Well.. I do this a lot, but today I got some good pictures! Long story but they recently opened a Steak N Shake in Manhattan, right next to the Ed Sullivan theatre on Broadway (Between 53rd and 54th). I have had a serious craving for some Steak N Shake so I finally went. And it's just as good as the ones outside of the area... prior to the the closest one to the city was in Pittsburgh! So I snapped some pics... Traffic on the Palisades Parkway to the George Washington Bridge was nightmarish.. this is what I get for going on a late Sunday afternoon.. My 54 parked in front of the Ed Sullivan Theatre Steak N Shake! In Manhattan!! Times Square as seen from the dash of a 54 Ford.. Trying to get back to Jersey... took the wrong approach to the Lincoln Tunnel... Lincoln Tunnel... Zipping home on the Palisades Parkway at about 70...
WOW!!!!! Great pictures. You guys on the east coast have some nice places to go. Us out here on the west coast only have sunny days and great weather to enjoy our cars with. Just Kidding!!! Nice to see any Ford out and about. Someday I will make it out to new york..... Its on my bucket list.
Wow, great pictures! I can't imagine much older than 25 years or so is real common on the streets of Manhattan.
Yazoooo........Great pictures!!!! Thanks for sharing. It great when someone takes their ride out and cruises. Click on crusin55 up on the left of this post and see my rides I take out often. It's nice to stop and smell the roses once in a while.
Thanks guys! I'd say my 54 is in the city... ohh, once a week or so, it's one of the only 54 Fords with an EZ-P***! I probably drive the car 4-5 days a week and have been averaging about 300 miles a week on it. You don't see too many older cars in Manhattan, although I was following a 70 or so Pontiac Grand Ville coupe out of the Lincoln tunnel, with stupid 20+" chrome wheels tho. The Ford has been know to damn near stop traffic in the city... some people go nuts for it, especially tourists.
Ah well I listed it for sale to keep the then girlfriend quiet. She's now my ex . I also listed it for what I thought was way too much $$. There are days when I think maybe I ought to sell it and get something different but the damn thing has been just too good to me to let go.
Hey nice pictures! thanks for sharing them....Ive never heard of a steak and shake before must be a east coast thing sounds like a place id eat at, Now I want some steak...
Damit I looked up the locations for steak and shake's and the closet location's to sacramento california are Las Vegas Nevada and theres one in Colorado....Looked at the menu looks amazingly good.....shouldnt have done that tho
Dwayne, I probably do it.. oh, I dunno, once or twice a week. Most of my driving in the car is in the close suburbs of NY City anyways, the car is on Route 4 several times a day LostHope, yeah but you have In-N-Out Burger!
And here she is sitting at work today.... Getting ready to run to Paterson to fetch a car from the body shop.
I had a girlfriend like that once, too. She said, it's the car or it's me. I miss her... (No, Ron, not Miss Daisy. She'd NEVER miss the opportunity for a ride in an old car...)
Excellent pics, man! I'll bet she gets a lot of looks in NYC. Very happy to see you are enjoying the '54 so much.
Yes, nice pics indeed. You're a brave man to take your car downtown like that. I was out there a few years ago for work; even tho' I'm kinda used to Deetroit traffic, I was still nervous just driving the rental car around NYC! But what you're used to eh? I bet you get a lot of looks when in your '54!
The car gets amazing amounts of looks in the city. I've parked it on the street, run into a store real quick and come out to a crowd around it. Today was rather eventful.... First, the car ran out of gas. It seems that the gas gauge is no longer accurate. Damn. And then today I had a hell of a scare... A real "oh ****" moment. I head a knock from the front end... Upper control arm bolt was loose and the alignment shims had fallen on top of the upper control arm. I tightened it at work (big thanks to John the tech for having sockets) but it scared the **** out of me. It's getting aligned on Thursday.......
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