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That car is bad to the bone!
Well its been quite a while since i've been on here. sorry about the sudden lack of updates. The Desoto has been treating me VERY WELL! :-D we...
Interior progress Continued...
obviously that interior had to GO! i would rather drive around with a bare gutted interior than that awful flowery stuff (sorry to the previous...
so the next order of business was the DREADFUL interior... i am a little embarrassed but i will go ahead and upload some before pictures... BEFORE:
so the weekend before last i had the carb apart to clean it out and check the float setting and so on to hopefully fix some rough running issues...
here come a bunch of photos of some progress we have been making on the car, stay tuned for about the next 30 mins... i got a ton of photos to upload.
that is rad! i have always loved those, and i am digging the hubcaps! keep us updated on the progress.
You will definitely see this thing cruising around! been driving it everyday for the past week so far. what are you cruising around town? feel...
wow! thats a pretty amazing story already! haha that vert is gonna be AWESOME! i'd love to see grandmas old car too! are you still running the 6...
tip toe shift semi auto.
that is rad! in high school i was driving a 1986 chevy nova! aka toyota carolla! i paid 400 bucks for it, drove it into the ground, eventually...
Really great looking car! and that flathead v8 is gonna sound GOOD!
Thanks guys! she is a beaut! and a blast from the past to drive. the fluid drive transmission as a trip as well!
Here's a link to my intro if you wanna know a little bit more about me... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8083584#post8083584...
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Thanks Jimbo! i found the car on craigslist, my lady and i were lucky to be the first ones to go down and see it and the seller really liked us so...
Thank you sir! where in rohnert park do you live? i lived in RP my whole life until about 2 years ago came up to SR... quite the car collection...
well, the first order of business was cleaning the dirty old engine! you couldn't even tell the poor thing was painted under all that dirt and dust.
Those pics were taken after about 2 hours of washing and polishing the car. the chrome shined up NICE! although its probly not quite as good as it...
Well, Well, Well, it is finally time! i have been lurking around for a few weeks and my lady and i finally picked up our new ride, a 1950 DeSoto...
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