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  1. Summer of 72. Traveling 1400 miles one way from SE PA to ND in a 1970 GTX 440 4spd my father bought new. Hours of trying to sleep on the back vinyl seat in the hot air, or watching the pack of Winstons bounce around on the dash.. No mechanical issues, but did have a screen from a door strapped to the front end to ward off the summer bugs up there. I can remember us flagging down a Corvair that had caught on fire (gas line) and Dad putting it out and helping the fellow get it fixed again. I dont know if I could stand driving a car with bias plys, hemi suspension, AM radio, no AC and a 4:10 trak pak that far for that long. I wonder how many tanks of Sunoco 260 we put in it....
  2. I have a 2019 Laramie 2500 with the 6.7 Cummins. Its rated for 19040 lbs of towing weight. I have the factory 5th wheel puck setup. I also use 7000lb on board air bags for the rear. I restore antique tractors so needed something to haul 10-12K. I bought a gooseneck Big Tex trailer deckover 25+5 with single wheels and mega ramps. 2 axle brakes. Its rated at 17.5K with oil bath axles and weighs 5440lbs. Leaves me 12060 lbs to haul. The 20K dual wheel version would not have given me much more capacity due to its heavier weight. I went from SE PA to North Dakota with it unloaded, then to Michigan loaded. It trailers really nice, but I should have bought a shock absorbing hitch, as that length literally will jump you up and down on certain types of highway construction. I had no idea of that phenomenon as I hadnt owned one before. I was hauling around 10K on the trailer and it would rattle the truck up and down as its firmly hitched to the center of the bed. I know better now. That might be close to what you need...
  3. Very nice! Did your ignition switch stay intact?. They used that co-occidental trans lock that has the key switch actuating a cable to keep the car in 1st gear. I still have mine, but we bypassed it, as it is too fragile for use any longer. I've rebuilt our speedo out of 3 spares as the pot metal frame swells and warps. It then gets out of line and the gears jam, or the rotor won't turn smoothly, which causes the dial to jump around. The pot metal is horrible on GM cars of that time.
  4. Enjoying this thread!!. Here is our 28....
  5. My first one was a 1968 Jeepster Commando Convertible. A neighbors aunt had passed and they wanted to get rid of it. They gave it to us for free. It had a Buick V6 and auto. Did have to buy JC penney snows for it, and replaced an egged rim. It ran great and I drove that through high school until 3 years later bought a 1964 Chevy C10 pickup, 6 cylinder 3 on the tree. Probably out there still running......
  6. AACA Oakland Pontiac Worldwide, have our families 28 Pontiac. At one time, in 58-64 Impala club (had a 64), CLC for several years (Had a pink 57 Sedan Deville). left the hobby for 30 years, chasing kids and money....That is why young'uns can't play with the adults..... Happy to be playing again...
  7. I had some time in a 65 880 wagon. it looked exactly like the one in the film, with the woodgrain sides. It belonged to a Drs wife that we were acquainted with. They had bought it new and it had dual AC (rear roof mounted unit). Still had the certicard on it. I was tasked with changing the oil on it in the early 90's. It was fun to drive, and was really nice on the highway. She parked it in thier garage in the same exact spot for over 35 years, had a carbon spot on the floor from the exhaust pipe. I had the oppertunity to buy it and foolishly did not. I kick myself everytime I think of it.....
  8. Add me to the Craftsman club. Got a set of wrenches in the early 70's, then later socket sets and more wrenches and more stuff...Was very proud of the metal 3 drawer box that I kept it all in, weighing 2 tons and carrying it around. that has morphed into 3 large roller cabinets with tops...I must have at least one of every make of tool known, inlcuding a Rajah crimp plier terminal set in the metal box. I never turn down anything, and most of it was acquired that way. My son has done the same, all of it good tools, but none new. Just for good measure, a Sun timing light 6/12/24 volt with the vibrator in a metal case with the hood hook to use it. My father had one, that was lost in a flood. I had to have one, and it works well with a nice Buzzing sound.....
  9. I just went through this with a uncle, who had a ton of valuable and not so valuable antique farm equipment. He lived far away and alone. He passed rather suddenly and without any provisions at all, except a hurriedly drawn will at the last minute. It was painful and a mess to deal with, especially being so far away. Many items simply disappeared. Matt's observation is wise. Other family members had no idea what to do except sell sell sell, for whatever pennies on the dollar would bring and quickly. It just should not have happened this way. But it does. Do not leave a large mess for someone to deal with. Don't assume they can store it (pay for it) or have the time to take care of it as you may have or deal with an auction company. No one seems to realize the burden that this can be on the survivors. Do they get money at the end?. Sure, but how much grief did it take to do so. Saying that you don't care if it gets pushed into a hole is fine, but someone now has to do that. Don't wait, pare it down now and keep it simple.
  10. Driving from PA to ND on a family vacation in 1972, in our 1970 Plymouth GTX 440 4sp 4:10 super trak pak, no AC and an AM radio. I remember us stopping to help a guy whose corvair had caught on fire. Dad took the toolbox out of the trunk and helped the guy fix the fuel line. I remember sleeping on the vinyl back seat and seeing the airplanes going to Ohare as we went thru Chicago. Probably got about 7mpg on Sunoco 260 gas......1200 miles one way. It rode like a brick with polyglas tires and hemi suspension.... Can't even drive home 7 miles from work without AC in the summer now......pathetic.
  11. I owned that exact car, except it was a Sedan DeVille. It had come from california, and met with a buzzard out west. It received a white hood, that I hadnt gotten to paint before it was sold. It had AC and a 6 way power seat. Pink leather and black cloth with pink nylon thread in it. I rebuilt everything in it, including the wonderbar radio and power antenna, and drove it for a few years. It was a massive car and had great highway manners. Was a lot of fun to pass folks doing 70 and look at thier expression......
  12. 2128 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh PA The whole block is torn down now, save the store opposite Sams at the top of the photo.
  13. Me too, I think the first learning was on a 46 chevy farm truck. Many more to follow through family friends etc. The 28 Pontiac of course is a stick. Although my ram diesel is an automatic, both my sons have the same in stick, so the next generation is OK on my watch....
  14. My grandparents had a farm, and Granpa built chickenhouses and other buildings. His cars and trucks were simply means to carry supplies and tools. Never a thought to anything but utillity. Most were probably given to him, rarely bought one. Ones I remember well as I played in each one as a kid. TT truck frame and coupe in the weeds 1928 chevy 1 1/2 ton truck rotting in the woods 1950 GMC 1 1/2 ton in the shed 1946 chevy 1/2 ton that we did use into the 90's 1937 Buick 4 door in the shed. 1950 buick 4 door in the weeds 1953 buick 4 door in the weeds 1956 buick special in the weeds 1958 biscayne 4 door in the weeds 1956 cadillac sedan de ville in the shed still a driver in the 80's 1957 cadillac sedan de ville in the shed still a driver in the 80's 1957 fleetwood blown trans in the shed 1940 buicks on blocks in the shed When they quit, they were pushed aside, as you never know when you might need parts. That was the mindset. Never throw anything away. I did buy the 57 sedan deville and made it a driver for a few years....the rest are gone and in my mind only now....
  15. Mine was in a 1979 Malibu station wagon V6 factory 3 speed on the floor. Leaving center city Phila, going up the on ramp to 95, hit a bump and the clutch rod from the lever to the fork fell out. No clutch in rush hour traffic. Had to float the gears and when stopped, shut it off and start it in 1st gear. Did that for 40 miles. Then fixed it by using the factory bumper jack to get underneath it to slip the rod back in and fix the spring holding the two together. Lucky it didn't fall and kill me.
  16. Our family car...1970 Plymouth GTX, 440, 4 speed, 4:10 super trak pak.....still looking for it (in NJ I'm pretty sure)
  17. The ones I remember well, were a 68 biscayne 6 cylinder that the neighbor would rev up and down many times after starting it. You always knew it was his by listening. Across the street a 73 buick 4 door and a few vw bugs. Next door had a olds cutlass about a 71. The one I really remember admiring was a 66 coronet 4 door, that was garaged kept by an older widowed lady. She truly was a take it out once a week go to church person. She drove that car probably for 25-30 years before she passed, and it always looked new. I wish I had the sense then to try to buy it....
  18. My grandfather was from a farming family in ND. He had to go back to the farm after losing his job in the depression. Besides the farming, did cattle hauling and building chicken and residential houses as a carpenter. Would travel to California to help build relatives homes and back by driving an old Oakland touring car and working at fields along the way to pay for the fuel. Later in life still built chickenhouses and used a 38 buick with the rear seat out as a truck. Had a Model A chassis with a saw blade setup to cut planks. WHen I was little drove a 56 and 57 Cadillac sedans that were cast offs from someone and again were filled with tools and other objects. You always fixed what you were using, whether it were tools or material. Never seemed to have anything new, nor did he need to. I will always remember him the same, dressed in worn bib overalls. Never wore anything else... I have a habit of putting my glasses in the cupboard top down. I learned that habit from my Grandparents as the Dirty Thirties would have dustbowl conditions up in the Dakotas. Your bowls and glasses would be full of dirt otherwise. He told me in one year they made $35. THat is all they could make other than the self sustaining farm work.....
  19. It's sad. I too read the latest issue.....not much to get excited about. I well remember the anticipation of the "big book" version coming in the mail every month. It was great reading material and all the classifieds were very full. Had to have been over an inch thick. Its been many years since then. Now.... well you know.....
  20. That picture is our Pontiac 6-28 Landau Coupe, not an Oakland 😄
  21. I did dirt/woods riding in the same era. 1970 and a 1971 Honda SL-350. Heavy buggers, but was faster in a straight line. THe nice part about the 70 was that if you stalled it, just push the electric starter button. The 70 had a hydraulic steering damper on the right side front. My Bell Moto3 helmet saved my face after hitting a rock and being thrown into a tree......fun times........still have the helmet. These arent mine, but exactly what I had in the same colors
  22. I worked for a chevy dealer in 86-87. I remember the chevettes very well. A neighbor lady bought a 79 new....Underpowered with a tiny gas pedal and the goofy steering column that was canted towards the drivers door. I guess engine frame clearance issues?. Even worse was the Chevy Sprint (Suzuki) 3 cylinder. It wouldnt get out of its own way with a automatic......
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