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I wonder if my 56 project car still survives. I bought it for $200 no top no engine no tranny no grill insert and no wheel covers. But it had a...
It runs and drives. It just needs a little bit of troubleshooting. I think it'd be cheaper to fix it instead of replacing everything. I mean,...
Back in 1993 early September they had a snowfall that closed the road for a little while... arrived in my old OT 4x4 suburban with a granny gear...
That ranch wagon was our family Car. My dad built it when I was a toddler. The model pictured with the car is my mother.
Original and odd cars get more of my attention. Overly Big wheels are not an attraction but the rest of the car may be. I have no problem with...
[ATTACH] MY first wagon was a 56 safari. Had a couple other wagons... including the last I had hiding behind the ford.
[ATTACH] Wish we had kept it.
Switching cars in movies scenes has been happening for over a hundred years. cars are relatively cheap props.
[ATTACH] that very first car in the first picture definitely got my attention. Is that a Buick??? I cannot for sure tell what it is. looks...
Back in 1970 I shaved the trunk lid on my 51 Mercury. Put a pull cable which did the job just fine. Knob was on the rear deck just behind the...
I know I’m a little weird. I like the four-door hardtop Chevy’s But bottom line the best looking are the bubble top two door hard tops. Chevy...
OK, I’ve got to look for the picture of my dad’s first car. he was born in Hollywood 1924 Went to Hollywood high school and graduated I think in...
I wonder if that could work Reto fitted to my YUGO.
I guess it’s time for me to jack up each front wheel and feel if it’s got looseness and spin it to see if I hear the bearings and if I do repack...
I honestly like the way it sits in your street shot march 31 post ago. Seems old school.
I like looking at other people‘s cars and stuff. I was never very good at building things.
Arizona. Just east of downtown kingman is Hualapai Mountain with trees and such. Prescott is real nice too Also the white mountains further to...
if it were my car already running and driving and sorted out, I’d just stick with what it is.
I had three 56 Chevy’s in the early 70s. 4dht, 2dht, vette. paid a total of less than $600 for all three back then. Even had a 56 Pontiac Safari....
Wide white walls would be my preference, but my pocketbook says black.
I prefer the look of bias but I won't buy them unless they're cheap.
I guess I'm a shorty at 6'3. But yeah the seat makes all the difference.
Nice Merc and I really like that style of Alpha Romero. I had a 1960 356 Coupe 25 years ago... I should have kept that car as well as the 51...
Even on my modern cars and pick up I'm looking through the windows (and the mirrors.) But it's still awkward to me how far out these modern...
All of my wiper mechanism is missing from my 41 Cadillac except for the actual seized towers on the body just below the windshield glass area. I'm...
amazing all these pictures of what's now so desirable. Back in the '60s '70s where I used to live in Northern Arizona There used to be hundreds of...
These old BMWs are great cars. back in '72 I almost bought a used 69 1600 two door sedan but it needed valve guides or rings. But it was a fun driver!
Depends on the car but I like yellow... especially a pale yellow or a school bus yellow. And I like 32s but they are kind of like belly buttons...
PatSurf... That IS my mom posing by the wagon!
[ATTACH] My dad’s 50 with folding top he built I think in 1951 or 52. I wonder if it’s still around…
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