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I got a pait of E&J lights refurbished and installed thanks to my friends at Koenig Performance in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Here's how it turned...
Update: Paint has been touched up including removing "Salt Flats Racer" which I thought was anachronistic and the instruments have been installed....
What's the rest of their collection like?
I've already contacted Gilmore. Is it an easy drive from Chicago or Detroit?
I am in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I am required to sell the car according to my father's will. The money goes into an education fund for all his nine...
I'm nearly done completing the work on my father's Hupmobile and I'd like to loan it to a museum to give the car a safe place to live until my...
I found a book in two volumes in my dad's collection labeled "1925-1933 Nash Parts Book" I can't find anything for the Nash 460 coupe, but I...
I talked to SpeedoService today and got good news and bad news. The bad news is that I need the appropriate worm wheel/gear in order for a speedo...
Here are photos of the car with the interior complete. I'll be posting some questions about instruments and gauges soon. I'm not sure the best way...
I need a speedometer for my late father's 1929 Nash. I have a customer in Switzerland who is ready to buy it, but only if we're able to get the...
Update on this. I went the McMaster-Carr spring route. We measure the immovable spring with a calipers, ordered four packs of springs we though...
In this case the spring is crushed and stiff, so the pressure from the pump doesn't need to overcome the tension of spring in order to allow oil...
Here is the oil pressure regulator from my 1930 Hupmobile H motor. The smaller spring seems to be far too stiff and is consequently allowing the...
Any thoughts outside of E&Js? I want a few nominations here so we have some choices to discuss.
[ATTACH] I'm finishing the restoration of a land speed race car that was run at Bonneville several times in the 1930s. It was owned by Dr....
I've also posted here regarding Bill Kenz having worked on the car. I'm working on getting a copy of a journal or notebook that Kenz kept on...
I have created a post there: http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,16835.0.html What other details would be useful to help me find...
[IMG] My father was working on a restoration of a one-of-a-kind 1930 Hupmobile customized to race at the Salt Flats in the mid 1930s. In fact,...
I would like to find the official timing records for my late father's 1930 Hupmobile that ran several times at Bonneville, including in 1937, the...
I've found an interview with Al Niederhut, who's dad built the body for the Bonneville Hupp. You can see him mention it on pages 22, 23, and 41 of...
The ACD is getting back to me with photos of Augie & Ab at the Salt Flats. I'll see if that gets me anywhere. I've also hired a researcher in...
Who do you think this is in the mechanic's coveralls posing in front of the Hupp? Is it Ab Jenkins? Maybe looks a little too young? The car is...
@cactus1 I've just dropped @Nicks Hot Rod Garage a message about the car. Does anyone have any idea of how I might get ahold of letters or...
@s55mercury66 I followed-up on your suggestion only to be told to go to newspaperarchive.com, which did not yield anything helpful However, that...
@alsancle here's a description of the Hupp Comet engine from John Snowberger's book about his father: [IMG] So I was wrong about the entire...
I just sent a message to the ACD. I'm unsure of the history of the Hupp Comet engine, but Snowberger was famous for using semi-stock cars, rather...
Does anyone know if Ab Jenkin's correspondence is kept in a museum where I could request copies. Similarly, would the ACD museum have copies of...
@alsancle I think Ab had more resources than Dr. Knoch, given that he was working directly with the Duesenbergs. As far as I know, the Hupp Comet...
@alsancle The engine when Frank Kleptz owned the car was the Hupp Comet engine, which is why John Snowberger bought the car.
@s55mercury66 I guess I wouldn't know how to go about doing that. Are there surviving members of the family who preserve photos from Ab's racing...
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