Bud DeLong

Post by **Steve Jelf** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:39 pm

Has anybody heard from Bud? Did he make the move to the new forum?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:43 pm

I sure hope the old rascal is OK. I sent an email after the last thread with no response. Bud was always good about posting, and we shared email frequently.

Joe Bell · Post by **Joe Bell** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:39 am

Some people are not computer savy like me so it took me a while to get signed up. It has been cold in Michigan and the corn burner has been hungry, right Bud!

Ed Baudoux · Post by **Ed Baudoux** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 1:53 pm

I received an email response from him and Dianne a few weeks ago. They are in Florida, and Bud only has his cell phone. He was having difficulty signing in with the phone, and planned to be back on the new forum once they return home. -Ed

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:12 pm

Thanks Ed! Good to hear he's ok. Wouldn't he be surprised if we all go to see him?

Post by **George Mills** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:29 pm

Hmmmm....back when I sold Machinery all through Michigan...most of my Michiganders tended to swarm up in the Dunedin area of the Florida gulf coast for winter break. Actually, almost all...it was a Michigan thing!

If still true and someone knows Buds whereabouts, I’m only a couple of miles south...and would love to crash his party

Scott_Conger · Post by **Scott_Conger** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:35 pm

George, If you have not already, I'd highly suggest you contact the Suncoast T Club while in Largo. A good bunch of guys and gals there.

Post by **Dallas Landers** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:38 pm

Thanks Ed, I tried to call after the last post about Bud. Good to know he is well.
Bud if your reading this, get a grand kid involved and get hooked up to new forum.

Marty Bufalini · Post by **Marty Bufalini** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:12 pm

For me, it's "Michiganian". I am not a water fowl from Michigan!!!

Post by **KeithG** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:34 pm

So Bud's in Florida? I wonder if he's on the Winter tour in St. Augustine?
If anyone on the tour is reading this, can you post if Bud is on the tour?
Thanks,
Keith

Ed Baudoux · Post by **Ed Baudoux** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:48 pm

Dianne said they would be home in Michigan near the end of February. -Ed

Post by **Duey_C** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:08 am

Yep, wishing for posts from you Bud.
Hahaha! These guys really are funny aren't they!
Ahh, so we wait.
Here we are. The end of February!

Jim Derocher · Post by **Jim Derocher** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:55 am

I bet Bud had to make cut-offs out of his bibs down there! Glad to here he's doing OK and that he got to miss a little of this cold weather, 4 below zero here this morning...JD

Bud Delong · Post by **Bud Delong** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:34 pm

We are home and feeding the corn stove! Went to the Fla Flywheelers show and talked with a man from Tiffen Ohio with a two cyl Maxewell who knows Joe Bell! Thank Everyone for the interest and it's great to be back!! Bud.

Post by **Dallas Landers** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:59 pm

HEY BUD ! Good to hear from you. I had to get another wagon load of corn last week. Its been blistering a$$ cold for Indiana this winter. The up side is no mud!

Joe Bell · Post by **Joe Bell** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:44 pm

Bud, That had to be Frankie Bugner, he is the only one I know of in Tiffin that has one. I also heard it was for sale??

Bud Delong · Post by **Bud Delong** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:21 pm

Dallas,I heard it was very cold and a call was a stroke of good luck for me to get fuel oil to avoid frozen pipes! The Maxwell and it's owner were one of two things i liked about the show as it seemed a mess! One fellow had a very large oil field engine mounted of a school buss frame and it was driven in the show.Hard to believe sleeping with windows open in warm Fla i missed the warm glow and hum of the corn stove! Bud DeLong.

John Warren · Post by **John Warren** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:01 pm

Hi Bud, I'm glad you were found, It seemed that you were lost.

Ok now for the important stuff, What can you tell us about the Maxwell? I have and AB two cylinder that I am working on. I recently found out that George House also has a 2 cylinder AA.

Post by **KeithG** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:27 pm

Bud, It's good to hear that you're ok and had a good time at Flywheeler Park. We've been to Flywheeler several times and always enjoy it. Did you see the Model T Put together? We always enjoyed that and I participated in it also.

Best wishes to you and Diane.

Keith

Bud Delong · Post by **Bud Delong** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:19 am

I know very little about the Maxwell except as a 1909 i was shocked to see a two cyl air cooled engine? Keith,We saw the field but missed the time! I have a hard time walking and when i asked on line about a golf cart i was told you had to be handicaped to use one? I think the 4 of us were the only people who did not use one and we had trouble avoiding them! The old engine show in Buckly,Mi has 20 times the steam,10 times the tractors,and a Snow engine twice the size of the one in the Fla park.The shuttle into and out was part way and the in park i saw it once! I never saw any old cars driven and what few there were were parked in what looked like old time car lots.Like most things i'm glad we saw it once,but we will never go back! Bud.

Post by **KeithG** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:04 pm

Bud, They would have rented you a golf cart..... it's who's willing to pay $80.00 a day that counts. The Model T Put together is fun, you would have enjoyed it. I was on the team when we set a record = 2 minutes and 19 seconds, I think. That's from starting from a bare frame to a '26 Roadster Pickup that's assembled, running and driving! Of course, there's a few shortcuts, like no water in it, no top on it, wire wheels with only 1 lugnut, etc. But it's a good crowd pleaser.

The car lot you saw at Flywheeler is "Wild Bill's Used Up Car Lot", run by Bill Portier. Bill also does the narration for the Model T Put together. Bill is a good guy and avid Model T'er. He is getting up there though.

I hope to run into you and Diane sometime this summer.

Best wishes,

Keith

Ed Baudoux · Post by **Ed Baudoux** » Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:30 am

Bud made an appearance in Freeland Michigan this weekend. I wish I had been there.

Post by **KeithG** » Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:57 pm

Hey Bud, Did you trim your beard? It kinda looks shorter...

Just wondering.

Keith

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