A few photos that I would like to share, although I very seldom get many comments except from the same people. Sometimes I get the feeling that members would rather snub their noses as the "Wayback Machine" is a driver and not a show car
My feelings and I surely don't mean to affend anyone.
Bob
I do enjoy seeing your photos, but don't normally log in to post a comment about them....
Bob -
Your photos are great. I love the sepia tone look.
I always enjoy seeing your pictures. I don't comment often, but that is not a reflection of my interest. However, I do always appreciate comments when I post and will try and do a better job of giving you a sense there really are people out here interested in what you are doing. :)
Mark
Thanks Tod and Mark, I appreciated your comments
Hey Bob,
Long live the Wayback Machine! The bottom photo is my favorite.
I just got home from helping my neighbor put new bushings in the rear suspension of his '99 Cadillac.
Pat O'Connor
I bet you feel like you have a show car when you park your car in a parking lot and a people stat coming over and asking you a million questions. That and simple cruze-ins are what I enjoy most. I always get a good crowd at a rest stop or a Wal-Mart parking lot. I Posted some pictures of my car on this sight and did not get a response like I was hoping for. Every one is in the club for a different reason and their all good reasons. Your pictures are telling us ( a picture is worth a thousand words) that you have a 1940 plymouth. flathead, that runs great. That information is valuable to the showcar people too. When we need technical information on keeping a flathead running its guys like you we all depend on.
Thanks and keep the pictures coming (that reassures us you know plymouths). Mike
Hay Bob,
You posted these pictures this morning and received 6 responses including this one. The point being is that although there are a lot of registered members not everyone checks in on a daily or weekly basis. Actually I have been pretty busy with a million honey do?s that I haven?t even been able to get back to working on my car. This weekend will be filled with yard work, so maybe next, it?s been a month since I turned a screw on the 48.
The point being is keep posting those pictures they are always welcome. On day I might be able to do the same but for now still trying to find the time to get the car back together and on the road.
Chet?
I'm as guilty as anyone about not commenting on your photos but rest assured I very much enjoy see them (and Cooper too)!
I am particularly impressed that you take the Wayback Machine out in the snow. Even though my "Bluebelle" will never be a show car and my main enjoyment it taking her out for drives, I'm still too scared to take her out when the roads have been salted.
As a matter of fact, I had no pictures of her in the snow and thought one would be good for a future Christmas card, so I drove her out of the garage into the 6" of snow, took a couple of pictures, and backed her right back into the garage.
So... Keep enjoying your trips in the Wayback Machine and keep posting the pictures. They are very much appreciated!
BTW... I don't think I've ever seen a comment on this forum from anyone who looks down upon drivers nor praises show cars so I can't believe that is the motivation behind the lack of comments about your pictures, just sheer laziness on our part.
Don't ever feel that way Bob, I'm sure everyone enjoys the pictures and even if they don't I know you enjoy taking them and after all that's what really matters isn't it. Keep them coming.
Brian K.
Thanks for all the comments fellas.
Chet, My wife and I drove by the Roscoe Diner last week on our way up to the Utica area to visit her 93 year old Father, the parking lot was darn near full.
Jim, if the roads are wet shortly after a snow storm, i don't take the Plymouth out, but if the roads are dry, I do take her out and about, but usually wait a few days after a snow storm for the salt dust to get pretty much off the road.
Bob, I too ( as You certainly know ) like Your car - ad - dog shots in the wilderness.
This forum lost a lot of posters as of its former slowlyness . Problem is always: the spare time of the protagonists is as rare as ours - as long as beeing still in jobs..
I visited Techno Classica oldtimer fair last weekend, and a friend got me while starting back home onn the VIP (=oldtimer cars) parking. (besides is a Morris minor Station)
So, winter is over here also!
Go,
Glad to see you had the car out, lets hope winter is over both here and in Germany, enough is enough
Took a 150 mile jaunt today and went by Delta Lake near Rome, NY. the lake was originally impounded to provide water for regulation of the Erie Canal. The original dam has been rebuilt a couple time last in the 20's or 30's, guessing the ridge over the outlet is from the same time.
And a couple more
Greg, good photos, always great to see the old Mopars out and about
Thanks for sharing
The middle one is my favourite. Cool old car, cool old barn, cool old road, just plain cool!!
RobertKB, this is one of my favorites, hope you don't mind
I always thoroughly enjoy your photos Bob but I have not been on any forums lately due to losing my mom in late March. :'( I'm focused on getting our old homestead cleaned out now. Keep those photos coming though Bob...they are enjoyed by tons of Plym. fans...We have no idea of how many people we touch with them.
Bob
Sorry to hear about your Mom, I lost my Mother at age 55 to colon cancer 26 years ago this June
You must have some spring pictures about ready to post?
Believe it or not, these photos are in Spring time here in the Catskills. It has been a very cold wet Spring so far, the lilac trees are begiinning to bud as are the soft maples, but that is about it Yesterday we had temps in the upper 70's, today back down in the 50's. overcast and windy
Hey Bob,
Our Spring has been very similar to yours; we probably get our weather a day or two before you. Took the '36 for a 10 mile ride today, life is good.
Pat O'Connor
Pat,
Glad that you were able to get the '36 out for a spin yesterday, Cooper and I put a few miles on the "Wayback Machine" yesterday also before the rain arrived in the evening.
Today it is very windy with temps in the low 50's with light drizzle, suppose to have a nice Thursday and Friday, but time will tell
We had over 70 deg. F on Sunday, today we had only 55. Too cold for convertible. As no rain and sunshine, today I made my trips in Peugeot 504 4dr. from 1978. Doesn?t get out of the garage so much times, so I took the chance
Greetings and hoping for sun everywhere. Go .
Hope you get a nice spring weekend for driving, maybe more trees will be in buds.
Cooper and I were out and about this past weekend, my niece "doctered" these two photos I took, just had to share, plus I added one that I took by the water falls.
No old car driving weather since, very foggy and lots of rain, not to mention abnormal temps for this time of year
Good photos, Bob. I especially like the one by the waterfall; more scenic than our corn and bean fields.
Pat O'Connor
looks like cooper had a really long winter
You sure have beautiful country out there, I love it. Beats the hell out of the flat lands I live in. LOL
Glenn
Love pictures of cars with waterfalls, Weather is sunny near Chicago today, Drivig season is about to start.
No such luck here today, we have had strong thunderstorms along with an inch and two tenths of rain since 5am. All totaled we have had four inches plus of rain this week. All that considered, we are still very lucky compared to Alabama and Georgia this morning
My wife, Cooper and I took advantage of a nice day with no rain, and went for a ride in the "Wayback Machine"
Cool photos, Bob,
We have a covered bridge about 30 miles from us, but I don't get over that way too often. Took the '36 for a 10 mile spin on Friday; gas is over 4 bucks a gallon now.
Pat O'Connor
Pat,
Thanks for the comment. Glad you had the '36 out on Friday :) I filled the Plymouth up this morning at 4.11.9 a gallon :(
Great pictures Bob, love your country side. We have some bridges also, but no one ever takes pictures of them. Gas is still $3.78 in SD, I'm sure as soon as they hear prices are higher out there they will raise them here too.
SD Glenn
Very nice, Bob,
fantastic photos
bye
Sebastiano
We have had upwards of five inches of rain since last Saturday, there was a lull in the rain yesterday, so I was able to get the lawn mowed before I had to ask a farmer friend to use his mowing machine........ We ended up having Thunder storms last evening, and today it has been rainless, but again, strong thunder storms are possible. To make a long story short, Cooper and I took advantage of no rain today and went for a ride in the "Wayback Machine"
Bob-
The bottom photo reminds me of the (former) one room schoolhouse that I was living in when I married Diana. We moved out after 3 months; not enough room for her stuff & my stuff....in those days (1973) we had 9 (elderly) cars; 8 of mine and one of hers; whichver car started is the one that we drove...
Cooper and I took advantage of a nice day, NO RAIN, found this covered bridge that we didn't even know was in our area
Cool photo, Bob. We got 1.2 inches of rain at 5;30 A.M. and more this evening, with storms.
Pat O'Connor
Pat,
No rain here the past two days, but today they are calling for strong to Severe thunderstorms. So far this month we have had 12 out of 26 days with rain and over seven inches of rain in those 12 days.
To be tehre, in those nice places with my two Plymouth could be only a dream
My Plymouth 29 U Touring or my P8 coupe?.....
to spend time in the wood with the nature and Ply...
Nobody can stop my dream, and dreaming perhaps...
Very nice pics Bob, send when you have, it is nice to share with us this memories
Sebastiano
Sebastiano, Thanks for the comments,
Love Your postings, Bob!
We are plymouthing in Austria?s Alps (Achensee - Tirol). Past Friday, on tour with some 30 other oldtimer cars and 4 weighty passengers in the Ply, I had to pause 10 minutes due to little overheating. Didn?t bring it?s usual performance nor ran properly.
Sunday I checked ignition etc: seems to run on 5 cylinders only (no diffference when taking # 5 spark cable off). Maybe some valve problem.
Can?t solve it here, so I drive carefully this remaining holiday week.
Makes easily its max speed (75 mph) comfortably, but lacks power in lower rpm in the mountains.
Will check valves plus rod bearings next week.
Sorry, can?t put pics here in the hotel?s computer.
so, some Links: Hotel site doesn?t show the perfect underground car garage (with electric plug for my batteries charger - I have 2 batteries, but only one can be charged by car generator)...
http://www.travelcharme.com/hotels/fuerstenhaus/fuerstenhaus-bildgalerie.html
nice arial foto, the hotel is left, where the ship is starting
http://www.tradebit.de/filedetail.php/131948529v7730621-luftaufnahme-gleitschirmflieger-achensee-tirol-oesterreich-europa
I love to drive on these beautiful streets....even in the rain of today
Greetings! Go
Go, thanks for sharing the sites, I hope the problems with #5 isn't too serious
Go,
Not sure if you found the problem yet, so here is a coomment on what happened to me. I was driving my car at a higher rate of speed than I normaly do. When I stopped I noticed I had a miss in the engine. I found one of the cylinders was not firing. I pulled out the spark plug and found a piece of carbon lodged between the electrodes. I cleaned the carbon out put the spark plug back in. When I started the engine I had all 6 cylinders fireing again.
I hope your fix will be as easy.
Happy Motoring!
the spark plugs are the first thing i would check , change them round and see if it makes any difference to what cylinder is out , if it makes a difference the plug is faulty , if no change i would give it a compression test , to me it sounds like a blown head gasket.
Rex
Thanks, Boys, first thing will be compression test. I suspect a valve sticking in # 5 cylinder. Changed Spark plugs and tested spark on every cyl.
Ride home Lake Achensee- toD?sseldorf was 450 mls without problems, made 1/2 alps, Spessart, Taunus, Westerwald and Siebengebirge mountain ranges on Autobahn with ease and 75 mph with throttle 3/4 open. We had 1150 mls in all, 250 crusing in the Austrian Alps.
BMW Isetta (Front door only!) plus Plymouth with my wife and me behind the trunk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alpbachtal/5817975819/in/set-72157626773271773
Healy plus VW 1600 plus me at Ply?s door
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alpbachtal/5818543240/in/set-72157626773271773
No time now to put own pics, post will follow.
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Thanks for posting the links to the photos. looks like a good aray of old vehicles there and nice weather also
The "Wayback Machine" was laid up almost a month, while we replaced the pionion seal, inner and outer axle grease seals, real brake lines and both rear wheel cylinders. So this morning Cooper, my wife, and I went for a ride up in the mountains to take these photos of a covered bridge that was built in 1860. Just a nice ride on back roads in the "Wayback Machine of approx 30 miles round trip.
I hope everyone is having as great a day as I am,
Bob
Bob,
Glad to hear that the Wayback Machine is up & running.
Pat O'Connor
Thanks Pat, but boy it was an ordeal getting her under motion again, my fault, but finally she is driveable again and that is what counts
About a month ago Cooper and I went for another ride to get these photos of another covered bridge located in Livingston Manor, NY. This bridge was also built in 1860. It is called the Van Tran Flats covered bridge. Look at the way the bridge was constructed on the inside, made to last, that is for sure
Bob,
l sure do like the photos of your '40 Plymouth at the covered bridges. l do not think that there
are any wooden bridges like those in my area. Thanks for the photos.
Bob, very interesting that they chose an arc construction in wood!
In austria this year, I saw a newly built covered wood bridge, but I couldn?t look inside.
It?s aways nice to see Your pictures !
Bill and Go,
Thanks for the positive comments, I really appreciate that.
There is another covered bridge about eight or ten miles from the one that I posted the other day. If all goes as planned, I will get up there also this summer. I could have went that same day, but wanted to make an extra trip out of it, that way giving Cooper and I more driving time in the "Wayback Machine" :)
Thanks again,
Bob
It is a rainy, cool, Sunday morning, thought I would share a few recent photos with everyone. If you look closely, Cooper is peaking his head out of the one by the Robin Hood Pub, I had stopped for a cup of coffee to go
Bob-
Looks like another fun trip in the '40. We took the '36 to a fly-in, drive-in breakfast this morning at a local airport (grass runway). We saw three Piper Cubs and a few other planes from the same era.
Pat O'Connor
Pat,
Good to hear that you had the '36 out yesterday for breakfast and the planes. No such luck here yesterday, overcast and raining, in fact it is raining here right now, with rain mentioned most of the week. Our local fair is this Fri, Sat and Sunday. Sunday is the car show during the fair, hopefully it will be nice.
Hi Bob,
I always like your photos and if I not confirm my approval don't mean not to appreciate.
However I believe that it ould be a beautiful idea for you that you live in the country to introduce the photos of the car in the same places in the different seasons.
The snow in the winter, the flowers in the spring, the blue of the sky in the summer etc.
what do you think?.
To send a photo of city, nothing changes. The houses are always grey but you are in contact with the nature and it would be beautiful to share this beauty
Thanks always to share your emotions with us
Sebastiano
Seb,
Thanks for the kind words and idea, I appreciate the feedback that I get from the photos I post. If all goes as planned I will get some photos this Fall with the Autumn leaves, "Wayback Machine" and the covered bridges.
Bob,
I love indian summer, please post!
Hoping to retire in 2014, I?m thinking over to ship the Ply to its roots and cruise 6 weeksin indian summer and else...
No chance for such long holidays until than!
Wife likes Ply and USA too, both beeing freelancer professionals with short holidays only, we have never been in the US...
Greetings! Go
Go,
If you and your wife do retire and decide to ship the Plymouth over, you three are more than welcomed to stop in. The Catskills of NY are beautiful in the Fall
Thank You very much, we wil make plans very early...
Fall is in the air this morning, 44 degrees around 4am, once the sun came up, nice morning, so Cooper and I fired up the "Wayback Machine" to go for a ride. I went to an old farm that is off the beaten track to take these photos. Hope everyone enjoys the photos and is having as much fun as we are today
Hey Bob,
I especially like the shot through the windshield. I'll bet that view is great when the leaves turn...
Pat O'Connor
Thanks Pat, once the leaves turn, I'll get back and try to recreate that photo with the autumn leavesi
Cooper and I were out and about this morning, the leaves are turning, but not any vibrant colors, maybe more colors now that we had a hard frost this morning and supposedly another one tomorrow morning
Nice country! Your Coopper will become Plymouth expert!
This Saturday, I have to go to Sauerland Mountains, 2:1/2 hour one way, but we have heavy rains this weekend, I have to take the Diesel.
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Bob-
Our fall colors are pretty decent this year, but we need a hard frost. I was attacked by (biting) Japanese beetles, and tiny black (biting) bugs when I took clothes off the clothesline. They also munched on me while I was laying in our driveway, pulling the (oil) drain plug on the '36.
Pat O'Connor
My wife, Cooper and I went for a ride this morning, here are some photos that I took along the way. The trees are finally beginning to get some nice color to them
Pat, with the wet weather here all summer we have been blessed with not many bugs, which is rather odd, but true, although the Japanese beetles wrecked havoc on my wife's flowers
I love Your fotos, and these tree colours!
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Thanks Go,
Up until a few days ago, the leaves were very dull, but now they are beginning to have some bright colors
My wife and I took a ride south into the Finger Lakes region (Canandaigua) of NY state last week. I was surprised at how much better the leaves were down there. At the time we virtually had no colors at all up here by the big Lake (Ontario). Now a week later we're just starting to get some nice colors in the trees. Just like Pat said... We need a hard frost for the trees to change. On the other hand we're still picking tomatoes and zuchini...so it's not all so bad. Keep taking those photos Bob. I also enjoy them so much...
Thanks, Bob
Cooper and I have been out and about today, we reached and surpassed the 1900 miles driven this season with the "Wayback Machine two weeks earlier than last year. Not bad considering she was laid up most of the month of June waiting for a pinion seal, and both inner and outer rear axle seals. Most of those 1900 plus miles Cooper has been my Co-pilot and GPS unit. Gosh how I love that little bundle of fur!!!!
Here is a photo I took a few minutes ago, I think it shows the leaves pretty good. Hard to believe that we are under a winter storm warning with upwards of a foot of snow possible
Beautiful!!
Out and about yesterday
More beautiful photos Bob!...I see you got my favorite 'ol barn backdrop in there thank you...Keep 'em coming as I hear there's more nice weather in our forecast. Going to hit the mid-50's by week's end and will stay dry too :-) By now you have to have an all time record for miles in one season on the Wayback Machine huh??
Bob
Bob,
I have just over 2250 miles so far this season on the "Wayback Machine" I would like to get atleast another 150 miles on her, that is my highest so far, but this is the fourth year in a row with over 2000 miles on her.
After I posted the first part, I went for another ride this morning, here are a couple of photos. The white building was an old store/garage back in the 30's and '40's Closed up when the reservoir was built in the late '40's and early '50's
Just had to take advantage of the nice day. With todays mileage, I have 2511 miles for the year and have driven it every month this year alteast once
Quote from: RC Drown on December 13, 2011, 01:59:49 PM
Just had to take advantage of the nice day. With todays mileage, I have 2511 miles for the year and have driven it every month this year alteast once
Define coolness? A digital camera, an old Plymouth, no time clock and - a really nice December here in the northeast!
Of course we paid a lot of weather-dues in September and October. I'm still mucking out, though my issues were fairly minor.
Thanks for stream of pictures, Bob. They're great. I count the days to retirement...and try to make the most of my weekends!
Cooper and I took our first ride of the New Year this morning, didn't go far, but had fun at it. Hard to believe that right now it is almost 50 degrees here in the Catskills of NY. Before we went for a ride, I grilled some hamburghers, ah life is good, yes it is.
I sincerly hope that everyone is having as good a day as I am, Happy New Year to everyone,
Bob, Patty and Cooper
Cooper and I were out and about both yesterday and today in the Plymouth. I don't believe in "Global Warming" but sure am not complaining about the mild winter to date here in the Catskills of NY
Bob,
The weather has been great. The wife, some friends, & I took a drive to the beach on New Years Eve. Weather was like spring. Your pictures of the Catskills area are incredible. I bet the skiers are not happy but the locals are.
Chet?
Thanks Chet for the compliment.
The last I knew was that Belleayre was making man made snow as was Hunter
Cooper and I were out and about this morning. This covered bridge is located not far from Roscoe, NY. It was built in 1865.
in Google earth, I found a Livingstone Manor Covered Bridge, but that seems to be much less cared for.
That wasn?t Your place?
Always nice to see Your pics (and feeling someone still sustains the slowlyness of this server...)
Today, with 62 deg. F, I took off my additional 12V electric web (Radar alarm, quarter power window motors, MP3 Radio, GPS power)
and had a 16 Ah Gel- Battery 12 installed. I need it for the change to electric power steering. I have to reverse back several times to get into my garage, and my deteriorating right hand doesn?t like the heavy turning any more.
Afterwards, I can add everything to the 12 V Batt, until now I used a 6 to 12 V unit, which wasn?t reliable.
I will put a second generator under the original one, using one (longer) V- Belt.
Saturday I will go to the Techno Classica Fair at Essen (25 minutes in Plymouth), one of the biggest in Europe.
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Go,
The name of this bridge is the Beaverkill covered bridge. try that
Bob,
Cool photos.
Go,
Have fun at the fair.
Pat O'Connor
Wonderful to see these pictures. Can sense the satisfaction of these trips. You people are blessed I must say.
In India, whenever you go on drives people ask you some standard questions
1. Is the car petrol or diesel? (Diesel is about 35% cheaper than petrol)
2. What is mileage? (India is obsessed about mileage)
3. Are you selling? (In the absence of exposure people are trying to understand values of such cars)
Absence of discipline on the road is a major pain :-[. People keeping coming in your way trying to take pictures on their mobile camera's.
In the next few months we plan to do may drives in my 32 PLY PB and hope to add to this thread.
Cheers
Subbaiah
Bob, I found the bridge on Google earth: nice place in the woods!
Go,
I was up there last Spring with my Father, on one side of the bridge the DEC was stocking the river with trout, on the other side of the bidge there were fishermen in the river catching them
Hey Bob, How you doing. What does "DEC" stand for (not for December I hope). Here we have the "GFP" (Game-Fish-and Parks) or "DNR" (Department of Natural Resourses) I would imagine it stands for something along that line? Just curious. Great pictures, wonderful country you live in. Where is that again? lol
SD Glenn
SD Glenn,
You are correct
http://www.dec.ny.gov/
Cooper and I were out again today, I have always liked this view, so now I am sharing it will everyone
Cooper and I were out and about this morning, here are a few photos. I enjoy the one thru the windshield that shows the rock cut along the road.
I hope everyone is having as great a day as Cooper and I are,
Bob
Here is a short video that I took yesterday driving down an old dirt road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzOg5RqWk_8&context=C45c8ccaADvjVQa1PpcFNzssnWioWR2wI19iOz0ifcg4WnLFacQgI=
Bob, You will dissolve Your car!
Well, Plys are sturdy...
Quote from: Go Fleiter on April 16, 2012, 01:40:56 PM
Bob, You will dissolve Your car!
Well, Plys are sturdy...
Yes, they are a good sturdy car, no doubt about that. :) :)
Are there any dirt roads in Germany?
Hard to believe that it is April 26, hard frost this morning
Hope your medical condition is not much of a concern. I would be nice to have you back on the road with your GPS, Cooper
Cheers
Subbaiah
Quote from: Subbaiah on May 06, 2012, 10:46:09 PM
Hope your medical condition is not much of a concern. I would be nice to have you back on the road with your GPS, Cooper
Cheers
Subbaiah
I found out last week that I have stage two throat cancer. I will have no surgery but under go six weeks of intense cemo and radiation treatments five days a weeks. I have to be back up to Cooperstown, NY on Thursday for a series of tests that will take all day. I figure that I also will find out when all the treatments will start. I will have to have a feeding tube installed and a port for the cemo installed also. The feeding tube is so that I will be able to eat as my throat and mouth will become very sore after the radiation treatments. Who knows, I may even become a shadow of myself because of the feeding tube, which really isn't a bad thing as I am a rather heavy man.
Yesterday I went with my son, his wife and young daughter to Rhinebeck, had a great time. I got to visit with Greg G, Mark D and Rich W who each had thier Plymouths there. Today Cooper and I are going to add more miles to the "Wayback Machine" as it looks like the old thing is going to sit for a long time. We are also looking for lodging in Cooperstown that will accept Cooper those six weeks. He is as much therapy as a old, fat, bearded man can ask for.
Nice lineup of old metal. I'm partial to the '46-48 Plymouths next to the Caddy.
Pat O'Connor
Take care Bob, we are all pulling for you, good thing you are a tough ole fart. Take care of you.
I wanted to come to Rhinebeck this year, had it all arranged when (s--- happens) I couldn't make it.
SD Glenn
Quote from: SD Glenn on May 07, 2012, 12:57:35 PM
Take care Bob, we are all pulling for you, good thing you are a tough ole fart. Take care of you.
I wanted to come to Rhinebeck this year, had it all arranged when (s--- happens) I couldn't make it.
SD Glenn
Thanks SD Glenn, it would have been great to meet you there also. Who knows maybe next year:):)
Hey Bob, Next year I will be there. It is cheaper to Fly there and back than to drive now days. Thats terrible isn't it,,Maybe in KC this summer for the meet?
SD Glenn
Quote from: RC Drown on May 07, 2012, 08:05:14 AM
I found out last week that I have stage two throat cancer.
Who knows, I may even become a shadow of myself because of the feeding tube, which really isn't a bad thing as I am a rather heavy man.
Yesterday I went with my son, his wife and young daughter to Rhinebeck, had a great time.
Dear Bob,
Wish you all the very best to come through with this treatment . I believe you have the right attitude to over come this illness. I will look forward to having you back on the forum
Cheers
Subbaiah
Bob, all the best wishes from here!
They can do a lot today with new methods. Good luck, and keep You and Your Coupe rolling!
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
good luck Bob, everything will turn out OK.
Brian
Bob,
So sorry to hear about your cancer. We will pray for your speedy recovery.
You will definitely need Cooper there with you during your treatments.
Best of luck to you. Keep us posted.
Here are a couple of photos taken yesterday, just had to share.
I want to thank everyone for the well wishes, they are greatly appreciated,
I hope everyone has a great day,
Bob
ahh, the proud grandpa and grandma, looking good. Fantastic.
Take care of yourselves.
SD Glenn
My GPS unit taking a much needed break this afternoon
That Cooper is one smart dog. I could use a nap myself. :)
Pat O'Connor
Thanks Pat, we love that little bundle of fur.
hello!
I have not entered in this topic for some time.
First my trip to India, after work in Italy and only a few minutes devoted to the POC and members.
I have spent a few moments because I know that you're faithful and I can always find you when they are on the forum.
Today I read about Bob.
Take care of your health.
I would like to share with you and other fellow members of POC the last work on P8.
Hello Bob,
Sebastiano.
Thanks Seb, I am not going anywhere just yet. I start my cemo treatments tomorrow morning at 8am
Dam.n Bob, (sorry sometimes an expletive is the only proper adjective)
I just checked in and found the news about the cancer. I know you are going to beat this thing you just need to stay positive. Follow you doctor?s directions and ask a lot of questions. Never feel bad about getting a second opinion when it comes to your treatment. Like fixing cars there are many ways to skin the cat. I am not a religious man but did drop a prayer to the big guy to give you break. Since I don?t bother him much maybe he will take note of the request.
Chet?
Thanks Chet, I appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
We just got home from spending the day in Cooperstown at the cancer treatment center. I started my first round of chemo treatments today. In the span of five hours I had two different kinds of cemo, some steriods, a lasix, and some anti nausa medicines thru IV. I have my third treatment of cemo hooked up right now being administered by a machine that I have in a fanny pack. My says it is an infusion pump. That will be finished on Friday afternoon when the county nurse comes to diconnect it. Then I start the whole procedure over three weeks from today. I shaved my beard off and got a haircut last week, so that way I could control what happened to my whiskers and hair, not let the cemo take it off for me.
Wednesday I have to be at a Cooperstown satellite station in Delhi for a shot to increase my while blood count as the cemo is going to radically deplete my imune system and the shot will make it not so bad.
I have the Plymouth parked in the garage as it is raining and suppose to rain for the next couple of days, but I will get it outside so that I can atleast look at her
Yesterday afternoon Cooper, Patty and I drove up to Parksville for ice cream. So I did get to enjoy all three of my loves yesterday:):)
Hang in there Bob,
We're thinking of you and praying for you in Magnolia.
Pat O'Connor
Thanks Pat, your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.
Good Luck with this Bob
Neil
Hi Bob,
Sorry to hear about the cancer. Hope the treatments go well, and that you can continue putting the miles on your coupe!
Tom
Thanks Tom and Neil for the well wishes. I completed the first of three rounds of cemo therapy Friday, start the next on June 11.
Monday I had two treatments of cemo via IV for a period of five hours, then around 3:30pm I was hooked up to the third bad a cemo that dripped. The drip was monitored by a small pump. We came home Monday afternoon and this pump/monitor had to stay hooked up to me until Friday afternoon. So are so good, I am very tired, but otherwise doing good
Bob,
I hope that you are having a good Memorial Day, fellow veteran. Hang in there.
Pat O'Connor
Bob
My heart goes out to you and all your family. I guess we have more in common than old plymouths. I have had Multiple myeloma ( a bone and blood cancer for 14 months). The hardest thing about getting cancer is telling the ones you love that you have it. I still find it hard to tell someone that I have cancer who doesn't know yet , I hate to make my friends sad. Once you get past the ugly word (cancer) it gets a lot easier. Your old plymouth is good for you, several times a day I just go out and wipe it with a cloth, don't do much, but it sure helps. In 20 years we will have to start a old plymouth owners cancer surviors' club , you can be president, I'll be vice president. It will get better after chemo, and by the way, my hair does look better the second time around.
God bless you
Mike Rivard
Mike thanks for the insight, it is greatly apprciated. Yes, It was hard to tell my loved ones, my wife was wife me the day we found out, but of four boys, only one lives in the area, the other three are scattered around the US and Turkey, it was hard to explain to them over the phone. Josh, the one son that lives in Oklahoma just had a good friend of his go thru basically the same cancer as me, he said it was rough, but as of now he is doing good. The hardest part for me since the cemo treatments have started isn't the many bathroom trips, vomitting, but the loss of apitite. All during my life, if I was sick, I still wanted to eat, not this time, nothing tastes good, not even my coffee, which I would drink close to two pots of black coffee during the course of the say.
I do know that between this forum and the p-15-d24 forum I have had lots of prayers and well wishes headed my way, not to mention that other members have either gone thru related case like mine or has know someone who has.
I like you idea about a cancer survivor's Old Plymouth Club:):)
Mike thanks again and I have included you in my prayers,
Bob
Out today for the first time in almost two weeks, didn't go far, but far enough to enjoy myself and oh yes, Cooper went with me
Hey Bob,
Glad you were able to put some miles on the '40 with your navigator. We're keeping two of the grandkids this weekend, but their mother won't let them ride in the '36, cuz it doesn't have seat belts and airbags. :) I explained that I was 24 years old before I owned a car with seat belts (airbags were in the distant future), but it didn't do any good.
Pat O'Connor
Anybody know how to hook up 6 volt air bags, and conceal them so the judges won't see them?...
When I finally put the Plymouth on the road in '92, our two youngest were 11 and 10 years old, they road with me where ever I went in the old Plymouth and did so until they each grew up and left the house. NO seat belts were ever used, but in our daily drivers during that time it was made clear by me that they would hook up when ever they got in the car or truck or what ever I was driving at the time.
Being that the Plymouth didn't have seat belts when new, I was not required by law to have them installed so that the kids go ride in the car.
I too was in my 20's before I had a car with seat belts.
Hey Pat, I think you need to put the air Bags in your front shirt pockets, and practice blowing... Maybe with a straw. lol
I did put seat belt in both, the 29 and the 39. I feel more comfortable with the belts, especially with the grand kids with me. I used to run stock cars, in the 60s and 70s, after rolling a couple times seat belts made a believer out of me. (I know, not original) lol
Glad you had a chance to get out with Cooper and enjoy yourself, you needed that.
Take care.
SD Glenn
The local flying club (grass runway) has a fly-in, drive-in breakfast on one Sunday a month in warm weather. We would like to let the grandkids ride there (8 miles one way, the entire distance on township blacktop roads) in the rumble seat. We usually only encounter one vehicle each way.
But their parents say that it is verboten, and I said that I would respect their wishes. Very different from how I grew up.
We own an open one acre lot next to our house. When my youngest son was 14, I would sit in a lawn chair with a beer, watching him and his buddy drive a '49 Dodge around the empty lot.
Pat O'Connor
Monday I start my second round of Cemo treatments and this weekend we are going away, so today Cooper and I made a couple of trips in the "Wayback Machine"
Quote from: RC Drown on June 02, 2012, 09:46:37 PM
Being that the Plymouth didn't have seat belts when new, I was not required by law to have them installed so that the kids go ride in the car.
I too was in my 20's before I had a car with seat belts.
Hay Bob just checking in,
As far as seat belts go I don't remember when they were first installed in cars but I do remember when I started using them. Summer of 2005. I just got tired of paying the tickets. So much said for living in a free country. Pretty soon they will pass a law that requires mandatory exercise because we are all getting to broad in the waist. Mark my words its coming.
Sorry for the rant.., Glad to hear that you are out and about in the old Plymouth.
Chet...
Chet,
Not a problem with the "rant" I agree with you whole heartly. I remember when I had a Honda motorcylcle back in the middle '60's helments weren't required but it wasn't long afterwards that they became required and that was when I realized that the government was getting involved in our every day lives. Now the mayor of NYC wants to stop the selling of the super sized soft drinks, There are so many other things that need attention, just makes me cringe at what the government is trying to do...........
Needless to say I agree with you my friend,
Bob
Quote from: RC Drown on June 09, 2012, 09:55:57 AM
Now the mayor of NYC wants to stop the selling of the super sized soft drinks, There are so many other things that need attention, just makes me cringe at what the government is trying to do...........
Bob,
Is this for real ? I heard something to this effect on the news awhile back. You are right, with everything going on these days regulating how much soda a person drinks is nuts. Anyway you can always buy two 12oz. cans and wind up drinking 24 instead of 16 ozs.
Chet...
Just read on another forum where a guy got an appearence ticket for washing his car in his driveway and allowing the water to drain into the street and then into the storm drain. Fine could be anywhere from 25 bucks to 200. Something about discharge of untreated water. But that was in Albuqueque, NM where water is a scarce and highly regulated commodity. Everybody thught this was terrible and the product of this current and invasive administration. IN reality the ordinance has been on the books since the late 80's, likely dragged out for enforcement when the current city government was looking for was to make up for lost revenue.
Bloomberg missed the boat here, instead of banning big sodas, he should have slapped a city surcharge on them and collected some revenue, maybe used it to kill some rats.
We have a town ordinance that says you can not park a vehicle in your yard unless it on a hard permanent surface. I have a couple of trailers, and had an extra car parked in the rear of my yard. The code guy came one day and was going to write up some citations. But each of the offending items was actually parked on some pressure treated 2 x 8's. He tried to tell me that wasn't a permanent surface. I mentioned that the wood was certified for 30 years when in cotnact with the ground, and suggested that that was more permanent than he was..... he put his book away and left. This ordiance came about because someone in the town had parked their motor home in their frot yard in such a way that it blocked sight lines at an intersection. So instead of dealing with that guy on an individual basis, the town council passed the permanent parking pad thing, and then started snooping around with dollar signs in the codes guys eyes.
You have that right about the City Fathers (Government) (whoever) are trying things to raise money. The people are also at fault with some of this. In SD they added an extra $1.00 a pack tax on cigarettes, the people voted to aprove it. (Cigarette are now 5 to 6 dollars a pack). They tryed to added a .05 cent tax on a mixed drink at the bar, it would add maybe an extra .25 cents on a night out, so drinks remain at 1.50 to 2.50 for most mixed drinksm. The people voted that one down. lol People like to drink more than smoke I guess. lol I think they watch other states to see what they are doing to raise money before trying it themselves. I should try NYs fattening sodas I guess, I am 150 lbs , soaked and wet. I could use a few pounds. lol So much for my rant... and I don't even drink or smoke, I just work on the "Good Ole Plymouths"for my kicks. lol
SD Glenn
Here you get Chet, this was in todays local paper
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIG_SUGARY_DRINK_BAN_NYOL-?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
It was two weeks yesterday since Cooper and I have been out in the "Wayback Machine" It takes me two weeks or so after the chemo treatments to begin to feel like myself again. Well, I had my second round to treatments June 11 and the Dr was very pleased that the tumor had shrunk to were it isn't noticable with the first round of treatments. I start my third round of chemo treatments on July 2.
To make a long story short, Cooper and I fired up the "Wayback Machine" to go for our first ride in over two weeks. We drove to one of our favorite spots by the Rondout Reservoir to walk around. A Jeep from PA stopped and asked if they could take photos of the car, naturally I said yes and then they asked if their Grandson could sit behind the steering wheel so they could get more photos, again naturally I said yes. We had a good visit and that is what the old car hobby is all about, making friends out of strangers and that I did today.
On the way back home I stopped in Grahamsville across from the Town Hall to take this photo as the flags are now on the Gazebo.
Just a nice day to be out and about,
Bob
I love to follow Your rides on google earth: their pics were made in very cloudy weather - Yours in full sun.
What a difference!
Here, only every 3 days are rainless, and it is too cold (64 Deg F some days!).
My P23 is ready, the hood still mising repainting the failed laquering.
Should come this Monday.
With best wishes for Your further convalesence!
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Thanks Go
Hey Bob,
Cool photo near the gazebo...I hope you're feeling OK this morning.
We went out for supper with another couple Friday night...on the way back to their house, there was a car show at the local root beer stand...my favorite (shhh, don't tell anyone) was a '32 Ford coupe built Old School style (big & little tires, no fenders, all steel, '48 Ford truck flathead with 2 deuces, etc. and a black primer paint job. Very nicely done, just like in the '50s.
Only saw one Plymouth, a '37 coupe street rod with a big OHV V-8.
Thanks Pat, do feel good this morning, getting ready for my second cup of coffee, my youngest son is coming over later this morning and we are going to go to a car show in Big Indian,NY. We aren't taking the Plymouth, but I am getting out of the house for a change of menu. I was told that I could go as long as we didn't stay too long and that I must wear a mask.
Ah, the Beach Boys and "Little Duece Coupe"
Bob,
Glad to hear that your treatment is working well. Also glad to hear you and Cooper got a chance to get out for a drive.
Chet...
Hi Bob,
Great to note that you are doing better and you are responding well to the treatment.
Cheers
Subbaiah
Cooper and I went for a ride this afternoon, nothing special but I wanted to share just the same. Again thanks to eveyone for the prayers and well wishes.
Go, these photos were taken on Muthig Rd and Tanzman Rd
I found the 90 geg. crossing, on the first pic: is cooper gone for rabbits in the woods??
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Bob,
Glad to see that you & Cooper went cruisin' recently. I've been off the POC forum for a few days, cuz I forgot to provide my new email address.
Pat O'Connor
Yesterday Cooper and I were out and about, just had to take advantage of the much cooler day with no humidity
The time machine worked, Nice photo Bob.
Chet...
Cool photo Bob, it really takes me back...
Drove the Plymouth 20 miles east of here this morning to meet up with Rich Wahredorff, President of the Hudson Valley POC for breakfast. I even got to meet his wonderful wife Michelle. We had a good breakfast, talked old Plymouths, especially his 1935 PJ that is just about finished and ready to be driven to Michigan next weekend for the PJ tour. Ah life is good, yes it is:):)
I haven't posted any photos since July on this thread as I was treated for throat cancer beginning shortly after my last post. Here are some photos that I have taken since we came home the first part of Oct.
The red building is a school house that dates back to the 1850's.
My GPS unit, Cooper came to live with us four years ago today, he was seven weeks old, I sure do love that little bundle of fur
Hey Bob, Good to hear from you. With all the huricanes in your country I was hoping you guys were doing okay. Did Sandy bother you where you are? Pictures are great, thanks
SDGlenn
SD Glenn,
Other than losing our power for four days, we did well here, our next door neighbor had a tree come down, but missed the house thankfully.
The one photo shows the tree in thier dooryard, and other one that is lookin towards my house shows how high the tree snapped off
Hay Bob,
Glad you made it through Sandy with no damage. Oct / Nov are great months for the Catskill area. Though your pictures still had a lot of leaves. Down here in Virginia we still have plenty of leaves on the trees also.
Just got back from Delaware and had some siding that came off the house. Spent some time yesterday doing the repairs. So we are ready for storm number 2. Hopefully no big deal.
Take care, Chet...
Bob, You have some monster trees in your nieghborhood. They have some years in them. I hate to see those old trees go. It doesn't look like it had prior damage to it, that wind must have been terrific, and scary. Take care of you, tell the mrs Hi, and hang in there.
SDGlenn
Hey Bob,
That's a great photo of your '40 parked near the red schoolhouse. Until I read your caption, I thought that it was a cabin, of the type you used to see in Minnesota at fishing camps...
Beautiful, to see the Drowns on the road again, You will have the same luck with Your health as with Sandy missing You and Your neighbour!
Greetings! Go
(not enough plymouthing time this fall..)
Bob Drown, I am getting returned emails from the address you use here on the board. Has your email address changed? Email me - maybe we can figure out why I am getting the notices that your email refused to accept the daily reply notices for this discussion.
Today I drove up to the Halls Mills cover bridge that was built in 1913, the youngest covered bridge in New York State, it was damaged from Hurricanes Irere and Lee last year and now is being worked on. It was taken out of serive in 1963. They aren't the best photos, but it will give you an idea.
The two without my car were taken last month
learning something new
so beautiful! Both!
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Thanks Go, here is another one
I was Santa last evening at the tree lighting in town, had a good time. Cooper and I were practicing yesterday afternoon in front of our "sleigh"
Normally my hair and beard are long enough, but this year due to the chemo and radiation treatments, I had to use a wig and fake beard.
Bob,
Cooper doesn?t look very happy in his Christmas duds. It looks like you might have had to talk him into it.
Anyway, Great pictures, Ho, Hoo, Hooo.
Chet?
Chet your are right, he wasn't very happy with his Santa outfit on, but he was a good sport just the same..
Him and I took advantage of 50 degree plus temps today and put over 30 miles on the Plymouth, by doing so, we have surpassed 2100 miles driven this season, not to mention the Plymouth has been driven every month this year
Quote from: RC Drown on December 03, 2012, 05:26:06 PM
Him and I took advantage of 50 degree plus temps today and put over 30 miles on the Plymouth, by doing so, we have surpassed 2100 miles driven this season, not to mention the Plymouth has been driven every month this year
Bob,
I wish I could say that. I have been swamped with home improvement projects and work stuff that just has eaten up my spare time. Hopefully these things will get done and I can concentrate on enjoying the car.
Chet...
Hi Bob,
fantastic pics,
what I like more.. the Ply, you and cooper as Santa Klaus,
as usualy from you very nice photo,
Thanks Bob
Sebastiano (Sicily)
Hey Bob, You make a great Santa Claus. I can even see the twinkle in your eye. You are doing great, Congrates. Myself, I am way too skinny to fit any kinda Santa Suit, guess I will remain his Elf.
Your 39 is looking good Seb, hows it drive? I did drive mine about 130 miles Saturday. Quite a few of us met up in a little town about 70 miles from my home,( I still have a heating problem) a couple others drove there also, a 1934 Ply Rod and a 48 Coupe. Looking good. We set up a new Region POC. Called it the "Lewis and Clark POC Region" for the eastern part of SD. It will be coming out in the new POC Bulletin I think.
SDGlenn
Hi Glenn,
Congratulations on the new region.
Chet...
Glenn, all those miles and still no photos of the '39 with the SD countryside, shame on you :):):) all kidding aside, congrats on the new region
Bob, I was sure You give a substential Santa, but I can?t believe Cooper- super nice!!
Greetings from D?sseldorf! go
Santa and his two helpers last evening
Thanks Bob, with you Christmas is near ....
In my small village near the Volcan Etna today's snowing a little,
In the afternoon the sun will be and I will go to town with the Collector ...
Seb
Hey Bob, Get ready for the winter of 2012. The snow storm just left SD, so I reckon it will be at your place shortly, if not sooner. lol We got pretty well socked in, roughly 8 inches then the wind came up, so now we have drifts too. Oh well that is normal for us, how you doing. The 39 got left outside and has a real snow cap now, may need to get the snowblower out for that. Will get it in the garage as soon as I get the stupid Mustang out. lol
Take Care,
SDGlenn
SDGlenn,
is unusual to see a car so old to see covered in snow.
We have a little cold (sometimes even a dusting of snow), but we keep the car in the garage and covered.
For your '39 this is life!
Regards, Sebastiano
SDGlenn,
We have been having light rain and fog here on and off for the past week, no snow or really cold temps. Odd weather for the Catskills this time of year. Today the sun might come out to start to dry things up, sure hope so.
Thanks for posting the photo,
Bob
Just couldn't resist
Quote from: RC Drown on December 11, 2012, 06:43:12 AM
Just couldn't resist
I posted this photo on the forum Chevrolet Corvette Italy,
I wrote this is Chrysler, and this is the car for snow ...
We have had lots of light rain and fog this past week, yesterday the sun finally came out, so Cooper and I went for a ride in the "Wayback Machine"
I will admit it looks more like late March, or early April instead of almost the middle of December.
SDGlenn, a far cry from the weather you are having
Bob,
how do You take the mud out of the fenders??
You sure cant?do it in Santa dress...
Maybe You can educate Cooper?
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
We had a decent day weatherwise here in the Catskills yesterday, so Cooper and I went for about a 20 mile ride in the Plymouth, just makes winter that much shorter. If you look closely at the two photos with the water you can see the white caps from the wind and ice in the other one. We also stopped for a cup of coffee. I know the salt on the roads will make some of you cringe, but after surviving two heart attacks, nine weeks of chemotherapy and 35 radiation treatments this past year, I am going to enjoy that old Plymouth as much as possible when ever possible, as one just never knows and boy did I find that out
Hey Bob,
Better stick some cardboard in front of the '40s radiator. After going for a topless ride 2 days ago in the '36, the wind chill is minus 7 this morning.
Pat O'Connor
Oh believe me Pat, I have cardboard in front of the radiator, that is a must this time of year. Going to be snowy and extra cold here the rest of the week
Hi Bob,
18 degrees this morning in Northern Virginia going up to a high of 21. I am sure it will be much colder today in the Catskills. Glad to see you are still logging miles. Give Cooper a pat on the head from me. He is a Mopar dog, for sure.
Chet...
Good for you Bob! You're absolutely correct when you say "I am going to enjoy that old Plymouth as much as possible when ever possible, as one just never knows".
Sorry to hear about your medical problems but I'm glad you and Cooper are getting a chance to get out and have some fun!
Thanks Chet and Jim
Fine to see You doing plyMiles!
Salt is not good for cars and dogs. So give them a good wash - if the garage is heated.
If not, wait until spring. Your mountain guys know of cold temperatures!
Here, in proximity of river Rhine, we seldom have longer times much below 30 deg. F.
But the streets are really full of salt, because of 1/10 inch of snow....
All the best from D?sseldorf!
Yours Go!
PS.:
This forum stays to be ennoyingly slow, so I seldom visit it more than once a week!
Was my early morning site all these years. What a pity!
I personally don?t like design and structure of P15D24 Forum, most of our Ply friends are there now.
Go, Thanks for the comments. I have to agree with you about this site, too bad as I have enjoyed it very much over the years and recieved lots of great help from other members. Seems like if it wasn't for Pat O, Seb, SD Glenn, yourself, me and a few others, there would be no comments what so ever
Right now the roads are white with salt, more snow on the way tonight into tomorrow morning, so I am sure we will be out plowing and sanding again tonight. The photo is my ride during the winter, I don't drive it, but operate the plow and wing
Quote from: RC Drown on January 25, 2013, 01:10:41 PM
Go, Thanks for the comments. I have to agree with you about this site, too bad as I have enjoyed it very much over the years and recieved lots of great help from other members. Seems like if it wasn't for Pat O, Seb, SD Glenn, yourself, me and a few others, there would be no comments what so ever
Right now the roads are white with salt, more snow on the way tonight into tomorrow morning, so I am sure we will be out plowing and sanding again tonight. The photo is my ride during the winter, I don't drive it, but operate the plow and wing
So it takes two to run the plow? I guess I'll have to take a closer look at the CalTrans plows when I see them in operation. I've only noticed a driver, not at separate operator for the plow and wing. Same thing for the rotary plows... Only noticed the driver. On the other hand, when the plow goes by I'm mostly looking for getting out of the way so I very well might not notice that kind of detail.
Hi Bob,
I am with you, age helps us to better understand and appreciate life.
In 2006 when I came to U.S. a friend of mine invited me to Chicago and I went ...
His words: "remember that life is short" to do the things that I differ I have not done.
This is the reason why I am in the conflict to an end as soon as the work on my P8.
I want to go on the road ...
Nice Car Sebastiano.
It looks like it is in pretty good shape.
Chet...
Hey all, Bob and Go - - I think this website is plenty fast, maybe check with your IPs. Of course I may be slowing down also and don't notice. lol I like your car Sebastiano, it still looks like mine. lol What is that headlight you have on the left side, is that a conversion to a square type headlight? I hope to have mine ready to "Drive" it to the Meet in Arizona in April, should be a nice drive, roughly 1500 miles from me to Az. I'm not in a hurry so it should be OK. And I will keep my fingers crossed. Wish me goodluck with that. lol We have plows similar to yours Bob, however not as large, and perhaps not all 4 wheel drive .
SDGlenn
Glenn, I don't mean slow as in computer slow, slow as in comments and usage, like I mentioned before, if it wasn't for a certain few members, this forum would be commentless, which is too bad as it is a nice forum and I have learned alot since being a member.
Tod, we have Oshkosh and International trucks for our plow trucks, the controls for the plow and wing sit in front of the passenger seat. The sander controls are to the driver's right between the bucket seats.
The State trucks only use the driver, no wingman most of the time, (to save money) the controls in the state trucks are to the driver's right between the seats.
is the fastest available, 6 months old in the office. My home?s is 18 months old, both work on the fastest net available. Luckily we have this net here.
At home, the computer is marginally slower, but on this Ply Site it is as slow as the office?s one - much slower than all of the Hobby and work sites I use to visit.
Maybe I?m spoiled by the high performance all the other sites have??
Bob, You get your butt back in the house and quit shoveling snow. Sure enough that is what you are doing. Hope you are feeling OK, haven't heard nothing out of you for a spell. Take care of you
SDGlenn
SDGlenn,
All is ok here, we lucked out, only got about six inches of snow, not much compared to what they got to the east and north of us.
I spent the day Friday in this and also yesterday morning, but I never I got my driveway shoveled out
Freezing rain tonight and tomorrow, now that we don't need.
Just had to share, A friend of mine from Michigan took this 1946 Plymouth ad that I had out of an issue of "Farm Journal" and incorporated my car in the various scenes.
I know the tires and wheels aren't correct, but oh well, such is life as I think the new ad is FANTASTIC.
Thanks Ed
Amazing what you can do with a computer these days. Something about the look of a late 30's early 40 coupe also that just sets them apart. Good to see you're plowing and not shovelling Bob.
Brian
Your car looks good in that Ad, back in the day it probable was, if you could find it. Glad you are doing well Bob, don't forget to leave that shovel alone. I don't feel so left out this morning, I have about 8-10 inches of fresh snow, with more coming by the hour. Not sure where we will end up, but we have NO wind yet, so it isn't too bad. Take care Bob
SDGlenn
I had the Plymouth out today for the first time in almost a month, that is a story in itself, here are two photos of the Plymouth and Neversink, Res that supplies water to NYC. You can see that it is completely frozen over
Here are a few photos that I antiqued, I may have posted them before, but here goes just the same. It has been cold, damp day with some freezing rain and snow showers here in the Catskills today. Just thought these photos would warm things up
Cooper and I were out and about in the "Wayback Machine" a couple of times this past week, just have to share. If you look closely you can see the ice build up along the rock cut. There is no place to park on either side of the road through this one area, so that is why I took them through the windshield.
The one of Cooper and the Coupe was in this weeks local paper. I like the way they incorporated this weekends time change into the article.
Hope everyone has a great upcoming weekend,
Bob
Hey Bob, good to see your pictures. Thank you. I will attach the latest on the 39, haven't been driving it this winter, or even got it under cover, I just did not have any room left, had to leave one outside.
Take care
SD Glenn
Wow Glenn, you sure got more snow than we do. We received about six inches of snow Thursday into Friday and would you believe that it is basically gone now
Hey Bob, This is a bit slack for SD but it has been a pretty open winter so far. It started snowing last night and still going on today, I don't know when it will quit, but, Spring is coming. Also, this storm is headed your way. lol
SD Glenn
Boys, nice shots of this winter!
I didn?t drive since October because of bad weather, now it is nicer, but we need a heavy rain to wash all that salt from our roads.
For Coopper: our cat still is swtched in winter mode...
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
My youngest son, his wife and granddaughter Adele this morning with the Easter Bunny
to Your car as a canvas cover would do, impeding the air circulation.
Best , after a garage, could be just an open roof and no grass under the car.....
Greetings! Go
Dear Bob,
April 6, 2011 You began to write this beautiful column to share Your Ply miles and country with us!
Congratulations, although You don?t get much answers, for me this is the nicest postt !
It is a pity, that patronage dropped so much in the last years (this is by far the slowest site of all I ever used)
Keep on posting and recovering Your health!
Greetings To You and Your greater familiy from D?sseldorf!
Go
PS.: still below 40 deg. F here.....
Thanks Go, I have enjoyed sharing my adventures in the "Wayback Machine"
Went for a ride in fellow POC member Rich in his '35 Plymouth PJ this morning, had a good time
Dear Bob,
Greetings from Bangalore, India where temperatures are crossing 102 F and we are not yet in the peak of summer
Happy to read your posts and the fact that you are doing well with the Wayback Machine and Cooper.
Keep posting.
Cheers
Subbaiah
Here in Germany, only this week temperatures are rising from 35 drg. F. to 55 next Saturday. Sun has laft for rain now, but Friday may return.
From today, one of Europes biggest Oldie Fair, "Techno Classica" at Essen?s "Gruga fairgrouds" will open, 30 min from my home.
I plan to go with the Plym the first time this year on Saturday, as I have a list of parts to look for.
Provided rain goes...
Greetings to all of You, too cold or too warm!
Go from D?sseldorf
Thanks Subbaiah and Go for your comments, it is foggy and 54 degrees here right now (5:55am) we had half an inch of rain during the night with more rain today and tomorrow, then snow is possible tomorrow night into Saturday.
Update on the "Wayback Machine", I am in the process of changing engines, My son and I are doing all the work, with my son doing most of it
The old girl is back up and running as of May 10
good deal Bob, did you use the floor shift tranny or the old column shifter and tranny. Hope you're feeling good.
Brian
Brian,
My bell housing from the old engine bolted right up to the other engine, so we were able to use my column shift tranny
I learned a lot from this engine change, many of the parts were interchangeable, like the bell housing and tranny, also the water pump, and intake and exhaust manifolds. I had to use those part off of my '41 engine on the '36 engine, plus the oil filler tube and my distributor.
Here are a few photos that I have taken in the past two months since the old girl is up and running again
Glad to see your both back to your old ways.
Its five weeks now that weather is fine.
I try to work on the car outside in my yard having my tools and shop there.
I put a new rubber floor , had to make it in 4 pieces, but looks fine!
The original stays under it but has gotten very dry and fragile...
Today, I take a bride to the church, car is polished and a gem today!
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Thanks Go, please take lots of photos if possible
Bob, just thought I would let you know that the motor from my 40 conv. Is being change as we speak. W e talked at the Rhinebeck show and u expressed some interest in the current engine. It is a 50 ie p20 motor in good running condition. Let me know if interest or anyone else who might want a good 50 motor. Burns no oil and runs strong.
according with you Bob, to drive is the best emotion.
I'm very busy but I took a moment for greetings at all the members and friends, the large family of Plymouth, I hope to send you soon some nice photos of the P8, actualy just a photo for a smile (may be someone knows it)
Best regards, Sebastiano
Seb,
Good to hear from you, glad your summer is going good. Looking forward to some photos of the Italian countryside with your '39
Out and about today with my friend Rich and his wife Michelle
nice to see You cruising- I will follow Your example this evening (no time for the Ply,) - regarding the beer...
Last month I came across this Ford (K?ln) FK 1000 van, it is from a bycicle shop 5 km away.
Look inside: crude steel, engine between the front seats. (much more loading space than a VW-Bus)
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
Thanks Go, did you buy the Ford?
no, he just restored it for his shop. (scroll!)
http://www.fahrrad-mous.de/willkommen/
He has a beautiful 1954 Fiat Topolino too! (scroll)
http://www.spielwaren-mous.de/willkommen/
Yesterday, on Sunday, my 88 and 89 yrs old parents in Bonn (ex- Capital of Germany) had their 65th wedding anniversary.
They invited the family (me, my 2 sisters, the wife/husbands, the 7 grandchilds, their 5 partners, 3 grand-grand childs (-not everybody was able to attend-) plus a couple of old friends ) to lunch and coffee at Bad Honnef, "am Domstein" vine cellars.
Domstein is a vintage quarry, 30 mls up Rhine from Cologne, where they got the stones from to build the K?lner Dom, built in some hundred years.
http://www.weinhaus-domstein.de/bildergalerie.html
One hour Autobahn from D?sseldorf with the plymouth, my wife and me picked them up and had to take the K?nigswinter ferry to cross the Rhine River.
http://www.faehre-koenigswinter.de/index.php/fotos
The route back we took another ferry at Niederdollendorf, a few miles down stream. Ferrys have to avoid heavy freighter traffic, the belgian one was very fast down stream!
http://www.faehre-godesberg.de/index.php
The convertible is much more easier to board for my parents, the Mercedes station and the convertble of my wife are much smaller! I still keep Pa?s Peugeot 504 4dr Sedan from 1978, it is larger than Claudi?s cars too.
Good health to everyone, specially Bob! Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
Thanks for sharing the photos and Happy Anniversary to your Mom and Dad.
Quote from: Go Fleiter on August 05, 2013, 02:26:16 PM
Yesterday, on Sunday, my 88 and 89 yrs old parents in Bonn (ex- Capital of Germany) had their 65th wedding anniversary.
They invited the family.......
Good health to everyone, specially Bob! Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go
What a lovely story. Congratulations to your parent and wish them many years of good health. Thanks for sharing Go Fleiter.
Your Plymouth look wonderful.
regards
Subbaiah
Greeting to Bob. Hope you are enjoying your summer
I had found an old B&W photo of a lady sitting on the front fender of a 1940 Plymouth convertible, so I saved it with the thought of asking my wife to pose for an updated photo. I asked her yesterday if she minded, she said no, so is the original and the two that I took yesterday
Just having fun recreating the past and enjoying the present,
Bob
Bob,
Enjoyed the photo's. Hope all is going well with you. Wish your parents a Happy Anniversary! God Bless You All.
Bob, compliments to Your wife and her dresses. The white one ist extraterrestrially (freshly invented dress category) good!
Greetings! Go
Yesterday
Hi Bob,
Nice picture, Just wanted to give you a shout from the eastern shore of Delaware.
Chet...
hello there my friend. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Right back to you. Its going into the low 70s today. Go figure
I see you are enjoying the nice weather.
Bob,
I like that photo of your Plymouth framed inside a wreath.
Say, where is all of your snow?
Bill,
All our snow has stayed in Canada so far this winter, do to the weather pattern. Can't say as if I am complaining, the fire wood and fuel oil last longer and the "Wayback Machine" driving time as surely increased No real winter weather until after the first of the year supposedly
At the Gazebo across from the Town Hall
Hi Bob, check out page 12 of The Plymouth Bulletin (Sept / October 2015) which I just received today ?
Chet...
PS... Sorry to hear about Jay
Yes, when I first saw this I was surprised. Jim B had asked me to send the photo to him, but I never expected the end result
Most likely due to the holiday mail my new issue hasn't arrived yet 12/26/15
Passing away a cold winter's day
Here are a few photos that I took last week, the roads were dry and it was a decent day to go for a ride
Nice Bob, Thanks for the pictures...
Chet...
Thanks Chet for the kind words.
Cooper and I were out and about again today, temps in the lower 50's and plenty of sunshine with no snow, no snow in the Catskills of NY on Feb 2, unheard of LOL.
I drove up to the Beaverkill Covered Bridge which is about 30 miles from our house, but the bridge was closed for repairs, so I turned around and started for home, got a few miles from the bridge and there was an old barn that I wanted to get a photo of, just as I pulled over to stop, the owner was getting home also. I got out of the Plymouth and asked him if he minded me getting a photo of his barn, he told me no to go ahead and as he said that he noticed the 1940 World's Fair plate topper that I have on my 1940 NY state License plate that also has the 1940 World's Fair on it. He told me that he visited the fair as a young child. I asked him to sit on my rear bumper so that I could get a photo of him by the plate and he said yes. I then asked him if he had an email address, he said yes and when I got home I sent him this photo. To me this is one of the greatest thrills of owning an old car, is the memories they bring back to people and yesterday I did just that
Bob,
Thanks for the photos. Yes, one of the thrills of owning an old car is talking to folks who have memories
of past times to share.
A friend of mine did this for me. I just had to share, doesn't it look like an old hand painted post card
Beautifully done.....
This has a very nice mood!
Thank You!
Go
Hi, nice to read all you
I went very busy for business and other but today
I spent time....
I post the pic
fantastic day, sun and nice cars...
the P8 still be the queen
Just wanted to share
I like Your Post Card Idea! Very artisticaly done! Brings memories back:
In former years I shot holiday pic (on Kodakchrome Gold negatives!) brought them to the hnearest Foto business, got it back 3 or 4 days later, chose one for the post card, let it duplicate a dozen times, got them 3 or 4 days later and glued a Postcard back sticker on each. I took these stickers with me every time in the holidays and had them written to all friends within the time I got the duplicates. Than , a couple of days remained before returning home. As this was usually in Italy - where the mail is (was?) veeeery slow, I often was back earlier than the postcards!
Was funny, anyhow.
One of these hung for 12 Years above the bar of my preferred italian :)) Restaurant here!
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
Thanks for the kind words Go, they are appreciated greatly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P003fToTmx0
Just wanted to share
Quote from: RC Drown on March 30, 2016, 07:39:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P003fToTmx0
Just wanted to share
Nice country for cruising in an old car. Thanks for sharing!
beautiful!
Cooper seems to take a good eye on deer crossing!!
Here, season is beginning.
Next week brings Technoclassica Fair at Essen (Krupp?s City) 30 Plymouth minutes from me.
As beeing one of the biggest events in Europe, I always find bits and pieces.
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
Crossing the Van Tran Covered bridge in Livingston Manor, NY that was built in 1860 I hope you enjoy the ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdbco7Uu-Ck
Just wanted to wish everyone a happy upcoming month of June
always nice to see You!
I?m waiting for Bernbaum?s master Brakecylinder, reworking a couple of gimmiks, 2 days of heaviest rains, but Ply is under its awning, cat sitting on top to have a good control of all!
(When raining, the awning gets an arch support not to form water baloons.
Than I can hang additional canvas walls around like curtains too.)
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
Good to hear from you. I hope it doesn't take too long to get your parts and the car back on the road. No rain here the past few days, but it is suppose to rain tonight and tomorrow, and then again on Sunday
Waiting to see some of that beautiful German countryside with the Plymouth included
Bob,
I got my copy of the Mar/Apr issue, #337, of the POC magazine today. Great article by you about your car and family.
I am so sorry Patty is not feeling well. I pray she can overcome this illness.
Thanks so much Bill for your prayers for Patty, they are greatly appreciated, and yes, the kind words about my article
Enjoyed the recent March-April edition on 40 Plymouths and especially the article about you and your car. I was quite amazed that we have much in common. First, my name is Bob Downes. Second, I own a 1940 P10 Plymouth business coupe that has been in storage for many years but is now being worked on. And finally, I was also in the Air Force. Pretty amazing similarities. I was a member of the Plymouth Club many years ago and just recently rejoined when I took the car out of storage. Many of the parts being used to restore the car were obtained from the former President of the Ohio Chapter who also had a 1940 Business Coupe that took national awards and was on the cover of a past edition of the Plymouth Club magazine along with an article about him and the car.
Best Regards. Bob Downes
Bob,
Thanks for the kind words, yes the similarity is neat. When you get time, could you please post some photos of your car? I sure would appreciate you doing so. Are you aware of the POC facebook page?
Thanks again,
Bob
Hi Bob!
Best wishes for Patty! Couldn?t yet read Your article.
I still didn?t get my Magazine copy, it always does arrive a couple of days ! weeks later than in the US.
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Yours Go
Thanks so much Go
Sorry for the delay in replying. I'm not a tech person so don't know how to attach photos and have very few. Acquired car about 25 years ago and has mainly been in storage because of work and moving quite a few years ago. Was, and actually still is a shell, totally stripped except for body and engine. No interior, trim, most glass and other parts. I acquired most needed items from vendors, club members and dealers but mainly still all in boxes. Have acquired most parts and quite a few duplicates to have restored but just now having it done. If I learn how to send photos, I will do.
Bob
Bob,
Good to hear from you again,
Who was the Ohio President that you got parts from and what issue was his write up in the bulletin? I have most all of my back issues from 1994 5o present, it would give me something to do on a rainy day to look for that issue.
I was out yesterday with mine, put approx. 60 miles on her running around and taking photos.
Years ago Jim Benjaminson sent me a copy of the history of the 1940 Plymouth, If you are interested I can copy it and mail it to you
The President of the Ohio Chapter at the time I got many parts was Ron Brubaker. His car was on the cover of the November-December issue of the Plymouth Bulletin, Issue No 191. Page 2 has a brief discussion about the photo. I thought there was also another article about the car in this edition but don't see it since it covers 1941 Plymouths. Must be in another book I have somewhere. I'll try to locate it and let you know.
Bob
Go,
Did you know that The Bulletin is downloaded to the Store and you can read it for free ?
Most of the time, this digital copy of The Bulletin is posted in the Store before you receive
the paper copy. Also, the digital copy is very clear and you can enlarge the pages if you
need a closer look at some detail.
Bob Downes,
If you want, you can send the photos to me and I will be happy to post them here for you.
wldavis3 (at) comcast (dot) net
Bill you are correct about the bulletin being posted on line, but for some reason this current issue hasn't been. I am sure it will be eventually as Mark does a great job
Fun day today, the "Wayback Machine" took back to haying as we did when I was growing up
Is he "looking" for rabbits? :))
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
And Bill, tks for the hint, I got my copy today!
later:
... I had time to read the "Wayback machine" article in the Bulletin- I?m so sorry to read from Your wife?s illness! All the best wishes from here!
And now I sure know that Cooper was looking after her! Good doggy!
Greetings!
Go
Hi Bob Downes,
To write down this instruction, I had to run through the procedure myself.
The tag is bolted to the air filter screw and remembers me, when the biannual oilchange of transmission, overdrive, universalshaft and differential is due (older foto!)!
- click button "reply" (headline)
- click line below text input space "Attachments and other options"
- click below "search" (I only have the german name "durchsuchen")
(-you get Your explorer index)
- choose Your image file (observe number and size restrictions!)
- click "preview" to check
- click "post"
Greetings from D?sseldorf!
Go
Bob, finally located the magazine issue that had an article about Ron Brubaker's 1940 Plymouth P10 business coupe. It is the January 1992 edition of the Mopar Collectors Guide, pages 46 - 49. Sorry it took me so long to locate this. Hope you can find it.
Bob
Thank you
Hi Bob thought it about time I came across for a chat, know your hon a bit of a roller coaster with your health issues ongoing but you just go day at a time and be good to yourself. Nothing to prove, no mountains to climb and for goodness sake stop putting yourself day about your size, I for one don't want to read about this FAT old man, the Dr's can tell you to lose weight but have you noticed the size of some of them. We are what we are, if you were seven feet tall they wouldn't have a problem with your 50" waste, you just tell them you endurance testing a Plymouth for Walter Chrysler and he's not going to get the results any time soon. Love your stories, your openness, Patty and your family, trips in the car and the plow, your a great ambassador to the Plymouth brand. King of Neversink.
Hope this gives you a smile it comes from the heart to a very dear friend I found along life road.
Tom,
Thanks for the kind words, it has been a roller coaster ride for my wife and I now for close to five years, but with the good Lord over looking us and all the help from family and friends, we have both survived for another day.
Yes, I do enjoy the Plymouth Owner's Club very much, sometimes I feel that I am a PITA with all the postings that I do, but I have to admit, I love the club, my 1940 "Wayback Machine" that is a driver, not a show car, plus as you and most everyone else knows, I love sharing my rides in the car with Cooper as my GPS unit. LOL. These old cars are truly a time machine and need to be driven and shown off to the general public.
Again, thanks for the kind words my friend and yes Tom, I count you as a true friend
Bob, "Kink of Neversink" ( :)) makes a better rime than king!)
I heartly agree to Tom?s words!
And best wishes added to Your Cooper too!
Our dog Cooper had only 2 Plymouth occasions this year, because familiy duties kept the Ply in its garage most of the year.
As my 91 year old mother?s move from Bonn to a new place 1 block from my house in D?sseldorf is nearly complete, the coming year promises to be more Plymouth and Cooper orientated.
In the meantime our Zoo likes relaxing...
All the best from here!!
Yours Go
Go,
Thanks for the photos and kind words
Thought I would copy this across from the FaceBook page as some of us may not be aware Bob has had open heart surgery recently, this is what Patty wrote " Bobs update today. I think he is doing amazingly. He has been moved out of icu to coronary cooler step down Unit. He has been out of bed and walked in the hall several times. His nasal gastric tube was removed and he's on a regular diet. He looks good and said he doesn't feel too bad. He is very tired. He said to say hi to all and to thank you again for reaching all of the prayers and we'll wishes." What I have come to know of Bob he won't be offline for long. God speed an early recovery.
Thanks Tom, I came home today after 8 days in rehab, I see my cardiac surgeon next Wednesday and will go form there
Hallo Bob!
I feel good to see You back !
All the good for Your and Your people!
And happy Christmas!
Greetings form D?sseldorf!
Go
Thanks Go, and Merry Christmas to you and your family