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Oct 31, 2015 12:00:12   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
Car Lovers From Yesterday(s)... Don D.

http://biggeekdad.com/2015/10/lennys-garage/

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Oct 31, 2015 12:21:42   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
Car Lovers From Yesterday(s)... Don D.

http://biggeekdad.com/2015/10/lennys-garage/
Gotta say I very much enjoyed the video. I drove a 37 Ford Hotrod in high school and grew up when most classics were common as cell phones. Cars used to be a work of art.I always love it when an automaker does the retro thing with one of their models

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Oct 31, 2015 14:22:26   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
I hear you...

My Grandson wanted to know what "old" cars I use to have, it was fun for me and him looking back, here goes not in order just memory:

'42 Olds, '55 Chevy, '57 Chevy, '56 Ford, '37 Ply, '64 Olds 442, 65 Ford, '66 Mustang, '55 Ford Pick Up, '53 Chrysler Imperial, '49 Ford Convert., '54 Olds Convert., that's all I can remember, my 30 years in the car business I had two three demo's a year...

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Coos Bay Tom wrote:
Gotta say I very much enjoyed the video. I drove a 37 Ford Hotrod in high school and grew up when most classics were common as cell phones. Cars used to be a work of art.I always love it when an automaker does the retro thing with one of their models

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Oct 31, 2015 15:22:19   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
I hear you...

My Grandson wanted to know what "old" cars I use to have, it was fun for me and him looking back, here goes not in order just memory:

'42 Olds, '55 Chevy, '57 Chevy, '56 Ford, '37 Ply, '64 Olds 442, 65 Ford, '66 Mustang, '55 Ford Pick Up, '53 Chrysler Imperial, '49 Ford Convert., '54 Olds Convert., that's all I can remember, my 30 years in the car business I had two three demo's a year...

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I had a 56 chevy a 57 chevy a 37 Ford a 64 impala a 53 New Yorker a 62 Olds and a 59 electra. Then it was a 70 Maverick and a 73 Nova that I bought new. All my other cars have been just cars. Wish I would have kept my oldies.

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Oct 31, 2015 15:40:30   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
Mne where for "cruising"... Fun & Games... Bad Boy Wannabe...
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Coos Bay Tom wrote:
I had a 56 chevy a 57 chevy a 37 Ford a 64 impala a 53 New Yorker a 62 Olds and a 59 electra. Then it was a 70 Maverick and a 73 Nova that I bought new. All my other cars have been just cars. Wish I would have kept my oldies.

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Oct 31, 2015 18:04:38   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
Mne where for "cruising"... Fun & Games... Bad Boy Wannabe...
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My 37 Ford was Chevy powered. It had 4.11 gearing and ladder bars that bolted in under the door hinges. It had an 11 inch clutch and I could rev it to 6 grand and dump the clutch and it would wheelie about a foot off the ground and take off like a gun. I won quite a few street races with it. Luckily I never got a contest of speed ticket but mufflers were a ticket getter

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Oct 31, 2015 19:51:17   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
Sounds 'Bad'...
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Coos Bay Tom wrote:
My 37 Ford was Chevy powered. It had 4.11 gearing and ladder bars that bolted in under the door hinges. It had an 11 inch clutch and I could rev it to 6 grand and dump the clutch and it would wheelie about a foot off the ground and take off like a gun. I won quite a few street races with it. Luckily I never got a contest of speed ticket but mufflers were a ticket getter

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Oct 31, 2015 20:04:01   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
Sounds 'Bad'...
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It was and for a 16 year old with not much mechanical sk**ls I built quite the machine. I did quite a bit of horse trading to come up with the parts to build that car. I traded a 56 chevy with a worn out 265 for the body.and found a 56 chevy wagon that supplied the rearend. I put 46 ford hubs on the front end to get away from the 37 Ford bolt pattern. The clutch came from a 1 ton pickup and the engine and t***smission came from a 57 Chevy. That car was a 4 door so I scrapped it. The engine was a recently built 283 bored 20 over with a mild cam. The light body of the 37 made maximum use of the small block.

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Oct 31, 2015 20:09:12   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
That car helped you stay out of trouble, cool...
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Coos Bay Tom wrote:
It was and for a 16 year old with not much mechanical sk**ls I built quite the machine. I did quite a bit of horse trading to come up with the parts to build that car. I traded a 56 chevy with a worn out 265 for the body.and found a 56 chevy wagon that supplied the rearend. I put 46 ford hubs on the front end to get away from the 37 Ford bolt pattern. The clutch came from a 1 ton pickup and the engine and t***smission came from a 57 Chevy. That car was a 4 door so I scrapped it. The engine was a recently built 283 bored 20 over with a mild cam. The light body of the 37 made maximum use of the small block.
It was and for a 16 year old with not much mechani... (show quote)

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Oct 31, 2015 20:20:30   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
That car helped you stay out of trouble, cool...
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It did give me something to do. I had another love and It was hunting and fishing. I had quite the collection of guns when I was young and it helped feed the family. I am the oldest kid in my family. I was also into wrestling and made letterman. Being a good kid was easy then. Nowdays its probly harder. I raise a grandson soon to be 13. I enrolled him in the Navy sea cadets and he likes it. He is also into Lego Robotics. Any thing I can do to keep him on a straight course I will. I was not so fortunate with his father.

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Oct 31, 2015 20:56:17   #
Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
 
Good For You...
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Coos Bay Tom wrote:
It did give me something to do. I had another love and It was hunting and fishing. I had quite the collection of guns when I was young and it helped feed the family. I am the oldest kid in my family. I was also into wrestling and made letterman. Being a good kid was easy then. Nowdays its probly harder. I raise a grandson soon to be 13. I enrolled him in the Navy sea cadets and he likes it. He is also into Lego Robotics. Any thing I can do to keep him on a straight course I will. I was not so fortunate with his father.
It did give me something to do. I had another love... (show quote)

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Oct 31, 2015 22:19:31   #
Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon
 
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
Good For You...
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many thanks

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