Recent content by CJ Meyers

You might want to ask any local HAM radio guys in your area if they might work on it. A local young HAM operator in my area helped me get my '50 Ford OMF radio going. His price for the repair - a lunch at the local diner.

Had these guys recast my Crestliner wheel. http://qualityrestorations.com/ Took 'em a little while and was not cheap, but it turned out factory new!

If you took all those boxes of toy trains out of your car, you'd probably have room. Leave 'em on the side of the road. Pick 'em up on the way to York!

Grandpop bought my Dad and Uncle the 1950 Ford Crestliner you see in 1953 at F. C. Adams Ford and Mercury, Elmer NJ. In 2004 Dad turned it over to me. In the family for 64 years.

+1, I'm also an engineer. I've restored old cars, audio equipment, toy trains and even an original civil war cannon. And I love Dilbert. If an engineer isn't interested in mechanics and things that 'go' he doesn't deserve to own the title. I had a friend tell me that her son was going to...

Dittos on car dealers not being 'car' people. We had a pleasant experience at a local Ford dealership and ended up buying my daughter a used Mercury Milan, but when I tried to chat up the sales man over my '50 Crestliner, he couldn't have cared less.

I try hard to put things back when I'm done a job. Tools need a home and when they're not back home with their family at the end of the job, they're considered 'orphans'. Orphans tend to get lost and wander around the wilderness. Too many times I've put a tool up on the running board or...

There was once a post, I think here, which asked something like "Did you find your car or did your car find you?" and I answered clearly the latter. I had no desire to own a classic, but when Dad insisted on having his '50 Ford 'professionally' restored, and then just let it sit under a blue...

1950 Ford Crestliner. Been in the family for 60 years.

Quality Restorations did my Crestliner Wheel. Excellent quality, not cheap. http://www.qualityrestorations.com/home.html Regards, CJ Meyers

1950 Ford Crestliner. Been in the family since 1953.

Same here. I'm usually one of only a few flatheads on display. Too many shoeboxes with SBC's. If I see a stock flathead, I usually try to find and compliment the owner.

Nice vintage photos. Thanks for sharing.

Bein' Palm Sunday weekend, I wasn't able to get out to Cowtown this year. I'm only about 1/2 hour away. Clem, maybe I'll see you in Strasburg on 4/17.

Would go for a good 4 post lift over that contraption any day.