Features No it's not !!!! Wrong ! Cmon ! A what!

I'm not too far behind you!

 

If you are not 70 yet you're not as old as me.

 

Got flat out told my Chev roadster was in fact a T roadster and I shouldn't be calling it is a Chev, didn't bother telling him I had an actual 1927 T roadster body at home.

 

Talking with a guy recently and he insisted quite strongly that Corvettes had 6 cylinder versions up to the early 70s'. In fact, he said, nearly half of all those Corvettes were 6 cylinder! I asked "Are you sure about that?" He was insistent as I say and added it was a fact "Not many people realise ."
I expressed my wonder and left it at that.

 

I was sitting in my shoebox at Paso several years ago. A guy comes up to the car and says, "I just love Studebakers." I said, "I like 'em too, but this is a Ford."


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I know I am older (70+), but old is a moving target that I keep falling short of.

 

Also known as a "short-roof Sedan Delivery".

 

The 1st hot rod I ever built was a 35 Dodge 2 door trunkless sedan. I had people always wanting to inform me my car was a Ford sedan, not a Dodge. It was so bad, I had to find an old advertising page from a 1935 Life Magazine showing the availability of a 35 Dodge 2 door trunkless sedan to carry with me to car shows. Dodge only built 6,000 1935 Dodge 2 door trunkless sedans, they built a lot of 4 door trunkless sedans though.

 

My 33's license plate is " RARE 33" I have heard the comment more than once " It's not RARE , it's a Ford ". The reason I chose that plate is that my 33 bodystyle was never a factory production model as the convertible sedan was discontinued after 1932 B400 . Can be embarrassing unless I can explain what is unusual about it.

 

So, would that have been a C400?

 

Yes Montana , at least that is what I'd call it . someone said C404 ( Fordor )

 

i had to laugh at this, when i first started driving my 41 chevy coupe i had people ask me how long i had owned it and i always replied i bought it new. they would give me a funny look and walk away. i was 37

 

Two older gals are looking at my A at a gas station, one says "I really like your car, it looks cool." I replied "Thanks, it's a lot of fun" Her friend says "But there's no back seat." I gave them a grin and a wink and said "That's cause all the thrills are in front! They blushed and giggled like they probably hadn't in years.

 

Had an old boss tell me that my 4 door 55 would be sharp if it was a two door
He had good intentions but I didnt know whether to take it as a complement or a insult

 

.......When it's your boss you just say thanks and walk away.

 

In the early 80's after a divorce all I had to drive was the 38 Chevy coupe. Iowa is not warm in the winter but it had a good heater. I needed to attend a meeting about an hour away at the "head shed" so the guy I worked with rode with me to the meeting, I guess he thought old cars were neat too We got there and my boss and another manager came out to look over the car and I asked them for a raise so I could get a better car

I've had people ask what year my 38 is and after I tell them I also say "I bought it new" They look sorta funny and don't say much more. I was born in the 40's if you were wondering

 

At a stoplight once a guy asks me "Does your grandpa know you're out driving his car?" Hell, I'm 60 and look it. A car would have been a rare site in grandpap's day. I just told him "Yeah, he wanted me to tune it up and wash it." Another one at a car cruise; "What kinda engine is that? I thought it was a 383 Dodge, but then I seen the "GM" on the head" I reply "65 Olds" him; "It sure looks like a Dodge, I didn't know Olds had V-8s back then" back when? in '29 or '65?

 

When I was a kid my dad had a '36 Buick coupe in bare metal in our garage. A guy stopped and asked if my dad wanted to sell that Ford coupe. I told him it's a Buick, not a Ford. He says "just get your dad."
This dude then spent the next 20 minutes "informing" my dad that his 1936 Buick was absolutely positively a 1936 Ford coupe.
Even as a kid I wondered how anyone could be so stupid. He left thinking we were the stupid ones!

(I would absolutely LOVE it if someone told a story about a '36 Ford coupe they saw in the '70s that some jerk believed was a Buick!)

 

still get the 46-48 Ford bit.......

 

This thread is very enlightening! Especially when you see some of the comments about more common/popular years and bodies..................And over all the years, I just thought it was the oddball cars I owned.

 

Had a guy in his mid thirties ask what the 3rd pedal in my tri-power stick '57 Pontiac was for. Without skipping a beat I told him it was an anti theft device. He nodded said ''oh'' and walked away. I guess in his case it was.
KK

 

Guy: what kind of car is This?

Me: 1954 Ford Country Squire

Guy: who makes it?

Me: Ford

Guy: really? I didn’t know Ford had been around that long


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MY goodness that green is amazing! I like the softer (friendlier?) teal on mine, but I'd trade ya in a heartbeat. Just stunning.

 

Guy: “that car looks fast, is it fast!”

Me: “yep, she’s real fast”

Guy: “v6 or turbo4?”

Me: shakes head and walks away


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Who did the LS swap for you?


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Thank you. It's been on the car since 1997, and I still love it every time I see it. It's a Cadillac color from the '90s called Polo Green.

 

The corvette spotters guide says the metal ones were all 6 cylinders and 4 lug.

 

i was checking out a 1st-gen e-100 pickup at a car show and overheard a father telling his son how hard it is to cut the back off a van and make it into a pickup!

 

at a car show with my dear, departed brother-in-law (who was pretty shaky on pre-1955 cars), watched a '32 ford coupe roll in: "HEY, LOOK! A ZZ-TOPP CAR!" me: "close; it's a ''32." (quizzical look.)