Author Topic: '53 D-28 up for sale (from: This Is Why I Still Love C.F. Martin & Co.)  (Read 506 times)

rv_bass

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Re: '53 D-28 up for sale (from: This Is Why I Still Love C.F. Martin & Co.)
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2024, 03:42:57 AM »
Glad to hear you made it out and are safely back home, Bill!

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Re: '53 D-28 up for sale (from: This Is Why I Still Love C.F. Martin & Co.)
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2024, 07:36:27 AM »
Good to hear you made it home ok.

That autosock looks interesting. It would have been a lot less work than installing chains in the cold back when we would take the kids to Yosemite to play in the snow. That reminds me I still have a box of tire chains taking up shelf space in the garage that I should get rid of. I don't them here as folks have the good sense to wait for the snow and ice to melt. Not to mention they wouldn't fit any of our current vehicles.

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Re: '53 D-28 up for sale (from: This Is Why I Still Love C.F. Martin & Co.)
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2024, 09:56:59 AM »
....bought a pair of autosocks (if you haven't heard of them, google it. 
Bill, tgo

I had not, so I did.  I have used chains, and I have used studded tires; if those work, they would seem to be a major improvement over both!

Glad to hear you're safely home.

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Re: '53 D-28 up for sale (from: This Is Why I Still Love C.F. Martin & Co.)
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2024, 11:16:23 AM »
... Great to be home!

Good to hear!

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Re: '53 D-28 up for sale (from: This Is Why I Still Love C.F. Martin & Co.)
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2024, 04:45:08 PM »
Bill, here's a thread on the UMGF 'Buy & Sell' page with a '53 D-18 which has an Englemann spruce "mystery top", and two more D-18's from '55 and '56 with Sitka tops. You can easily see the difference in the pictures.


https://umgf.com/dealers-post-1953-d-18-mystery-top-1955-d-18-1956--t230533.html