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1mach1 said:

I'm like you. I've got 35k on my 2014 Expedition.

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73K on my 2013 F150 but I use it as my mobile office & work out of it on the job.

Hello everyone, this,is my first post on TFL!

I just helped out a friend by surprising her friend and arriving to take her to her wedding venue in my '36 Austin 12/4 Ascot. The wedding itself didn't need a car as they got married and had the reception at the same venue, so taking her to the venue was the next best thing!

Daz

Dazines, that is a great looking car! Did you do the resto on her? I saw an article somewhere that Citreon modeled some of their designs after Ford and I am seeing the same thing here. At least in my eyes I can see some similarities to mid 30's Fords.

Mike

1930artdeco said:

Dazines, that is a great looking car! Did you do the resto on her? I saw an article somewhere that Citreon modeled some of their designs after Ford and I am seeing the same thing here. At least in my eyes I can see some similarities to mid 30's Fords.

Mike

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Thanks Mike, no I bought it as is...My history of restoring cars is not great (they have usually ended up being sold as scrap!)

There are indeed many similarities between a lot of cars of this era, interestingly some of it went hand in hand with the fashion of the time, such as the roof height being linked to mens hats (in the 1950s hats became less popular and car rooflines became lower)

Not mine but I followed this in to Greaserama yesterday.

Found this old pic of my late mother-in-law with what I think was a '69 Chevy Blazer (and a dead turkey) taken at the farm in 1972. I would love to have this truck back (and my mother-in-law as well).

A few more of mine ... these are from a few years ago.

1966 289 Mustang. Around 300hp out of a solid lifter motor built roughly to Shelby GT 350 specs. Dropped front end and suspension a la Shelby. Custom made sub frame connectors (they didn't exist as a pre-made item back then) and stiffened body (again, a bit of a dark art in the 1980s), 30 gal. fuel cell that filled from the trunk. Kill switch behind the old gas cap. Recaro seats, Mercedes tex upholstery, custom carpets also Mercedes spec, German sailcloth top, "glass" back window. narrowed limited slip rear end with 4 wheel disks. It was a very cool car because it was so understated. Definitely worth a double take, "Oh, black Mustang convertible ... wait a minute!

It was also cursed. A barge of bad things happened to me starting with the moment I bought the hull that became this car. I called it Christine after the car in the Steven King novel. The day I sold it weirdly good luck started coming my way. My only regret is that it took two years to build up. It was a rough two years!



1966 Corvette. High compression 427. Guldstrand five bar rear suspension, 35 gal. fuel cell.

Monster of a car. Best handling car, at high speeds, I've driven from the 1960s. My Mustangs were better "street fighters;" more maneuverable in tight spaces. I'm not a big block fan (having had it), if I'd bought a 327 I'd probably still own it ... I sold it around 2000. I'm also not a high compression fan. To run on pump gas it was tuned so close to the edge of the envelope I could tell when the humidity in the air changed. And the thing ran hot enough that it needed an extra powerful starter to overcome internal expansion. Hot to drive too, "What's made out of fiberglass and is 140 degrees inside?" You get a prize if you say either a hot tub or a big block corvette! Vibration would rattle the fuel lines off it I didn't constantly keep them tight. It got gas mileage like a tank. Though I'm not sure how I'd afford it, a more mundane 'vette of the same year would have been considerably easier to live with! You live and learn. Pretty though.

BobHufford said:

Found this old pic of my late mother-in-law with what I think was a '69 Chevy Blazer (and a dead turkey) taken at the farm in 1972. I would love to have this truck back (and my mother-in-law as well).

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Awesome pic, Bob.
Don't see too many of those 67-72 Blazers. Awesome.

MikeKardec said:

A few more of mine ... these are from a few years ago.

1966 289 Mustang. Around 300hp out of a solid lifter motor built roughly to Shelby GT 350 specs. Dropped front end and suspension a la Shelby.
It was also cursed. A barge of bad things happened to me starting with the moment I bought the hull that became this car. I called it Christine after the car in the Steven King novel. The day I sold it weirdly good luck started coming my way. My only regret is that it took two years to build up. It was a rough two years!

1966 Corvette. High compression 427. Guldstrand five bar rear suspension, 35 gal. fuel cell.

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Beautiful cars.
I have had the "Christine" experience with a car before. Funny enough, it was a Mustang.

Out for a spin along the Potomac River. Started off in Virginia, but made the drive through DC and Maryland. Great fall weather this morning, but the leaves here don't show much of the season. This was taken above the Potomac on the DC side. The trees are on the Virginia side.

She is not a classic yet, but 2009 was the last year Mercedes made the CLK350. If I keep her for another 20 years, and I probably will, she should achieve the same classic status as other beauties on this thread. Her name is Eleanor.

Greencanoes said:

Not really vintage, but definitely a classic.

1979 Toyota Landcruiser BJ40 4wd
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GC, that thing is awesome! I love those trucks. Bulletproof.
Looks great!

Greencanoes said:

Not really vintage, but definitely a classic.

1979 Toyota Landcruiser BJ40 4wd
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My parents had both an FJ55 and an FJ60 in the '70s and '80s. Awesome. A killer TLC in Australia, a match made in heaven. I lived down under for around a year a decade ago. Your picture made me a bit "homesick"!

I may frequent the BP Station more than anyone I know.

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That's a beaut!!!

Thanks Harv. Its a bit of a change from my 54 Chev Hardtop and I'm looking forward to it arriving Down Under late Jan.

Nice 'stang BTW....

Moving on up in the world, I do believe.



Been sitting in a field before I got it, I got it running and put the bed on it. Still need to fix some oil and exhaust leaks, but it's nice to be running around in my own pickup now.

56FordGuy said:

Moving on up in the world, I do believe.

Been sitting in a field before I got it, I got it running and put the bed on it. Still need to fix some oil and exhaust leaks, but it's nice to be running around in my own pickup now.

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Sweet!

great thread...