From: Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: old mopars drying up?
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 1:02 PM
I liked your response Dooner... pretty clever at the end.
I've always
looked at my Polara as a piece of history, wondered where
it has been,
how many family vacations, etc. Sometimes I think it sure
would be
easier and cheaper to build a late model muscle car, but
then I think it
would look just like a lot of other cars on the road. Every
time I drive
mine, I either get a thumbs up or looks from people on the
street. I see
myself as just the current caretake of the car (as
mentioned here
before) and someday when I can no longer drive it, I hope
the next owner
will look at it the same way. I agree that for the most
part we are the
last generation to look at these cars the way we do, and
that's a shame.
The more of these old cars we pull from the weeds and save,
the more of
them on the street, and hopefully the odds of getting some
younger
people's attention will go up. But even if that's not the
case, we have
saved some history, shared, and enjoyed it through OUR
lives, and that's
made the whole trip worthwhile to me! Fell off my soapbox,
so I guess
I'm done now.
Harold Dooner Funderburk wrote:
>
> This is just my opinion on ALL old cars dying out.
>
> Everybody always seems to go the show car or original
(worth more $$$)
> route. Not too many people build drivers. I want mine
for driving, not
> for
> show or resale.
> Also, I feel that the original route is bad. Let's
just say, that one of
> you
> guys come up with a bad heart. The doctor says he can
easily fix/replace
> it.
> You can either choose one of the same year model (same
age as you, just
> taken care of a little better), or you can get a
younger, more powerful
> one,
> that will last a long time. Which would you choose?
Don't you think, if
> that
> old car could talk, she would choose the younger more
powerful one?
> Then after the doctor fixes you, do you want to go
home and have a great
>
> life, OR do you want to be put in a nursing home where
you and your
> fixes
> can just sit there and wither away. I don't think that
old car would
> just
> choose to be locked in the garage.
>
> I LOVE old cars. Not for the history, but for the
style. New cars just
> don't
> have the style that old cars have (why do you think
they are trying to
> make
> Challengers and Camaros look so much like the old
ones). But the old
> cars
> don't have the technology that new cars do. So take an
old stylish car
> and
> modernize it. Go with fuel injection, six speed
automatic, four wheel
> disc
> brakes, electric fan and fuel pump, and any other
modern device you can
> get
> on her. Then drive her every chance you get. Drive her
around the world
> if
> you can. Show her that you really love her.
> And you can be some old wrinkly camel smokin' fart,
some fat young
> pimple
> faced kid, OR anything in between,...... but if you
are driving an old
> car,
> you got style.
>
> This announcement has been brought to you by the Just
My Opinion
> Foundation.
> All opinions are sole property of me and are there for
sharing, to
> entertain
> you, OR to get you to thinking for yourself.
>
> Thank you for listening,
> Dooner
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:39 PM
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: old mopars drying up?
>
> >
> >
> > Yeah, I've noticed that as well. Especially the
last two years or so.
> > I used to find stuff on a pretty regular
basis(I'm in NJ), but the finds
> >
> > have dropped dramatically. I think we lost quite
a few rebuildables when
> >
> > the scrap prices shot up two years ago. Here it
was over $16/100lbs. I
> > picked up an '87 Ramcharger, tok off the bumpers,
radiator, A/C
> > compressor
> > and evaporator, wheels and a bunch of other stuff
and still got nearly
> > $500 for scrap. One of the local junkyards closed
to daily business and
> > started clearing out the old stuff and anything
heavily picked over.
> > They
> > made 35k in a month.
> > Seems all I can find now are really nice,
expensive cars or completely
> > trashed projects not worth resurrecting.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Neal" <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:19:26 PM GMT
-05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: old mopars drying up?
> >
> >
> > Hi all, I have been noticing that here locally
there just doesnt seem
> > to be that many old mopars ( or musclecars
period) advertised as much
> > or as often as five years ago. Seems like the
various craigslists
> > cities here in oregon used to offer up all sorts
of mopars, but
> > lately over the last couple years, u just don't
see that much
> > advertised. Can we assume that all the old Mopars
have been harvested
> > or is the economy making people play their cards
close to the chest
> > and hold out on selling hoping for a better day?
> > You guys used to tease me aBOUT HOW MANY mOPARS i
WOULD FIND IN
> > OREGON HERE FOR SALE, some of which I bought, but
now its a rare day.
> > Just wondering if you guys see this drying up in
other parts of
> > the country as well
> > neal zimmerman, eugene oregon
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
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> >
> >
> > ----
> > Please address private mail -- mail of interest
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> > directly to that person. I.e., send
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> > negotiations as well as other personal messages
only to the intended
> > recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address.
This practice will
> > protect
> > your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and
fine tune the content
> > signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!
> >
> > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion
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> > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.
> >
> >
Jeff Adams
64 Polara
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content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!
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