Anyone else like older cars?

[Albob]

I just got off the phone with Mr. Kovar over at Toledo sewing and the conversation moved over to older cars. I told him I'd post up a picture of my pride and joy. My 66 Chrysler 300.

It took me 10 years to buy this car from my brother and I've been working on it for 5 more to get it to this point,  Before and after. I'm also trying to build a 36 international 1/2 ton pick up

[garypl]

Very nice!  I kind of miss the old “boats” from the 60’s - they sure did ride smoothly.  I drove a 63 Chrysler Newport from Chicago to San Diego in 1969 - it was a great trip!

Gary

[SophieTaylor]

Wow! I just got my old car from this shop https://ceramicprotection.com.au/ , with ceramic paint. protection. I will upload photos later. 

[chrisash]

Nice looking car, looks so long the front end probably gets there 5 minutes before the back end 

[CowboyBob]

I missed this before but that sure is a nice Chrysler the 300's were a great car!Alot faster than my Falcon!My GTO though might be a different story.

[fredk]

This is my old car, with No.1 son driving it. Its a 1930 Austin 7 Ulster, a road-going racing car. Engine capacity is 847 cc - about 52ci - or put it another way my whole  engine capacity is about equal to 1 cylinder of the above cars. The Austin is 10ft 3 inches long and 35.5 inches wide. Top speed is about 50mph. It has only three gears. Brakes are on all 4 wheels, 6 inch diameter drums and 1.25 inch wide. With them its a case of applying them a week before you need to if you want to stop.

No.1 has a collection of old cars, including a 1978 model Cadillac Coupe  DeVille and a number of old Skodas and BMWs. He has maybe about 20 - 25 cars in his collection.

 

[chuck123wapati]

heck yea!! I have a 75 mgb work in progress, a 68 cj5, and a 1960s Lonestar boat with twin 1958 30 hp Gales. My dad was a Chrysler master mechanic so I grew up in our local Dodge garage in the 60s and 70s and that old Chrysler looks great!!!

Edited January 12, 2020 by chuck123wapati

[chuck123wapati]

On 1/11/2020 at 12:39 AM, fredk said:

This is my old car, with No.1 son driving it. Its a 1930 Austin 7 Ulster, a road-going racing car. Engine capacity is 847 cc - about 52ci - or put it another way my whole  engine capacity is about equal to 1 cylinder of the above cars. The Austin is 10ft 3 inches long and 35.5 inches wide. Top speed is about 50mph. It has only three gears. Brakes are on all 4 wheels, 6 inch diameter drums and 1.25 inch wide. With them its a case of applying them a week before you need to if you want to stop.

No.1 has a collection of old cars, including a 1978 model Cadillac Coupe  DeVille and a number of old Skodas and BMWs. He has maybe about 20 - 25 cars in his collection.

 

That is one cool old car! they used those same brakes on my jeep in 68 lol.

[Mikedavid77]

Just had ceramic paint protection done, and I’m seriously impressed! The shine is unreal, and it feels like my car has a new life. Can’t wait to share some pictures soon! Highly recommend if you want top-notch protection.

Edited March 19 by Northmount
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[fredk]

My son bought us another Austin 7 recently. Its a 1937 Austin 7 Ruby rebodied with a Lotus 7 styled body. That black roof is steel and its meant to look like a fabric roof. It tilts up and back so you can get in & out

Edited March 19 by fredk

[chuck123wapati]

THAT is a nice car!!!!!!! Damn i love downshifting thru a turn. 

[Sheilajeanne]

This is my dad's first car:

Anyone know what it is? 

I learned to drive in my mom's 1968 VW Superbeetle Special: 

Edited Monday at 08:49 PM by Sheilajeanne

[billybopp]

Your father's car looks like a Ford Model A convertible.  It probably has a rumble seat too.  Those are a LOT of fun - I got to drive one many years ago.  

The first car I ever drove on-road was a 1965 Ford Falcon Futura 2-door that my Dad bought just after I came along and he realized he needed something more reliable to drive!  We had 122 acres of wooded land that Dad optimistically called "The Farm" about 7 miles from the house, mostly on back roads.  We went out one Saturday morning to do a little hiking, and as we got in the car to drive home, Dad said "You want to drive"?  I said "Sure".  When we got home, Mom caught us driving up to the house - She was LIVID!  I was 14.  LOL

The first car I could call my own when I was 16 was a 1968 Buick LeSabre that my aunt wanted to get rid of, and they didn't want to give her anything for trade-in.  What a land-yacht that thing was!  

One of these days, I need to get the pictures I have of those two cars scanned in - I dont have digital copies of them yet.

 

[Sheilajeanne]

billybopp, right you are! It was a 1929.

Their farm was 8 miles from the town where the high school was located. Dad's means of getting there was a little more primitive - a 2 wheeled cart pulled by a retired harness race horse. The cart's seat had a hinged top so he could store his books inside it. In winter, warmth was provided by a buffalo robe. 

One winter storm was so bad, Dad froze his eyelids. He was missing a number of his eyelashes as a result. After that, he said he'd pull the robe over  his 

head, and let the horse find her way. She knew the route, and wanted to get where it was warm just as badly as he did! 

 

They learn to drive really young on the farm! One day, my brother and I and a number of other kids were riding on a hay wagon. My 3 year old cousin was steering the tractor, while his much older brother managed the pedals. 

When this same cousin was 13, my Dad was driving a load of junk to the local dump in their very elderly 1950-something Ford pickup. It had a very long metal gearshift, and it had been a long time since my Dad had driven a standard. He was really struggling with it. Finally, he asked my cousin to drive. At that time, it was legal for farm kids younger than 16 to drive on back roads, but not on paved highways. My cousin said sometimes his cousin who was an officer with the local O.P.Police would catch him out on the highway, and just shake his finger at him!   Anyway, Dad gave him the wheel, and we got to the dump safely. 

This young man later won the Simcoe Junior Farmers trophy for safe operation of farm equipment!

Edited yesterday at 04:10 PM by Sheilajeanne

[Ferg]

1942 Ford Sedan. Mom and dad were somewhere with that car at home with the keys in it of course.

I was ten years old and just had to drive. Took it down to the barn, turned it around and back up in front of the house. I just had to drive it a little further so I could put it back just as it was. I don't remember they ever noticed anything out of the ordinary when they got home.

When I got to the ripe old age of 14 I worked at a local feed mill for $5 per day. Owner had an old Chevy 3 ton flatbed with racks. We delivered coal and lots of feed to farms and others. He was short handed one day and ask me if I could drive the truck. You didn't really think I was going to say no! Piled feed sacks on the seat so I could see over the steering wheel. Never had an accident and drove it all over the township for two or three years!

[Handstitched]

I love old cars. I have 3 series 2 LWB Landrovers, they might start when you swear at them, and I also have a 1964 Triumph Herald Coupé, ""retirement plan""  . I have a grey  49 Massey Ferguson Tractor that needs finishing off and two E27  Petrol/kero  Fordson Major tractors. One goes just fine, the other doesn't . 

 

What is retirement?? 

HS