Friend with the collection owned all the cars through his retirement account… done at a time when such things as collectibles were possible…
He really enjoyed them… had a lift with lube rack and a working gas pump to keep the vehicles topped off.
Being a builder of industrial and institutional...
One of the Docs 67 with no children married a 29 year old university graduate with her own business and no children through a mutual friend introduction. His friend is happily married to her older sister…
Folks said it would never last but 10 years later they are still very happy and she is...
I own 2 pickups… a Ford and a Chevrolet…
Both give good service.
The 91 Chevrolet has the high output 350 and set up to tow my trailers… with A/C, auto and pwr brakes/steering and it does well.
The 30 Ford is more for Home Depot runs… something like a dozen sacks of ready mix concrete… it’s...
It’s most definitely a thing and friends have succumbed…
My last friend was told it might have been in check by a robust immune system but has his years advanced his immune system no
Longer robust…
Modern points often inferior and I have found will experience accelerated wear which closes the gap.
I use a old time tool that burnishes the point block to slightly take off the high spots.
New points set at the wide gap range will provide a longer service interval.
A lot of the open station field tractors growing up had attached shade umbrellas.
Now conditioned cabs the norm.
We also have increasing cases of Valley Fever extending outside the Central Valley causing concern.
Several old farmers had this become a real issue late in life…...
I thought it was just me…
That changed last week when I was in Nevada and found the beef excellent…
I commented to the server and learned it’s locally sourced and around Minden and Gardnerville there was no shortage of cattle grazing in lush green pasture.
On the way home via California...
Early Ford spec 40 weight non detergent.
Switching to detergent in a motor with decades of non detergent puts the oil pan deposits in suspension and without oil filters problems develop…