Doctor DeSoto - 2011-04-10 11:50 PM

Negative on that. Stripper, stripper, stripper !

SavoyPlaza - 2011-04-12 5:35 AM

Hold tight to the stripper motif, Brent, she'll be a one-of-a-kind.

Here are two photos of my '58 with body-colored rims vs. www's for comparison. The second photo was taken at "50s Day" at my daughter's school last year. I've kept the www's on the car since.
Pete

B/G 61 - 2011-04-12 6:09 AM
You gonna sell the A/C unit ? I bet someone would want that thing . . . ?

Doctor DeSoto - 2011-04-09 1:16 AM



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....the combination of seeing a lot of FL cars and being easily bored
has made me focus on the really weird among the already rare. No doubt a Christine is stunning in
itself, but seeing the same old car with the same old colors and equipment makes even a special car
cause my eyes to glaze over. Show me something I haven't seen 20-30 times before.

Not sure if Mom dropped me on my head as an infant, but I have always been drawn to the fading
shadows of the day, the distant ship's smoke on the horizon, the blowing of the wind in the grass that
grows up between the railroad ties on some forgotten branch line. The rusting relic along some fence,
the weathered barn, the old highway with no guard rails, and of course, the funky old car down the street
in Grandma Pittipoo's carport. I was born in the Forward Look era and from my earliest memories can
recall being attracted to old stuff. Back then an old car was a Model T. My Dad's dad was a car guy
and made a big deal out of anything unusual he saw parked or driving past. By osmosis, this rubbed
off on me.

It wasn't until I was a little older that all things Googie began to emerge as a strong nostalgic interest ..
.. all those wonderful pastel colors, the Googie fabrics, and futuristic architecture .... and of course, the
cars ! The pinks and salmons, turquoises and that chiffon yellow, charcoal, chartreuse, and then that
seafoam green ! My Grandma's kitchen was painted white and seafoam green. Cheesy Formica stuff in
seafoam with white swirls on the counters, matching colored tile in a checkerboard pattern on the walls.
It was so "then". Red might be flashy, but it was so generically used from the 30's to the present, it just
has no character like those uniquely 50's colors. The mandatory points in this car search were: 1958, Plaza,
four door, and it had to be seafoam green. The rest I was flexible on. The fact this one has some nice
driver comfort options is a plus, and I love the gold grille "V", but the key was always that green color
to match the tall, skinny blackwall bias-plys and those anti-cool dog dishies !

B/G 61 - 2011-04-12 6:08 PMBTW, what was your (your brothers) bid ? How much did you actually have him punch in at the last second ???

d500neil - 2011-04-12 3:32 PM

OK; this goes back to the Doc's question, a few messages ago, and as per our PM's, he asked to have the answer
posted here..

So: as to whether Brent can re-register the black plates on his car, I actually went boots-onto-the-ground at the local
DMV and walked right up to the counter-lady (which you can do, in a small town)....and had a nice conversation.

First thing: Brent's car is missing(!?) its last-year-registered sticker, which is quite unusual, and unfortunate, for any
registration validation.

For about the past 10 years, CA has NOT discarded its license records, and, this car's tags (LQW915) are no longer
in the DMV records, so it was last registered more than 10 years ago (duh).

As to whether these black plates (as opposed to a set of Y-o-M plates) can be re-registered to this car (or to any other car)
is doubtful, but technically possible.

Brent would have to present these plates to his local DMV, where their physical condition would be observed and a photocopy
of them would then be forwarded to Sacratomato along with an Application for Reinstatement, in which B. would plead his
case for their reactivation.

Someone in the S-Town DMV office might, then, overlook (or not notice) the fact that these plates are not yellow (Y-o-M) but
are black (which were mandated to be obtained in 1963 for all cars currently registered in CA, and with the black-plates then becoming Y-o-M through 1969).....so that these plates might be permitted to be re-activated as being a "current" license plate for this car; neither Y-o-M nor "vanity".

So: it's not a categorical 'no' answer, as to whether these plates might be able to be re-activated.

It probably wouldn't hurt B's chances if he were to provide some pics of his car with it wearing these tags, either.

SavoyPlaza - 2011-04-13 2:40 PM

Not to worry, Brent. John F has alotta experience with bogus registrations, filed-off serial numbers, and fake vins. He'll fix you right up!
(Just kidding of course! )

Thanks for the compliment on my '58. I don't want to pollute your thread with my rides, but she is a Silver Special, although the trim is too far gone to put on the car. When I finally get around to restoring her (she's next in line!), I'll fill all trim holes, and leave her bare-sided, save the FL emblems. After all, don't the chrome-less strippers have their own elegance?

As far as the 'sea-foam' green scheme with body color rims, that is what I've got on my '62, pictured below.
Again, I don't want to pollute your thread, but just as a reference to that color with dog dishes.

And the custom flat-green '58 above with the spider caps was my car, too, I drove her to Tulsa for the event. Her headlights residing in my avatar and some fond memories are all I have left of her!
Pete

d500neil - 2011-04-13 6:29 PM

The re-registered black plates would only be of interest to someone who owns the car in CA, like John F., for
example, who would, then, continue to operate the car in CA.

If you are eventually going to register the car in OR, there might be some benefit to current-plate-register the car in
CA, before importing it into OR.