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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #80 on: August 04, 2009, 10:13:57 AM »
I would have liked to have been there for that!
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #81 on: August 04, 2009, 11:22:07 AM »
I would have liked to have been there for that!

They do it every year Pop, ya need ta take a drive up an see it sometime.  Or the Rib Cook Off.  Or the Blues Fest.  It sure is a fun town even if ya don't gamble.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #82 on: August 04, 2009, 12:44:51 PM »
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #83 on: August 04, 2009, 01:43:26 PM »
I just got back from San Antonio lastnight, I put about 700 milea on my pickup on that little jaunt. I need to rest my butt. I would fly up there if I came.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #85 on: August 21, 2009, 09:16:21 PM »
Very cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlQo4Xt59PU&feature=related
Isn't that serviceman Eric Fleming AKA Gil Favor on Rawhide?

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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #86 on: August 22, 2009, 11:52:10 AM »
Looked like him.............. ::) 8)
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #87 on: August 22, 2009, 12:03:44 PM »
Yessir, That's Mr. Favor. I can remember my Dad wearing one of those shop coats when he was Service Manager at our Ford Dealer.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #88 on: August 22, 2009, 12:25:56 PM »
There are some cool old car ads and promo stuff over there.  Watched an 8 minute one when it was slow this morning on developing the 49 Ford.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #89 on: August 22, 2009, 04:02:46 PM »
Tripped o’er this lookin’ for another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRHinTPu5I&feature=related

Seems I remember sumthin’ ‘bout the crank lookin’ thingys on the door panels but I can’t remember what they were for.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #90 on: August 22, 2009, 05:05:21 PM »
Howdy folks,
Good to see other motorheads here!  ;D  A subject after my own heart (but only pre-72 or thereabouts).

At the Franklin, TN, 4th of July, before my band played, me and the missus were checkin' out the car show and ran across this:



The owner came over and started chattin'...turns out he raced these things professionally, and was a champeen driver.  I'm tryin' to remember, was it NHRA? NASCAR?  Shoot, I don't know, I'm a drag bike afficionado, not cars...

Enny way, this beaut makes the word "cherry" sound like an insult.  This thing was E-Macullate! And still on the road. And still fast as sh-t through a goose!





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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #91 on: August 22, 2009, 05:08:27 PM »
(That's the owner/driver, above, and my beeyootiful wife, below)

Figgered out what it is, yet?

It's a '51 Hudson Hornet!

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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #92 on: August 22, 2009, 06:14:11 PM »
Yep, Them Hudson Hornets dominated the Nascar races in 51,52, and 53. Marshall Teague and Herb Thomas were the two main drivers.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #93 on: August 22, 2009, 09:16:42 PM »


Low center of gravity, 308 CID Flat Head in-line six, dual carburetors 170 Hp from the factory. Very low center of gravity, lower than any other on the market at the time.

Guy I knew in HS had one he was restoring, ran into him at a stop light one night in my 49 Ford V8, walked away from me like I was standing still.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #94 on: August 23, 2009, 07:49:57 AM »
I would love to have one of those old Hudson's like that and restore to look one of the old Nascar cars.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #95 on: August 23, 2009, 11:42:48 AM »
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #96 on: August 23, 2009, 05:12:10 PM »
Del, I don't ever remember seeing that commerical in 68. The big thing with the 68 was the rubber front bumper. I wish I still had my 66 GTO.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #97 on: August 23, 2009, 08:22:41 PM »
I saw a 68 Charger this evening.

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« Reply #98 on: August 24, 2009, 06:45:24 AM »
Those 68 Chargers looked fast, just sitting still. I love the Superbirds and the Dodge Daytonas with the wings.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #99 on: August 24, 2009, 07:07:42 AM »
A good friend of mine got a Dodge Challenger R/T in '70.  That was one of the wickedest muscle cars ever made.  I can't remember whether it had a 383 or a 440 magnum, but it had so much pent-up fury, you could chirp the tires every time you started from a stop, unless you were real careful.  And if you just stomped the gas, it wouldn't even move, just throw out a thunderhead of smoke and screamin' rubber!!  :o 
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