A 1959 Ford at a 1964 price, I like... Except for the Explorer wheels.

Better?

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2012/SDC14818-1.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2012/SDC14820-1.jpg

At the same used car lot that has the Buick I posted.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2012/SDC14816-1.jpg

I had one like this in 10 grade.. Cream and Black. 332ci auto.

Cool car lot.
I haven't seen one like that in a long time.

He's got more. I'll post them.

On the subject of cool car lots, here's another one from the same lot that had the '29 Chevy Dump Truck and '26 Dodge Brothers sedan I posted earlier in this thread. How about a '67 Caprice coupe?:

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/DSCN6776.jpg

The '77 Impala coupe next to it needs some work, but it's still in great shape for a 35 year old car. Remember, it was the Motor Trend magazine "Car Of The Year" back in 1977 along with it's dressier Caprice sibling - The first of the new, "Downsized" full-size American cars.

There are more posts from this lot yet to come...

I think 67 was the last year Chevy made a good-looking car, and even then it needs the fastback roof - never thought that formal roof went with the curvy design of the rest of the car. But, of course, that's just me.

Love that color, though.

in 1978 I bought a 1977 Caprice. installed the police front and rear anti-sway bars, front and rear springs and shocks, 6 ply tires and dog dish hub caps. it was a good road hugger. and power steering and AIR.;)

In the summer of 1977, my dad traded in the old family station wagon, a 3-seat 1969 Chevy Kingswood Estate (with a 427!) on a brand new 3-seat 1977 Impala wagon. It was a pretty car, Firethorn red with a tan interior. The best thing about it, though, was that the factory screwed up in screwing it together. It was supposed to be a fairly basic car according to the window sticker, with a 2-barrel 305 V-8 and the standard suspension. While detailing the car for him a year or two later, I found the build sheet tucked into the springs under the front seat. In glancing it over, I noticed the magical production code: "9C1". For those of you who don't speak Chevy, that means it had the Police equipment package: 4-barrel 350 V-8, stiffer springs and fat anti-roll bars front and back. I wasted no time checking it out under the hood. A quick glance at the sticker on the radiator wall confirmeed the 4-barrel 350, but I took off the air cleaner lid just to be sure. 4-barrel, check. Then I got down on my knees and looked under the car at what were just about the biggest anti-roll bars I'd ever seen. Funny, the interior was standard-issue Impala, with real carpeting, not a black rubber 'carpet', and the standard 85 mph speedometer in place of the calibrated, Police-spec 140 mph unit. No wonder my dad, who likes his cars somewhat hotter than standard issue, was satisfied with the performance and handling of this car!

Wwwwwow!!! I'd much prefer the '69 wagon with the 427, but if you gotta get a newer '77, that's the one to get...your Dad got lucky big time!!!
Cool story!!!

So I assume the car was dealer ordered, or did your Dad special order it???

Wwwwwow!!! I'd much prefer the '69 wagon with the 427, but if you gotta get a newer '77, that's the one to get...your Dad got lucky big time!!!
Cool story!!!

So I assume the car was dealer ordered, or did your Dad special order it???

Sad to say, this all happened before I got my license. I never got to experience the power of that 427 under my right foot. Needless to say it was a performer. It was the kind of station wagon that a car-crazy kid wasn't shamed to be seen in, basically because it could blow off any other family car on the road... and quite a few performance cars too, as my dad liked to prove, at least when my mom wasn't in the car!

No, the '77 Impala wasn't special-ordered. The dealer didn't know about the Police equipment. I had my fun with that car, though. My high school ride was a bare-bones 1965 Chevy II 100-series 4-door sedan which was pretty pitiful for a car guy (hey, it was free... :o). I caught some chuckles pointed in my direction the first time I showed up with the Impala, but I shut them up after school that day. A couple of the guys with hot cars (a 340 Duster and a 351 Mach 1) decided to play with me on the way home at a couple of traffic lights. Well, I went 2-for-2.

Beware The Grocery-Getter...

Later on, on a deserted stretch of highway, I decided to try to find out how fast the car could go. That's when I discovered that the 85 mph speedometer wasn't pegged at the top end - the needle just kept going around the dial past the 85. By the time I chickened out, that needle was covering the tenths on the odometer, and the car still had something left! My best guess had the car going somewhere in the neighborhood of 130 mph by that point... :rolleyes:

So the factory equipped the Impala wagon with a 9C1 package by accident, and nobody, including your Dad was any wiser, until you figured it out. What ever happened to it?... I always thought the late-60's Chevelle wagons were cool too. Not easy to find today though. Strange for a wagon.

In about 1986, my younger brother was on a date in the car with his soon-to-be fiance. He had parked on Main St. in front of her house to drop her off. When he pulled out, a drunk driver ran the red light at the intersection about 30 yards behind where he was parked and creamed the car in the rear end doing nearly 50 mph. He suffered severe whiplash from which he has never fully recovered and the car was a complete write-off. The impact was so hard that it bent the frame at the dogleg over the rear axle so badly that the rear bumper touched the ground. Amazingly, not a single piece of glass in the car - even the large quarter windows or the rear window - was broken! 3 of the 4 doors could still open and close properly, although not without some rubbing and screeching.

Wow, some story. The heft of that car probably saved your brother's life.

Too bad it isn't around anymore. A 9C1 '77 Impala wagon would be a very unique ride to have around today. I wonder how it happened, and if any more slipped through the line. Didn't police use wagons for K-9 units here and there?

I'm sure the sheer size and mass of the car had something to do with his getting away from it as relatively easily as he did. The woman in the car that hit him (it was something big, but I don't remeber what it was) got out of it without a scratch... They say that The Lord looks out for drunks and fools - here's your proof.

Mistakes slip through the cracks from all the car companies all the time, but rarely to that extent. I remember a Chevy pickup that came through a dealership I was working at in 1981 that had all the correct Chevy badging on the outside, but a full set of GMC badges inside. A woman my dad worked with back in the early 1980's had what was either badged as either a Plymouth Omni or a Dodge Horizon, depending on which corner of the car you were looking at!

He's got more. I'll post them.

Interesting looking car lot. Got any more pics of that T-Bird?

Interesting looking car lot. Got any more pics of that T-Bird?

Just this one Cal. This is one that just showed up on the lot recently. There are cars there that have been there for a few years now.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2012/T-Bird.jpg

Clean T-Bird!... Cool old Monte Carlo over there too.

Yeah, I dig the T-Bird. That is my favorite body style for that car. That's probably because it's the first T-Bird style I have any memory of as a kid. I was probably four or five years old when I saw one for the first time. I thought it was the coolest car ever. It left a big impression on me; I've been partial to that style ever since.

You never now what you may see on the road here in Pigeon Forge.....
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/wawaallen/Dolly.jpg

Yes...That's Dolly !!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/wawaallen/1302966319759.jpg

Mystery Machine !
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/wawaallen/MysteryMachine.jpg

That "Mystery Machine" Chevy Astro is pretty cool, but what really caught my eye in the photo was the "Barn Find" '57 Bel Air convertible on the trailer right next to it. There aren't too many untouched, restorable '57 Chevys left, let alone convertibles. It's going to take a lot of time and major money, but it definitely looks like there's enough of that car left to make it worthwhile.

it might be a barn find. but I think most of the roof was missing on that barn.:) ouch.

but you are correct. very few are remaining out there.

Awww, cute yellow booties on the smokestacks of that Mack...
The little red thing next to it that looks like a Cushman cart would be fun to tool around on too.

That Mack will shoot 3 foot flames out of those stacks...via propane....it's an awesome sight, especially at night!!:thumbsup:

Funny, but I have some pix of similar vehicles to some recent posts. The first is a Mack that's been for sale near where my folks live for quite some time:

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/Mack2.jpg

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/Mack1.jpg

I couldn't resist the "Glamour Shot":

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/Mack3.jpg

Next, I have a '57 Chevy Bel Air Sport Coupe that's apparently been parked in the same place for about three decades, slowly being absorbed back into the earth.My wife and I spotted tis car along PA 611 about 10 miles south of Delaware Water Gap, PA in October 2009:

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/393.jpg

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/394.jpg

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Makes you wonder about some people, huh? As I recall, the interior wasn't all that bad, but as you can see the body is pretty well shot.

I'll bet that bulldog has seen a lot of miles.

About that '57. I noticed the faded "support the troops" decal stuck to the roof. The patriotic thing to do would be to get that thing on the road again!... The glass is in tact, sure the body is rusted, but not all the way through most places, and it's fairly straight - looks pretty good for sitting there for 30 PA winters. In the right hands, I'd say she's got some hope.

There's no doubt about it, the Chevy's body is pretty straight but, judging by the perforated rocker panels, the frame is probably swiss cheese from sitting on the ground for so long too. :(

Just this one Cal. This is one that just showed up on the lot recently. There are cars there that have been there for a few years now.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/zeb41/2012/T-Bird.jpg

Very nice, thank you. I'm a big fan of those 60's T-birds.

I am too Cal. :thumbsup:

Here's another beauty from that same used car lot in Paradise, PA. This one-owner '70 (?) Olds Cutlass Holiday hardtop was basically original with one high-quality repaint. The car obviously had a vinyl top originally, but apparently that disapperaed when the car was repainted. It had a claimed 34,000 original miles on the clock, and the interior didn't even look that old. The drivetrain was about what you'd expect in a car like this: a 2-barrel Olds 350 V-8 hooked up to a Turbo 350 automatic. I believe they were asking something like $6,900 for it.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/DSCN6778.jpg

I still have pics of a couple more cars from this place...

Nice old vanilla Cutlass.

My late Grandfather had a Cutlass around that era. From what I've been told, the engine used to race at stop lights, and my Grandfather never had it fixed. My Mom figures it was because he found cool.

That olds is a beaut.........if i had the money i would take it in a flash. Sure no 4 barrel but i bet it drives like a dream.

That olds is a beaut.........if i had the money i would take it in a flash. Sure no 4 barrel but i bet it drives like a dream.

My thought on that would be to find a decent aftermarket 4-barrel manifold and a decent midsize carb. Paint the manifold to match the engine and use a K&N low-retriction drop-in air filter in the fatory housing. It's all bolt-in and all easily reversible. It'll still look stock, so the car can still be displayed in just about any sort of situation short of a full-on Oldsmobile club or AACA event. Until you do decide to put it back to stock you can hve a lot of fun with your factory stock appearing "Vanilla" Cutalss. Whatever the case, for that kind of money, it's a steal!

Jim - you know what's funny is that I've seen that same '57 a handful of times and finally took my own pic back in March of last year...I may have even posted it already...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/NotoriousDUB/2011/March/57BelAirrotted.jpg

Pretty neat how it's just beached there.

-Bryan

. The car obviously had a vinyl top originally, but apparently that disapperaed when the car was repainted. it.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/DSCN6778.jpg
Not necessarilly. I remember seeing Olds of that vintage with the same treatment. I think that's the way Olds did an optional 2-tone treatment when ordered with that bodystyle, and earlier ones. I had a customer with a '67 with those same two exact colors.
That's one clean car!!! And I like the roadside finds you've found lately. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Found this on a side street about a week ago. Funny what you find sometimes way down here in the Keys... This is the kind of work truck you'd have to put in your will, because it's probably gonna last forever! Must be real fun to drive around in, I think I'd rather have this brute than a spit n' polish International CXT. - Where's Stutz, he'd love this.

http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t486/RamVan318/photo-1.jpg?t=1338341035

http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t486/RamVan318/photo-2.jpg?t=1338341137

That's a wild brute!
I wonder if someone made that pu bed and possiley shortened the frame?

That's a wild brute!
I wonder if someone made that pu bed and possiley shortened the frame?

I think you're right about the shortened frame. I did a little research and found these trucks were all 6x6, but are often rebuilt to custom spec. And the bed on this bobbed "deuce and a 1/2" was likely sourced from an M104/105 1 1/2 ton cargo trailer.

http://olive-drab.com/images/id_m104_trailer_700_01.jpg

That's some cool reserch. Love that trailer!
But judging by the drawing it's probably WWII which might make it hard to find, but not impossable.
The bed is of very simple consrtuction, so maybe 50-50 odds it's hand made or WWII, but I'm not an expert on military vehichles.

Love how they made room for the spare! Thats' about the coolest pu ever!

The trailer beds are actually pretty common if you look for them. I found some online for about $4-500 each. I only chose the old drawing because I liked it too. Like the trucks, this trailer design has been built in quantity and used for decades.

The spare is typically stored beneath, but due to the shorter frame they just slung it behind the cab. I found a business in my home state of Indiana that sells and rebuilds these things. They also build custom quad cab 4x4's - www.ccsurplus.com

I'm not generally into the truck scene, but these have history. One more ride to add to the wish list. ;)

The trailer beds are actually pretty common if you look for them. I found some online for about $4-500 each. I only chose the old drawing because I liked it too. Like the trucks, this trailer design has been built in quantity and used for decades.

The spare is typically stored beneath, but due to the shorter frame they just slung it behind the cab. I found a business in my home state of Indiana that sells and rebuilds these things. They also build custom quad cab 4x4's - www.ccsurplus.com

I'm not generally into the truck scene, but these have history. One more ride to add to the wish list. ;)

Well you nailed it on the old trailer bieng the bed most likeley.
That ccsurplus linc has a bobbed Duece and a qtr for sale with the M105 trailer bed as the trucks' box.
Cool linc!

Found this on a side street about a week ago. Funny what you find sometimes way down here in the Keys... This is the kind of work truck you'd have to put in your will, because it's probably gonna last forever! Must be real fun to drive around in, I think I'd rather have this brute than a spit n' polish International CXT. - Where's Stutz, he'd love this.

http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t486/RamVan318/photo-1.jpg?t=1338341035

http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t486/RamVan318/photo-2.jpg?t=1338341137


These brutes are fun to drive bro and in a lot of rural areas of the Mid-West they are used as brush rigs by Volunteer Fire Departments and they never seem to be out of service.

These brutes are fun to drive bro and in a lot of rural areas of the Mid-West they are used as brush rigs by Volunteer Fire Departments and they never seem to be out of service.

Yeah, I've seem some pics of their multiple uses, and like retired police cars, they seem to be fairly inexpensive. And when they wear out, you can just break them down and rebuild with freshened parts. I was interested to learn there is a whole little process for getting them started besides turning a key.

Well you nailed it on the old trailer bieng the bed most likeley.
That ccsurplus linc has a bobbed Duece and a qtr for sale with the M105 trailer bed as the trucks' box.
Cool linc!

A "Duece and a qtr" is a Buick, the truck is a 2 1/2 ton, or Deuce and a half.
There is a guy around the corner from me that shortens the 2.5s and removes the third axle. He usually has them for sale for $12 - 14,000, which is more than 3 times what the original truck is worth. They are cool, but there are a bunch of morons that take them out in the Pines and tear the hell out of the place.
A friend of mine has a turbo charged 2.5 that we often use for tailgating at Eagles games. It always draws a crowd, and has even gotten us on TV.

A "Duece and a qtr" is a Buick, the truck is a 2 1/2 ton, or Deuce and a half.
There is a guy around the corner from me that shortens the 2.5s and removes the third axle. He usually has them for sale for $12 - 14,000, which is more than 3 times what the original truck is worth. They are cool, but there are a bunch of morons that take them out in the Pines and tear the hell out of the place.
A friend of mine has a turbo charged 2.5 that we often use for tailgating at Eagles games. It always draws a crowd, and has even gotten us on TV.

You must excuse Lummox for calling a Deuce and a 1/2 a Deuce and 1/4, for he is unfamiliar with military vehicles, but has Buick on the brain. ;) He loves the Deuce and a 1/4 if I recall! :p

Yeah, the standard truck is pretty cheap, but a bobbed Deuce will cost ya. Too bad about the jerks who tear up the trails with them. Responsible off-roading is important.

You must excuse Lummox for calling a Deuce and a 1/2 a Deuce and 1/4, for he is unfamiliar with military vehicles, but has Buick on the brain. ;) He loves the Deuce and a 1/4 if I recall! :p

Yeah, the standard truck is pretty cheap, but a bobbed Deuce will cost ya. Too bad about the jerks who tear up the trails with them. Responsible off-roading is important.

I always loved those Buicks as well. I worked at a Buick dealer right after the "225" was dropped, and they just went by Electra. Just not the same.
Not only do people like that get the park police all aggravated and out for blood, but they rip the bottoms out of holes, so that normal 4x4s will get swallowed up. Soon the Pine Barrens will be foot traffic only, and Jersey will have lost one of its few treasures.

We're home from our vacation trip to Florida to visit with our older daughter and her kids, so of course I have some "Side of the Road" pics to share with you. As with the used car dealer shots from last month, I won't overload the thread with all of them at once, but rather one car at a time. This first one was spotted in a supermarket parking lot when we first arrived down there, before we even got to her boyfriend's farm, where we would be spending the first couple of days. She had asked us to pick up a couple of things from the store to save her the 25+ mile round trip. The farm is really out in the sticks!

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/DSCN6791.jpg

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/DSCN6792.jpg

Yeah, it's somewhat the worse for wear, but overall I'd still say it's in "Fare" condition! :tongue:

A "Duece and a qtr" is a Buick, the truck is a 2 1/2 ton, or Deuce and a half.
Well that's just embarassing. I feel like a dope, I miss-spoke.
Full! Flaps is right! Thanks for havin' my back, and yes please excuse me, I DO have Buick on the brain!!!

Of course I know that a Duece and a qtr is an Electra 225 buick, I had a '69 "Four Holer". Four Holer is another term for Electra 225s or the pre-Electra model called the Roadmaster which had 4 port-hole trim pieces on the front fender where-as the LeSabre where 3 holers. Invictas and Wilcats were 3 holers too, but most years of the Wildcat, the porthiles where omitted in favor of other special fender trim like gills.

As usual, too much information brought to you by LMX Internatinal! :wave:

I loved my '69 Electra. one of the best cars I've owned.
Mine was a different color, but looked like this 4dr hrdtp. 430 4bbl power!
http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2011/08/14/12/43/1969_buick_electra-pic-2161495157702238181.jpeg

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb366/CorvairJim/DSCN6792.jpg:
About the only way to tell the different years of these is by the saftey equipment, and up unti '65 they used Continental industrial truck engines, '66 they changed to chev inline 6's.
Bodystyle was the same since around '59 i think, and I think I heard somewhere that the rear qtrs were bolted on instead of spot-welded, I assume for quick replacement due to the high accendent rate (for lack of better terms) that cabs incure.
One of the few cars in the World with bolt on rear qtrs.

I guy I knew had an 8 door Airport Limosine wagon. It was a giant!!!

It was even white like this 1973 model.
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2531/822/31325410691_large.jpg