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12-30-2019, 11:59 AM | #21 |
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Re: members that have collected other car besides ford
I had Triumph motorcycles for over 25 years. Started with a '78 Bonnevile that I did a couple of small cosmetic changes, then bought a '79 T140D Bonneville Special, kind of a factory custom with aluminum wheels and 2 into 1 exhaust. The '78 was way faster! Then I bought a '68 Bonnie that got a full factory style restoration and ended up as a magazine cover bike with a six page color feature. Next was a '63 T100sc which was originally a pretty rare facory desert race model. It had been chopped and stripped over the years so in its next life, I turned it into a café racer with clip-ons and rear sets. That's the one that got away, too fun! A shoebox Ford started the next chapter.
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12-30-2019, 12:18 PM | #22 |
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I've only collected early Fords, however I was just recently discussing with a friend how much I'd like to own a 1933-1934 Lincoln. It's a dream I'll never realize and still a Ford product but I think owning a "full classic" would be a thrill. I'm a poor man in a rich man's hobby.
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12-30-2019, 12:35 PM | #23 |
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I've a '49 Diamond T pickup thats been started in restoration and put away a couple times.
In time I'll get back to it. I always thought they were a tough and good looking truck. |
12-30-2019, 01:22 PM | #24 | |
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iN 79 THE Lucas electrical system crapped out and I had to push the thing home. LOve the bikes thou real classic styling |
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12-30-2019, 01:31 PM | #25 | |
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iN 79 THE Lucas electrical system crapped out and I had to push the thing home. LOved the bikes real classic styling, hate hondas. But, after my english bike crapped out I was sorry I didn;t buy the Honda, especially after getting it fixed and could not find a buyer. Hondas would sell easily but not british bikes at that time anyway. Probably cars are the same. There are cars you may like but once you buy them you are stuck with them for life, probably like at 1933 terraplane 8 that is for sale. Last edited by FrankWest; 12-30-2019 at 02:08 PM. |
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12-30-2019, 01:54 PM | #26 |
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12-30-2019, 02:25 PM | #27 |
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I had a 1936 Pontiac sedan back in the mid-eighties, I cleaned it up, got the motor unstuck, but decided it was more work than I was capable of doing(lots of wood framing inside) so I sold it off about a year later.
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12-30-2019, 02:57 PM | #28 |
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OK, I'll play too! Besides quite a few old Fords over the years, I've owned several older Corvettes, doing authentic body-off restos on two "mid years" and a triple black '69 roadster. Still own a '65 coupe with 365 horsepower and A/C that I bought in '86. I even bought a new '79 and a new '88 35th Anniversary Edition. I count about four other guys here with "mid year" ('63-'67) Corvettes besides myself...PeteVS has the sweet blue split-window above, Denny (tubman) has a white '67 roadster, PeterC has the Mossport Green '66 big-block coupe seen above, mrtexas has (or had) a white '63 roadster I believe, and then my red '65 coupe. Any more of us on the 'Barn here with a "mid-year" car? DD
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12-30-2019, 03:07 PM | #29 |
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Close "DD", mine is a Green Coupe. It was a lot easier job than the '68 Corvette convertible I sold a couple of years ago. The pneumatics for the head lights and wiper doors and getting both tops to fit gave me a lot of problems. As a matter of fact, I was never able to stop that car from leaking like a sieve. (I have heard they were that way from the factory). I'm glad it's gone.
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12-30-2019, 03:50 PM | #30 |
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Along with my '31 AV8 coupe, I have a '41 Caddy fastback and a '59 Caddy convertible conversion. All my cars are far from stock.
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12-30-2019, 04:17 PM | #31 | |
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Man, sorry Denny! Don't know where I got the white convert idea. I know you realize that '68s were the first C3 and for restoration purposes were generally considered to be "early", "mid" and "late" builds as there were so many running changes while The General was trying to get things squared-away. Both tops on my '69 were pretty damned tight, although it only saw rain once going to Springfield for the Bloomington Gold Silver Salute in 1994, but it did get washed a bunch. The only real problem I had doing that car was getting that goofy wiper door to fit perfectly after it did it's up and down jump. DD |
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12-30-2019, 04:25 PM | #32 |
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No problem "DD". My '68 was a "Late" car (May 1968) which I thought would help. It didn't. QC on '68's is generally considered to be piss-poor.
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12-30-2019, 05:30 PM | #33 |
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I had a ride in Dennys mid year green cp. one day when I was up his way.
I've had a few Corvettes too that I refurbished and sold. The best one I had that needed very little light cosmetic work to make right was a 1966 Sting Ray silver pearl cp. with silver interior. It was a very low mileage car with most all options including a 390hp 427 with factory air, knock offs, off road exhaust, etc. I sold that Vette a few years ago to start messing with Cobra replicas. My 3rd one, that I own today is titled as a 1967 Cobra, 550 hp 427. EDIT, add a couple pictures. Click on pics to Enlarge.
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12-31-2019, 12:19 AM | #34 |
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[QUOTE] Any more of us on the 'Barn here with a "mid-year" car? DD
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12-31-2019, 12:43 AM | #35 |
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love them cobras, i could see one of those in my shop...when i am about 110 and have the other projects done
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12-31-2019, 01:38 AM | #36 |
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My "Mid year" is a "Mid year C1" 57.
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12-31-2019, 03:53 AM | #37 |
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I am a "DIE HARD" Ford guy but, over the years, I have owned a few Chev's.
In the 70's, I owned a '33 Chev, 2 door, that was chopped and channeled. A beautiful car, I wish I still had it! In that same time frame, I also had '55 Nomad, no love lost on that one! At this time, I have the first C4 ('84) Corvette, with all race options offered, No love lost on that one, either! After high school, in '62, I bought a '57 Austin Healey, 100-6. A very beautiful car, I wish I still had it. I also had a A40 Austin. One of my favorites, is a '90 Nissan 240SX and I still have it. I can't leave out my 2 Formula cars, a Brabham, Formula Atantic and a Zink 500.
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12-31-2019, 06:12 AM | #38 |
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My favorite old non-Ford that I have owned in the past few decades was a 1928 Franklin. Aluminum body, air cooled engine, three headlights, wooden frame like a Morgan. I had it for a couple of years.
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12-31-2019, 09:31 AM | #39 |
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My dad has always been a BPO (Buick Pontiac Olds) guy. So I leaned that way for a long time. Still have a fondness for them. But whenever he would take me to shows as a kid I would always be drawn to the old Fords. The first car I bought was a 1963 Buick Skylark. Drove it all through high school.
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12-31-2019, 10:06 AM | #40 |
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I am a dyed in the wool Ford guy. Back in high school I had a 56 Chevy wagon. I have a non-historic Mazda Miata that i love. If I stray outside the Ford realm, it would be to get a Studebaker - either a 53 or a M5 or 2R truck. A Lincoln Zephyr is my dream car.
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