mrspeedyt
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stupid thing?
buying a 56 corvette project car with title for $200 and then selling it for $650 after i got it running and registered.
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I think I would’ve liked the brand new Shelby mustang in 65.
Second choice would’ve been a new Cadillac coupe Deville 1961 through 1964.
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i spent away all those funds after i split from my ex.
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besides some older coins under the front seat of my cadillac was a pair of black ladies panties. dusty, but appeared silk
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i bought my first new car in the 80s. a honda. after a clutch failure (not the clutch lining) my next new car was a toyota p/u. excellent service for over 220000 miles. then a new prius. excellent service. i’m on my third toyota. still going good. the only thing about these toyota’s is they are boring cars. no feeling. like my kitchen appliances.
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i like the buckets for the look. but i prefer a bench seat for the practical.
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i went in 1968. cool cars and trucks.
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life moves on. sorry for your loss. be thankful that he was in your life at least this long. my dad died at 85. it was his time to pass on eleven years ago. i’m now 71 and i don’t want to live on and be a burden to my children. i value quality of life. thank God for mercy!
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in my experience this modern e10/gas does seem to evaporate relatively quickly in a older vented fuel system.
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I really need to update my will. as it is presently written my ex-wife will get it all.
that’s kind of like poetic justice right now. my life is a mess and she will inherit a mess. but I have been liquidating over the past few years and maybe God will bless me with good health and sense to finish liquidating before I check out. at least most of the cars are gone to new homes now. only three project cars remain and worth relatively little. less than $10k... and a few bits and pieces too.
it has been fun spending the money on life experiences that I have never done before.
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my first real experience with a stick was in my early teens at a neighbors farm with his early 50s chevy farm pickup. it was fun times! since then i’ve been practicing stick shifting for over 55 years and millions of miles mainly in big trucks. still mess up sometimes... (will i ever really get good at it?)
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they make nice yard art.
(i had two mb’s)
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interesting front turn signal device.
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no. there is a switch.
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for most things… especially with ebay and such… it is just a matter of finding the right buyer at the right price.
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maybe it’s just the modern gas evaporating? this modern gas ain’t worth a sh….. bit.
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how about kramer’s 4 door chevy sedan with THAT new york license plate? that’d be fun to have…
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that 1955 t bird has a california dealer plate on it. maybe frank was just out for a test drive.
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i wonder…
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with the excessive hours i used to work as a truck driver and now with my retirement travels between arizona, socal and baja california i haven’t joined a local club. maybe someday. lone wolf for now.
1981. i bought a new 82 honda civic wagon with a/c. maybe paid 5k for it? (my first new car.) had a nearly new wife and family.
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just my experience with a turbo 400. my 67 Cadillac 429 and th400 was a switch pitch torque converter. it had serious issues. I had to have the transmission rebuilt and used the guts and torque converter from a 69 cad th400. The case is still a 67. (but with the 69 guts and converter). works well. been 35 years now. btw i use type F atf in it.
i was originally was going to simply swap the 69 th400 onto the back of the 67 429. but the bell housing bolt pattern was different. cadillac went to a new bell housing bolt pattern in 1968 with the new 472/500 engine. (dang. cost me an additional $400 bucks then.) but it works out over the long run.
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on my 52 buick i took the easy way out. push button in dash. hooked to a pair of those small air horns/tiny compressor. super loud… would wake the dead. (just had to remember where that button was located.) of course the best single location is the steering wheel center horn button. second best is the horn ring.
IF my memory is correct… on my 59 hillman… (maybe it was my fiat…) came with a factory stock hole in the hollow steering shaft just forward of the rearmost steering column shaft support. had a few winds of a very flexible fine braid wire that was wrapped around the shaft about four turns. enough to easily play out as you turned the steering wheel lock to lock. simple…and fairly easy to replace if needed. gave the ground to the horn. i don’t think it even had a relay.
Ronald Regan and Jane Wyman in a sun roofed 39
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i had a rough 40 la salle sedan with a factory steel sunroof. pretty neat!
sold it a few years ago to a restorer.