“When They Were Real Steel” Part I

Posted Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 6:15 PM
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  • Ahh the cars we've owned and wish we had never gotten rid of. Lord I've had my share. 65 stang ragtop. Just imagine what it would be worth today. Had one that no one would steal. 50 merc 4 dr jet black with bright orange tiger stripes. MY FIRST CAR. I traded babysitting hours for it. Worst car, 59 Renault. YUCK! Hardest to tune up, 55 Royal w/ dual points. Just let the kids today even try and tune one up. Oh lord the cars. Mom's 56 DeSoto I took my driving test in. The Ramblers. My buddy's 50 Lincoln.

    The one I regret the most?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-Ford-Mustang-Mach-1-4-speed-manual-351-/1707...

    -- Posted by royincaldwell on Sat, Nov 19, 2011, at 7:58 PM
  • See you there Mike.

    -- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Nov 20, 2011, at 7:53 AM
  • Mike, ever own any of the old dual points cars?

    -- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Nov 20, 2011, at 8:32 AM
  • Mike, can you imagine the puzzled looks you would get if you gave some of these young kids a basic tool box, timing light, dwell meter, an old dual points car, plugs, points, cap, rotor, etc, and said "Here, it needs a tune-up" That would be a picture worth a thousand words.

    -- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Nov 20, 2011, at 3:37 PM
  • "WAIT!" they would say...."where is the computer and the readout???" Har har. I need to get my wife's Malibu out of the garage and show it to you, Mike.....too much fun. We have had it all the years we have been married....since '88. Mouse

    -- Posted by NonnyMouse on Sun, Nov 20, 2011, at 4:42 PM
  • '73 with a 350 with a not quite stock cam, duals and the same old 2bbl. It does, however, fly. Mouse

    -- Posted by NonnyMouse on Sun, Nov 20, 2011, at 5:16 PM
  • Don't forget the matchbook to set the points.

    -- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Nov 20, 2011, at 5:30 PM
  • Well...Roy, there is story there. Back in Tejas, Charlie, husband of my wife's best friend and a brilliant mechanic, got tired of all the times he had to set the danged thing when I could not get it quite right. One day, he stomped off into his garage and yanked the electronic distributor off his race car...hot Camaro...and stabbed it in the Malibu and said "There! Never again!" Them we laughed and opened more frosty malt beverages. And there it sits today, doing its job on a brand new engine.......................Mouse

    -- Posted by NonnyMouse on Sun, Nov 20, 2011, at 5:57 PM
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