John348
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Seems like the water could be adding a to of weight to the vehicle. It was an idea that was evolving.
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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,
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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.
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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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20 hours ago, Pfeil said:
58-59-60 Pontiac were the first Pontiac's to reduce from what I would call the wide whites of my dad's 50 Pontiac.
1961 Chevrolet
1961 Pontiac
They did reduce them, but they were still 1 3/8" from 1 3/4" from 1957, but they were not yet 1" I forgot about the Cadillac Brougham.
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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!
Here is the article from the restoration profile in Hemmings Classic Car from August 2010
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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.
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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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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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8 hours ago, demco32 said:
is this a car or a computer?
The computers started popping up in 1975 and have been pretty much in every vehicle for the past 44 years, so it's not like it's anything new.
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2 hours ago, mercman from oz said:
John, The two Full Wheel Covers that I showed are correct for the 1948 (left) and 1949 (right)
These are the small Caps that you are referring to that were standard equipment on the 1949 and 1950 Chevrolets
Yes, and I have seen the small caps with the trim rings that Rocket Trader refers to as well, that give the appearance of full size wheel covers, my mistake
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23 hours ago, Tph479 said:
My definition of an antique car is that if I have to explain to someone how to
1) Start it
2) Shift it
3) Stop it
4) Explain what the levers on the steering wheel are for
5) explain what the gauges on the dash are for
6) explain what the knobs or pull things on the dash do, then you have an antique car.
Everything else is just an old car.
But the same thing can be said about every 2024 vehicle in the showroom?
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The center cap on the left is either a 49 or a 50. 49 had a red back round around the bow-tie and in 1950 it was gold. The trim rings would be the difference, the center hub caps should fit on either wheel.
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3 minutes ago, kuhner said:
Those spring compressors are dangerous. The rest I don’t mind.
You beat me to it! I absolutely hate them, because when something goes wrong, it's never minor
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Because it becomes an attraction and gets rented to casinos to bring in people, who even pay a lot money to have photos taken in these type of celebrity owned vehicles. Remember what happened to OJ's Bronco? They are not sold as a collector vehicle but a marking tool for a business.
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Isn't the word subjective? I do agree with your thoughts but the concept of "old" is relative to the individual, and secondly is it really that important? The abuse of the word classic is more disturbing.
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32 minutes ago, Bhigdog said:
You,re either in this hobby for the love of your cars or the love of money.
Those that can,t seperate the two are in for disappoint, a soaking, or both.......bob
well said!
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11 hours ago, jdome said:
I noticed last summer that the 50s style cruise ins with DJ playing loud bebop/sock hop music havevbeen replaced with loud live rock bands.
Finally! The music change is not a bad thing, I have been waiting for that for the past 40 years, I am closing in on 70 and do-wop music was considered to be oldies when I was in high school.
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Ported vacuum only means that that particular outlet will receive vacuum based on the position of the throttle, so in this case there would no or very little vacuum at idle. Manifold or main vacuum is constant supply of vacuum.
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2 hours ago, 1912Staver said:
Some serious fortunes are built on garbage. Just hauling away all the offshore junk that is peddled to newcomers to the hobby would keep a few garbage removal outfits in business.
Around the NYC Metro Area they have been always known to be 'family' business's, couldn't be any money it, could there? Come to think of it I never heard of one for sale around here.
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44 minutes ago, rocketraider said:
Around here, those and big overrider bumper guards were a dead giveaway a used car had come from the Northeast, along with northeast rust.
I only saw those big over rider bumper guards on taxi-cabs, more common on the early 50's cars.
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Welcome to the site, I would suggest to edit your tittle to say "Wanted 1932 Chevrolet Confederate Sedan" I think it will get more traffic to your thread.
Good luck with your search, At one time the Baltimore Area was a happening place for the Vintage Chevrolet Club, try reaching out to local regions if you have not already.
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8 minutes ago, auburnseeker said:
The new issues or the old ones. Might be some unwanted surprises in the newer ones.
Looking like there won't be any new Swimsuit issues or any other issues for that matter, they laid off almost all of the writers this past week. The talk Friday on the NYC sports radio station is that they are closing their doors. The commentator pointed out that the Super Bowl to them is like Christmas to retail stores, and they did not get the expected advertising revenue for the upcoming issues, and they were gasping for air financially going into it. I don't know if it is fact or just an observation, but it made sense to me. Another printed media casualty
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This was regional accessory, installed by dealers when new. He either bought the car from a Buick dealer in The Bronx or New Rochelle, I am not sure. I do remember my Grandfather complaining that it was on his brand new 73 Buick Century and he did not want it. The dealer told him they threw it in for free because all of the trunks were getting popped open by thieves where they stored the cars. and the spare tires were getting stolen. I just went through a similar thing with locks on the wheels of a new pick up I ordered, they had to put the locks on regardless. I just came across one the other day.
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Floor shift to collum shift reasoning?
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Posted · Edited by John348 (see edit history)
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.