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Re: car identification
« Reply #75 on: July 10, 2011, 02:52:26 PM »
These were the cars my dad owned. He died in 1968.


1949 Dodge


1952 DeSoto


1959 Chevy Impala. His was a 4-door hardtop with the shitty 348 and a Turboglide.


1963 Olds Convert. His Olds was a metallic blue convert with a white leather interior.



1968 Buick 225. What a hog. A small engine that couldn't power the car to get out of its own way.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #76 on: July 10, 2011, 02:59:57 PM »
Aw, this thread got me all sentimental.  My Granddad was a Buick fan.  I think he never bought anything other than a Buick after his last Nash.  My Pappaw was a pilot for TWA, he flew the Connie.  Everytime he took me to the Air and Space Museum we would take time out to make sure and pay the Connie the attention it deserved.  He met Howard Hughes when he was flying a Connie.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #77 on: July 10, 2011, 03:03:08 PM »
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1968 Buick 225. What a hog. A small engine that couldn't power the car to get out of its own way.

I like that Electra.  There was a white 1967 around here that I would own if I had the room, and wanted to feed it the gas.  To my knowledge, they had nothing smaller than a 401, all the way up to a 455 available.  I wouldn't call that a small engine.  :-)
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Re: car identification
« Reply #78 on: July 10, 2011, 03:07:33 PM »
These were my dad's dad's cars, that I know of.

1952 Chrysler.


1956 Chrysler.


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Re: car identification
« Reply #79 on: July 10, 2011, 03:09:08 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on July 10, 2011, 03:03:08 PM
I like that Electra.  There was a white 1967 around here that I would own if I had the room, and wanted to feed it the gas.  To my knowledge, they had nothing smaller than a 401, all the way up to a 455 available.  I wouldn't call that a small engine.  :-)

I dunno much about it, but the engine was really underpowered. I tried to take my mom up into the foothills south of Tucson and it barely made it.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #80 on: July 10, 2011, 03:17:30 PM »
Here are some of the ones I had through the years.

1931 Model A Pickup. This photo is just about exactly how mine looked after I restored it, except mine had the 2nd spare tire on the right front fender.


1954 Mercury.


1958 Impala Convert.


After that it was a 1966 Chevy, then a 1966 Ford LTD, then a 196? Toyota station wagon, then a 1966 Chevette, then a 1968 Chevy station wagon that went everywhere, then a 1968 Ford LTD Country Squire, that also went everywhere but better than the Chevy, and some more.....  ::)
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Re: car identification
« Reply #81 on: July 10, 2011, 03:18:24 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on July 10, 2011, 03:09:08 PM
I dunno much about it, but the engine was really underpowered. I tried to take my mom up into the foothills south of Tucson and it barely made it.

The interwebs puts the weight of that car north of 4200 pounds.  I don't know if you could get one with a 2-barrel, but I would say one with that configuration in that weight of car would have an adverse effect on acceleration.  

Or, maybe it was because you simply forgot to pull in the anchor before driving off each time.  :popcorn:

That 56 Chrysler-  now that I could have.  :naughty:
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Re: car identification
« Reply #82 on: July 10, 2011, 03:20:16 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on July 10, 2011, 03:18:24 PM
The interwebs puts the weight of that car north of 4200 pounds.  I don't know if you could get one with a 2-barrel, but I would say one with that configuration in that weight of car would have an adverse effect on acceleration.  

Or, maybe it was because you simply forgot to pull in the anchor before driving off each time.  :popcorn:

That 56 Chrysler-  now that I could have.  :naughty:

The Buick did have a 2-bbl.

My grandad's Chrysler was blue with a white stripe. Good looking car back then.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #83 on: July 10, 2011, 03:20:22 PM »
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He met Howard Hughes when he was flying a Connie.
  I didn't realize you were that far along in years, Iassaftots.   :-)





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Re: car identification
« Reply #84 on: July 10, 2011, 03:27:43 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on July 10, 2011, 03:20:22 PM
  I didn't realize you were that far along in years, Iassaftots.   :-)





  :old:



  My Pappaw was.  Not me.   :-)

I'm immature for my age.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #85 on: July 10, 2011, 03:47:30 PM »


a pal of mine I served with in Nam. that's his grand sport. he bought not long after we got home. I think its a 71 or 72. sent this to me last year. he only drives it when the sun shines
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Re: car identification
« Reply #86 on: July 11, 2011, 11:53:47 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on July 08, 2011, 08:19:10 PM
Quote from: FreeBorn on July 08, 2011, 08:10:57 PM

Just as with airplanes, I feel the same way with automobiles.

If the road's rough, I want to know the road's rough.
It makes one more aware of the real conditions of the road, and because one then handles the vehicle differently (knowing the road is rough), it saves wear-and-tear on the automobile itself.

If the road's rough, I don't mind a rough ride; it's reality.

Ditto for flying.  

I assume that even though I've been on rough stormy seas (the North Sea in winter a few times), I've never been sea-sick, and so I think riding in a bouncing airplane wouldn't upset the gastric juices either.


My first car was a 1961 Fiat 1200 Roadster. You DROVE that car. I still miss the damn thing.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #87 on: July 11, 2011, 12:54:20 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8qZqOmNNY[/youtube]
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Re: car identification
« Reply #88 on: July 11, 2011, 04:09:03 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on July 11, 2011, 12:54:20 PM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8qZqOmNNY[/youtube]
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Re: car identification
« Reply #89 on: August 01, 2011, 04:40:28 PM »
I knew I had already scanned a copy of this picture.

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Re: car identification
« Reply #90 on: August 01, 2011, 04:41:44 PM »
That's a 1957 something, right?
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Re: car identification
« Reply #91 on: August 01, 2011, 04:43:47 PM »
Going from memory, I thought it was a '57 Impala.  I'll have to look again, because the Chevrolet doesn't look quite right.

The photo is marked "1957" and nothing else.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #92 on: August 01, 2011, 05:06:14 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on August 01, 2011, 04:40:28 PM
I knew I had already scanned a copy of this picture.



57 Ford ??

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Re: car identification
« Reply #93 on: August 01, 2011, 05:07:35 PM »
I think you may be right.  I remember her saying she had a Fairlane or Starliner (this was before the compact Falcon-based Fairlane of the 60's), but she was always the type to buy a new car every two years.

That's my aunt in the picture, my dad's older sister.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #94 on: August 01, 2011, 05:07:52 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on August 01, 2011, 04:43:47 PM
Going from memory, I thought it was a '57 Impala.  I'll have to look again, because the Chevrolet doesn't look quite right.



The photo is marked "1957" and nothing else.

58 impala coupe...love those fender skirts. where's the curb feelers ???
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Re: car identification
« Reply #95 on: August 01, 2011, 05:08:46 PM »
I'm leaning towards '58 Chevy Impala Sports Coupe.





'58 Chevy Bel Aire was a bit different

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Re: car identification
« Reply #96 on: August 01, 2011, 05:11:39 PM »
I'm going with namvet on this; a Ford.
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Re: car identification
« Reply #97 on: August 01, 2011, 05:21:11 PM »
My bad. I thought you guys were talking Chevies, Namvet is dead on. Definitely a Ford.

My neighbor has one of these in the prettiest light yellow.



Anybody care to venture a guess on make and year?

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Re: car identification
« Reply #98 on: August 01, 2011, 05:25:27 PM »



65 GTO. better N sex
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Re: car identification
« Reply #99 on: August 01, 2011, 05:34:50 PM »
Quote from: FreeBorn on August 01, 2011, 05:21:11 PM
My bad. I thought you guys were talking Chevies, Namvet is dead on. Definitely a Ford.

My neighbor has one of these in the prettiest light yellow.



Anybody care to venture a guess on make and year?



is it BC or AD ??? kids "souped" these up and called em heaps.
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