The show at Gettysburg PA
 

I Hope these links work.
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Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

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very nice pics!!

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stangblue,

Nice photographs. but since I am not signed up for Facebook and do not want to sign up for Facebook, I can only see a couple of photos in each of your links.

Could you post your pictures directly to Ford Barn?

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Very good pictures,and a great show,Thanks to all involved

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We tried to put on a great show and I hope everyone was satisfied. I am sure everyone that was at the welcome party had a good time seeing Ruby, the Lady Roman puppet.

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Steve/IL I have 30 pictures maximum per link regulated by facebook. How many do you see per link. Too post 150 pictures on Ford Barn would be very time consuming. Unless you know of a faster way to do it. Pictures don't do it justice as being there in person. It was a beautiful day and well organized event with great people.

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Cecil One women ask me if this was a Senior Center Convention. I said yes it is. Do you want to join? I will think about it she said. I told her to see you to sign up. Then she ask why all those old cars? Lady we are doing the best we can. Plus they all run. She never did know what was going on. As she walk off she just shook her head. Maybe she felt sorry for us?

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Redneck, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

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http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471214736http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471214736http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471214736http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471214777http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471214777http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471214736
These pictures were copied from the Facebook Link. It is interesting to see so many cars with Blackwall Tyres. Is this the new trend with todays Restorer?

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@MermanfromOz

Don't know about trend setting BUT for my two cents worth its a VERY welcome sight! For me IMO...one way to KILL a Ford V8 with wire wheels is to add white wall Tires and Double so on early Pick ups, sedan deliveries and panel trucks!!!! Keep it up if it is a trend

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What 'rockfla' said times 2

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Besides the fact that they are easier to keep clean, and not so prone to curb damage, I also like the Black Tyres on these old Fords. They just look right.

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great pics....thanks for sharing....Mike

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I can only see 5 photos in each link.

I was registered to go, but my wife had not recovered fully from surgery, so we had to cancel.

Great photos!

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@Jm35Sedan
Not sure if the all black sedan is yours, I'm gonna try Wayne Carini's dad's ole trick (Chasing Classic Car Fame) and paint a silver pin stripe around the outer edge of the tire on the side wall about an 1/2" to 3/4" inside of where the tread pattern starts on the sidewall. He did it on his 33 Lincoln and it looks "killer", especially on a all black car!!!!

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JM 35 Sedan. I began to question myself also as too how many people could afford a new car no less with white wall tires during the Great Depression. Oh maybe Joan Crawford I forgot.:-))

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Here are some the pictures I'm referring too.

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an interesting car from the show. 3-W

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This lady might have something. Maybe you can get AARP to sponsor the Early V8 Show. This would help cover the cost of those hotel rooms.

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@Stangblue
My best friend and I have had a LLLLOOOONNNNGGG standing argument about white wall tires and there "commonness" back in the day and their current use today!!! You are correct and I have challenged him and any others to the fact that when you see old photo's and video of "back in the day" white wall tires and the use there of were more the "exception" than the "rule". I understand its someone else's car and they are free to do with what they want...and I'm free to dislike too!!!!

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I chose blackwall tires on my pickup for several reasons.
#1 There was a world wide depression going on and money was tight
#2 Most roads in the 1930's were dirt or gravel once you left town.
#3 Farmers were by nature frugal and wouldn't spend the necessary bucks.
#4 Its a truck! It was made to work and work hard with no fancy frills.

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I ran into this guy and his junker at the Gettysburg show. It was nice seeing you again Ken and I enjoyed all of the conversation. Next meet I attend I'll volunteer to help judge.

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I've got www on my 35 cause the picture of Amelia Earhart at the Indy 500 shows her in a Conv. Sedan with www. I figured that must be what Ford wanted so thats the way I went. I think they go well with the deluxe package, not so much on a standard IMHO

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Redneck,
Someone should feel sorry for us! If I'd seen her, I would have signed her up and seated her at your table since you have such a nice relationship with her. I don't know what Barbara might have said, though!

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Cecil, great job on the meet. I know you put a lot of work into it and we really enjoyed ourselves. Thanks for everything.

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http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471297481
On the subject of White Wall Tyres, I recently wrote a Library Report for our local Early Ford V8 Club. I reviewed the book "The Early Ford V8 as Henry Built it" by Edward P Francis and George DeAngelis. Following was my comment on White Wall Tyres:-
"While White Wall Tyres are seen on a big percentage of early Ford V8’s these days, including my own 1934 Fords, after reading this book, it appears that 1936 was the first year that White Wall Tyres appeared on the Accessory List of available options.
The earliest photo of cars with WW Tyres is a picture of the new 1935 Fords in a New Car Showroom. None of the 1932, 1933 or 1934 Fords illustrated have White Wall Tyres.
Also, another interesting point is that the WW Tyres on these cars are Double Sided, something that is very rare these days on restored vehicles.
It is also unusual to see the original photos of Commercial Fords, a 1938 Ford Pickup and a 1938 Panel Delivery with WW Tyres."
These were my observations while reading and researching this great book. All photos used in the book are original photos when the cars were new. I highly recommend this book which covers the years 1932 through to the 1938 models.

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Absolutely stunning. Beautiful V-8's. Thank you for taking the time to post the pics really enjoyed looking at them.

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Hi Everyone. Start at post 114.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...=170620&page=6

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Thanks for the Gettysburg pictures. Good variation, keeps your interest. Missed the '42 as I walked around. The '37 Ford Coal truck was super.

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That was a 1935 Ford truck. It was super...
It was originally built as a deluxe and the lettering was uncovered as they removed the layers of paint.

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http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...p;d=1471384004
Ron was correct in identifying this Coal Truck that was on display at Gettysburg as a 1937 Ford V8.

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My apologies. Of course he was right. Don't know why I had that truck in my mind as a '35. What's worse, I have a '37 myself. I'll crawl back in my hole now...

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Hi Everyone. Regarding JM's photos from post #16.

The blackwall tire photo is from Florida, at one of Vic's Barner's Bash Picnics. The one with the whitewalls is taken in Marlyand. One thing that throws you off a little is the older Florida photo he's got a curved stem mirror on the passenger side, and in the newer Maryland photo he's switched to the straight stem mirror.

The car really looks different with the two combinations, actually it looks great both ways, but I'm liking the blackwalls for my next purchase for my '35 with tires from 1984.

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Hi Everyone, Every event needs good volunteers, you might know that from your church work and your grandkids' schools.

Interested in being in charge of getting sponsors for our next event? It only takes a phone call or two. It happens over a weekend if that helps, Wed June 7 thru Sun June 11 in Chantilly, VA.

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Hi Everyone. Seth, you're correct Cecil did a great job, he's been our RG president for ten years now. Some others who stepped up to make the meet happen need a name-check also. Cecil and Michael and Cameron showed three vehicles. Norman Heathcote and Willis Terret and Al Zimmerman from RG36 did hundreds of hours of work (all 'Barn'ers too). Nancy Mattheu and Vicki Wilmer and their crew made the sit-down's a blast. And from the National Club, Carolyn Bounds, John McBurney, and a dude named Ken something-or-other, did an equal amount of effort. The host hotel staff meshed with the organizers in a flawless way. People like your crew that hauled over here made it fun for us.

Worthy causes will be beneficiaries of the success of the meet, I predict!

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Beautiful enough to make a person forget... Shuweet.

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I wish ONE of the Florida groups or combo of such could get together and put on an Eastern National Meet. Its ashamed that In 50 years of the EFV8 Club that such a notion can't gain traction!!!