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....actually I did ride in a car where we could watch the gas gauge go down...In McLean VA in 1965 they had just finished the Dulles access road...
My 55 Chevy custom is named 'Moon Tears'....from a song by Nils Lofgren....
...had a mid-50s GM yard '76-02....best part was being able to walk to work...
'57 and '58 Olds are the ones that spin my prop....
You always knew how to make work into fun...nice thread KK...
Great thread...It's always nice to see a car taken care of with the proper amount of respect for its heritage...I like the comment about putting...
Enjoy your thread...Thanks for posting...
My son(Jonzcustomshop) and I flew to Reno to buy the Surf Woody at Harrah's Auction in ...My bidder pass says '84...The car sold for 25...
What's the CL number?
Thanks for sharing..Lots of memories here...
Seeing the Beatnik Bandit at the Washington D.C. Armory car show in '63 set the course of my life..Roth was painting T shirts for people ..There...
Great thread...Thanks for keeping us up to date....Will the 'base' heater keep up with the winter weather in Holland?...I have not had much luck...
Congrats from a veteran grandfather...now the fun begins...
Check out my avatar...I had 100's of cool cars go through my junkyard...
Thanks for sharing..
We have a Canadian Pontiac 56 4 door hardtop that we are converting to a 55 Chevy 4 door hardtop...
Beautiful car...looks like you have lots to be Thankful for...
RustyNY is exactly right...I would only add that if you have employees you end up losing even more...After nearly 30 years of this type of...
I got my S.W. gauges from a 55 Studebaker Speedster was on its way to that big junkyard in the sky...
...and it's always nice to see someone living their dream...I especially like the photo of the car in SoCal traffic....
"Two Lane Blacktop" shows the last gasp of the era...All of those small dragstrips were about to be overcome by the war and it would be _____...
1963...I went to 75-80 dragstrip...I went with my friend in his mom's 57 Chevy...
The Rompin' Redskin at 75-80 dragstrip...circa summer of '63...
...couldn't feature a nicer guy...he is the best our hobby has to offer..congrats...
We used to have real junkyards in Montana...now the old cars have been turned into steel used to make Chinese skyscrapers...Sled's photos bring...
I had over 300 pre '65 GM cars when my junkyard was up and running..now my son and I are down to about 35..
The 'Rompin' Redskin' at 75-80 dragway took me to a 'happy place' that I can go back to anytime I want..
268 dollars in the vent well of a loose cowl from a 56 Chevy in my junkyard...Paid the power bill that month with the money...
1976...Just started my junkyard...My first order of business was to buy every 58 Impala and 55-57 Nomad I could afford...
Good score...They are so comfotable to drive...Put it on the road and enjoy the ride...
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