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[34pickup]

Here is my 34 pickup.It was so rusty and rotted that I have to make a hot rod out of it. The only parts of the original I am using is the cab,hood and bed sides. And I had to patch all of those. Everything else is from another source. The photo makes it look much better than it was.

 

[Yeti]

I'm shocking for changing Avatars

This is my current one some one took it at a coffee cruize I went to

I liked it so I croped it and used it as my avatar

my previous one is this one

which was the last photo I got of the Wagon before it went to its new home

 

[JM 35 Sedan]

JM, where's the one with the old guy picking the lock??

By golly Cecil, I completely forgot about that one . That shot was probably unintentionally hidden amongst my favorite pictures taken during the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway Tour

 

[jerseyboy]

Here is mine.

This is what it looked like when I started.

Keep V-8ing and 4-banging!

 

[J Franklin]

Maybe this thread should have said enlarge and post your avatar.

 

[40grit]

The picture in my Avatar had been resized and will not display full size. I hope this is OK

John L

 

[Mike in Mass]

Hey Tinker is that a protective layer of "chicken dust" your 38 is sporting on those early photos ?? natures armorall mp

 

[Detonator]

Wow. GREAT proportions on that top!

 

[Detonator]

My Uncle Tommy Lorbeer's AV8. Photographed in front of my dad's house in Riverside, CA in '39 or '40.

Uncle Tommy was way ahead of his time. He actually had a movie camera in 1940 that he took out to Harper Dry Lake. You hot rod guys will get a kick out of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ENn_hxv64

 

[Rusk]

My Uncle Tommy Lorbeer's AV8. Photographed in front of my dad's house in Riverside, CA in '39 or '40.

Uncle Tommy was way ahead of his time. He actually had a movie camera in 1940 that he took out to Harper Dry Lake. You hot rod guys will get a kick out of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ENn_hxv64

Wow.....what a great car.

My avatar is just a pic from when I was separating the wheel from my '35 box. I thought the lighting was cool...

 

[Tinker]

Hey Tinker is that a protective layer of "chicken dust" your 38 is sporting on those early photos ?? natures armorall mp

Hey Mike, na that's just regular old dust with some common sparrow sprinkles. It washed right off.

 

[Ken Crans]

Thats a nice truck Tinker. Love the 38-41s. Shouln't have sold the 40.

 

[Steve Staysko]

The locomotive is a class H1b Hudson type locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1930. It is the only surviving H1b Hudson and is one of only a handful of preserved and operating Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotives in North America. The 2816 is actually a Hudson class 4-6-4 wheel arrangement, is not streamlined, and was originally a coal-burner but during its restoration was converted to an oil burner. In the 1930's it cost the Canadian Pacific Railway $116,555 to build, and it is 91-feet long. Its gross operating weight was 657,000 lbs., and it was good for 4,700 horsepower at 55 miles per hour, and these locomotives in the 1930's consistently operated at speeds of between 80 to 100 miles per hour. My grandfather was a Hog (Engineer) with the CPR in the 1930's, and the 2800 series locomotive was his all-time favorite unit to run, and as a young boy I was mesmerized by his railway stories and there isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t reminisce about all the great times that we had tegether. “Oh” I almost forgot my avatar also has my 1934 Ford Roadster in the photo I just thought they somehow just fit together….

Just an extra treat for those that love steam a clip of Canadian Pacific steam engine 2816 at Morants Curve in the Canadian Rockies west of Calgary, Alberta and a cold morning at Lake Louise, Alberta...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFGVMKDflEw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z8MIXXDPls

 

[Shadetree]

My Uncle Tommy Lorbeer's AV8. Photographed in front of my dad's house in Riverside, CA in '39 or '40.

Uncle Tommy was way ahead of his time. He actually had a movie camera in 1940 that he took out to Harper Dry Lake. You hot rod guys will get a kick out of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ENn_hxv64

Wow! I watched that a couple of times. I loved the `3' window 1940 coupe. Apparently they ran on magnetos. To lessen the weight they removed the starter, battery and generator. Great video!

 

[Tinker]

Thats a nice truck Tinker. Love the 38-41s. Shouln't have sold the 40.

Thanks Ken, it's a matisse. The further you stand away from it the better it looks . Happy to have it, work on it, and drive it.

There is always those cars that you wish you hadn't sold. I always sell the nice ones and keep the ones that need the most work.

 

[Robert Dip]

Steve, your ’34 roadster stand proud besides old #2816….wow, does this photo hit a memory cell. Who amongst us does not love an old locomotive, we admired both the old cars and trains….I believe they sort of go together. By the way, my Grandfather worked on these builds in the Angus shops in Montreal….great memories, thanks for bringing this up, and your photo now belongs in my archives.

 

[ct1932ford]

Detonator, That vid was great! Made my day. Thanks

 

[trainguy]

Just added the avatar.Phil

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Robert...Just have to say that this is nothing short of "PERFECTION"! DD

 

[V8COOPMAN]

Mine is simply the GREEN HORNET's early form of transportation...a somewhat-modified Lincoln Zephyr. DD