I get up and answer it and there are these three guys looking at my car. The one who knocked on my door asks me if the 57 chevy in the driveway is for sale. I ask him what 57 chevy? He points to my 56 Dodge and says that one! I tell him thats not a chevy its a Dodge. He looks at me and says no it has fins on it its got to be a chevy. I take him to the trunk and show him the script words that say Dodge on it.they kinda looked at each other and said wow we didnt know Dodge made any cars that looked like a chevy. ....I give up some people are beyond help...
Yeah...but maybe...just MAYBE...You put that script there!!!! You sure it's not the American Icon '57 Chebby? An you're not just tryin' to keep it all to yer self by sayin' its a Dodge?! He ha ha ah ha
wow... dodge copied the 57 chevy in 56 before the chevy was even out. i get the same thing with my 56 ford, everyone always asks, "is that an old school chevy?". i am actually impressed when a stranger guesses the right year and make. i am even impressed if they guess 55 ford because at least that has the same body.
Oh alright i'll put the bowtie emblem back on the trunk..yeah radshit what was i thinking you know that 35 chevy gasser your building will probably need some emblems for it too.
Some people just have no clue.A few years ago I was trying to do a guick header gasket change on my "73" SS Nova out in front of my apartment.The old one had blown apart on my way to work that morning . It was Friday and I was missing good cruising time. I am in the middle of changing it when a guy that lived in the building next to me came over and started asking me about my car.He asked me what I was fixing and I told him then he asked if it was a "69' or a "75" Nova. All righty then !!
Was heading up north several years ago with my buddy in his perfect, unrestored, 14,000 original mile, '55 Nomad. Stopped in some little po-dunk town to get gas. They still pumped it for ya. The old guy manning the nozzle asks: "What kind of car is that?" "It's a 1955 Chevy", replies my buddy, "No it's not!" "Well, yes it is." "That's not a 'Chiv-a-lay'!" "Yes it is,...it's a 1955 Chevrolet Nomad." "No it's not!...'Chivy' never made a car like that! Ya'll musta done sumptin' to it!" We just paid the $8.00 and split.
HOLY SHIT Randy. thats funny as hell!! "'Chivy' never made a car like that!" i love it when some one tries to tell you what YOUR car is or is'nt! too funny...
Just be glad it was three doofuses and not a 60 minutes camera crew! I'm with repoguy, sell that 57 Chebby for big bucks and buy two Dodges to replace it!
I was gassing up my '66 T-bird a few years ago...the lady behind the counter asked "what yeers yer 'ssstang?". Atleast she got the make right.
I was in my '60 Ford Truck, waiting for the light to turn green. The guy behind in a s10 me kept honking his horn, so I stuck my head out of the window, and so did he... " THATS SO COOL!! NOBODY BUILDS DODGES ANYMORE!!!" "Its a Ford" "WHAT??" "ITS A FORD" " OHH.....WELL,ITS STILL COOL!"
When I first bought the truck that has become SKR8PN, It was an all original,65,000 piece. I was out for a cruise in the country one day,before the transformation,and some idiot coming from the other direction,stop his car,gets out in the middle of the road and flags me down. I'm thinking "What the FUCK does THIS clown want?" comes up to the drivers side window and say's,"What the HELL is this thing???. I ain't NEVER seen nuttin' like this. Is it fer sale??"" I told him 1938 Dodge, rolled up the window and drove on home...... Hide your nut's boy's,the squirrel's are out........
I had the Hupp parked in the driveway for a bit this past summer while I worked replacing the rockers. Since the beach access is only a block away most of the neighborhood and who knows how many tourists walk past the house everyday. I couldn't count how many times I heard "Is that an old Chevy?" or "What year is that old Dodge?" My favorite of all time was "Is that an old PT Cruiser?" Then there were the people that wanted to argue. "What kind of car is that?" "Hupmobile" I'd reply. "Who made that?" they ask. "Hupp Motor Company". "That makes it a Chrysler doesn't it?" "No, its a Hupp" "Then it must be a Chevy" "No not Chevy, Hupmobile" "Oh that was part of Hudson huh?" By this time I gave up and just said "Something like that"
I've had a lot of folks ask "Who owns that old black Ford?" uhhh, its not black, its not a Ford and it belongs to me. (dark green 47 Mercury)
Well i decided i might just have some fun with this..i think i'll shave off all the emblems and see what happens next.
I think I'll put dodge emplems on my cadillac, "Dude, its a hella rare model, so even though its rusty, I needa ge 5 grand for it!"
People stop by my garage all the time to try to look around at what ever old cars are there at the time. Anyway, the funniest one was when I had my 56 Victoria outside the garage taking pictures of it. Well this Latino guy pulls up in his 82 toyota corolla, gets out, looks at the ford and says " what year is dis fort man?" I say "fifty-six" he replies,"fifty-tix? ninteen fifty-tix? man, I am from dat year!". I was pretty close to laughing in the guys face. You had to be there. Billy
An old car enthusiast here put Studebaker emblems all over his S-10 truck. It looks great! I put blue Ford oval decals on the valve covers of my 1939 Ford pickup. it has a SBC 350
Yeah I have a '57 Buick. It has "1957" on the front grill emblem and the rear trunk emblem. Peopl will sit there look at the damn thing for about 5 minutes then ask "what year is it?" damn it's annoying... reading is fun-for-the-mental
a few years ago i went on a road trip with my minitruck friends. the one guy had a HEAVILY modified Isuzu pickup. topper, suicide doors, channelled, the hole nine yards. well when we came out of the Pizza Hut we were eating at there was a crowd around his truck. all people older than us, some with little kids. someone asked what it was and being the smart ass he is Jake told him it was a 78 Malibu wagon! they semed to buy it. then he told em the color was sky blue with a gold pearl. it was bright red!! some people will believe ANYTHING. i'm always more impressed when people actualy seem to have a clue what your driving. when i had my 63 Impala an older lady (my mom's age) complimented me on my "nice 63". boy was i impressed. it does'nt usually bother me when someone asks these questions unless they think they are a know it all that really does'nt know anything. THAT is annoying.
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