The Ford Barn

BlueSunoco · 07-02-2025, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by PeteVS

A friend just bought a 2000 Lincoln? Here in New Jersey you can put "QQ" (historic) plates on anything 25 years old or older. He put them on his newest car.

I saw Antique Plates on a guy's 1999 F-150 the other day. It caught me off guard and then I remembered you can run them in Illinois on ANY vehicle 25 years old and older

Man am I getting old, or what! For all of Illinois' faults so far they have been very good to the antique and classic car hobby folks!

tubman · 07-02-2025, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueSunoco

I saw Antique Plates on a guy's 1999 F-150 the other day. It caught me off guard and then I remembered you can run them in Illinois on ANY vehicle 25 years old and older

Man am I getting old, or what! For all of Illinois' faults so far they have been very good to the antique and classic car hobby folks!

The only thing keeping me from running antique plates on my 1999 F-150 is that I need one vehicle with regular plates in Minnesota.

slowforty · 07-03-2025, 07:38 AM

Went for a short ride Wednesday. Came home with a bad vibration, it never ends,
I love old cars. Will investigate after the Holiday.

chap52 · 07-03-2025, 07:42 AM

Enjoy the adventure... Chap

1942deluxe · 07-03-2025, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by tubman

The only thing keeping me from running antique plates on my 1999 F-150 is that I need one vehicle with regular plates in Minnesota.

Pennsylvania has gotten stricter on antique plates. They want pictures before they'll issue plates. What they don't want is people using antique plates to keep a vehicle on the road that is unsafe and can't pass state inspection.

pavilla · 07-23-2025, 01:44 PM

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My brother got me into vintage vehicles. He had a 46 Sedan as a daily driver and I remember hanging out with him in the bedroom we shared, poring through Hemmings classifieds. My first car was a partially restored '39 Plymouth that I bought with my college fund, worked on and drove, and sold before I headed off to college in 1976. I've wanted to own a vintage vehicle ever since, but all my resources were committed elsewhere. About a year ago, I happened upon a 1933 Model B pickup that a friend's Dad had restored (along with several other Fords) before passing away about 12 years ago. The friend was looking to make room in the garage where several of his Dad's vehicles are stored and he made me a deal. I'm nearing retirement now and I have the time and some financial resources to get back into this and it has been good and bad. The adventure of researching and learning about the truck and fixing things here and there to get it humming has been great. But, the challenges can turn into all-consuming obsessions until I get it figured out. And I didn't grow up in the garage like some of my brothers, so there has been a little bumbling. But, the truck is a piece of historic art and engineering and I feel lucky to have stewardship over it for a while.

slowforty · 07-24-2025, 11:12 AM

Found the vibration and noise was some missing bolts in the u joint clam shell. Dont know how it happened as it was all apart for a transmission change in april. And I know I tightened everything up.

07-03-2025, 07:38 AM	#63
slowforty Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,176	Re: Thoughts on this Hobby Went for a short ride Wednesday. Came home with a bad vibration, it never ends, I love old cars. Will investigate after the Holiday.

07-03-2025, 07:42 AM	#64
chap52 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Marana Arizona Posts: 1,829	Re: Thoughts on this Hobby Enjoy the adventure... Chap

07-23-2025, 01:44 PM	#66
pavilla Junior Member Join Date: May 2024 Location: East Wenatchee, WA Posts: 15	Re: Thoughts on this Hobby Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) My brother got me into vintage vehicles. He had a 46 Sedan as a daily driver and I remember hanging out with him in the bedroom we shared, poring through Hemmings classifieds. My first car was a partially restored '39 Plymouth that I bought with my college fund, worked on and drove, and sold before I headed off to college in 1976. I've wanted to own a vintage vehicle ever since, but all my resources were committed elsewhere. About a year ago, I happened upon a 1933 Model B pickup that a friend's Dad had restored (along with several other Fords) before passing away about 12 years ago. The friend was looking to make room in the garage where several of his Dad's vehicles are stored and he made me a deal. I'm nearing retirement now and I have the time and some financial resources to get back into this and it has been good and bad. The adventure of researching and learning about the truck and fixing things here and there to get it humming has been great. But, the challenges can turn into all-consuming obsessions until I get it figured out. And I didn't grow up in the garage like some of my brothers, so there has been a little bumbling. But, the truck is a piece of historic art and engineering and I feel lucky to have stewardship over it for a while.

07-24-2025, 11:12 AM	#67
slowforty Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,176	Re: Thoughts on this Hobby Found the vibration and noise was some missing bolts in the u joint clam shell. Dont know how it happened as it was all apart for a transmission change in april. And I know I tightened everything up.