Recent content by huddy

Thank you for all the kind comments. I’ve added a couple more photos to the listing, and will post more when I get her out of her bubble for the summer.

I have posted my ‘30 Coupe in the for sale section. I’m not able to crawl under it anymore and can’t work on it. It belonged to my best friend in California and I bought it from his widow 9 years ago. I have had a great time owning it and want it to go to a good home. It’s a great little car and...

I have a 1930 Coupe that I would consider selling, as I have some health issues and am no longer able to work on it. It’s an older restoration, out of California, and rust free. It’s been kept in an enclosed garage, in a bubble, and never seen a NY winter. It has a number of improvements...

Cindy, I’m usually quiet on this forum but I wanted to say that I admired and enjoyed your dad tremendously. He was a great asset to the forum and will be missed!

Robert Paul “Mr Shock” goes west I just received a call from Mr Paul’s brother informing me of the sad news that Robert Paul has passed. Several years ago I sent a large carton of shocks to be rebuilt and the box along with my info was in his shop. These were several randomly acquired and in...

I don’t think those are currently in production. Website has been the same for 2 or 3 years.

Aircraft magnetos are usually timed a couple degrees apart. Part of the pretakeoff checks is to disable each mag individually and watch the tach. With a small displacement, carbureted Continental 4 banger at 1800 RPM you will typically see 150 RPM drop when running only on one magneto, and...

My experience with US395 is mostly in summer and fall - I can recall only one time driving in the winter, and it was a fairly benign day, fortunately. I'm not a skier, but used to camp and fly fish in the Sierras. 395 ranks up in my top 5 favorite scenic drives, along with I-70 thru Colorado and...

I've driven that highway many times over the last 45 years, vacationing in the northern part of CA and in NV and OR. Beautiful drive now, but I can't help thinking that we are missing quite a bit as we whiz by at 65 mph in our comfortable, modern cars, and it's not just scenery that we are...

Undated photo from CalTrans. Old US 395 over Sherwin Grade, northeastern California.

Haven't done mobile for a long time. Had a modified Marconi taxi radio (tube) as first 2m FM rig, which supplanted my Heath Twoer on 2m AM. Nowadays I use a KX3 for HF but lately haven't been doing much at all on the air. 73s WE2H (aka WN2FFV, WA2AAH)

It's surprising, but also really refreshing and encouraging to see a lot of younger folks in this hobby. I thought everyone was my age (67) or older. We need young blood, because otherwise who's going to be the caretakers for these wonderful old cars when we're gone? (Unless you plan to be...

June 1949. Pretty much average in most ways, I guess.

Wishing all the fellow Barners a most joyous New Year! Stay happy & healthy, and enjoy our wonderful hobby to its utmost.

Praying for a Christmas miracle. They do happen.