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I keep a small handy dandy air horn in my pocket at shows and when I see some jackass or mrs. Jackass gettin frisky on the car I calmly walk up...
Really good advice flowing here. Yep, I bought the proverbial ford years ago out of a field (1938 Tudor) and realized as a newb I was underwater....
My grandad was in the 14th armored in ww2 and got banged up pretty bad in operation Nordwind. After the war he worked for GM until he retired in...
I can only think Wow! It our nations history and a true reflection of so many today that it would be thrown away. Kudos for the save. You should...
Cool find, thanks for the post. So little of that stuff has remained. I would frame it in my garage.
New car smell on a 58 fairlane. Wonderful
this thread amazes me with the speed at which vehicles can turn to hell. From strip to ruin in a matter of a few years. Hope to hear of em cacklin...
My .02---If more high schools still had automotive programs like they used to then more guys would have at least a working knowledge of the oldies...
It's really coming along nice and I hope the pieces start fitting together soon. Can't wait to see more pics. How is the chrome coming along?
Post #20 hit the nail on the head--document every communication between you and this jackass. He is trying to bully you pure and simple and I am...
I watched that video in awe--what a good time/place/car to cruise in. I wish we could dig up more old color videos of runs and shows on the HAMB....
No matter any of our opinions, it's still automotive history and worthy of our handiwork. Yeah I'm not buzzed about the Alcatraz grill but just...
Sorry about your ride and just another case of a dumb ass on the road who jacks it up for all us folks who actually pay our way through life. I...
Nice ride and will be a gem after a good scrub to get that billet off. Those wheels and tint have to go and you are spot on about lowering it a...
Lots of good information here fellas and I learned something as well--who knew there was such a thing as illegal rivets! The 56 Poncho has the vin...
BTW seller was a very nice guy who was not trying to pull one over on me--i'll give him the benefit of the doubt. It just needs to be advertised...
The seller told me he had no title and that he purchased it out of a barn at night. I didn't ask if there was a bill of sale once I found the vin...
Im bummed. I have been looking for a nice wagon to build for some time and finally found one but the darn vin has been removed and it's nowhere on...
He drove whatever he felt like driving---he was and still is the King of Rock & Roll. He had a white 1956 Lincoln Mark II that he bought new and...
Sorry you had to put up with a bunch of bullshit on your Saturday at a show. That really does blow. Some similar crap happened at a baseball game...
Nice job being persistent, plenty of good thick steel left in there it appears. Man I wish I could hammer on that thing for a while. Good luck on...
I cant believe you found a crotchety old bastard who was willing to let it out of their typical hoarding hands. Please don't tell me kindness and...
Just another d-bag who lives life by peeking over his lawyer's shoulder. I say drop him in the middle of the salt and let him run back as we buzz...
Congrats on your retirement, sounds like you've some good plans in your garage.
I found two 1957 belair hardtops in a pole barn that had sat protected since 1963 when the hoarding bastard who bought them tucked them away. Try...
[IMG] Is it me or does CS look like he just did a line of coke off of that hood. It's been a long day.
Let's see it lit up!!! What a find--I wonder how the heck that dude got it.
Hook a battery up to a rusty old fender in your yard and let the sparks fly when some cranker or immigrant turd tries to run off with it--fun for...
I'll be the old geezer whistlin at your daughter while dragging his Moon oxygen tank--It's all about bucks and parts--when both are hard to come...
Like the others have said its going to be lots of pennies to get it to the poiint your happy with it. that's a swiss cheese job to say the least....
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