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Im getting serious vibes of Dick Tiago on this one. I always thought a 60 Elky would be a better start than Dicks 57 Ranchero. Cant wait to...
I always turn off "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" right after Spencer Tracy orders the Ice Cream at the drive-in. I don't care who owned the '32,...
Happy Birthday from an unknown groupie 59 miles south!!
C E are good folk with great products. Call them and voice your concern -- they've always come through for me whan any questions arose.
Hello -- Steve's signature alone is worth $75.00 -- I'll go $70. ( I always bid five bucks less.)
Forget Ralph Malphs 29 and the Love Bandit the most irresponsible atrocity visited by that show predated the Jump The Shark episode but...
You don't know me -- I don't know you, but if that sweet ride was mine, I'd HAVE to run the rings just for eye candy. JMHO
This time of year, I can't help thinking about Bedford Falls. Even if your post took place a thousand or two miles south, it still qualifies for a...
One word: www.shoeboxford.com.
I like pie.
I would too, it looks like a sweet ride.
First and best advice you'll get -- ShoeboxFord.com -- join up (free) and ask away to a bunch of old guys around the stove in a garage that have...
I would add the spots, but it's beautiful with-or-without, and I've often been proved wrong. Your call.
As George Harrison said in 1964 to the insipid US news guy when the news guy asked what "they called their haircuts". "Arthur".
In 1961, I drove my '40 Ford convertible (with the top up)from Toledo to Windsor and back one winter night, no problem. In 2004, I drove my...
Between the White Huts in Toledo Ohio. Loop through the Colony Hut (where the normal kids hung). Then north on Upton to the Sylvania...
Congratulations! I pulled the pin five years ago at 65, and the only problem you'll have is trying to figure out how you ever made room for eight...
Thanks for the info -- now I know which kit to buy for my 1940 Chevy.
First guess: Dave Bell Second guess: Dave Deal Third guess: George Trosley Fourth guess: Bill Rinehart When all else fails: Tell us one...
Back in 1956, I had to pass the Ohio state drivers' test in the same vehicle my daddy had taught me in -- a full-blown 1955 Buick Roadmaster....
70 with a '27 T project and a '40 Chevy two-door driver.
Ryan -- please have some more coffee, and thanks fo being "all over the place". I dug every offering.
Every time I hit the road with my '40 believe me, it's an EVENT. If I were ever asked, my purpose would be to keep the engine and drivetrain...
Googling "mr 57 drag" got pictues at http://www.mr57.com/ ain't the information age great?
After you chop it, section it, stick Packard tail lights where the fins were, and slap on a DeSoto grille, nobody could tell it was once a Poncho...
I spotted a '57 Corvette on a used-car lot back in 1964. It was a Tuxedo Black-and-Inca Silver Powerglide and listed for somewhere under a grand....
One daily driver is worth 10 garage queens. Oh -- I'm sorry -- did I say 10? I meant 100.
John North Willys, who started the company here in Toledo, accepted that everyone called the car a "Will-eez" even while his family has always...
In the current push to "Keep a Ford in a Ford" (or a Yadda in your Yadda), I'm still torn between your two choices. Essex was an offshoot of...
Good enough to be added to my "Favorites" list in Windows XP after my first visit.
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