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ChristineFury
Posted 2012-08-11 12:59 PM (#334182 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting


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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.


That is a what used to be nice Lincoln back in the day.
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Windsor59
Posted 2012-08-13 9:21 AM (#334412 - in reply to #334161)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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60 dart
Posted 2012-08-13 5:12 PM (#334475 - in reply to #334161)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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luedi - 2012-08-11 8:16 AM

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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MoparLasse
Posted 2012-08-20 7:29 AM (#335394 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2012-08-20 11:06 AM (#335411 - in reply to #335394)
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canyouheminow
Posted 2012-08-20 12:03 PM (#335415 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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Simeon57
Posted 2012-08-22 4:30 AM (#335701 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting


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Simeon57
Posted 2012-08-22 4:33 AM (#335702 - in reply to #335701)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting


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luedi
Posted 2012-09-01 1:38 PM (#337135 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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d500neil
Posted 2012-09-01 2:44 PM (#337139 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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koopster
Posted 2012-09-02 4:35 PM (#337266 - in reply to #335702)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting


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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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imopar380
Posted 2012-09-02 4:51 PM (#337267 - in reply to #337266)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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koopster
Posted 2012-09-03 7:47 AM (#337320 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting


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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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JT Vincent
Posted 2012-09-04 2:30 PM (#337489 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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koopster
Posted 2012-09-04 9:31 PM (#337546 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting


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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2012-09-04 11:50 PM (#337566 - in reply to #337546)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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Location: Parts Unknown		Thet thar is a Sweeper. Note the heavy Dodge eyebrows.

No Fireflite present.


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Myke
Posted 2012-09-05 12:51 AM (#337573 - in reply to #337566)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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bel5758
Posted 2012-09-05 11:18 AM (#337602 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting


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And yall ain't called about that car yet because.........????????
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koopster
Posted 2012-09-05 1:11 PM (#337626 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting


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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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DVjohn
Posted 2012-09-30 12:12 PM (#341140 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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Myke
Posted 2012-11-25 3:09 PM (#348424 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-02-11 12:39 AM (#359349 - in reply to #348424)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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Location: Parts Unknown		Found this 60 Starliner while out running some errands. It was rough, but the closest FOMOCO ever
got to building a Forward Look car.




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floyd066
Posted 2013-02-11 1:04 AM (#359354 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-02-11 2:06 AM (#359359 - in reply to #359354)
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Location: Parts Unknown		Pink and white works really well with the 55 DeSoto lines.
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FIN ME
Posted 2013-02-11 9:46 AM (#359408 - in reply to #224645)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-02-11 11:36 AM (#359432 - in reply to #359408)
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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
a champ.
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Windsor59
Posted 2013-02-11 2:02 PM (#359467 - in reply to #359432)
Subject: Re: Car Spotting



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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.

Link
https://maps.google.se/maps?q=englewood+fl+map&hl=sv&ll=26.959574,-8...

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60 Imp
Posted 2013-02-12 7:00 AM (#359598 - in reply to #224645)
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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-02-12 9:34 AM (#359615 - in reply to #359598)
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Location: Parts Unknown		This thread is about finding old cars of all makes in non-collector type settings ... fields, alleys, going down the
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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Windsor59
Posted 2013-04-13 3:37 PM (#369483 - in reply to #359615)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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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)
The green color is a Opel from 1955

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michiganhotrod1
Posted 2013-04-13 10:14 PM (#369550 - in reply to #369483)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting


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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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OldiesNut
Posted 2013-04-30 9:36 PM (#372859 - in reply to #369550)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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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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soiouz
Posted 2013-05-04 9:47 PM (#373510 - in reply to #224645)
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Location: Montreal, Canada		Spotted beside a garage on a countryside road this afternoon:




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Windsor59
Posted 2013-05-05 1:51 AM (#373539 - in reply to #373510)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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soiouz - 2013-05-04 9:47 PM

Spotted beside a garage on a countryside road this afternoon:

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Windsor59
Posted 2013-05-05 1:52 AM (#373540 - in reply to #373539)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-05-05 7:06 AM (#373553 - in reply to #373540)
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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.

No Sprint for 62, and the Falcon shown is a 63.
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Windsor59
Posted 2013-05-05 7:10 AM (#373557 - in reply to #224645)
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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-05-05 7:32 AM (#373559 - in reply to #373553)
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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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soiouz
Posted 2013-05-05 9:07 AM (#373567 - in reply to #373539)
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Windsor59 - 2013-05-05 1:51 AM

soiouz - 2013-05-04 9:47 PM

Spotted beside a garage on a countryside road this afternoon:

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Yes, indeed!

Body/chrome were fair, but the interior was in great shape.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-05-05 10:21 AM (#373576 - in reply to #373567)
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RowanMan
Posted 2013-05-05 10:53 AM (#373582 - in reply to #224645)
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Posted 2013-05-05 2:42 PM (#373611 - in reply to #224645)
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christine-lover
Posted 2013-05-05 6:57 PM (#373644 - in reply to #224645)
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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-05-06 2:57 AM (#373689 - in reply to #373644)
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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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christine-lover
Posted 2013-05-06 12:26 PM (#373770 - in reply to #224645)
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Location: Sept. 1958		I did see this one last month or so.



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christine-lover
Posted 2013-05-06 12:29 PM (#373771 - in reply to #224645)
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Posted 2013-05-07 10:53 AM (#373913 - in reply to #224645)
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Today at the shop where I am getting the exhaust redone on my Royal Lancer

A Buick Electra 225

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MOPAR-TO-YA
Posted 2013-05-08 1:46 AM (#374087 - in reply to #373553)
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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 (?)
or 4-speed manual transmission. The Sprint was carried through 1965 model year, if memory serves.

No Sprint for 62, and the Falcon shown is a 63.
Yup Doc, your info is correct here.They came out in mid year with the fastback roofline as did all the other ford 2 dr hdtps. The Father of my good friend Worked at a Ford dealership and he ordered a brandy new one Rose beige exterior - black interior- 4 speed . First thing it got was baby moon hupcaps and Smitty mufflers. It ran like a striped a**ed ape! It would beat a 327 Impala with 4 speed until right at the end of a 1/4 mile..........................MO
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2013-05-08 2:28 AM (#374089 - in reply to #374087)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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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
had it perfect.
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b5rt
Posted 2013-05-13 10:47 PM (#375105 - in reply to #374089)
Subject: RE: Car Spotting



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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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