Mine is close to the one on the right, with a little more, shall we say, patina* and fewer headlights (gone when I got it in 1981).
It is the toughest little son of a gun you ever saw, 72 years old, all original and wiling to do what ever. *I did not say paTEENah. |
This makes me wonder about the status of my Grampa's 8N as we just buried the Uncle who had it.
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Early dualie.
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It must have cost more than a 5 ton, in time if nothing else.
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We're spoiled by the ease of maintaining cars these days.
When my uncles drove from MA to AK with a brand new '49 Ford pickup the had to stop and change the oil 5 times. This 1939 chart shows how much maintenance was required. The interstate highway system made this a joke. |
Good lord.
I've had children that required less maintenance. |
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BigV, we're from Child Protection Services and had a report you've been skipping oil changes on your children. We want to see the service records of scheduled maintenance on all of them. If we find you're remiss in your obligation we will make sure your children, and you, get lubed. :lol2:
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Do you usually get oiled before you get lubed? http://cellar.org/2015/shades.gif
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I don't get lubed.
Not usually.;) |
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Some cars (Mini Coopers are one I think) ya can't even put used parts on anymore. They won't talk to the computer, and then ya gotta jump through hoops, IF ya can get the dealer to help ya.
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I'm hoping I can knock the crap out of a 2002 Honda Accord catalytic converter, and bolt the empty pipe back on. Hopefully there's not a sensor connected that disables the vehicle?
I mean, it ran on a bad c.c. and the only result was the 'check engine' light, and it eventually choking out to the point of being un-drivable. |
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What kinda car, Bruce? And I'm thinking it does have a sensor, but I'm hoping the sensor just turns on the check engine light.
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Prolly the SSR.
On some older cars some sensors can be tricked with grounding modifications. The 'rents had a 91 Lincoln with the air bag suspension that they replaced with a strut kit from Strutmaster(s). A warning light was on all the time telling them the air suspension was malfunctioning. A mechanic figured out how to fool the computer by grounding the sensor to the chassis. No more warning light. Don't know if ya can do that on more modern cars. When the air suspension worked, that Lincoln was the smoothest ride I've ever experienced. |
Yes, the '06 SSR. Four oxygen sensors, one before and one after each cat.
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Flint, you don't have emission testing in your state? We have to pass a test every other year in Virginia. They stick a wand up the tailpipe and take measurements.
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I just priced some catalytic converters. Everything but milk is ever-more expensive, everything but milk and catalytic converters, it seems. Just a few years ago they cost stupid money. I mean stu. Pid. money.
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What the what? I guess your registration stickers there are still separate from your inspection stickers?
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PA said they saved a million dollars a year by eliminating the registration sticker on the plate. It's not needed because in order to get the inspection sticker for the windshield the registration must be valid. Around here there are two stickers on the glass. One is safety inspection and the other is emissions. Rural counties don't do emissions.
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We've got the licence plate sticker for registration, and two stickers for the glass. One is proof of automobile property taxes paid to the county and the other is safety inspection. Emissions is a piece of paper for the glove box, but you don't get the window safety inspection sticker without the piece of paper.
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I've got a license plate, a registration sticker on the plate, and registration papers in the glove box. The registration is, like, filling out a piece of paper and paying them a small amount of money. They don't even *look* at the car.
About 10, 000 people live in my town. |
Cop: Driver's license, proof of insurance, proof of registration, please.
Gravdigr: Here's my driver's license, and proof of insurance. My proof of registration is on my license plate. Cop: *blink-blink* |
Same. I'm like, "Here's my license, insurance... . . . ...what was the other thing ??"
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I had no idea different states had so many different ways of doing it. We have one registration sticker on the glass, but they won't mail it to you unless the online database shows that you got an inspection done (and passed) in the last couple of months.
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In DC you pay registration and inspection fees online to get a window sticker that also serves as a pass to ignore any 2 hour parking limits in your neighborhood, and actually go get the inspection whenever it expires.
For hybrids they don't even check emissions, just whether the "check engine" light is on and that the car isn't physically falling apart. |
I live in an odd little section of the county - roughly five square miles - that doesn't have to do emission checks. I have no idea why this particular area is exempt (neither did the lady at the licensing office last time I renewed my tags), but I'm not complaining. Of course, they don't TELL you this when you move here. I only found out after I mentioned to a neighbor that I just did the emissions test on my truck, and she asked, "Why would you do that?" I replied, "Because they sent me a paper that said I had to." She grinned and said, "They lie." :rolleyes:
The pain in the ass is, when emission testing time rolls around every few years, I can't renew online; I have to go in to the licensing office and personally tell them that I live in the exempt area. Why they can't put this info into their software is beyond me. And what are these window stickers you people speak of? The only thing I get when I renew my licensing is a little sticker that goes on the rear license plate. |
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It doesn't show in the picture but the emissions sticker and safety inspection sticker both have a very colorful hologram on the face.
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Not all of the state has emissions testing, that's why they were split.
Sometimes the expiration of the two doesn't coincide. The safety sticker used to expire with the registration but now it's a year from issue. People were bitching because if they buy a car it has to be inspected right away, but when the plates they transferred from their old car expire in a few months they had to get another full price inspection. I'm supposed to have a third sticker on the windshield for a vehicle over 6,000 gvwr, but I don't. |
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Tire service truck for mines and oil fields.
Attachment 66782 A lot different from tire service of old. Attachment 66781 That same location is a Firestone dealer today. |
I wonder how many tire changes to pay for the truck...
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Sort of related to the tire truck above (and the shop below it).
This guy is saying "I don't care, this is the one the book says fits." http://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/up...e4-760x455.jpg |
That is the right tire for that Scraper.
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Might be time to change your Browser.
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I'll quit before I use Chrome.
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Okay sorry.
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lol
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Chrome doesn't open it either
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Works for me.
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Works for me in Chrome and IE.
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I didn't know Caterpillar made dump trucks...
Attachment 66803 These must be a bitch to drive... Attachment 66804 I saw a picture of rig like this that had rolled over. :thepain: |
That bottom rig is a climate change machine.
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Sometimes they don't make it, looks like they are using the crane on that log or pipe truck...
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The guy driving the back tractor tried to pass.
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How long since you've seen a 100 octane pump?
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I had an 85 Suzuki 550 LTD, I only used Amoco Ultimate in it. I'm trying to remember what the number was. I think it was 95, might have been 93 though. I remember it was well over a buck a gallon, when plain gas was well under a buck.
There used to be a Philips 66 (?) n Bowling Green years ago. They sold 105 (?) race gas outta the pump. Ya never went through that intersection on Sat & Sun mornings if ya could avoid it, the racers were lined up w/their trailers out of the lot and down the street to get the good stuff. It was a four-beer light anyway. |
I've got a super 8 home movie someplace of pulling into a SUNOCO station and filling the little Moon tank on the front of a Hemi powered Model A coupe, while the truck and trailer blocked all the pumps on that side of the island for a 2 Gallon sale. :haha:
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Weird Canadian Massey Harris...
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Are those wheels made for planting? It looks like they'd cut through and leave a nice little trench.
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