Folks Of Interest I didn’t marry a princess

That's great. Very pretty car, and your wife seems very cool to do this.

 

Well, she decided to pull the trigger and drive it home. She’s about 400 miles in, and all is well.
Fingers crossed she stays safe and problem free.

 

With 400 miles in, she is not in the mountains anymore. Nebraska is not as remote as the the western slope would be, where in Colorado did you find that great looking car?

 

Longmont.
Just purely by coincidence, my ‘63 LeMans was also bought in Longmont. My wife drove that one home a few years back after visiting her same friend.

 

Wow, you are one lucky guy!
Congrats on the new toy

 

Now if I could find a ‘49 Chieftain in Longmont, I’d pull a hat trick.

 

Kewl

 

We did a similar trip back in the 80s. Picked up a 36 Pontiac from the western slope. Luckily the seller met us in Denver because we didn’t have trailer brakes (young and dumb). You now have two great looking Pontiac’s and what can I say about your wife wow.

 

Does she like losers with shitty cars? About 500 of us would like to know…

Very cool car. You never see these 50’s pontiacs this clean!

 

Lol. I told my wife her one friend has a fan base growing here.
My wife on the right, best friend on the left, miss dexterity in the middle, the one in the earlier pic. She is single…..

 

and no group pic w/ car??

 

That’s one sweet Poncho, @67drake!

 

The car looks great! Hope she makes it back without issue.

 

Credit to her. You're very lucky. But I think you already know that!

 

But if she has any issues on the road there will be a boat load of Hamb'rs ready to help out. Great car, great wife, great story.

 

I’m at work. Last time she checked in was in Iowa and still no issues.
One small thing that happened was while still in Colorado, the car threw a hubcap. She went back and got it and put it in the trunk. No biggie, but she said it did scratch the door when it came off.
You can see it in the picture. No that’s not the Pontiac leaking, she just parked in the worst spot in the lot.
She picked up some tools and fluids before she pulled out yesterday.

 

One cool car and Wife
Dan

 

Wow! The more I see that Poncho, the cooler she looks!

 

Awesome! Keep us updated!

 

She pulled in about half hour ago.
All good! Only went through 1quart of oil, no transmission fluid or coolant needed. She put between 11-1200 miles since Saturday.
My wife rocks!

 

^^Two great "finds" in that photo!

 

We’ll she certainly deserves the car
Dan

 

One of the reasons I sold my OT Pontiac is it had a 4 speed, which my wife COULD drive, but with her arthritis and fibromyalgia it’s painful, so I told her the next car would be an automatic. My wife, 16 year old, and I like to go on runs together, and it’s a lot more fun when we each have our own car to drive. I also wanted a dependable auto transmission car, so that she could just hop in and drive when she gets the itch even when I’m not around.
My son and I went out and put 40 miles on it after she got home.
It needs a good wash and rest now.

 

I can’t believe no under hood photos yet! And the middle friend is way cute! And you’re wife is a princess!

 

Life is a lot better when the Wife enjoys the things You do . Beautiful car and Wife

 

Sharing this hobby with the family is what it's all about.

Your wife sounds like my wife. Perfectly capable of driving a manual but prefers an automatic. She'll sometimes grab my 56 Olds Holiday 98 to take to shows if I'm driving my 61. I offer the 61 because it has power disc brakes and generally drives better than the 56, but she always declines because she "doesn't want to be responsible for it" haha

 

What a treat for your wife too....visits a friend and gets to road trip 1200 miles in a 60-70 yr old car. My wife would be in heaven

 

It’s nice to know that there out there, I seem to always drag home the wicked witch.