Art & Inspiration Old Car Commute = Low Stress Driving

Joe,Boy I remember those days when I lived in Hunterdon county N. J. and drive 54 miles to work and then had to go over to Jersey city or N.Y. and work {did comerical roofing for 10 years } and then drive back home 54 miles .Good $$$ but don't miss it Bruce.

 

Joe, that's why I like it here in East T.N. Its a lot slower here. Bruce.

 

H.R.P.I might not need a heater over Christmas here.It going to be 65!!!!CRAZY!!!!Bruce.

 

Tim, while rewiring the 56 Chrysler .I found out some one installed a pair of air horns in front of the radiator. I have to check them out and see if they work. Bruce.

 

I wish I had a longer commute sometimes, one with an open road that I could enjoy with the Ford. In winter I'm almost at work before the car is warmed up and I too end up farting around with the choke most of the trip. Stop and go traffic is only a minor annoyance with the big cam and 4-speed.

 

Hello,
I drove my wife's 62 Corvair Coupe about 20 miles round trip back in 1969. It was a fun car to drive. But, in the So Cal rains, (yes, it rains in So Cal) I encountered a phenomenon that was totally unexplained. When driving in the rain on a normal highway, the car was a little "floaty" but manageable. Going slow helped with the hydroplaning. But, when I had to go through deep, intersection dips, here came the biggest surprise of all. (There was a deep dip that was full of flowing water.) Most cars just plowed through and in my 65 El Camino, I did just that with the brakes engaged and accelerator pushed down for propulsion. This kept the brakes heated and fairly dry upon exiting the other side.

But, in the Corvair Coupe, I did the same thing and when I got to the bottom of the dip, here comes a flow of water through the right side lower vent, filling up the step down cabin floor. How in the world did that happen? I pulled over and shut the vent, on the next big dip puddle, it did that same thing again. Now, I was driving with an inch or two of water sloshing on the floor. It was like a kiddie pool.

It was not fun drying out the water and carpets. I checked the vent opening and did not notice why that happened. My wife's commute in this car was always on flat roads and never noticed any water incursions into the cab floor. But, when I drove it through several deep dips flowing with water, here comes that water through the vents again. Later on, we sold the Corvair and bought another El Camino for my wife.

One thing that Corvair had was the shiniest rear bumper because of the amount of oil somehow coating the chrome until I wiped it off. Small leaks coated that bumper when tossed out of the rear (underneath) of the car.

Hope you don't experience the same unknown water leak phenomenon... check the seals on the flapper door in the vents. . .
Jnaki
The Corvair was a stressless daily driver, except when I had to go through deep water. My wife liked the car, but got tired of the handling in the rain, thereby giving me the command to "get rid of it and buy me a new El Camino with A/C." Ha!

 

Lost boy when I lived in N.J. way back when.That's the only place I saw a rescue squad in the speed lane on the N.J. Turn Pike with its lights flashing and a car was behind him was high beaming him to move over so he could get him out of the way so he could go faster. Bruce.

 

Lost boy I agree with you. When I drive 1 of my old cars in to town , the new cars cant stand if I past them and speed up just to pass me and then cut back in front of me. LOL. Bruce.

 

Oh yeah all the time! A few weeks ago I had a lady pass me in residential 25, I was admittedly doing 30. She flew around me. The other really messed up thing that happens here is school bus related. If a bus stops to pick up a kid on a double yellow street, you're supposed to stop on both sides. Well not for NJ drivers, they go right around stopped traffic and cut back over right in front of the stopped bus. It's unreal, and I fear a child will get run over soon enough.


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