Tom99
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Unique, I like it, great job. Do post pictures when you get it finished.
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Beautiful!
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I currently have 202 dealer promos on display. I still have the first promos that my father got for me in the mid and late 1950's.
Since I can't have all the full size cars I want, I had to resort to collecting 1/25 scale models and promos, with a total of 574 on
display in show cases.
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I put DOT 5 brake fluid in my 69 Plymouth Road Runner, in 1990. It is still as clear as the day I put it in.
I have never had a brake problem.
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Since I plan to sell several of my older cars this coming year, I'm sure the market is going to be down,
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Three very nice cars!
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That's sad!
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Beautiful, love it.
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Very nice, I can't remember the last time I saw one.
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Seeing a car like that, would make my da. That is awesome.
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I mostly collect 1/25 scale model cars, dealer promos and kits. I have over 550 on display in two rooms.
I also have other scale models, along with badges, license plates and other auto related items.
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My father was a commercial sign painter. Every so often, four or five cars would show up at the house to have names painted on them.
I was in my early teens, and the guys always treated me to a great personal tour of the custom, semi custom cars.
My first nice car, 1963 Impala convertible, my father added gold leaf Playboy Bunny's, to the lower front fenders.
I wish I had pictures.
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January 1966, I took my drivers test in my fathers 1963 Falcon Futura, 2 door sedan.
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I put DOT 5 in my 1969 Plymouth Road Runner in 1989. The pedal is firm, not spongy, and the fluid is still as clear as water.
I drive the car about 20 miles a week.
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It was built several years ago, for the Houston, Texas art car parade.
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Congratulations, that is a great looking Desoto.
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I did this set of 1965 Texas plates.
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On 4/17/2016 at 5:42 PM, ScarredKnightfan said:
If you're on Facebook, you might take a peak at this fairly new page, dedicated to the GM N bodies:
https://www.facebook.com/BuickSomerset/?fref=tsThank you!!
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19 hours ago, helfen said:
Been to a car show with it? I bet it would attract attention. Have more pictures??
I've only had it in one show. It was an Oldsmobile Club of America zone show. My car received Chairmans Choice, and class awards.
Most of the shows here in Houston are 1979 and earlier, or it is put in with newer Mustang's, Corvette's and Camaro's. I don't bother
showing it. Very few people seem to have an interest in it, it's not a muscle car.
The car is all original, except the two outside mirrors have been repainted, and I know have different wheels on it. The 205 70 R13's are hard to find, and
they are expensive. For driving, I have American Racing wheels, and 14" tires on it.
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It's really nothing special, but it is mine, and I bought it new in June 1985.
My Oldsmobile Calais has a 5 speed manual transmission, HD suspension, and some other odd options.
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I wish I could remember where it came from, sorry.
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Looking at page #8, of the dealer brochure, radial tires were standard.
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Here is a PInto that could come with a electric motor and I think it was a mail order from the back of a cereal box,its a ebay puchase and a duplicate of one I got back in the early 70s that I still have but is in very bad shape.
I thought I was the only one that had one of the little Pinto's. I actually have two of them.
R.I.P. Art Griffin
in General Discussion
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I met Art in the mid 1970's thru the Cape Canaveral chapter of the AACoA, of which I was a member. He was one of the owners of Scrip Antique Auto in Melbourne Florida
at the time. They did a fantastic job of restoring my 1958 Edsel Pacer. The last time I saw Art was in 2009, when I came to one of the club business meetings while I was in town.
He will be missed. He was a fine gentleman and friend. While I was in Florida, he was always there to help in any way he could.
Rest in peace Art!