More of that confounded progress

 

Sometimes you actaully meet some normal kids . . . .

 . . . and some actually have some talent . Kinda gives you some hope .

We've been having these casual Thursday evening cruise-ins at the local Cabelas for about a year now . I attended a few last fall , and after a winter respite we are back on again as the weather allows . A couple events ago I met this kid with a camera by the name of Connor . Seemed to be able to hold more than a monosyllabic conversation and that immediately put him above your average cat . 

Here are some nice photos he took of my Volvo.

Go over to his new Substack page and check it out . Seems he can actually write a logical coherent thought and is looking for a toe into the automotive publication world .

 https://moderatelyjalopy.substack.com/

 

62 years in time

"Progress is well and fine. . . but its gone on for far too long"

The man said he powered his house with it last week when the ice storm took down the power lines.

Shotshell Primers

Rarer than hen's teeth... 

First time I've seen any on the shelf in six years

About three times as expensive as the last time I bought any .

1920's Dashboard ? ? ?

 Anybody have any idea what make and model this thing belongs to ?

A friend gave it to me a few years back . He found it in the woods somewhere in Aroostook county and had no clue what it came from . I have been unable to match it to anything on the interwebs . From the styling I am thinking mid nineteen-twenties , perhaps a truck of some sort . If anyone has a clue please pipe up .

My Sentiments Exactly

 As seen on the road yesterday

Upper left corner of window reads : 

IF YOU ARE WEARING A MASK IN YOUR CAR I AM GOING TO ASSUME ITS TO CONTROL THE DESIRE TO LICK THE WINDOWS

Off to the Volvo Ball

 Saturday September 30th was the long anticipated Volvo Club of Maine gathering at the Owl's Head Transportation Museum . 

 After several weeks of working on the PV it was as ready as I would ever get it for the club's gala event of the year . Newly refinished wheels , new tires , new brakes and a rub down with an oily rag just to dazzle the gullible .

Our friends Laura and Peter Gordon joined us for the two hour ride north to the museum with their 240. An hour into the ride we make a much needed "pit stop" just south of Wiscasset .

A mile later as we roll through town the odometer turns over the hundred thousand mark before I notice it . It's OK , the car really has twenty nine thousand miles less than indicated as the odometer was a replacement with higher indicated miles as the original was making noise .

Got to the museum about a quarter past ten in the morning and parked next to one of Alan Prosser's beautifully restored 122s

Alan does exquisite work 

A few minutes later Alan drives in with his second mint 123S

Looks just like it did when it left the assembly line sixty odd years ago .

No detail left unattended

More Volvos than you could shake a stick at

Some even sporting art work

At two pm after events at the museum were concluded we all drove over to Duncan and Naomi's place in St George for the big lobster feed .

 And lined them all back in a row

In a spectacular location

all kinds of them really

Including this wild work in progress by Thomas Broome of Independent Auto in Augusta

With a 2 . 5 liter long stroke Volvo Penta block with a sixteen valve head and temporary down draft Penta marine carbs that preclude idling below 3K rpm or closing the hood while he waits for new jets and needles for his side draft Webbers .

And a mint later 240 sedan I am told a recent "barn find"

 Good times were had by all .

Peter even managed to get a shot of me while stuffing my face with a mud bug .