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Not sure why I love reading through the classifieds sections in old Hot Rod Magazines. It's probably the prices that interest me the most besides seeing feature cars up for sale right next to home built jobs. I don't have a huge collection of old HRM's but I have a few. And so with a stack in hand I headed to my office to scan some of the classifieds and found some really cool cars, a few we all know and love.

This Thread will be dedicated to Old Classified ads so if you have any post them!!! Here is my first batch....

March 1960
I would have bought one of these molds!






Wonder who built this one????


Wonder why we don't see more Thunderbirds?




Would Kill for Dean Jeffries' Porsche. Glad to see it's not lost though.




Love this thing!!!


Charlotte, NC??? Wonder if it's still around?



July 1960


Never got into '47 Ford's.....this one makes me reconsider.




Scratching at the door of 1970's!!! Futuristic to say the least.






January 1961
Those wild and crazy customs!!

 

Not sure what the Gatormobile looks like??? This will do!!!


July 1962


Is this whole block chromed???? Seems pricey for the day.












Cool...






December 1964

 

Perfection!







September 1963




I would give my left arm to have this car. Wonder where it is today??




Twin B-17 Oxygen tanks for fuel storage!

 

Ike Iacono's Dragster!!!

 

Bitchin' thread!

 

I'll take the 12th one down THANKS, I'll pay the asking price too!NICE '47 Ford, MMMM Me like!

Nick.

 

The 32 in Tulsa would be on the same street as and just a couple miles from where my shop is now! I will drive by there on the way home just to make sure.

 

Hahaha!!! I was wondering if any of these cars would soon be found because of this thread. I mean, stranger things have happened right??? What would it hurt to check??? I just call dibbs on that 1959 Corvette custom!!!

 

They all could be sittin in some little old ladies garage.....Nice Thread....

 

I love these old ads!!!

 

I would really like to know more about this one and perhaps if anybody knows where it is today. I just think it's cool....well maybe not the rear window but everything else!

 

that is cool

 

WOW...... if i had only been born smart and rich in 47 not 57... thanks for sharing.

 

There sure seems to be a lot of fiberglas cars. Someone should have told these guys fiberglass isn't traditional.

 

This thread is awesome. Who else has some to add?

 

I found these in Hot Rod magazine from 1974 and 1975.

 

real cool, I have seen some "famous" vehicles for sale in the back of hot rod...
just wondering, what is the equivalent of a thousand dollars then in todays money?? that would help get things in perspective...

 

I know this may sound crazy, but with a little internet search/sleuthing you WILL find some of the cars in the ads. I found 3 in Kansas City and they are still around and the "son or daughter" is going to fix them up. It will take you ALOT of time on the phone and using your best "nice guy" voice to try to find them, but they are out there. I am still chasing a 32' Ford roadster in the Wichita area from an Estate sale box that I bought a couple of years back and it said "Grandpa _____'s old car" on the box with all of the receipts and his V8 club information. I have almost tracked it down & have been told that the old junk car is in a cousins garage.

Chris

Oh yea, cool post.

 

I think that OG Larsen/Cummings bonneville car is cool, anyone know its whereabouts now? It would be worth some $$$.

 

[SIZE=+1]What cost $1000 in 1962 would cost $7043.54 in 2008.
OR
[/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2008 and 1962,
they would cost you $1000 and $145.77 respectively. [/SIZE]

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

I'll take the Hudson on page 1..........

 

Always loved this one..... showed it to Tommy and he signed it for me. Made a T shirt out of it.........

 

Great thread... Thanks, guys!!



Malcolm

 

I can see it now. Fourteen guys trying to hurry up and write a letter and get to the post office before someone else beats them to their dream car. Those may be the good old days, but we sure have it easy with the innernetz.

Thanks for this thread Jeffro. It's cool seeing what could be had for what we think is so cheap.