I have taken up an interest in cars from the 50's and 60's. I've been going through my grandfathers old files and pictures and I really think they are some of the most beautiful cars ever made.
This past week I went to look at this 1956 DeSoto (anyone know that name? :wink  Firedome with a 331 Hemi engine. Push-button automatic. Guy wants $5,500, which is a bit much considering it does not run and it starting to rust.
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It has a beautiful interior but the price needs to be more like $3,000.
I am going to look at a 1958 Dodge sometime next week. All I know is it is a 10y/o restoration done at WW motorcars in Broadway. I know the guys down there and they do fantastic work. Guy wants $8,500...no idea what body style. Its a "green two-tone" according to the owner of WW.
This is a 58 Dodge Coronet just to get an idea. They all look about the same, just the number of doors changes.
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Sylvia has always wanted a Forward Look fin car (Any Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, or Imperial from 1957 to 1960) That comes from before she met me...for the record.
She is partial to the Fury/Belvedere/Savoy. You may know if from the film "Christine."
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The "Fury" she insists she wants was only available in Creme' with gold accents and a 413ci Golden Lion Hemi. They are getting rare and cannot be had in restored shape for under $20.
So, does anyone else here dig on these cars? I've been listening to XM 50's on 5 for the past two weeks 
Jeff Morrison - Used Car Manager
Woodstock Garage, Inc.
Chrysler - Dodge - Jeep - RAM
Current Stable of Mopar Junk
57 Chrysler Windsor 4drHT - 67 Dodge D100 Short Bed Step Side - 71 Dodge Challenger - 91 Chrysler Lebaron LX 33k mile Survivor - 91 Dodge Dakota V8 - 05 Chrysler Crossfire Roadster - 08 Ram 2500 Cummins
i like them for how they look. i could never own one but to ride in one or look one over close up is a pleasure.
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
413 Hemi is a pleasure! Centerplain "suicide" brakes however...they are not. Bendix disc conversion FTW!!! $1000 well spent.
Jeff Morrison - Used Car Manager
Woodstock Garage, Inc.
Chrysler - Dodge - Jeep - RAM
Current Stable of Mopar Junk
57 Chrysler Windsor 4drHT - 67 Dodge D100 Short Bed Step Side - 71 Dodge Challenger - 91 Chrysler Lebaron LX 33k mile Survivor - 91 Dodge Dakota V8 - 05 Chrysler Crossfire Roadster - 08 Ram 2500 Cummins
I prefer stuff from the 40's instead, along the lines of ![[Image: katz1.gif]](http://www.spacecitycruisers.com/art/katz1.gif)
but something like this would work pretty good for me too
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1999 F250 SuperDuty...███████████████████►
1971 Monte Carlo SC ...◥☼▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙☼◤
i'd never buy one or own one, but i like'm
i like cars from the 60s...
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I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
I will own a '57 Corvette and/or an '59 Caddy before I die. I used to not like them at all but I've recently gotten into all things retro. More details on that to come.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Apoc Wrote:I will own a '57 Corvette and/or an '59 Caddy before I die.
No chance, buying an older car means you gotta turn wrenches on it 
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:I will own a '57 Corvette and/or an '59 Caddy before I die.
No chance, buying an older car means you gotta turn wrenches on it
oh man.. i almost forgot... you missed the 4-hour rotor replacement by chris... true hilarity.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:I will own a '57 Corvette and/or an '59 Caddy before I die.
No chance, buying an older car means you gotta turn wrenches on it
Shows what you know. Anyone who can afford a '57 Corvette can afford to pay someone to wrench on it.
...and it was a 2 hour rotor replacement. Bitchface.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Apoc Wrote:Shows what you know. Anyone who can afford a '57 Corvette can afford to pay someone to wrench on it.
Then you'd have to put it on a trailer to take its somewhere when its busted. Double whammy.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
Yeah, I'm more into the 60-70s era, then even further back, like 40s-early 50s.
Gogo Joe Rogan's Sick Fish ('70 custom Foose 'Cuda - 735hp / 540 ft lbs)
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Posting in the banalist of threads since 2004
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:Shows what you know. Anyone who can afford a '57 Corvette can afford to pay someone to wrench on it.
Then you'd have to put it on a trailer to take its somewhere when its busted. Double whammy.
Uhhh no.... house call y0! Or just pay someone to come get it and then wrench it. Duhhhhhh....
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
Apoc Wrote:Or just pay someone to come get it and then wrench it. Duhhhhhh....
Well, if you pay someone to do everything else then why not
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
Exactly my point.
Anyway, I don't really see why you'd have to wrench a car that was properly sorted anyway. Yes, some things will go wrong here and here but it's not like I'm talking about buying a piece and fixing it up a la RJ. Contrary to popular belief I can handle the minor things and if something major goes wrong you take it to a shop. Problem solved.
Old - RJ != busted
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
late 60s and up for me. Nothing else really appeals to me, yet.
Step away from the money pit Jeff :-).
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...copying Mike...mmmm
Apoc Wrote:Old - RJ != busted
The miata will be gone this weekend... leaving me with my two primary modes of transport both built in this decade. Imagine that.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:Old - RJ != busted
The miata will be gone this weekend... leaving me with my two primary modes of transport both built in this decade. Imagine that.
 hock: :!: :!: :!:
i should've seen this coming with the burning down of the MM forum yesterday
1994 Ford Ranger
2004 Honda S2000
2007 BMW X3
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:Old - RJ != busted
The miata will be gone this weekend... leaving me with my two primary modes of transport both built in this decade. Imagine that.
You still have an old busted bike. Yes it runs, but it leaks gas so that doesn't count.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
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