Old Cars

[willedoo]

Spotted this old '51 Plymouth P-22 Concord on Marketplace. A bit of a rare bird in that all the chrome trim, metalwork and badges are all there, plus the body is good. It's a western vehicle out at Chinchilla so not a rust bucket, just sun-baked surface rust. The interior trim is cactus and the motor is a total rebuild or replacement job. It would make a good semi-ratrod and would be a shame to lose that beautiful patina to a full restoration and paintjob. It's good buying at $3,400 for someone living close enough to keep the transport costs down.

 

[willedoo]

The same bloke has this '51 Chev ute for sale. As would be expected for a Chev ute, it's about four times the price of the Plymouth posted above.

 

[pmccarthy]

I always wanted a Chev ute like that but am now too old and lazy to take one on.

[nomadpete]

I once had a 28 Studebaker. But back then raising a family was more important than playing cars.

Last week a mate sent me this pic of one. On farcbook marketplace - complete & in running condition - too good to restore.

[willedoo]

Nice old Studebaker. I like the current culture where unrestored or minimally restored cars are as popular as full restorations. It makes it a lot more financially accessable for more people. For too long the main goal was to restore back to as new condition, and that was a very labour intensive and expensive process. It's horses for courses and the full resto people get great satisfaction doing their thing, but it's also nice not to see the history rubbed off or painted away on a lot of these old vehicles. I like the lived in look.

[facthunter]

The Motor in the Plymouth Cranbrook is a very ORDINARY side Valve Motor same as in Dodge , Chrysler and  and Desoto stuff of the same  ERA. The same basics were used in the Checker Cabs. . Cheapest USA car Motor to recondition but not much economy or Grunt.  Packard made Some of the best  build Quality  US cars.  56 Chevs are Popular.  Nev

Edited yesterday at 07:37 AM by facthunter

[willedoo]

50 minutes ago, pmccarthy said:

I always wanted a Chev ute like that but am now too old and lazy to take one on.

It's the big brother of the FJ ute we had when I was a kid learning to drive. I've never forgotton the squeaky steering wheel those FJ's had.

[facthunter]

 XM and XP Falcon utes sell Ok. to do up. A 69 Mustang  would be Ok with Me. You can buy just about everything for them new... Look up latest Mazda MX 5 hardtop. 2 litre. Nev

[facthunter]

When you get back into some of these cars you lusted after in a  Past age you realise how far we have come with modern cars and they are relatively Cheaper as well., Nev 

[nomadpete]

36 minutes ago, facthunter said:

When you get back into some of these cars you lusted after in a  Past age you realise how far we have come with modern cars and they are relatively Cheaper as well., Nev 

Aaah, but you are thinking of cars as being a mode of transport, aren't you?

 

If they were simply a machine designed to move humans from one point to another, they would not look the way they do.

[willedoo]

I came across this video of a bunch of rat rods at the Beatersville Rod and Custom show in Kentucky. It shows a big variety of contraptions, even some Volkswagens.

 

 

 

[facthunter]

I do see them as a mode of transport but some of them would piss me off mightily in a short time. The heavy steering with a lot of bump sensitivity. Crap brakes, wheel shimmy. One way shocks on corrugated roads  lots of unsprung weight. Heavy  shuddering clutches. 6 volt electrics . Lot's of Body roll when cornering  No crash resistant steering wheels or Panels and so on. They don't make them like they used to and I'm glad of that.  Nev

[Marty_d]

6 hours ago, willedoo said:

I came across this video of a bunch of rat rods at the Beatersville Rod and Custom show in Kentucky. It shows a big variety of contraptions, even some Volkswagens.

 

 

 

Well, I watched about 10 minutes but the bum in the jeans was nowhere to be seen. False advertising! 😄

[willedoo]

47 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

Well, I watched about 10 minutes but the bum in the jeans was nowhere to be seen. False advertising! 😄

Among that parade of cars I saw a fairly ordinary old station wagon drive by with a few passengers and a heap of gear in the back. Still not sure whether they were meant to be part of it or just someone like the Griswolds who had taken a wrong turn and got caught up in it all.