nick8086 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Edited October 31, 2016 by nick8086 plates (see edit history) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Looks like a '66 Special. On second thought tail lights are saying '67. Had a '66 Skylark GS 2 dr post, Lower production that a GS Vert. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, nick8086 said: I still have the NB license plates for this car. If you own it pm me.. This car was also in a b movie.. Edited October 31, 2016 by nick8086 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Dang, 20 hours vert, you OK!?? a little CPR here..... if this don't get your ticker goin again 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 39 minutes ago, MrEarl said: Dang, 20 hours vert, you OK!?? a little CPR here..... if this don't get your ticker goin again Had to stop for the ball game. I have a friend in the Chicago area so rooting for the Cubs. Hi George. Cal. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Ridler, that's a tough one. Didn't say who the builders are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) Edited November 1, 2016 by 91vert (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 36 minutes ago, 91vert said: Ridler, that's a tough one. Didn't say who the builders are. J.F. Launier – 1964 Buick Riviera – Osoyoos, BC Built at a cost of $300K. http://driving.ca/buick/auto-news/news/rivision-blends-two-generations-of-riviera-into-rolling-art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Similar idea shown on page 14 of the Nov/Dec Riview... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Anyone we know ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrEarl Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 18 minutes ago, avgwarhawk said: Look at all dem black walls! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 2 hours ago, avgwarhawk said: Where are all the men? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 3 hours ago, MrEarl said: Look at all dem black walls! Excuse my ignorance, but were black walls weird to people back then like white walls are today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 2 hours ago, First Born said: Where are all the men? Ben Working, or at the country club with the "other" ladies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Beemon said: Excuse my ignorance, but were black walls weird to people back then like white walls are today? I'd say no. I think back then many economy tires were black sided. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 2 hours ago, Beemon said: Excuse my ignorance, but were black walls weird to people back then like white walls are today? I sold and installed tires in the early '50s. Probably 80% were black. White was about $2.00 more. Equal to about $16.00 today. Ben 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 I anyways thought white walls were the normal. You learn something new every day! $16 per tire? If only that were still the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 7 hours ago, Beemon said: $16 per tire? If only that were still the case. The $2.00 I referenced was the DIFFERENCE for WW over black. Best of my memory. The $16.00 is what that $2.00 would equal today, based on what I was earning then versus today's wages, My 60 cents per hour, versus $8.00 min wage now. All approximate, of course. AND those tires then were only good for 12 ,000 to 15,000 miles. I do like today much better. I did buy a set of four Seiberling 100 tires in about 1954. Payed $25.00 per tire. WW included. That figures out to ABOUT 35 hours of wages at 70 cents per hour. PER TIRE! Did I say I like today MUCH better?! Ben 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 When I started driving my 58's in 1970 both black wall and white wall tires were common but the whitewalls were mostly thin line. In fact most guys I knew who had 55, 6, 7 Chevs would deliberately mount the white wall on the inside, especially if they had the baby moon caps instead of full disk. I know this is later than the era that started this discussion but just pointing out the changing trends. Me, I like white wall tires, thin line, double line or wide. Here is a picture when I bought the Special in 1972 sporting her double thin line whites (bias ply by the way) . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 How many of you installed "Port o walls" just to get the look of a white side wall. I remember a friend of mine installing a set that gave the look of a narrow white side wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 When you are broke the car wore blackwalls: the cheapest line of Goodyear and even then looked for 'blems' or 'factory seconds'; but never recaps (my father had bad memories from the WWII time with recaps). An uncle had a used car lot and I once had some whitewalls applied by a traveling workman that buffed the sidewalls and applied some white paint(?) that lasted the limited life of the tire. I will not have blackwalls again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RivNut Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 2 hours ago, old-tank said: When you are broke the car wore blackwalls: the cheapest line of Goodyear and even then looked for 'blems' or 'factory seconds'; but never recaps (my father had bad memories from the WWII time with recaps). An uncle had a used car lot and I once had some whitewalls applied by a traveling workman that buffed the sidewalls and applied some white paint(?) that lasted the limited life of the tire. I will not have blackwalls again. I remember around 1985 a guy visiting the used car lots with his white side wall machine. He'd lift a corner of the car with a frame jack and set that wheel on the machine. It would cut a slight groove in the sidewall as it spun the tire. While the tire was still spinning he'd apply a thin layer of white "stuff" into the groove. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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91vert Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Another Railcar. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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