Classic Cars

[angus63]

Re: Classic Cars

Anything after WWII is late model...

REO from WWI
Chevy from 1936

 

[Bigprairie1]

Re: Classic Cars

Anything after WWII is late model...

REO from WWI
Chevy from 1936

Are those yours Angus?....lovin' that green chevy!!
I don't know much about the older stuff....but they certainly have their place in automotive history.
(so I guess REO Speedwagon...isn't a band?...LOL)

BP

 

[bigdirty]

Re: Classic Cars

Take away the nostalgic interest in a 50 years old car and what do you have?

The "kids" see an over sized, gas guzzling, rust buckets that where not partially comfortable, required repairs almost on the weekly basis and where not particularly good at anything except making noise if you took the muffler off.

See, I get that, but the 'end result', (which took about 2 years to restore to initially) was worth it to me, and I always took pride in what i had restored and built..and lots of younger people thought it was pretty cool, but i don't think most of them 'got it' either... I had that 280z tuned up and everything working as good as a 'new' car.. and generally just did regular maintenance, which lets face it, most people dont do anyway ::facepalm:.

While i didn't want to butcher it, i wanted more power so i bought an 85 mazda RX7 and jamed a 350 in it with a 4 gear T10... THAT was a wild ride, and tended to **** off a few of folks from both sides, import/domestic :lol:

From a performance perspective, you can buy a Toyota Camry that will run faster 0-60 times than most muscle cars of the day. From a technology standpoint they where junk. What is there to like or admire for someone that grew up in the tech world? 8-track tape decks? Points and distributors...really? "Geez...why don't they have air bags" my 17 year old daughter looking at "classic" cars with me in the shopping center parking lot one night...lol

I agree with that mostly, but the problem IMO is that soon, it seams, anyone who still knows how to work on the old stuff will be gone, but the stuff will still be here.. so what happens to it? It quickly becomes junk and gets tossed.. but the (not so) funny thing is; a lot of the old tech is so SIMPLE to fix.. so much less to go wrong... and a lot of the new stuff is not designed to be even serviceable, and I think its a shame.. in part I think that is the cause of this whole lack of any sort of urge to 'do something' or create/repair things... heck, about 5 years ago a friend of mine who is a LICENCED FORD TECH called me up, and asked how points/coil work? He was working on an 70s mazda 808 (they kinda look like a mini nova.. cool little cars) I couldn't believe it...

 

[southkogs]

Re: Classic Cars

Mid-90's Ford Taurus = Avg. 21 mpg
Gas Mileage of 1995 Ford Taurus

'92 Ford Escort Wagon - Avg. 29 mpg
Gas Mileage of 1992 Ford Escort

Definitely not my experience with 'em.

 

[MikDee]

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I just had to jump in here, I'm an old motorhead from way back. I've had a bunch of cars, boats, & motorcycles, as a hobby over the years. Usually I bought them reasonably, fixed them up if need be, used them for awhile, then usually sold them for a minor profit. Each time I tried to upgrade, but it was hard working commercial construction, being married with 3 kids, a house, and all the bills. Here is a link to my Classic cars (If the link works? Photobucket has really let me down lately :rolleyeyes:

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Mik...2&page=1&_suid=139345810658909175205382448074

 

[angus63]

Re: Classic Cars

Are those yours Angus?....lovin' that green chevy!!
I don't know much about the older stuff....but they certainly have their place in automotive history.
(so I guess REO Speedwagon...isn't a band?...LOL)

BP

My best friend and I purchase and restore antique cars for resale. We spend a lot of time discussing over beers and a little time fixing. My buddy has the Chevy and REO. I don't think he is parting with the '36 pickup. He loves it. The REO is still under restoration. Interior and roof currently. We recently sold his 110 Packard and my Jensen-Healey. I am looking for a steam car next.

 

[Bigprairie1]

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I just had to jump in here, I'm an old motorhead from way back. I've had a bunch of cars.

My Classic Cars Photos by MikDee | Photobucket

....now that is a collection of cars!! love the early 60's Chevy's and that 69' Charger...very nice!, plus I always had a soft spot for the '67 and '68 Pontiacs. My first car was my parents '67 Pontiac Grand Parisienne which was the Canadian equivalent of the Bonneville. It could fit about 13 people....which had a social upside.
Interestingly..they didn't do the (big) pontiac motors north of the border tho' for most of the full size Pontiacs in the early/mid 60's....they put Chevy motors in them (ie: 283's & 327's). The exception was the GTO's of course and the Firebirds resolved themselves to Pontiac mills by that time.

Apparently there are a few gearheads here on the forum!!! Great to see.

BP

 

[sphelps]

Re: Classic Cars

Wow MikDee ! Those were all your cars? I really like this one !

 

[MikDee]

Re: Classic Cars

My Favorite as well! A 69' Dodge Charger R/T 440/375hp auto. medium lime green metallic/black stripes. My 1st new car. Had it for 5yrs, & 80k miles. Then sold it due to the gas rationing crisis of 1974.

 

[kfa4303]

Re: Classic Cars

This says it all....I' afraid :/

Aston Martin Vantage - Top Gear - BBC - YouTube

 

[MikDee]

Re: Classic Cars

After having Fotobucket for years, now I can't get into Fotobucket, nor see anything on those links! I am so Pissed!!! I keep requesting their help, but nothing they recommend helps!

I'm glad if at least somebody can see my links, because with all that work, I'm dead in the water! :blue:

 

[southkogs]

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Nice collection MikDee.

I know some guys in the Antique Auto Club here in town. One of 'em has a beautiful Fraser (very eccentric this far south), and a friend of mine has an all original '50 Chrysler Imperial. Amazing cars.

This says it all....I' afraid :/

Aston Martin Vantage - Top Gear - BBC - YouTube

Astons are nice cars, no doubt. The Healeys, Morgans and Lotus are all great cars in their own right too.

But there just some genius in what the American builders brought into the showroom through the 50s and 60s (a little into the 70s). Guys like Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell and Raymond Loewy delivered breathtaking style and function to the showroom for the everyday guy - not just the top end.

 

[coolbri70]

Re: Classic Cars

Nice collection MikDee.

I know some guys in the Antique Auto Club here in town. One of 'em has a beautiful Fraser (very eccentric this far south), and a friend of mine has an all original '50 Chrysler Imperial. Amazing cars.



Astons are nice cars, no doubt. The Healeys, Morgans and Lotus are all great cars in their own right too.

But there just some genius in what the American builders brought into the showroom through the 50s and 60s (a little into the 70s). Guys like Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell and Raymond Loewy delivered breathtaking style and function to the showroom for the everyday guy - not just the top end.

I had a 64 crown imperial, think I could have hauled a grand piano in the trunk:laugh: I am a fan of the work of Carol Shelby

 

[SigSaurP229]

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I would absolutely Positively LOVE to have a 70's muscle car. I am 30 years old I would consider myself a gearhead by far. The other problem for younger people is the cost of these cars, are absolutely sky rocketing you old farts are driving up the costs quicker than the stock markets.

I wish I could afford a muscle car, but the mortgage, utility bills, and life in general make an investment in an impractical toy pretty much off the table.

I bought my boat cheap, $900 can't get a muscle car for that price. Motorcycle was $1500 and save a TON of gas. Muscle car ain't happening for less than $8k and is very impractical for any need.

 

[coolbri70]

Re: Classic Cars

I think the cash for clunkers program and price of scrap metal did away with most of the old restoration project canidates, imagine trying to find a project boat if they started paying 50 cents a pound for scrap fiberglass

 

[kfa4303]

Re: Classic Cars

Nice collection MikDee.

I know some guys in the Antique Auto Club here in town. One of 'em has a beautiful Fraser (very eccentric this far south), and a friend of mine has an all original '50 Chrysler Imperial. Amazing cars.



Astons are nice cars, no doubt. The Healeys, Morgans and Lotus are all great cars in their own right too.

But there just some genius in what the American builders brought into the showroom through the 50s and 60s (a little into the 70s). Guys like Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell and Raymond Loewy delivered breathtaking style and function to the showroom for the everyday guy - not just the top end.

I agree that the old American designers are great, but I think the era of cars as art/fun is over :/ Jut too impractical. For better or worse, cars of the future will probably be and ipad on wheels. Novel, but ultimately featureless and boring, but I sure hope I'm wrong. Neil Young the singer/songwriter converts old 50-60s era Cadillacs and other classics to electric cars so you can keep the looks and style without burning jihad juice. Maybe the new tech will let designers have a bit more breathing room once they don't have to squeeze every mile possible out of a petrol engine. Imagine a '32 coupe made out of Carbon Fiber with a super strong, electric motor in it. You and a buddy could literally pick it up by hand, but it would still have the power or a hot rod V8, with zero emissions and a free-$.50 worth of electricity made from its on-board solar panel.

http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/02/apple-inc-ios-in-the-car-tesla-motors-inc/

 

[MikDee]

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I would absolutely Positively LOVE to have a 70's muscle car. I am 30 years old I would consider myself a gearhead by far. The other problem for younger people is the cost of these cars, are absolutely sky rocketing you old farts are driving up the costs quicker than the stock markets.

I wish I could afford a muscle car, but the mortgage, utility bills, and life in general make an investment in an impractical toy pretty much off the table.

I bought my boat cheap, $900 can't get a muscle car for that price. Motorcycle was $1500 and save a TON of gas. Muscle car ain't happening for less than $8k and is very impractical for any need.

I hear ya Bud! Now being old, divorced, & retired, I have to plan my money wisely so that I don't outlive it
By the way, check out my boat links in my signature.

 

[sublauxation]

Re: Classic Cars

Mid-90's Ford Taurus = Avg. 21 mpg
Gas Mileage of 1995 Ford Taurus

'92 Ford Escort Wagon - Avg. 29 mpg
Gas Mileage of 1992 Ford Escort

I had 3 Taurus's. All had the 3.0 FFV, none were run with E85.
My 1996 got up to 33 mpg on the highway.
My 1998 got up to 29 mph on the highway.
My 2002 never did better than 26 mpg highway.

That always confused me

 

[sublauxation]

Re: Classic Cars

As to the Op's original statement about kids and environmentalism, one day my then 6 year old came home telling me I should sell my Expedition because his teacher said trucks are gas guzzlers and they hurt the environment.

After some re-education they've come around. I have a "69 F100 with a 390, headers and glass packs that both boys are excited to drive some day.

 

[82rude]

Re: Classic Cars

I just had to jump in here, I'm an old motorhead from way back. I've had a bunch of cars, boats, & motorcycles, as a hobby over the years. Usually I bought them reasonably, fixed them up if need be, used them for awhile, then usually sold them for a minor profit. Each time I tried to upgrade, but it was hard working commercial construction, being married with 3 kids, a house, and all the bills. Here is a link to my Classic cars (If the link works? Photobucket has really let me down lately :rolleyeyes:

My Classic Cars Photos by MikDee | Photobucket

I had a 1970 383 superbee.same hood as the one in your photos with ramair and benchseat.had the beautiful hurst 4 speed shifter.nice ride and my dream is to get another some day.there is not a car that exists in the world that I would not drive because I do not believe atall in hiding cars from their natural habitat.in other words give me a Duisenberg and im going to take it for a spin at least a few times a year just like it was designed to do.i belive kids today also app nice cars ,they just have more on their plates than to worry about it right now.