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How serious are you? Not exactly on topic but....... How many of you drive old Fords just because you like old Fords or are like me and drive old Fords because you wish you were living in the era your old Ford was built? Am I the only one who likes to drive down a road and turn on some Harry James and forget about the world we live in today?
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Re: How serious are you? I think growing up we all wanted to get away from where we were and what we had / or didn't have.
Now we want to go back only to the good things we remember not the bad. We talk about the younger generation now they also want to get away but the are able to get away much faster via computors /I pads / Game boys etc. etc. There Cars may not be the Flatheads that we love, But fuel efferent , hybred cars and in there futures they may have a forum much like this talking about how to rebuild a car like the ones there Grand parents would take them out for ice cream in,so they can relive there past that they wanted to get away from now. |
Re: How serious are you? For me these are the best of times, good kids, good grand kids, same wife for 43 years, driving old fords and chevys just like when I grew up except now I get to drive my child hood dream cars to which are 32 fords
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Re: How serious are you? Don't get me wrong I'm completely happy with my life and family. I just don't seem to fit in todays world. I'm only in my late thirties so I can't be thinking back to my childhood I just feel like my morals and worldview fit more with the older generation....... maybe I'm just odd?
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Re: How serious are you? Good question. For me it's some of both. I like the fact that basic science allowed for personal travel. Hence an attraction to simpler design concepts. I am not, however in love with non-pressurized cooling, or six volt systems. The reality is, though, we can communicate any thought with out seeing, hearing, smelling, or knowing each other. WOW!
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Re: How serious are you? I'm with fibber...
I like the simpleness of the pre war era but the depression was tough on everyone. I also like the sight and sounds of the pre war fords. I have great running v8 60's in my 37 and 38 fords....would never turn the radios on! |
Re: How serious are you? I didn't grow up at the turn of the century..yet, I love the old houses, with their beautiful woodwork, craftsmanship, styling, and attention to detail.
You didn't have to grow up in the fifties as a teenager driving a '40 Ford coupe to appreciate, and have a desire to own one. I live in the present, with an appreciation for the past. |
Re: How serious are you? I guess I'm finally getting to do what I wanted to do as a teenager but a) couldn't afford and b) had to have my car for daily needs so long term projects were not feasable. I appreciate a beautifully restored car but confess to doing a bit of "modernizing" in the name of reliability and convenience. A bunch of years experience working with machinery, machine tools and industrial processes hasn't hurt anything either. Still intrigued by mechanical things.
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Re: How serious are you? "Old Henry" is a time machine, just like the hotel room that Christopher Reeve recreated so accurately, including his period clothes, that he actually went back to the time he recreated in the movie Somewhere in Time. That's how it is for me. When I'm driving "Old Henry" I'm back in 1947 - before my time but a time I imagine being better in some ways than the present. So, I try as hard as I can to recreate the experience by not only having my car absolutely authentic for 1947 but also my clothes. Every little thing helps with the illusion. (Or, is it delusion? I'm not sure which.) :cool:
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Re: How serious are you? I've always been big on the car style ....wanted to be a car stylist but would have had to work in Detroit and with Viet Nam going , a Canadian would have been drafted if I was working in the U.S. ..........and I really think todays cars have lost their individual style . New cars just aren't exciting IMO . Take the badge off and you'd be hardpressed to identify most newer cars .
I don't have the money for a classic but if I did , I'd be on an old Ford or Merc in a heartbeat .......wish I'd kept some of my previous cars but we can all say that now . T |
Re: How serious are you? Fibber - I dig the way you think - I am 40 and love emersing myself in the 40s era as far as my cars go - my 41 is the one my Grandpa bought new in 41 and after the war, souped up with some neat hop up parts that are on the old girl today. And when I drive with her - it is relaxing, time warp -that is just plain cool
I think it is a great escape from todays craziness and find myself more and more enjoying the 41 , its era music, and my handful of car buddies who feel the same - it just feels right! Best and keep on bombing around in your car. John |
Re: How serious are you? Who's Harry James? ;)
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Re: How serious are you? 4dFord/Sc:
Ask his wife Betty Grable...if you want to see her picture look up B-29 |
Re: How serious are you? Fibber:
A little history is in order....first: I sold my 87 Porsche Carrera and then bought my 53" Merc Convertible. It was in a 1000 boxes, so I learned about the car...first the wiring, then the interior, then the motor.....the radio is the original 6 volt tube type, and it is great to hear the static when you drive under the power lines and the station fades at night....but since I am 6 years older than the car, I remember riding in my parents 50 Merc Convertible and then the new 54' Merc with the "new y block engine". We have a great AM channel here in the Denver area, so it is easy to hop in and slip back in time, especially if it is early morning and the roads are empty. The only difference is that now I am driving the car rather than being a passenger. I rebuilt the engine in the 87' Porsche and have also rebuilt the flathead in the 53' Merc...both times it was a great learning experience, but now I have the advantage knowing just how it works and of being able to remember what it was like to hear the flathead in the 50’ Merc when it was new...with the right song on the radio it is not much of a stretch to imagine my parents in the front seat and riding in the back seat, with not a care in the world, because life was great sitting there thinking about going for a ride on my Schwinn when I got home with the playing cards in the spokes…. |
Re: How serious are you? Merc Cruzer - playing cards in bike spokes - I recall that , used to double or triple them up to get a "louder" clicking! Wonder if kids still do that??
Suppose its the same idea as changing a factory style muffler for a glass pack on the old cars - you just gotta get the right sound be it car or bike! |
Re: How serious are you? Love the 53-54 Merc ...very classy look to it .
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Re: How serious are you? my dad and i are from rural mo. next year i plan on taking my 39 down there and driving the back roads he did in his 39. were talking planks over 'cricks', dirt roads. and if you do it at night, with a portable cd player with 40s live opry shows, it would be heaven! i might even get the chance to pick up a slim hitch hiker named 'hank'.
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Re: How serious are you? I've always thought that I should have grown up in the 50's.
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Re: How serious are you? Fibber....Sinatra was my guy, but I still like Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis !
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Re: How serious are you? Fibber-
Add me to your "nostalgia club." When I drive one of my old relics the problems of the world disappear in the rear-view mirror. Priceless! Tom |
Re: How serious are you? Fellas, based on where this post is going-I thought this song would be appropiate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puGQsQux80k |
Re: How serious are you? Well fella's, I'm 78 years young restoreing a 40 4 door and can't wait to get it on the road. Beleive me that I agree with all the above. Have a great veteran's day. Jim
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Re: How serious are you? I totally agree with A bones & FDFH, itīs a matter of mixing the best of each times, I love my HD 47 and my 39 coupe, with their lack of brakes, rough handling, every fluid leaking, and so on, but is a great feeling seeing the people next to you staring at your ride with admiration and giving you a lots of congratulations and thumbs up ( Iīm pretty sure it was the thumb). On the other side, how many of us goes for a ride today without the cel phone, or a GPS if you donīt know the way, listen to hundreds of songs ( here again, some old and others not so), taking digital pics and later posting them in internet for a guy with very similar taste that you, on the opposite side of the world ? Lots of bad things and manners nowadays? Yes, but letīs enjoy the good ones and keep the good old stuff alive.
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Re: How serious are you? Here are a few examples of the most popular music from WW2 in honor of all veterans. Civilians as well gave so much to the war effort ... Glenn Miller gave his life. Jo Stafford appropriately nicknamed "GI Joe" sang one of the most poignant songs of the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfCFU3Mqww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSlEtqxYYoI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBSCyzocONQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvq4OnhMEO4 http://jp2.r0tt.com/l_e0803240-5eea-...7b3e200002.jpg |
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Im with you Fibber, I drive my old 40 just about everyday for the same reasons. Im 52 and have driving a 40 for the last 25 yrs.
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Re: How serious are you? I grew up in the 50's. Loved the "new" Fords then and now the "old" Fords. My 1st good vehicle was a '48 F1 (fairly new, then). Loved listening to the old gal run and still do. My F1 isn't the same one, but the flathead in it is. I know who Harry James is and remember when Mystery Train and Hound Dog were 1st played on the radio. Those were good days. Much simpler then.
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Re: How serious are you? It makes me feel good to know others feel the same and its interesting hearing some of the other reasons. If I had the money I'd build a 40s town where tourists could come in but if you lived there you couldn't have cellphones in public and only period correct cars. We'd have a town square with a malt shop and movie house(only black and white) and our own airstrip with hangers that would be free rent to anyone with a WWII plane. Oh yeah if you come in our town with your pants sagging or vulgar tshirts you spend the night in jail with a trip to the city limits in the morning. Oh yeah AM radio with good shows and music and full service gas stations and a tow truck that can jump a 6 volt battery. I've really spent to much time thinking of this....
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Re: How serious are you? I've always been in cars since I was a kid in the early 60's and gone from drag cars to hot rods to classics now my 40 conv w 29 roadster and just bought a 35Chevy 2dr Standard to go along with my 55 Chevy so just drive each one when I need to go to the store or anywhere.Leave the newer cars in the garage.And who needs a radio when you listen to a hopped up flathead with Smitty's and a good Reed cam
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Re: How serious are you? I've always loved Ford cars/trucks, especially from the Flathead V8 era. In particular, I prefer convertibles and I'm very fortunate to have (what I consider to be nice cars that I wanted, but couldn't afford, when I was younger) that I enjoy driving and working on...
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Re: How serious are you? Kicked out of town for sagging pants, My wife says I started that look in the 60"s after bending over the fender to long, working on the old Fords.
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Re: How serious are you? I'm a history buff, old Fords and old airplanes - the old Fords are more affordable. My family enjoy doing the living history that goes with our Model T's, A's and V8's and we all have period attire for each era. Do I want to go back to the 20's, 30's, or 40's? I'm not sure I do, but I love talking about them and driving the cars.
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Re: How serious are you? Thank you guys.................This helps! I recently retired, July '11. I decided to search for a 'duplicate' of my first car. It was a black, 1940 Ford Tudor Sedan, Summer 1959. I found the perfect car for me out of Florida. I got delivery thirteen months ago. It has been 'great' ever since. The big difference is that it is NOT an everyday driver; it is a 'toy'. So, I get to 'play' with it and not rely on it to get to my job at the body shop, janitor at the barber shop and the counter guy at the local hamburger stand,i.e. called the 'Dump'.
I tried to 'paste' a picture of me with the first Ford. But, it didn't work; I don't know how to do it? I have a lot to learn............. |
Re: How serious are you? It's Therapy for me to just tinker and drive my Mercury
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Re: How serious are you? Old cars --I can recall a 53 ford wagon i purchased from a tow yard in vallejo,ca
and paid 150. bucks for it they towed to my place for $50. I can remember putting it on a concrete slab at the house and fiddling with it and cleaned up the battery terminals, at that very moment a frank sinatra song started singing on the radio,,it startled me and i thought this car is coming alive...I put an old generator and cracked fan belt on it and it started right up...old fords never die!! |
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Re: How serious are you? I learned to drive in the early '50s in my Dad's '36 Ford Fordor. Love that flathead sound.
We are soooo lucky that the only old cars that have survived in any numbers are FORDS !!!! |
Re: How serious are you? I have a '48 F-1 with a "hopped-up" Merc flathead that I drive as often as possible. Living in Ohio kind of limits driving this time of year til spring.:o Weather man says sunny but cold thru weekend so may go for a few drives before snow flies.:D
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