mrspeedyt
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maybe 15 years ago I did the bonded title thing in Arizona. I did have a bill of sale that was notarized when I bought a non running 1952 Jeep CJ 3A in Texas. at that time I paid $75 for a bond in Arizona. I sold the Jeep a few years later with no problem with the bonded title. and it kept the original Vin.
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I'd drive it 'as is' but I don't know if I can afford the gas...
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these are the pictures I came up with.
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I try keep it simple.
there are new cars,
used cars,
and 'old cars'
and then 'really old cars'
I certainly understand what pre-war is.
but it certainly can be confusing.
when you throw in the hot rodders
and the fat fendered street rods
which are 1948 and earlier.
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sometimes I don't remember who I am because I'm on so many different forums... (and that's over 30 years...)
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this lever switch posted by mark shaw is what I'm interested in for my Cadillac. the original pressure switch works okay for what it is at seemingly low pressure but I want the brake lights to come on just as soon as I start pushing on the brake pedal without any real pressure at all.
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perhaps I should file against the BNSF railroad for having railroad tracks in my neighborhood. too noisy. it's only the main line for BNSF between LA and Chicago.
(a main line track going through here since the 1880s.)
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My father had minor interest in some post-war older cars, but in general he was not a big fan of collecting anything pre-war. he was born in 1924 and his first car was a model t for $10 and then got a worn 37 Ford sedan in high school and then a 40 Plymouth sedan. he lightly customized the 40 Plymouth and kept it until the early '50s. in the meantime, my dad had bought a used 50 Ford convertible and then a used 52 ranch wagon. he customized those also slightly. in 1955, he traded the ranch wagon in on a brand new Volvo sedan. then another Volvo in 56. and then a new Fiat 600 multipla in 57. and then a used 59 thames window van. after that in 1963 a used 62 Convair greenbrier. are you noticing a pattern... seems he was always buying something. newer even if it was used.
he did step back twice then. My mother finally got her driver's license and he bought her a nice clean 51 Chevy sedan with a power glide. that was her car for a while. the second time he stepped back and bought something older was buying a 1957 Chevy wagon and then a week later trading it in on a 1956 Pontiac safari. then he sold off mom's 51 Chevy sedan and she started driving the 56 Pontiac. and it had air conditioning! after selling the 56 Pontiac there was a 57 Pontiac 4dht. sold that too and bought a nice 64 Malibu 2dht. My sister totaled that out and then dad bought a used 68 oldsmobile 442.
then he came across a screaming deal on a pair of 51 Chevrolet sedans for sale. he bought them both and tinkered with them some. My brother bought one of them and my dad sold the other when he bought a 64 falcon 2dht. and then he bought another 64 falcon and then another 65 falcon convertible and then and parts cars for them. and a couple of 65 rancheros too. and somewhere in the midst of this also bought a 60 El Camino. he was playing around with these older cars because finally the company he worked for started giving him new company cars starting in 1964. a Chevelle sedan. and then a 67 Bel Air sedan which lasted only a few months before the company recalled it and gave him a new 68 Bel Air sedan as a company car. so that brings us up to about 1974 I think.
I can keep going on and on but I'm sure I've already bored you stiff. I'll try to remember to post about the cars from 1974 on.
main point I want to say is that he basically kept buying newer and newer until he started getting some interest in stepping back a decade but never back before 1951 vehicles.
when I bought my 1923 Buick touring he said nice old car and i took him for a ride... then he mentioned he had no desire to have a car that old. he prefers to drive something that can keep up with the traffic. so I guess my dad did influence me somewhat... I like old stuff. and for a while I even liked tinkering with it. but now with my 74th birthday soon I really don't want to work on cars anymore. I'll tinker with my 41 Cadillac to keep it running... but I'm not buying anymore cars other than for transportation. but I do appreciate seeing old cars in the hands of others that do love them...
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when I run out of sealed beams i will then consider modern technology sealed beams replacements. Even though I drive a lot at night, I try not to overdrive my headlights. so usually I'm the slow guy. I do however want to upgrade my tail lights and brake lights to appear correct but much brighter. especially the brake lights.
also, I'm going to install a mechanical brake light switch to supplement in parallel the original hydraulic brake light switch. I want those brake lights on just as soon as I start moving that brake pedal the slightest.
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I can drive around my 41 Cadillac with high beams on and hardly anybody ever blinks at me. (literally nobody)
this new generation of LED headlights outshines and out glares my sealed beams.
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If I thought that was a serious ad and the car is as good as it looks in the photos, I would make the drive to check it out in person. and the paperwork better be spot on.
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wow. attractive women. even back then..
an attractive woman is always stylish.
good advertising.
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pretty much all pre fuel injection cars... you are really lucky if you broke 20 mpg. My 59 El Camino with a six cylinder and 3 on the tree would average 11. of course I drove it really hard back then.
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just remembered the white 1967 Oldsmobile toronado after I saw it abandoned on the side of I-40 outside of Williams, Arizona around the early eighties and then saw in it again in the storage yard of the Chevrolet dealer in that town. I waited for the abandoned vehicle sale and the Chevy dealer said just pay the tow charge and it's yours. The tow charge was like $46. I took the battery out and recharged it and put it back in the car and it ran just fine. I kept it a few years and then sold it to a friend of mine that needed transportation. he loved that car! (another car that I wish I kept!)
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hobby choice? I should have stuck with collecting stamps. (much lighter to haul around.) instead of collecting everything else.
hobby car choice? I should have limited myself to the 56 Pontiac Safari that I had in high school. focus on that one. kept that one. instead of being like a butterfly going from car to car to car.
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57 t-bird over the 55 and 56. (although I really like the clean look of the 55 a lot.)
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the 51 Mercury over the 49 and 50.
the 67 corvette conv. over the 63-66
conv.
67 corvette coupe over 64-66 coupe.
63 coupe stands alone because of the split rear window.
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I know if I had another Impala/ Caprice again I would prefer just the dog dish hubcap. was it available factory stock or did you have to get the wheel cover?
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1 hour ago, mrspeedyt said:
I forgot about the 52 Buick super two-door hardtop I bought for $50 back in 1975 and the 52 Hudson hornet four-door sedan about for $100 with a blown head gasket in 1972... I think it was.
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I forgot about the 52 Buick super two-door hardtop I bought for $25 back in 1975 and the 52 Hudson hornet four-door sedan about for $100 with a blown head gasket in 1972... I think it was.
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roundabouts. The really big ones can look cool. but overall I just don't like them and having to deal with them. Arizona has a number of them now and it's just a hassle most the time. I prefer a standard intersection but I would like to see yield signs utilized instead of all these stop signs and lights. of course this all only works if people are courteous drivers.
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The latest car I bought (about a dozen years ago) for under $100 was a 1989 BMW 325 two-door sedan with the stick and clear title. it was wrecked on the left front corner and two busted wheels on the left side. I replaced the complete left front suspension from another BMW in the in the junkyard for $100 and two other stock aluminum wheels for $40. the left front fender cost $20 and it was already the correct color. so I had the thing running and driving great for less than $200 total. wish I kept it because it was a fun car to drive! but I stupidly sold it to a neighbor kid after I busted the aluminum oil pan after hitting something very solid on the freeway. I should have just fixed it and enjoyed it more. so I'm keeping my eye open for another one but I doubt if I'll ever find one again at that kind of a price.
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my 2012 prius has been good until the last 6 months. 200000 miles and the head gasket probably needs replacement due to seepage of coolant. (a characteristic issue.) after replacement maybe get another 200000 out of it. gets pretty good gas mileage.
but overall the best vehicle I had (other than gas mileage) was my V8 1973 suburban 4x4 granny gear stick. sold it with 400,000 miles on it.
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if the automatic transmission had issues like leaks or poor shifting My dad liked to put a little bit of brake fluid (maybe a quarter cup or so) in the transmission...
later I had a late '60s AMC American that would barely move. so I put a quarter cup of brake fluid in and it really helped but it was still not quite there yet. so I put in a second quarter cup of brake fluid in. worked really good for about an hour. and then the front seal blew out.
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What kind of a guy was your dad?
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My dad was pretty much a Heinz 57 person. he mostly bought late model used usa cars back in the 30s and the 40s and even the early 50s. he did buy a few new foreign cars in the mid 50s but wound up going back to buying mostly late model used American cars in the '60s.
The only NEW American cars he drove were company cars... Chevrolet sedans in the mid and late 60s.