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Chuck (CA)
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Sorry, Riverslim, I can't agree with you.
I don't think I can ever get tired looking at those Chevy's. However, As good as they are, I do get tired of seeing the same 350's under the hoods. I'd like to see more 348/409's or even a heavily modified straight 6 once in awhile.
Chuck
I don't think I can ever get tired looking at those Chevy's. However, As good as they are, I do get tired of seeing the same 350's under the hoods. I'd like to see more 348/409's or even a heavily modified straight 6 once in awhile.
Chuck
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Yeah, I get tired of the "cliche' " cars, too...but on the other hand, I'm also glad that somebody decided to preserve even SOME of the past, and I get over it. Years ago, folks were probably compalining about only seeing Model A's and Model T's at the old car shows, too.
At the street rod shows, I'm sorta tired of seeing a smallblock Chevy V8 shoved into everything from A to Z...but show me a well-executed ride with another make engine--maybe a flathead Ford, maybe an early Hemi, maybe even a Buick straight 8--and it draws my attention.
At the street rod shows, I'm sorta tired of seeing a smallblock Chevy V8 shoved into everything from A to Z...but show me a well-executed ride with another make engine--maybe a flathead Ford, maybe an early Hemi, maybe even a Buick straight 8--and it draws my attention.
Anonymous-0
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And what's with all these guys and their old classic tractors they fix up and show. They've even a got a website for these guys. What's the world coming to! Dave
chevy_cowboy
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I love the tri5 chevy, I've got a '56 4 door hardtop myself.... but I hate that everyone paints them red and white when that was a fairly uncommon paint scheme back then
There's probably 50 times more red and white tri5's now than GM ever built. There were a dozen or so paint colors available, and at least 7 or 8 of them are pretty cool colors, why must everyone paint them the cookie cutter red and white?
There's probably 50 times more red and white tri5's now than GM ever built. There were a dozen or so paint colors available, and at least 7 or 8 of them are pretty cool colors, why must everyone paint them the cookie cutter red and white?
RandyB(MI)
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Shows are boring no matter what the vehicle. Instead of the "show" why not go to a plow day or an anual show where they have tractor pulling , plowing , threshing etc,etc and for cars go to the drag strip and watch them do what they were meant to do. I've never got bored at these kind of events. Static shows suck.
Anonymous-0
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The trend around here, at least in the early '70's, was to strip all the chrome off the '55 coupes and paint them a chrome yellow. Got old in a hurry.
Anonymous-0
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...they also shoved a straight axle under the front and hung a Moon tank out front so they'd look like a "real" gasser back then.
Leon,
Back then one of the girls that ran around in our group had a 55 with that seastone coral color I don't remember the color of the top though.
I never thought that the 55 to 57 Chevys were sought as much back then as they were later. Two of my aunts had 57's for their family cars, a Ford and a Chevy. They were going to ride someplace together and the one with the 57 Chevy said to the 57 Ford one, lets take your car as it is so much newer.
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Back then one of the girls that ran around in our group had a 55 with that seastone coral color I don't remember the color of the top though.
I never thought that the 55 to 57 Chevys were sought as much back then as they were later. Two of my aunts had 57's for their family cars, a Ford and a Chevy. They were going to ride someplace together and the one with the 57 Chevy said to the 57 Ford one, lets take your car as it is so much newer.
)chevy_cowboy
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(quoted from post at 18:26:03 10/02/10) This is my 55 2dr BelAir with seastone coral and shadow gray. Not a color you see very often.
Very nice, is that the original color or did you change it? out of all the car shows I've been to, ive only seen that color scheme once.
I stopped to look at this car at our local car show this summer and the owner came up and asked me, "You like that color? That's Jeff Gordon Blue!" I don't think they were painted Jeff Gordon Blue in 1963. The owner brought it to central Nebraska from Longmont, CO. I asked him if he hauled it down here. "Heck NO, I drove it....she ain't no trailer queen!!!" LOL
Clodbuster
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NICE CAR! I enjoy it all at car shows but it sure is nice to see something unusual or even "in progress."
No problem Jon, I have owned the car for 28 years and am the second owner. That is the correct original color repaint which I did in 1983 shortly after buying it. The interior is still original with the same color pink and grey material, the headliner is slightly faded now but still very presentable.
No That is not the salmon color you describe.
I had a 56, Pontiac Star Chief full factory dressed.
Big light up hood ornament, rear stainless gravel guards, chrome skirts, outside sun visor.
Color was close to that 55, but leaned a little to tan , with an off white.as the primary color.
56 Pontiac
I had a 56, Pontiac Star Chief full factory dressed.
Big light up hood ornament, rear stainless gravel guards, chrome skirts, outside sun visor.
Color was close to that 55, but leaned a little to tan , with an off white.as the primary color.
56 Pontiac
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Chuck (CA)
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Not exactly what I'm talkin' about, but that is pretty awesome! I was thinking more of a stovebolt with three two's.
What is it? I'm thinking Kaiser or Hudson with a Paxton maybe?
What is it? I'm thinking Kaiser or Hudson with a Paxton maybe?
Brian G. NY
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When I was in H.S. back in the 50s a friend of mine"s dad had a brand new "55 Chevy Nomad with a 3 speed and the "Power-Pac". It was the factory red and white. His ol" man let him drive it all the time; always burnin" the tires but never did wreck it.
I don"t necessarily like all the colors I see at car shows but I figure if a guy puts all that work into his own vehicle, he can paint it how he wants!! So.....I spend less time looking at the ones that don"t interrest me and more time looking at the one I really like. Same thing at the tractor shows.
I don"t necessarily like all the colors I see at car shows but I figure if a guy puts all that work into his own vehicle, he can paint it how he wants!! So.....I spend less time looking at the ones that don"t interrest me and more time looking at the one I really like. Same thing at the tractor shows.
Brian G. NY
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BTW, I guess you could deduce from the fact that I went to H.S. in the 50s, I, too am an old man! LOL
nope, ill look at those anyday what i get bored with is teens or there abouts with 4 cylinder rice burners with a exhaust pipe larger than a truck stack, and a 5000 dollar stereo in a 300 dollar car thinking they are looking cool, i tell them i have a old tractor that sounds just like their car
Anonymous-0
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Reminds me of the time my brother put a set of Cragar mags on his '71 6-banger Gremlin. He was showing it off to our grand-dad, who sold and drove Hudson Hornets and knew what a performance 6-cylinder was.
Grand-dad walked all around the car, looking but not saying a word. He turned his head to spit a wad of tobacco juice, turned back to my brother, and then asked: "How much faster did you say those shiny things make it run?"
Grand-dad walked all around the car, looking but not saying a word. He turned his head to spit a wad of tobacco juice, turned back to my brother, and then asked: "How much faster did you say those shiny things make it run?"
Anonymous-0
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Not sure what the engine is, but I don't think it's Hudson. And it's probably a McCullough, as they came along before Paxton. Thinking it might be a Kaiser or Frazer product, too.
Anonymous-0
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Looks like a red X in a white box to me.
chevy_cowboy
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yep, sure looks like a 1954 Kaiser Manhattan to me, here's one for sale, the pictures of the engine compartment are identical (minus the rust and dirt)
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/kaiser/manhattan/1067979.html
Traditional Farmer
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So fix up something different and take it to a show rather than complaining about what other people put their time and effort into while you sit on your hiney
Nice ride Leon. I had a 55 Bel Air that was red and off white new,I repainted it the same color as it was. I remember several 55s painted that color. A 55 Chevy was what I drove for drivers training. I sold the 55 but my wife drives a 46 chevy P/U to work in the summer. I got burned out going to car shows,so many people park,put up a canopy and set there like vultures waiting for some one to stop so they can tell all about his/her car,I go to a show,get out and go look at other cars.
Chuck (CA)
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Nice Hoopty, Mike. Can"t get too much of that. What part of Washington are you in? Used to live in Spokane.
Chuck
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PaGlenn
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Don't farm with it, but it has carried a bale
or two.
or two.
PaGlenn
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Don't farm with it, but it has carried a bale
or two.
or two.
PaGlenn
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72 C10
Chuck (CA)
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Hi Hal,
We lived there from around 1978 to 1983 off and on. Worked at Lloyds Appliances, Montgomery Ward, J.C Penny's downtown, and University Appliances down on Sprague.
If you haven't figured it out, I sell appliances.
My daughter and her family still live there on 5 Mile Prairie.. bought the house we had there.
How about you?
We lived there from around 1978 to 1983 off and on. Worked at Lloyds Appliances, Montgomery Ward, J.C Penny's downtown, and University Appliances down on Sprague.
If you haven't figured it out, I sell appliances.
My daughter and her family still live there on 5 Mile Prairie.. bought the house we had there.
How about you?
For those of us who like custom cars, its the only game in town. They don't plow, and they don't race. And most towns don't allow "cruising" anymore.
But I know what you're talking about- I went to three or four shows the first year I had the Hudson (2006), and got burned out, as well. Maybe just too many projects at home nagging at me- have only been to one show since.
But I know what you're talking about- I went to three or four shows the first year I had the Hudson (2006), and got burned out, as well. Maybe just too many projects at home nagging at me- have only been to one show since.
Here's my 58 at the car show last fall. Get a lot of comments about the 348 tri-power. Fun to listen to the stories from the old fellows about how they used to drive like maniacs with them back in the day (my dad being one of them.)
I get bored at car shows though. Around here the awards are usually people's choice, and it's more of a local popularity contest. Also it's kind of annoying to bust your butt to restore the car with every detail as close to original as possible, then get beat out by a 57 Chev because it's full of chrome under the hood. Then there's the guys that spend $50k on a car just to win trophies. Doesn't mean much to me if there isn't a story behind it.
I get bored at car shows though. Around here the awards are usually people's choice, and it's more of a local popularity contest. Also it's kind of annoying to bust your butt to restore the car with every detail as close to original as possible, then get beat out by a 57 Chev because it's full of chrome under the hood. Then there's the guys that spend $50k on a car just to win trophies. Doesn't mean much to me if there isn't a story behind it.
chevy_cowboy
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(quoted from post at 10:14:12 10/04/10) Here's my 58 at the car show last fall. Get a lot of comments about the 348 tri-power. Fun to listen to the stories from the old fellows about how they used to drive like maniacs with them back in the day (my dad being one of them.)
I get bored at car shows though. Around here the awards are usually people's choice, and it's more of a local popularity contest. Also it's kind of annoying to bust your butt to restore the car with every detail as close to original as possible, then get beat out by a 57 Chev because it's full of chrome under the hood. Then there's the guys that spend $50k on a car just to win trophies. Doesn't mean much to me if there isn't a story behind it.
Very nice car. I love the '58 almost as much as the '56. If I ever get around to buying a 2nd classic it'll be a 58 4dr hardtop or '58 ragtop.
I live South of the Spokane Valley on land that I grew up on, although these days there are LOTS more people in the area than when I was a kid. I worked for Spokane County for most of my career in various jobs, and have been retired for about 12 years. I fool around with my old machines on my 20 acres and enjoy following my grandkids various activities. Life is good!
One of my good friends lives up on 5 Mile, on land where he grew up when that was all farm land. I hate to see good, productive farm land go for housing, but when it is located so close to a city, it is going to happen. I remember when most of the Valley was farmed...and now it is a city too.
We may know some of the same people, or at least have had contact with them. My wife worked for Crosby's Creations when it was next door to Lloyds Appliances on Division and I knew Bill Tonani at University Appliance a little. I think I read that University Appliance went bankrupt last year--lousy economy I suppose.
I sure like that Hudson! And I realize how much work it is to section a body. That, I believe, qualifies a car to be called a full custom, rather than a mild custom. Have a good one!
One of my good friends lives up on 5 Mile, on land where he grew up when that was all farm land. I hate to see good, productive farm land go for housing, but when it is located so close to a city, it is going to happen. I remember when most of the Valley was farmed...and now it is a city too.
We may know some of the same people, or at least have had contact with them. My wife worked for Crosby's Creations when it was next door to Lloyds Appliances on Division and I knew Bill Tonani at University Appliance a little. I think I read that University Appliance went bankrupt last year--lousy economy I suppose.
I sure like that Hudson! And I realize how much work it is to section a body. That, I believe, qualifies a car to be called a full custom, rather than a mild custom. Have a good one!
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