Car ****

[phideaux]

This looks interesting... Looks like it might have started as a Corvette.

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59 Caddy tail end .


Jim

 

[Supervisor42]

59 Caddy tail end .
Jim

Yeah, that part looks great, and I'm not an air cleaner snob, but a '62 Ford pickup somewhere is missing one.

 

[Caribou]

A Frankenstein car.

 

[threetango]

Concept Mach 1 Mustang.

 

[Sentry18]

Concept Mach 1 Mustang.




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I had to do a search for that one to see the front. Wild.

 

[threetango]

My all time favorite, 63 split window coupe. Only year for the split window.
Had a 63 convertible

 

[threetango]

My 63 fuel injected.

 

[Sentry18]

My high school ride. It's no longer with us. RIP '77 Z28. You deserved better.

 

[Sentry18]

The 1952 KomPak Sportsman trailer. It had a detachable boat doubling as a storage compartment.

 

[viking]

I've had the desire for a Mustang GT on my bucket li

st for a long time but I also needed to have a pickup for firewood and building supplies. I had a 1989 F-250 SC diesel 4X4 that I was wanting to install a good engine in but after seeing how much that would end up costing we decided to look at Toyota Tundra's and after test driving a 2007, with 244,000 miles, I realized that it was a tw0-fer, a hotrod and a pickup, especially when all the traction control is shut off, it gets into what's called "Beast Mode", it's got a great service record and runs great so I'm not at all concerned with the mileage and a couple of Tundra's I've read about have a million miles on them, anyway they have a good record of service if they are taken care of and that makes me happy, every time I get behind the wheel it puts a smile on my face.

 

[Supervisor42]

View attachment 25174 ...I realized that it was a tw0-fer, a hotrod and a pickup, especially when all the traction control is shut off, it gets into what's called "Beast Mode", it's got a great service record and runs great so I'm not at all concerned with the mileage and a couple of Tundra's I've read about have a million miles on them, anyway they have a good record of service if they are taken care of and that makes me happy, every time I get behind the wheel it puts a smile on my face.

Would you believe that 5.7 V8 Beast of an engine is made in Huntsville Alabama?

A Japanese truck with an engine made by rednecks. Who woulda thunkit?
I just know that somebody I once knew must have said:
"If it won't smoke the tires for 50 feet, it ain't

That's my boys!:green man:

 

[threetango]

View attachment 25174 I've had the desire for a Mustang GT on my bucket list.

If it's on your bucket list go big.
I did with my Kona Blue Shelby GT500.
Tazo's favorite.

 

[threetango]

 

[Bacpacker]

View attachment 25174 I've had the desire for a Mustang GT on my bucket liView attachment 25175 st for a long time but I also needed to have a pickup for firewood and building supplies. I had a 1989 F-250 SC diesel 4X4 that I was wanting to install a good engine in but after seeing how much that would end up costing we decided to look at Toyota Tundra's and after test driving a 2007, with 244,000 miles, I realized that it was a tw0-fer, a hotrod and a pickup, especially when all the traction control is shut off, it gets into what's called "Beast Mode", it's got a great service record and runs great so I'm not at all concerned with the mileage and a couple of Tundra's I've read about have a million miles on them, anyway they have a good record of service if they are taken care of and that makes me happy, every time I get behind the wheel it puts a smile on my face.

Viking, I'm on my third Tundra. First one was an 02 Limited, it only had a 4.7L but ran decent and I could get 20mpg out of it. Totaled in a severe hail storm in 2011. Next I got a 08 double cab long bed with the 5.7. It was pushing 150K when I got rear ended and totaled it. As fate would have it I found another 08 long bed (Long beds with the double cab are pretty rare. I searched long and hard for both of them and bought them both out of state). It only had 37,000 miles on in when I bought it in 2017.
It tows my 5th wheel like it's not even there, except for fuel mileage. I also tow a trailer and haul my tractor some, again not a bit of problem. Maintenance on all three have been nothing more than oil changes, brakes, and a timing belt and water pump on the first one. So far nothing else. I don't think you can beat them unless you go diesil and much heavier truck for towing or such. The only down sides I have is fuel mileage, I get around 16 going back and forth to work, maybe 18 or so on the interstate if I'll keep my foot out of it. And finding parking. It doesn't turn very short.

BTW Supervisor, the entire truck is built in Texas. So yep Southerners do make a good product, even if it is owned by the japs.

 

[lonewolf]

none of the above would be any good around here, we have narrow(sometimes 1 car wide)deep lanes with deep ditches either side and granite walls , the smaller the car the better.
this is hill farming country, steep hills and deep river valleys.

 

[Sentry18]

Trying to convince the wife to let me buy and restore a 1978 Plymouth Fury. Would make a fun ride to take to car shows and drive through parades.

 

[phideaux]

I'm just drooling all over me...

Jim

 

[SheepDog]

Jim I had two 57's and it was all good except for the engine. That 292 was a slug. Once I found out that if you turn the motor mounts 180 you could put a 390 4 speed in place they would look and go!

 

[threetango]

Low Rider w/Gangster Whitewalls.

 

[threetango]

 

[Bacpacker]

Yes to the T-Bird. The 56 was the best lookin one Ford produced. I thought they went steadily downhill after that.

And SheepDog, the 390 was a beast. Have an uncle that had a 66 Fairlane with a 390 4 speed. That think was wicked fast.

 

[SheepDog]

Yea the 390 was a beast but it ate like one too. I remember getting 10 to 12 mpg in my 57 Fairlane and it was running lean enough to get the cast manifolds glowing cherry red on both sides.
That was before I knew how to tune carbs but it was still fun. A 21 gallon tank and I had to fill up at George on the way to Spokane from Seattle. We always stopped at the same place on the way home.
The Martha Inn was a great place for lunch.

 

[Sentry18]

Does this count as a car?

 

[Bacpacker]

It says Land Rover on it.

 

[tazo2503]

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You just had to post that one didn’t you... STILL HATE YOU...

Now before the rest of y’all start “gettin’ on my case”, know that it’s an old joke between me and threetango that goes back a bit...

 

[Sentry18]

 

[Peanut]

A few chevys

 

[phideaux]

Jim

 

[Cnsper]

Trying to convince the wife to let me buy and restore a 1978 Plymouth Fury. Would make a fun ride to take to car shows and drive through parades.

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Only if you can laugh like Roscoe...

 

[threetango]

Not quite the same but might give an idea of how it was.