No Bakersfield Prewar Swap Meet At Famoso Dragstrip In May Of 2025 That's a bummer As I've mentioned before, Famoso last year had excellent site administration and plenty of HCCA and Model T A participation, but seemed to lack outreach to single-marque clubs with prewar interests: Buick, Cad-LaS, Packard, Chevrolet, Early Ford V8, etc Hope they can bring back a sorely needed prewar-only swap meet--or at least a dedicated corner of a more general swap
All opinions welcome on pre-war Buicks for sale online Opinions are sought on the pre-war Buicks that show up in places outside of this forum The intent is not to sell or buy, but to share insights on the work that is either completed or needs to be done I start this thread with a 1927 Master Six on BAT that has about 70 pictures and video As the
Question re Dual Point Ignition: Prewar, Multiple Makes and Models These prewar systems have nothing in common with "dual points" systems as commonly used in the 1950s and 1960s These later systems were only a single ignition system, with one ignition coil, and the points slightly offset so that one set handles opening and the other set handles closing
Prewar Auto Notes Calls It Quits - Discussion Forums Prewar Auto Notes sure didn't fail based on content or lack of effort on anyone's part in my opinion The hobby has lost its only magazine devoted to the prewar niche market Possibly this is the sign of the times and economy, or simply there just isn't enough of us left in the hobby that are interested in the older stuff
March 20th - Antique Automobile Club of America Call 580-467-2471 for more information between 8 am and 6 pm CST This is a 42 acre modern facility 500 combined indoor outdoor vendor spaces have been sold as of today This is the only municipal promoted event to my knowledge that is managed by a car guy Kevin Hammack just retired from
PreWar Mercedes Benz - CCCA - General - Discussion Forums Btw, one of the only English speaking websites that I know of where you could find information on prewar Mercedes Benz is the 170-220 forum There is some great stuff on that site but their focus tends to be around the smaller engined cars so in this thread I would like to concentrate more on the full classic chassis, 290, 320, 380, 500, 540, etc
Daily Driver Prewar Cars - Antique Automobile Club of America I just read another thread talking about 6 volts versus 12 volts and saw a post by TinIndian, who is Reid Pearce from Victoria, BC, here it is:Quote: <!-- google_ad_section_start -->I have driven my Pontiac since 1959 as a daily driver (497,000 miles now on the odometer) In Manitoba in -40
Whats a good prewar daily driver? - Antique Automobile Club of America No prewar Overdrive option Any 1936-'42 GM car: all have Hydraulic brakes, Chevy's are most common and easy to maintain Beware 1938-'42 Olds w Hydramatic tranmission: good car, Hydramatics are expensive to rebuild