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  1. 1 hour ago, joe_padavano said:

    There are a number of ZooTube videos talking about frame swaps on these cars. Suffice to say that such an undertaking isn't for the faint of heart. The other problem is finding a good frame. Of course, with that much frame rust, one has to wonder what's under that new paint. And let's be honest here, more-door cars won't have the same value as two-doors, so any such effort will rapidly be underwater. The moral of this is if you aren't capable of inspecting for this sort of damage, pay someone who is before cash changes hands.

    I agree. 

  2. 1 minute ago, Larry Schramm said:

    Being a pre-war car driver, I would say that one of the reasons is just the sheer numbers of cars produced in the late 50's compared to earlier years.  Without looking I would say that as many cars were produced from 1955-1960 than the total cars produced from say 1920 and older. 

     

    Just a thought, also more persons were living in the 50's and remember those cars from their youth.

    That was the same thought that crossed my mind.

  3. 8 minutes ago, John_S_in_Penna said:

    What a great opportunity to talk to her about this

    great hobby!  It sounds as if she's interested in old

    cars but doesn't have much experience.  She may be

    very interested in learning more.  You could even

    invite her and her family for a ride in one of yours.

     

    Just as we may admire old clocks, or player pianos, or

    pouring concrete--but don't know technical details--

     

    John, everything was making sense, but I never met anyone who admired pouring concrete! Just joking!

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  4. Did you contact the person who contacted you and mention how you feel? It could be something as simple as an oversight, or the person who started the project might not have finished it. It can't hurt to ask. Danbury Mint built a model of a car that I happened to own a good example for them to use. They used my car for the template and came from Connecticut to my home on Long Island for three weekends straight. It was interesting for the first 45 minutes to an hour, and after that it was pretty boring. When they were done sent me two models of the car they produced. As luck goes everything was identical except they decided to change the color to suntan copper. 

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  5. 6 hours ago, rocketraider said:

    GM has a history of making cars that, by the time they had refined them enough to be great cars, were unceremoniously discontinued. The Corvair and Fiero are the most prominent examples. Reattas and Allantes fall in there too but were just a little too complicated electronically to be a true enthusiast car. Yes, I know they have their rabid following and the comment isn't meant to dismiss them. But they were prime examples of GM's unfortunate 80s/90s habit of trotting out not-ready-for-prime-time electronic gadgetry. Enthusiasts want to get in the car and drive, not fight with finicky electronics to get it started and have heat, radio, windows that work etc.

     

    Once the General realized it had marketed those cars all wrong, and should have been marketing them to and building them for driving enthusiasts, it was too little too late.

     

    Nader? An opportunist if ever was. I think I read once that some GM executive dismissed and insulted him and he's held that grudge ever since. 

     

    It's difficult for me to understand how anyone who has never owned or driven any car can be considered an authority on vehicle safety. 

    Glenn,

    GM tried that with the Cosworth Vega, limited production, EFI, a few hundred less then Corvette and grand more than a Camaro. Expensive drivetrain with finicky electronics in on a bad platform, it was a pig with lipstick.  The one I had was fun to drive and fast when it when it ran.

    Great observation! 

  6. I recall reading somewhere many years ago there were laws against exiting and entering onto the traffic side or the drivers side the vehicle in some of the major cities. It was to be viewed as a selling feature at the time. Safe egress to the passenger side of the car away from traffic.  Again, I am going off something I recall reading over 30 years ago. 

  7. On 2/22/2024 at 12:58 PM, 46 woodie said:

    Zepher, It's the same way in New York, at least it is that way on Long Island. There are several DMV offices in my county. I once had what I considered a very small issue on a registration. The DMV agent rejected my registration and told me I needed more documentation. I went to a DMV office about 10 miles away and walked out with my new license plates. The right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing in NY.

    Same thing happened to me, 

  8. On 2/22/2024 at 6:22 PM, Wess said:

    Hello, I bought 65 Galaxie LTD late last year and while working on the rear brakes I noticed that the drivers side rear wheel toes inward. What would cause that, and how could I fix it?  
    I need help.

    Wes,

    I am not a Ford guy buy any means. and I am not saying this is your cars problem but be aware, a good friend of mine bought the same model car about 30 years ago, it was a one owner garage kept gem The frame was rotted near the lower control arms, when he looked into it he found out it was a common problem on those year Fords. He repaired it.  

  9. On 2/17/2024 at 12:49 AM, DLynskey said:

    Thousands of lives in the Chattanooga area, particularly children have been enriched by the several medical and mental facilities of the Siskin Foundation -- founded by brothers Mose and Garrison Siskin, who made their fortune in the scrap metal business.

     

    Our History and Founding | Siskin Children's Institute

     

    Siskin Children's Institute

    Siskin Early Learning Center

    Siskin Hospital for Physical Therapy

    Siskin Behavioral Health

    Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation

    Siskin Hospital for Lymphedema

    Several other facilities including other Tennessee and Geogia locations.

     

    Don

     

    No doubt, there is big money in scrap metal business. but those businesses are a far cry from a field with 300 rusty picked over cars laying about.  

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  10. These two door sedans were hard to find when they were common. Being on a limited income I came upon this rotted gem for $200.  I did the majority of the work myself with my friends who were skilled at their trades who did it on the side. It was a 12 year project and still looks just as good. I could never do it again, I was on top of my game!

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  11. 6 hours ago, rocketraider said:

    We can thank the 1961 Impala SS and the 1961 Starfire for the advent of 1" narrow whitewalls. Those two very special cars took us out of the wide white era and into the 60s.

     

    To their credit no one's 1961 wide whites were as outrageously wide as earlier ones but the SS and Starfire pointed the way to 1960s cleaner styling.

     

    Jars me to see more than a 1-1/2" whitewall on anything later than 1961... needs to be some black rubber between the wheel and the white rubber!

     

    Actually the Corvair Monza was the first with narrow whitewalls, the only reason I know this is I got stumped by a Corvair guy while I was saying the same thing at a seminar on 61-64 Chevy's.

  12. On 2/12/2024 at 10:14 AM, jimmy64 said:

     I am looking for a car for retirement to drive and work on. I can only afford a one shot chance.

     

    It is possible to finance the car and maybe the financial impact might not be that bad. There are all kinds of loans for collector car out there, I am sure at high interest rate, but a few hundred a month might be easier on the savings and gets you in the game. I never did it myself. 

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  13. 1 hour ago, R Walling said:

     Hasn't anyone here ever thought that the property may have a junkyard license?

     They sometimes hard to get!

    I did, and realized if there were a transferrable license in that state it would have been sold already, and this could be the aftermath. Now someone is using that license at another address, and this land now became a site, a possible toxic one at that. 

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