anybody here into old cars?

[imported_rusty]

i myself bought a 70 chevelle 2 door coupe put a 350 in it fully restored it. now waiting for it to get closer to spring so i can take it to the shop and paint it. its been going on for over 2 years now a lot of time and money but hey you cant get these old cars anymore so i am happy i have one .anyone else?

 

[one more cast]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

I used to drive my neighbors 70 or 71 ? chevelle ss 396 around back in 1974. I was 16. I Don't have one but would like a rat rod . Heres a picture of my buddys 32 chevy. 32 Chevy

 

[LubeDude]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

"Topic: anybody here into old cars"?<br /><br />Been known to play with a few now and then.

 

[Link]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

Thats being modest LD! <br />This wont compare with what you do...but<br />for me its a challange! <br /><br /><br />

 

[Wimperdink]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

I think those opels are too cool.

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

I have a '67 Mustang fastback. Is that old enough?<br /><br />Link, I had a red '70 Gt. One of my favorite cars!

 

[LubeDude]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

Man Link, I cant beleive there is still one of those around that hasnt rusted into the ground! They were neat cars, they could be made to be fast also. If I remember right, the carbs were the big problem with those.

 

[rodbolt]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

I just sold my 70 W-30 442 . I bought it aug 2nd 1980. <br /> spent a many a happy hour rowing that competition + shifter and listening to that 455 howl .<br /> I may get back into it one day, but I think the next effort will be with a mid sixties A body with an 8.2 and a lenco 5 speed.<br /> may even wish to play with presurized induction and nitrous along with a programmable ECU.<br /> i figgure with a decent ECU, a decent set of injectors, a cleaner intake tract and some pressure with some NO2, 1000 HP while going to wally world and back is very possible.<br /> but usually I am sober in the morning and the desire has passed <br /> we built to many 600HP grocery getter 454 and 427 motors with carbs,no pressure and no NO2 in the 80,s.<br /> worked at a shop in cleburne TX that specilized in restoring 55-7 chevies and packards with the occasional studebaker tossed in, drove a 61 stud buster in high school when I was not in my 69 442.

 

[imported_rusty]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

yup rat rods are big again so are the 55 chevys dont forget the cudas to.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

Here's mine! '65 vert.<br /><br />

 

[rolmops]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

I do not know if it counts,but I own a 1985 2.8 liter chevy celebrity with 34000 miles on it.It does whatever I need a car to do and it has very low maintenance cost.( I can get almost every spare part from the junk yard)Since I ride my bycicle to work,I expect this car to last me another 20 years.

 

[deputydawg]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

Here is my latest project car.<br />It looks better now, but I haven't posted any pictures of it since I got it into the garage.<br />If I ever remember my password I will post more up there.<br /><br /> web page <br /><br />Right before this one I almost finished a 1970 Mustang. Set that one up all strip, not street legal. Then before that one friend and I built a 1971 Chevy pickup.<br />Before all of these I had an old Gran Torino, another old Cougar and an old Ford truck.<br /><br />So far my favorite old car for fun was a 1971 Oldsmobile Omega hatchback. Pulled the straight 6 and dropped or wedged a 455 in it's place. Took a lot of work but was a fun one while it lasted. Engine had too much torque and twisted the frame.

 

[rodbolt]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

deputydawg<br /> neatest omega I ever saw was a mid engine one. guy used a toronado transaxle and mounted the engine just behind the drivers seat. I think a company called mid-engineering made the kit

 

[wildbill59]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

Link, I had a 73' GT. First time I rolled it down a hill side, didn't break 1 single piece of glass. Redid the interior and after the body shop fixed all the dents had a friend spray it with a real purty urethane blue metalflake. Had it all fixed for about a year when a 72' Fury made a u-turn right in front of me. The wifey popped the w/s out with her head. Car was put to rest, what a shame.

 

[heycods]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

[QB] "Topic: anybody here into old cars"?<br /><br />Only when I have to go somewhere.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

I sold my 46 post war Ford a couple of years ago. I had to make up my mind,,,,cars or boats? I'm here at iboats, so does that answer your question?

 

[rwise]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

My current automotive projects are a 1938 Plymouth club coupe and a 1965 ply Barracuda sport formula. Hope to have the cuda on the road again the summer! Then I can focus on the 38. Been gathering parts and trim stuff for a while now, and now that I am single I can spend my money the way I want

 

[OLDSPUD]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

just put fuel injection system into my '67 porsche 912, also just put a chev 400 small block into my '61 chev pickup. Have a '69 Cougar xr7 in my garage, just out of paint shop, need to re-assemble,<br /><br />Wife hates them all, but giving me paint job on porsche for my christmas gift this year.<br /><br />Spud

 

[NMplayer]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

Have a 70 Dodge Dart 3 on the tree.<br /><br />It has the huge fire breathing throw you back in the seat power of a <br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />slant six

 

[ZooMbr]

Re: anybody here into old cars?

Man I must be getting old myself! Old cars to me are A's and B's.