Old Car Sayings

[Shadetree]

I worked in service stations as a kid in the early 50’s and heard just about everything there was about cars. Some may hold an element of truth, but most are hearsays.

Break `em in fast, they’ll run fast!

When Ford quit makin’ Model A’s, they quit makin’ cars.

I cranked it `til it boiled over and it never did start!

Them pistons on a V-8 will wear more on the bottom, `cause they’er layin’ down.

Best pullin’ old car I ever seen.

Never buy a car with an automatic, they won’t last.

Ford ruinated their car by puttin’ coil springs on it.

Fords start better `cause the starter turns faster.

Oil don’t wear out, just gits dirty.

Them clothes pins stop vapor lock.

Henry Ford said a 6 cylinder engine will never run smooth `cause you can’t balance it.

They have a carburetor that gits 100 miles to a gallon, but the big oil companies bought it.

I had an old Ford once, the harder you pushed the brakes the faster it went.

That 60 horsepower motor wouldn’t pull a sick wh-re off a pi— pot.

Here is one I saw on Fordbarn. To stop a Chevy, hit the brakes. To stop a Ford, hit a tree.

Shadetree

[amodel25]

Quote from an elderly gentleman at a gas station in Mississippi watching me pour a quart of oil in my '51 shoebox "Yep....it's a Ford....if it ain't leaking or smoking, it's empty".

[Vic Piano]

How about this one about a Flathead... It's gotta smoke cause it can't chew...

[G.M.]

Discription of a used car. Heater, radio, white walls. "It has a stove,fiddle and white sneakers". G.M.

[35 rancho]

An older lady was looking at my 31 slant window 4 door. She told me " back in my days in the evening ,when it was real quiet, You could hear the chevy's rust" I'll never forget that one..

[rotorwrench]

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The Chevy rusting was probably the termites eating away at it. THey had more wood in them than metal.

[richard crow]

ford found on road dead ford fix or repair daley

[Ralph Moore]

I've been told by some old timers, that if you ever had a rod knocking in a Babbit engine, just pull the pan, pull the cap and add a piece of shoeleather(preferably the tongue) and it will get you home, or further.

[DavidG]

FIAT: fix it again, Tony.

[Butch11443]

Old Fords don't leak, they just mark their spot.
Butch

[Seth Swoboda]

Chevrolet = Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips

[alanwoodieman]

GMC-- got mechanic coming
Ford--first on race day

[37 Coupe]

Chevrolet= Shove or let lay.

[37 Coupe]

Old timer told me the 1937 Ford cable/mechanical brakes " will stop on a dime and give you change","especially if you have the 60 hp engine".

[Tim Ayers]

The term "It's a doozy" actually morphed from a saying from the '30's "It's a Duesy [meaning Duesenberg]".

It came from when the Duesy brothers were beating all of the European car makers in racing.

[jack orchard]

Lotus = Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious

[Junknshit]

Chevrolet= Chevys have everything, valve rattles, oil leaks, electrical troubles.

Pontiac= Poor old negro thinks its a cadillac

[ford1]

i have several old cars, and once in a while when take one to the cafe to have breakfast with the club, it never fails to have some one come up and ask me if ive had that car all my life? i just smile and say, not yet

[ford38v8]

Junknshit, Twice in one day? Some poeple just don't learn from experience. No, I won't avoid reading your posts, but you're sure looking to polarize the Barn, aren't you?

[uncle max]

If you'd like to surprise her, get her a Kaiser.
If you'd like to amaze her, get her a Frazer.
Or... Just get her a Tucker.