Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.

[Texas Lawdog]

It would be worth a lot of money, especially if it had the 440 Six-Pack option.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

[Four-Eyed Buck]

A friend of mine from the neighborhood had a '70 Challenger with the 340. Kind of a metallic copper or brown with the same color interior and a brown vinyl roof. beautiful looking ride, and sounded wicked. He had it for about three months and rolled it in a corn field..........TOTALLED................Buck

[Texas Lawdog]

I had a friend in college that bought a new 68 Baracuda with the 383 and a 4 speed. It was a screamer.

[J.D. Yellowhammer]

The 383 was a darn fine engine. I had one in a Coronet 440, long ago.  In fact, it's one'a my favorites, just below the chevy small block V8's (307/ 327/350) that I've always loved.

[Texas Lawdog]

It was a tough engine. The only Mopar I ever owned was a 74 New Yorker coupe with a 440. It ran pretty good for a big car.

[Silver Creek Slim]

I had a 71 Newport with a 383. Plenty of power.
I had a 77 Charger with a 400 after that. It was a dog compared ta the 383.

Slim

[Texas Lawdog]

In 79, Mopar came out with a Police package Newport. I got issued my 79 in 80. It had a 360 4 barrel. In 80, they went back to the Gran Fury, which also had the 360. The 81 model had a 318 in it, it was a dog. They down-sized the Gran Fury in 82, but kept the 318. It was a dog. We drove them until 84, then I moved to the county. We had either Fords or Chevys.

[Delmonico]

And now an interesting video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CU-k0XmLUk&feature=player_embedded

Look it over, watch it a time or two, first saw it the thing surprised me how bad the 59 was tore up, figured the 09 passengers had a better chance than the un-belted ones in the 59, but expected it to fare better.  Thought about it and remembered something, not a true honest test, but they would need several more 59's to do it fully, see if you can figger out what they did to make it so bad.

[Texas Lawdog]

The crash was offset and not straight headon.

[Delmonico]

The crash was offset and not straight headon.

Yep with that x frame (top frame in picture)



the way it was hit, the frame rail works like a big lever.

[Leo Tanner]

They should try that with an old twin I beam Ford an see what happens.  I think you would see some differnt results.  It'd be like a jackhammer goin through that new car.

[Delmonico]

They should try that with an old twin I beam Ford an see what happens.  I think you would see some differnt results.  It'd be like a jackhammer goin through that new car.

Would not go through it like happened to the 59, modern cars with they're crush zones and the less crushable passenger compartment are very safe and absorb the shock instead of transfering it to thepassengers.  Would far rather be in a wreck in one of them than any car built 30 years ago and more.

Today the car is more disposable as it should be, saves lives and keeps badly rebuilt wrecks off the road.

[Leo Tanner]

I don't know about them new cars.  I was in heavy trafic in 35 zone an saw what happens when a PT cruiser hits a regular old stationary blue mail box.  Mail box did just fine, PT flung parts all over the road.  If they puts wheels and an engine in US Postal mail boxes I'd buy one.

[Texas Lawdog]

I had a friend of mine build a meat smoker out of one of those old mail collection boxes. It was a good one. I don't know what ever happened to it after he passed away.

[Delmonico]

PT flung parts all over the road. 

The idea is not to have human parts all over the road, bet the folks in it walked away.

[J.D. Yellowhammer]

I'd rather be in my modern ford f-150. I'm relatively certain it'd take out anything smaller than a small tank.   

[Delmonico]

I'd rather be in my modern ford f-150. I'm relatively certain it'd take out anything smaller than a small tank.   

Well yes bigger is always better, but would take that 09 Chevy in a wreck that a much older large vehicle.

[Leo Tanner]

Hows about a DeSoto?  I'm sure you'll say no.  Deusenberg?  Alot of folks survived wrecks in both of them.

[Texas Lawdog]

Leo, It makes me sick to think about wrecking a Doozie if I had one, not quite as sad if I have a DeSoto.  They made last one in 61.

[Leo Tanner]

My great grandmother had a Doozie an that thing was a tank.  She used ta take us ta Bob's Big Boy in it fer burgers an real strawberry milkshakes.

[Texas Lawdog]

Leo, Too bad you didn't inherit it, they're worth a bunch of money nowdays. I went to their Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  The Imperial Palace in Vegas has some of them their car collection. Jay Leno has 7 in his car collection.

[Leo Tanner]

I have no idea what happened to that car.  It was most likely the reason for the break in at her house that led to her death.  I imagine my grandmother had it sold before I was even old enough to drive.  She came out from Missouri on a buck board so that car was quite a step up.

[Texas Lawdog]

Those cars cost about $20,000 when they were built in 1929.

[J.D. Yellowhammer]

Well, I finally got my bike's gas tank done. It spent the whole summer in a local bike shop to get welded. Those guys lied to me, took 3 months, then gave it to me damaged. They said they were gonna fix where they'd knocked holes in the paint (into airbrushed graphics). After 3 weeks and no word, I went to them, gut cussed by the owner who said he wouldn't do a damn thing to fix it.  During the 3 month ordeal they never would call to counsel me or talk about progress. When it was done they wanted me in the shop that day. With cash.)

In decades of ridin', I've seen more snakes and rats in the motorcycle business than any zoo.

Took the tank to a local Maaco auto body shop. They really admired the graphics. Told me they'd do what they could to fix it, called the same day to express their concern and offer a couple of alternatives.  Took them 1 week. They fixed the dings fer free. Did a great job. And it was cheap.

With all this rain, I'm wonderin' when the heck I'm gonna get back on the road. 

[Texas Lawdog]

Them leaky gas tanks are a real pain.