A friend called up yesterday and said I would like seeing what he was working on.  It was a 1922 or 23 Stude.  It was cool.  The engine looked like it weighed 1/2 ton.  No front brakes, only mechanical external bands in rear.  You wouldnt want to hit a long down hill grade!  Chain driven starter, rag joint connecting the huge flywheel to trans, mechanical dist. advance linkage that was engineered to make a hot rodder smile.  It sounded like a truck when running. 

The car had sat unmolested for 25 years before purchase, along with 8 gallons of old gas, luckily inside.   Bill had it running after 22 hours of work.  He wanted me to hear the oogah horn, but there wasnt a sound.  After tinkering and checking connectioins he rapped it with a hammer.  The horn gave up and sounded like a sick calf . 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.