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WD0AFQ
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Just a link for those who enjoy looking at old cars. We had several nice ones out yesterday. Older folks liked our GMC. Younger folks kept looking at the Vdub.
http://www.danandteri.blogspot.com/
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| Re: Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146670 is a reply to message #146668] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 08:52  |
GMC Cruse
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| WD0AFQ wrote on Sun, 16 October 2011 09:36 |
Just a link for those who enjoy looking at old cars. We had several nice ones out yesterday. Older folks liked our GMC. Younger folks kept looking at the Vdub.
http://www.danandteri.blogspot.com/
Dan
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I don't think that one car is a Ford. I think it is a customized Lincoln Zephyr, a 1939 maybe.
GMC's always seem to get a good amount of interest at the car shows. Especially those "power parked". lol.
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146701 is a reply to message #146668] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 13:16 |
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The Ford that you ask about is somewhere around a 1940 model. It was the
thing to drool for when I was 13. That was 51 years ago. Why does it only
seem like 15 years?
Byron
Dan Gregg wrote:
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> Just a link for those who enjoy looking at old cars. We had several nice ones
> out yesterday. Older folks liked our GMC. Younger folks kept looking at the
> Vdub.
> http://www.danandteri.blogspot.com/
> Dan
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146702 is a reply to message #146701] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 13:50 |
GMC Cruse
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| Byron Songer wrote on Sun, 16 October 2011 14:16 |
The Ford that you ask about is somewhere around a 1940 model. It was the
thing to drool for when I was 13. That was 51 years ago. Why does it only
seem like 15 years?
Byron
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That what I first thought but it is a 3-window coupe and Ford didn't make one then. Zephyr were 3-windows. Maybe it is a combination of the the two.
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan
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| Re: Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146704 is a reply to message #146668] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 14:01 |
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Nice little 67 ChevyII. I sold my 66 to buy the GMC. It was a hardtop with a 6 Cyl and Powerglide.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146706 is a reply to message #146701] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 14:12 |
gmcrv1
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Byron,
I checked and you math is correct. I bought my 1956 Thunderbird in 1970 and
that was only 20 years ago when I was 19 years old...wait, I'm 60 now - so
maybe your math is off a little, but, I still have the T-Bird...(lol). I
remember seeing a 73 Glacier back in the day and wondered if it could pull
the T-Bird as a toad.
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Byron Songer
<bsonger@songerconsulting.net>wrote:
> The Ford that you ask about is somewhere around a 1940 model. It was the
> thing to drool for when I was 13. That was 51 years ago. Why does it only
> seem like 15 years?
>
> Byron
>
>
> Dan Gregg wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Just a link for those who enjoy looking at old cars. We had several nice
> ones
> > out yesterday. Older folks liked our GMC. Younger folks kept looking at
> the
> > Vdub.
> > http://www.danandteri.blogspot.com/
> > Dan
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146708 is a reply to message #146701] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 14:38 |
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Matt Colie
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| Byron Songer wrote on Sun, 16 October 2011 14:16 |
The Ford that you ask about is somewhere around a 1940 model. It was the thing to drool for when I was 13. That was 51 years ago. Why does it only seem like 15 years?
Byron
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Byron,
That is a very common and well understood phenomenon. It is Temporal Perspective Compression. It a phenomenon related to Visual Perspective Compression that happens so often with telescopes and long lenses. When you have to look that far, everything you are looking at appears to be close together and closer to your current location. Kind of like working on the coach, "but I just did a (coolant, brake fluild, bearing service), it was right before the GMCMI rally. The rally on Berrien Springs." (And, when you find the receipt - it has gone acid and you wonder how that happened.)
This has never happened to me, but I have heard about it.
Matt
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146718 is a reply to message #146706] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 18:23 |
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One of the first hotrods I was involved with was a '39 Ford Businessman's Coupe. I don't remember if it was 3 or 5 window, had a HUGE trunk and the vertical portion of the backseat folded upwards. You could sneak four guys into the drive-in easily back there. Bored, stroked, Offenhauser aluminum heads, ported and relieved block, two Stromberg 97s on an Edelbrock manifold, and a '3/4' grind cam. Steamed along nicely. Incidentally, it had a locking sterring wheel and push - button starter. In 1939.
--johnny
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From: Tom Eckert <gmcrv1@gmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars
Byron,
I checked and you math is correct. I bought my 1956 Thunderbird in 1970 and
that was only 20 years ago when I was 19 years old...wait, I'm 60 now - so
maybe your math is off a little, but, I still have the T-Bird...(lol). I
remember seeing a 73 Glacier back in the day and wondered if it could pull
the T-Bird as a toad.
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Byron Songer
<bsonger@songerconsulting.net>wrote:
> The Ford that you ask about is somewhere around a 1940 model. It was the
> thing to drool for when I was 13. That was 51 years ago. Why does it only
> seem like 15 years?
>
> Byron
>
>
> Dan Gregg wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Just a link for those who enjoy looking at old cars. We had several nice
> ones
> > out yesterday. Older folks liked our GMC. Younger folks kept looking at
> the
> > Vdub.
> > http://www.danandteri.blogspot.com/
> > Dan
>
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146719 is a reply to message #146718] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 18:27 |
jhbridges
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Let's make that 'seatback'. The Businessman's Coupe only had one (bench) seat. My typing hands are tired from replacing the compressor pressure switch on the 'driber' coach. That's my excuse.
--johnny
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To: "gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org" <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars
One of the first hotrods I was involved with was a '39 Ford Businessman's Coupe. I don't remember if it was 3 or 5 window, had a HUGE trunk and the vertical portion of the backseat folded upwards. You could sneak four guys into the drive-in easily back there. Bored, stroked, Offenhauser aluminum heads, ported and relieved block, two Stromberg 97s on an Edelbrock manifold, and a '3/4' grind cam. Steamed along nicely. Incidentally, it had a locking sterring wheel and push - button starter. In 1939.
--johnny
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From: Tom Eckert <gmcrv1@gmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars
Byron,
I checked and you math is correct. I bought my 1956 Thunderbird in 1970 and
that was only 20 years ago when I was 19 years old...wait, I'm 60 now - so
maybe your math is off a little, but, I still have the T-Bird...(lol). I
remember seeing a 73 Glacier back in the day and wondered if it could pull
the T-Bird as a toad.
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Byron Songer
<bsonger@songerconsulting.net>wrote:
> The Ford that you ask about is somewhere around a 1940 model. It was the
> thing to drool for when I was 13. That was 51 years ago. Why does it only
> seem like 15 years?
>
> Byron
>
>
> Dan Gregg wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Just a link for those who enjoy looking at old cars. We had several nice
> ones
> > out yesterday. Older folks liked our GMC. Younger folks kept looking at
> the
> > Vdub.
> > http://www.danandteri.blogspot.com/
> > Dan
>
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146722 is a reply to message #146706] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 18:33 |
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Tom,
I didn't drool about a T-bird of the two-seat vintage until in college. Had
I been independently wealthy, as you appear to have been, I would have
purchased one. Instead I had a 1957 Cadillac that got me where I needed to
go. Then I got a 1960 Ford Sunliner. My girlfriend quickly decided that
riding with the top down messed up her hair. Next was a 1960 Pontiac
Bonneville, you know, the one with space for a bed and breakfast in the
trunk. It was a 2-door hardtop. That was in 1968 when I thought an
8-year-old car was old. Now I don't have anything newer than eight years old
and haven't for some time.
Time, age and the economy changes things
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Louisville, KY
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Tom Eckert wrote:
> Byron,
>
> I checked and you math is correct. I bought my 1956 Thunderbird in 1970 and
> that was only 20 years ago when I was 19 years old...wait, I'm 60 now - so
> maybe your math is off a little, but, I still have the T-Bird...(lol). I
> remember seeing a 73 Glacier back in the day and wondered if it could pull
> the T-Bird as a toad.
>
> Tom Eckert N2VWN
> 73 Glacier
> Oakland, TN
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146723 is a reply to message #146708] |
Sun, 16 October 2011 18:37 |
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Matt,
Good to know of such information. I thought it was just a time warp of some
sort or a variant of mental retardation. It's almost like imbuing the past.
Byron
Matt Colie wrote:
> Byron,
>
> That is a very common and well understood phenomenon. It is Temporal
> Perspective Compression. It a phenomenon related to Visual Perspective
> Compression that happens so often with telescopes and long lenses. When you
> have to look that far, everything you are looking at appears to be close
> together and closer to your current location. Kind of like working on the
> coach, "but I just did a (coolant, brake fluild, bearing service), it was
> right before the GMCMI rally. The rally on Berrien Springs." (And, when you
> find the receipt - it has gone acid and you wonder how that happened.)
>
> This has never happened to me, but I have heard about it.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie
> '73 Glacier 23 Chaumiere (say show-me-air) Just about as stock as you will
> find
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #146867 is a reply to message #146722] |
Mon, 17 October 2011 21:02 |
gmcrv1
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Byron,
I paid $1,500 for the 1956 T-bird in 1970. It had both soft top and the
optional hard top with port hole. My wealth was based on making $2.76 per
hour at Western Electric Co. Do the math...just short of independently
wealthy. (lol)
Then I bought one that was completely taken apart as the owner was doing a
body off total restoration - then was transferred to Florida. I brought the
car home in boxes.
Tom.
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Byron Songer
<bsonger@songerconsulting.net>wrote:
> Tom,
>
> I didn't drool about a T-bird of the two-seat vintage until in college. Had
> I been independently wealthy, as you appear to have been, I would have
> purchased one. Instead I had a 1957 Cadillac that got me where I needed to
> go. Then I got a 1960 Ford Sunliner. My girlfriend quickly decided that
> riding with the top down messed up her hair. Next was a 1960 Pontiac
> Bonneville, you know, the one with space for a bed and breakfast in the
> trunk. It was a 2-door hardtop. That was in 1968 when I thought an
> 8-year-old car was old. Now I don't have anything newer than eight years
> old
> and haven't for some time.
>
> Time, age and the economy changes things
>
> --
>
> Byron Songer
> Louisville, KY
> http://www.gmceast.com
>
> Sights to see and places to stay
> Find or submit a
> GMCer recommendation at
> http://www.gmceast.com/travel
>
>
>
> Tom Eckert wrote:
>
> > Byron,
> >
> > I checked and you math is correct. I bought my 1956 Thunderbird in 1970
> and
> > that was only 20 years ago when I was 19 years old...wait, I'm 60 now -
> so
> > maybe your math is off a little, but, I still have the T-Bird...(lol). I
> > remember seeing a 73 Glacier back in the day and wondered if it could
> pull
> > the T-Bird as a toad.
> >
> > Tom Eckert N2VWN
> > 73 Glacier
> > Oakland, TN
> >
>
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #147005 is a reply to message #146867] |
Tue, 18 October 2011 22:10 |
David Greenberg
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Tom wondered if a GMC could tow a Tbird. Probably, but I have no doubt
my 1949 Packard could tow a GMC!
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Tom Eckert <gmcrv1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Byron,
>
> I paid $1,500 for the 1956 T-bird in 1970. It had both soft top and the
> optional hard top with port hole. My wealth was based on making $2.76 per
> hour at Western Electric Co. Do the math...just short of independently
> wealthy. (lol)
>
> Then I bought one that was completely taken apart as the owner was doing a
> body off total restoration - then was transferred to Florida. I brought the
> car home in boxes.
>
> Tom.
>
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Byron Songer
> <bsonger@songerconsulting.net>wrote:
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> I didn't drool about a T-bird of the two-seat vintage until in college. Had
>> I been independently wealthy, as you appear to have been, I would have
>> purchased one. Instead I had a 1957 Cadillac that got me where I needed to
>> go. Then I got a 1960 Ford Sunliner. My girlfriend quickly decided that
>> riding with the top down messed up her hair. Next was a 1960 Pontiac
>> Bonneville, you know, the one with space for a bed and breakfast in the
>> trunk. It was a 2-door hardtop. That was in 1968 when I thought an
>> 8-year-old car was old. Now I don't have anything newer than eight years
>> old
>> and haven't for some time.
>>
>> Time, age and the economy changes things
>>
>> --
>>
>> Byron Songer
>> Louisville, KY
>> http://www.gmceast.com
>>
>> Sights to see and places to stay
>> Find or submit a
>> GMCer recommendation at
>> http://www.gmceast.com/travel
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Eckert wrote:
>>
>> > Byron,
>> >
>> > I checked and you math is correct. I bought my 1956 Thunderbird in 1970
>> and
>> > that was only 20 years ago when I was 19 years old...wait, I'm 60 now -
>> so
>> > maybe your math is off a little, but, I still have the T-Bird...(lol). I
>> > remember seeing a 73 Glacier back in the day and wondered if it could
>> pull
>> > the T-Bird as a toad.
>> >
>> > Tom Eckert N2VWN
>> > 73 Glacier
>> > Oakland, TN
>> >
>>
>>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Saturday, GMC and Old Cars [message #147029 is a reply to message #147007] |
Wed, 19 October 2011 06:33 |
David Greenberg
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Was it likely that your Dad might have bought a Packard? New, they
were one of the most expensive cars in the USA. There seems to be a
consensus that if you couldn't afford a Packard you bought a Cadillac
or Lincoln. By the 60s the 48-50 Packard shape had lost favor. I could
see where a fastback Mustang would be neat but you can't get as many
people in the back seat as you could in a 1949 Packard!
This Packard is pretty neat with a 425 V8, PS, PB, AC, etc. See it at
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22915466
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Dan Gregg <gregg_dan@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Dave, when I was a kid I dreaded my dad coming home with a 48-9 Packard when I was 16. My dad was much cooler than I realized and brought home the 65 Mustang Fastback, that I still drive. Anyway, occassionally I see a Packard at the car shows. I always smile and think about you and my dear deceased dad.
> Dan
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