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While driving from the ACD Museum in Auburn to South Bend, we noticed some old cars in a restaurant parking lot and stopped to take a look. When was the last time you saw a Duesenberg parked in the parking lot of a local restaurant? There were also about 40 Cords and Auburns. They were on the Hoosier Tour, part of the next weekend’s ACD Festival. A great end for a great week.

Dave

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Thanks Dave, Diana and crew for a great time. We enjoyed visiting with old friends and meeting some new ones, not to mention looking at and driving some great cars.

We took a few extra days after the meet to explore the area since neither if us had been in this part of the country. (See next post)

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Peter,

My 1928 Series 36 has a period bulb type mechanical gauge (also a Boyce Motometer)mounted to the left side of the steering column. The bulb is mounted into a hole on the thermostat housing. I am not familiar with the Series 80 so I don’t know if that would be an option.

My assumption is that this gauge was installed to allow the use of the optional archer.

Dave

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I just checked and it works fine on my smart phone.

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George, thanks for the clarification. The car was a sports car, not yet 25 years old. The seller paid the fines, so it was his issue. The DMV rep I talked to said ALL cars. I had not heard about the 25 year exemption. Just proves what you said about doing your research before going to the office.

I sold a number of old vehicles for the widow of a good friend. I quickly learned to research DMV online, print the applicable rules and then “educate” the rep at the counter. It usually ended up with a request to talk to a supervisor. The biggest hassle I ran into was with a CA registered vehicle that DMV had dropped from their system. As far as they are concerned, the vehicle no longer exists. A real nightmare.

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To add to what George said about California “use” tax, it is possible to avoid paying it (temporarily) if the vehicle is not going to be registered for the road in California at the time of ownership transfer, and is put on a non-op status. It will become due when the vehicle is registered for the road, if and when that happens later. If the vehicle is going to be laid up for restoration, or will only be on display, you can postpone this outlay until the vehicle is driven/parked on (touches) a public road.

Also, with voter approval, the add on sales/use taxes are added by the state counties, cities etc, usually for a set period of time. They change from year to year depending on how long they are approved for, so you can time registering for the road at a time that an add on sales/use tax has expired and you might save a percent or so.

One important thing to remember in California, if you are not going to register a vehicle for the road either initially or through not renewing, it MUST be put on a Non Operation status. The seller of a vehicle I purchased let the registration lapse with no non op for 7 years and owed DMV $4500 in fines.

I am not sure if auction companies collect the sales/use tax up front as dealers do. George, did the auction company charge you sales/use tax on the trailer?

Dave

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Bill,

Did you get the pictures from Paul? If not, I can send you a disk of mine (which he has).

Dave

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Well, I haven’t taken it on a lengthy drive yet, so we’ll see how it holds up. We had no problems with it in Kerrville, but I usually let it warm up for at least 5 minutes, so I may not have noticed it. It made all of tours, over 300 miles, with the only minor issue being a leaky water pump, since repaired by repacking.

Dave

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Hi John, Donna told me she wasn’t going to keep pumping the hand pump while we drove, so I had no choice but to fix it.

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Success. I didn’t have a magnet that would fit into the compressor body, but putting a piece of 1/4″ I.D. soft plastic tubing down the hole and sucking lightly on it brought the ball out. I did not notice any crud inside and everything that came out was oily but otherwise clean. I flushed the housing with WD 40, ran a pipe cleaner(remember those)down it (again no crud) and reassembled. The pressure built up immediately upon start and held at just over 3.

When I took the outer lock nut off, it was loose, not even hand tight. I am wondering if pressure was leaking past the nut gasket so it was just taking a long time to build pressure. I would have thought that the tank pressure would have bled off when I let the car sit for 2 hours, but maybe there is a check valve somewhere downstream that prevents pressure from bleeding back out the compressor when the engine is not running.

Dave

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Thanks Paul. It sounds pretty simple. I’ll let you know how it works out.

Dave

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Bill,

Paul Morris put the slide show together. Sorry you couldn’t make it.

Dave

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Congratulations Roger. Fantastic job, well deserved.

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Last one, for now anyway.

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Jane Smith in her and Merlin’s Weis Trophy winner 1931 Model 43 Convertible Coupe.

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and another…

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I agree, all of the organizers did a great job.

A few more pictures of the show.

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Thanks John. We had a great time. We really enjoyed the tours and the car ran flawlessly. The trophy was a complete surprise.

Dave

Car Show on Friday

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Dinner in San Antonio

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