I may have mistaken TeddyP's for someone else's. I agree with the custom/open wheel thing, but I still like to run my '62 Electra 225 traditional. I have run it over 2k miles in the past three weeks, at 75-80 mph (along w/ ***orted burn outs). All while still running the stock points ign., single master cyl., drum(although power) brakes, and no AC. I am a little bit *****, it has power steering, seats, and windows.
i dont drive a hotrod but i do drive a 72 nova . 350 4 speed no air con. drum all the way around and i feel safer driving a older car then a new one any time ive gotten so used to driving older cars when i get in these new ones i dont know how everything works haha . but ya if i had a hotrod id keep it drum all the way around and everything manual i dont mind no power stearing except for the parking issue .
Before last Saturday night my wife had ridden a grand total of 1/4 mile in my '38. She has never cared much for my old cars. After a 60 mile trip to a little party & dinner afterwards she admitted that it rode good & was kinda fun. Then it died 2 miles from home. A few quick calls got her home & an hour later I was back home with the car. She asked why I though that was fun - all the headache of breaking down. My reply: Remember the 60 miles before we broke? Funny thing, I think she kinda understood. JH
I have old cars but like some things added for safety nowadays... I have lap belts in the 49', and power disk brakes, and power steering, and modern suspension, and an overdrive transmission. I like it. It rides and feels a lot like it did before all the work, but its faster, and stops a lot better on its S10 ch***is. But it still feels like an old car. I even went and bought a 85' S10 with a four speed, manual brakes, and a small V6. It feels just like my 65' Valiant did, which to me is how a car should be.
a great ride as always glad to said wasn,t may car i was home sunday left sat around 3 was home about 7 65 -75 alway home
My Uncles had Hudson's, Buick's & Chevy's & a Plymouth thrown in. The Hudson's rode great. The Chevy, It was different it didn't have the ride. The Buick's, They were always Convertibles & He had to change a lot of fuel pumps on some of the trips to Grandma's through the years. My cousins had a Black & Red Crosley wagon with a Devil thumb'in You on the hood. You wondered when the Clowns were going to jump out! A 54 Commander Coupe & a 20's or 30's Cadillac, a Big Dog. The cars I rode in might be why I have a 46 Buick Ragtop & a couple of Stude coupes from time to time. Old cars I enjoyed them, and still do
Naa yo, that was a 58 Chevy man. The colors are close, I'll give ya that, but Teddy gets in it and goes wherever he wants and is rarely on the side of the road. Chris hates driving old cars, thats a direct quote. I think his house in Howell will be his own personal car show so he doesn;t have to drive them anywhere. Joe kicked *** this wknd. We put the hood on 3 hours before we left. I have a love hate relationship with driving old cars. I put our truck on the road this past Saturday. I drove it to work Monday and Tuesday and sold it Wednesday night. That simple. 4.56 and an I-beam weren't my cup of tea. My 63 I love sometimes. Its ugly, ya, but it was nice once and might be again. It rocked this wknd going to Conn. but ****ed in '05 as it came in on the hook after breaking down 4 times. Then it lost the motor on the way home. Not fun. Its all in how you build them and drive them. Of ya MII, bags, and a nice rack, definitely going in the '51.
This should be fiat128's new sig line: Funny this thread pops up today; my dad came over to take me for a ride in his new car. New to him; a '39 Buick Special coupe. Older resto; stock except for dual gl***packs and skirts. Man, that made me miss driving my truck even MORE. But, the machinist is done with the block; I can start putting the motor together once my shoulder heals up well enough to lift a crankshaft... -bill
Last older car I drove regular was a '72 Pontiac Grandville - with a 455 - a big boat that would haul *** like nothing. I've always loved driving the older ones, I'm comfortable and they're usually fun to drive to the point that sometimes I'd go out just for the sake of going for a drive. But some broad pulled out in front of me in that one, I nailed her, and since then I've had a couple more ***holes who don't know where the lanes are - one who even p***ed me on the shoulder - clip me while I was driving other cars.. the way people drive I'm afraid to get something really nice, as opposed to a $500 '89 Suburban that looked like **** when I brought it home. Which is nice because it's as basic as any old car - it's the same basic design that came out in 1973, except it has a TBI and an overdrive trans in it. And if someone hits it, I can get out a roller and roll some more blue paint on it. The only thing that would be nice is to trade in the 350 for a 454 with some real power so I can accelerate faster with it.
My current 'daily driver' is only 30 years old, (English Triumph 2500 sedan) but they're getting real scarce on our roads now and she always turns heads. She's bright red, with 'traditional' windscreen leaks, wind howls around her at speed, she rattles just a bit too. Last weekend I was stuck in a traffic jam heading one way, and in the middle of the traffic jam heading the other way is a bright yellow Triumph sedan with a rather attractive young lady driving it. So we sat and chatted about our Triumphs in the middle of the traffic, not the sort of thing you'd do in a Toyota! Cheers, Glen.
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