Recent content by fander

Not only messy but that abc fire extinguisher may leave a residue you can't get off. In 1971 I was working on my 1965 Chevrolet and forgot to attach the fuel line to the carb before I started it. I had a good fire going in my dad's garage. Three dry chemical extinguishers did nothing. 20#...

I tried taking pictures of the picture in different light, scanning, and modifying in paint but I didn't make any progress. Would sending this to a commercial photo restorer be a good idea?

I have lots of old pictures and that is the only one that is yellow and such poor quality. I was wondering why it was like that. The fellow in the picture is actually my Dad's cousin Archie Lee so not taken overseas. I didn't realize it would be so complicated to identify. That will give me...

Now that you mention it I remember it was two tone brown. By the way I am not the type that says, "I wish I still had that car." I still have the 62 Chevy my folks owned back then and as in a typical restoration I have way more invested than it is worth.

No garage. It just sat outside on the North Dakota prairie. Our 62 Chevy with 327 had a tank heater as it would not start otherwise. I checked winter 1964 and 1965 temperatures in Minot and the minimum temperatures were around -20 degrees F.

I don't know about better. My mother was along and she said the side curtains didn't help much and when she got to her brother's in Sioux Fall SD her brother said she was incoherent.

When I was a youngster my Dad had a 1950 Ford with a vinyl top and a flathead v8. We lived in Minot ND and it didn't have a tank heater yet it started every time. -20 degrees F was not uncommon. Was that typical and was the vinyl top an add on or a factory option? He had the car around the...

My Dad drove this from Tennessee to South Dakota at Christmas time after WWII ended. I was hoping to find out what kind of car it is.