Classic Cars

[bartman]

I am a hard core old truck guy but no money or shop space to deal with them at the moment. Have my eye on a 59 Travelall 4X4, it has been rode hard and put up wet but appears to be complete. It likely was a logging crew bus. My first was a 64 Chev short box, DanG I wish I had it now.

I have yet to own a travelall.......some day

[coxy]

sweeeeeet  what does it have a 4 or v8

[bartman]

I'm working on getting my '72 Ford F-250 Camper Special back on the road.

just had a customer drop off a 70 ford 3/4 yesterday.  I gotta put exhaust manifold gaskets and a starter in it. I really respect the vintage. This one is in good shape for Iowa.  360/4speed

[bartman]

sweeeeeet  what does it have a 4 or v8

I.H. 304 with a 727 torqueflite

[dgdrls]

In my past life,  No room or time right now.
I do enjoy them immensely though.

Maybe again, never say never.

DGDrls

[bartman]

This is exactly what I was hoping for when I started this thread. I made about every car show this year including good guys. Winter is upon us and I'm needing a old car fix already.  Keep em coming!

[loggah]

I dont know if it would be called a classic or not ,but i have one of these in a garage for the winter !!! I bought it off a friend and i think i last drove it in a parade around 30 years ago. Its a 1929 Stewart 1 ton panel truck in really decent shape.

[sawguy21]

I googled that brand, I had never heard of it. That is one rare truck. 8)

[WmFritz]

I googled that brand, I had nver heard of it. That is one rare truck. 8)

I hadn't heard of that one either. Where was the plant located loggah?

[loggah]

Buffalo N.Y. Stewart built trucks from 1912 thru 1940.

[Weekend_Sawyer]

My 51 F3 1 ton farm truck. Flathead V8. Resting comfortably until I get around to updating the rear.

[sandhills]

My dad has a '48 F3 sitting in the trees, not as straight as yours WS but I'd love to restore it someday, Loggah I'd say that definitely qualifies as a classic  .

[Banjo picker]

I truly love the ole cars... They have "soul".  In my minds eye, if you can see a car or truck from lets say at least 100 yards away, and know what it is...its probably a classic.  Todays cars and trucks just about ALL look alike, there are a few exceptions, but line up the Toyotas, Altimas , Kias , Chevys and Fords and stand back 50 yards and you will be hard put to tell the difference...they will NEVER be classics to me.  Banjo

[shinnlinger]

Here is one for big red 1951.  Its a 1952 GMC 400. it Was one heavy duty truck. 5 spd w/2 sp rear end.   Found it in a field and brought her back to life just enough to use it around the farm.  Ended up trading it for a street legal dumper but miss this old rig.

[sawguy21]

I truly love the ole cars... They have "soul".  In my minds eye, if you can see a car or truck from lets say at least 100 yards away, and know what it is...its probably a classic.  Todays cars and trucks just about ALL look alike, there are a few exceptions, but line up the Toyotas, Altimas , Kias , Chevys and Fords and stand back 50 yards and you will be hard put to tell the difference...they will NEVER be classics to me.  Banjo

I wholeheartedly agree. Many of us can identify the make, model and year of the pre 1970 cars and trucks with a quick glance, they were very distinctive even when ugly. I have no interest in the recent egg on wheels styling.

[bartman]

only thing new I like are the ones that retro the older ones. We were truely lucky to grow up in the era we did.

[Alligator]

Here is mine. It is a 1965 Thunderbird with a 300hp 390.
I was seriously considering selling it this year as intellectually it made no sense for me to have it. Its a problem to store, the money it is worth could go to much more useful projects that I don't have money for. In the end, I kept it. Why? Simply because it makes me happy.

I understand the project / money dilemma as well as anyone. How could you consider selling such a beautiful automobile?

[caveman]

Yesterday, in stead of sawing, cleaning up, or doing any of the other numerous tasks that await, JMoore came over to help me get a couple of my old Broncos back in the land of the living.  I had already just about determined the '68 needed a fuel pump but I had not purchased one due to the cost of the mechanical, vacuum pump that it uses is quite expensive.  Anyway, after four trips to the parts store, we finally got enough of the right parts to get it going.  Then we drove it until it ran out of gas.  Brakes are going to have to go near the top of the to do list.

The '77, which has not been run in at least two years was also started up.  I suspected the solenoid was bad so I replaced it and still nothing.  John said the replacement was likely bad and suggested that I buy another.  With all of the old Fords around the place it is never a bad idea to have an extra part or two.  Problem solved.  

Prior to working on the '68, we had to pry it out of the spider webs which had it nearly encapsulated in my garage.  The tires were low but not flat so we opted to tow it next door to our shop with the gator rather than push it.  Anyway, there are still a lot of things around my place in various stages of disrepair.  This afternoon, after sawing, I have some fiberglass work to do on our 45 year old canoe.  I also have several hours of tractor work to do over at John's place sometime soon.

Old iron is cool but it does better with regular use rather than long stretches of inactivity.




The 170 CI-six.

[samandothers]

Very nice, looks like a fun toy.

[Brad_bb]

This was my first car at 15 1/2. I drove it twice and then started tearing it apart.  Was going to build a hot rod, then fell in love with the original colors and decided to restore all original.  Took 16 years.


 

[Lko67]

Got a 1967 camaro I bought 10 plus years ago will have to get some pictures up considered selling but just to much fun to drive

[woodmaker]

I have two 1970 challengers(t/a and RT) ,a 72 roadrunner,a 69 cuda 440,a 70 mustang fastback(pretty sad now)and a 48 chevy with an olds 350 in it.All of them need assembly,and it seems that all I ever have time to work on is construction equipment . Probably if I were smarter,I'd sell some of these and buy  or trade for something already running.  Oh well,no one ever accused me of being smart.

[Jeff]

46 Dodge Truck, 1983 s10 Blazer with a 350, and 1965 Thunderbird.

 

[Babylon519]

Don't know if this counts as a classic, but it's fairly unique! The foundation is a 1969 VW Beetle. I built it when I was in college, and I'm proud to say it's been on the road every year since 1990 when I finally made it road-worthy. Invisible feature: the 84 lbs of molten lead I poured in the forks to keep the front end down!
- Jason



 

[Magicman]

Yes I would absolutely agree that it is a "classic".