John Byrd

I have only checked the mpg on the Mini two times, once it was 36 mpg, the 2nd time was 39 mpg. The 66 Tiger we used to have got low to mid-20's, so I suppose this current one, a 67 model with the same engine (289 and still using the same carb I had on the 1st one) and rear end (2:88) does too, but I haven't checked it yet. The 259 cubic inch Studebaker we just sold got 16 to 22 with a 600 Holley (jetted properly) and a GM 4 speed automatic overdrive tranny we put in it, but just to throw a spear at the gas companies, my blue & white 50 cc 2003 scooter gets 115 to 123 mpg and Karen's 50 cc 2005 red & white scooter always gets 125 mpg. !!!! Since I'm reporting mpg's, the new Maverick also shown gets 24 around town and got 30 going to Hilo and back last weekend. Not vintage or antique, but that sure is good mileage, and it runs great too, lol.

Thanks for the great photos, one Packard picture would have been great, but WOW ! Fabulous looking group of cars.

3macboys, you are an interesting and informative character ! I sure am enjoying your posts and lust after your stash, lol ! I had loads of "stuff" too when we were still on the mainland, it is a wonderful habit/hobby/sickness/ side business to be in . I only have 3 oldies now, and am trying to sell one of them, so we don't need as much as we used to. Please keep up the reports and pictures for all of us "used too'rs and wanna-be's", ha ha ! As you can see from my garage, it is now a small stash !

Been a busy boy, but my "what are you working on's" is a bit more boring than some of the great items some of you have shown. first thing, taking care of my wife after she had a wreck on her motor scooter (broke her right arm and got some bruises), and trying to find a fender for her scooter, as that was the 1st thing she asked ..... "How's my scooter ?". Second, putting a new temperature sending unit in our Sunbeam Tiger, third, painting the rear box on my scooter to match the rest of the scooter, fourth, hooked up the electric choke on the Studebaker. Oh, and laundry, lol.....

Exactly Craig !

My "bucket list" ( always thought that was a dumb term, lol ) is the same as it's been since I saw my 1st one in 1966. A REAL Ford GT 40, any of them from 64 to 68. Got 'em in books, photographs, on my computer, toys/models, on my bedroom and garage wall, lol.

I guess he did, but in a round-about way, as he really didn't have a passion for cars, just wanted something to get back and forth with. However, he worked at one Ford dealership, four Studebaker dealerships ( two of which also sold foreign cars ), and one VW dealership ! He was the parts man at each and knew every number on every part they had seemed like, but I don't remember him ever even washing or maintaining our cars !!! I loved everything that came thru all the places he worked, as well as everything I spotted on the streets tho', lol.

Yes sir, I found out they were wrong in the 80s, they had been telling me that in the 60s and 70s, lol. Your parts look great !

Guys, thanks for the explaination of the chromed plastics, I really didn't know how it was done, and always wished my Mustang and Falcon "chrome" parts on the doors and dash had looked better, lol. Of course my friends back then told me a lot of different versions, always ending with "you can't have them fixed"...

Rusty, I still have my bronzed baby shoes that someone had done for my parents. (they couldn't even afford me, much less fancy shoes, lol) I always wondered how it was done since my 1947 versions have lasted VERY well !

Xandre Wildeisen, that looks a bit like what the CA. hot rod bunch from the early days called a "Carson Top" on the green car. Very neat !

Xander Wildeisen, these photos are great, but museums hit me two ways. One, I'm so glad folks preserve things I will never get to see or own otherwise, and two, it almost hurts to see the stuff just setting and not being used, lol. Thanks so much for showing your wonderful photos !!!

Reading another post, there was some discussions about whether or not we check our paperwork numbers against the vehicle's actual number. This reminded me of a couple of vehicles of ours that the numbers made me smile and I thought might make an interesting topic. One was the blue Ford truck we had that the vin started with "GUS", and the other is a scooter we have now that the number starts with "LALA", very appropriate for a pink vehicle we think, lol. Any of you have memories of something like this ?

Yep, several ! I guess the best one (most profitable) was a 1967 Mustang GTA (390) that was absolutely loaded with options I bought in Scottsboro, AL. back in 1975. I spotted it in a trailer court one morning on my way to work, stopped there that afternoon after work, and asked him if he would sell me one of his GT wheels for my car. He said "Hell, if you give me 60 bucks, you can just take the whole thing" !!! It had a TN. title, and AL license receipt, ( AL. cars from 75 back have no title) and LOTS of both owners documentation ! It's the blue one in this pic. Good times fooling with cars back then !

Andy J, my interests haven't changed much at all, I still enjoy doing mechanical stuff and still want an old original GT 40 Ford like I saw on my way to college back in 1966, but my abilities have changed considerably. I've been putting off an oil and filter change for a couple of months since we got a different little car, and pulled one spark plug out of it with LOTS of grunting and "construction worker" words, then decided it looked great and put it back in.. Yesterday me and a pal took the back seat out of his Avanti, fooled with gas lines and filters under the hood, so that will probably do me for quite a while lol.