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My friend Alan tipped me off to a couple Forward Look cars last week that I went and looked at. I will post photos shortly.
The "car spotting" section of Collectible Automobile magazine was always my favorite part, so I thought I'd initiate something
similar here with photos of cool cars I see out and about.
Coming soon: 55 DeSoto, 56 Dodge, 58 Plymouth, 59 Imperial, 60 Chrysler, 61 Imperial
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Did you check to see if it had a signal seeker radio?
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I hope this thread catches on and "we" get to see a lot of FWDLKs in driveways, fields etc. :cool:
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My thoughts, exactly.
Fixed up and restored cars are fun, but few things rival that excitement of when you first find them, be they
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I got pix of a few more. I'll stagger them out over the next few days. I am sifting through my brain trying
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Location: Parts Unknown | I got this off the net . . . Looks like someone found this and are flat-beddin it out, or staged this for a pic . . .
I look often for FWDLKs in driveways, fields, ANYWHERE, but haven't found any . . .  YET !
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Location: Sweden | me and a friend pulled this out from an old barn in Ca last week!
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Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | Doctor DeSoto - 2010-05-26 11:57 PM
Although not Forward Look, ... in fact, probably the most UN-Forward Looking car of the era .... I think this is a 57 Hudson ... or is it a Nash ? ... looks to be their most senior car was at the time. Whatever it is, it ain't no Chev and it ain't red and white. How refreshing !
Definitely a '57 Nash parked next to the Dorfus Bumpus. The Hudson had a full-width grille and single headlamps, on the same body. This was the very last car to wear the Nash name and logo, and Hudson's version was the last of its kind. Both were replaced by the 1958 Ambassador, as photographed by me at a 2005 AMC car show near Atlanta (and near my house).
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Location: Georgia | Here's a '57 Savoy resting in Sparta, GA, as of Dec 2008.
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Location: Royal Oak, MI | 1960ny - 2010-05-27 3:25 AM
me and a friend pulled this out from an old barn in Ca last week!
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Doctor DeSoto - 2010-05-26 10:57 PM Although not Forward Look, ... in fact, probably the most UN-Forward Looking car of the era .... I think this is a 57 Hudson ... or is it a Nash ? ... looks to be their most senior car was at the time. Whatever it is, it ain't no Chev and it ain't red and white. How refreshing ! That is a '57 Nash Ambassador, the better looking as compared to the '57 Hudson, and the earliest car on the market in the US with dual headlamps and a quite desirable car among Nash /AMC collectors if not rusty.
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Location: Edmonton, AB | Seen NE of Rocky Mountain House, among a herd of sheep:
Looks like someone put something through the windshield.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Pinecone - 2010-06-15 3:36 AM
Seen NE of Rocky Mountain House, among a herd of sheep:
Looks like someone put something through the windshield.
A 1957 Dodge Mayfair sport coupe. Super nice find! I'd sure like to get my hands on one of those some day!
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me and a friend pulled this out from an old barn in Ca last week!
What's going to happen with this '57 Coronet D500? It's exactly like the one I used to own, down to the color scheme. Lots of potential here... a remarkable discovery!
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Location: SW MO | Ran across this one earlier this year. In the same family since new.
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Location: North Central Alberta Canada | A friend of mine zoomed in on this one a while back. It's just north and west of Edmonton Alberta.
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Location: SW MO | I passed on that '57 the first time I looked at it but, I may be picking it up soon. PM me if you are serious about the bumper. Living proof that the car makers would do just about anything to sell cars. White and red with some orange-like interior color. Not totally hideous, but pretty close. |
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Location: hopkinsville, kentuckky | Boy, what I would give to live where there are still old cars to buy. Here in the Midwest, you are lucky to see anything out in the boonies, and most of the leads I get are from people who think they saw something, and lots of times, it is nothing close to a Mopar. But, it is always wise to do the wild goose chase, just in case. One would think, with all the farms and all the barns, there had to be something stashed away, wouldn't you? |
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Pinecone - 2010-06-21 10:46 PM
A couple more:
I can't believe that '57 Belvedere convertible is still there and still rotting away..... That car deserves to be restored!
I had posted older views of it here in the past:
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Location: Edmonton, AB | Stopped in at that blue Mayfair today and talked to the owner's wife. She wasn't exactly open to discussion. The story is that it's gonna be fixed up (in the meantime, the windshield is busted out), it ain't for sale, and no, I couldn't get a closer look. I tried to tell her about the forum, but I think she was tiring of my presence and wanted me off her land.
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Location: Edmonton, AB | Somewhere in eastern Alberta...
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I was pleasantly surprised to find this car parked down the street from my home last night. Looks to have new plates,
like someone just dragged it out of Aunt Minnie's garage after a 30 year slumber.
Looks to be a 52 Firedome. First year for that model AND the "Firedome" Hemi.
I get a little tired of over-polished rides at car shows, but I'll never get enough of seeing work-a-day drivers like this on
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eBay description: Super rare, one of a kind 59 Dodge Ultra Custom Royal Regal Knighted Lancer Convertible
Limousine ! Custom built for Jesus Christ, himself (or was it Elvis ?), exported to Mexico from the Canadian market
to be driven by the Sultan of Brunei and Mario Andretti on alternating weekends. Factory one-off D-515 double
super charged Hemi 413 ! Massive investment potential !!! This virtually rust-free, pampered original survivor
can be shown as-is or restored to showroom condition with ease. Being offered today from the exclusive Michael
Jackson collection ....
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Location: Parts Unknown | Doctor DeSoto - 2010-07-18 2:02 AM
Coronet 4HT in salmon and pink. Note the D-500 tags. Owner says it is a genuine
383 4bbl D-500 car. Engine gave out at 220,000. He plans to rebuild it.
Yea, he's gonna rebuild it . . . sure . . . did he tell you to kindly leave cuz he was just about to
put some steaks on the grill for dinner too . . . ????
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This 59 Catalina waits for a stubborn owner to get all his "ducks in a row" before he can begin restoring it.
He said he learned to drive in this car and insists he will make it nice again. Very rust-free body. Engine runs.
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Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | Doctor DeSoto - 2010-07-25 6:37 PM
Not sure of the year, but this early Valiant two door quietly rests in a backyard behind a hedge.
That Valiant is a 1962 model, round taillights were used for that model year only, but I can't tell which body style or trim level that car is. The top level Valiant Signet model had that big logo on the trunk lid, but it was a two-door hardtop only. Otherwise, it would be the V-200 series, in centerpost sedan form with either two or four doors. Base V-100 models never had that much trim.
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After getting permission to take a photograph of this 58 Special sedan, the person on hand showed me a 56 Studebaker
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This pink and white Firesweep Shopper slowly sinks into the pine duff.
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Location: Georgia | Here's a photo of a '57 Belvedere 2 door hardtop that sat in Byron, GA under this carport for a long, long time, they would never sell.  She finally vanished a few years ago.
Next is an old Packard in Macon, GA
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Location: Plymouth Spaceport | SavoyPlaza - 2010-07-30 4:17 PM
Here's a photo of a '57 Belvedere 2 door hardtop that sat in Byron, GA under this carport for a long, long time, they would never sell. She finally vanished a few years ago.
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Location: Bama | Here's a 47 or 48 Buick or Pontiac I found in the woods. Straight 8. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f310/Larry57savoy/47002-1.jpg
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Location: West Chester, PA | Did any notice the rear lower bumper on the fron t bumper of the 57 Belvedere drop top? That's weird...
Here's a FL Dodge that I saw a couple months ago, all I had to take pictures wiht was my iphone. Not sure of the year and model, but I'm quite sure someone here knows.
Spotted in Paoli, PA headed east on Route 30 towards Philadelphia. PA Antique Historic Tags do not allow you to drive at night, bad Dodge...
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Ok, name the model and year of this ride with the rusty retarded garbage rims on it.
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Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | chrycopsycho - 2010-07-30 1:34 AM
looking at rvs on northern vancouver island and i came across this!
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Thanks, I had an idea of 62 or 63, yeah ghetto, look at the ride next to it, must be the owners SUV.....
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Did any notice the rear lower bumper on the fron t bumper of the 57 Belvedere drop top? That's weird...
Here's a FL Dodge that I saw a couple months ago, all I had to take pictures wiht was my iphone. Not sure of the year and model, but I'm quite sure someone here knows.
Spotted in Paoli, PA headed east on Route 30 towards Philadelphia. PA Antique Historic Tags do not allow you to drive at night, bad Dodge...
This is a 57 Dodge, 4 door sedan so it is a Coronet and looks to have the D-500 badge on the passenger side rear. So a 57 Coronet lancer D-500 |
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Current Pennsylvania law permits, the operation of vehicles registered as Antiques during the dark hours provided that the vehicle is equipped with the lighting required pursuant to 67 Pa. C.S. Section 175.66. But, 67 Pa. C.S. Section 175.66(m) states that an antique vehicle, if operated exclusively between the hours of sunrise to sunset and not during periods of reduced visibility or insufficient illumination, is exempt from requirements of this section except requirements pertaining to stop lamps.
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Location: Scotland | 59CRL - 2010-08-01 8:50 PM
phurious - 2010-08-01 5:27 PM
Did any notice the rear lower bumper on the fron t bumper of the 57 Belvedere drop top? That's weird...
Here's a FL Dodge that I saw a couple months ago, all I had to take pictures wiht was my iphone. Not sure of the year and model, but I'm quite sure someone here knows.
Spotted in Paoli, PA headed east on Route 30 towards Philadelphia. PA Antique Historic Tags do not allow you to drive at night, bad Dodge...
This is a 57 Dodge, 4 door sedan so it is a Coronet and looks to have the D-500 badge on the passenger side rear. So a 57 Coronet lancer D-500
It is a '57 Custom Royal 4 door sedan,not a Lancer or D500.
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The D-500 tag was on the deck lid in 57. Not on the fin like in 59.
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Location: West Chester, PA | BHWINC - 2010-08-01 8:54 PM
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Current Pennsylvania law permits, the operation of vehicles registered as Antiques during the dark hours provided that the vehicle is equipped with the lighting required pursuant to 67 Pa. C.S. Section 175.66. But, 67 Pa. C.S. Section 175.66(m) states that an antique vehicle, if operated exclusively between the hours of sunrise to sunset and not during periods of reduced visibility or insufficient illumination, is exempt from requirements of this section except requirements pertaining to stop lamps.
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Current Pennsylvania law permits, the operation of vehicles registered as Antiques during the dark hours provided that the vehicle is equipped with the lighting required pursuant to 67 Pa. C.S. Section 175.66. But, 67 Pa. C.S. Section 175.66(m) states that an antique vehicle, if operated exclusively between the hours of sunrise to sunset and not during periods of reduced visibility or insufficient illumination, is exempt from requirements of this section except requirements pertaining to stop lamps.
So I guess in 'state legal speak'. this means in order to drive the car at night, it must have headlights?
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I think the confusion in Pennsylvania stems from ambigous language on the old PennDot form MV-11 which implied that vehicles registered as antiques could only be operated between sunrise and sunset. This was the third distinction between a classic and an antiqe. The other two distinctions, both of which still remain, are that a classic vehicle is 15 years or older and must go through an annual saftey inspection (no emissions inspection however). A vehicle registered as an antique must be 25 years or older and is not subject to an annual safety inspection or emmissions inspection.
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That pretty much sums it up
The "normal lighting requirements of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code" are contained in 75 PA Code Section 4303. They read as follows:
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§ 4303. General lighting requirements.
(a) Head lamps.--Every vehicle, except trailers, operated on a highway shall be equipped with a
head lamp system in conformance with regulations of the department. The regulations shall not
prohibit a bus from being equipped with devices used to carry pedalcycles on the front of the bus.
(b) Rear lighting.--Every vehicle operated on a highway shall be equipped with a rear lighting
system including, but not limited to, rear lamps, rear reflectors, stop lamps and license plate light, in
conformance with regulations of the department. If a vehicle is equipped with a centrally mounted rear
stop light, a decal or overlay may be affixed to the centrally mounted rear stop light if the decal or
overlay meets all applicable State and Federal regulations.
(c) Turn signals and hazard warning lights.--Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles and
pedalcycles, and every trailer operated on a highway shall be equipped with a system of turn signal
lights and hazard warning lights in conformance with regulations of the department.
(d) Identification, clearance and side marker lights.--Every motor vehicle, trailer and
combination operated on a highway shall be equipped with a system of lights which may include
retroreflective reflectors, identification, clearance and side marker lights in conformance with
regulations of the department.
(e)Equipment exempted by regulation.--Antique motor vehicles, animal-drawn vehicles,
implements of husbandry, commercial implements of husbandry and special mobile equipment, if
operated exclusively between the hours of sunrise and sunset and not during periods of reduced
visibility or insufficient illumination, may be exempted from certain lighting equipment requirements
of this part by regulations of the department.
The referenced "regulations of the Department" regarding lighting are contained in 67 PA Code Section 175.66. They read as follows:
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§ 175.66. Lighting and electrical systems.
(a) Condition of lamps and switches. Every required lamp or switch shall be in safe operating condition as described in § 175.80 (relating to inspection procedure).
(b) Lighting standards. A lamp shall comply with vehicle lighting equipment requirements of this title. See Tables II—IV; Chapter 153 and 75 Pa.C.S. § 4301.
(c) Headlamp system. A vehicle specified under this subchapter which is driven on highway shall have a two- or four-headlamp system. See 75 Pa.C.S. § 4303(a) (relating to general lighting requirements).
(1) Both lamps in the two-headlamp system shall be of Type II construction consisting of high beam and low beam. One lamp shall be located on each side of front of motor vehicle.
(2) In the four-headlamp system, two lamps shall be of Type II construction and two lamps shall be of Type I construction. Type I lamps consist of a high beam only. One of each type shall be located on each side of the front of the motor vehicle.
(3) The headlamp low beam minimum candlepower shall not be less than 7,500.
(4) The headlamp high beam minimum candlepower shall not be less than 10,000.
(5) A headlamp shall be aimed to comply with inspection procedure of this subchapter.
(6) A vehicle specified under this subchapter shall be equipped with manual dimmer switch conveniently located for use by the driver while in normal operating position. An automatic dimming device may be used in addition to the manual switch.
(7) A vehicle specified under this subchapter shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the high beam of light from the headlamp is in use and shall not otherwise be lighted. An indicator shall be located so that when lighted it is readily visible without glare to operator of vehicle.
(d) Total candlepower. The total candlepower for headlamps and auxiliary lamps shall not exceed 150,000.
(e) Other required lamps. A vehicle specified under this subchapter shall have at least one red stop lamp on each side of rear of vehicle, which shall be illuminated immediately upon application of the service brake.
(f) Illumination except headlamps, fog lamps and auxiliary driving lamps. A vehicle specified under this subchapter shall be equipped with parking lamps, stop lamps, tail lamps, turn signal lamps and hazard warning lamps designed for that specific function, which under normal atmospheric conditions shall be capable of being seen and distinguished during nighttime operation at a distance of 500 feet. See 75 Pa.C.S. § 4303(b)—(d).
(m) Antique Vehicle Lighting Exemption -An
antique vehicle, if operated exclusively
between the hours of sunrise to sunset and
not during periods of reduced visibility or
insufficient illumination, is exempt from
requirements of this section except
requirements pertaining to stop lamps.
(1) Stop lamps, turn signals and hazard warning lamps shall be visible at distance of 100 feet during normal sunlight.
(2) Rear lamps shall be lighted whenever headlamps, fog lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are in operation.
(3) A vehicle specified under this subchapter shall be equipped with hazard warning lamps unless the lamps were not included as original equipment.
(4) The turn signals shall have a frequency of flash between 60—120 flashes per minute.
(g) Condition and position of lamps. Lamps shall be properly fastened; direct light properly; be of a color not contrary to Tables II—IV; and not be so obstructed by a screen, bar, auxiliary equipment or a device as to obscure, change the color of or obstruct beam.
(h) Ornamental lamps. A lamp not enumerated in this section and not located as described in Tables III, IV and V of this chapter, is prohibited unless it is available as original equipment. An illuminated sign is prohibited except on taxicabs, ambulances and trucks. Flashing or revolving lights are not ornamental lamps. Provisions relating to flashing or revolving lights are in Chapters 15 and 173 (relating to authorized vehicles and special operating privileges; and flashing or revolving lights on emergency and authorized vehicles).
(i) [Reserved].
(j) Back-up lamps. Back-up lamps are not permitted to be lighted when the vehicle is in forward motion. Back-up lamps shall turn off automatically when the vehicle goes forward. If the lamps do not turn off automatically, a dash indicator that lights or creates audible warning is required.
(k) Registration plate lamp. If the vehicle was originally so equipped, the registration plate lamp shall emit white light and make the registration plate visible from distance of 50 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
(l) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps may be installed on a passenger vehicle or light truck if the lamps comply with the following:
(1) Auxiliary driving lamps shall not be substituted for headlamps. Auxiliary driving lamps may only be used with high headlamp beams.
(2) Fog lamps may not be substituted for headlamps.
(3) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall be mounted on the front, spaced at least 20 inches apart from center to center and at height not more than 42 inches above level surface upon which the vehicle stands nor lower than the lowest chassis part. Rear fog lamps, if originally installed or offered as optional equipment, are acceptable.
(4) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall be aimed when the vehicle and lamp assembly are in the straight ahead position with the beam not above horizontal centerline of lamp at 25 feet.
(5) A vehicle specified under this subchapter may have only one pair of approved auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps.
(6) Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall not be placed in front of a required lamp.
Note that while the General Lighing Requirements mentions side lights, they are not mentioned in the referenced section on Lightiong and Electrical Requirements. While it is a general pricnicple that a state cannot require the installation of lights (like side lights pre-1968) that were not Federally mandated, I don't see that spelled out in the regs.
I've been told that the headlamp standard is met by any sealed beam system, even 6V systems. When these regs were adopted (mostly in 1977 with updates), sealed beams were all there was and 6V systems could be a little as 15 years old on some trucks.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Assigned to a new sector today, I was able to find a few fins out in the hinterlands.
This late 40's GM sedanette is almost lost in an ocean of tall grass. The barn beyond
once witnessed 24 hour-a-day activity as the engine house for steam locomotives of a
logging railroad. Nicknamed "Camp Neverstill". Except for the sighing of the breeze and
the croaking of the frogs, Neverstill is still at last.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Cousin Fred's high school hotrod has been relinquished to behind-the-barn status to keep company
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Location: Parts Unknown | Holding down an overgrown parking space on a grassy hillside, this forlorn 59 Sierra still seems
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Location: Hershey PA | Notice on the 59 DeSoto Firesweep SW, the left taillight assembly is from a 57/58 while the other is the correct 59
Brent: Where is this car? Is it possible to get the data plate infomation? |
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Location: Parts Unknown | All these cars are local. I can ask if I might copy the tag info for you.
Are the data tags in the same right upper cowl location as on the 57-58 cars ?
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Location: Georgia | This is a kool thread, Brent. Here are some of the classics living in my 'hood in Macon, GA.
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Location: Georgia | Stang and a Booick
Pete
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Location: Edmonton, AB | In a town called Duvernay:
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Location: Parts Unknown | Found this old Dodge sitting inside the gates of an old estate.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Say Doc,
Can you tell me more about the '59 Dodge wagon?
Do you have more pictures or can you take more????
Is the car for sale as a car parts?
Thanks.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Say Doc,
Can you tell me more about the '59 Dodge wagon?
Do you have more pictures or can you take more????
Is the car for sale as a car parts?
Thanks.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Oupppssss,
Sorry for the double post.
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Location: Parts Unknown | It is my plan to begin rounding up many of these field relics after I get the shop completed.
While I did not make contact on this particular car, I am contacting those owners I can locate
and making my interest known with a contact number. I also let these owners know that I would
help them in their efforts to fix up a car should they decide to do so. This way they know I am not
just trying to get their car and start off on a friendly basis.
What would you be wanting for parts ???
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Location: Montreal, Canada | I plan to restore "George" next year, at least start to disassemble the car. I know some parts I need but might have a few surprises along the way. I am in no hurry right now but I am interested to know what's available. Thanks for the info.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | I'm just back from a trip with the Dodge in Eastern Quebec and I spotted a good number of FL cars along the way.
1960 Imperial 4dr hdtp:
1957 Dodge Regent:
1959 Dodge Mayfair convertible (this is the same one I spotted 13 years ago but it's not at the same location it was then...):
1961 Dodge:
I also saw a 1960 Desoto Adventurer 2dr hdtp in a barn, but I couldn't take pictures... The owner didn't even want to show it to me at first. It's unfortunate as it's a beautiful car in really good shape, but it hasn't been out of the barn for the last 30-some years..
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Location: Scotland | on the A52 at Hogsthorpe,Lincolnshire
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Location: Parts Unknown | You snooze, you lose ...... That is how the saying goes.
I have known of a Sonoramic 60 Plymouth 2 door sedan hiding in a garage here in town for well over
ten years. I have spoken with the owners numerous times, and in spite of being left to molder away,
when asked if they might sell it, the answer was always that they were going to restore it.
I went by there again today after about a year away to find the house gutted and a contractor giving it
the once over. The car, like the previous owners, were nowhere to be seen and no one knew a thing
about them or the car.
So, sorry gang .... no pix of this upscale barnfind.
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Location: Parts Unknown |
I so want to be driving down the road and see an old FL parked or sitting in a barn - Never have been lucky enough
to see one though - Now, I can't drive 5 miles in either direction without seeing a tractor parked rotting away
Oh well, Ima still keep lookin - until then I will continue to enjoy this thread and all of you guys' finds !!!!
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Location: Parts Unknown | I found this one behind a fence in a backyard. 1959 Fairlane 500 ragtop. Being in my line of work sometimes
allows access into places few people get to go.
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Location: seattle, Wa. | spotted a '56 Desoto Firesweep wagon the other day, parked in a driveway, with more recent derelicts parked in front of it. I would have enjoyed posting a photo, but apparently I'm not signed up to post photos. THe yard is overgrown and filled with "collectible" crap.
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| My brother and I went down to the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course (New York) yesterday . . . I lost my limit on the third race, but the main event was a photo-finish and worth the trip.
We were behind this beautiful '60 Chrylser for just a block as we left the track.
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Location: Parts Unknown | rogerh - 2010-08-30 7:44 PM
spotted a '56 Desoto Firesweep wagon the other day, parked in a driveway, with more recent derelicts parked in front of it. I would have enjoyed posting a photo, but apparently I'm not signed up to post photos. THe yard is overgrown and filled with "collectible" crap.
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Roger sent this photo of the above mentioned car to me to post here. As a side note, DeSoto only offered a wagon in the Firedome series for 56.
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Location: Fleetwood, Pa | Doc, thanks for the 59 Ford Sunliner photo.......but please, don't make us read about your love of 59 Fords all over again......
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Location: Royal Oak, MI | I can't imagine what the designers at Ford were thinking when they came up with that '59 rear-end styling. I'd rather look at a '58 Olds than that. |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | sparky7 - 2010-08-30 5:50 AM
My brother and I went down to the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course (New York) yesterday . . . I lost my limit on the third race, but the main event was a photo-finish and worth the trip.
We were behind this beautiful '60 Chrylser for just a block as we left the track.
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Location: Parts Unknown | sidesho_bob1961 - 2010-08-31 3:43 AM
Doc, thanks for the 59 Ford Sunliner photo.......but please, don't make us read about your love of 59 Fords all over again......
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No comment this time. Just "reporting" them as I see them.
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Location: seattle, Wa. | Yep, Firedome. Says so right on front fender. thanks for the correction, DD! There was also a '61 Plymouth Valiant hidden in the overgrowth. |
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email to my editing program to downsize them enough to work. But the DLI helped and we got it figgered out !
I'll do the Valiant pic in the near future.
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| Boris56 - 2010-08-30 7:05 AM
I can't imagine what the designers at Ford were thinking when they came up with that '59 rear-end styling. I'd rather look at a '58 Olds than that.
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Location: Connecticut | dartguy699 - 2010-08-31 8:21 AMnot to start a f--d topic but the 59 ford was the top seller that year even beating chubby. and the "t-bird roofline" was the hot thing !! jp Except this is the CAR SPOTTING thread. Please take your off-topic posts elsewhere. Ron
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Location: Texas | I spotted this deep blue 57 Imperial parked outside a transmission shop near Longview, TX recently. The shop was closed, so I could not get any info on the car's owner. Does it belong to anyone on the forum?
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Location: Georgia | Interesting Imperial, Brian. I saw this one Saturday in south Macon. (GA)
The '59 Plymouth race car was seen in Warner Robins, just north of the Air Force Base.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Jeff,
Thanks for reviving this thread. The back field / barn fresh part of this hobby is about my
favorite. Just seeing cars like this reminds me of how it was all over in the 70's.
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Location: Edmonton, AB | At a secret location in Saskatchewan. There is a third 57-58 hardtop in the shed. I can't tell if it's a Savoy or a Regent, since the front and all trim are removed. He'll sell all three for $1600. The car in the shed is full of parts like taillights, trim, mirrors, etc. Somebody was gonna fix it up.
The middle one is a '57 Savoy, behind is a '58. Both hardtops, both fresh farm field condition. I didn't really look at the new ones.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Wow, they're pretty rough, but for 1600$, if they were local, I'd give it a serious thought. The shipping would kill the deal now, though. |
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Location: Edmonton, AB | Yeah, prolly about 600km one way from Edmonton. All those parts were tempting, but I think the neighbours would object if I parked those lawn ornaments in front of my house. |
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Location: bishop, ca | This may be way-late, but, if you scroll up to Savoy Plaza's pic of the 57 IMP, which was taken on 10/9/10, doesn't
that car's image look to be that of a model car which was photo-shopped onto the photo's background?
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| This place was a small speed shop we used to frequent years ago. The owner had an electrical business during the day, and opened the shop at night. Only the building ( if you can call it that ) is still there.
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Location: bishop, ca | It was a very bus-y business, in its time?
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Location: Parts Unknown | Home on leave and took a long road trip. Saw a lot of miles and a few cars of
interest along the way. Enjoy.
First shots show my idea of what a road trip should look like out your windshield ...
... no multi-lane freeways, no guardrails, no traffic.
This Ford appeared to be a daily driver, just parked for the evening in sleepy little
Prairie City, Oregon.
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Still, super cool to see one on the road today. Love the colors.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Lakeview, Oregon had a surprising number of interesting cars hiding in the weeds.
A green Henry J looked to still be in original paint, as did a nice yellow 60 Dart 2HT
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The 36 (?) Cadillac was quite a shock to see just sitting out. It too appeared to be
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Location: Parts Unknown | Found this dented, but repairable 60 Dodge dog dish at a junk store in Klamath Falls.
A red 60 Dart 2s was spotted in the grass on the east side of HWY 97 going north out
of town, but I forgot to stop and get a pic the next morning when the light was better. 
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Location: Plymouth Spaceport | Cool photos "Doc",thanks for sharing! I especially like that yellow 1960 Dodge 2dr hardtop and the 1960 Chrysler.
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Wish I could look out my windshield and see nothing but beautiful wide open tree lined
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We all make choices, my friend. I would wager that no one is holding you captive in
L.A. except yourself. Don't be that guy who gets to be old and unable to do these things
and regret never having done them. THAT is a life wasted.
BTW - I thought of you along the road when I met a very "available" and extremely
curvy redheaded waitress in a backwater burg. I would have passed along your POC if
I knew it.
But I suspect she'd be the kind of gal that would want a guy who would get out of L.A.
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Location: Oakley, Ill | My gosh, where did you see that one? Front fenders with in tact headlight are made of unavaliableum. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | There is a reason I live where I do .... high desert, minimal population, easy to "escape",
and lots of old stuff still left about. The "interior" of Washington and Oregon is much like Nevada ....
sage brush, pines, and a lot of wide open space.
That car was about an 8 hour drive north of Reno, Nevada.
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Location: bishop, ca | Here's a shot taken on U.S. #6, somewhere in Utah, approaching the Pacific Time Zone,
in the distance, en route home from the 1986 WPC Club's national meet which was held
in Colorado Springs, CO.
That was a great 'Meet'.
The venue was at the Embassy Suites, with the members' rides being parked all the way around
the place, and with all-nite bull sessions (I mean: serious discussions) varying upon encountering
any the many year/make/model owners who were holding court, and serving alcoholic beverages
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Doctor DeSoto - 2012-06-09 11:39 AM
Backtracking a little. A car show broke out while we were getting some chow in Palouse,
Washington. The Nash gets my vote for the most stylistically out of touch car from the fin
era. What were they thinking in the design dept. at Nash when Mopar was rolling out, not
the FIRST gen FL cars, but the 2nd gen 57's ??? Kinda like taking your kid to Chucky Cheese
for his/her wedding reception !
Still, super cool to see one on the road today. Love the colors.
The slippery dart shaped form of a 60 Windsor coupe sure stood out in this crowd. The lack
of rear toilet seat only enhanced the slick appearance.
Brent, welcome back to the Northwest for a while!! Hey, I know that "Slippery 60 Windsor Coupe"
it used to belong to Jon Carson a friend of mine / WPC member in Woodinville, WA. He sold it to another WPC member,
I saw the car a couple of years ago at the WPC Meet in Ellensburg. It's actually a Saratoga not a Windsor.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Ian, ... you better get a proper Saratoga grille in that car of yours. You are misleading the
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| Look at this you may not know it but this is the remains of a 56 Plymouth 9 Seater Wagon! I have never seen anything in worst condition! 
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Doctor DeSoto - 2012-06-10 3:43 PM
Ian, ... you better get a proper Saratoga grille in that car of yours. You are misleading the
unwashed masses into thinking that recessed job is standard Saratoga fare !
I'm keeping the NYer grille, but if there was an el-cheapo method that I could get rid of those black bumper guards.......... |
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Can you post pix of those bumper guards ?
I don't think I've ever seen or noticed such a critter before.
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phurious - 2010-08-01 4:27 PM Did any notice the rear lower bumper on the fron t bumper of the 57 Belvedere drop top? That's weird... Here's a FL Dodge that I saw a couple months ago, all I had to take pictures wiht was my iphone. Not sure of the year and model, but I'm quite sure someone here knows. Spotted in Paoli, PA headed east on Route 30 towards Philadelphia. PA Antique Historic Tags do not allow you to drive at night, bad Dodge... Sorry for the quote of a two year old post, but is that right? You aren't allowed to drive a car AT NIGHT if it has Pennsylvania Historical plates? What's the rationale behind that ruling if true? Any Pennsylvania collectors care to comment? EDIT: No need to comment. I see from a post made a little after the original one was made explains that the confusion stemmed from a mis-reading of the pertinent PA Motor Vehicle statutes. Cars with PA Historical tags CAN drive after dark so long as they have the correct lighting equipment.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Doctor DeSoto - 2012-06-10 10:51 PM
Ian,
Can you post pix of those bumper guards ?
I don't think I've ever seen or noticed such a critter before.
They aren't stock, and were left to be re-installed after the bumper was re-plated, before I bought the car. Chryslers didn't get front bumper guards in 1960, but the DeSotos got nice ones at the outboard lower edges. This is an old photo but shows them clearly. So what the deal is, is that I would have to have the holes filled/ welded up and the bumper re-plated just to get rid of these ugly things.
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Location: Williams California | Doctor DeSoto - 2012-06-09 11:47 AM
A wrecking yard in the middle of nowhere, Oregon had a number of interesting cars scattered
in the sage brush. When asked about 50's Mopars, the owner said "Not a chance. This here is
derby country !"
Doc,
Was that yard pictured Albert Beachler's place in Paisley Oregon, about 60 miles Northeast of Lakeview? I bought a '57 Belvedere 4-door hardtop from him, and he still had two '59 Plymouth wagons, and a stripped out '57 DeSoto sedan.
The cars you spied in Lakeview belong to Bobs car lot, he plays with vintage cars on the side. Both these guys are good to deal with.
The red '60 Dodge is still visible heading north out of K falls on the east side of the highway..
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NE of Lakeview (see pic !) I saw none of the cars you mentioned ... no FL cars at all.
Lakeview isn't very big. You are probably right on that one. They guy had a number of oldies, many were
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Location: Williams California | It probably was Paisley, then, as there are no other places along that highway with collections of cars visible from the road. Alsoo, the three Plymouths I mentioned were being stored there for Bob in Lakeview, so they may have been moved in more recently, depending on the time of your visit.
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Location: Williams California | 1958 Plymouth Infina - 2012-06-14 7:31 AM
Ever been to wildcat auto wrecking in Oregon I counted about 35-40 FL cars 5 were verts!
I know the owners of Wildcat personally, I refer folks to them that are looking for muscle era cars or parts, and they have very little Forward Look cars, and get referrals from them on FL parts. They may have gtotten some new ones in lately, though.
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Have you ever been to wildcat auto wrecking in Oregon ?
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Location: bishop, ca | Brent, here's what it looks like from a FWDLK'er....
Liquid sunshine enroute to Tulsa.
Rain-X, doin its job; note the large water 'drops', at the top of the windshield.
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Location: bishop, ca | It's also great on cars that don't have Jiffey Jets!
The stuff truly does work, but, I shooda put another application of it onto the W/S, before leaving Tulsa.
It does not last for a very long time, with the wipers operating against its film barrier.
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quite some time ... maybe a month in a daily use Spokane winter ?
But turn on the wipers, and it is all over in a day.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Back to car spotting ....
Saw this beast while on my way to get my hair squared up before coming back from leave.
It was at Silver Auctions. Probably still available, if someone wanted to contact them. Sign
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| Finally saw a FL at a local car show. National Capitol Region chapter of AACA at Solomon's Island, MD, Saturday, June 16, 2012.
58 Dodge Coronet.
I told him all about this group and he told me about the grand total of four or five FLs that he knows of in the VA/DC/MD/PA area.
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Neat car though .... lo-bux Coronet 4HT with Powerflite and A/C ... something of an unusual car !
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| The props were fun, he was certainly all about the motif.
Sadly though I think they had almost as many trophys as cars - about 50 of each.
I asked the chapter folks about joining and they told me this is their only main show each year.
Then they told me it ain't like it used to be with most of the membership dying off.
Indeed most of the car owners there were....well....let's just say substantially aged.
It made me a little sad. I'll join after I get my Belvy home and we'll see how things go after a meeting or two.
By the way there was a mammoth and beautiful black two door Packard there with a 502ci motor, new tranny, and Corvette suspension.
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Location: bishop, ca | That's the post-initial-production (as opposed to mid-year-) "Saddle Trim" paint motif on that Coronet.
Nice car; if I had it, with its very nice original condition interior, I'd spend the money, or save for it, and get the
2-tone-blue steering wheel properly restored, instead of merely painted in blue.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I See this nice New Port? (or Windsor) 1961 yeasterday (in Västberga Stockholm)
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Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | An interesting import truck that came to the Wednesday night cruise-in at the Gilmore Automobile Heritage complex while the W.P.C. Club was there. I'm not a big fan of rice grinders, but I've never seen one like this before. It's supposed to be a 1965 Toyota Stout mini-truck.
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Location: Georgia | What an odd truck! I can't say I've ever seen one. I wonder what the buttons on the dash operate?
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Location: bishop, ca | ...Well, that is a 'first', for this website, I believe.
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surprised some of you say you've never seen one. I had always assumed they
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Location: Williams California | I worked on one for a customer in Reno that had it since new. Wasn't a whole lot exciting about it in my opinion. I don't think Toyota had much dealer support except on the western seaboard in those days, as they were still dealing with backlash from the Toyopet car a few years earlier which was a complete flop.
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Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | Doctor DeSoto - 2012-07-20 9:27 PM One used to occasionally see these around Seattle back in the day. I am kinda surprised some of you say you've never seen one. I had always assumed they were sold all over (? ) Nope. It was apparently never sold east of the Rockies (like Coors Beer as they say) The only Jap mini-truck that I remember seeing around here in the East in the early 1970s was the Datsun (Nissan); in fact my uncle had a 1972 model for his work truck. (He was a TV repairman) |
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Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | Forward Look Car Spotting: At the W.P.C. National Meet there were two 1960 Imperials. They were owned by two different men as near as I could figure, but it was nice to see them and they didn't appear to be trailer queens. They parked next to each other on the day of the show, but it made for a hard choice to pick which one should get the first place trophy.
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Location: Auburndale Florida | chrycopsycho - 2010-07-30 1:34 AM
looking at rvs on northern vancouver island and i came across this!
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Location: Oxnard/Ventura, California | 1960ny - 2010-05-27 2:25 AM
me and a friend pulled this out from an old barn in Ca last week!
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Last weekend's car spotting:
At a small local car meet, this 1960 New Yorker convertible with a couple of extra trim pieces:
This 1960 wagon was poorly "restored", but still pretty cool. Talked to the owners and it's their daily driver:
Not a car per se, but this is a very cool sign. I spoke with the owner and I might end up trading another sign for this one:
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Location: Chambersburg,PA | Last Friday evening (Aug 3rd) around 6:30, my girlfriend and I were driving South on I-81 just below of Chambersburg,PA (In her soon to be gone and replaced w/a MOPAR, 07 Camry oil burner) and saw a tan 58 Fury just cruising along in the right lane,she was going to take a pic but her digital camera was in the trunk :O( so she held up her Forward Look T-shirt w/ the red 58 on it as we passed but the guy didn't look. She even thought it was so kool to see and remarked that too bad we weren't in our Desoto,that would have been neat! |
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That would have been me that you passed and beeped your horn at me which about scared me. I did see the red Plymouth shirt but you had pulled up past me by the time I turned around and saw it. I was on my way home from the car show in Macungie, PA. I had already been on the road for two hours in the heat plus being at the show all day in the heat so I was about half spaced out and was just concentrating on the final 20 minute drive home.
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Location: Auburndale Florida | If your counting cars spotted at car shows here is this beauty.
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Here is a nice 59 Fury right here in Polk County Fl.
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Poor old 55 Plymouth with powerflite they wanted $1500.
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This poor 56, not the body but what is under the hood is shameful. I don't know what the part I saw on the trunk means by limited edition.
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Location: Auburndale Florida | Sorry car shows is the only time I get to see anything except years ago I saw a black 58 Dodge in Lakeland Fl sitting in someones front yard but I didn't have a camera at the time so I don't have any pictures but it look real nice although I don't know how it looked underneath.
I didn't take much pics after I saw the steering wheel, it started with Ch but it wasn't Chrysler and it had newer seats too.
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Location: Chambersburg,PA | Sorry Michael, Didn't mean to scare you, Was a treat to see a real car among the jelly bean cars on the highway rolling along under it's own power,got a little excited I gues? How was it up there this year?
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Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | ChristineFury - 2012-08-10 3:06 PM Sorry car shows is the only time I get to see anything except years ago I saw a black 58 Dodge in Lakeland Fl sitting in someones front yard but I didn't have a camera at the time so I don't have any pictures but it look real nice although I don't know how it looked underneath. I didn't take much pics after I saw the steering wheel, it started with Ch but it wasn't Chrysler and it had newer seats too. Check out the steering wheel. http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j206/kngtmat/Zephyrhills/PICT1624... Blasphemy! I know what you mean now! |
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Location: Hamburg-Germany | an old barn in mid new mexico
the dodge stand in front and the ford inside the barn without a back wall
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Location: Auburndale Florida | Cool COE, I have a 60's Sears Spaceliner bicycle designed by the same guy who came up with the first COE cab truck.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I see this charger 500 1971 (now) Nice car
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Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | luedi - 2012-08-11 8:16 AM
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Location: North of Sweden | 57 NY in Luleå, Sweden
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Location: Lima,Ohio | I saw this 1961 desoto at a car show in delaware,ohio.
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Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada | the guy I bought my plymouth off owns these 2 cars for sale along with a hand ful of other gems!
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Location: central Massachusetts | took the family to Woodstock Fair in CT today in the 55 Custom Royal sedan. Parked outside the fence and looked over to see this soft top beauty sitting there among some model A's...if I knew it was there I would of said "I am with him!" and got in without the parking fee!
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | A 1962 (Canadian built) Chrysler Saratoga at the local cruise in on Saturday night.
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Location: central Massachusetts | Heading to work this morning in the fog my headlights caught some chrome in the shadow of a building in Millbury MA. Turning around I found a 1957 DeSoto 4 door Fireflite I believe staring back from a small auto transfer garage. Does not look too bad from the road.
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Location: central Massachusetts | Had to upload from my phone. I could still see them, not sure what happened this time. Don't know the story on the car...here it is.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Thet thar is a Sweeper. Note the heavy Dodge eyebrows.
No Fireflite present.
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Location: Tulare Ca | Thats a darn shame
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Location: central Massachusetts | <p>thanks, doc. I am not up on DeSotos, although it would be nice to own one. Tried to spot the writing on the tail and took a stab at it. With tuition and too many cars around I would be heading to divorce court with another! I did call to inquire though...no answer and no response to messages left</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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Location: Parts Unknown | Found this 60 Starliner while out running some errands. It was rough, but the closest FOMOCO ever
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Location: Ocean Park, Washington | This is my co-worker, friends 55 Desoto in California. He inherited it from his grandfather. Once he can buy a house with a 2 car garage, he will have his grandmother ship it to him here. I'm looking forward to having it up here so it can assist me in the rebuild of my 56 Windsor.
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Location: USA - KY |
Not FL, not even Mopar, but what a FAB car is the 1954 Buick Skylark 50th Anniversary Convertible.
There is a car just like this one here in town, but I didn't want to post photos without the owner's permission (it was in an indoor, private storage facility):
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Location: Parts Unknown | My friend Tom has a red 54 Skylark, given to him by his father, who won it as a sales promo
prize. See, Tom's dad owned the Buick dealership in Ellensburg, Washington. If memory serves,
Tom was 16 when Dad gave him the car. Hard to imagine that, isn't it ? A sixteen-year-old kid
driving his own, brand new Skylark around like the King of the World.
As an aside, if I understand this correctly, FL member Alan Faltus was related to the family that
owned the same town DeSoto dealership.
I still have the 1944 vintage air compressor from Tom's Dad's dealership in my shop. Works like
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Here some pics I took in Englewood FL when I was there.
These Mopar stood behind a Jewel Shop for main street
Looks to be an Imperial 57-59 roof strip through the curtain
But where the fin sticking out of the curtain? anyone know?
We talk to the owner jewels and no cars were for sale they were her husband.
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Location: North Australia | I have been into the US '50's cars for a while now, and have never seen/noticed those Buick Skylarks. What a cool looking car. Better get back to the FL's, Someone will give us the chat!
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road, etc. No issues with non-FL talk. It is preferred, but not mandatory.
The Skylark came out in 1953 as a modified Roadmaster convertible. I think about 1600 were built. In 54, it
was a stand-alone car with a common Buick nose. Just shy of 900 were built and the idea was not revived for 55.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Be on the handball tournament with my daughter team
got to see these cars in a rainy Västerås today
(Västerås (Power big meet) abouth 3 mounth)
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| This is sort of on topic. A 56 Dodge four door hardtop. I has never seen one before. Also note it has factory A/C.
This was at last year's WPC Museum (Michigan) car show.
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Location: Omaha, NE | Look what I found today!
Must be an Imperial family! two grey four door hardtops, a '58 and a '68 (I Think)!
Man, that '58 sure is purdy. Mighty dusty too. Wonder if it's for sale? I rang the doorbell, but no answer.
Oh well. First FL Imperial I've ever seen in person, and certainly the only one I've seen in Omaha!
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Spotted beside a garage on a countryside road this afternoon:
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | soiouz - 2013-05-04 9:47 PM
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Saw this nice Ford Falcon Sprint of 1962, a rather unusual car in Sweden
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Location: Parts Unknown | The Falcon Sprint was a mid-year offering for the 1963 model cars. The package included front bucket
seats, 4bbl/dual exhaust 260 V-8, beefier springs and brakes, wider wheels/tires, and a choice of C4 (?)
or 4-speed manual transmission. The Sprint was carried through 1965 model year, if memory serves.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Ok, I read the 62 at rear light. It was a 63, Thanks for info abouth Sprint |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I briefly owned a sweet little 63 Sprint ragtop. Bought it from a friend of my then girlfriend for the
whopping sum of $250. A nice, solid car, the drivetrain and chassis was a cheap and easy rebuild.
Got it repainted and new interior and hardly had it finished and some guy offered me stupid money
and it went away. I did some research way back when and was pulling from memory, but I am pretty
sure that is good intel. I am certain that 63 was the first year.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Windsor59 - 2013-05-05 1:51 AM
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Location: Greenville, IL | mY '56 Firedome
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Location: Sept. 1958 | Though I had no way to take a photo of it, last Friday morning I saw a 56 T-bird go by on Route 213 in Langhorne, PA when I looked up. It stopped me right in my tracks like a UFO. Turquoise with a white metal top, looked absolutely beautiful in the sea of bland cars. I was born in 1984 so rarely have I seen 50s cars driving down the road out of the blue like that. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I was kind of an odd duck and continued to use my skateboard, bus, bicycle, long after I had a
car. A bus pass proved much less expensive to operate than my car/s in college !
So, I found myself sitting at bus stops awaiting the next to come along, and came up with a counting
game to play with myself, where I pitted decades against each other as I counted the cars going by.
Remember, this was the late 70's / early 80's. Anyway, I'd count all the 50's cars as one "team", same
for the 60's, and the 70's. Believe it or not, there were times when the 50's and 60's were a dead heat.
Of course, the newer 70's cars overwhelmed, ..... until I took foreign cars out of the equation. Then it
was pretty close. As time went by, I re-engineered the game to a handicap system where a 70's car
was worth one point, a 60's car got two, and a 50's car got 3. This way, the 50's cars often won out.
Hard to believe today. You hardly ever see them just on the road as drivers anymore.
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Location: Sept. 1958 | I did see this one last month or so.
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Location: Sept. 1958 | Saw this one last year.
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Location: cornpatch county, Southwest IOA | Doctor DeSoto - 2013-05-05 6:06 AM
The Falcon Sprint was a mid-year offering for the 1963 model cars. The package included front bucket
seats, 4bbl/dual exhaust 260 V-8, beefier springs and brakes, wider wheels/tires, and a choice of C4 (? )
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Location: Parts Unknown | I guess a 63 Sprint ragtop was a pretty scarce survivor, as the guy who offered me stupid money for
it about flipped when he saw it. I wasn't into Falcons or Fords. It was just an easy restoration at a very
cheap entry price, so I got it. Mine was a medium blue metallic with blue interior and blue top - not real
attractive in my book. I think I had all of 4K into the car (plus my time) and he offered me 10 straight up.
When I hesitated, he upped it to 12. I might have milked it, but that seemed like a douchebag thing to do.
He was so genuinely tickled to find one (at any price). I felt it wrong to try and work him on it.
I find the earlier Falcons a bit dowdy, and the 64-65 just not my bag. The later ones are just awful. 63
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Location: central Illinois | This one was at an all Mopar show near Clinton, IL August 2012. He didn't enter the show area but parked outside so I never got to talk to him.
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Location: Tulare Ca | Yet Another FL That Lives Near Me. ive Known About this one for A While. I Drive By it All the Time But Never Stop To Take A Few Pics. Untill this Morning When i Went for A Morning Bike ride. Ive Talked To The Owner But He Refuses To Sell em. Hes A Nice Guy Who Says That He's Got A ranch Covered In Cars (In An Undisclosed Location)And these Two Were A Best of The Bunch. its Got A Mark 4 AC Under Dash And A Far As i Can Tell It Has The 413 With The 3-Spd
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Location: Parts Unknown | Odd to see a NY'er with rear antennas. It seems most NY'er buyers opted the more conservative
front fender mount. Maybe they were added in latter days since everyone began to see the 50's
through the American Graffiti lens that all cars were teenager's cars down at the burger joint ?
No fender or hood ornaments though .... interesting .....
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Saw these 3 cars when I was at lunch today. Not so common to see many of the same street
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Location: NY & VT | Like that gold early SAAB Sonnet myself! In the US those are RARE!
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Location: Sept. 1958 | Saw this today, earlier I saw a white 65 GTO ht driving the other way on I 295.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | christine-lover - 2013-06-15 2:25 PM
Saw this today, earlier I saw a white 65 GTO ht driving the other way on I 295.
A Mustang 65 conv nice
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You have right abouth European cars- "The Sonnet looks like a toy parked next to that Mustang. European car makers had
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Location: Sept. 1958 | Saw this 61-63 T-Bird today on the way to my parents house.
My pop says its a 63.
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Location: B.C. Canada | Here's 2 59' Desoto's near me , looking for a Home. Were up in the Bush for a "few years". The Drivetrains are still intact. They are for sale, if interested shoot me PM. John.
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swamps of the PNW ?
Truth be known, this can happen when you just run into the store to "pick up a few
items". When you go in, it is sunny and nice, come back out and it is cold and wet
and you are redefining the term "bumper crop" !
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Spotted this one parked beside a repair shop while driving around the outskirts of town yesterday.
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Location: B.C. Canada | Yeah; The Desoto's were for sale a number of years back, but the old Fella had other cars, and got ripped off in one of the deals. Then it was, "they can rot in the Bush then Dammit." He has since passed away, so now the Son is trying to clean up the property. John |
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Just returned from London.
The city has much to offer
Did not see any U.S. classic cars. (except on way with train from Airport Gatwick, when I have not the camera ready)
Here are some older cars I see over there
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Is that a photo of you "before" or "after" you visited the pub?!
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Location: Upper East Tennessee | In a general search I found this blog showing a load of Desotos rolling up the interstate near Chattanooga. I wonder if anyone here has more information.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | FIN ME - 2013-06-27 10:09 AM
Is that a photo of you "before" or "after" you visited the pub?!
Neat photos, Windsor59!
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Location: Arizona | That answer the question then!! |
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Very rare car spotted today, on the side of a house, about 5 miles from where I live!
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Spoke with the owner a little: the car was originaly from Virginia, then sold to someone in Tennessee and imported into Canada in 2001. |
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Location: Vermont | That Desoto just need a paint job and it would be great. |
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Location: Montreal, Canada | lownslow - 2013-07-02 1:23 PM
That Desoto just need a paint job and it would be great.
True, a paint job is needed.. and some chrome. The rest of it is surprisingly good. Interior has swivel seats, and is the original black, silvery grey and white. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | soiouz - 2013-07-02 5:56 PM
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That Desoto just need a paint job and it would be great.
True, a paint job is needed.. and some chrome. The rest of it is surprisingly good. Interior has swivel seats, and is the original black, silvery grey and white.
Seems as Though the '61 Desotos were most often either white or light blue, and this one's both! Which do you think it was originally? |
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Come to think of it, most '61 DeSotos I've seen have been white or light blue (a few black?). Never really thought about it before.
Interesting car with an interesting history!
Thanks for the pic's, solouz!
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Location: Parts Unknown | I have seen unmolested 61 DeSotos in silver, white, black, turquoise, blue, and gold.
Mostly white, though.
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Location: bishop, ca | The good news is that that trailer full of 57 DeSotos (and the 62 300) were not on the way TO the crusher, but,
arguably were being taken AWAY from the crusher!
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Location: Norcross (Atlanta area), GA | Seen in Cuba - TODAY!
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | See this car. First i super nice Valiant from 1960? and a Ford Cortina STW from 1961-2?
First one I have see at 30 years. yes this was rusty
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I see this old classic cars today in Stockholm traffic
1970 SS Chevell
1967 Mustang GTs
och en Volvo 142 from 1969-72?
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Location: Georgia | Good photos, Joakim! It seems that 99.99% of those boxy Volvos were that mustard yellow color!
While traveling through Monteagle, TN, a few weeks ago, on a lark I spotted this behind an old shop building!
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Location: Parts Unknown | Spotted this today down by the courthouse. How refreshing, a non-typical car !
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Location: Indiana | I didn't have a camera with me and don't own a cell phone, and while I know I'm in the very very slim minority here that keeps an eye out for them, but I ran across an all blue '92 Dodge Daytona with the 3.0L V6 earlier today. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I saw a guy eat his own stool once. I didn't get a picture either.
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Location: Indiana | Yeah, yeah, yeah! That's only like the three dozenth time you've brought that up.
Is "dozenth" a word? |
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Location: NE Ohio | "dozenth" is a slang word meaning: "you don't know what the heck you're talking about"
Actually it's an adjective for "twelfth" |
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Location: northern germany | FwdLk56 - 2013-08-07 12:44 PM
Yeah, yeah, yeah! That's only like the three dozenth time you've brought that up.
i would bet it was more like 10 dozenth times. that subject really seems to fascinate doc.... |
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Location: central Illinois | Didn't Tim Allen have a shot called "Stool Time"? |
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Location: Parts Unknown | 92 Dodge Daytona = heap o' steaming dung.
Do I really need to connect the dots for you ?
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Location: Indiana | I'll tell you along the same lines that Bel Air owners tell my brother when he asks them "What's so special about a Bel Air? There were over 690 thousand of them produced in '56 to only 85 thousand Studebaker's in '56 or 110 thousand DeSoto's in '56?" (I had to look up the production numbers and picked '56), that being I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINION OF THE DODGE DAYTONA!
And as my Uncle used to say, "Put that in your smoke and pipe it." |
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Location: NE Ohio | BTW your Uncle was correct |
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Location: Georgia | Here's one I spotted yesterday morning East of Macon, GA.
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Location: Auburndale Florida | Real nice. Georgia has a lot of them on their Craigslist's for good prices under $2000 the last time I looked unlike here in Florida that ask for way more money. |
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Location: Kennewick Wa | Here are the only 2 ForwardLook cars at the Show & Shine for Hunger this weekend in Kennewick Wa. The owner of th '59 bought it new and has had it recently restored. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Car shows are not car spotting, Uncltank. Old cars in fields, barns, or old daily
drivers is "car spotting". Make a note of it.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Smoke your own turd, young whippersnapper. Post 70 cars suck ass. Not an opinion, ...
... this is as plain as the nose on your face.
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Location: Indiana | I totally and 100% agree!
But the way I see it, I'll take a 90s "daily driver" ANY DAY over the CRAP built during the last decade or so.
For one, I can actually fix them. I can't say that for the "new" CRAP.
And especially over anything built during the "bailout era" - FORD INCLUDED, even though they like to "say" they didn't take bailout money.
http://www.factcheck.org/2011/09/ford-motor-co-does-u-turn-on-bailo...
Plus, no offense to you "440 dudes" (I seem to see them dropped into anything-and-everything MoPar), but this young whippersnapper actually WANTS his first engine rebuild to be geared for MPG, not for lb-ft or bhp.
Get that under my belt, then we'll talk about rebuilding for lb-ft and bhp.
My brother has me hooked on the Slant Six 225 - who knows, maybe I'll end up with one of those before a 90s rebuild, LOL.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Road trip this weekend found these beasts awaiting a more loving owner.
64 Dodge 880 coupe
Early Corvair wagon
49 Studebaker 3/4 ton with a pair of 56 Mercs (both stick cars) and a 47 Nash. A 50 Studebaker 1/2
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Location: Georgia | One of my mother's friend's husband drove a Studebaker pickup similar to that one. It was his daily driver up through the 1980s
until he passed.
Here are a few more from middle Georgia:
An early 60s bird rotting away near my shop and a fairly clean '68 Plymouth Fury II in downtown Macon.
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Location: USA - KY | FwdLk56 - 2013-08-12 9:15 PM ...this young whippersnapper actually WANTS his first engine rebuild to be geared for MPG, not for lb-ft or bhp.
Blasphemer!
...just joshin' ya, FwdLk56 - to each his own.
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Location: NE Ohio | Surely someone has seen this '55 Gem?
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Location: Indiana | FIN ME - 2013-08-14 9:34 AM
FwdLk56 - 2013-08-12 9:15 PM ...this young whippersnapper actually WANTS his first engine rebuild to be geared for MPG, not for lb-ft or bhp. ...just joshin' ya, FwdLk56 - to each his own. : )
What was your FIRST engine rebuild?
Something just to get it back on the road?
Or an all-out jump-in-with-both-feet "This thing is going to need wheelie bars when I'm done with 'er"?
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Location: USA - KY | FwdLk56 - 2013-08-14 11:42 AM
...What was your FIRST engine rebuild?
Something just to get it back on the road?
Or an all-out jump-in-with-both-feet "This thing is going to need wheelie bars when I'm done with 'er"?...
I gotta be honest, FwdLk56 - it was a '67 Newport, and just enough was done to get it back on the road.
It was many moons ago when I had very little money, and even less in the way of abilities.
That's why I say to each his own - each knows their own circumstances best at a particular point in time.
(...but I'd still like a Viper engine... )
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Location: Indiana | Nothing will ever surpass my intrigue for MoPar Engine History.
It's the ENGINE HISTORY that transformed me into a MoPar Fan.
I became so extremely fed up of going to car shows and seeing so many AWESOME cars but they dang near ALL had a Chevy 350 under the hood!
It has always panged me to see the Avanti II's with a Chevy 350
I will admit an intrigue with the 409 and anything "Tri-Power", but when it comes right down to it, I'll take a MoPar any day of the week.
And yeah, even if that means rebuilding a dumb ol' 2.2.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Isn't the 2.2 a Mitsubishi engine ?
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Location: Indiana | No! The 2.2 and the 2.5 were made in Trenton, MI.
The design team included members dating back to the Slant Six.
The 2.2 from 1981 thru right around 1990 or so was a Chrysler engine.
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Location: Indiana | Here's a read on them - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_2.2_%26_2.5_engine
The CHRYSLER engine was introduded in 1981 in the Aries, Omni, Horizon, and Reliant.
In 1988, the "Turbo I" went to a Mitsubishi TE04H TURBO and a new intake manifold, but the ENGINE was still CHRYSLER.
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Location: Williams California | Doctor DeSoto - 2013-08-16 8:21 PM
Isn't the 2.2 a Mitsubishi engine ?
The 2.6 liter engine was a Mitsubishi engine, it was optional in many of the K-cars, minivans, and mother models in the eighties. The 2.2 was all Chrysler made.
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Location: Arizona | Was that 2.2 the basis for the 2.4 that's in my PT?? |
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Took this pics today
One and only Ford Country squer 4dr/HT 1960 (Light blue) first pics the second orginal STW 4dr/sedan
3 Ranchero: Fort 58 (Stw from begining) Chevy 55 and Crown Viktoria Glas roof
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Location: Sept. 1958 | Saw this '48 today.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | christine-lover - 2013-08-17 3:22 PM
Saw this '48 today.
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Location: Georgia | Here was a sighting from yesterday morning.
The driver, an older fellow, looked as though he was just running errands.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Spotted in Invermere, BC in the heart of the Kootenays! A 1963 Impala 2 door HT and a 1964 Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport convertible. Parisienne is Canadian built with a 283 and powerglide automatic. The Parisienne Custom Sport model is equivalent to the Impala Super Sport.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Nice pics first Ford 1928? And the 2 GM Cars |
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | See this Dodge A 100 from 1960? ( see ther year at rear glas)
In my town i live Upplands Väsby (Stockholm) today
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Location: Georgia | Very cool, Joakim! Those A-100 Dodges were made from 1965-1970.
Neat find!
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Ok thanks fore thé years info |
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Location: Hamburg-Germany | two weeks ago near moab
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Location: seattle wa | this one has been sitting here for quite a while in northwest washington.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Oj Oj "been sitting here for quite a while"
They should have put the car in the barn behind, maybe not the pilot came back from their flight.... |
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Location: Georgia | That Chrysler actually seems at home with that other aircraft. I, too, wish they'd parked it under the cover as well.
Here's an interesting one I saw on my way home last night.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Saw this 55 Buick Special 4 door hardtop parked in downtown Victoria this AM near my business. It's from Alberta, one province over.
Looks to be wearing mostly original paint and upholstery, and zero rust!
My grandparents had one of these when I was a kid, two tone metallic red and white. This one is kind of an orange or coral.
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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA | That Chrysler looks like it crash-landed at the airport. "Cars that can do what they look like they can do!" That means they can go into space, right? |
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Location: Georgia | That Buick is a nice one, Ian. Unusual to see an original car like that out and about.
I went to north Georgia over the weekend, and here are a few from the interstate.
The '56 Chebby looked fast (tubbed, rollbar, etc.), however, was only traveling about 55 mph.
It was nice to see the '62 Vette on the road and not on a trailer!
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Location: Sept. 1958 | I had no idea what this was, too old, but my dad said 51-52 Olds.
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Location: Parts Unknown | I about flipped when this came up beside me at a light !
Never seen in before, even though the owner says she's had it here in town since 1981.
We stopped and talked and I invited her to join us here. The car is a Savoy with some
creative side trim work. She was very interested in learning the more about her car and
I will post a photo of her data tag in the decode section.
Note the gas filler trim !
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Location: Parts Unknown | imopar380 - 2013-09-22 7:05 PM
Wow Neil, cool. Were you in Horrie when you found her?
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Doctor DeSoto - 2013-09-21 8:18 PM
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Wow Neil, cool. Were you in Horrie when you found her?
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Location: bishop, ca | Intriguing post, Ian!
Man; I sure prefer the standard bumper-ends, to those 'wing' things.
A woman owns that fine ride???
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Location: Parts Unknown | I sent her links to this site, Big M, and Chrysler Historical. Hopefully she'll join us here.
I sure was shocked to see that thing pull up beside us. Not a lot of Forward Lookers in
these parts, especially outside of "the usual suspects".
This car reminds me that there is a 57 Dodge ragtop I need to do some followup on, now
that I am home. If memory serves, it got a "trophy red" paint job too.
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Location: Alaska | I agree with d500neil, I disliked the bumper ends so much that I took them off my Furys and threw them away! |
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Location: Parts Unknown | I like the front ones a lot more than I do the rears. I used to think they were a "mandatory"
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Location: Parts Unknown | Scanning old photos tonight .... trying to figure out why the size is so small and the resolution
so bad ... but here it is ...
Spotted this very nice condition loaded 57 Fireflite coupe out back of a barn near Hobart around
1980. The farmer said he was saving it to restore with his grandson ....
I came by every so often to see if he was ready to sell it. Around 1992 he finally agreed to let
it go. This shot shows what it looked like after being jacked up out of the dirt and having all the
leaves and moss wiped off. It was so rusty by then that the hood hinges tore the cowl apart when
I lifted the hood. What a waste !
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Location: Medford Oregon | Dianne and I just got back from vacation.
The 55 Dodge is outside of Spokane. The seller wants $2500 for it. I saw an Imperial in the yard behind his place but when I asked if I could look in the yard he said no.
The 56 Dodge Sierra is in Thompson Falls MT at Flatiron Tire.
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Location: Medford Oregon | And a few non-FL. There's no theme except that the caught my eye.
The '40s and '50s cars are near Sandpoint MT. You can see the other end of them at
http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/Features/News...
For my next car I want a Checker Areobus. It's big enough that I could live in it after my wife kicks me out of the house.
Lastly, the Citroen is in Whitefish MT.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I see this Valiant 66? when I was on way to my work today
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Location: Montreal, Canada | I was parked beside that '56 Plodge yesterday.. Just two years apart, yet my car looks like a chopped top kustom next to the '56!
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Nice pic |
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I see this old Ford truck (with side engie) today i my town.
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Location: Georgia | That old Ford truck looks quite odd in traffic. Great photos, Joakim!
Here's a '53 (I think) custom Chebby I spotted at the post office a few days back.
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Location: Parts Unknown | I found this car in a wrecking yard in Oregon in 1987. The briars were as high as the fence
and took hours to chop away just to get a look at it.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Found this 300D under a lean-to shed. Note the slime that develops even on cars
under cover in the PNW. Asking price for this complete car was $3500, if memory
serves. I passed.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Found this very unmolested 57 Fury rotting out in the woods east of Seattle around 1988.
Car was "not for sale" and the owner refused my offer to build a shed over it.
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Location: Parts Unknown | This car was later bought and restored by Forward Look member Mark Hash. However,
before Mark found it, I toured this private collection (covered 100 acres) of old junkers and
took these pix. I believe this was 1987.
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Location: Parts Unknown | I found this 55 ? Eldorado hiding in a garage just down the street from me when I came home
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Location: Tulare Ca | Those Fins Would Belong To A 58' Caddie, Doc
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Location: Parts Unknown | Negative, Sir. The 58 fins were handed down from the earlier El Dorado. This is the
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Nice pics Doctor DeSoto, last pic 1956 Eldorado |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Duly noted, Sir. A very unusual car all the same !
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Location: seattle wa | the 300D was mine when you took that picture car was sold and went to Montana pat
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Location: Parts Unknown | No kidding ! Cool. I could not remember where I saw that car, except that it was somewhere
over north of Lynnwood. A lot of old cars hid in the woods down those long driveways in that part
of the county.
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Location: NY & VT | Wow if that '56 Eldo isn't the epitome of symbols of postwar American power I don't know what is!! (well, maybe a certain FL or 2 as well). Always loved that massively solid 'mid 50s Eldo look, like carved out of a block of granite. |
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Location: little rock, AR | I bought this 1960 2dr sedan a while back and I'm getting ready to try and get it out before Mother Nature has her way with it. Does anyone have a helicopter for rent??? Does anyone remember this radio station that was around in the 60's. It had a signal heard all over the U.S.
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Location: Arizona | Looks like the engine could pull tree stumps....or something like that... |
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Location: DFW, TX | This '56 Fireflite sedan has been near my house for years. It's owned by the guy that runs the service station. He says he's going to restore it. The seats have been recovered and he removed the steering wheel to restore it, but otherwise it has just sat... and sat... and sat. It was a very nice car the first time I saw it, but it i's really starting to get run down.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Spotted this all black 1955 Packard 400 coupe recently. Apparently a genuine barn find, it
wears the really old license plates that were obsoleted in 1958 in Washington, and judging by
the condition, these are originals. That means this car has not been on the road since 1958 !
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Location: Parts Unknown | For whatever reason, Chevy stylists put the best looking 2-tone scheme on their cheapest
model in 1957 - the "150". Available only as a 2 or 4 door sedan, they largely served as
parts cars for the more upline models, much like Forward Look guys have done with lower
model Mopars.
I would lose the wheels and perhaps give it a more period correct paint, but this is the ONE
57 Chevy I could own.
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Location: NY & VT | Many '55 and 56 Packards were traded, mothballed, or junked relatively early on:
1.) because of the demise of the company, in reality in '56, the name itself in '58, and S/P Corp in '66... but
2.) even more so because of the trouble-prone Ultramatic, TorsionAire suspension, and oil starved V8s, all of these were highly advanced but also highly problematic from the get-go, due to their under-development resulting from the company's cash starved situation.
Always felt '55/6 Packards to be flawed masterpieces. It's been said the '56 Lincoln Premiere was a '56 Packard without all the problems, the styling was so similar. There was actually a proposal within the failing Packard's management group that Lincoln, instead of Studebaker, produce the '57 Packards... drawings were even made. That would have been one awesome automobile.
Glad to see this 400 rejuvenated, we've had 2 '56s, and would not mind another, one that's been well sorted out.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Agreed. It seems to this observer that Packard had momentarily retouched upon that
design finesse that their high end early 30's cars had in the 56 Caribbean and 400. The
55's blunter face doesn't quite work for me, but when they curled over those headlight
pockets, it was golden.
It is a shame Packard was too weak to pull it off entirely, but kind of like DeSoto's demise,
the time had come for them to leave the scene, rather than lumber on building the garbage
that was to come. A 1971 Packard is not a good vision to try and conjure up. Even worse,
a 2014 Packard luxury SUV.
DeSoto had the good fortune to "die with their fins on", and although Packard's end was
not quite so dramatic, they did make some neat cars at the end. Kind of an upturn in body
design (at least) from their 1946-54 offerings that weren't too eyecatching against the rest
of the industry. I passed on TWO Caribbean ragtops in the early 80's (seemed WAY too
expensive at around $5K each ! ) that I sure wish I had now !
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Location: DFW, TX | We went to a Packard hoarder's place to pick up a "well-worn" '55 two door hardtop just for its side trim. My dad's boss was restoring one at the time and there are certain parts that are complete unobtanium.
He had about thirty postwar Packards, most of which were old man cars but some were absolutely spectacular. I was particularly impressed with some mid-50s Packard 400 models. I really liked the way the name was spelled out on the beltline trim. That was a very cool car. However, it is hard enough to restore a '50s Mopar, I can't imagine trying to deal with a Packard!
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Location: Parts Unknown | The shop doing my Plaza has a 56 Caribbean convertible in there being restored. They really pull
off that static presence that those monster 30's luxury cars did. but on a 50's "canvas". An over-the-
top styling that somehow still captures that conservative "air". A rare moment, indeed.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | If the van is a Ford Thames?
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Location: NY & VT | Yes the '56 Packards in particular had a real presence; that '56 front end to me always evoked a locomotive... all the more amazing in that due to very limited funds Dick Teague had to do a facelift on the rather boring looking John Rinehart designed 51-54 model, mainly at the front and rear, keeping the high belt-line and basic body overall of the '54s, known as the "high pockets" body, but what he did with what little he had to work with was true testament to his ability... alas, it was not enough.
Packard guys call that wide aluminum trim on the Patricians "Reynolds wrap" and it is indeed hard to find in good original condition. When they were testing the first prototypes on the track in '54 they had none of that trim, just a single narrow stainless strip, front to back, and it looked very classy imo, but they went with the maximum flash.
Restoring a 55/56 Packard has to be a true labor of love. All kinds of mods to the engine (such as adapting an Olds 455 oil pump, requiring considerable machining), auto trans mods, frequent work on the electrically controlled solenoids of the push button Ultramatic to keep them reliable, the electric motor of the pre-loading system of the F & R torsion bars... on and on. It proved too much, for me at least.
It was actually a big relief to come back to having to completely restore my Windsor!!
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Location: northern germany | 57burb - 2013-10-16 11:46 AM
We went to a Packard hoarder's place to pick up a "well-worn" '55 two door hardtop just for its side trim.
thats mid century art at its best. can't get enough of that. i dunno what the designers were taking back then but it must have been good! |
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Location: Georgia | I was always fond of the Clippers; something about those chrome helms....
Here's an unusual ride I spotted right near my shop, in downtown Bolingbroke, Georgia.
A mint green '62 Poncho Tempest, prolly outfitted with the little 4 banger.
Pete
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Location: Hamburg-Germany | HI Joakim
it`s a Borgward B 611
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Borgward was a high quality car in competition with Mercedes Benz |
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Location: NE Ohio | Wide whites look good on that Tempest......... |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Spotted this last Sunday down in Browne's Addition.
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Location: Parts Unknown | I have known about this car for a long time, but have not seen it out for at least ten years.
Drove by the house and the owner, who was backing it into the garage, got stopped by an
inquisitive teen who was passing by. Then I came along and got a few pix. The car is a very
nice original. The 1960 Invicta was my first finned car and I have a real soft spot for the
styling still.
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Location: Vermont | It looks so little in the 3rd shot. |
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Location: Sweden | Saw this one here in Lincoln the other day
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Location: NY & VT | Bet that Invicta blew that kid's mind!
Always thought that the 59/60 Buick and 59 Olds were GM's best attempts at challenging the FL, particularly the 59 Buick. Love to have one. |
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Location: Puyallup, Washington | I know the owner and have ridden in that beautiful '60 Invicta in Spokane -- a magnificent original. In fact, I have its original license plate frames from Oyler-Howard Buick Pontiac in Pendleton, Oregon, a dealer I was familiar with back in the 1970's. It was like walking into a dealership from the 1940's! |
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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA | I worked on an Electra throughout the early 1990s. I was driving a 58 Plymouth club coupe at the time, and I found it interesting how much heavier and more substantial the Buick was. And not in a good way. It was 1,000 lbs heavier. It seemed overly complicated, and it had this weird feature-- when you stepped on the gas pedal, it would automatically start. Only sometimes, it also caught fire. Anyway, Consumer Reports makes some comparisons to the Forward Looks, here:
"1959-1960 Buick Electra & Invicta 2-Doors
by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide
"Buick billed the 1959-1960 Buick Electra & Invicta 2-Doors as the best of the "Buicks so new even the names had to be new!" The '59s were a sharp break with Flint's recent past -- along with other '59 GM cars, which comprised a hasty response to Chrysler's instant-hit '57s.
"The Buicks were longer, wider, and much lower, but also shapelier and less glittery. Hardtops had Chrysler-like thin-section rooflines, and Buick's huge canted tailfins were tasteful, if startling. The latter were rounded off on the clumsier-looking '60s.
"Invicta picked up from Century as the "hot Buick"; Electra/Electra 225 were what Roadmaster/ Limited had been. Engineering advances ran to a lower-riding K-brace frame (ousting the '57-vintage X-member affair), a V-8 enlarged to 401 cubes (low-line LeSabres retained a 364), and two '58 options: "Flight-Pitch" or Triple-Turbine Dynaflow automatic (an alternate to the Twin-Turbine unit standard on Invicta/ Electra) and "Air Poise" suspension, a troublesome $188 extra that vanished after 1960.
"Models not included here have also begun rising in collector esteem, but we think these two-doors have better investment potential.
"Pluses of the 1959-1960 Buick Electra & Invicta 2-Doors:
Wild '59 styling epitomizes tailfin era
Smooth, no-sweat performance
Comfy
Still very affordable
Low original production of some models
"Minuses of the 1959-1960 Buick Electra & Invicta 2-Doors:
Big, clumsy, and thirsty
Workmanship way down from mid-'50s Buicks
Hammed-up '60 styling
Not considered "great" Buicks
"Production of the 1959-1960 Buick Electra & Invicta 2-Doors:
1959: Invicta htp cpe 11,451; conv 5,447; Electra htp cpe 11,216; Electra 225 conv 5,493
1960: Invicta htp cpe 8,960; conv 5,236; Electra htp cpe 7,416; Electra 225 conv 6,746
Specifications of the 1959-1960 Buick Electra & Invicta 2-Doors:
Wheelbase, inches: 123.0 (Invicta), 126.3 (Electras)
Length, inches: 217.4/217.9 (1959/60 Invicta), 220.6/221.2 (Electra), 225.4/225.9 (Electra 225)
Weight, pounds: 4,275-4,570
Price, new: $3,447-$4,192
Engine for the 1959-1960 Buick Electra & Invicta 2-Doors:
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great old cars I DID NOT take pictures of back in the day, by capturing those still to be seen
and posting them here, in a format like "Car Spotting" in Collectible Automobile.
Here are a few more I stumbled onto yesterday.
The first looks like a Dodge. It is from the Keller years, but I really don't know what year.
The second shows a forgotten finned Rambler wagon and a 1st gen Mustang against the
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A few are in mine, and maybe some are in yours.
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A well-loved 63-4 Riviera, and a 67 ? Marlin.
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Location: Scotland | this really nice 1957 Mercury went passed my dad's garage in St Andrews the other day.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Stumbled onto this one this morning. A very nice original 56 Pontiac wagon with a lighted hood
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Nice car Pics Doctor DeSoto
Here is a Trans Am from 1974,I see today.
According to the owner, it's not original eagle on the hood without an eagle which he had seen on the race car of 1974 (Nacecar?).
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Location: NY & VT | Nice BOL '55 Olds ... that was a good year for them. The 98s looked so much better with the extended r deck. We had a '56 98 Holiday Sedan (4 dt hrdtp). |
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That car has been described hereabouts previously (a couple times)
Would love to see some high resolution closeups of this 300. It sure gets my attention, would love to see it in person. Last time I think it popped up in Tennessee?
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Sure wish I had better photos of this car (cheapy camera).
I was sorting my photos the other day when I found these...I admit that they are a few years old. They were taken at the Lexington Concours Show (KY).
Grand car!
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | That Pontiac is a US built job, not a typical Canadian based Chevviac. |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | A 1964 Canadian built Valiant, which is a Dart with a Valiant clip bolted on. They were sold at both Dodge and Plymouth dealers, and not branded either a Plymouth or Dodge. Starting in 67 Canada got both Valiants and Darts.
This particular car was owned for years in the 90s and early 2000s by a private court-server, who used this for the business to serve documents.
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Here is a 40's-something. Looks to be a post-war GM, but hard to tell exactly what.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | imopar380 - 2013-11-05 9:44 PM
A 1964 Canadian built Valiant, which is a Dart with a Valiant clip bolted on. They were sold at both Dodge and Plymouth dealers, and not branded either a Plymouth or Dodge. Starting in 67 Canada got both Valiants and Darts.
This particular car was owned for years in the 90s and early 2000s by a private court-server, who used this for the business to serve documents.
Newer see this model before, looks OK.
Canada have many ather modell ho I not see before.
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Location: Georgia | Actually, that's a '69 Mercury Montego wagon, fairly rare. I saw it on a different forum, she's for sale on Craigslist.
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I thought it looked familiar!
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Location: Medford Oregon | This car was in the parking lot at a doctor's office.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | 1962 Chrysler Windsor four door hardtop, in Fanny Bay, BC Car is for sale. The 61 Dodge wheel covers are standard equipment on the 62 Canadian Windsor and Saratoga. the sky high rear window is also standard on the Canadian four door hardtops.
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Location: bossier city, louisiana | they had the same model of that olds on one of the first episodes of "Fast & Loud" looks just like it. |
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Some friends greet me after midnight after they have been in the Lucia cruising 13/12 in Stockholm about 150 U.S. cars was there. Fine Buick Skylark 1968 conv.
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Location: Auburndale Florida | I spotted a 63 Ford Galaxie, a 51 Desoto and 65 Ford Custom 500 but I never got to take pics of the first two before that guy who had them sold them. I bought the 65 Custom 500 which is now my first actual car since I only ride bicycles.
I will post the pic of the 65 later if anyone asks.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Sure ... 65 was one of Ford's better years. Crisp, clean, integrated lines. The Custom series
is kinda funky (el cheapo), which makes for added character. I think the 65 full size wagon is
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Location: Auburndale Florida | I like 2 doors but 4 and wagons are always good. Plus you don't have to wait for someone to get in.
Yep it sure is basic except it had a V8 instead of the 6. Tropical Turquoise 289 V8 C4 dual range auto and radio delete. It's Florida so like some of the FL Mopar years it needs floor & other hidden body rust work.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Been something of a slacker for getting out and posting field car shots lately. But I stumbled
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Location: Auburndale Florida | Yeah unfortunately we do. I believe it was fully driven last in the early 90's since I found a 1992 quarter colored like the rust and the speakers someone added for an under dash radio were from the late 80's. shows over 7000 but it might be 107.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Pics at some cars I see at Chrismas week
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Location: The Republic of Texas | Here is a Desoto truck
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | GSP392 - 2014-01-05 2:10 PM
Here is a Desoto truck
Super Nice Desoto truck, new Imported to Us?
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Location: The Republic of Texas | Windsor59 - 2014-01-05 2:02 PM
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Location: Scotland | 56 DeSoto Diplomat in Azaz Syria 2013
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Location: Parts Unknown | Methinks we're missing the boat here, Boss.
The idea of Car Spotting is posting photographs of cars we see currently sitting in a neglected or non-
hobby-involved state. No car show or oldtime photos (those have dedicated threads themselves). The
idea being to capture that "as found" appearance that was once so common, and is becoming rarer and
rarer as these cars get restored.
Those last two look like they were shot in Panama !
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Location: The Republic of Texas | Doctor DeSoto - 2014-01-06 1:49 PM
Methinks we're missing the boat here, Boss.
The idea of Car Spotting is posting photographs of cars we see currently sitting in a neglected or non-
hobby-involved state. No car show or oldtime photos (those have dedicated threads themselves ). The
idea being to capture that "as found" appearance that was once so common, and is becoming rarer and
rarer as these cars get restored.
Those last two look like they were shot in Panama !
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | GSP392 - 2014-01-06 4:38 PM
Doctor DeSoto - 2014-01-06 1:49
Sorry, I didn't know the rules. It wont let me edit or delete the post, but I'll know for next time.
It do nothing, lett it bee (pics)
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Doctor DeSoto - 2014-01-06 1:49 PM
Methinks we're missing the boat here, Boss.
The idea of Car Spotting is posting photographs of cars we see currently sitting in a neglected or non-
hobby-involved state. No car show or oldtime photos (those have dedicated threads themselves ). The
idea being to capture that "as found" appearance that was once so common, and is becoming rarer and
rarer as these cars get restored.
Those last two look like they were shot in Panama !
Sorry, I didn't know the rules. It wont let me edit or delete the post, but I'll know for next time.
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It's all good. Just a reminder. We have had several times when car show pix end up posted here.
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Location: The Republic of Texas | Here's a '57 Imperial that was given to me. It's been sitting in the woods for 40 plus years. Mostly complete, windows broken out, flooded with brackish water from Hurricane Ike, but it's mine if I can get it out. Also there is a modified frame with a complete 392 that's also mine if I can get it out. The ground it's all sitting in stays damp year round, so I'm not couting on much.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Wow ! Another single headlight Imperial ! Two of these rare cars show up on this site in a week.
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Location: The Republic of Texas | Doctor DeSoto - 2014-01-16 3:13 PM
Wow ! Another single headlight Imperial ! Two of these rare cars show up on this site in a week.
I didn't know they were that rare. Once I pull it out I'll post more pictures. In my opinion this car is far beyond restoration. My plans are to part it out to fund my new resto project, minus the parts that I want to keep. If there is enough interest I'll offer it for sale complete.
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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA | Backing up for a sec... Anyone know what the deal is with the 300 C? The custom trim is pretty convincing. |
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Location: Kennewick Wa | Following up on leads for parts for my '57 Dodges and found these...
The white one is on property long abandon with no help from the neighbors as to who owns it.
The 2 tones owner has been collecting parts for a couple of yrs. He is now retired and ready to start this spring...
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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA | No high jacking intended-- any links about the 300 Doc? |
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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA | Danke! I love the one-offs. |
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Location: little rock, AR | uncltank - 2014-01-18 8:41 PM
Following up on leads for parts for my '57 Dodges and found these...
The white one is on property long abandon with no help from the neighbors as to who owns it.
The 2 tones owner has been collecting parts for a couple of yrs. He is now retired and ready to start this spring... It is nice to see more '59 Dodges making a showing. Did you tell him about our group of misfits on this site??? |
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Send those ugly #@!'s to Sweden and let's pretend they never existed !
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | SO I spotted this 1968 MGB on the way home from Church on Sunday. Miraculously the guy was not killed. He entered the highway the wrong way down an Off-Ramp and proceeded driving at high speed northbound in the southbound lane, then struck the Aerostar head-on. He had been cited 2 times the evening before for violations, and other witnesses reported him at a hi-way rest stop with the drivers door open, the engine running and himself climbing an Indian Totem-Pole at the rest stop. Very bizarre, he is in hospital and later to be transferred to the Psych Ward!
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Location: NY & VT | '69 MGB, you can tell by the reflector over the rear wheel, that was '69 only and not found on the '68 which was the first Mk 2 MGB, and '69 was last yr for the old style rear lenses... we've had several '68/69s and just sold our '70 2 yrs ago. The MGB unit body was one of the strongest of that era, especially for an open car, they were criticized for being too heavy at the time. Glad this nut case at least lived, maybe it knocked some sense into him?
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Location: Auburndale Florida | Kit car but I don't know what it is yet. It's still there over a week ago when I last went by it here in Polk County FL.
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Location: The Republic of Texas | ChristineFury - 2014-01-27 6:22 PM
Kit car but I don't know what it is yet. It's still there over a week ago when I last went by it here in Polk County FL.
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'69 MGB, you can tell by the reflector over the rear wheel, that was '69 only and not found on the '68 which was the first Mk 2 MGB, and '69 was last yr for the old style rear lenses... we've had several '68/69s and just sold our '70 2 yrs ago. The MGB unit body was one of the strongest of that era, especially for an open car, they were criticized for being too heavy at the time. Glad this nut case at least lived, maybe it knocked some sense into him?
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You want to see this guy live ? Why, so he can be a danger to the public, a burden upon taxpayers ?
Please, embrace Darwin and welcome the self-removal from the gene pool process ! I have no interest
in seeing this clown kill or maim others, or pay a single dime to his incarceration/disability as our "save
the weak" politicos are wont to do.
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Location: Auburndale Florida | I looked at the Bradley cars but not one of them. Looks like a mix of different cars I have seen so for like the coyote from the series without the light covers, slightly in some ways the Bradley, one of those FiberFab cars and many others I can't think of. |
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Location: DFW, TX | It's a generic knockoff of a whole breed of GT cars from the mid-60s to early 70s.
A good example would be the McLaren M6GT from 1969.
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Location: Georgia | Well, I suppose the bright side is that you could buy just about any FL in great shape for little money in the 1970s!
Anyways, before the winter storm hit, I snapped this photo in a parking lot of a shopping plaza. It occurred to me how the streets
used to be littered with these Chevy pickups (in the South, anyways). It seemed every lot or every other driveway had a '60-66
C10 parked there. Now, it is a rare thing to see one, so rare I took a photo!
This one is probably a 64 or 66.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Joakim, the blue 1960 New Yorker convertible you posted further up was here in British Columbia, Canada last year, and sold on Ebay. Made it to Sweden already!!
The air cleaner snorkel is facing the wrong direction!! It should point toward the right front slightly or to the left front if you are looking at it from the front of the car.
There are locator tabs on the housing to mate with the carb.
This photo of the engine was downloaded from the Ebay auction here last year.
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I have seen them in better colors than that but it was the only pic on Photobucket that looked close to it.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | imopar380 - 2014-01-31 9:12 PM
Joakim, the blue 1960 New Yorker convertible you posted further up was here in British Columbia, Canada last year, and sold on Ebay. Made it to Sweden already!!
The air cleaner snorkel is facing the wrong direction!! It should point toward the right front slightly or to the left front if you are looking at it from the front of the car.
There are locator tabs on the housing to mate with the carb.
This photo of the engine was downloaded from the Ebay auction here last year.
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this NY 60 conv at sale now here. 85000$ ("good" running condisions, no rust what i see) If you will have it nice you must paint and........
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Location: Arizona | SavoyPlaza - 2014-01-31 3:22 AM
Well, I suppose the bright side is that you could buy just about any FL in great shape for little money in the 1970s!
Anyways, before the winter storm hit, I snapped this photo in a parking lot of a shopping plaza. It occurred to me how the streets
used to be littered with these Chevy pickups (in the South, anyways ). It seemed every lot or every other driveway had a '60-66
C10 parked there. Now, it is a rare thing to see one, so rare I took a photo!
This one is probably a 64 or 66.
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Here's two I snapped recently:
First, a nice Plymouth Barracuda rag-top in downtown Macon, the front tag says 'Rock-n-Roll'.
Second is a used but nice Eldorado rag-top I spotted this morning in Forsyth, GA.
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Location: bishop, ca | Matthias, do you know, or can you find out (via the PNT codes) whether that 56 CR sedan is OEM white-over-red, or not?
Mostly-or-all red painted Dodges are rare finds.
Think about this, y'all: when was the last time you saw a REAL mostly-or-all red painted 56-59 Dodge????
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Location: Georgia | A couple more from my out and about this morning. Both spotted in north Macon, GA.
First, sorry for the distance, but the traffic lights prevented me getting too close to this spotless black '57 Thunderbird.
In my opinion, the best looking T-bird of all time. (not too shabby for a Ford)
The second photo is a '61 Impala. Even the Chebbys had style back then.
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Location: Sept. 1958 | Oh, I guess I don't know my newer cars. Should have asked my pop. Dam, they all looked alike by then, 'cept for Mopars.
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few holdouts and exceptions, but by-and-large, most cars looked like the same turd with different
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Location: Sept. 1958 | My pop and I stopped and checked out this Henry J, I think it's a Henry J. Definitely a Henry J, definitely. Uh oh, 10 minutes to Wapner!
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Nice Henry J (I have not see this model in lives, rare in sweden
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A 1964 Canadian built Valiant, which is a Dart with a Valiant clip bolted on. They were sold at both Dodge and Plymouth dealers, and not branded either a Plymouth or Dodge. Starting in 67 Canada got both Valiants and Darts.
This particular car was owned for years in the 90s and early 2000s by a private court-server, who used this for the business to serve documents.
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Location: Georgia | The Chrysler Kid - 2014-02-23 5:22 PM
Savoyplaza, you live in Macon? We have a house there funny i never have seen a forwardlook there...
Si Senor!
I live in north Macon, my shop is in Juliette.
There are a few FLs around town, most happen to be in my yard!
If you see one around 5:00am or 6:00pm, it's probably me going to or coming home from work!
Next time you come up, let me know and I'll show you my collection.
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Si Senor!
I live in north Macon, my shop is in Juliette.
There are a few FLs around town, most happen to be in my yard!
If you see one around 5:00am or 6:00pm, it's probably me going to or coming home from work!
Next time you come up, let me know and I'll show you my collection.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | An ordinary Volvo before on our streets, now sees them not as often. Especially station wagon.
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | I wonder what happened to mine Volvo custom?? The door pillars was moved backwards and the larger 2 door front doors mounted. A Volvo Amazon Delivery
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Wow, I like it. 70's style
Did you the custom work?
The last pic looks it not from Sweden?
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | SavoyPlaza - 2014-01-31 3:22 AM
Well, I suppose the bright side is that you could buy just about any FL in great shape for little money in the 1970s!
Anyways, before the winter storm hit, I snapped this photo in a parking lot of a shopping plaza. It occurred to me how the streets
used to be littered with these Chevy pickups (in the South, anyways ). It seemed every lot or every other driveway had a '60-66
C10 parked there. Now, it is a rare thing to see one, so rare I took a photo!
This one is probably a 64 or 66.
Pete
Based on the fender emblem, it is a '66. I have a '66 long bed which I still drive frequently. There are still quite a few around here, both hobby vehicles and work trucks.
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Location: Sept. 1958 | My parents saw this out today and sent me a photo.
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Location: Ocala, Florida | Driver shape 1960 Plymouth convertible today! Looked to be original interior.
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Location: Sept. 1958 | Windsor59 - 2014-04-06 3:27 PM
Nice 55 Windsor?
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Location: Connecticut | Chrysler Kid: the 60 Ply vert may belong to Richbo, a member here. The 55 Desoto just doesn't look right without the color sweep. I see a lot for sale, however. Both Firedomes and Fireflites. Ron |
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | 57 Fury in north Texas
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | mstrug - 2014-05-03 10:19 PM
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Location: Auburndale Florida | christine-lover - 2014-05-03 7:02 PM
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Location: Sept. 1958 | mstrug - 2014-05-03 10:19 PM
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I see many old Classic cars this week end in a Town Strängnäs. But only take this pics.
DKW from year 1959 and a Hudson from 1951(engie 350? with "old" style)
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Location: Austin, TX | 1957 Chrysler Windsor 2 dr. hardtop that I saw while riding the country roads north of 290 around Brenham, Tx. Stopped and met the owner. He said he was the second owner. 107k on the clock and just a small speck of rust on the rockers.
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Location: Austin, TX | 1957 Chrysler Windsor 2 dr. hardtop that I saw last weekend while riding the country roads north of 290 around Brenham, Tx. Stopped and met the owner. He said he was the second owner. 107k on the clock and just a small speck of rust on the rockers.
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really attracted me to old cars as a serious ownership thing. As interiors got fat and
bloated at the end of the decade, it was clear that those were going to end up being the
pinnacle of automotive excellence for the common man. I love my 66 Coronet interior.
Clean, comfortable, not overstuffed or bulky. The 58 DeSoto and Plymouth are pretty
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Very cool interior on that Marlin!! Reminds me of the early Charter interior only without the console. |
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Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada | Seen this old boat i've seen it once passing by but after a year i found it again and got a good look at it. Can;t say its all original as its a younger guy who drives it now he probably hot rodded the hell outta the engine but the interior (sorry no photos) looks 100% original
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International truck
Falcon 64 Furtura (Freinds new car)
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Here's a rare Canuck model - at the local cruise-in tonight. A 1955 Meteor Niagara Sedan. Mid Range model, below the Rideau.
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Location: PL / EU | 1961savoy - 2014-06-22 7:24 AM
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Is meteor a complete separate division?
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U.S. carmakers unabashedly foisted cheap U.S. model cars on Canada and other markets for reasons
that still defy logic. Oft-times done with a reshuffling of grilles and trim, and rebadging of names to pique
the interest of the selling market ... hence, Richelieus and Beaumonts, Regents and Fonseceaus. The
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Location: bishop, ca | Dodge didn't have a 'yellow' interior option in 1957.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Dear Neil,
As a long time old car observer, I would hasten you to note a few items present on certain cars
that generally suggest that a car has been taken from its virginal path of rectitude.
First of all ... a. ANY late 50's convertible or hardtop
b. An inordinate amount of bling.
c. An inordinate amount of bling in relation to the model presented
e. Certain types of bling that over-blingers are drawn to like perverts to children
> 1. The D500 tag
> 2. Flipper wheelcovers or wire wheels
> 3. Red paint
> 4. Dual rear antennas
> 5. Fender skirts, spotlights, fuzzy dice, Coca-Cola accessories
> 6. Dolls, drive-in theme kitsche, ribbons, trophies, or an easel with airbrushed details about how awesome the car is.
All of these *might* suggest to the observer that this car MIGHT not be presented as built and
may have had certain liberties taken with its OEM status to suit the "needs" of a past or present
owner.
I hope this helps in future encounters of puzzling cars and mystifying attributes.
Your friend,
I. B. Cynical
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Spotted these cars today at the local Vintage Car club of Canada Swap Meet.
The 1955 Monarch Richelieu sedan has to be very rare. The 56 version moved the dagmars closer to the center of the grille.
The owner of the DeSoto four door HT was going to restore but lost interest in it. I gave him my Email address so hopefully he will get back to me.
Photos were taken about 9 AM this morning, was cloudy but they burnt off by late AM into a clear hot day.
The bottom photo, a McLaughlin Buick was named for the then-president of General Motors Canada, Col. Sam McLaughlin - but - the McLaughlin Motor Company of Canada was a Canadian company that eventually merged with GM to form GM of Canada more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaughlin_automobile
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Doctor Desoto - you forgot the plate of fake food hanging off the window... .
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That falls under "Drive-in Kitsche".
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I wish you'd taken a pic of its P/T plate.
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1954 Monarch Lucerne Sun Valley 2 door HT and a 1954 Meteor Rideau Skyliner also with the plexiglass roof.
Both of these cars have flathead V-8s. No Overhead valve Ford V-8s in Canada until 1955.
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Location: Park Hills, KY | My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car.
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My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car.
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I think we assume today that these larger, seemingly more "luxurious" cars were indicative of a
much more "uptown" buying public that only drove fancy cars. The collector car market that followed
has tended to favor preserving the fancier models or loading up the options onto cars that never
had them, furthering this image.
The reality was that MOST cars built back then were pretty spartan and most buyers were of a
more practical mindset in terms of costs and what was of "value" to them. Anything from concerns
about power windows going bad to radios being a driving distraction hazard were frequent comments.
Hard to believe today .... so much of what were "exotic" 50's options are now common, even on
basic Hondas and other seemingly "cheap" imports.
It was a different time and people had a very different outlook on what a car was for. I find that
to be a large part of the charm of old cars ... little old Grandma Pittipoo going down to Central Motors
in her lace gloves and hat and proudly coming home with a shiny new Plaza sedan that she could
tool about town ... the new supermarket out on the highway, the post office, the beauty parlor, and
the Ladies Aid Society meetings held in the church basement on Wednesday evenings.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | imopar380 - 2014-07-01 4:55 PM
I attended a local Canada Day Car Show today, just showing, & no judging THANKFULLY!! Spotted these 2 rare (Canadian Market) beauties.
1954 Monarch Lucerne Sun Valley 2 door HT and a 1954 Meteor Rideau Skyliner also with the plexiglass roof.
Both of these cars have flathead V-8s. No Overhead valve Ford V-8s in Canada until 1955.
Actually, the Canadian-built 1954 Mercury and Monarch had the new 256-cid ohv V8 engine. It put out 161 bhp.
The 1954 Meteor base series and Ford Mainline had the 239.4-cid flathead V8 while the Meteor Niagara and Rideau series as well as the Ford Customline and Crestline used the 1953 Mercury 255.4-cid flathead V8.
The Canadian Ford and Meteor switched to the 272-cid ohv V8 for 1955 and added the 223-cid ohv six for 1956, the first Canadian-built Ford six since the Ford model K of 1906-07.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | Cmangeot - 2014-07-05 10:42 AM
My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car.
My 1988 Plymouth Caravelle Salon could be ordered "radio delete", but not a 1959 Plymouth. Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. The rubber mat was standard equipment and the car has the optional heater/defroster - the buttons on the right side of the instrument panel. And it probably has the optional power steering, and if not, then the deluxe steering wheel. It does not have the optional glove box lock.
The car has a "V" on the trunk lid meaning the car has a V8 engine. There are four transmission buttons (left side of the panel) and there are two exhaust pipes at the rear. So, the car has a 4-bbl carb and, as it has the optional 2-speed Powerflite, the engine is a 318 V8 with the optional Super-Pack (4-bbl carb and dual exhaust). The optional Golden Commando 395 361-cid V8 could be ordered with Torqueflite but not Powerflite. The car also has the optional exterior rear view mirror, wheel covers, Sport Deck, maybe whitewall tires. Whitewalls were optional but we do not know if the car originally came with them.
The car may have been ordered by the dealer, and not the buyer. Just as today, car dealers had a stock of new cars in the back lot waiting for a buyer. These cars were probably purchased with the local bank's money and thus would be shown to the would-be buyer. If nothing on the lot was acceptable, then the order book would come out.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Chrycoman - 2014-07-05 10:16 PM
Cmangeot - 2014-07-05 10:42 AM
My father is the Chairman of the Board of a local non-profit. He volunteered me for a parade yesterday, which is not usually my thing, but we had fun. I met a retired sheriff of Kenton County here in Northern Kentucky and got to check out his 59 Belvedere which I have admired until now from afar. This is an original, 36,000 mile car. The sheriff is an older gentleman whose father either worked at, or owned a ChryslerPlymouth dealership. His dad sold the car to a lady new. Strange set of options on this car. The woman ordered radio delete and rubber mat. It just strikes me as an odd choice, with the trim and deck lid fanciness to be painted beige and have such a spartan nature on the inside. It was a really nice car.
My 1988 Plymouth Caravelle Salon could be ordered "radio delete", but not a 1959 Plymouth. Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio, you ticked a box but in 1959 if you wanted no radio, you ticked nothing. The rubber mat was standard equipment and the car has the optional heater/defroster - the buttons on the right side of the instrument panel. And it probably has the optional power steering, and if not, then the deluxe steering wheel. It does not have the optional glove box lock.
The car has a "V" on the trunk lid meaning the car has a V8 engine. There are four transmission buttons (left side of the panel ) and there are two exhaust pipes at the rear. So, the car has a 4-bbl carb and, as it has the optional 2-speed Powerflite, the engine is a 318 V8 with the optional Super-Pack (4-bbl carb and dual exhaust ). The optional Golden Commando 395 361-cid V8 could be ordered with Torqueflite but not Powerflite. The car also has the optional exterior rear view mirror, wheel covers, Sport Deck, maybe whitewall tires. Whitewalls were optional but we do not know if the car originally came with them.
The car may have been ordered by the dealer, and not the buyer. Just as today, car dealers had a stock of new cars in the back lot waiting for a buyer. These cars were probably purchased with the local bank's money and thus would be shown to the would-be buyer. If nothing on the lot was acceptable, then the order book would come out.
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Radios were standard on 1988 Plymouths, but optional in 1959. In 1988 if you wanted no radio,
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Isn't that backwards .... a radio was standard in 1988, therefore no box was ticked, whereas
it WAS optional in 1959, so if you wanted a radio, you have to check the box ?
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Location: Vancouver, BC | The Chrysler Kid - 2014-06-22 10:45 AM
Is meteor a complete separate division?
Ford set up two divisions, and dealer networks, in 1946 with Ford-Monarch and Lincoln-Mercury dealers/divisions. The 1946-48 Monarch was a Mercury with Ford taillights and a grille similar to the Ford. The U.S. Mercury was sold in Canada as the Mercury 118 and a Mercury 114 was added - a Ford with Mercury taillights and a Mercury-like grille. In 1949 the Mercury 114 became the Meteor and the Lincoln-Mercury Division became the Mercury-Meteor-Lincoln Division. The Monarch was replaced at Ford dealers by the Edsel for 1958 (Ford-Edsel Division and dealers), but sales were so poor the Monarch came back for 1959 (Ford-Edsel-Monarch Divison and dealers). 1959 was the last year for a Canadian-built Edsel.
For 1960 the Mercury-Meteor dealers got the Frontenac to sell - a Falcon with unique grille, taillights and emblems. It was replaced by the Comet for 1961, the last year for the Meteor and Monarch. In 1964 the Meteor appeared as a cheap Mercury Monterey - using Ford instrument panels and upholstery. For 1965 the Meteor line was expanded to match the Ford Galaxie offering, and the Monterey was dropped in Canada.
The Ford-Monarch and Mercury-Meteor Divisions ceased to exist in 1960 although the dealers lasted one more year.
And the Meteor? The last Meteor make was built in 1976. But from 1977 through 1981 the Meteor was the bottom line Marquis series in Canada and used the base Ford LTD interior.
Contrary to popular opinion, the Meteor was never a Ford-Meteor (1949-61) or Mercury-Meteor (1964-76) but, except for the 1962-63 Mercury Meteor and the 1977-81 Mercury Marquis Meteor, just Meteor. The Frontenac was also just Frontenac, not Ford-Frontenac, Mercury-Frontenac or Meteor-Frontenac.
And the Canadian Mercury-based Monarch was never a Mercury-Monarch or Ford-Monarch - just Monarch.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | Doctor DeSoto - 2014-07-05 11:20 PM
Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 7:16 PM
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Isn't that backwards .... a radio was standard in 1988, therefore no box was ticked, whereas
it WAS optional in 1959, so if you wanted a radio, you have to check the box ?
Please re-read what I wrote. It's not backwards -
In 1988 - Want No Radio - Tick the No Radio box - You got no radio - True Radio-Delete
In 1959 - Want No Radio - Tick nothing - You got no radio - Nothing deleted - You just got nothing - No Radio-Delete because they was no radio to delete.
Yes, if you wanted a radio, you ticked a box in 1959. But I was not writing about how to order a radio. I was writing about how to order NO radio.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | Simeon57 - 2014-06-03 9:38 PM
Seen this old boat i've seen it once passing by but after a year i found it again and got a good look at it. Can;t say its all original as its a younger guy who drives it now he probably hot rodded the hell outta the engine but the interior (sorry no photos) looks 100% original
Looks like a Canadian 1961 Chrysler Saratoga. The sill moulding was standard on the Saratoga (383 V8) but optional on the Windsor (361 V8).
Those wheel covers are the Canadian Chrysler units.
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Location: Vancouver, BC | soiouz - 2014-07-05 11:12 PM
The car has a torqueflite trans, not a powerflite, judging by the 5 buttons and the 2 and 1 buttons especially.
The top buttons looked like one unit. With my computer's monitor the letters / numbers were not very clear. Blowing up the photo I could see the numbers.
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Location: Ontario, Canada | Hi Bill, I enjoy your posts but I have to ask where you where back in the "old" days when I was REALLY searching for info? I was like a dog chasing it's tail for many years. Every lead I found for old info just seemed to evaporate!!
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Doctor DeSoto - 2014-07-05 11:20 PM
Chrycoman - 2014-07-06 7:16 PM
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Isn't that backwards .... a radio was standard in 1988, therefore no box was ticked, whereas
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Please re-read what I wrote. It's not backwards -
In 1988 - Want No Radio - Tick the No Radio box - You got no radio - True Radio-Delete
In 1959 - Want No Radio - Tick nothing - You got no radio - Nothing deleted - You just got nothing - No Radio-Delete because they was no radio to delete.
Yes, if you wanted a radio, you ticked a box in 1959. But I was not writing about how to order a radio. I was writing about how to order NO radio.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | I was at my freinds and see this cars.
One working with his Plymouth cupe (was a 4 doors sedan before)
And a ather freinds 20 years old Willys
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Windsor59 - 2014-08-06 12:00 PM
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | soiouz - 2014-08-06 12:44 PM
Windsor59 - 2014-08-06 12:00 PM
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Location: Sept. 1958 | 58 Oldsmobile, saw this today at the grocery store. Also saw a red and white 57 Dodge Custom Royal 4 dr sdn on my way home from work today. It was like a Bigfoot or UFO sighting, no time to get the camera out as it lasted about 5 seconds. Pretty sure it's the one that shows up at the shows in PA.
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This was at a local cruise-in tonight. Its a 1980ish El Camino with a modified Studebaker front clip and rear quarters.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Saw this beauty at a local flea market.. the only foreign car I'd love to own!
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Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | That Karmann-Ghia looks pretty sweet. I'm guessing according to the taillamp assemblies that it's a pre- 1965 model. Nothing for the body was cheap about a Karmann-Ghia. Patch panels were listed in the VW parts book, but they were surprisngly expensive. It was all of that Italian hand-forming that made it cost so much I expect. Our dealer stocked a lot of Beetle parts as he did a lot of business with the body shops in the area who pounded out and replaced bent fenders, doors, engine covers, etc.for Type 1s, but he stocked practically nothing for the Karmann-Ghias (Type 141). Who would pay $700 for a primed fender for a Karmann-Ghia? Not many in the 1960s-70s.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | 58 DESOTOS RULE - 2014-10-11 4:48 PM
That Karmann-Ghia looks pretty sweet. I'm guessing according to the taillamp assemblies that it's a pre- 1965 model. Nothing for the body was cheap about a Karmann-Ghia. Patch panels were listed in the VW parts book, but they were surprisngly expensive. It was all of that Italian hand-forming that made it cost so much I expect. Our dealer stocked a lot of Beetle parts as he did a lot of business with the body shops in the area who pounded out and replaced bent fenders, doors, engine covers, etc.for Type 1s, but he stocked practically nothing for the Karmann-Ghias (Type 141). Who would pay $700 for a primed fender for a Karmann-Ghia? Not many in the 1960s-70s.
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Location: Sept. 1958 | I saw this 55 Pontiac for sale the other week with my dad.
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Location: Scotland | St Andrews University new rector taken on a Pub Crawl in a 1955 Packard,managed 20 pubs in 2 hours.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I took a look at this 300-G yesterday. It's the only one on Vancouver Island, and was sold here new, in the town of Port Alberni. It has just had a re-bored 413 engine block installed, and had all the 300 specific internals transferred from the original block, which had multiple cracks. Apparently the owner had the car restored back in the late 90s, but it has sat for some time with the broken engine, and although the block was cracked, apparently the internals had been all re-done back then for whatever reason, without changing the block. The mechanic had just finished with it this week. He also has the 1957 New Yorker for sale, in final picture. It's a pretty rusty four door hardtop, power windows, seats and still has the 392. He may be interested in parting with the 392 by itself.
The mechanic had asked my advice several months back on what color the engine block should be. I did tell him black, with red cross rams, but the owner chose to do it red with bare aluminum rams which is the way it was before. The air cleaners were chromed back in the 90s.
PM me if anyone is interested in the 57 NJYer or the 392.
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Location: Arizona | <p>Took the Matador out and ran some errands. Saw this Dart, three on the tree, parked in the lot. Probably someone in the Auto Parts store. You can see my green car in one of the pictures. Later in the day I ran across the Nash at a Walmart. Saw a late 60's 442 on the freeway too.</p><p>Check out the exhaust pipes on the Dart and look for the bottle opener bolted to the rear under the stoplight.</p>
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Location: York County, PA | Car spotting in York County is an every day event. No matter what the day you will see old cars out running around. Snow and rain are the only that keeps them in the garage.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | This poor car, low mileage, one owner, is now rotting outside in a backyard not too far from me... The old man doesn't want to sell. It's a severe case of hoarding and the car is outside because there is too much stuff in the garage where it had been kept for 50 years..
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Location: The Mile High City | David, you should offer to put it up on blocks and buy the fella a nice car cover - then go over there every day and help him take care of his yard! Make sure to shovel his walk in the wintertime too! One day, it could all be yours! |
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Location: The Mile High City | He could be like Myogi and you could be like the Karate Kid:
wax on, wax off! |
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Location: Georgetown Texas | 1963 Imperial Lebaron, in Hico Tx. Fully loaded with power vent windows and A/C. Couldn't tell if it had auto pilot or not. Sad...
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Location: NY & VT | I love that '57 NYer! Breaks my heart to see it languish, 4 dr hardtops are my favorite... I'd buy that in a heartbeat! |
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Location: Montreal, Canada | firedome - 2015-06-13 7:15 AM
I love that '57 NYer! Breaks my heart to see it languish, 4 dr hardtops are my favorite... I'd buy that in a heartbeat!
Actually Its a canadian windsor, equivalent to a US saratoga. |
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Location: Montreal, Canada | Lancer Mike - 2015-06-08 6:02 PM
He could be like Myogi and you could be like the Karate Kid:
wax on, wax off! :laugh:
Haha, maybe that would work!
In all seriousness, the old man has a few nephews hanging round the house trying to get that car from him already. I'm not the only one keeping my eyes on that car. |
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Location: Sept. 1958 | My parents went up to New York to visit family and sent me this photo today taken in Manlius.
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Location: Montreal, Canada | soiouz - 2015-06-13 7:24 AM
Lancer Mike - 2015-06-08 6:02 PM
He could be like Myogi and you could be like the Karate Kid:
wax on, wax off! :laugh:
Haha, maybe that would work!
In all seriousness, the old man has a few nephews hanging round the house trying to get that car from him already. I'm not the only one keeping my eyes on that car.
Well, well.. as predicted, one of the nephews that were hanging around the elderly man did get the car. I'm a bit afraid of what he'll do with it, as he seems to fancy customized cars.. For now, the car is being cleaned up and drying and made safe for driving around.
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Location: Oakdale, CA | Like this kind of thread
A 58 DeSoto Fireflight near Visalia CA. No one around, will keep checking though.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | See this Fine Dodge today. |
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Location: Scotland | DeSoto Diplomat convertible in Damascus
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Just outside Kalamath Falls , Oregon.
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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | See this nice Dodge yeasterday
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Location: Malung, SWEDEN | Now we talking..:) |
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Location: San Antonio, TX | Saw this guy on 1604 in San Antonio today.
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| hi have you more information on this D ,and possible contact for sale or parts
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Location: San Antonio, TX | Saw this a while back at the Albuquerque Airport Parking. Different at least.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Old school car spotting ... a really desirable car, just sitting outside an
old shed in the desert:
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