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He had two 53 Fiestas. One was orange and white and the other was blue and white. The orange car won the Oldsmobile nationals best of show in the...
Jeff is my father. I would have been four years old in 1988. Unfortunately the Eldorado was sold along with the other cars. I did however use that...
Autocorrect at its best. Should say frenching plates Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I got an email from them tonight that said they are available. I jumped right on it because I know they probably won't last long. 15% discount for...
Sorry I haven't posted anything in a couple days on the collection. We've beenputting in some hours on my chop top 50 shoebox. I will have some...
Like I said I don't care to get into how it all went down just wanted to share the collection with you guys as I knew you would appreciate them....
I bought the Merc. A buddy of mine bought the 51 ford convertible that was his high school car. My dad bought a 53 olds fiesta that was absolutely...
No he was in the cattle/farming business. He had feedlots and would average 4-5,000 head of cattle. He also pioneered a company called catlle...
Continuing with the Cord's, here are the other two he had. They are both 1937's What was so special about these cars were the front wheel drive (I...
[ATTACH]Here is a pic of the hot rodded Cord that you were talking about. Again, it has a 53 Caddy frame, engine, trans, and bumpers cut down. It...
That thing sticks out like a sore thumb in this collection. It was an 06 and it only had about 24,000 miles on it in 2010. It was my cousins car...
Yeah that was a pretty odd car (and cool). He bought that car our of Ardmore, OK from the original owner's family in the early 2000's late 90's....
Slim that was a 100% original car. Even had the original tires on it that weren't cracked at al. He was only the second owner. If memory serves...
Thanks for all the compliments. He was a pretty cool dude. He was also Ryan Cochrans god father to boot. My grandfather (Don) and Ryan's dad...
Yes we were there. You probably talked to me or my dad. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
That's some of them. We took 24 or so to the Leake auction in Tulsa, 13-14 to the RM auction in Plymouth Rock, Michigan and the remaining 28 to...
Emotionally it was a bitch to try to decide on one car. I would have bought all of them if I could have. The ol' abnk account had a little to...
Haha thanks. Yeah I just renewed my alliance membership. I let it lapse by a couple days. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
[ATTACH][ATTACH] He had a thing for Cord's and Auburn's He went to the Aurburn-Cord-Duesenburg show in Auburn Indiana to show one of the Cords he...
Thanks. The 50 Ford convertible was his high school car. I have a pretty cool picture of it of him in high school. He worte a letter to hte...
[ATTACH]This is a 31 Chrysler Imperial that he restored. It was owned by the Walter P. Chrylser estate and driven for one of his daughters....
I thought I would share my Grandfather’s collection with you guys. He started collecting in the early 70’s and never quit until the...
I got an email from him a couple days ago. He said he hoped to have some in mid February.
This is our first child. Can't believe how much life has changed for the better. Life has a whole new meaning now. We took the first pic when he...
I just sent him an email asking about the availablity. We will see what he says.
I'm a dipshit. Thanks for not busting my balls. Just bought it. There is only one left now Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
Where might a guy go to acquire one of these? Gave Google the ol' college try but no luck. Thanks in advance Sent from my DROID device using the...
I have used Passport Transport for all of our shipping. The drivers have been awesome to date (had about 10 different ones in the last two years)....
Here's some close up shots. The back side of the center port is 1 1/2" away from the corner of the steering box. To make matters worse,the box has...
Tried the search function with no luck. I am putting a 324 olds back in my 50 Merc. With the steering box, master cylinder and starter all on the...
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