Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I drove and sold allot of cars in my youth....also wrecked a couple before I grew up:
53 Pontiac Chieftain complete with factory visor, fender skirts, and a lighted Indian as a hood ornament. Straight 8 with Hydramatic Tranny. Bullet proof car. (family owned)
57 Chevy Handyman 2 door station wagon. Pristine and not a single option on it but for Heater and keys. 38,000 miles and I loaned it to a friend that got T-boned in an intersection.
31 Model A Coupe, Rumble seat, manifold heat. Naugahyde interior by my mom and I.
32 Ford Tudor Sedan. All steel original body.......and complete small block chevy engine 2-4 bbl carbs on a MT intake manifold that hung the carbs over the fenders (was an Indy ram manifold in that time), 4 speed and posi rear. Chrome dropped front axel.....walnut wood firewall. rolled and pleated interior. A Black Beauty. (if that car could talk!). Really fast off the line....no weight. I could beat most cars in town in a drag race.....untill the 427 Chevy Biscayne and 426 Street Hemis came along......and those guys better know how to drive. I built this car over about 1.5 year period from a mercury flathead and LaSalle tranny start when I got the car.
57 Olds 88 Hardtop with J2 engine. (family owned)
59 Plymouth 2 door (Belvedere?) (I drove it for a while but never was owned by me - family deal). Square Steering wheel and typewriter tranny on the left side of steering wheel. HUGE back window.
55 Chevy 2 Door Sedan. V8 3 speed. Rust free Californian car that I paid $200 for when in the army in Texas. Drove it home....barely....as the tranny and rear end were shot. Sold it for $500
as is".
64 Chevelle SS 2 door HT. 327 Engine, 4 speed, black beauty.
67 Chevelle SS 2 Door HT. 327 engine, 4 speed green machine.
61 Chevy SS Convertible. 3 on the tree. Owned it when we got married......clutch went out.....flywheel and pressure plate were shot. Lived in the city....was going to get expensive to fix it and I had no place to do it. Traded it for a new 69 Ford Maverick.....and life was never the same. Did my deal on a Saturday.....I had to be at work on Monday. Reality check 101.
I owned that 32 for a long time....and bought and sold some "drivers" trying to make a little money on the side. Mostly broke even or lost some due to damages. But it was fun. Others were trades on trucks that my dad's biz would do.....and I drove them for a time before they were sold again.....so it sounds like more than it was. (I identified those)
53 Pontiac Chieftain complete with factory visor, fender skirts, and a lighted Indian as a hood ornament. Straight 8 with Hydramatic Tranny. Bullet proof car. (family owned)
57 Chevy Handyman 2 door station wagon. Pristine and not a single option on it but for Heater and keys. 38,000 miles and I loaned it to a friend that got T-boned in an intersection.
31 Model A Coupe, Rumble seat, manifold heat. Naugahyde interior by my mom and I.
32 Ford Tudor Sedan. All steel original body.......and complete small block chevy engine 2-4 bbl carbs on a MT intake manifold that hung the carbs over the fenders (was an Indy ram manifold in that time), 4 speed and posi rear. Chrome dropped front axel.....walnut wood firewall. rolled and pleated interior. A Black Beauty. (if that car could talk!). Really fast off the line....no weight. I could beat most cars in town in a drag race.....untill the 427 Chevy Biscayne and 426 Street Hemis came along......and those guys better know how to drive. I built this car over about 1.5 year period from a mercury flathead and LaSalle tranny start when I got the car.
57 Olds 88 Hardtop with J2 engine. (family owned)
59 Plymouth 2 door (Belvedere?) (I drove it for a while but never was owned by me - family deal). Square Steering wheel and typewriter tranny on the left side of steering wheel. HUGE back window.
55 Chevy 2 Door Sedan. V8 3 speed. Rust free Californian car that I paid $200 for when in the army in Texas. Drove it home....barely....as the tranny and rear end were shot. Sold it for $500
as is".
64 Chevelle SS 2 door HT. 327 Engine, 4 speed, black beauty.
67 Chevelle SS 2 Door HT. 327 engine, 4 speed green machine.
61 Chevy SS Convertible. 3 on the tree. Owned it when we got married......clutch went out.....flywheel and pressure plate were shot. Lived in the city....was going to get expensive to fix it and I had no place to do it. Traded it for a new 69 Ford Maverick.....and life was never the same. Did my deal on a Saturday.....I had to be at work on Monday. Reality check 101.
I owned that 32 for a long time....and bought and sold some "drivers" trying to make a little money on the side. Mostly broke even or lost some due to damages. But it was fun. Others were trades on trucks that my dad's biz would do.....and I drove them for a time before they were sold again.....so it sounds like more than it was. (I identified those)
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