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So I bought this today.    Will be at the house in a week.   1974 full engine rebuilt in 2022 with upgraded bits.  

Sandman
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Been wanting to do this for a while, had a terrible time finding what I wanted, but now it's done. I picked up a 1979 Camaro over the weekend. Runs strong and drives, has a 350. The interior is...not

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4 months later, finally some paint.

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Better to wrap the old f150 around a tree and get that out of the way. Vettes are hard to unwrap from trees.

17 year old me in my Camaro. Cops estimated I was doing in excess of 100 when I left the road. Speakers and various other things ended up spread across multiple yards. My parents put me in a Ford Escort after that one, should have stuck with my ‘79 Blazer I had at 16. This was after multiple run ins with the law over speeding, reckless driving, and various other things I mostly managed to get out of. Teenage males are dumbasses.

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17 year old me in my Camaro. Cops estimated I was doing in excess of 100 when I left the road. Speakers and various other things ended up spread across multiple yards. My parents put me in a Ford Escort after that one, should have stuck with my ‘79 Blazer I had at 16. This was after multiple run ins with the law over speeding, reckless driving, and various other things I mostly managed to get out of. Teenage males are dumbasses.

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A wealthy family in my hometown gave their son a Camaro or Trans Am for his 16th birthday. I can't recall whether or not alcohol was involved, but either way, he killed himself and badly fucked up his best friend in a single car crash that left it looking a bit like that, though a little more stark.

His parents preserved the wreckage and would display it around town during homecoming and prom seasons for years afterwards as a lesson and a reminder for kids and parents alike. 

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A wealthy family in my hometown gave their son a Camaro or Trans Am for his 16th birthday. I can't recall whether or not alcohol was involved, but either way, he killed himself and badly fucked up his best friend in a single car crash that left it looking a bit like that, though a little more stark.

His parents preserved the wreckage and would display it around town during homecoming and prom seasons for years afterwards as a lesson and a reminder for kids and parents alike. 

I had just driven the that road and dropped off my girlfriend (wife now) 15 minutes before that happened. Anyone in the passenger seat wouldn’t have made it. I had an interior picture at one point that showed the dash and back of the motor pushed into the passenger seat which was pushed into the back seat. Not sure how my no seat belt wearing self walked other than I hit the tree slightly off centered so the car bent into a J rather than just stopping and the steering column broke so I ended up up in between it and the door. That plus a lot of smaller brush helping scrub speed before I hit something solid and a shit ton of it just not being my time I guess. I knew people that didn’t make it from much less serious looking wrecks.

I don’t remember anything from that night prior to the wreck, but I clearly remember the first cop asking where the body was when he looked at it. It was on a 7-8 mile back road I ran multiple times a day and each time I drove it late at night I tried to better my time from end to end. My vehicles took a serious downturn after that one. Went for a K-5, to the Camaro, to a string of cheap Escorts and Tauruses.

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12 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

That used to be the typical $1,000 pick up truck you could buy just about anywhere. Then the cash for clunkers program, and lots of old vehicles were crushed..... gone forever.

Cash for Clunkers is to the car scene what tidying mothers were to baseball card collecting. 

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41 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Great analogy.  A lot of classic stuff was lost in that program, and I'm speaking purely from the perspective of what we lost, not any political angle. 

yep, because no-one is missing the 1978 Nissan Sentras or 1982 Accords that got crushed.

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A rundown of the most depressing victims. I still think that it sucked even as far as getting rid of all the common and uninteresting cars simply because of the effect it has on the supply of working beaters, parts, etc. Look at what the used (and new) car market is doing right now, and consider that it might not be so outrageous if we didn't cull the herd a few years ago. 

https://www.motortrend.com/news/crushing-the-tragedies-of-cash-for-clunkers-5458/

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17 year old me in my Camaro. Cops estimated I was doing in excess of 100 when I left the road. Speakers and various other things ended up spread across multiple yards. My parents put me in a Ford Escort after that one, should have stuck with my ‘79 Blazer I had at 16. This was after multiple run ins with the law over speeding, reckless driving, and various other things I mostly managed to get out of. Teenage males are dumbasses.

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I did something similar in a Mustang.  You definitely win the damage contest, but I feel finally coming to rest upside down gives me some style points to close that gap.

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4 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

beautiful truck

It is.  This one used to reside a couple of blocks from the house.  Parked on the street.  A few years ago I left a note under the wipers that if he ever wanted to sell it to give me a call.  Disappeared about 6 months ago.  I was disappointed.

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2 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

It is.  This one used to reside a couple of blocks from the house.  Parked on the street.  A few years ago I left a note under the wipers that if he ever wanted to sell it to give me a call.  Disappeared about 6 months ago.  I was disappointed.

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The front fender/wheel well is sexy. And I don't mind saying that about a truck.

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Need some advice from the peanut gallery. 

This is my first summer of having the 1971 Skylark that I inherited from my parents. I am positive that among other indignities my dad put it through in the 40ish years of his ownership of it, that it probably never received a full detailing prior to being put away for the winter. Nor did it ever sleep under a cover during his watch. 

Am I making a mistake of not getting it detailed before putting the cover on for winter hibernation? It's not a trailer queen and has a number of minor (and not so minor) blemishes to the paint already. I'm in Chicago, and it will be under a cover in my detached and non-climate/humidity controlled garage over the winter. 

If I don't get it detailed before the winter I would almost certainly do so first thing in the spring - just wondering whether it makes any real difference. But it's a white car, so I want to avoid causing any damage just by my current laziness...

*I know all of the regular posters in this thread have seen it already, but figured I'd post a picture for the benefit of anyone who is only an occasional reader... 

 

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PoD..standing or trapped water is your enemy.  Try to keep the air moving every so often to encourage evaporation. I would at least open the garage door on those low humidity days in order to get an air exchange in the garage or use a box fan for an hour or two if you are dickin' off in the garage just to stir the air.  Trapped water will freeze and move gaskets and the like and make for small seeps/leaks that in turn could make for the beginnings of rust.  BTW, cool ol' ride. 

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When I store cars, I put fuelstabil in the tank and run the car every month. It helps keep gaskets lubricated thus preventing them from dry rotting and cracking. When you do run them ensure it's for at least 15 mins so the coolant temp is hot enough to move through the system. When the oil gets hot (up to temp) it will keep the moisture out as well.

The bonus of running is it the battery stays charged and you can see if anything goes wrong beforehand. I detail mine before winter but there's not much of a winter here in Florida.

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11 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

When I store cars, I put fuelstabil in the tank and run the car every month. It helps keep gaskets lubricated thus preventing them from dry rotting and cracking. When you do run them ensure it's for at least 15 mins so the coolant temp is hot enough to move through the system. When the oil gets hot (up to temp) it will keep the moisture out as well.

The bonus of running is it the battery stays charged and you can see if anything goes wrong beforehand. I detail mine before winter but there's not much of a winter here in Florida.

Listen to this man, he scrubs the inside surface of his tire valve stems with 0000 steel wool to keep em clean……... weekly.

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I’ve been wanting to participate in this thread for a while and now I’m finally back in the classic game after a 10 year break.  This will be my running project vehicle and manual transmission teaching platform when my 15 year old gets his permit in two weeks.  For whatever reason it’s the ‘50-‘52 body style despite a 12 of ‘53 manufacture date on a Willys M38.  Non-original 134 motor and a hilarious mix of decades of parts.  It needs a bonded title and antique plates to be on the road but I’ll definitely get that done for Saturday morning taco runs when it’s not hunting season. 

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Caught this bad boy the other day in Kashmere Gardens last week.
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I fucking love this era of Lincolns. I had a friend with a 64. That thing was a maintenance hog. I’d love a convertible to drive in parades and shit.

In other news, the guy who is working on my car has Covid. Sad Chad.
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All I can say is to avoid that era Lincolns that are convertibles. Apparently the power top has multiple motors and other parts that all have to work together or you get a top stuck up in the air like a sail. And there are very few people left who understand how to fix the issues

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All I can say is to avoid that era Lincolns that are convertibles. Apparently the power top has multiple motors and other parts that all have to work together or you get a top stuck up in the air like a sail. And there are very few people left who understand how to fix the issues

I’ve heard the same things.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Chevrolet-Bel-Air-150-210-/144257396416?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
I don’t know shit about cars. Fixing them or anything. I can drive and put gas in them. I’ve always loved bel airs. I’m seriously considering this. Can someone take a look at this and give me a estimate of what something like this is worth concerns ect…. If I don’t get it I’m fine with that but man I want one 

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On 10/23/2021 at 10:19 AM, USCATX said:

I’ve been wanting to participate in this thread for a while and now I’m finally back in the classic game after a 10 year break.  This will be my running project vehicle and manual transmission teaching platform when my 15 year old gets his permit in two weeks.  For whatever reason it’s the ‘50-‘52 body style despite a 12 of ‘53 manufacture date on a Willys M38.  Non-original 134 motor and a hilarious mix of decades of parts.  It needs a bonded title and antique plates to be on the road but I’ll definitely get that done for Saturday morning taco runs when it’s not hunting season. 

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Sweet.  I had a '59 Willys for about 10 years, was a love/hate relationship.  

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Sweet.  I had a '59 Willys for about 10 years, was a love/hate relationship.  

The only good thing I can say about Jeep mechanicals is that nothing has ever broken on the four I’ve owned that I couldn’t fix myself.  But oh Lord, the breaking. 

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The only good thing I can say about Jeep mechanicals is that nothing has ever broken on the four I’ve owned that I couldn’t fix myself.  But oh Lord, the breaking. 

lulz, mine didn't have an emergency brake, hence the bent front gate at my deer lease. Someone left it in gear.

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I’ve been wanting to participate in this thread for a while and now I’m finally back in the classic game after a 10 year break.  This will be my running project vehicle and manual transmission teaching platform when my 15 year old gets his permit in two weeks.  For whatever reason it’s the ‘50-‘52 body style despite a 12 of ‘53 manufacture date on a Willys M38.  Non-original 134 motor and a hilarious mix of decades of parts.  It needs a bonded title and antique plates to be on the road but I’ll definitely get that done for Saturday morning taco runs when it’s not hunting season. 

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Very cool.  You should x-post to the Jeep thread, especially as your progress on the work.

 

 

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I've got a few older vehicles (mid 2000's chevy truck, mid 2000's outback, and mid 2000's chevy cruz) that I need to sell.  I'm not worried about getting top dollar -- just need to get rid of them.  Any thoughts on best service that will come pick them up and take them away (one or more might not be drivable right now).  

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I fucking love this era of Lincolns. I had a friend with a 64. That thing was a maintenance hog. I’d love a convertible to drive in parades and shit.

In other news, the guy who is working on my car has Covid. Sad Chad.

My grandfather had one from that era. I never saw it and it was gone before we moved back to Pittsburgh from San Antonio after dad got out of the USAF. I think Grandpa got rid of the Lincoln for what is now my 1968 Buick Riviera. My dad always said that my grandfather always had really nice cars but, he never took care of them worth a damn. 

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