Re: [FWDLK] "Drive it on the highway"

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wayne's right on. Don't  know  about you, but for me, as a teen in the 
50's, they ALL had to have skirts, duals, and other "Mods" to make it 
MINE.
First a '33 Chevy coupe with painted on WW and a little warming up of 
the engine.
Next a '49 Ford 2 door with duals and skirts. At the same time I also 
had a '39 Chevy coupe with a 3/4 race Jimmy and split Manifold duals. 
Came out each morning in my senior year and had to decide which car to 
drive to school.
Then came a '49 Merc. conv, which was radically customized and soon 
after a '51 merc. which I transferred parts over and continued the 
mods.
Point being, we, many of us, did all these things as teens and ALL wish 
we had those cars today. In my case, especially the "Li'l deuce Coupe" 
with the 331 blueprinted Hemi.

If we could only drive our memories to the shows....
Ray in Mena


On Jun 15, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Wayne Graefen wrote:

When we look through our family albums showing cars new and in their 
early service years, what do we honestly see?   From flivvers to the 
full Classics, something very close to 50% of them BACK IN THE DAY had 
modified paint schemes, hub cap swaps, fender skirts, suspensions 
lowered or raised front or back, spotlights, fog lights, fender guides, 
visors and etc. and under the hoods there were modifications including 
cams, carbs and dual exhausts.
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