Pearces comments
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:04 pm
I have recently gotten off the phone with my dad (Kenlis) who cannot get on the boards due to the speed of which he connects to the internet.
That said, I had to say I cannot believe that such a great group of people who I just spent a weekend with carry on a conversation as I have just read. Or that they contacted my dad with, as he put it "snarly emails". Having spent a lot of my life dealing with communications that happen via email or fax I know that the context of the message can be missed but not hearing the voice saying it, however after reading this thread it doesn't surprise me how my Dad feels right now. those are my only comments concerning the discussions and communications that I have read and my Dad has received.
NOW ONTO THE CAR....
The three pictures available are the ones that we currently have of it, during the Stowe diner, I believe someone mentioned that the engine appears to be a "flat head Ford" now what that means your guess is better then mine. We thing the drive shaft is available along with very few parts, maybe the engine cover, and basic layout...again as mentioned by Peter this is way beyond our scope to even figure out what could be recovered..
Sorry but the 54' ADT that my dad is restoring has been quite the challenge in itslef and those that know Singers know that the 54 AD seems to be one of the easier cars to get parts for.
As far as where the car is going....My dad is quite Adament that the car was picked up for the club to decide what to do with it. This means that it has NOT been decided where it goes. Phil I apologize for bother my Dad and I if you were lead to believe it had been given to you. At Stowe we were trying to find out the best future for the car by getting multiple opinions. We picked it up because we were the closest and were lead to believe after talking to the owner that if someone didn't pick it up by the end of this summer there was a good chance it would be sent to the dump.
Now the question becomes...how does "the club" go about deciding where such a vehicle ends up? If we can have a calm discussion about that I would love to hear feed back.
That said, I had to say I cannot believe that such a great group of people who I just spent a weekend with carry on a conversation as I have just read. Or that they contacted my dad with, as he put it "snarly emails". Having spent a lot of my life dealing with communications that happen via email or fax I know that the context of the message can be missed but not hearing the voice saying it, however after reading this thread it doesn't surprise me how my Dad feels right now. those are my only comments concerning the discussions and communications that I have read and my Dad has received.
NOW ONTO THE CAR....
The three pictures available are the ones that we currently have of it, during the Stowe diner, I believe someone mentioned that the engine appears to be a "flat head Ford" now what that means your guess is better then mine. We thing the drive shaft is available along with very few parts, maybe the engine cover, and basic layout...again as mentioned by Peter this is way beyond our scope to even figure out what could be recovered..
Sorry but the 54' ADT that my dad is restoring has been quite the challenge in itslef and those that know Singers know that the 54 AD seems to be one of the easier cars to get parts for.
As far as where the car is going....My dad is quite Adament that the car was picked up for the club to decide what to do with it. This means that it has NOT been decided where it goes. Phil I apologize for bother my Dad and I if you were lead to believe it had been given to you. At Stowe we were trying to find out the best future for the car by getting multiple opinions. We picked it up because we were the closest and were lead to believe after talking to the owner that if someone didn't pick it up by the end of this summer there was a good chance it would be sent to the dump.
Now the question becomes...how does "the club" go about deciding where such a vehicle ends up? If we can have a calm discussion about that I would love to hear feed back.