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Both quality and cool! Excellent work. ::nod:: ::nod:: ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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knife7knut wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:14 pm Some very nice cars being shown.
Yesterday I went over to a friend's home to letter the doors on his 53 Ford pickup. I had done the striping on it in 2014 and he decided it needed some lettering on the doors.He had made it easier by jacking it up and having the running boards off(they were being re-painted).Not exactly sure where he got the idea for the rooster logo but I modified it from it's original style by putting a stogie in his hand. The pic sequence shows the striping(already done) and the lettering in progress.
That’s some nice looking work there Ray. Your Friend has a nice looking pickup .
Thanks for posting. It’s cool seeing stuff from different folks and places .
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Ripster wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:45 pm A few more pics, same show .
I like that screamin' yeller Buick GSX. Not one you see every day!
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Here is my ole red (and orange..... LOL) truck.

1978 F100 SWB, 3 on the tree with a 302 V8 under the hood.

It's fun to drive around on a cool spring or fall day. It is not very well suited for the Mississippi summers. No AC.... just a cool breeze coming in the windows.

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Meridian_Mike wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:41 am Here is my ole red (and orange..... LOL) truck.

1978 F100 SWB, 3 on the tree with a 302 V8 under the hood.

It's fun to drive around on a cool spring or fall day. It is not very well suited for the Mississippi summers. No AC.... just a cool breeze coming in the windows.


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::super_happy::
Nice short box Ford there Mike .Looks like the body is rust free, is that one you’ve had for a while ?
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Bought a '77 f 150 red with a white top in '77 had a 400 cu.inch in it, it was one tough s.o.g, gave it to my best buddies son in 2010. He just wanted the engine to put in a mud bogging truck he built. He sold it a couple of years ago, may still be going ::shrug:: ::tu:: ::handshake::
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I had a nice clean 64 Malibu.
We built a 433ci Big Block for it.
Turbo 400 trans and 3.73 Posi.
Centerline wheels, white paint.
Didn't have it very long until it was stolen.
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Have always had something a bit different to drive since I could drive(well;almost).Never took too many pictures back then because I didn't have a camera until I went into the Navy in 64. Some of my earlier attempts probably weren't worth taking pictures of anyway.
My first car when I got out of the Navy was a 1960 Chevy convertible I bought for $25.Six cylinder automatic;faded maroon paint;a shrunken top and a rear window you couldn't see out of.Drove it from Massachusetts to Michigan where the transmission started to hemmhorage and it was going to cost $300 to fix it. Couldn't junk it because I didn't have a title so I buried it in a river around midnight one day.
My next one was another 60 Chevy;this time a sedan delivery that was originally used to deliver cigarettes.Had locks on it everywhere.Another 6 cylinder but standard shift. Fixed it up and eventually painted it and put in a V-8.Got in a head-on collision with some idiot who was late to a softball game or something like that.
Bought a custom 1968 Chevelle from a friend that needed some motor work.Fixed it up and drove it for awhile until I wrecked it(long story that involved a sonn-to-be ex-wife).
Bought my first new car in 1982: a black Ford Mustang GT. Drove it for 10 years and sold it to a friend of mine who turned it into a race car.After he tired of it,it sat in his back yard for years until he gave it to my son who is currently restoring it.
Had a fascination with Ford Pinto wagons;especially the Cruisin' Van variant.Had several of them.
Bought an Austin Mini Cooper wagon in 1987 that a friend of mine had hot-rodded.Drove that everywhere until I was rear-ended one night while I was stopped to let a police car pull out of a DONUT shop! Got it fixed up and sold it to another friend.He sold it and it disappeared.
When I moved to Michigan(again)in 1993 I bought my 1955 Pontiac Safari wagon that I still own and hopefully will be driving once again shortly. Over time I also bought another Safari(a 1957 that was an old race car);a GMC Syclone pickup that I blew up demonstrating to a potential customer,a 25th Anniversary Trans Am that is still sitting in my garage,and a 1972 Ford Thunderbird for my wife who drove it once and put it in the garage.It still sits there 15 years later.
I almost forgot two others: My chopped 1954 Chevy with Olds engine I got in 1974 by trading an AM/FM radio for a Studebaker to the guy who built it.He wanted it for the Avanti he was restoring.He still hasn't restored it to this day. The other one is my wife's 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix.She also had a 25th Anniversary Trans Am but sold it because she didn't like it. Here are some pics of the cars over the years.
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Ripster wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:31 pm
Nice short box Ford there Mike .Looks like the body is rust free, is that one you’ve had for a while ?
Thanks!!

I've had it a couple of years. Fun to drive. It brings back memories of the "good ole days"....

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knife7knut wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:55 pm A couple more
That Sedan Delivery is just great! Boy would like to have a stock one of those.
Some great pics, Thanks Ray.
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A few pics from the Car shop.
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Ripster wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:05 pm A few pics from the Car shop.
Great stuff! Love the Winton and the Maxwell! What year is the Hupp? I did a 1911 Runabout some years ago for a friend of mine who collects vintage race cars.
EDIT: Meant to ask what the two-tone green phaeton in the last pic is.
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Here’s a little info on the Lincoln- Phaeton
And a few msc.
Ray , thanks for posting , was hoping a ol pinstripe/painter would share . You have a special talent to stripe and draw like you do. I can’t hardly draw a stick man ! Will have to dig some pics out of some of the shows and stuff from 30 - 40 years ago . Again ,really like your pics ,info, walk down memory lane. Good stuff .
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Ripster wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:05 pm A few pics from the Car shop.
That blue Continental is drop-dead gorgeous!
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Dan In MI wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:16 am
Ripster wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:05 pm A few pics from the Car shop.
That blue Continental is drop-dead gorgeous!
Thanks Dan , out of all the Cars that have gone thru our Family shop, this one isn’t for Sale. That one will stay in the family . She is a beauty, you oughta hear it purring down the road . If you ever get over here for any reason, stop by and we’ll go for a cruise ::tu:: .
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Saw my favorite Healey again.
What is the little red one with the white top? Vauxhall? Opel? Fiat?
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Ripster wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:22 am That one will stay in the family . She is a beauty, you oughta hear it purring down the road . If you ever get over here for any reason, stop by and we’ll go for a cruise.
Not at alk surprised that beauty will stay in the family...and I'd love to go for a cruise in it!
Boji wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:25 am What is the little red one with the white top? Vauxhall? Opel? Fiat?
I'd be shocked if it wasn't an Amphicar!

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Dan In MI wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:05 am
Boji wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:25 am What is the little red one with the white top? Vauxhall? Opel? Fiat?
I'd be shocked if it wasn't an Amphicar!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar
Oops! I should have known that. There is an Amphicar here locally.
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Man those are some gorgeous vehicles !
I love most any old or classic car, but pre-WW2 and Brass Era really get my heart going.
They are not usually well represented at any show I've been able to attend.
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I know for a fact that without a lottery win (and it's tough to win if you don't play) I will never make a Concours d'Elegance.
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jmh58 wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:19 pm The gold 50 Chevy Fleetline is my sons.
The blue 69 Pontiac Catalina is my daughters.
Nice. Your kids have good taste!

The bright yellow car in your first post is a 1980 Oldsmobile Rallye 350. It's a one year only model that was made in small numbers. Very cool!
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