For the car buffs

Les Albert

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Jun 16, 2013, 8:25:28 PM6/16/13

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There was a car show in town today; some classics, some unusual, all
old and beautifully restored. Here is a sampling of some of the cars:

http://tinyurl.com/mdp6fgv

It should be easy to identify most of them, but Old 3 and Old 5 will
probably stump the experts.

Les

Rick B.

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Jun 17, 2013, 8:09:06 AM6/17/13

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Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote in
news:m8lsr8plvi36dbohq...@4ax.com:

Is Old 3 a Frazer? (Or possibly a Kaiser, but I think Frazers tend to have
that big heavy look to the nose.)

Les Albert

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Jun 17, 2013, 11:17:29 AM6/17/13

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On 17 Jun 2013 12:09:06 GMT, "Rick B." <deep...@sprynet.com.aq>
wrote:
>Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote

>> There was a car show in town today; some classics, some unusual, all
>> old and beautifully restored. Here is a sampling of some of the cars:
>> http://tinyurl.com/mdp6fgv
>> It should be easy to identify most of them, but Old 3 and Old 5 will
>> probably stump the experts.

>Is Old 3 a Frazer? (Or possibly a Kaiser, but I think Frazers tend to have
>that big heavy look to the nose.)

Yes, it's a 1951 Frazer Manhattan. Web info says only 131 of them
were built.

Les

Sano

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Jun 18, 2013, 12:28:24 AM6/18/13

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Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote in

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Old 5 sure looks like a Packard, just going by the hood ornament. THe
last one, the red job, is that a Morgan?

"Beauty aye?"

Nick Spalding

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Jun 18, 2013, 3:33:15 AM6/18/13

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Sano wrote, in <XnsA1E34C9...@69.16.186.7>
on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:28:24 GMT:

It certainly looks like one. This of course is a real Morgan:
<http://www.roadandtrack.com/cm/roadandtrack/images/Sm/2011-morgan-3-wheeler.jpg>
<http://tinyurl.com/n2zclg4>
--
Nick Spalding

Snidely

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Jun 18, 2013, 3:36:59 AM6/18/13

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On Tuesday, Nick Spalding queried:

I don't think I've seen a 3-wheel Morgan around these parts. Some of
the wood-framed ones made it to California, and my informant in the
'60s already considered them quaint.

(I don't think I've seen more than 10 Morgans at one event, and that
was a much larger show than most I've gone to. Events with only 400 or
so cars might have one or two Morgans, and about that number of Chevy
Nomads.)

/dps

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Greg Goss

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Jun 18, 2013, 3:53:04 AM6/18/13

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My wife insists that this is what a Morgan should look like.
http://tinyurl.com/5d74ru
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Peter Ward

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Jun 18, 2013, 7:29:49 AM6/18/13

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Greg Goss says...

Mmmmmmm, burgers.

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Les Albert

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Jun 18, 2013, 11:24:34 AM6/18/13

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Sano <gregs.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote
>> "Rick B." <deep...@sprynet.com.aq>wrote:
>>>Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote

>>>> There was a car show in town today; some classics, some unusual,
>>>> all old and beautifully restored. Here is a sampling of some of
>>>> the cars: http://tinyurl.com/mdp6fgv
>>>> It should be easy to identify most of them, but Old 3 and Old 5
>>>> will probably stump the experts.

>>>Is Old 3 a Frazer? (Or possibly a Kaiser, but I think Frazers tend
>>>to have that big heavy look to the nose.)

>> Yes, it's a 1951 Frazer Manhattan. Web info says only 131 of them
>> were built.

>Old 5 sure looks like a Packard, just going by the hood ornament. THe
>last one, the red job, is that a Morgan?
>"Beauty aye?"

The red job is a Morgan.
Old 5 is an Auburn, I think it is a 1932.

Les

Les Albert

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Jun 18, 2013, 11:49:10 AM6/18/13

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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:36:59 -0700, Snidely <snide...@gmail.com>
wrote:

The Morgan still is built around an ash wood body frame. And if you
want to buy a new Morgan 3-wheeler then see:
www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/10/psst-want-to-buy-a-morgan-3-wheeler/

Les

David J. Martin

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Jun 18, 2013, 12:47:33 PM6/18/13

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Swedish meatballs.

David

Xho Jingleheimerschmidt

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Jun 18, 2013, 2:09:49 PM6/18/13

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Pull the other one, it has bells on. None of those are Olds.

Xho
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Not my father's, anyway. One might be my brother's, though

Les Albert

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Jun 18, 2013, 11:10:31 PM6/18/13

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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:09:49 -0700, Xho Jingleheimerschmidt
<xho...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 06/16/2013 05:25 PM, Les Albert wrote:
>> There was a car show in town today; some classics, some unusual, all
>> old and beautifully restored. Here is a sampling of some of the cars:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/mdp6fgv
>>
>> It should be easy to identify most of them, but Old 3 and Old 5 will
>> probably stump the experts.
>
>Pull the other one, it has bells on. None of those are Olds.

Another knee-slapper from you!

Les

Peter Ward

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Jun 19, 2013, 1:19:19 PM6/19/13

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David J. Martin says...

>
> Peter Ward <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> > Greg Goss says...
> >>

> >> My wife insists that this is what a Morgan should look like.
> >> http://tinyurl.com/5d74ru
> >
> > Mmmmmmm, burgers.
>
> Swedish meatballs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2N1mBsEdM

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