mrspeedyt
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i’m guessing those vices are at area 51.
if not there may be Edwards or Vandenberg or China Lake?
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just last week I gave my old worn mid 80’s Uniden PC 33 to a friend of mine for the latest jeep that he acquired. I guess a fair amount of the off rorders still use them.
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The only way I would consider driving an old car in a parade is if the parade route is slightly downhill all the way.
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it’s kind of ugly. but distinctively different. might be kind of fun if it runs well.
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decisions decisions decisions. if I were living in Europe I would consider an old Mercedes Benz or bmw sports car. having previous experience with both Mercedes cars and a BMW 325 I think I would lean toward a BMW with a stick.
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i might give you what i sold my 68 GS400 4sp ac convertible for…
got $275 for it in 74. had over 100,000 miles on it and needed a new top. the previous owner, my brother and I drove the crap out of that car until it was such a hassle to buy gas for it. (that was in anaheim ca.)
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Maybe consider buying your Ford phaeton back if reasonable?
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When I bought my 41 Cadillac back in 1985 the stock brake light switch looked old then. and it still works fine. (knock on wood…)
I would like to have faster reacting brake lights… i’m thinking what it would take to use a lever type switch or a button type switch that would immediately activate upon the slightest bit of movement of the brake pedal… I gotta crawl under there and try and figure out a very easy mounting without messing things up.
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300 miles for a 39 packard coupe 110. fifty years ago. cool car. long gone now.
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impressive demo! gonna get one!
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about 1975 i used to have a original 1968 impala station wagon 327/ turbo 400 with 4 piston disc brakes on front and black 15x6 inch rally wheels… with full wheel covers. 12 bolt rear end too. i should have kept it especially since it was a rare factory build.
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and the effort required to get the car certified… I’m not familiar with. my 41 cad has been licensed insured and driven on the road since long before I owned it. and I bought it in 1985. yes. I had plans for it to restore it but I had too many other projects and life just got in the way sometimes. but I still enjoy it! just keeping it on the road is enough of a challenge. I had to rebuild the brake master cylinder two years ago. but i got it got done… works excellent and I’m back on the road but not driving a whole lot because of these ridiculous gas prices. it gets one quarter of the gas mileage as my 200,000 mile bad ass prius. (I honestly don’t like that Prius. but it gets decent mileage.)
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your Dodge looks good sir. and you’re close to the finish. I myself have sold off almost all of my cars leaving just my 41 Cadillac and my dad‘s RV project that he was doing in the mid 60s. I still drive the Cadillac even though it is in desperate need of paint and interior work… and the 56 Pontiac RV project… it just needs a new home. somebody is either going to continue my dad‘s crazy RV vision or harvest all the remaining 56 Pontiac stuff for another car project.
in driving my rough 41 Cadillac sedan I get lots of thumbs up and smiles when they see my very weathered car. it’s a survivor under the probably the worst conditions imaginable. it was a parts car for a 41 Cadillac convertible back in the 70s and a previous owner pieced it back together with the stuff removed from the convertible. it just isn’t worth restoring (especially at the cost of having that done nowadays) in comparison to what it would be worth. but it is a fun car and I keep it running and driving and smiling!
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as to reliability i only have the little experience with my 23 buick and 26 dodge. no problems with either. but I would imagine that in the long run it would have issues just like any other car with a generator and or starter. it was different to start up the car by switching on the starter and listening to it get up to operating RPM before engaging the starter pedal. definitely different. it would take about 5 to 10 seconds depending on how cold it was. then you would push the starter pedal. I didn’t drive either car very much at all. One of the issues is that I was just too physically big to sit behind the wheel comfortably. 6 foot three and 235 pounds is just too big for most of these older cars.
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A combination generator-starter was somewhat common back in the teens and 20s. Both my 23 Buick and my 26 Dodge were set up like that.
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I like the white wall tires. compliments the car nicely!!!
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for the last 20 years I’ve had garage space that would accommodate eight cars if I arranged things correctly.
i’m in a sell mode and only have two cars left that are collectible and one definitely is covered and no problem parking it in the garage. The other one (if I keep it) going to have to move some stuff around to get it inside.
I still enjoy old cars but I do not have to own them anymore.
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thank you for that film! it’s interesting watching something filmed in 1960 with all the ‘new’ and the old cars… and places!
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dodge28… maybe if the car is drivable without all the repaint work it might be just nice to drive it as it is. it certainly doesn’t have to look perfect in order to enjoy the drive. and maybe taking it for a drive might inspire you to do the rest of the work that you want.
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nice ‘63 Cadillac! amongst my favorites!20 years ago I had a ‘63 series 62 hardtop… white and black interior with a single cigarette lighter… also had a ‘62 sedan Deville. again white with a black and white interior… great highway cruisers.
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two cars…no three cars. 51 mercury coupe. 52 Hudson hornet. 56 Corvette. all needed work.
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the worse are the present color of both my bad ass prius (charcoal) and my 41 cad. (same). my favorite color for a car is arrest me red.
I also really like black. but it’s not practical in the heat. and it’s a bitch to keep clean.
So I guess my first choice will be a white car with a red interior.
(like my 63 Chevy impala that I had 40 years ago.)
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a year ago I sold a 1975 Chevy Monza town Coupe which is basically a Vega with a vinyl roof. three speed stick . clutch was worn out. But the original Vega engine ran remarkably well. The guy that has it now replaced the clutch and drives it around town! still wore its original factory paint… definitely a rarity to see on the street anymore.
Your old car will look GREAT with a digital plate!
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Digital license plate that’s not there physicaly? How is Joe six pack or the old granny in the parking lot going to know what car ran them over if no physical license plate?