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AWESOME ... thank you!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Relight the flame when it's cold" | Godsmack | 'Serenity'
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10 hours ago, ragtop4two said:
Victoria Lynn, I have really enjoyed following your posts on here and hope you continue.
^^^ THIS!
Wish I had the money for that 1979 Lincoln ... such a gorgeous car.
I sure appreciate seeing the photos & seeing your Dad. In a way, this reminded me of an "epic thread" of a friend of mine, who restored her Dad's car for him ... then gave it to him a surprise ... a little bit before his death. I finally got to meet her in person & see the car during my last road trip, 2011's "Coast-to-Coast" journey. I posted a little bit about it here, if you're interested:
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2016/06/14/tuesday-trip-65/
I feel lost without my road trips because I absolutely love meeting people ... I feel so much more "at home" when I'm "on the road".....Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"I know it's crazy, but it's true" | Christopher Cross | 'Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)'
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LOL ... love the puns...!
I suppose it's a good idea to have car shows at funeral homes; can't say I've ever seen a show at such a place, tho. Certainly they don't have scheduled shows if an actual funeral-visitation is happening....?
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"You know it don't seem right" | Bobbie Gentry | 'Ode To Billie Joe'
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Oh
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Don't know about y'all, but I am very glad this sparked so many memories for so many of you ... I really loved reading your experiences & memories. & the photos posted ... just added to my enjoyment because I sure love old family photos, particularly when vehicles are involved ... always love featuring them on OC,SH.
I found myself smiling quite a bit reading your replies!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Could everyone agree that they should not be left alone?" | Filter | 'Take A Picture'
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Sounds like a cool new museum, Greg!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Look at everything that's come & gone" | Bryan Adams | 'Summer of 69'
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Welcome, Matt ... good luck in your search!
Curious about your '89 CCB ... I used to have 1 ... loved it!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"If I only knew then what I know now" | Lee Greenwood | 'Fool's Gold'
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I think it's cool ... then again, I'm also intrigued by the GM wagon next to it....
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Wouldn't that be something?" | Finger 11 | '1 Thing'
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Good luck!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"So much is left undone" | Deep Blue Something | 'Breakfast At Tiffany's'
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7 hours ago, Roger Zimmermann said:
I do my best to be near the reality.
Next, you'll tell us that you put gas in it & had the motor running.
LOL
Still AMAZED ...EVERY ... time I visit this thread.
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Wake me up inside" | Evanescence | 'Bring Me To Life'
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Do you agree!?
Read more about this here:
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/18/wednesday-wakeup-3/
What vehicles were in your life when you graduated HS!?
Read more about this photo here:
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/20/friday-flashback-3/
Have you seen anything like this!?
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/18/at-the-heart-17/Cort
www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc
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28 minutes ago, TerryB said:
The woman who owned these items was the end of the family line. She wanted to get them to a good home before she passed. I hope I am doing that by sharing them with you, the folks on this forum.
Terry
Well, I'd say you definitely ARE! I love seeing vintage documentation like this, Terry ... thank you for sharing the images here.
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"You can't see what those shades of gray keep covered" | Jamey Johnson | 'In Color'
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Oh, sweet!!!! Huge congrats, Curt!!!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Pictures come alive" | Irene Cara | 'What A Feeling'
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On January 15, 2017 at 6:56 PM, John_S_in_Penna said:
Thanks for posting the picture, Cort.
I enjoy seeing pictures of old parking lots,
looking at what cars were in use years ago.
You are welcome, John! I, personally, LOVE photos like this ... of all different years-generations. Always fun to see what was "popular" back then, even if our memories don't quite agree ... LOL.
On January 15, 2017 at 8:04 PM, C Carl said:Funny. That was exactly 1/2 my lifetime ago. Well , if you know old "C" Carl , you know he just checked for Cadillacs. Mid '70s , a couple , one 472 powered RWD , one 500 cu in FWD. Perhaps a brace of almost new 368 powered FWD Eldos parked side by side. If you had known the then relatively young ol' "Cadillac" back then , you would not have had to look any farther than that Bier Garten to find him. Yeah , funny all right. Funny. "Funny" , as the song goes , "Funny how time just slips right on away". How are you doing , Cort ? Don't put off doing what you want to do too long. Thanks for posting. - Carl
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On January 16, 2017 at 0:08 AM, C Carl said:Man , how could I have missed that '75 or '76 Fleetwood ! Drop a line down from the left side of the aforementioned B. Garten sign. You'll see the "Kitty" at the edge of the photo. ( had a couple of those too ). Cort , with your quotations from a great variety of songs : "Cadillac Cowboys , you see them everywhere that you go." | Steve Miller | 'Cadillac Cowboys' ............. And believe me , that is no exaggeration. Back then ? I'm here to tell you. Everywhere. I've had Cads since I was too young to drive 'em. When that pic was taken I had a beautiful '71 droptop. Still have it. But beauty being in the eye of the beholder , it is now significantly more , or significantly less beautiful than it was almost 4 decades ago. After being T-boned shortly after the above pic was taken , the insurance company paid me off in full , and let me keep the car. Took an air chisel to the fenders and wheel wells, put a trick suspension under it in order to accommodate 33" BFG All Terrain T/As , and stood it tall. .050 over turned the 500 into a 514 , now decompressed to 7 : 1 with head and cam mods to run hard and fast on the old 70 something octane Mexican gasoline of the era. Living on the trunk lid are two big spares strapped and chained around a red Jerry can. I like to say it looks like a piece of military hardware from the losing side of World War 4 ! It has been almost everywhere in Mexico and Baja. Anyway , Cadillac Cowboys in abundance as was the scene back then , you can be sure there are more in the parking lot here. I see some potential candidates, but low res frustrates my Cadilllac recognition software.
Cort , I hope your health is stable with everything you have had to endure at your young age. I just got out of the hospital after yet another heart-propelled trip to the E.R. Good news so far , and I am feeling so much better that I almost feel 70 again ! Just a Med-Mod so far , with follow ups hopefully to give me take-off clearance to go pick up the '27 to begin its return trip from 'Vegas. After a few months of decline and doubt , I finally think I just might be able to pull it off ! Lets leave it at that for now. Almost bed time , and I have things to do yet. - Carl
Hey Carl .. great eye for the Cadillacs!
Glad you are feeling better, but sorry about the trip to the ER ... those are never fun.
My health (thank you for asking!) is just fine for now. I'm hoping to see some kidney & other specialists in the next few months. A bit "scared" about the Stage 3 Kidney Disease, but knew it was coming since it is partly due to my congenital heart issues. Such is life.... BTW ... lots more cars to ID in the photo!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"It won't hurt; we're just TV good guys" | Andy & Terry Murray | 'Tony & I'
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I've never attended this event, so I appreciate the pics people have posted.
But, I'm having a difficult time understanding the NON-REFUNDABLE portion of the $50 APPLICATION fee! Non-refundable if you are denied entrance? Wow! Certainly, it doesn't cost THAT much to create, process, etc., those applications, does it?
I hope it doesn't keep too many people from actually applying.....
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Action speaks louder than words" | Black Crowes | 'Hard To Handle'
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On January 15, 2017 at 7:02 PM, victorialynn2 said:
If someone wants to fund it, I volunteer to build it!
Well dang, I'd volunteer to help do the research ... ya know, road trip to ALL of the automotive museums ... I would ssssssoooooo LOVE THAT. Oh my gosh!
On January 15, 2017 at 8:16 PM, jeff_a said:V.L.2 and SKfan,
A database of all cars 25 years old and older would be nice. It would be a great service, and a win-win for everybody, county clerks and police, too.
I've often thought that it would be a start if the cars in museum collections were inventoried in a central record file. In the zoo world, there is an international roster of all the species in facilities everywhere...from marsupial cats to red pandas to Sika deer. That way, two zoos can coordinate with each other for acquisitions, bloodlines, conservation, etc. The way it is now, you have to contact each car museum one-at-a-time to see if they have a Citroen, a Cameron, or a Chevrolet.
YES, exactly!!!!! I think it could be done ... just ... oh my the cost & time involved. But, my goodness mercy me ... the dream!
On January 15, 2017 at 9:01 PM, padgett said:Create a database and people will come out of the woodworks to claim it's rong (just ask Barney).
Sadly, true.......
On January 15, 2017 at 10:01 PM, victorialynn2 said:I'd have to give the credit to ScarredKnighfan. LOL
*grins* TY!
On January 15, 2017 at 10:17 PM, victorialynn2 said:I'd think some people would pay a few bucks to track down the "one that got away". I've always wondered where my father's '58 Corvette wound up. I'd pay a few bucks to find out. I loved that car! I was lucky to drive it in a few parades and to a car show or two in High School. I still have the VIN, and often wished there was a way to track it down. I'm sure all you car guys have at least one car like that in your history? Maybe your first car, your parents car, or a car that holds a special memory.
My dad sold that vette to someone in California in 1983. He said he had to because he was offered an obscene amount of money for it. It wasn't for sale. I secretly think it was the car owned by Jay Leno in That 70's Show. Some of dad's friends said my father met Jay at least twice at car shows...
Yep, I would.
Back in the early 1990s, I found out my Dad had considered buying "my" car (my parents' former '76 MC) for me. When I told him I wanted a '79 (middle year of the generations, 1970-1988), he decided not to search. Well, at that time, with a VIN you could pay for a "title search" through the IL DMV-Sec of State [not sure if that's still possible or not, I haven't tried recently'. So, I did. Got some good results back, at least in terms of a former owner who wrote me back with details of when he had the car after my parents (who were the original owners). Tragically, the junking certificate was dated just shortly before I started the search.... I'd like to believe I wouldn't have wanted to see it in that condition anyway................. *sighs*
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"It's so lonely being stranded with a dream you can't let go" | Deborah Allen | 'I Hurt For You'
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On January 16, 2017 at 1:11 AM, nick8086 said:
Dad got a few from a uncle at an antique shop and the rest from the swap meets.. 1/3 of them are from world war 1.. Not in English..
Neat!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"I'll always be around" | Willie Nelson | 'Highwayman'
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Very cool ... nice to see progress & it now running!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"It's only a matter of time" | Mariah Carey | 'Always Be My Baby'
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Wow ... very nice ... good luck with the sale!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"I am tempted to keep the car in drive & leave it all behind" | John Mayer | 'Why Georgia Why'
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If you remember the 1969 Pontiac Executive & 1969 Pontiac LeMans I posted last week, here is another old family photo of the LeMans:
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/12/thursday-throwback-2/
Bet many of you will know what this car is:
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/15/at-the-heart-14/
A friend sent me this vintage photo he took! He believes it is the Allentown PA Fair parking lot during a 1980 Doobie Brothers concert. What vehicles do you spy?
Cort www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc
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That is AWESOME!!!!!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"I'm going to make it to heaven" | Irene Cara | 'Fame'
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On January 10, 2017 at 8:57 PM, victorialynn2 said:
I'm unaware of such a database that is maintained.
Considering the massive undertaking that would be, I don't think 1 such exists, either.
HOWEVER ... can you imagine how cool that would be?!?!?!?! Oh my goodness ... all the research, traveling involved to confirm inventory....hmmmmm
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"It could've been different somehow" | Doug Stone | 'Why Didn't I Think Of That?'
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Oh my ... I kinda like that. I'd definitely drive-own it!
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Time asks no questions" | Des'ree | 'You Gotta Be'
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On January 11, 2017 at 6:59 PM, CarFreak said:
Back in the day, I would put the word out through senior centers, churches and such places that older people may hang out. Maybe even a center for the blind. Good chances you'll find someone with extra garage space.
Doesn't hurt to ask many (all) of your friends & family members, too. Sometimes, they'll know someone who can help you out more than you could ever imagine....
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"Isn't that the way they say it goes?" | Jim Croce | 'Operator'
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On January 8, 2017 at 7:36 PM, TerryB said:
You don't know what change is until a Jeep hits you on a motorcycle at 50 mph! The old saying "that's gonna leave a mark" has a whole new meaning like you can't imagine.
Eeegads, Terry ... that hurts just reading that.
On January 8, 2017 at 8:37 PM, padgett said:Have a pretty good idea - had a Monte Carlo hood ornament embedded in my back while stopped at a light on a Honda 160. Worst pain of my life and the most welcome pain of my life was when they straightened me out on the X-ray table.
YIKES! Horribly the wrong thing to ask, but I am curious: did you get to keep the emblem?
Course, in both of your cases ... I'm not sure which is worse ... what you experienced ... or open heart surgery.
Cort, www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc"It's such a cold blow from out of the dark" | Brooks & Dunn | 'That Ain't No Way To Go'
My health (thank you for asking!) is just fine for now. I'm hoping to see some kidney & other specialists in the next few months. A bit "scared" about the Stage 3 Kidney Disease, but knew it was coming since it is partly due to my congenital heart issues. Such is life....
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This is a photo I took ~4 years ago now! Anyone else have a BP gas station like this?
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/23/miniature-monday-4/
I love old family photos like this!
Read more about when this was taken here:
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/26/thursday-throwback-4/
A few weeks ago, I posted a pic of 1 of my display cases. This pic better shows how I made it:
Want more details? See:
http://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2017/01/27/friday-fun-4/
Cort
www.oldcarsstronghearts.com
pig&cowValves.paceMaker * 1979 CC to 2003 MGM + 81mc
"I think it's about time you should know" | Trick Pony | 'Just What I Do'