over width tires. They kind of hold air, at least for 4-5 days which is all I need for moving it around but I can assure you that no tire shop in the world would have done that. I would not do it when I had the shop! Plus, I buy all my tires online. You have to pay upwards of 20.00 each to have them mounted and balanced. Considering how many vehicles I have I figure the 400.00 I am spending on the tire changer will pay for itself quickly.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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TIMBERRRRRRRR!
More Automotive Goodness from the Klairmont Kollection; behold, the subtle beauty of the Chrysler Town & Country 2-door convertible!
More Automotive Goodness from the Klairmont Kollection; behold, the subtle beauty of the Chrysler Town & Country 2-door convertible!
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I think maybe we are seeing the limits of the full size picture transfer. I am having trouble getting this page to load every time I open it.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone