[AT] Cold snap

[Henry Miller]

Don't donate to museums without first verifying they will care for it. Most museums lack funds and have rooms for of things wasting away. They often legally cannot sell them (other than to a different museum) and so they end up waiting until time destroys things enough that they can junk it. In the mean time nobody gets to enjoy that part of history as it doesn't go on exhibit. 

If you find the right museum they will be excited to get it in exhibit and care for it so all is well. Only that one piece though. If you give them everything it sits in the back room un cared for. 

In short letting a private collector have your things for cheap on the condition that they care for them and take them to shows is probably the best way to get them shown to the public. 

I collect player pianos where the supply far exceeds demand. We have seen some rare instruments worth saving destroyed because it was donated to a museum that didn't care about it. Cars and tractors tend to be more valuable so you have a better chance of them being cared for but only if you check. 

Something to think about. There is no one right answer for everything. 

-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018, at 9:21 PM, joehardy at epix.net wrote:
> Dad told me they would jack up the rear of their truck and turn a rear 
> wheel to start their model "T". He and his brothers would custom fill 
> ice houses. I still have the (2)  1926 "T" engines with transmissions 
> and flat belt pulleys.. Later, they were used to power our cider mill. 
> The one engine is mounted on a steel wheel carriage assembly that could 
> be used as mobile belt power around the farm. The carriage assembly was 
> sold by Sears. That engine still could run. I'd like to donate both of 
> them to a museum. Getting old enough  now to start finding good homes 
> for all my machinery. Joe Hardisky  Ryman Farm, Dallas, PA.  
> 
>     On Wednesday, January 17, 2018 11:48 AM, Tyler Juranek 
> <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
> 
>  Hi Farmer,
>  When I was little, (not that long ago), my father kept a jar on the
> counter in the dining room. Each time we said a bad word, we had to
> put a quarter in the jar. (He kept them, of course.) I'll bet on some
> of the real cold days, little kids that rode to work with dad found
> that their vocabulary got an overhaul, eh? Hahaha.
> 
>  Did they still drain the oil when electric start came out?
>  Did that become standard equipment on the model t Fords?
>  Take Care,
>  Tyler Juranek
> 
> On 1/17/18, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is it spring yet?
> > It was pretty common to drain radiators in the early days, especially
> > during the world wars.
> > My father used to work in a shop in town in the late 1920's and early
> > 1930's. During those years the roads were still full of Model T Fords. He
> > always said that the old oils just about became solid at zero temps and you
> > could barely turn the crank. He worked with about 6 other guys, all with
> > the same problems. He would drain the oil into a bucket at home and sit it
> > behind the stove to keep it "kind of" warm. In the morning he poured it in
> > the car, put water in the radiator, covered the front with cardboard and
> > drove into town to work. At work he drained the oil back into the bucket,
> > drained the water out and carried the oil into the shop. He said that in
> > really cold weather there would be a row of a half dozen buckets of oil
> > lined up behind the shop stove keeping warm. They normally all left work at
> > the same time and normally all stayed until everybody's car was running.
> > Sometimes one would need to be pulled to start it or if it was too bad or
> > the car too stubborn they still had a ride home. When he got home it all
> > started over again...
> > I attached a picture of a kerosene engine heater like I used to own (and
> > probably still have here "somewhere") That was made to sit or hang under
> > your car in an unheated garage. The tank was supposed to hold enough to run
> > it overnight. I don't recall who made mine but Bunsen made some of them.
> > Kind of scary...
> > A much older friend of my father was stationed in Russia during WW-I and he
> > told of them using John Deere trucks (solid tires). He said in the winter
> > they always kept at least one running at all times so they could pull start
> > the others. They were bivouacked out into the homes of locals and he
> > thought very highly of the folks he stayed with but said that he was never
> > warm while there.
> >
> >
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