Recent content by Studebaker Driver

Knowing he was an avid auction fan and follower, I asked a friend about auction results last year for a car sale held in Texas. After a few back-and-forth remarks about a small number of cars of interest, my friend encouraged me to approach another friend about a car he might sell privately. I...

1930artdeco: By all means, if you can get a Monitor Top in good shape for a reasonable price, get it. I bought my first one in 1980 and it has been my kitchen refrigerator ever since. It needed a capacitor when I got it and that simple repair has proven it to be bulletproof. A few years...

For decades it has been a goal to drive a Model T Ford to the observatory on top of Mount Diablo in California and, finally, I was able to do it. With a friend of 35 years we made it to the summit with no trouble at all. And, considering a Model T's imaginary brakes, it is just as noteworthy...

Since the factory closed, getting new-made parts for Stanley cars has become sort of a waiting game. Guys who have the capacity to manufacture new parts are few and the line for their services can be long. Well! I'm happy I made it to the front of the line for a new burner for the Stanley...

If you're not into early cars, such stuff doesn't matter but, if you are, then things like tires become an item of special interest. The thing is, early cars have distinctive tires, they are big and they are skinny and getting tires to fit obsolete wheels is more of a challenge now than it has...

I'm afraid this may take the knowledge base of someone like LizzieMaine. I've spent a lot of time online searching for even a hint of how, exactly, do early ice trays work? I bought a second 1934 GE monitor top at an estate sale and it came with two original ice trays. But they're not the...

I'm surprised to see it has been nearly a year since I last posted here. It has been an eventful year, though. I had been renting a commercial warehouse from a friend - at a greatly reduced rate - but as times changed he sold the cavernous space he used for himself told me he now needed the...

I really like that "Carhartt-like" fabric, Eric. It would make a good early car cap.

Eric - I really like the scale of the Cordova caps, that width looks great. And the fleecy, nappy finish works well with the fleece sweater, too! LOL

I'm deeply indebted to a friend who is a tireless researcher. He dug into the archives of humanity to find these photos of the Stanley sedan taken in the early 1970s.

That's a solid philosophy, Eric. Sometimes the indignation of being cheated bubbles to the surface. It was a very expensive and disappointing lesson and the next ones will be Cordovas.

I sure wish I had followed your example, Eric, and bought Cordova caps rather than waste my money at Monsivais. I erroneously thought because I could visit Monsivais in person it was a better choice.

Well, Bigman, I can't help you with "tube liners", but I can tell you about flaps and rim strips. Little ones first, rim strips, which are relatively narrow bands of rubber that fit between the sidewalls of a tire on the rim. They have to be stretched on, like a rubber band. If you are...