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Re: There's always some way to rig the results. . . [lexusguy]
by warthog
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Nov 12, 2005 (3:33 am)
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Replying to: lexusguy (Nov 11, 2005 12:25 pm)
Got all of you beat. I learned on my family's 1956 Chrysler Imperial. Now THAT was a back seat!
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- #4899 of 9978
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Re: There's always some way to rig the results. . . [warthog]
by jjacura
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Nov 12, 2005 (8:21 am)
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Replying to: warthog (Nov 12, 2005 3:33 am)
Maybe I can find a way to post a picture of me with my first learner a '52 Chevy! It was a but I loved that car!
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- #4900 of 9978
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The '52 Chevy
by jjacura
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Nov 12, 2005 (8:53 am)
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link title
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- #4901 of 9978
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CADILLAC ELDORADA MAN
by dewey
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Nov 12, 2005 (11:13 am)
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Wow, and I thought I was an old timer!
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- #4902 of 9978
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Re: CADILLAC ELDORADA MAN [dewey]
by markcincinnati
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Nov 13, 2005 (7:40 am)
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Replying to: dewey (Nov 12, 2005 11:13 am)
My first recollection of a car was a 1951 Hudson Hornet, the first car I actually drove (illegally) was my dad's 1953 Hudson Hornet with "twin H power" and a turbo hydra matic transmission.
When I became old enough to legally drive the thing, my dad helped me get the old relic running and other than the fact that it had both standard brakes and steering (the amount of pressure required to stop the car required literally "standing on the pedal,") it was clearly a car that had to have been as the saying goes, ahead of its time.
This big car with this HUGE i6 and twin carbs was clearly the LPS of the early and mid 1950's.
I don't miss it at all -- but I do have fond memories.
God, I'm old.
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- #4903 of 9978
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Regarding BMW tuning
by sdiver68
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Nov 13, 2005 (8:04 am)
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deleted pending further research
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Re: CADILLAC ELDORADA MAN [markcincinnati]
by liferules
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Nov 13, 2005 (9:04 am)
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Nov 13, 2005 7:40 am)
There are some "more seasoned" men here than I, but I wanted to share my embarrassment of driving my mother's 1976 AMC Pacer to high school. It definitely wasn't considered one of the "cool cars", nor did it have a rocket engine. But at least it got me from point A to point B... I heard every joke from "pregnant Volkswagon" to "moonbuggey"...
On the other hand, why isn't the Pacer on the list up top of LPS? If we're comparing Avalon's, why can't I compare my Pacer?!
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Re: CADILLAC ELDORADA MAN [markcincinnati]
by jensad
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Nov 13, 2005 (10:00 am)
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Nov 13, 2005 7:40 am)
Wow! You folks are reminding me to comb my white beard. I indeed remember the 1950 Plymouth "6" my dad and then my mom uses to teach me to drive.
First car was a 53 Chev. Loved the car. Good memories from a gone bye era.
Hope all is well with all. Good luck to all and stay safe.
jensad
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Re: CADILLAC ELDORADA MAN [markcincinnati]
by jjacura
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Nov 13, 2005 (11:56 am)
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Nov 13, 2005 7:40 am)
I well remember the Hudson Hornet and the radio commercials..."Step down into a Hudson". My grandfather always drove Buick Roadmasters with the dynaflows and if you rode with him in the front seat you were warned not to get too close to his coffee can (Spitoon) that rested on the hump in the middle. The luxury cars were Cadillacs of course but the owners of the Packards rode in style as well and that one might have been ranked among the Luxury cars but definately not an LPS. Studebacher and Plymouth were common family cars and it was always a kick to see a Nash Ambassader roll by! Hey at 64 it's easy to remember further back to Pre-WW2 cars. Rode around in many of them during the 40's.
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Re: CADILLAC ELDORADA MAN [liferules]
by lexusguy
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Nov 13, 2005 (12:01 pm)
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Replying to: liferules (Nov 13, 2005 9:04 am)
My friends actually liked the Galaxie. Granted it wasnt a Mustang, but it was a 500, and it was big and loud, which was all you really needed in those days.
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