Thread: What is your first knee jerk reaction ?

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All the '58 to '66 are neat cars!!! A bit soft on the market right now, should be a good time to be buying one.

Originally Posted by Firechicken

Since you asked......I've just never been a fan them really......so my knee jerk reaction is to say maybe I just have bad taste too.

If it were me, I'd try to find some other car for the wife to fall in love with. But that's just me. Other people love them and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

My wife is in love with '66 - '67 Chevelles. I don't particularly mind them, in fact I kind of like them too; but, I wish I could get her to fall in love with a '66 or '67 GTO instead. In the end though, I may have to find a Chevelle for our next one.

Cheers,
Dutch

just get the 66/67 GTO tell her it a 66/67 chevell with a good face lift

My wife wants a Citroen Duck! I refused on the basis that they are notorious for falling apart. I've tried to encourage her to look elsewhere, luckily she drives our newest car most often, so it hasn't taken root as an obsession yet.

Like it, especially if she lets ya do it down (opposed to 'up') like the one breeder posted!! That's just right

Pat

Neat cars, had a 61 for a few years. They wake up quite a bit with more carburator than stock and really like tri-power. Road nice and sure LOOKED like it ought to go around corners

They weigh well oner 4000 pounds if I rememeber correctly and takes a bit of steam to get them moving, but overall nice car.

well ... she wants a carson top put on it (I'm not sure about just yet? ), and lowered, called the guy a few hours ago and we got it !
just got to go pick it up. only one left on her list is a 1969 SS El-caminOoooooooO . Now I need a 49/51 Merc ...

Its growing on me I guess ... I'm not really anI Ford or Chevy any more.
I just like stuff on wheels .... now'an days.....


The one breeder posted is what we'd like it to look like
I've seen that car before ... somewhere .

I'll tell the story I got on this car when I get more time, and I'll try and remember to take some pix when we go pick it up.

T L

I like all of the Birds up to '66. Beautiful cars!

Bullet 'Birds ('61-3) are cool, and look great lowered. Make the woman happy Tommy..............

I love the 61-63 bulletbirds, of course I'm kind of partial, as I own a 61 hardtop. They are big cars with big engines, but they will get up and move. And when they do get up to speed, they ride like a dream. Here's a few pics of my favorites.

Originally Posted by treekiller

... I'm not really anI Ford or Chevy any more.
I just like stuff on wheels ....

congrats on the bird, im sure it'll turn out awesome, i think there cool looking. i know what you mean, i take alot of flak from my friends because i like some fords, amc's, and even mopars! its like i say, these days you cant be picky i just like seeing old cars on the road period!!!

course i still would like to build a hudson hornet

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

congrats on the bird, im sure it'll turn out awesome, i think there cool looking. i know what you mean, i take alot of flak from my friends because i like some fords, amc's, and even mopars! its like i say, these days you cant be picky i just like seeing old cars on the road period!!!

course i still would like to build a hudson hornet

I'd still like to run across a nice Hudson bigboy worth having
I'm not picky, it's just what catches my eye... or her eye in this case ..


been looking at a cUdA also !!!! YA! !!!!!!

Good for you guys! Nice classic car. It reminds me of the old lincoln continentals in the front. I wish my wife went for the domestic classics, and not the French version of a volkswagen bug!

Congrats Tree, for you and your lady. Whadya think of this one?

http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/...ird/index.html

Pat

Originally Posted by treekiller

well ... she wants a carson top put on it (I'm not sure about just yet? ), and lowered, called the guy a few hours ago and we got it !
just got to go pick it up. only one left on her list is a 1969 SS El-caminOoooooooO . Now I need a 49/51 Merc ...

Its growing on me I guess ... I'm not really anI Ford or Chevy any more.
I just like stuff on wheels .... now'an days.....


The one breeder posted is what we'd like it to look like
I've seen that car before ... somewhere .

I'll tell the story I got on this car when I get more time, and I'll try and remember to take some pix when we go pick it up.



T L

A Carson top???? Sounds like a heck of a good plan to me!!!! Really be kewl with the top off and an old style cover over the back seat like some of the birds used to have.... CRS is maxxed right now, can't for the life of me remember what they called them!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

A Carson top???? Sounds like a heck of a good plan to me!!!! Really be kewl with the top off and an old style cover over the back seat like some of the birds used to have.... CRS is maxxed right now, can't for the life of me remember what they called them!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got to do something about the wire wheels... ? need to find some rims or caps that fit the look , I've never liked spoked wheels unless there was a horse involved , but like I said "maybe I have bad taste ."

Carson top: I told her to drive it a while and think about it first ,before we go cut'N stuff up.

ya that 2 seater look -don't know what it’s called either, the convertibles are going for 6times what we gave for this one ,and this is what she wanted before she seen them.

Pat: pretty cool, I'll show her, she printed the other one Breeder posted .
I wonder how much work is involved with making it a hard top like that???? !!!!But !!! if we run a carson top ... Oh ! ..... the problems with an over active imagination that has access to tools ....

T L