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Any chance?
so you're saying there's a chance!
aja8888
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Distinctive 1932 Ford......many, many saw the same fate!
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My 2005 Mustang Convertible. Now my stepdaughter has it! all original (except for the hood and hood pins).
my brother had a '92 GT Hatchback. Similar deep red almost maroon color.
aja8888
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They made some nice mustangs back then. I had a few GT's.
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Mid 1930's Cord. Rare bird!
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One more...when I was in college in the early 1970's, my first wife and I had this VW bus. She had just got her Masters. Now the bus is gone and so is she.
aja8888
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well, time for one more oldie but goodie. I used to buy old VW's and fix tham up while in college. I'd buy ones with blown engines for a couple hundred and rebuild them, then flip the VW for $1,000. Profit was a few hundred. Here's a mid 1960's example.
other brother had a yellow one like this. not sure if 60's or 70's though. were the buggy the 1st mass produced auto to have the engine in the rear trunk area?
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AH, the Warren Oates special.
Yes, it took luck and skill to get a good launch in the golden era muscle cars, especially with the tires of the day. Now, especially with the blindingly fast EVs, they just mash the pedal on green and hang on. Take a look at the 1/4 mile times on cars like the Lucid Air Sapphire. Sub 10 second 1/4 miles right off the showroom, and if you watch YouTube videos, the driver is literally doing nothing but timing the lights and mashing the pedal to the floor. 150 MPH through the trap and the brakes slow the car down just fine.
Even some more pedestrian EVs smoke absolutely every stock golden era muscle car ever produced. A Mustang Mach-E GT with the performance upgrade will do 0-60 in 3.3 seconds and sub 12 second 1/4 miles. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N does 0-60 in 3.0 seconds and 1/4 mile of 11.1/123MPH.
Crazy stuff. But they don't shake, rattle, smoke and smell like the originals.
aja8888
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The originals were quite the thing back then. I had a '65 Vette and I could break the tires loose just by mashing on the gas a bit. But, tires of that day were not great to start with. The thing about back then is us guys would build our own engines and do our own repairs and maintenance.
CRLLS
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Absolutely. Where there is a will, there is a way.
38Chevy454
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For fun, some of my previous old vehicles. All of these are sold and gone now.
1949 Ford COE (cab over engine)
1959 Chevy El Camino (went to Sweden when sold)
1960 Chevy El Camino (went to New Zealand when sold)
1964 Buick Riviera (with 65 front end hidden headlights)
1997 GMC Sonoma (V8 conversion)
1937 Chevy 1/2 ton
2006 Ford F-650
1938 Chevy 2 dr sedan (my namesake derived from this car, 38 Chevy with a 454)
1949 Ford COE (cab over engine)
1959 Chevy El Camino (went to Sweden when sold)
1960 Chevy El Camino (went to New Zealand when sold)
1964 Buick Riviera (with 65 front end hidden headlights)
1997 GMC Sonoma (V8 conversion)
1937 Chevy 1/2 ton
2006 Ford F-650
1938 Chevy 2 dr sedan (my namesake derived from this car, 38 Chevy with a 454)
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You mention one of your old cars going to Sweden. I had never been to Scandinavia until recently. I was shocked and amused by the weird obsession with old American cars in those countries. Holy smokes, I wouldn't want to be driving a US tank on some of those roads.
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Nice! The Dart/Demon/Duster body with a 340 is a fantastic car, really, anything with a 340 is awesome. A friend of mine had a '70 Challenger with a 340 and a 73 'Cuda 340. Great sounding engines!All three of these live in our neighborhood, see them out occasionally. Pics below are facsimiles, but right colors.
I used to joke that if I could time warp back to my high school days with $10,000, the cars I could have bought would now be worth over $1 Million easily. '73 Trans Am 455SD, 70 GTO with the 455, A Stage I Buick Grand Sport 455, a '70 Boss 302, '69 Z/28, a '69 Boss 429 (genuine, but it didn't have the original engine), a '70 Mach 1 with the 428SCJ (mine), along with more generic cars like 454 Chevelles, 340/383/440 Chargers/Cudas/Road Runners, etc. Our next door neighbor had a Plymouth GTX with a 440 Six-Pack sitting in the alley for years with a blown engine. My biggest 'miss' was in college, when a local guy had a '70 Shelby GT500 in absolutely showroom condition for sale for $7000. That was brand new Trans Am money, and to me, it might as well have been $1 Million because no way could I come up with that kind of cash. So yes, 100,000 people bought 1979 Trans Ams instead of a mint '70 Shelby GT500. Those are $130,000+ now.
Koolau
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You could have just about blown the whole $10K on a '69 Corvette ZL-1 (essentially, an upgraded and all aluminum L88). $3 Mil now for a low-mileage cherry or restored example would not be out of line.
One-of-two 1969 ZL1 is holy grail of Corvettes, could sell for $3M - Hagerty Media
This C3-generation ZL1 is one of two, to be precise, which means opportunities to buy them do not come up frequently. It's bound for auction.
www.hagerty.com
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL-1 Convertible | Arizona 2023 | RM Sotheby's
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL-1 Convertible for sale at RM Sotheby's Arizona
rmsothebys.com
aja8888
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Here's that 40 Ford again!
ERD50
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I'm interested in cars, the history, the technology, the aesthetics. But when it comes to owning one, I'm boring, just want something that gets me from point a-b with reasonable comfort and safety, economically. So the only interesting car I've owned was a 1959 Mercedes, in 1974. Had rounded fenders, real wood dash and wood window trim, separate driver/passenger heater controls. Four speed manual on the column (Four in the Tree!). Some pics from the web (mine was black):
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aja8888
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1951 Chevy. I can tell by the parking lights.
(BTW, my first car was a '52 Chevy and I had a '51 grill in it.)
