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elcamino/wheelhorse

Nice way to spend a Saturday in the fall.

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squonk

I had a customer who had one of those big Eldo convertibles with the 500 engine. Hood was massive and heavy. Unfortunately the front facia behind the headlights was fiberglass. One time I closed the hood and 3 of the four headlights fell out because the facia shattered! :helmet:

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953 nut

:text-coolphotos:     That is the first late model Caddy I have seen with a rumble seat.       Quite a collection, the Felton Flyer has to be my favorite though.   :text-thankyouyellow:

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8ntruck

I like the black 57(?) Ford.  Looks like it might have about a 2" top chop? 

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Ed Kennell
On 10/27/2024 at 11:35 AM, 953 nut said:

:text-coolphotos:     That is the first late model Caddy I have seen with a rumble seat.       Quite a collection, the Felton Flyer has to be my favorite though.   :text-thankyouyellow:

The records show 10 were factory built with rumble seats.  This is one of two 1975s known to exist and the only one in the orange color.

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Ed Kennell
On 10/27/2024 at 2:19 PM, 8ntruck said:

I like the black 57(?) Ford.  Looks like it might have about a 2" top chop? 

No chop, it's all original except for the wheels.

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Eight spark plugs in a 4 banger???       Any guesses?

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wallfish
37 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

 

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Eight spark plugs in a 4 banger???       Any guesses?

If one don't fire the other one will

Maybe gas at that time wasn't as refined and needed the make sure plug

That ignition system may not be reliable, redundant system

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953 nut

The engine probably has a battery ignition system and a magneto ignition system. The 1919 American LaFrance fire engine I restored thirty some odd years ago had that system. You could run on either one or on both at the same time. The one and only time I ever drafted water from the river an old timer showed me how much more water pressure could be developed by advancing the spark on the magneto while keeping the battery ignition timing at the normal position. It also tended to overheat the engine slightly so we didn't do it very long. Had we been fighting a fire we could have diverted some of the fire fighting water through the engine and out the radiator overflow but since we were drafting salt water I didn't want to do that. 

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Ed Kennell
4 hours ago, 953 nut said:

The engine probably has a battery ignition system and a magneto ignition

  BINGO        Actually it starts on the battery plugs then switches to the magneto plugs.

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