Joseph Cummings

8.24 ratio isn't going to run too fast if it has one of the two transmissions I mentioned. They are both direct 1 to 1 in high. would make for about a 35 MPH top speed. The drop in from a set of 34,000 or 38,000 will fit right in if you want to change axle ratios. You just have to check that your axle splines are the same some were different. You have the steel case drop in carriers. The torque rod mounts in with a tapered stud. You can use the aluminum cases also but the torque rod bolts on with two bolts, You will have to modify or change them. This picture is an aluminum case. You can see the torque rod mounting is different from yours

I'm telling you I learned all about Australians from watching Skippy the Bush Kangaroo in the 1960's They drive weird Ford station wagons, have pet kangaroos, and go around singing "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" and "Waltzing Matilda"

They like those scoups too. And their visors are kinda rounded. Probably has something to do with living your life upside-down and driving on the wrong side of the road 🙃

Should be a ENDT675 engine (237) Either a TRL107 (5 speed) or TRXL107 (6 speed) transmission And my best guess would be 38,000 pound rears on Camelback suspension. But I would need pictures to say for sure. 34,000 , 38,000 . and 44,000 shared lots of parts. In 79 44,000 would have cones on the axle ends. This picture is of the cones. It's a Mack 44,000 of about that vintage

During construction they were digging up drums of unknown waste products. I seem to remember they relocated a building because they were hitting so many https://library2.buffalo.edu/archives/lovecanal/about/background-information.html

I love how they are considered toxic wastelands until the right guy owns the property. And then it's fine to build houses and an elementary school on

I've got two EFM boilers here one an older round door, and one a dual fuel. Only really running one now. I haven't bought any this year. I've got to take a ride over to the breaker and see how much it is. Probably something crazy

Old video about Anthracite coal mining, Breakers, loading facilities, equipment, lots of cool old stuff

The top picture is the "Button" (Idle Spring Plunger) The lower the number, the more the funner The Shims are for the high speed spring to change the max RPM. The bottom picture is a cutaway of the PT pump, I drew a little red line on the button There are other things to do if you really want to tailor the hp and torque / HP curve, but most times all that gets done is the button and the shims. Depending on what engine you start with, there is an easy 100-200 hp there if you want to go that far

It looked like the tag was still on it. It could be whatever he wants with a 10 dollar button and 15 minutes work if he doesn't mind a little smoke

I remember them back in the day. It was a nice looking fleet. We were the house trucking operation for Certified Steel when they were at Olden and Arctic 1621 North Olden. Our trucks all had Sepviva Street Warehouse on the door.

I tried to get it, but it's gone. May she rest in peace

There were videos of that truck running and operating on yt a year or two ago

Very well built cars too. I always remember helping my uncle rebuild a 6 cylinder Pierce for an earlier car and it had a roller cam. To me as an early teen a roller cam was pretty exotic stuff for race cars and I couldn't imagine them having such advanced designs in a car engine built in 1919

"The mansion, which had more than 20 fireplaces, also had many elaborate features such as gold fixtures in every bathroom. In addition, the Tylers had a 10-car turntable garage, enabling each car to be cranked to its own spot. Henry D. Slepper of Boston was hired to oversee the mansion’s interior decorating. Forty servants staffed the Tyler residence in its heyday, and they lived either in the east wing of the house or in the small cottages situated on the estate." https://www.bucks.edu/campus/newtown/campusmap/tylerhall/

Well the original owner was George Frederick Tyler and this was his "Summer Cottage" called "Indian Council Rock" in Newtown PA. Somehow my uncle's father was friends with him and got the car for my uncle

Yeah in a round about way, they were at our house for all the holidays, at my uncle's house all the time, took me to car, truck, and motorcycle shows all the time when I was a kid. Matt has been gone I guess like 20 years from a heart condition. I haven't been able to get in touch with John either. I have to try and call my cousin and see if she knows anything. You know he moved to upper Bucks don't you? Damn, I hope he is OK. They actually followed my uncle home when he was out in one of his Pierce Arrows in like 1965. That is how we all met. Here is one of the Pierces with the new owner. The women are my Aunt and My Cousin

Such a shame really. In the 70's we had a customer that had a 12 cylinder XKE. Some rich guy that owned a bunch of discount stores and had a warehouse around the corner from our garage. He wasn't mechanical at all and the Jag was kind of temperamental and had Lucas Electrics so sometimes he couldn't get it started so he'd just leave it at some country club or somebody's mansion and call us to go get it like it was no big deal. Never really anything wrong with it, I think he wasn't using the fuel enrichment switch right and would kill the battery. So we'd go out with the service truck and I'd get it running and drive it back. Sometimes it would be like 50 miles away. Well I was 17 or 18 years old and getting paid to troubleshoot an XKE so you know I had to see if it had any problems at max speed. Holy Chit it was fast, Quick too, it would chirp the tires with every shift. It was temperamental, and parts were crazy expensive, but what a car it was

I went to kindergarten with a kid that always ate the playdoh. Last time I saw him he was a Democratic Committeeman, but that's been years ago. I heard he died though RIP Davy

Sam Descutner