Hudsy Wudsy
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The ad is a dud, but the Buick is a treasure.
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These photos of early motoring got me to thinking about some great pictures that I saw recently on the VMCCA (Vintage Motor Car Club America) website. Here are some that date back to 1957. I doubt if the term "High res" would describe any of them, however: 1957 VMCCA Rally | Flickr
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Sparton horns were made by the Sparks Withington Company, which some of you might recognize from their line of Sparton radios.
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Hudson Eights had their own loyal following. Those who knew them truly loved them. Lots of nearly silent power, even though their displacement was only 254 (?) cubic inches. I'm including a photo of an original '51 interior that is in a gray '51 Hornet that only has 28K miles. It appears to be a bluish green stripe combined with a reddish-brown one on a cream background.
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I've mentioned this before. My brother was fond of these. He had several '49-'51s. He was into them because of the fold-down seats that made into a bed. No, he didn't go camping in them, he took girls to the drive-in movies in them. I recall that one of his Nashes needed a clutch once. It was a chore because he had to put the car up on barrels to get the suspension off of the ground to pull the rear end backwards with a chain in order to get the driveshaft to clear the back of the transmission. The other thing that I remember clearly about his Nashes was how goofy they cornered. I could be riding alongside next to him in the passenger seat and he would turn a corner (just a normal turn on a city street) suddenly I would be way above him height-wise. I never knew a car that would roll that much. After the turn, the car would even out and go back to normal. And lastly, they were slow! They promised high gas mileage, but the tradeoff was certainly performance.
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Not many '35s of any make with an original radio.
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Beware the variable venturi carb.
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I can only speculate about what is mounted to the right of the steering column, but my guess would be a vacuum gauge to indicate mileage.
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"No low ballers please." Why not? You've regarded this car as "low ball" for the whole time that you've owned it!
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As much as I personally like green, I think that this Imperial might have sold by now if it was any other color.
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Geez, I always think that it takes a particularly interesting personality type to threaten potential buyers with a presumed undesirable outcome if they don't buy.
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3 hours ago, alsancle said:
Would you believe I didn't know that people actually preferred sidemounts until a few years ago. I think because with most prewar cars the sidemounts were an option, but with the high end cars the rear mounted spare was a sport option. The sport option cars can bring a lot more money than the sidemount cars when you are talking about high end stuff.
Interesting! I didn't know!
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Eight cylinder club sedan with side mounts!
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A Pontiac, and thus, GM, point of pride was that they were the least expensive eight-cylinder car on the market. I've owned a couple of these and I can say that, eight cylinders, or not, they weren't performance minded.
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Very beautiful car. However, someone stopped short and should have pin striped the wheels properly.
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I'm a little uncertain about the "club" in club coupe.
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4 minutes ago, TAKerry said:
Someone must have told them the dust did not ad value. I doubt the paint looks that good in person, the typical lets wet it down and get a quick pic. But for 5k you almost cant go wrong. Body looks decent enough and complete.
Pop told me stories of his family having a mid to late 30's dodge or plymouth. Said 50mph was the fastest it would go and that was downhill in neutral or off a cliff! Unfortunately he is no longer around to confirm exactly what the car was.
This sedan left the factory with a 4:10 rear end, so speed-wise it's no worse than anything else in it's class.
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That was so smart of someone to make a protective throw cover for the top of the rear armrest. The sun can really destroy that part of the upholstery.
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On 8/4/2023 at 1:34 PM, g-g-g0 said:
Original post/picture is picture of one currently for sale on Facebook
Thank you for finding that for me.
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I recall that the sixes were capable of remarkable torque.
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Guys, I' sorry, but I've misplaced the original ad, and consequently the link. I think that it likely came from Facebook, or maybe Craigslist.
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I just post this for the sake of anyone who may have never heard or seen one before:
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I don't want to become a "broken record" on this topic, but I can't imagine an Iowa car without a heater.
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I don't know what good the white letter tires do, though.
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1940 Cadillac LaSalle convertible coupe - 32.5k USD - Pembroke, Ontario, Canada - Delisted
in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
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"Beaver Brown Poly", according to Autocolorlibrary.com. The color doesn't look any prettier on the page, either.