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Everytime I mention fixing up my car I get the "leave it the way it is" and "It's only original once". This is usually from guys with pristine restored cars.
Well I got tired of the stained and saggy headliner and the mice ate part of the back seat a year ago. Here is what I found. |
Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd If I'm not mistaken, those are 1942 and 1951 created nests. I believe they are protected by state and federal laws. If you remove or alter them you could face fines and criminal prosecution.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Mmmm, yum! Nothing like driving an old classic with the aroma of field mice lingering in the headliner.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd I've never let anyone's opinion change my way of thinking about how I want my cars to look, perform and/or smell...!!! It's your car, do what you want and pay no attention to others opinions, including mine! Have fun with the car.;)
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd I like Vic's statement.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Nice Patina!
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Jim, I recently found an Hornets nest in the headliner of my '35 5w coupe. They had chewed a small hole through the headliner to use as access in/out of their nest. I didn't realize they were there until I was sitting in the car looking around and happened to look up and see the hole. I reached up to touch the headlinner and out of the nest they came. Somehow I managed to get out of the car without getting stung :).
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd If something has deteriorated beyond it's usefulness, it only makes sense to repair/replace it.
I agree, with the "it's your car, do what you want with it crowd". |
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd But they were the original mice.... :D
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd IMHO, the best person to determine what is correct for a particular vehicle is the one whose name appears on the title.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd ooh,looks like a 45 in the background ,nice I,v had mine 26 years ,I love it ,cheers Jim.
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Mice can be a serious problem. They had made one nest that completely filled the area under the seat and around the gas tank in my 45 pickup, but the most surprising was the one in the bellhousing.:eek:
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd [QUOTE=4dFord/SC;933900]IMHO, the best person to determine what is correct for a particular vehicle is the one whose name appears on the title.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Mice like that are VERY dangerous. You can get very sick being exposed to mouse pee and droppings. Best to get rid of all of that like you are doing.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd I wasn't listening to anyone but me. I left the old in because i didnt have budget for new. Will rethink that next time.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd My 40 was exposed to the elements only a short time, while i rebuilt my garage years ago, but the mices had enough time to get in thru the tail pipe and built a nest in the rusted mufflers.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd These are most likely field mice, you cannot appreciate pack rats until you have them.
They like small parts, shinney stuff, bolts and nuts. They use the padding from the seats to make their nests. For protection they use jumping cacti. I have found those little guys can carry a lot. I found a 3/8X5 bolt on the floorboard of my forklift. The nest was on the engine, between the head and manifold. Bruce |
Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd I bow to no one in my admiration of cars restored to as close to original as possible,
but find a large number are shown, but not driven much, if any. "Rouge" class cars are particularly interesting. For many of the rest of us, driving the cars is the source of satisfaction and pride. To do so often requires modest revisions for safety's sake. Unless we are willing to accommodate both camps, our hobby will continue to wither. |
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Found this mouse skeleton in my car.
It dropped out of the front seat. |
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Damn!!! Don't breathe that dust, it'll kill you.
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Remember this . I found in it while changing the tranny fluid in my newly acquired 34 roadster. There was also a medium sized nest in the gas tank & one down in the valley of the trunk where it meets the rear panel. Consensus of opinion was it is/was an acorn.
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Found in the engine compartment. Mostly on the frame pieces.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd [Quote] "leave it the way it is" and "It's only original once". This is usually from guys with pristine restored cars.
I wonder why those guys would say that. Do they know something... |
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Sorry to go off subject but In have to ask you what is the bike in the background? GB |
Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd I have a friend in RG 36 who used to drive his '51 everywhere and then he got on the Dearborn award kick and he told me a while back to never restore my '50 Ford because I can still drive mine.
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Tell them to buy a car and store it in a special climate controlled room for posterity! You bought the car because you like it and want to have fun with it! Life is too short So save the car as it is and never get in it for fear of wearing it out. You might as well never buy it. I have an original 1933 ford with most everything original including the interior. I replaced the floor mats because the original ones are shreaded. Fortunately the interior is great but if I jad found a car that needed new seats I would have replaced them. Don;t just sit ina piece of decaying debrie for histories sake. You are not running the smithsonian mueseum. You bought the car for fun, enjoy it. Nothing lasts forever .. the car or you....enjoy what you paid for. Have fun with you car, fix what needs to be fixed to make it nice and enjoyable. Don't just tear out the old because it has gotten a little dingy, but replace portions of those things that are ratty and make it unpleasant for you to sit in your car. PS I know people that buy old comic books sealed in plastic holders than graded and can never be opened. That is very sad. |
Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Mice can sure cause problems!!
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Don't listen to anyone. And do what you think is best for you and your car.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd SAY IT AGAIN.... Vic, ...Say it again ........OLD.....BILL
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Have fun with you car Build memories of using it and working on it Because the day will come when you and all of us will be too old to drive it and then we at least would have great memories of owning a classic car and have fun with it like so many countless millions of people did in the 1930's, 1940's and they are now gone too. |
Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Like I said I am fixing it the way I want, I was just laughing that someone would drive with that crap up there rather than tear up the "Original" stuff. Also like the original hose clamps that leaked like crazy.... New ones work fine.
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Re: For the "It's Only Original once" crowd Vic,
From a philosophy stand point I am in your camp, I don't care that much to go to meetings and talk about cars, or sit in front of it and display it (although I do like to look at other cars so there is a trade off there). I want to work on them and drive them. I will have a concourse type car when I have amassed the skills to do it myself (at which point I would probably turn around and sell it to get another project). So far, other than buying the wiring harness and having someone else rebuild the carb and fuel pump, I have done all the work on my car myself. When I first got the car I got some advice; "Everybody you meet will have advice for you, most of it wrong. Chose wisely who you listen to and make your own choices". |
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