  Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 371 Registered: 01-2007 |
Enjoy! http://thefiftiesandsixties.co m/CarsWeDrove.htm James | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4192 Registered: 12-2005 |
Bravo! Cookie, lend me your comb? | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 180 Registered: 09-2006 |
That was fun! | ||
Hornist9 Member Username: Hornist9 Post Number: 72 Registered: 05-2005 |
That was so much fun to look at on a cold day. Gets me thinkin' about spring when the Rod's come out to play again. Only 8 months until the Woodward Dream Cruise! | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 1563 Registered: 02-2005 |
Jim, it was Kookie (as in Edd "Kookie" Byrnes). | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 489 Registered: 08-2007 |
That was great! I had the 60 Chevy in high school. Brought back lots of memories seeing that. And gotta love the countdown to the WDC - Hornist9! Yeah, those were the days. | ||
Goblue Member Username: Goblue Post Number: 880 Registered: 03-2007 |
Had a '56 Ford convertible...white with blue top, skirts, spinners, dual glass pacs...the whole deal...ah, the memories! | ||
Eastside61 Member Username: Eastside61 Post Number: 709 Registered: 07-2006 |
Had a '54 Ford Customline...Blackwalls - two tone (Cream color top and dark blue bottom) - straight 6 ....the whole deal....ah, the memories....and I wanted to be just like a neighborhood guy in a '56 white convert....He was a thug type guy and not going to college as far as I could figure out | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 172 Registered: 08-2007 |
my 2nd car was a 65 comet, still have it. back in 86/87 used to wake up every hour to see if it was still in front of my grandparents house on pierson &cambridge, grandpa said 'YOU AIN,T PARKING THE OLD CAR IN MY DRIVE, IT LEAKS EVERY THING' but 20 yrs later i keep telling the kids your cars leaking why don,t you fix it. sounding like gramps more and more. | ||
Ladyinabag Member Username: Ladyinabag Post Number: 337 Registered: 03-2007 |
I had a 1949 Ford. The quarter panels were rusted up almost to the engine. When it drove the panels rose out from the wind, making it look like it had wings. A friend of mine painted a little picture of a car at the rear and we called ir "Son of Flubber". | ||
393bird Member Username: 393bird Post Number: 15 Registered: 09-2007 |
Any of you guys still "Gear Heads"? My 1st car was a Henry J, that I put a 57 Studebaker Golden Hawk drive train in. My project car now is a 93 Thunderbird with a 393 stroker and a BIG Vortech supercharger. We have to grow old, but we do not have to grow up  | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 176 Registered: 08-2007 |
393bird , your right,. i never grew up either cept my money went to the bar. now i,m "settled down". got my garage and just gotta get stuff together, and fix some leaks. i sorta envy the folks who drove the cars in the 50,s/60,s. when i worked on my 65 it was alot easier then my 91. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 377 Registered: 01-2007 |
I can't claim to be a gear head, although I did have a transmission fluid shampoo when installing a big-block in a '73 Z-28. Now I just watch & comment as my neighbor rebuilds a '56 Corvette from the frame, up. I imagine it will be finished by Dream Cruise time. | ||
Ladyinabag Member Username: Ladyinabag Post Number: 340 Registered: 03-2007 |
I learned how to drive on a '53 'Vette. My boyfriend had a red, four-speed. No automatic transmissions for me. His wife sold that car after he died about thirty years ago. I hear that those "Vettes are worth close to a million dollars now. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 378 Registered: 01-2007 |
My father owned a '53... 155/300. He also had one as a company car. Someone a while ago posted an advertisement of the Rinke family in 004/300 that Fred Rinke owned in their Chevy dealership. AFAIK that is the earliest Corvette. 1 & 2 were used for testing and crushed. Rumor is #3 was in a fire and didn't survive. OK. Quik Quiz... What was the name of the '53 engine? A. Straight Six B. Blue Flame Special C. Orange Engine Winner gets a blessing from jjaba! | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 379 Registered: 01-2007 |
BTW... '53 vettes came in white w/red interiors. Maybe you are thinking a later year? | ||
Jman Member Username: Jman Post Number: 98 Registered: 10-2006 |
Jvass B. Blue Flame Special | ||
Jman Member Username: Jman Post Number: 100 Registered: 10-2006 |
53 Vettes were all autos. | ||
Tponetom Member Username: Tponetom Post Number: 197 Registered: 06-2007 |
Does a 1934 Buick Limousine qualify? A spare tire in both front fender wells. A straight eight engine. Two jump seats behind the driver and passenger seats. And a fantastic 6 miles to the gallon! Naw, too staid. I bought it in 1947 for 200 dollars and then later sold it for 215. That was one of my better deals. When I think about it, it is one of the reasons I do not keep a gun in my house. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 380 Registered: 01-2007 |
Jman wins. Blue Flame Special. Unusual to the car was a blue valve cover with the name Blue Flame Special. It was a freaking 6 cyl. motor! Not the usual orange that you associated with GM/Chevy 8 cyls. of that era. My father drove his '53 on 696 shortly after it was originally opened ('70-ish?). The steering broke and he had to "feather it" to a stop without crashing a wall. Dad is still around at 81. The car was sold for a '58 and '63 Corvettes. Those are gone now also. I'm happy when I get a phone call that doesn't begin with "Mom" (or Dad) "fell today". Jjaba, you owe him/her a blessing. Subtract it from my bill. I'll have my Methodist Sinister/Minister/Sister say one for you! | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 180 Registered: 08-2007 |
don,t know if this thread has ever been posted? but where did the older gearheads buy their speed parts?. i remember hollywood & gratiot auto supply. shopped at ramchargers also. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 858 Registered: 02-2007 |
Blue flame. Another Quiz: What was the early 60's Corvette modeled to resemble? | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 381 Registered: 01-2007 |
A Mako Shark? Gratiot Auto Supply used to have great posters! |
