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Guest
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:45 pm |
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Welcome Wayne, I like your car. Too bad you didn't have the car last April when the DB club had it's Nat'l meet in Brenham, Texas. A few of us made the trip to the Alamo while there. Winter tops are quite rare. Have you had it running yet?
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WayneGraefen
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:26 pm |
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Joined: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:30 pm Posts: 33
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Thank you. I retrieve it Saturday. It has not run since 1937 so I may need a bit of time and a few parts. Tires would be a good thing too as these were bought eighty years ago and worn out when parked!
I'll be counting on this club for knowledge and moral support. I do have extensive hobby background so the questions should at least sound intelligent.
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WayneGraefen
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:58 pm |
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Joined: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:30 pm Posts: 33
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Oh, and on your meet here in '13 in Texas, I wish I had known but of course was not even aware of the car at the time. When you were at the Alamo you were less than two miles from this car.
It would be nice to see who attended and with what cars but there is no album of photos in the gallery. Is someone going to post some up?
Why do I own this October of '17 -built DB touring? Because my grandfather bought a new touring in spring of '18 in Chicago - the first automobile in my family history. In the attached photo, gramps is learning to drive, my uncle George is smiling for the camera and my father, age 5, is in the back seat.
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Guest
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:20 pm |
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Look in the gallery at the 2013 meet pics, there lots of them.You should recognize some of the locations. I think your engine picture just answered a question I've had. When you get the car home would you take a picture of the firewall on the passengers side where the horn mounts? I have an '18 with a reinforcement and two bolt holes one above the other about where your horn is mounted. The reinforcement is spot welded in place. My horn is mounted on the engine, which is correct but I think the bracket is a carry over from where yours is mounted. I'd be really tempted to drive your car as is, with new tires of course.
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WayneGraefen
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Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:26 pm |
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Joined: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:30 pm Posts: 33
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Now I have gotten into the gallery and found the 2013 meet photos of spring in our beautiful Texas Hill Country, if only the eastern foothills. Great group of cars attended. Pity most photos can not be enlarged for good viewing. Wish I'd been there with car. Y'all come back now ya hear?
Attaching specific pic I took of the horn if that is helpful. Need more? -ask.
Yes, immediate plans are for a so-called "oily-rag" restoration to get it up and running on new tires and then see what must be done after that. Own other cars that are show-worthy and sitting around on macadam waiting for a judging team stopped being fun quite some time ago.
Suppose y'all didn't see the other '17 DB touring in San Antonio either? Quite disassembled and I will visit him after mine is home. I'll get numbers if avail.
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