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Dog - that is an awesome shot. How would you describe the performance of a 429 SCJ. Any comparables. What were its strengths/weaknesses. Thanks! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif [/ QUOTE ] http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...uff/gar031.jpg Sam I traded a hemi Road Runner in on it, so it was a little tamer - but not by much. It was a strong running car - didn't take much crap from anyone on the street - but was plush and extremely comfortable especially by muscle car standards. The thing I remember most about it was, I was living in a trailer in Chattahoochee, Ga. while stationed at Ft. Benning. There was a four lane road that ran between the two places that had a median about an 1/8 mile wide and at one point, you could see 3 miles of road going down then up again in front of you. It was common practice to run this section of road flat out - the speedo topped out at 120 and would disappear from sight at that point, then the fuel and temp gauges mounted below it would bounce back and forth so rapidly you'd swear they would never work again! Oh to be young and fearless!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif |
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the speedo topped out at 120 and would disappear from sight at that point, then the fuel and temp gauges mounted below it would bounce back and forth so rapidly you'd swear they would never work again! [/ QUOTE ] https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
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[ QUOTE ] Wow, I have NO idea what this car is! Anyone know? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif [/ QUOTE ] Looks like a 1953 Packard concept car, but it's actually the personal car of Edward Macauley, Packard's Director of Styling in 1951. Using parts from production Packards and styling ideas from John Reinhart, the Panther was mounted on a 122" wheelbase. In effect, it was a coupe with a shortened body covered by a fixed hardtop. It used parts destined for the 1952 model year including a 1952 bumper, '52 hood crest with 1951 lettering on a 1952 grill, plus a hood scoop that was essentially the same as that which Henney put on the Pan American. Wheel covers were also 1951 and had the Patrician cloisonne center emblems. The engine was a 327 cubic inch Packard straight eight connected to the Ultramatic transmission. The picture posted is slightly updated from the original version, especially with the addition of a hood from a Packard Caribbean. Info is from http://www.1956packardpanther.com/inspiration.html [/ QUOTE ] Thanks John! I starred at that car for a long time trying to figure out what it was https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif |
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http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...cheapduesy.jpg [/ QUOTE ] A Duesenberg for $3500? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif Now where did I put my DeLorean! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif (so I can go back in time https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif ) |
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Thanks Dog. Great stuff. My best bud as a kid/teenager had a '70 yellow Torino (but w/a 302 2bbl). Have always had a thing for yellow '70s since then. Yours was a beaut (and a beast).
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[/ QUOTE ] Sam - 375 hp @ 5600 / 450 @ 3400 - the SCJ only was rated at 5 more hp then the CJ and with a lower comp ratio - 11.3 / 10.5. I think the 375 hp rating was about as accurate as the 425 hp rating was on my L-72! Shawn - That shot was taken in Canada - but I couldn't tell you what it is. Glenn |
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WOW! Another GREAT group of photos Dog! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
[ QUOTE ] http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Scene/A415.jpg This one is funny! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif (provided no one was hurt) Crashing into the liquor store! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Scene/a423.jpg That looks like Barris' "KOPPER KART" https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif Here's a photo that I took of it at Autorama last year: http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...ofDSC03974.jpg |
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Great photos.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...427435/563.jpg Believe it or not, but that picture was taken from in front of my neighbour's place. That building is now occupied by a company that creates movie sets. http://www.fdscenechanges.net/shop.htm |
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Wow !!!!!!!!
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My best friend growing up--his parents owned one of the first '55 T-birds, bought new at Cortese Ford in Richmond, CA. He couldn't remember why the headlight rings were chrome but he said it came that way. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...obMarshall.jpg [/ QUOTE ] A friend who used to do Thunderbird restorations told me (so take it for what it's worth) that the first 100 cars off the line had those chome headlight rings, and it essentially triples their value. |
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All these old pics are incredible, the ones from the southwest bring back alot of memories! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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[b]About a week and a half ago my computer crashed and took everything with it. Luckily I have almost everything backed up on disc - but I've lost my numbering system as to what was posted - If I wind up duplicating anything I apologize - but here goes! (Anyone have a good photo enlarger download site?) [/ QUOTE ] If you're using Windows XP, Microsoft has a great batch photo resizer amongst their "Power Toys." |
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Me .... 1968 http://a636.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...0788c74b2b.jpg [/ QUOTE ] When I was growingup my grandparents had a pedal car just like that one for all the grandkids to play with. I wanted to get it to restore after I grew up but it had disapeared! |
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Some Chicago Shots
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Last ones from Chi-town
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One from my neighborhood in Berwyn. It was called The Spindle and has been recently torn down.
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https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500...baf3dee248.jpg [/ QUOTE ] Ugh. That photo pretty well sums up why I moved to Arizona. The rest of the pics are great, Frank https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif I like "the spindle"....there must be some story behind it.... |
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I hear you there Bill. Ugh is right. Too many childhood Buffalo days that looked like that. Trying to get back to AZ (where most of my family is) but I'll have to take yet another stupid bar exam and then find a job. Eventually I'll make it happen. Any leads are appreciated. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif
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Lot's of Street Racing went on just behind that Morton Salt Building.........(or so I heard......LOL)
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One from my neighborhood in Berwyn. It was called The Spindle and has been recently torn down. https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500...d3ddd652_m.jpg [/ QUOTE ] We always called this the "Car-Ka-Bob". I worked right up the street from this strange monument. I used to think to myself that if ANY one of those cars on the skewer was valuable, someone would have stolen the entire display in the middle of the night. But the cars have a giant spear through them, right? No problem in today's greedy, unscrupulous, hack-em-up, glue-together, auction-them-off world we live in today. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif The Car-Ka-Bob was also shown in the movie "Wayne's World". |
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I was just turned on to this thread/site today. OMG! I'm blown away with these photos! Thanks to all who added to it!
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Lot's of Street Racing went on just behind that Morton Salt Building.........(or so I heard......LOL) https://www.yenko.net/photos/data/500...5b0079d061.jpg Ken [/ QUOTE ] Hmmmm....racing? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif I remember that building from when we used to drive to downtown Chicago... All I remember about the highway names was the "Dan Ryan Expressway" LOL https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif |
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Here is a pic someone just gave me of me in about 1969 on my brothers Honda 450. Check out the Moccasins... https://www.yenko.net/attachments/397...ycle1acopy.jpg
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Wheelie time... https://www.yenko.net/attachments/397...arleyCycle.jpg
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From Moccasins to velcro tennis shoes....you have come a long way Charley. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
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Does anyone have a photo of the original Budweiser sign...located not too far away from the Morton Salt place (I believe just south of the photo on the east side of the expressway)? The newer one just does not have the same "coolness" as the old one.
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http://www.palat.com.br/images/Copacabana-Beach.jpg
This is Avenida Atlantica in Copacabana Beach -- and the image is reversed. The beach should be at right. Excellent content, keep posting! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif |
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[ QUOTE ] My best friend growing up--his parents owned one of the first '55 T-birds, bought new at Cortese Ford in Richmond, CA. He couldn't remember why the headlight rings were chrome but he said it came that way. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...obMarshall.jpg [/ QUOTE ] A friend who used to do Thunderbird restorations told me (so take it for what it's worth) that the first 100 cars off the line had those chome headlight rings, and it essentially triples their value. [/ QUOTE ] I do remember him telling me that the car was the first '55 T-bird in Northern California. |
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