Barn Find Journal

De Vaux Automobile - A Jewel for Beauty

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:57:00 +0000

1932 De Vaux 2-dr Sport Coupe 6 cyl engine The De Vaux (pronounced DeVoe)automobile was manufactured in Grand Rapids, Michigan and its body design and style was related to the 1930 Durant automobile....

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The McCue Car -- 1909 to 1911 Motorcar

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:31:00 +0000

The McCue Car Company was in business from 1909 through 1911. The company was located in Hartford, Connecticut. McCue manufactured a Runabout and a four passenger Touring Car. The Model R...

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1949 Chevy Pickup Restored by Young Teen

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Teen Builds 1949 Chevy pickup I just wanted to update you on the progress that we have made on the truck. I'm 18 now years ikd and have made some pretty significant changes to the truck...

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Cleaning Up a 1953 Ford for sale

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:49:00 +0000

When you get old doing fun things is not always a pleasure. We must clean up our old 1953 Ford so someone will buy it. It has to be done and we will have to do it. And we will have to...

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1953 Ford project for sale

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:02:00 +0000

We want to sell this 1953 Ford Crestmark (V8 engine) for $1500 (Larry wants to ask $2000) but I want to sell it fast. all tires are up and holding with 40 year old air in them. All...

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Dodge Wayfarer

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:07:00 +0000

The Dodge Wayfarer Sportabout (previously called a roadster) was manufactured for the young people of the day. Read what a brochure stated about this car: Heed the call of the open road in the...

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Old Dodge Project Car Precursor to Muscle Cars

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:46:00 +0000

1956 Dodge Coronet sedan complete $1000 Project car for sale: This Dodge Coronet (1956) is rare even though this classic car is a four-door sedan. The reason is this particular year...

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How to Syphon Gasoline

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:14:00 +0000

Back here in the Ozarks, life slows way down during the winter; that means we won't be able to see how the Depression is hitting our area until now, March 1, 2010. That date is the start of...

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Benchmark Barn Find Journal

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:59:00 +0000

The bench you see at the back of this car is part of the car. Not sure how it works but thought the image was perfect for this blog post benchmarking where Barn Find Journal is at and where it...

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Rare 1957 Crestliner boat for sale (416)

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:31:00 +0000

This 1957 Crestliner with aa 1957 Johnson outboard motor is a real find. Such a small world too -- the man who owns this boat and motor (and has the title) lives only a few miles from us. I did...

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Morris Minor Moggie Car

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:47:00 +0000

Type in any of these key words: barn find, barn finds, barn find cars, barn finds cars, car barn finds, old barn finds, or the barn find and you will find dozens of sites and blogs about...

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1915 Franklin motorcar with air-conditioning
My take on this article is that we the people allowed the wrong auto manufacturers to take over the market. We should have stood by Franklin and Preston Tucker, another independent car manufacturer.

1915 Franklin motorcar with air-conditioning

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:09:00 +0000

My take on this article is that we the people allowed the wrong auto manufacturers to take over the market. We should have stood by Franklin and Preston Tucker, another independent car manufacturer....

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Air-Cooled 1915 Franklin automobile

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:38:00 +0000

This is a copyright free photograph of Mrs. F.S. Bliven and her daughter. Mrs. Bliven is driving a 1907 Franklin Model D roadster. Her husband, Frank, was a Franklin automobile dealer...

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One-Woman Car of the 1920s

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:31:00 +0000

Maybe you are not guilty of thinking your grandma didn't have fun when she was young, but I certainly am guilty of it. My grandma never once even wanted to learn how to drive a car; she could drive...

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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST

While having good coffee thought I'd write about it
I buy good Hazelnut coffee beans or other good coffee beans (when I can). I write a blog about coffee and call it Coffee Cup Cafe. I came across this clipping while looking for an image of a perfect cup of coffee for my blog. I have not set my Coffee Cup Cafe up with Amplify yet so I\'m posting this to Pioneer Cookbook blog.

GASOLINE prices in 1919

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:32:00 +0000

By 1915 the automobile industry in America kicked into second gear. Ford's Model-T (from 1915 up) is not as collectible as Model-T's manufactured in 1914 or before. Those old cars are not as...

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Pic of early colonial kitchen
This image goes with my previous post. Now I know how to include images so should go better next time.

Cars Named After Presidents

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:51:00 +0000

Before you read further, can you name some of the automobiles that were named after our Presidents? Yeah, I couldn't name even one either. That's because all but one or two were only...

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Gasoline Automobiles: Selden Patent of 1909

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:10:00 +0000

In 1879 George Selden applied for and received a patent on all self-propelled gasoline-powered vehicles and to my surprise, apparently most automobile manufacturers honored his patent. Auto makers...

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Saturday Evening Post car ad in 1900

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:11:00 +0000

The Saturday Evening Post (a weekly magazine founded in 1700s by Ben Franklin), carried its first automobile advertising in 1900. The advertiser, W.E. Roach Company (Philadelphia PA)...

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Have Steam, Will Travel for Free

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:50:00 +0000

1902 Geneva: The man driving is this old car is R. F. Henderson. I don't know if this is his 1902 Geneva steam-powered automobile because when I visited his site, it was shutdown. I don't...

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Oldest Motor-Buggy Maker: Holsman

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:35:00 +0000

Holsman Auto Company (1908) referred to themselves as the oldest motor-buggy makers in America and clung tightly to using the word carriage as well. Back in those days the roads were still mainly...

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Somewhere West of Laramie: 1900 car ad

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:29:00 +0000

In 1918 Ned Jordan transformed car advertising from fact to 'promise her the moon," which still holds true today in my opinion. Here is one of Ned Jordan's fabulous ads from the early...

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Preston Tucker's Cars

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:53:00 +0000

Indomitable Tin Goose: A Biography of Preston Tucker Tucker: The Man and His Dreams Movie Tie-in Twitter . Facebook . NetVibes . YouTube

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1946 Chevy Fleetline project car for sale

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:30:00 +0000

1946 Chevy Fleetline with arrow dynamic design. It has a later model engine (1952). A friend of Larry's up in Kansas City mailed photos of this car to us and since our scanner is out of order, we...

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James Ward Packard's First Automobile

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:31:00 +0000

Although inventors had tinkered with the idea of the horseless carriage for a century and George Selden had plans to propel a vehicle by a gasoline engine in 1877, it was not until 1900 that...

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Octoauto had Short Life in early 1900s

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:25:00 +0000

In 1911 Octoauto, the only car in the world built on the principle of a Pullman Palace Car, was manufactured and sold by M.O. Reeves in Columbus, Indiana. M.O. Reeves was vice-president of the...

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I think it is possible that I ruined by copy of DreamWeaver CS3, : ( not learning fast enough

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