Trucks or Hot Rods.
I have owned several that were, but life always got in my way. A '68, '73' & '84 Bronco.
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And then there was that '59 Pink Edsel Convertible.
Surely there are many among our FF members. How about sharing the pictures.
I am a truck man myself ,I sure would like one of those trucks that have the roof chopped with a big smoking diesel :D.
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. :)
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(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/33654/IMG_6001.JPG) here is our 73 ford maverick grabber. 3 years to complete. stripped to bare nothing and rebuilt. drove it about 10 miles and sold it this spring. that was its purpose from the start. but it was a fun 10 miles! next, I hope is my 65 chevy sportvan.
Good looking cars!
Jeff, don't sell that car! You need to keep it until I can afford to buy it 8). That's likely a very long time from now. :(
I don't have digital pix but I owned a 68 big block vet for 20 years.I replaced the interior,brakes,calipers,heads and new tires.Then I dropped 3500 on a house of color paint job.The car was killer but I just did not drive it.I finally sold it back to the same man I bought it from.I took the mony and paid off my LT 70.I drive it much more.
What are called classics are the cars I drove when I was growing up. Here is a pic of the first classic I purchased years ago. It was a 1932 Chevy that I stared at for ten years and finally realized it was to much work and sold it.
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Then when I turned 40 I picked up the paper and found a 1985 Corvette with 30,000 miles that I purchased to cure the getting old syndrome. For some reason a red car with loud mufflers caused me to get pulled over way to many times so I parked it in my garage for the last 18 years.
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Then I purchased a grandma's car. a 1966 Biscayne that was brought in from Arizonia with 42,000 miles. There is not 1 spot of rust on it, but all the Rubber was cooked and there was very little paint left on it. No one will pull you over with this one.
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But for the last several years they just sit in my garage waiting to be driven again.
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Actually I recently pulled the 283 out of the Biscayne and will someday be replacing it with a 350 zz crate engine and overdrive transmission plus switching over to disc brakes. :)
mine is my profile pic. 1951 gmc 2 ton 14 ft flatbed. 270 straight six, 5 speed 2 speed rear. My papaw bought it off my stepdad when i was little then gave it to me. Its been sitting for a few years tho but ive been slowly working to get it going again. About 5 or 6 years ago i spent $700 for a new radiator for it. The brakes was rebuilt when papaw got it but im sure they need some work now. It use to be a fire truck in its previous life
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1960 Willys wagon...this was the first...now have 3 wagons and 1 pickup
Banjo
This is a fun thread...
I'm liking all the pictures ( I'd love to have that Willy's, Banjo).
Jeff, I waste a lot of money on stuff for fun. If I didn't, my bank account would look nicer, but my mental health... not so much. And if Poston shows up here claiming he owns an 'old Goat', I'll eat a big bowl of grits! :)
I love the classic cars and trucks. Had a 1950 Chev 5 window pickup, a 1964 Triumph Spitfire car.
Currently have my $ sunk into a vehicle that can't roam the streets but is useful in the woods:
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1955? Bombardier J5 and a couple other Bombardiers.
I took them to a "Hug-a-Truck", other than that, they are hard to show off ;D
Sold my wife's 50 GMC PU nicely tricked out with small block Chev auto trans positaction rear ,captains chairs and lots of other small goodies.
sold it in August and am still kicking myself.
Had the sucker 8 years.
Unfortunately dont have pics as I cant stand the pain.
Sprucebunny, rode a couple of J5s back in 72 in Newf chasing moose .
Incredible machines.
Threw a track 5 miles from camp and put it back on with a screwdriver a pair of vise grips and a spruce pole to pry it on.
Good thing we had a couple of farm boys on the trip as the guides had no Idea how to get it back on
That J5 looks like a fun machine. Was it's principal design for snow pushing or transportation?
I've never had an old classic but I will stop and look at one when I see it.
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Moms '71 roadrunner. I did the restoration back when I was in college. 383/auto. And I did the restoration on the blue Dodge pickup and Green dart you see in the background, though they didn't turn out as nice as this one.
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Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on October 28, 2014, 08:00:00 PM
I've never had an old classic but I will stop and look at one when I see it.
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I'm happy to see ewes wearing your bell.
Wouldn't want chew sneaking up behind me. ;D
The J5s were made for working in the woods and pushing snow.
I'm told the city of Boston owned 30 of them for clearing sidewalks. They would have had V plows.
Some of them came with a trailer for hauling 4 foot wood.
For a couple of years I owned a 1969 Ford Mustang. Red with white vinyl top, 302, Holley 4 barrel 650 CFM carb, K&N oversized intake, 2 1/2" GT conversion kit. Man could I wake the neighbors!
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1971 Nova
Mildly built 350, Muncie 4spd, Ford 9" rear, custom suspension.
Got it when I was 16. Should have went to the scrap yard it was such a rust pile. Many years and dollars later.... It's still a work in progress!
The pictures were from a few weeks ago. Giving it some exercise at the autocross track, was the Wounded Warrior Benefit event.
This is the first year they (SCCA) made a class just for old muscle. CAM-Classic American Muscle. I was the only one in that class.
It's fun to try to make a car do what it was never meant to do!
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I had a 71 Ford Ranchero with a factory 429 SCJ, Holly 4 bbl and four speed. Hide-away headlamps and no glare hood. It was very rare, wish I knew what it would be worth today!! It would pass anything but a gas station!!. Traded it for a 1972 Nova SS that I flat blew away and the guy had to trade me!! Saved a lot of gas and it would still go way faster than I needed to go ;D
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Not mine but this is what mine looked like.
The SS was blue and we painted a "Starsky & Hutch" white stripe on it when we were attending the local vocational school.
I think I have told about my "Johnny Cash" truck before. I'll try to find a pic. 1970 Mercury 390, bored to 396. 1979 F150 cab, 1974 box, 1974 4x4 frame, 1987 Chrysler New Yorker power bucket seats, Holly Pro-jection fuel injection, custom built fuel tank, 1977 1/2 front axle ( heavier than the '74). Red with two tone blue ZZ top stripes.
Great thread!
I had forgotten about the '60 model Chevy El Camino, and the '64 Ford Galaxy 500 two door HT. Wonder where they are today?
Quote from: Magicman on October 29, 2014, 09:15:18 PM
I had forgotten about the '60 model Chevy El Camino, and the '64 Ford Galaxy 500 two door HT. Wonder where they are today?
My very first car was a 1968 Galaxy 500.
390 ?
Quote from: red on October 29, 2014, 09:38:09 PM
390 ?
I think it was a 296......would that be right? It was not a 390.
My very first car was a '51 Ford Custom with a flat head V8 and I know where it is. I was rear-ended and it was totaled. :-\
We had a 1979 mg midget. But the only pic I have of it is out of focus...enjoyed driving it. Can't get many car seats in one. ::) Banjo
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Quote from: red on October 29, 2014, 09:38:09 PM
390 ?
I think it was a 296......would that be right? It was not a 390.
My dad still has Grandma and grandpa's '68 Galaxie 500, 429 in that one, hasn't ran in years but it was the only car he ever got a speeding ticket in :D. They clocked him from a plane to boot, only ticket I think he's ever gotten.
Quote from: Banjo picker on October 29, 2014, 10:42:54 PM
We had a 1979 mg midget. But the only pic I have of it is out of focus...enjoyed driving it. Can't get many car seats in one. ::) Banjo
Mine spent more time beside the road than on it. Between SU carburetors and those DanG Lucas electrical systems... >:( :D
Lucas, the Crown Prince of Darkness :D
Those old cars are cool, but it's hard to go past the reliability of a Toyota these days. Sure they where easy enough to fix, but you generally got good practice at doing it. :D
When a kid a 4 door muscle car was not cool. Five or so years ago we bought a 69 buick skylark with 4 doors. The kids loved it and the 4 doors where really nice. It was a really cool car in Marcia and my eyes. Funny how time changes things. Thanks for posting all the cool rides!
And that Buick was fast, pass everything but a gas station :D
Quote from: timberlinetree on October 30, 2014, 06:37:25 AM
When a kid a 4 door muscle car was not cool. Five or so years ago we bought a 69 buick skylark with 4 doors. The kids loved it and the 4 doors where really nice. It was a really cool car in Marcia and my eyes. Funny how time changes things. Thanks for posting all the cool rides!
My BIL and I bought a '68 2 door and built a stock car out of it, didn't get the big block version but that little 350 would scream (certain adjustments were made ;)). Unfortunately we didn't have the brains to set up the suspension right and learned very quick that GM parts are GM parts and Buick parts are Buick parts :-\.
Among the many different oldies I've had over the years I've had a couple Buick Ragtops. One thing that I always liked was the Power Slide transmissions.
Wild Bill has this 51 International Metro Van I gave him for a birthday years ago. It runs and drives, needs a master cyl so he uses it as a solar Kiln for all the wood Danny and Jake gave him.
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Figured you'd get a chuckle out of this one I saw the other day
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Quote from: Raider Bill on October 30, 2014, 03:41:28 PM
Among the many different oldies I've had over the years I've had a couple Buick Ragtops. One thing that I always liked was the Power Slide transmissions.
Wild Bill has this 51 International Metro Van I gave him for a birthday years ago. It runs and drives, needs a master cyl so he uses it as a solar Kiln for all the wood Danny and Jake gave him.
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Figured you'd get a chuckle out of this one I saw the other day
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been better if the plate was br549! Anyone remember that number
Quotebeen better if the plate was br549! Anyone remember that number
Matter of fact, I listed that number in a post last week. Gotta keep up with Junior Samples. smiley_thumbsup
We're Dealing!
If the world were lit by Lucas, it would be dark. :D
No classic cars for me. First vehicle was a 1985 Dodge W350 short bed four door four wheel drive. I was a few years ahead of the curve for four door trucks with that one around here. Now, if we're talking hot rods, I have a '99 Dodge Cummins making 500 HP and 1,200 ft/lbs. ;D Passes everything, including the gas stations. I've made many expensive sports cars look stupid with that truck.
Don't know if you'd call it a classic or not, but, I pulled a 1987 Mazda RX7, out of a field and got it running and on the road real cheap. That was a fun, fun car to drive. Rotary engine, 5 speed. Still kick myself for getting rid of it :-\
Now, I own a 1976 Ford F250 4x4, 390 V8, 4 speed manual. 1978 nose on it. Divorced transfer case. It's a bit rough around the edges, needs some work, but it's a cool, tough old truck and I love it.
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The dog loves the truck as much as I do. Seriously, I can't get into the truck without him jumping in. Loves to ride in it. It's "his truck"
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One of the best looking cars almost ever put into production.
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Quote from: celliott on October 30, 2014, 08:13:34 PM
Don't know if you'd call it a classic or not, but, I pulled a 1987 Mazda RX7, out of a field and got it running and on the road real cheap. That was a fun, fun car to drive. Rotary engine, 5 speed. Still kick myself for getting rid of it :-\
Now, I own a 1976 Ford F250 4x4, 390 V8, 4 speed manual. 1978 nose on it. Divorced transfer case. It's a bit rough around the edges, needs some work, but it's a cool, tough old truck and I love it.
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The dog loves the truck as much as I do. Seriously, I can't get into the truck without him jumping in. Loves to ride in it. It's "his truck"
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I love those 60-70s trucks. at 16 I restored a 67 f250 4x4 with a 352. I would love to find it and get it back. I sold the last cummins truck I built and bought my 1978 f250 4x4 supercab with a 400. its a pretty good truck. it will get a full restore one day also.
Now thats what I'm all about there Celliot ;D 8)
Built Ford Tough.
I've got a '79, 2dr, 2wd, lwb, 300-6, 3 three on the tree, I have dreams about form time to time, 347 w/350hp cam, 5spd, 373 rear end w/ detroit locker, Ford blue w/Mach 1 style go faster stripes.$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :D
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Just wondering if others in here have classic cars to keep them busy when not cutting wood. Here's a shot of my 71 International scout II. I'm in the process of building another one to use when I put this one away for the winter. After that I have a 56 I.H. pickup I'm planning to drop on a 73 chevy pu chassis and make a hot rod/rat rod out of.
That's one sweet looking Scout.
Look forward to seeing that pickup.
I've got a '74 CJ5 in need of TLC that my wife used to race. It's on my 'to do' list.
nice looking scout. My uncle has a 56 s120 4x4 that him and my papaw bought off my papaw brother long ago. It has been sitting since at least early to mid 80s. Has a factory pto dump pickup bed and had a snow plow on the front. I know we still have the plow itself but anything else no clue. My uncle and papaw bought it put dual wheels on the back and bolted the bed down. Then put a big pto winch in the bed and built a boom and turned it into a wrecker for the garage they use to run. I dream of one day getting it up and running and driving but it will need alot of work.
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'm working on getting my '72 Ford F-250 Camper Special back on the road.
Quote from: WmFritz on December 10, 2014, 07:22:12 PM
That's one sweet looking Scout.
Look forward to seeing that pickup.
I've got a '74 CJ5 in need of TLC that my wife used to race. It's on my 'to do' list.
thanks. I had a 76 cj-7 year's ago. I was in a off-road club and ended up rolling it and totaling it out.
Quote from: bigred1951 on December 10, 2014, 07:39:05 PM
nice looking scout. My uncle has a 56 s120 4x4 that him and my papaw bought off my papaw brother long ago. It has been sitting since at least early to mid 80s. Has a factory pto dump pickup bed and had a snow plow on the front. I know we still have the plow itself but anything else no clue. My uncle and papaw bought it put dual wheels on the back and bolted the bed down. Then put a big pto winch in the bed and built a boom and turned it into a wrecker for the garage they use to run. I dream of one day getting it up and running and driving but it will need alot of work.
sounds like a awesome rig
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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
sweeeeeet what does it have a 4 or v8
Quote from: scgargoyle on December 11, 2014, 06:18:32 AM
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
Quote from: coxy on December 11, 2014, 06:39:47 AM
sweeeeeet what does it have a 4 or v8
I.H. 304 with a 727 torqueflite
In my past life, No room or time right now.
I do enjoy them immensely though.
Maybe again, never say never.
DGDrls
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!
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.
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I googled that brand, I had never heard of it. That is one rare truck. 8)
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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?
Buffalo N.Y. Stewart built trucks from 1912 thru 1940.
My 51 F3 1 ton farm truck. Flathead V8. Resting comfortably until I get around to updating the rear.
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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 :).
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
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.
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Quote from: Banjo picker on December 11, 2014, 08:11:21 PM
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.
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.
Quote from: Jeff on October 28, 2014, 10:29:49 AM
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?
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.
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The 170 CI-six.
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Very nice, looks like a fun toy.
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.
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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
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.
46 Dodge Truck, 1983 s10 Blazer with a 350, and 1965 Thunderbird.
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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
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Yes I would absolutely agree that it is a "classic". :o
Me too!
Good job on the build.
Never had the money for the extras. ;D You fellas had some different fun than me growing up. I was too busy fishing and hunting than I was putting stock into vehicles. Oh I had some equity into them, but nothing special. ;) '87 GMC S15, '98 Dodge Quad cab, '02 Oldsmobile Alero, '06 Toyota RAV4 and '14 Toyota Tacoma. :)
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These were my two loves. Like a young fool, I eventually sold them both. The 55, I rebuilt myself from the ground up. Was fun getting/swapping/trading parts etc. The vette was a solid lifter 327 that was scary fast. I shoulda almost kilt mysef in it.
I had an Elkhart blue 67 Vette roadster with a 327 350 hp and an attachable hard top. Miss the car and could not afford it now.
gotta be my all time favorite...
even though it's not a ''car''...
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the other all time favorite...
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another...
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Not really classics but old. 29 mod A coupe, 30 modA towncar, 26 modT coupe,
A pic of my hot rod
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I haven't seen this topic before so I thought I'd post some pictures...Still have the cuda and model A, but sold the jeep and '79 dodge.
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Keep 'em coming guys, I love it! I saw a very interesting car the other day and didn't think to take a picture, a 55 Lincoln Capri 2 dr hardtop. The first one I have seen and probably the last, the owner claims only 11,000 were produced that year. This was the 'Mexican Lincoln' that ran the Baja.
This one is completely original and in beautiful condition.
'77 or '78 grill on the Dodge?
That Imerc stick shift, foot clutch ,Indian is about as classy as you can get in the 2 wheel department.
Ha, you caught me Dave! I think a '79 could have had 2 different grills(single round headlights without the amber turn signal lights, or dual rectangular headlights). Yes this one had a '78 grill in it. Good eye!
That's my favorite grill of that era. '91 to '93 is my favorite of all the pre '94 trucks.
Yeah I really like the old square body dodges. I've had about a dozen of them over the years.
No pic but here my list over the years 66 Olds Starfire (pre Cutlass), 73 Marvick, 78 Mustang King Cobra , 77 Jeep J20, 65 chevy pick, 5 mid 70s F100/F150.
Current projects 90 F250 7.3 idi, banks turbo, hyrdoboost brakes a few other mods. Currently needs a transmission
1993 Mazda b2600i 4wd 5 speed
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Its almost parade time. A couple from this week. A real Ranger.
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This swung in beside me as I was leaving Walmart the other night. I had to hop out of the truck. This was going to take a conversation. Its a studavette, widened rear, custom top, flip up front clip. Sleeper ;D
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Lot's of neat cars, thanks for the pics.
Regarding the supply of classic cars it is a dying endeavor to some extent, as the number out there has vastly dwindled. As the war babies(my group) and the boomers, then the covid times and now the many early retirees (or no work folks-whatever you call them?) keep going after the restorable and already re-built ones is greatly reduced. People with deep pockets have raised the anti-such that what were formerly cars not much in demand, including old farm trucks (one of my KS cousins deals in KS barn trucks) are now highly sought after.
I built late model wrecks, not old cars, as a sideline. As far back as 20+ years ago after unloading a new beetle convertible wreck, the guy who hauled it from WA state to KY, was a guy my age and said his gig was ending as the old car supplies were getting low. He towed with a short school bus he lived in, a long wedge trailer and ran the entire country, wintering in FL after a late year season tow that direction. I suspect most of what's moved around now is cars already built.
The time is close that classic values preclude normal income people from owning the cars seen in this thread. It's fun for me, an old gearhead to see these old cars but truth be known many of them were not good vehicles back when.
FOR SALE:
1971 mustang. 16,000
1983 s10 blazer with 350, 4000
Admin, please remove this post of not allowed, or maybe just make an exception for me? ;)
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I took this picture at a car show somewhere in UP Michigan.
Tooled around in one of these same color 67 Plymouth 440 Belvedere back in the day. Fun car, had cherry bomb exhaust for sound effects of course.
It was already 10 yrs old when i bought it and smoked a little not only from spinning tires but exhaust too. Seeing the price tag on this one I now know i should have kept it !
https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1967/plymouth/belvedere/101744044
Quote from: IMERC on June 23, 2018, 12:52:16 PM
the other all time favorite...
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An Injun and a command car style panel, we have the same taste. [I own neither] On the bike fishtail pipes and stick shift says it all.
woodroe that might have been my first car, Mine was a 4 door. That would have been in the early 80's. I think it was a '69.
Got married in my '57 Chevy Bel-air 4dr hardtop, and same (identical) as this one linked here. Robins egg blue.
Midwest rust took its toll and with two kids, could not keep it. And won't pay the price for one on the market these days.
1957 CHEVROLET BEL AIR 4 DOOR HARDTOP (https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1957-CHEVROLET-BEL-AIR-4-DOOR-HARDTOP-180885)
Wedding day.. Nov 1960, decor thanks to the college buddies who were having fun
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My brides best friend and a few cohorts did that to our vehicle, her 9 year old daughter was so worried they would get in serious trouble. :D
Sorry but I am not a big fan of decorating newlywed's cars. In June 1971 I was turning off Highway 29 in Escambia County Fla 1/4 mile from my home and a guy leaving his wedding reception for his honeymoon in Pensacola tried to pass me on double curves, at a cross roads as I was turning left. He hit my 1959 F100 Ford at the left door and bounced off me. My truck straightened back out heading north and I fell mostly out but grabbed the wheel and pulled myself mostly back in (Vehicles did not have seat belts back then) and he hit me again around the front left wheel and slid into me slamming the door on my left foot. Only the fact I had on a brand new (like 4 hours old) pair of safety shoes saved the left 3 toes on my left foot. He got out and seated his bride on the grass and walked off and left me pinned in there in the middle of the busy highway. I could not back up as it was a stick shift and my left foot was unavailable to me so I sat there flashing my lights at on-coming traffic to warn them around me till 5-6 of my neighbors rushed out when they heard the crash. They picked up the back of my truck and slid it over enough I could get my foot free and exit the passenger door.
I don't know how much of the accident was because he was just a very stupid, bad and distracted driver and how much was because he was trying to drive while looking out a small peephole in a soaped up window.
Ever since then I have resisted any decorations on newlywed vehicles that may in any way obstruct the drivers view.
All cleaned off before driving away.
I am not a big fan of the wedding decorations either, but in moderation, crepe paper and stuff like that. it's fine.
I did, just one time, do something I consider horrible today. A close friend was getting married and at the Bachelor party the week before there was one really obnoxious, borderline abusive guy who really gave the groom a hard time with what he thought were hilarious things. He was a cop, in his late 20's and very full of himself. He brought a bowling ball on a chain and locked it around his (the groom's) ankle and made him wear it all night. The groom took it well, but I and a couple of other fellas did not. Especially when this guy left before the party ended because he drank too much (surprise!) and he took the keys with him. So that made for a task to cut the chain at 4am with no tools handy, etc.
So at the wedding reception while it was 3/4's over, a couple of fellas slipped out to the parking lot and locked that ball and chain around his rear axle. He drove a one year old Corvette and it was tough to get at that axle, if you could call it that. We tried to be nice and just incase he drove over it we figured covering it in heavy grease would help it slide better. We also did what he didn't, we left him the key. Yeah I dropped it right in the grass in front of his front bumper, plain as day, although it was kind of dark at that point. In a weak moment I placed the ball right behind the rear tire, driver's side, so he would see it before he got in, assuming he hadn't drunk too much again.
I never heard a word about what happened, not a peep. I did feel a little bad, but I also felt we have helped Karma along just a little bit.
Whatever they used to write "Just Married" on my folks car never really came out :D
Quote from: woodroe on July 02, 2022, 09:50:07 AM
Tooled around in one of these same color 67 Plymouth 440 Belvedere back in the day. Fun car, had cherry bomb exhaust for sound effects of course.
It was already 10 yrs old when i bought it and smoked a little not only from spinning tires but exhaust too. Seeing the price tag on this one I now know i should have kept it !
https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1967/plymouth/belvedere/101744044
I test drove a new Super Bee hemi sedan in that era once-it had that big emblem on the rear quarter panels- I remember it having an MSRP of around $2600 bucks. I was not! a Detroit Iron car guy-I liked British Sports cars, and handling, not straightline shear speed. Even the interiors in that car were bare bones. Sort of a hot rod taxi cab interior.
FWIW, My folks married before my Dad went into the WWII army (like thousands of kids then) and didn't own any car until I was around 4th grade when they bought a 1949 Plymouth. They didn't own two cars until I was off to college in 1961.
Same year as the first car, I got my first bicycle, a used, balloon tire, coaster brake, 26" that I had to find a wall to get on for a few days. :D My TREK mtn bike I ride now would have been the talk of the town back then.
Had to look up that Super Bee but now I remember it with that black stripe
around the rear end. Fun to reminisce about the muscle car days though.
They were kind of bare bones on the interior like you said but oh the power .
I remember riding in a 440 roadrunner standard shift, that thing would pin you to the back of the seat going through the gears. My other plymouth was a gold colored 2 dr 68 ? Fury 111 which was similar to the Belvedere just not the power .
The funny part is a old v6 Honda Accord has just as fast ¼ mile as a original super bee.
I'd rather have the super bee but would prefer to buy the gas for the accord.
It turns out that my work truck is a classic by definition.
1995 Dodge.
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Drop a worked Cummins twin turbo in that ram and get ready to spank the shiny sports cars 💪
My opinion when it comes to the king of muscle cars and Classic 4wd. It's MOPAR! Hemi ruled and Power Wagons
I once broke down with a friends MG at a highway toll booth (2011) and ended up waiting for a tow so I was watching the Vetts, BMW, Porsche etc taking off from the booths they were quite impressive until a v10 dodge truck came through.
Quote from: Hilltop366 on July 03, 2022, 08:43:32 PMquite impressive until a v10 dodge truck came through.
Like your V6 Accord comparison, my current "Corolla" has about the same power / weight ratio as the Ram SRT-10. The torque and RWD would get the Ram off the line faster, but 1/4 mile times are very similar. It's a sleeper, because no one expects that push you back in the seat feeling from an innocuous silver hatchback.
I read that Toyota are going to sell a GR model Corolla here. Mighty 1500cc 3 cylinder. But it makes ~300 hp and is AWD. More power, better traction, less weight ;D The cost is the only downside. :-\
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I once broke down with a friends MG at a highway toll booth (2011) and ended up waiting for a tow so I was watching the Vetts, BMW, Porsche etc taking off from the booths they were quite impressive until a v10 dodge truck came through.
British cars: been there, done that. Wrenched on them for $, both my own and other peoples.
Gotta say that I never spent much time waiting for a tow in a car, British or not. MG's I've owned too many to remember but the older ones were less frail than the last few that came over. Those ones had the carb which leaked directly above a catalytic converter which glowed red after a bit of run time. Guess what happened... :D
The American Iron vs. a true road car is a worn-out car talk argument. I've grown away from car wrenching other than oil changes, so on.
The British cars were same as their motorcycles(which I began riding on in 1963)- great esthetics and often over engineered and all had a certain frailty here or there. Then along came Asian bikes for me and the world which were far more reliable but lacked the overall appeal to some degree-until the Japanese caught on to what makes a great ride late in that game.
My grand awakening in the car world came when a buddy who wrenched at Hafkemeyer Motors in KC, MO took me for a joy ride in a new, 1969 BMW 1600 2 door. WOW. I bought the only car they had, a 1969 2020 model with the only two options-a sunroof and a AM/FM radio. It was not a sit and watch at the toll booth car. Maybe a bit dumpy/boxy in design but damned if it didn't go & go. I later wrenched for Dick Roberson Motors in Topeka, who was by then a Saab/BMW dealer who'd retired from the USAF there. Before that I worked for an idiot named Bob Grimes who owned an independent British car shop-he was a very good factory trained British car guy but a drunk who'd been fired from the dealer. My real mentor was an AF captain at Forbes AB who raced a Fiat in SCCA road racing. He ran the commissary and wrenched from his garage. I later raced a 1969 Austin Cooper "S", 1275cc car in SCCA until I relized it was an immense money dump and got out. I've owned around 5 or 6? MGB's one of my favorite Brit cars. MGA's several, Austin Healeys, Lotus Elan and an XKE Jag, probably the sweetest sounding car ever built! R&T magazine did a test car once taking a Ponitac Tempest straight 6 engine and swapping it out into a Jaguar XKE. Killed the sound thing but it ran better than the twin overhead cam Jag engine-HA! :D
One of the most famous car magazine articles of all time was in Road & Track with a title of "Gentlemen", "Turn your hymnals to page 2002" which was the first car rag to talk the little BMW that became their USA entry into German car sales.
Surprised OGH did not comment on how brown that Studebaker was in reply #96.
On toll booths. I lost the muffler off the motorhome in one of the tunnels in Louisville. I hollered back at the truck behind me but he said there was no need to go back for it :-[. I slowly went deaf the rest of the way home.
Whoever the rocket scientist was that decided where the toll booths on 77 in WV would go should be shot. The millions of gallons of gas that get used trying to get up to speed going uphill, nuts. So I try my best to idle in and out of the toll but the big block needed to climb out of that hole. Michelle was behind me in the pickup. She said the poor girl had her hands over her ears before she dropped down trying to get away from the thunder. I was pretty much deaf for a couple of days when we got in from that run :D.
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Surprised OGH did not comment on how brown that Studebaker was in reply #96.
Sorry, I missed that post. No that is 🟣 purple. Not like brown at all. I do know the difference.
I am in VT for a few days and it's hard to keep with all the posts with limited access her in the hills.
I used to work on cars for a living years ago. Never saw a MG Triumph that I didn't have to change the distributor and shock absorbers on.
Dying to get my 1970 Chevelle back on the road. Had a Dodge Hellcat rip on by me today. Had more power going out the exhaust than I have in my Chrysler 300M.
Quote from: rusticretreater on July 07, 2022, 10:34:40 PMNever saw a MG Triumph that I didn't have to change the distributor and shock absorbers on
Lucas electrics, named after the Crown Prince of Darkness, and ANY English built machine will leak some sort of fluid. :D
Been there done that, on British cars. I bought an MGB from a car collector in Lexington, KY in mid 1980's with 17K-and one of the catalytic fire cars with the telltale burned hood paint circle. It had nothing wrong except wiring and the ridiculous carb they'd gone to. I switched it to a Weber side draft setup, ditched the cat and re-wired it with non-British wiring. I also fabricated a copy of a Monroe conventional shock set-up that J.C. Whitneys once sold. The lever shocks were gone! I never had issues with distributors other than points which were common on most cars then.
Hands down the worst vehicle I ever laid eyes on was domestic! I bought a low miles J10 Jeep pickup truck at a time when I was broke and needed both a truck and a commuter. Those trucks had an OK straight 6 engine but the ignition was a hybrid with a magic box that functioned thru old style points. As time went on I had 3 "magic boxes" which I shuffle around until one decided to work. Each had it's good days and bad. It would stop dead going down the road when they decided to not work. Late one night coming home from up on the Ohio river at Maysville, one of my schools with night classes, a rear wheel came off in a curve about 10 miles from home. Next day I fetched the axle half shaft and wheel assy from the woods and had it towed. The design features a neat design so as to kill you when the bearing fails as it holds one side of the rear end together.
On that truck every part was a hodgepodge of who made this, who made that. Even worse than that one was a Jeepster Commando I owned which had no idea how to take a curve in a paved road. It nearly turned over in mild curves.
Reminds me of the US Army post WWII jeeps, M151? that killed many soldiers including my company commander.
Quote from: kantuckid on July 08, 2022, 07:36:40 AMM151? that killed many soldiers including my company commander.
When I was in the Canadian Army they all had roll bars as they had tested them and found that a tight turn at anything over 15mph and it could roll, especially left turns. I drove them and had no problem, which was good because being bulletproof back then I never wore a seat belt. Where possible I took a M38 as I liked them better.
This is a neat thread!
My story is about a 1977 Dodge Ramcharger (https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-dodge-ram-charger/) (linked is not mine but it looked like that in it's hayday) my grandparents had when I was young. It was mostly a farm truck but I remember riding around on the mini bench seat in the back when I was little. One day, I think after my grandma had died, my grandpa was moving off the farm and he asked if I wanted the Ramcharger. At this point it'd been sitting, barely running, for years and years. I said yes! and me and a buddy drove down to pick it up. This thing was in rough shape with a fair amount of rust, including a floorboard with fist sized holes in it (handy for tossing cigarette butts at the time) and my hesitancy to step on it too much for fear of falling through. I was young and broke, so it continued to sit, in my possession for several more years when I ran out of space for it, didn't have the time or money to fix it, and I sold it to a work buddy for like 200 bucks (he got it running quickly but he's quite mechanically inclined). There aren't many days that go by that I don't regret that decision. It only had a 318 in it but side pipes and a removable hard top. It was huge and incredible and I miss it a lot. Unfortunately, nowadays, a decent one goes for $20-30k.
My best friend in my last couple years of high school had a prime 1965 Mustang that I ran around in a lot. That cured a lot of my muscle car (ish) itch. It was neat to run around in, even if I wasn't a huge Mustang fan. Somehow, we stayed out of trouble in that thing.
I also had, not that it's a classic, unless you mean classic piece of cr@p, 1977 Buick Skylark (http://www.webcarstory.com/voiture.php?id=14335) 4 door (same color as the linked picture, but not shiny and 2 extra doors that removed any of the cool, also it was junky enough that apparently no one wanted to take a picture of one, from my googling), it was a dog with the 231 in it but it was the first car I smoked the tires in, in reverse no less. It was a hand-me-down from my great aunt and while it ran ok the paint was terrible, no rust but no coating on the top of the paint and the entire car was like pitted or something, the only smooth was maybe the chrome bumpers (if it had them? I don't recall). To the point of decorating cars, a different buddy and I got into the habit of messing with each other's cars, and my Skylark got shaving creamed at some point, the design that was put on the car never really left after the cream ate into the already bad paint job, so you could always see a shadow of whatever it was. On it's last days I was driving down the road and it filled with smoke rolling out of the vents. I figured that wasn't good but I drove it until it wouldn't run anymore and found it to not be worth fixing.
My first car, which also makes me very sad to think about, was a 1981 Honda Prelude (http://classiccardb.com/honda/616235-1981-honda-prelude5-speedrare-find.html) (looked just like this one, even had similar tears in the seat fabric!) that I killed the clutch on and we determined it wasn't worth the 900 bucks to fix it. Turns out it would have been. That car was a ton of fun and boy did I dog it even when it was probably 13 or 14 years old when I got it. I'd love, love to have another!
I had an 85 Ramcharger, decent enough vehicle other than the usual Chrysler gremlins but the kidneys wouldn't take the pounding from ma natures speed bumps aka potholes. I shudder when I think of some of the vehicles I had over the years.
Between my personal vehicles, or what my family has owned, we've had pretty much one of every Dodge pickup generation made in the last 50 years. I never had a Ram Charger, but I did test drive a used one ('85 I think) many years ago. I passed on getting it, It was a 2wd and would try to spin sideways every time I hit the gas (not a fan of the short wheelbase). Also it had the dark maroonish-red dash, seats, and if I remember right, the wind fluttering cloth headliner. :D
I've had several 318's and 360's, there isn't enough difference to make both in my opinion. The old chevy work truck lost its headliner a year or two ago, it was finally fluttering down enough to get in my way one day :D. And in that debate, I like King Richards cars as much as anyone, a 350 is the best of the three engines there.
I had both as well, the 318 was a good engine in a passenger car but the torque of the 360 was better for towing.
I installed a freshly rebuilt one barrel carburetor on my 1968 Bronco with a 170 ci six cylinder this afternoon. I then drove it to town, and it ran perfectly but the radiator boiled over after returning home. I pulled the thermostat's guts out and put it back together and ran it slowly up and down my road and in the pasture for about an hour without getting over 180°F. I almost declared it fixed and then took it out for a one-mile idling drive and the temp crept up enough to boil the coolant. I guess it is time to acid clean the radiator. I've never had it run hot until today. It was great to drive it and have it run like a new 1968 Bronco should run. Some of the new Broncos look good but I'll probably keep tinkering with my old junk.
Quote from: caveman on July 08, 2022, 08:00:55 PMIt was great to drive it and have it run like a new 1968 Bronco should run. Some of the new Broncos look good but I'll probably keep tinkering with my old junk.
I'd rather have yours!
I used to have a 1965 Chevy Caprice that was a beautiful car. Oxblood with a white hardtop. It had chrome trim everywhere. I was at a convenience store one day and an old mexican came up and looked inside and said "Man, you could geeet alot of money for dis in Texas." A teenager went through a red light one night and totaled it for me.
I also inherited my brothers 1971 Chevelle, so I had a 1970 and a 71. Seemed like always one or the other was broken. I do remember one time taking the radiator hose from the 71 and putting it on my 70 early in the morning so I could get to work. Sold the 71 to the girl next door for $500. All she could afford.
My 70 Chevelle is a four speed and is like driving a truck. Hard to believe it was a passenger car. Used to go to the airport and fill up on 101 octane fuel on Friday nights and let er' rip.
While I was out helping the local economy yesterday, I stopped by my friend, Bo's place, to pick up the carburetor he rebuilt for me. He has an old Chevy pickup he works on from time to time. I decided to take a picture and post it here.
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Quote from: K-Guy on July 08, 2022, 08:43:26 AM
Quote from: kantuckid on July 08, 2022, 07:36:40 AMM151? that killed many soldiers including my company commander.
When I was in the Canadian Army they all had roll bars as they had tested them and found that a tight turn at anything over 15mph and it could roll, especially left turns. I drove them and had no problem, which was good because being bulletproof back then I never wore a seat belt. Where possible I took a M38 as I liked them better.
In the 60's the US Army established a required driver course for the new jeeps-after many soldiers were killed in rollovers. M38's were mostly gone by then.
Great thread!
In an attempt to make everyone appreciate their classic cars and trucks, I'd argue I had one, if not the most "unclassic" cars of all times. A 1974 Chevy Vega. Orange exterior, tan interior with a Realistic 8 track adapter. Even if I could find a picture of it, I would refrain from posting it out of my respect to the FF. I learned to drive that car no further than I was willing to walk home.
I would say that the Vega is an ultra-classic car and a standout symbol of the malaise of the 70's. Funny how the Cosworth Vega Engine is one of the great racing engines of all time.
Quote from: rusticretreater on July 09, 2022, 12:05:00 PM
I would say that the Vega is an ultra-classic car and a standout symbol of the malaise of the 70's. Funny how the Cosworth Vega Engine is one of the great racing engines of all time.
One particularly unfond memory of that orange bucket was me and my buddy getting stumped. Two 16 year old kids were working on that pig. It was running-poorly. Both timing light were dead on TDC. We tried everything we could think of. What stumped us was the timing belt had skipped one notch. We didn't know in 1978 that there was such a thing as a timing belt!
I don't have fond memories of my Vega. What @blackfoot griz (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=11659) said.
The race guys liked them.
You could just about shoe horn anything in one.
A couple cars that some guys I knew had were a Oldsmobile 442 and a Ford Cyclone. I liked all the gauges across the top angled towards the driver. A 66 Chevy Impala SS 396 4 speed was nice
My learn to drive classic car was 1979 Ford Pinto Wagon. 4 cylinder 4 speed stick.
All the girls wanted to be my prom date 🤓.
Bet it had the 1300CC engine-58HP!
It went 65, just fast enough for a ticket since max speed limit was 55! 😂
I have a Vega rear-end in my 1932 Chevy
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Open Wheel baby. ;D
I saw a very similar car in town yesterday except it was a Ford with a Hemi, two massive four barrels and a standard transmission. I would be scared to drive it!
Always thought it was sinful to own a hot rod that was not built from a Ford or Merc :). [Actually I am jealous as i don't have a hot rod]
Our 79 Pinto had a 2300 IIRC, probably still 58 HP :D.
I tried every which way to sell it, even tried calling it "small Ford" in the paper, nobody wanted it. Finally ditched it in a trade. It was better than the previous Opel I traded a pair of hiking boots for, I'll bet the boots got him home more often than the Opel had. Funny thing was, it ran like poop, serious hammer handle knock but it would not die. We took it out to a big lakebed one night and tried to blow it up, and then had to drive it home :D
Quote from: sawguy21 on July 09, 2022, 09:41:17 PMI saw a very similar car in town yesterday except it was a Ford with a Hemi, two massive four barrels and a standard transmission. I would be scared to drive it!
You quickly learn to use a gentle touch on the gas pedal :D
One thing I do like about modern cars is the electronic stability. 250-300 hp in a small hatchback could get out of hand pretty quickly.
Quote from: Don P on July 09, 2022, 10:35:56 PMOur 79 Pinto had a 2300 IIRC, probably still 58 HP
I think 89, which still isn't much by modern standards. ;)
This is the car I learnt to drive in. A 302 V8 Aussie Fairmont
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(XB)
Dad later bought a Skoda 110 for us kids to use, it was more comparable to a Pinto :D Imagine an obsolete Fiat design licence built in Czechoslovakia (in the 70s). Yeah, it was "Yugo" level. Ironically Skoda are now a premium Euro brand, and the local police have settled on them as their standard patrol cars.
I had a dark blue with black interior 1979 Pontiac Trans Am TA 6.6 loaded T top. That was a awesome car. Also had a 79 black on black 4speed corvette. It looked cool but didn't hold a candle to the the TA in all aspects. Also had a 1929 Franklin Speedster. Most people don't know but that car was air cooled and the body on the car was a Dietrich aluminum body. The car was $ 3,600 in 1929. Had a 68 Plymouth Furry 383 that was a nice car that could smoke the tires vey nice 😂
Not really classic car, but this is my truck: a 1951 Dodge M37 (made for the military for the Korean War). Someone once described M37 trucks as "It may be ugly, but at least it's slow." Top book speed was 55 MPH, and this one will actually get up to that, though it doesn't like it all that much, and I would not want to stay there for long. Those old 230 flathead six engines didn't much like high RPMs. I'm not sure what someone was thinking, putting a +/- 85 HP engine in a 6000# truck.
I've only owned it for about 3 years. It was running and driveable when I got it, but did need some brake work. Since then, a local friend who is into restoring old dodge trucks rebuilt the transmission and transfer case, and we swapped out the 230 engine for a 251 (the 251 was used in the Canadian version of these trucks). So it now has a whopping +/- 100 HP. It won't go any faster, but it will go "as fast, more of the time". You still do not want to get caught behind me on a long upgrade
Last fall (on Veterans Day, no less) I was run off the road by a truck coming the other way on a narrow dirt road who just would not get over onto his side of the road. My right wheels caught the ditch and I could not get out. I ended up taking out a telephone pole. The other guy just kept on driving. You'll notice the fresh paint on the front end. All of the sheet metal had to be replaced except for the left fender and left headlight. I was sad to lose the patina of the original sheet metal.
A friend who teaches 5th grade in a neighboring town was out with her students and they saw me driving around. They wanted a closer look, so we made an appointment to meet up a couple of days later.
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All fixed up and ready to go after being run off the road:
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I love it !!! 8)
I also love it, 1951 was a good year ;D.
You are right, you really don't want to go over 55 in one of those. Even that is pushing it but it will go places a mountain goat fears to tread.
Those weapons carrier / M37's got a lot of respect from the G.I.'s when I was a kid. They all wanted one. So did I.
That truck is sweet and it's really cool that the kids seem to like it too!
JohnMC- That is a great old truck! Brought back memories. I was never in the military, but I think I may have worked on them over my mechanic career as much as many military mechanics. In the 80's and 90's the M-37 was the standard for fire department forestry trucks in NH. I worked on a fleet of 5 of them for years in Concord NH. They suffered greatly from young firemen that learned to drive Fords, Chevy, Dodge, and Toyota pickup trucks and felt these trucks should drive the same even though there were loaded with 200 gallon water tanks, fire pumps, and gear. Big issues were when driving off road in 4wd and in low range and transitioning back onto the paved road. Certainly you should be able to turn sharp once on the pavement in low range. Not! Constantly replacing rear axles shafts. Also one should be able to tailgate vehicles while heading to a fire with red lights and sirens. Once again still driving overloaded vehicle that has 2" wide brake shoes and provided minimal braking at best. What could go wrong? Then when we would have a mutual aid call that would bring in M-37's from all the surrounding communities volunteer departments, they expected me to repair anything that broke while they were there as well. It was better once I found out about Memphis Equipment Co.
When I moved on to the Ski Area, I found the Lift Maintenance dept. had one to travel up and down the crude mountain work road. Once again it was the struggle with young guys who thought it drove just like there own pickup truck. Fortunately this truck was not overloaded at all times so axles were not much of an issue. But did make lots of brake repairs. Also found the young guys like to take it out on the Army Truck when they were having a bad day. When you are mad it is ok to jump the clutch and try to do a burn out over and over. After about 35 years of working on these old Dodges, I finally said good bye to the last one a couple of years ago.
Thanks for the memories though! :(
I'm thinking those trucks were spec'd by the Army for size, payload, reliability, etc., speed was not important. For that matter most all of the trucks of that era were built to haul and go slow, with relatively small engines. The "high speed" interstate highway system was just being built, most highways were 2 lane roads where you stopped at every stoplight and slowed down through every town.
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I'd love to get my hands on one of them, they had been removed from service in Canada a few years before I joined in 1979 but I heard stories about how good they were. In 1981 or 82 we had a Russian scout car in the maintenance shop sent to us by the Americans for work. It turned out the Russians copied the motor out of the Canadian ones and it had one. They copied it so well that our mechanics used parts for the M37 without having to modify them.
When I was a kid in the 60's and 70's there were four M-37 with brush fire rigs on them in the rural fire districts in my county. We serviced them in my folks truck stop, filling station. They were tough old trucks that put out a lot of pasture fires in the area. I think in the late 80's into the 90's they got replaced by Chevy one ton rigs.
They are. I'm getting ready to restore one. I put thousands of miles on them along with the old Dodge Power Wagon. The M 37 rides like a dream compared to the old Power Wagon
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1950 Chevy truck and '55 chevy
'50 got modern upgrades to steering, front suspension, brakes, etc,
'55 is here for the Hot Rod Nationals 572 BB with a blower.
The gentlemen in the middle is my very dear friend of over 40 years
He did all the work on the '50 and will fine tune the '55 for the weekends events.
He's also a master with Porsche, Ferrari, Renault, pick one, he's an amazing mechanic
D
Man, that's a sweet shop and some lovely cars!
I'm told by old timers in the area that years ago there was a brush fire on a mountain in a neighboring town. The M37 truck from my town's fire department was the only one that could make it up there.
The only downside: I have to allow an extra 45 minutes or so anytime I go to run errands. Any time I stop, some kid wants to check it out, or an old veteran or two wants to reminisce about when he used to drive one. Come to think of it, that's not really a down side.
Quote from: John Mc on July 16, 2022, 10:30:38 PM
The only downside: I have to allow an extra 45 minutes or so anytime I go to run errands. Any time I stop, some kid wants to check it out, or an old veteran or two wants to reminisce about when he used to drive one. Come to think of it, that's not really a down side.
This old veteran didn't drive one but I'd certainly hold you up while I checked it out.
Quote from: dgdrls on July 15, 2022, 05:59:18 AM
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1950 Chevy truck and '55 chevy
'50 got modern upgrades to steering, front suspension, brakes, etc,
'55 is here for the Hot Rod Nationals 572 BB with a blower.
The gentlemen in the middle is my very dear friend of over 40 years
He did all the work on the '50 and will fine tune the '55 for the weekends events.
He's also a master with Porsche, Ferrari, Renault, pick one, he's an amazing mechanic
D
Don't show me pictures of '55 Chevys :).That could disrupt my present activities. Before sawmills and tractors it was 55's. Sold my convertible to buy this place.
Quote from: aigheadish on July 14, 2022, 06:26:51 AM
That truck is sweet and it's really cool that the kids seem to like it too!
Some of them were obvious gear-heads, but even the kids not into that sort of thing were fascinated.
Some of them have grandparents that aren't as old as this truck (and, yes, it was scary to realize that I'm probably as old as some of their grandparents, even though my own kids are 17 & 20.)
Quote from: John Mc on July 17, 2022, 08:33:02 PM
Quote from: aigheadish on July 14, 2022, 06:26:51 AM
That truck is sweet and it's really cool that the kids seem to like it too!
Some of them were obvious gear-heads, but even the kids not into that sort of thing were fascinated.
Some of them have grandparents that aren't as old as this truck (and, yes, it was scary to realize that I'm probably as old as some of their grandparents, even though my own kids are 17 & 20.)
Cannot tell you how many hours I spent under the 6wd version that were Korean war surplus, we had a fleet of 4 set up with 20' booms and pto winches off the front bumpers for large plumbing sitework projects. We had several that still had seats on the front fenders for the mine detection guys. I'll have to dig out some pics.
Quote from: Banjo picker on October 28, 2014, 04:59:04 PM1960 Willys wagon...this was the first...now have 3 wagons and 1 pickup Banjo
I went to a junkyard the other day to pick up a bumper for my 86 F-150 and saw three of these. Admittedly, I didn't know what they were so I snapped a picture of them and asked the owner what they were lol.
My first car was an 88 Fiero GT.. still have it in the barn but it hasn't ran for about 10 years :-\.
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This is a truck the Florida Forest Service restored. It is displayed along with some of their other stuff at the state fair every February.
She who must be obeyed had to hold the stern expression of she who must be obeyed through that whole period in the late 80's when local dept's were dumping them :D. There was awhile there where just about any decent drive would take us by a local FD with one parked with a sign on it. She would just say "No!" and on we would go ;D. It's a few inches bigger but the same engine as in @Jeff (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1) truck. Which was also in my '35 Dodge pickup and also in the old mahogany Chris Craft's
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This is a truck the Florida Forest Service restored. It is displayed along with some of their other stuff at the state fair every February.
Power Wagon fever can be affected by all. The Saudis loved them in the desert for oil work. A Saudi sheik built a exact replica of one that was a moving living quarters. He is the same guy and one of only a small handful that Mercedes stopped the assembly line to do a custom paint job on one of his cars.
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One of my students who graduated a little over a year ago came by the shop to get some tig rods to practice welding with. He likes the Mercedes five-cylinder turbo engines. He previously put one in a TJ Jeep but this one is in an S-10 with a NV3500 five-speed behind it. The 3" exhaust coming out of turbo will eventually be run down the firewall and out the back with a hood covering the engine. Not bad work for an 18-19 year old kid. He also said he is going to route the heater hoses in a cleaner fashion.
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We were doing a mobile sawing job today, nice big cherry logs. Inside the shop was a project. Not mine to show but a car I barely remember and wonder if it is just from a few pictures. It will be considerably modified and has a 350 in it. It's amazing what you can shoehorn a 350 into :D. It started as a Crosley wagon. Neat cars;
Crosley - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosley)
Joe, our client said you could buy them through Sears back in the day. I know they had radios and washers through Sears.