Before I get to my thought for the day..a little on what got me to there. I'm kinda at a standstill on my '57 till I get some more things I need, and the weather warms up a bit. In the meantime I've been spending a lot of time on the computer..mostly the hamb. After spending 5 or 6 hours one one thread on abandoned vehicle/old mining/hiking expeditions around Arizona, I got to reading a thread on old hot rods and customs of the 50's and 60's around Boston. Alot of nastalgic pics and stuff on it. Anyways..I stumbled on to a pic of an old car that has an excellent chance of being the one I sold in 1964. It was a channeled, fenderless 32 Ford Cabriolet..a very uncommon car even back then, The owner of the one in the pic is from the same general area as the one I sold, and the time frame would be correct. The good news is, the owner of the car in the thread is still alive and active in hot rodding, and may even be a Hamb member. I posted a pic of mine and now I'm waiting for some responses..this has been kinda exciting for me..brings back alot of old memories.
Anyways..back to the title of this thread.."thought for the day":
Back when I owned that OLD '32, in 1964, it was only 32 years old. Putting that in perspective...it would be the same as a 1980 today. Is that wierd or what?
I spend waaaaaay to much time on the HAMB. I really like all those vintage pictures.
that will be cool if its your old one.
Me too, but it has been incredibly educating. Lot's of '57 owners on there, but very little posting, I suspect because very few of them are Hamb friendly. Vintage photos..I haven't even gotten very deep into that thread...maybe 20 pages or so.there's over 3300 pages of vintage stuff on that one thread..heck, that would take a month of 6 hour days.
The one one the arizona abandoned vehicles is really inteesting. Apparently for a period of time in Arizona, old cars were used as flood control in a lot of the washes..it's amazing what they're finding up in areas not frequented by people (just snakes, scorpions, black widows, etc.)
Rich, A link to that thread and post # would really be nice.
zap- :unitedstates:
Sounds like you need to get that heater in the shop
Quote from: Zapato on 2013-02-23 11:44
Rich, A link to that thread and post # would really be nice.
zap- :unitedstates:
The vintage photo, the 50's and 60's in Boston, or the Arizona Thread?
Quote from: Frankenstein57 on 2013-02-23 12:29
Sounds like you need to get that heater in the shop
LOL..more than heat I need to get it tight and insulated. Last month I decided I'd go with a torpedo type Kerosene heater when I found out they can also run on diesel. $4 a gallon is a whole lot better than $11. I figured I'd use it to get heat into the garage then let the electric heaters take over. Firt time I used it, worked great..in 15 minutes it brought the temp from 30 to 70. a few hours later, it was getting cold in there again, so I turned it back on. Flames shot out the front about a foot. After 1/2 minute or so, it started to calm down a little, then I noticed it was spitting diesel fuel out the front about 4 or 5 feet. Sheeet!! drained it and took it back to the store. The plummer wants 1500. to run a gas line to the garage so I can use a big house type standing furnace I have. Ain't in the budget for now. This summer I'll get it insulated so it'll be a lesser problem. When it's windy, I just can't keep it warm...and that's about 1/2 the time here.
Zap...I'll try to copy those here..
50's/60's Boston: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=763581
Exploring Arizona: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=669534
Vintage pics: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585
The post number on the 50's Boston era stuff with the car that I think may have been mine is post #39..(the green cabriolet), he identifies it in post #45, and my posts with my pic are 130 and 131.
actually wasn't hard to track down, followed your postings on your page. was just being a bit impatient.my apologies
Zap- :unitedstates:
No problem buddy...I need to figure out how to transfer links efficiently anyways...always takes me 3 or 4 tries different ways to get it done.
I was able to get a furnace(heater) from an old ATCO trailer runs on diesel (same as furnace oil), has a bottom outlet which I deflect outwards, uses a thermostat and, like you said Rich, I have it on long enough so the radiant electric heaters can hold the temp.
Rich
Let us know when you have a link to your 32 cabriolet. I didn't find it.
I sent you an answer to your PM
Jay
Jay...I posted the link above...it's the first of the three.
Rich, I hate those torpedo heaters, be careful using one of those. The gas line could be done alot cheaper, but if you aren't comfortable doing it yourself,probably not a good place to practice. Mark
[quote author=Frankenstein57
Rich, I hate those torpedo heaters, be careful using one of those. The gas line could be done alot cheaper, but if you aren't comfortable doing it yourself,probably not a good place to practice. Mark
[/quote]
Rich
Everything Mark stated is absolutely the gospel truth.
Those torpedo heaters are very dangerous. "BE CAREFUL WITH IT"
What ever happened to the days when the gas company would install the line for free so that they would have a new customer?
Jay
It's mostly the digging and trenching back to the gas meter..and I particularly don't want to do that in the winter. The gas line to the house actually runs within 3 feet of where I would install the garage furnace, but the plumber I talked to said the second run needed to be (or should be) connected at the meter...that's another 30 feet of trenching. I've done the black iron runs before, but I'm not familiar with the new yellow gas line materials. Oh well, by the time I could get it in, I'll be worrying about air conditioning.
Quote from: Ecode70D on 2013-02-24 01:55
What ever happened to the days when the gas company would install the line for free so that they would have a new customer?
Jay
They went the same route as the phone companies, remember getting a free phone line and a telephone too..
In a wind storm a neighbors tree branch took out my cable. After waiting five days I see the cable truck pull up and go out to greet the guy. The guy looks at his work order and says it's not for my house but for a new service across the street. WTF! they can't wait to suck up more money from a new account and the hell with an old customer who has been paying for years?
Sorry for venting, but I'm still pissed..
Page 7, post 131
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8666880&postcount=131
See what is says there in the red band at the top?
Apparently It doesn't work here but in HAMB & some other sites if you click on the post number you will get linked to 'View Single Post' & a link to the thread is over on the top right.
And your pic.
(http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=36989&pictureid=449411)
The only only Cabriolet I see in post 39 there is this one & you can't see much of it. I'm not even sure that is a '32 dash.
Could be a '30 ? '31 A. (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/TomIII/smilies/Doanno.gif) Green?
(http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1824656&d=1356876158)
Just scanned thru it pretty fast but there were some damn nice rods in that thread. Haven't looked at the others. Yet.
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2013-02-23 13:24
I need to figure out how to transfer links efficiently anyways...always takes me 3 or 4 tries different ways to get it done.
Don/t know why you have trouble with that It's just a copy & paste thing. If I right click the URL it highlights. Then click 'copy' in the drop down & paste it in the post.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/TomIII/Ranchero/CopyURL.jpg)
I wish somebody could tell me what I can do when I compose this stuff on my email & then paste it into my posts or replies to keep all my apostrophes from turning it to question marks when posted! (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/TomIII/smilies/beathead.gif)
The only way I've been able to copy url's from one site to another is to have one internet opened and then minimized while I open a second internet conection...not just seperate tabs. I even tried adding the links to my favorites list, and copying from there..it wouldn't
That's not the one...I'm not even sure that's a cabriolet...I think it's in the same post though more of a metalic brighter green.I'll find a link to the car I was talking about.
We got a blizzard going on here this morning..nothing at 1 am when I went to bed...woke up to about 8" already..the winds blowing it all around..some areas bare..others getting alot of drifts. I got to make my way around to the front door from the back cause I can't open it. Most of the roofs cleared by the wind except my garage that won't handle a real heavy load...I'm just in restin for a bit..told my wife I gotta get the front door cleared so the paramedics will be able to come in when I have a freakin heart attack.
Tom..what a mess I made...glad you brought my Hamb post on the '32 up, cause I just went back to find the pic I was looking at and realized I had that whole thing screwed up. The car I thought could have been mine is actually in post #38. It's a real poor back shot of a car that may or may not be a 32, and could be a roaster or cabriolet. When I saw all the remarks made by another member about the "green 32 Cabriolet in post 39", I somehow got the post #'s screwed up and thought he was referencing this one..
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2013-02-25 09:01
The only way I've been able to copy url's from one site to another is to have one internet opened and then minimized while I open a second internet conection...not just seperate tabs.
A second internet connection? You mean a second window? It does work from a 2nd tab too.
I usually have several different windows opened to different sites or different threads on those sites. Except for the one I am reading they are all minimized.
You can copy the url's to an email & then copy them to a post. That's what I do. Compose most all of my posts in an email first anyway.
As much as you post here I thought you would have this stuff down. ;)