'78 Plymouth Road Runner... I have no memory of this car. I know I would have looked at them while car shopping that year.
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Bluegrass.
Darn it, Peanut, you stirred up old memories, some as fr back as the 50s. Two of my close friends were guitar pickers, one of them very good at it, the other a solid accompanist. The latter guy was given an old fiddle, by an old man who played unrecognizable music on it after a few beers. My friend worked on and with that fiddle for maybe a decade before he got it to work for him and us listeners.
Went to at least a couple bluegrass festivals every summer for awhile. Stayed up beyond late into early listening to the field picking and sipping beer.
Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end . . .
they did
Darn it, Peanut, you stirred up old memories, some as fr back as the 50s. Two of my close friends were guitar pickers, one of them very good at it, the other a solid accompanist. The latter guy was given an old fiddle, by an old man who played unrecognizable music on it after a few beers. My friend worked on and with that fiddle for maybe a decade before he got it to work for him and us listeners.
Went to at least a couple bluegrass festivals every summer for awhile. Stayed up beyond late into early listening to the field picking and sipping beer.
Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end . . .
they did
I would have chosen different colors but I'd like to drive it through town.
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'50 Plymouth
Daimler Reitwagen Built in 1885. First motorcycle with internal combustion engine
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Hey, BiggKidd!!! Your cart had better look like ^^^THIS^^^ once it's done, LOL.
Crusty Demons special, complete with training wheels for the dirt, LOL... Peanut, I can just see you doing a 'whip' on this bike!!!
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Rat Rod!
Saw these this morning, at the car show in the little town where I grew up.
Ok, what in the world is this blue thing? A VW bug with a front mounted V6? Why???
These two are a SS396 Chevelle, and an SS427 Impala. But the guy who owns them is a well known local speed freak. There ain't a stock part on either one.
I love those small town car shows!!! So much fun to cruise around and check out the rides... that Chevelle and the ol' Chevy Nomad wagon have my name all over 'em, lol. Americana all the way, doesn't get any better than small town car shows!!! I like talking to the owners too, some of 'em have funny stories to tell...
I love those old cars, and the shows are fun. They used to come to our town the first Friday of every month. I was never a gear head, and could NEVER do what those guys do, but I admire their hard work, and the result.
My mom had a 56 Chevy same paint job as the bronze one. Not nearly that nice though. She got hit one morning in the fog by a little machine that worked on rail ties at a crossing down from the house. Tore the whole front end off of it.
Grandpa had a blue Galaxie 500 like the purple one except it was a hard top. White leather interior. Those were sweet cars
Grandpa had a blue Galaxie 500 like the purple one except it was a hard top. White leather interior. Those were sweet cars
I'm thinking you could still mash the accelerator and burn rubber for half a block, lol...
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That would take one maybe two bricks on the accelerator?
I drove rt 70 across Kansas and a brick and lash down the wheel and fo sleep.
Ben
Yes, I could do that, but never had a car that would do it. IMHO God was protecting me. He knew if I ever had a car like that, I would wrap it around a tree. I drove junkers in the early days. I loved the nice muscle cars but couldn't afford one until I graduated from college.
Ah, yes, the gutless beaters... they wouldn't actually burn rubber, but if ya cranked the wheel and THEN mashed the motor, the rubber would start to squeal, lol.
Better to take 'em into the dirt first, then the rubber wouldn't take such a beating, lol...
Better to take 'em into the dirt first, then the rubber wouldn't take such a beating, lol...
Saw this Chevy in the Walmart parking lot today... not my choice of colors, but the car is in good shape, lol.
At my son's wedding reception the guy that owns the home has some really nice cars.
He has a few others but you get the idea.
He was the nicest most down to earth guy you could meet.
He owns a construction company and works ever day. He's almost 80.
He has a few others but you get the idea.
He was the nicest most down to earth guy you could meet.
He owns a construction company and works ever day. He's almost 80.
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Wow!!! Nice rides!!!
