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This was my first car, back in 1965, but mine was a clapped out rust bucket that I paid with $40 for. I wouldn't have ever started but I was a 15...
Late to the party. I bought this four years ago finished (at 76 I won't be building anything). It should be a show car, but it's so much fun to...
These guys brought the car. I thought at $1600 shipping it would be in an open transport. Not the case. I was impressed with this company....
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Thanks for starting this thread. I just got my coupe less than two weeks ago and the knowledge in this thread is invaluable. My first car was a...
Yeah, I'm going to fix the little things that don't work, and then may add some pinstriping.
I haven't been on here for years, but I'm finally ready to jump in and be more active. I'm 72, and no longer able to do much work on my own cars....
I was born in 1949, got my license in 1965. Our town really was like American Graffiti, at least until the 1970s, when cruising Main could get...
Bookmarked. I want to read this one all the way through. Very cool project.
They were an option in 1956, part of a "safety package" that included a padded dash as well. I remember looking at a cherry black and white 56...
Cool. I still have my grandad's 1950 John Deere AR, that I restored back in 1992 (it needs a refresher now). Showed it, paraded it and pulled...
Spent many hours riding in the back seat of one of those, my granddad's. Identical to yours, including the color, except is was a four door. I...
I can't imagine how you feel. My son's name is Jimmy, he's 34, and I can't imagine losing him. The truck is badass, but all the pictures are...
It's a frikkin' CAMMER! Subscribed. IIRC, Connie Kalitta drove a top fueler with a blown cammer back in the day.
In 1969 I had a 1960 Thunderbird, 352, manual trans w/OD, power brakes but manual steering, and a Lincoln suspension (known as a NASCAR TBird,...
Sounds like a great time. Spend time with your dad while he's still around. I wish mine was. There's a Mexican restaurant named "El Pinto" on...
A 1935 Ford tudor sedan, in October 1949. In fact, this is the exact car. Mom still remembers, dad was coming up on a red light and she grabbed...
That is a beautiful car. My opinion, clean it up with a good cleaner wax (Meguiars dries clear) and pretend you're sixteen again.
Propwash's avatar could be a picture of my '51, right down to the couple standing in front of it.
There's a 50's style 34 Ford pickup around here that still has the quad lights. I hate 'em. They looked cool on 1958 Impalas and Plymouths, but...
No pictures, but mine was a 1951 Ford two door custom, black, nosed and decked, 239 flathead and OD. Bought the car for $40 when I was 15 from a...
Yeah, it's a '58. The '58 used '57 taillights, for fairly obvious reasons. Those are rare even here in the southwest. Most of them rusted...
Another nay on the trans. Throw from 2nd to 3rd is like eighteen inches. Truck transmissions are best left in trucks.
This one's cool, mainly because it was my dad's, in his 1939 Ford Tudor, in 1944. It sits in my toy display cabinet now. RIP dad. 1927-2008
I worked at one for a couple of summers in high school (mid-sixties) making french fries in the concession. Most fun job I ever had. The...
Also, most of the parts shown were made by R.S. Owens & Company, who are still in business (they make the Oscars and Emmys, along with a lot of...
I've been in the trophy business for almost 40 years. If there's any parts that the winner needs that I have, I'll send them out gratis. Looks...
I had a '68 Torino GT and a '68 Mustang GT at different times, both with 390s. I don't think either had a smog pump. The 390s had...
Used to do the same thing with my '51 Ford and '60 T-Bird. It works for a while. I would swap in electric. BTW, I always wondered why the...
Very nice. My granddad bought one like that new, except it was green and a '53. I remember how smooth and powerful that six was compared to my...
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