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d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | I wish you'd taken a pic of its P/T plate. | ||
jimntempe |
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Expert Posts: 2312 Location: Arizona | Test test test | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Houston, we have Page 12. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | The Chrysler Kid - 2014-06-23 4:49 PM Doctor Desoto - you forgot the plate of fake food hanging off the window... . =============================================== That falls under "Drive-in Kitsche". | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | d500neil - 2014-06-23 5:27 PM I wish you'd taken a pic of its P/T plate. ================================================= It seems that the "fact" that all 59 Dodge ragtops were built as top line D-500's has begun to creep upstream to the earlier years. No real need to check the data tags anymore. | ||
Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I see this sweet Kabe Comet 250 from 1963 was called the firstfruits work that was 2.4 m long (98.4 Inch) and 1.8 m wide (70.8 Inch). (DSC_3598.JPG) (DSC_3600.JPG) Attachments ---------------- DSC_3598.JPG (77KB - 177 downloads) DSC_3600.JPG (94KB - 170 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7207 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I attended a local Canada Day Car Show today, just showing, & no judging THANKFULLY!! Spotted these 2 rare (Canadian Market) beauties. 1954 Monarch Lucerne Sun Valley 2 door HT and a 1954 Meteor Rideau Skyliner also with the plexiglass roof. Both of these cars have flathead V-8s. No Overhead valve Ford V-8s in Canada until 1955. Edited by imopar380 2014-07-01 7:34 PM (a.JPG) (b.JPG) (c.JPG) (e.JPG) (f.JPG) (g.JPG) (h.JPG) Attachments ---------------- a.JPG (159KB - 194 downloads) b.JPG (173KB - 179 downloads) c.JPG (112KB - 198 downloads) e.JPG (92KB - 204 downloads) f.JPG (141KB - 182 downloads) g.JPG (94KB - 187 downloads) h.JPG (126KB - 182 downloads) | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 531 Location: Park Hills, KY | My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car. (IMG_1392.JPG) (IMG_1393.JPG) (IMG_1394.JPG) (IMG_1395.JPG) Attachments ---------------- IMG_1392.JPG (170KB - 172 downloads) IMG_1393.JPG (157KB - 165 downloads) IMG_1394.JPG (151KB - 171 downloads) IMG_1395.JPG (124KB - 175 downloads) | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Beautiful Belvedere survivor! Rubber mat was the standard and only choice available in a Belvedere in 1959, by the way. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Cmangeot - 2014-07-06 7:42 AM My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car. ========================================================== I think we assume today that these larger, seemingly more "luxurious" cars were indicative of a much more "uptown" buying public that only drove fancy cars. The collector car market that followed has tended to favor preserving the fancier models or loading up the options onto cars that never had them, furthering this image. The reality was that MOST cars built back then were pretty spartan and most buyers were of a more practical mindset in terms of costs and what was of "value" to them. Anything from concerns about power windows going bad to radios being a driving distraction hazard were frequent comments. Hard to believe today .... so much of what were "exotic" 50's options are now common, even on basic Hondas and other seemingly "cheap" imports. It was a different time and people had a very different outlook on what a car was for. I find that to be a large part of the charm of old cars ... little old Grandma Pittipoo going down to Central Motors in her lace gloves and hat and proudly coming home with a shiny new Plaza sedan that she could tool about town ... the new supermarket out on the highway, the post office, the beauty parlor, and the Ladies Aid Society meetings held in the church basement on Wednesday evenings. Edited by Doctor DeSoto 2014-07-05 1:27 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | imopar380 - 2014-07-01 4:55 PM I attended a local Canada Day Car Show today, just showing, & no judging THANKFULLY!! Spotted these 2 rare (Canadian Market) beauties. 1954 Monarch Lucerne Sun Valley 2 door HT and a 1954 Meteor Rideau Skyliner also with the plexiglass roof. Both of these cars have flathead V-8s. No Overhead valve Ford V-8s in Canada until 1955. Actually, the Canadian-built 1954 Mercury and Monarch had the new 256-cid ohv V8 engine. It put out 161 bhp. The 1954 Meteor base series and Ford Mainline had the 239.4-cid flathead V8 while the Meteor Niagara and Rideau series as well as the Ford Customline and Crestline used the 1953 Mercury 255.4-cid flathead V8. The Canadian Ford and Meteor switched to the 272-cid ohv V8 for 1955 and added the 223-cid ohv six for 1956, the first Canadian-built Ford six since the Ford model K of 1906-07. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | Cmangeot - 2014-07-05 10:42 AM My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car. My 1988 Plymouth Caravelle Salon could be ordered "radio delete", but not a 1959 Plymouth. Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. The rubber mat was standard equipment and the car has the optional heater/defroster - the buttons on the right side of the instrument panel. And it probably has the optional power steering, and if not, then the deluxe steering wheel. It does not have the optional glove box lock. The car has a "V" on the trunk lid meaning the car has a V8 engine. There are four transmission buttons (left side of the panel) and there are two exhaust pipes at the rear. So, the car has a 4-bbl carb and, as it has the optional 2-speed Powerflite, the engine is a 318 V8 with the optional Super-Pack (4-bbl carb and dual exhaust). The optional Golden Commando 395 361-cid V8 could be ordered with Torqueflite but not Powerflite. The car also has the optional exterior rear view mirror, wheel covers, Sport Deck, maybe whitewall tires. Whitewalls were optional but we do not know if the car originally came with them. The car may have been ordered by the dealer, and not the buyer. Just as today, car dealers had a stock of new cars in the back lot waiting for a buyer. These cars were probably purchased with the local bank's money and thus would be shown to the would-be buyer. If nothing on the lot was acceptable, then the order book would come out. | ||
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Chrycoman - 2014-07-05 10:16 PM Cmangeot - 2014-07-05 10:42 AM My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car. My 1988 Plymouth Caravelle Salon could be ordered "radio delete", but not a 1959 Plymouth. Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. The rubber mat was standard equipment and the car has the optional heater/defroster - the buttons on the right side of the instrument panel. And it probably has the optional power steering, and if not, then the deluxe steering wheel. It does not have the optional glove box lock. The car has a "V" on the trunk lid meaning the car has a V8 engine. There are four transmission buttons (left side of the panel) and there are two exhaust pipes at the rear. So, the car has a 4-bbl carb and, as it has the optional 2-speed Powerflite, the engine is a 318 V8 with the optional Super-Pack (4-bbl carb and dual exhaust). The optional Golden Commando 395 361-cid V8 could be ordered with Torqueflite but not Powerflite. The car also has the optional exterior rear view mirror, wheel covers, Sport Deck, maybe whitewall tires. Whitewalls were optional but we do not know if the car originally came with them. The car may have been ordered by the dealer, and not the buyer. Just as today, car dealers had a stock of new cars in the back lot waiting for a buyer. These cars were probably purchased with the local bank's money and thus would be shown to the would-be buyer. If nothing on the lot was acceptable, then the order book would come out. The car has a torqueflite trans, not a powerflite, judging by the 5 buttons and the 2 and 1 buttons especially. | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 7:16 PM Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. ================================================ Isn't that backwards .... a radio was standard in 1988, therefore no box was ticked, whereas it WAS optional in 1959, so if you wanted a radio, you have to check the box ? | ||
Chrycoman |
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | The Chrysler Kid - 2014-06-22 10:45 AM Is meteor a complete separate division? Ford set up two divisions, and dealer networks, in 1946 with Ford-Monarch and Lincoln-Mercury dealers/divisions. The 1946-48 Monarch was a Mercury with Ford taillights and a grille similar to the Ford. The U.S. Mercury was sold in Canada as the Mercury 118 and a Mercury 114 was added - a Ford with Mercury taillights and a Mercury-like grille. In 1949 the Mercury 114 became the Meteor and the Lincoln-Mercury Division became the Mercury-Meteor-Lincoln Division. The Monarch was replaced at Ford dealers by the Edsel for 1958 (Ford-Edsel Division and dealers), but sales were so poor the Monarch came back for 1959 (Ford-Edsel-Monarch Divison and dealers). 1959 was the last year for a Canadian-built Edsel. For 1960 the Mercury-Meteor dealers got the Frontenac to sell - a Falcon with unique grille, taillights and emblems. It was replaced by the Comet for 1961, the last year for the Meteor and Monarch. In 1964 the Meteor appeared as a cheap Mercury Monterey - using Ford instrument panels and upholstery. For 1965 the Meteor line was expanded to match the Ford Galaxie offering, and the Monterey was dropped in Canada. The Ford-Monarch and Mercury-Meteor Divisions ceased to exist in 1960 although the dealers lasted one more year. And the Meteor? The last Meteor make was built in 1976. But from 1977 through 1981 the Meteor was the bottom line Marquis series in Canada and used the base Ford LTD interior. Contrary to popular opinion, the Meteor was never a Ford-Meteor (1949-61) or Mercury-Meteor (1964-76) but, except for the 1962-63 Mercury Meteor and the 1977-81 Mercury Marquis Meteor, just Meteor. The Frontenac was also just Frontenac, not Ford-Frontenac, Mercury-Frontenac or Meteor-Frontenac. And the Canadian Mercury-based Monarch was never a Mercury-Monarch or Ford-Monarch - just Monarch. | ||
Chrycoman |
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | Doctor DeSoto - 2014-07-05 11:20 PM Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 7:16 PM Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. ================================================ Isn't that backwards .... a radio was standard in 1988, therefore no box was ticked, whereas it WAS optional in 1959, so if you wanted a radio, you have to check the box ? Please re-read what I wrote. It's not backwards - In 1988 - Want No Radio - Tick the No Radio box - You got no radio - True Radio-Delete In 1959 - Want No Radio - Tick nothing - You got no radio - Nothing deleted - You just got nothing - No Radio-Delete because they was no radio to delete. Yes, if you wanted a radio, you ticked a box in 1959. But I was not writing about how to order a radio. I was writing about how to order NO radio. | ||
Chrycoman |
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | Simeon57 - 2014-06-03 9:38 PM Seen this old boat i've seen it once passing by but after a year i found it again and got a good look at it. Can;t say its all original as its a younger guy who drives it now he probably hot rodded the hell outta the engine but the interior (sorry no photos) looks 100% original Looks like a Canadian 1961 Chrysler Saratoga. The sill moulding was standard on the Saratoga (383 V8) but optional on the Windsor (361 V8). Those wheel covers are the Canadian Chrysler units. | ||
Chrycoman |
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Expert Posts: 1819 Location: Vancouver, BC | soiouz - 2014-07-05 11:12 PM The car has a torqueflite trans, not a powerflite, judging by the 5 buttons and the 2 and 1 buttons especially. The top buttons looked like one unit. With my computer's monitor the letters / numbers were not very clear. Blowing up the photo I could see the numbers. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Hi Bill, I enjoy your posts but I have to ask where you where back in the "old" days when I was REALLY searching for info? I was like a dog chasing it's tail for many years. Every lead I found for old info just seemed to evaporate!! I'm not being the least bit critical! Just refreshed!! Please keep up the great work! Thanks, Greg | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 8:43 PM Doctor DeSoto - 2014-07-05 11:20 PM Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 7:16 PM Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. ================================================ Isn't that backwards .... a radio was standard in 1988, therefore no box was ticked, whereas it WAS optional in 1959, so if you wanted a radio, you have to check the box ? Please re-read what I wrote. It's not backwards - In 1988 - Want No Radio - Tick the No Radio box - You got no radio - True Radio-Delete In 1959 - Want No Radio - Tick nothing - You got no radio - Nothing deleted - You just got nothing - No Radio-Delete because they was no radio to delete. Yes, if you wanted a radio, you ticked a box in 1959. But I was not writing about how to order a radio. I was writing about how to order NO radio. ================================================= Ah ... got it ! | ||
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I was at my freinds and see this cars. One working with his Plymouth cupe (was a 4 doors sedan before) And a ather freinds 20 years old Willys Edited by Windsor59 2014-08-01 6:11 AM (DSC_4824.JPG) (DSC_4825.JPG) Attachments ---------------- DSC_4824.JPG (144KB - 156 downloads) DSC_4825.JPG (146KB - 153 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Met this nice Dodge today (DSC_5021.JPG) Attachments ---------------- DSC_5021.JPG (76KB - 157 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | That's a beautiful Dodge! | ||
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | 57 or 58? | ||
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Windsor59 - 2014-08-06 12:00 PM 57 or 58? 58 | ||
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | soiouz - 2014-08-06 12:44 PM Windsor59 - 2014-08-06 12:00 PM 57 or 58? 58 Ok, thanks | ||
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | 58 Oldsmobile, saw this today at the grocery store. Also saw a red and white 57 Dodge Custom Royal 4 dr sdn on my way home from work today. It was like a Bigfoot or UFO sighting, no time to get the camera out as it lasted about 5 seconds. Pretty sure it's the one that shows up at the shows in PA. (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (240KB - 177 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7207 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Huh???? This was at a local cruise-in tonight. Its a 1980ish El Camino with a modified Studebaker front clip and rear quarters. (41.JPG) Attachments ---------------- 41.JPG (119KB - 148 downloads) | ||
The Chrysler Kid |
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Expert Posts: 1384 Location: Ocala, Florida | See this 60 Dodge all the time. Has been sitting forever. I believe it is a Phoenix. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Saw this beauty at a local flea market.. the only foreign car I'd love to own! (10264284_10152379952241938_3923779172047244963_n.jpg) (10624822_10152379951986938_1034044685871617045_n.jpg) (10624822_10152379952011938_4956117170749415841_n.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 10264284_10152379952241938_3923779172047244963_n.jpg (138KB - 148 downloads) 10624822_10152379951986938_1034044685871617045_n.jpg (159KB - 145 downloads) 10624822_10152379952011938_4956117170749415841_n.jpg (136KB - 147 downloads) | ||
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Another car I kick myself over letting go. I had a bright green Karmann Ghia in the late 80's. Needed a crumpled right rear quarter replaced and I even had the parts! Traded it for a 1970 Mustang. That ElCamino is a Studamino! It is a kit that you add to the last generation ElCamino. | |||
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Expert Posts: 1384 Location: Ocala, Florida | Let me try this again. (60 dodge.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 60 dodge.jpg (58KB - 146 downloads) | ||
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Veteran Posts: 127 Location: Minneapolis | I see this 57 Windsor every day on my way to work. I should make time to stop in and chat with the owner. | ||
57Groucho |
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Veteran Posts: 127 Location: Minneapolis | One more time... (4407-1.jpg) (4406-1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 4407-1.jpg (71KB - 166 downloads) 4406-1.jpg (65KB - 149 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | Beautiful car! The brake shop where it is parked should be able to repair and adjust the parking brake drum well enough so that it wouldn't need a wood block behind the front tire, I believe!.. | ||
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Veteran Posts: 127 Location: Minneapolis | I had that very same thought! | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | That Karmann-Ghia looks pretty sweet. I'm guessing according to the taillamp assemblies that it's a pre- 1965 model. Nothing for the body was cheap about a Karmann-Ghia. Patch panels were listed in the VW parts book, but they were surprisngly expensive. It was all of that Italian hand-forming that made it cost so much I expect. Our dealer stocked a lot of Beetle parts as he did a lot of business with the body shops in the area who pounded out and replaced bent fenders, doors, engine covers, etc.for Type 1s, but he stocked practically nothing for the Karmann-Ghias (Type 141). Who would pay $700 for a primed fender for a Karmann-Ghia? Not many in the 1960s-70s. Edited by 58 DESOTOS RULE 2014-10-11 4:51 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | 58 DESOTOS RULE - 2014-10-11 4:48 PM That Karmann-Ghia looks pretty sweet. I'm guessing according to the taillamp assemblies that it's a pre- 1965 model. Nothing for the body was cheap about a Karmann-Ghia. Patch panels were listed in the VW parts book, but they were surprisngly expensive. It was all of that Italian hand-forming that made it cost so much I expect. Our dealer stocked a lot of Beetle parts as he did a lot of business with the body shops in the area who pounded out and replaced bent fenders, doors, engine covers, etc.for Type 1s, but he stocked practically nothing for the Karmann-Ghias (Type 141). Who would pay $700 for a primed fender for a Karmann-Ghia? Not many in the 1960s-70s. Yikes, i didn't know parts for them were so expensive. The one you see up there was originally from Texas and it is a 1957 model. | ||
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | I saw this 55 Pontiac for sale the other week with my dad. (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (229KB - 146 downloads) | ||
christine-lover |
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | My dad saw this car and took these photos Saturday. He told me it had a black interior. (image.jpg) (image.jpg) (image.jpg) (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (205KB - 184 downloads) image.jpg (183KB - 137 downloads) image.jpg (204KB - 127 downloads) image.jpg (201KB - 140 downloads) | ||
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Member Posts: 35 Location: Yakima, WA | Here's mine | ||
vedette |
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Expert Posts: 3069 Location: Scotland | St Andrews University new rector taken on a Pub Crawl in a 1955 Packard,managed 20 pubs in 2 hours. http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/potw/name,254727,en.php http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/20-pubs-in-two-hours-a-... Edited by vedette 2015-03-05 9:02 PM (StAndrewsUniversityRector1955Packard.jpg) (StAndrewsUniversityRector1955Packard400.jpg) Attachments ---------------- StAndrewsUniversityRector1955Packard.jpg (203KB - 138 downloads) StAndrewsUniversityRector1955Packard400.jpg (107KB - 141 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1384 Location: Ocala, Florida | 1962 Chrysler New Yorker we seen. Left a card on the gate. (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (214KB - 139 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1231 Location: York County, PA | HEY, what is a Toyota commercial doing at the bottom of this thread? | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7207 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I took a look at this 300-G yesterday. It's the only one on Vancouver Island, and was sold here new, in the town of Port Alberni. It has just had a re-bored 413 engine block installed, and had all the 300 specific internals transferred from the original block, which had multiple cracks. Apparently the owner had the car restored back in the late 90s, but it has sat for some time with the broken engine, and although the block was cracked, apparently the internals had been all re-done back then for whatever reason, without changing the block. The mechanic had just finished with it this week. He also has the 1957 New Yorker for sale, in final picture. It's a pretty rusty four door hardtop, power windows, seats and still has the 392. He may be interested in parting with the 392 by itself. The mechanic had asked my advice several months back on what color the engine block should be. I did tell him black, with red cross rams, but the owner chose to do it red with bare aluminum rams which is the way it was before. The air cleaners were chromed back in the 90s. PM me if anyone is interested in the 57 NJYer or the 392. Edited by imopar380 2015-03-28 9:25 PM (IMG_0021.JPG) (IMG_0022.JPG) (IMG_0023.JPG) (IMG_0020.JPG) (IMG_0026.JPG) Attachments ---------------- IMG_0021.JPG (160KB - 137 downloads) IMG_0022.JPG (112KB - 139 downloads) IMG_0023.JPG (130KB - 145 downloads) IMG_0020.JPG (164KB - 141 downloads) IMG_0026.JPG (164KB - 144 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 2312 Location: Arizona | <p>Took the Matador out and ran some errands. Saw this Dart, three on the tree, parked in the lot. Probably someone in the Auto Parts store. You can see my green car in one of the pictures. Later in the day I ran across the Nash at a Walmart. Saw a late 60's 442 on the freeway too.</p><p>Check out the exhaust pipes on the Dart and look for the bottle opener bolted to the rear under the stoplight.</p> Edited by jimntempe 2015-05-26 9:11 PM (IMAG0952 a c s.jpg) (IMAG0954 a c s.jpg) (IMAG0955 a c s.jpg) (IMAG0953 a s.jpg) (nash at walmart.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMAG0952 a c s.jpg (180KB - 138 downloads) IMAG0954 a c s.jpg (207KB - 150 downloads) IMAG0955 a c s.jpg (219KB - 137 downloads) IMAG0953 a s.jpg (112KB - 138 downloads) nash at walmart.jpg (47KB - 133 downloads) | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 504 Location: southern Oklahoma | |||
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Expert Posts: 1231 Location: York County, PA | Car spotting in York County is an every day event. No matter what the day you will see old cars out running around. Snow and rain are the only that keeps them in the garage. Catch ya later. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | This poor car, low mileage, one owner, is now rotting outside in a backyard not too far from me... The old man doesn't want to sell. It's a severe case of hoarding and the car is outside because there is too much stuff in the garage where it had been kept for 50 years.. (10695016_10152343635391938_1796449386_n.jpg) (10668148_10152343635421938_1407716333_n.jpg) (10653914_10152343635396938_166988400_n.jpg) (10695249_10152343635381938_2001026110_n.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 10695016_10152343635391938_1796449386_n.jpg (135KB - 141 downloads) 10668148_10152343635421938_1407716333_n.jpg (144KB - 123 downloads) 10653914_10152343635396938_166988400_n.jpg (97KB - 135 downloads) 10695249_10152343635381938_2001026110_n.jpg (85KB - 125 downloads) | ||
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Location: The Mile High City | David, you should offer to put it up on blocks and buy the fella a nice car cover - then go over there every day and help him take care of his yard! Make sure to shovel his walk in the wintertime too! One day, it could all be yours! | ||
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