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This thread has given me a new appreciation for the paint on my cars. They are crappy but they come by it honestly.
Gorgeous! The battle scars are it's proof of authenticity. I wouldn't touch a thing.
Absolutely love the whole package. Experienced on the outside, Clean and Classy on the inside and the wheels are just a tipoff that there's more...
Not the coolest but I did have a pretty eclectic assortment. '55 Sunliner, '58 Borgward combi, and a 49 Packard Limo.
I have a '63 Tempest (3100 lbs.) with a factory stock 4cyl, 4bbl, 4spd. (engine option (87-Z) 194.5 Cu.In.; H.P. 166 @ 4800; Torque, 215@ 2800;...
Handshake makes the deal! At least that's the way it used to be. I had an old lady agree to a deal (at her price) then back out the next day, but...
I'm looking for ideas for grills for this '63 Lemans. any suggestions or photoshop help would be greatly appreciated. Other headlights or lights...
It's not that it's hard to do it, it's just annoying because all the gears are in the wrong places:p
When they switched from exchanges to straight digits depended on where you lived and how cutting edge they were. The big cities got it done...
NO CHINESE TOOLS! unless they are rated 3x or 4x more than the job at hand. Most are just stage props made to look like tools. ( zibo - I bet...
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Cousin Vinnie's?
Words Fail. Heartfelt Condolences to Family and Friends. May he Rest in Peace.
I have always loved Edsels from the first time I saw one in 1957. Especially those bumpers.... I have wanted to put a set of them on every car...
Great Car, Great Trailer, Great Plan... Green with envy.
The bike still has it's original tires (1957) The computer tape is from '56.
Found this one about twenty years ago, moved it to my garage... it's still sitting there :(
I put a '58 Ford grill in it, flipped the spring shackles to raise the rear end and totaled it in the summer of '64.
Wait a minute. Back in the day would any of us have gone to a "show"!? HELL NO we were working on our cars or driving them someplace to hang out,...
Some cars yes, some cars no, that car no.
John Delorean & Preston Tucker George G. Meade & Robt. E. Lee Elvis & Buddy Patton & Rommel W C Fields & My Mother In Law Steve McQueen & Rod...
There are many kinds of weirdos. The Avanti is distinctive classy and kicks butt all the way home. Some weirdos are like that.
Hey wait, I think I saw that thing in a Woody Allen film.
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Most of the reliability problem stories with these cars can be attributed to the unfamiliar technology of an I.R.S. Torque-Tube Transaxle with a...
While we're waiting for the pictures on this I hope ya'll can excuse me for going off on a bit of a tangent here. A neighbor has a motorhome...
Forget Green, it's screwdrivers! Ever notice how whenever something goes wrong, you've had a screwdriver in your hand or in your toolbox within...
What he said... maybe if the air filter baskets were larger and taller. Something that the lip of the caps would disappear into/behind.
USAFSS '68-'72 Shu Lin Kou AS, JSPC Okinawa. Kept an eye on Uncle ho and Charman mao. Had a ringside seat when the Migs and the Phantoms were on...
In the early 90s Arlo Guthrie had a Checker Limo.
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