Nice Coupe and Station Wagon, but ruined them by lowering…
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Our 70 had a different body style. That C10 is probably a 77 model. I think they call those a square body.
That aint no 67 c10 more like a 79 c10
You are right, I didn’t catch it, it is a 77 or 78 C-10.
Which one of those chebbie pickups do I need?
One of eack. I’ve had a ’63 and a ’64 in my youth. Made back in the day where everything was metal, and if they used plastic, it was on a knob.
And you’re right. they ruined those cars by lowering. They went too far. I can’t imagine what happens when trying to drive into/out of a parking lot. The wheelbase is way too long for that silliness.
Is 13 a LeSabre ?
Anybody here ever see one of those Eldorado 4-door “sedans” like in pic #6?
Don’t think I ever did…..
Remember when you could walk into a dealership and order a car or truck the way you wanted it? Now all you can do is select an “appearance package” model that’s already sitting on the lot and all the salesperson knows how to say is “how’s your credit”, “how much you gonna put down?” and “your trade in isn’t worth much”.
The photo labelled ’67 C10 is actually a ’73 or later. The ’67 GM trucks were the only ones that did not have side clearance lights on the fenders. As far as the Eldorados are concerned, I never saw either one of those vehicles on the road. And piss on all that lowering bullshit.
I’ll take that ’56 or the ’57 any day!
the best car I ever had was a 55 belair owned by the old guy my dad knew.
bought in high school for 275 cash. the old guy kept in his garage and it still had that plastic seat covers on it. little squares like. 6 cyl. and powerglide tranny.
me a my buddy john pulled the engine and trans and put in a 283 that was bored out 030 over and a 4 speed behind it. was a old small journal crank model so we dropped in a small journal 327 crank. it just flew .but looking back on it dad was right, as he kept saying why fuck with it. it ran fine as is. less than 40,000 miles on it. sold it after joining the damn army. I do wished I kept it now as days go by.
dad had a 53 like above, sold it for like 200 bucks to a guy’s daughter he knew
learned to drive on a 51 deluxe back on gravel roads in KY. it was great for the roads back then, flew like a scalded cat in second, didn’t do shit in either 1st or 3rd. my friend joe, his brother was selling his 1958 vette for 1500 around the same time, had the money too, just not enough to pay for the insurance. THAT cost more than the car did. blaze orange, but with 2 extra tops and a spare engine.
gas line was close to a 1/2 inch. loved everything about it but how often you had to fill the tank. kids today will never know the rush of hearing a 4 bbl holly open up on the highway. and to make matters worse, my damn kids went thru all of my old photo albums and I have no idea where one tenth of my shit got too.
one of the most fun cars was a 1962 bonnie ragtop. best back seat I ever had !
cost 200 bucks to get the top redone back then (a lot) and the tank held like 27 or more gallons, but it was a highway cruiser if there ever was one.
it could hold 5-7 GI’s in a pinch easy. had leather seats that I spent at least 2-3 days cleaning at first. 421 super duty engine with a 4 speed auto trans.
it would roll at 80-90 mph all day long, until you needed to get more gas.
as for 50’s pickups, most could be had for under a couple of hundred back then.
Me and my brother drove a 210 in high school. only modification was an 8 track added. Yes we never should have sold.
You sure about the last one? Looks like a Ford station wagon to me, maybe ’60-’62 or so.
My apologies–it’s a Chevy, ’62 at the latest.
Always enjoy these old car/truck postings.
Thank you, I do too. The fun part is looking at all the web sites and blogs I steal them from…
Damn nice blowout set of chrome today Cederq.
That 442. I have the cutlass sitting in my garage as we speak. 1 owner, my F-I-L gave it to his wife as a 25th anniversary present.
She was a hottie convertible chick in the day and at 90. He willed it to my wife. It’s drivable but needs about 25 thou to get it where I want it.
like they used to say back then, how fast do you want to spend
the days of getting a yard engine under a hundred bucks are long gone.
or gasket sets, complete for 50-60 bucks. another hundred for new pistons and rings. machine shop work was 125 or a little more for a rebore back then. I think I got the 283 small journal engine machined ,balanced and new rod and main bearing for under 200. add a 348 cfm holly 3 barrel carb and I sure I had a least
a grand tied up in that engine.
had a lot of help from a older guy across the street. he was a engine machinist
for the local gas company he showed me the math involved in doing it right.
there are not a lot of cars today that inspire people the way the older ones did.
they all look the same almost, perform the same. boring as hell.
I don’t go to car shows anymore as I hate to see what people are selling these cars for these days. last one I went to was at hershey and I sold a old MGA twin cam engine that I pick up along the way years ago.
made some money and had a bit of fun doing it though over the years.
just wished I had a place to store a lot of the cars I got rid of because I had no place to put them. I never see any of those cars again. like back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s
funny fact, back in the 1960-70 when the US Gov’t was paying farmer not to grow food, a lot of them sent the kids to school in the big city. pickups are not good for getting girls back then. so it seems like all the kids bought sports cars and drove them home. which didn’t work out too well on country roads, so they parked them
in or behind the barn. and got a truck. that is where you find the cars back then.
found some with the keys still in the switch. title, no title didn’t matter as they where easy to get from the state back then.
Our 70 had a different body style. That C10 is probably a 77 model. I think they call those a square body.
That aint no 67 c10 more like a 79 c10
You are right, I didn’t catch it, it is a 77 or 78 C-10.
Which one of those chebbie pickups do I need?
One of eack. I’ve had a ’63 and a ’64 in my youth. Made back in the day where everything was metal, and if they used plastic, it was on a knob.
And you’re right. they ruined those cars by lowering. They went too far. I can’t imagine what happens when trying to drive into/out of a parking lot. The wheelbase is way too long for that silliness.
Is 13 a LeSabre ?
Anybody here ever see one of those Eldorado 4-door “sedans” like in pic #6?
Don’t think I ever did…..
Remember when you could walk into a dealership and order a car or truck the way you wanted it? Now all you can do is select an “appearance package” model that’s already sitting on the lot and all the salesperson knows how to say is “how’s your credit”, “how much you gonna put down?” and “your trade in isn’t worth much”.
The photo labelled ’67 C10 is actually a ’73 or later. The ’67 GM trucks were the only ones that did not have side clearance lights on the fenders. As far as the Eldorados are concerned, I never saw either one of those vehicles on the road. And piss on all that lowering bullshit.
I’ll take that ’56 or the ’57 any day!
the best car I ever had was a 55 belair owned by the old guy my dad knew.
bought in high school for 275 cash. the old guy kept in his garage and it still had that plastic seat covers on it. little squares like. 6 cyl. and powerglide tranny.
me a my buddy john pulled the engine and trans and put in a 283 that was bored out 030 over and a 4 speed behind it. was a old small journal crank model so we dropped in a small journal 327 crank. it just flew .but looking back on it dad was right, as he kept saying why fuck with it. it ran fine as is. less than 40,000 miles on it. sold it after joining the damn army. I do wished I kept it now as days go by.
dad had a 53 like above, sold it for like 200 bucks to a guy’s daughter he knew
learned to drive on a 51 deluxe back on gravel roads in KY. it was great for the roads back then, flew like a scalded cat in second, didn’t do shit in either 1st or 3rd. my friend joe, his brother was selling his 1958 vette for 1500 around the same time, had the money too, just not enough to pay for the insurance. THAT cost more than the car did. blaze orange, but with 2 extra tops and a spare engine.
gas line was close to a 1/2 inch. loved everything about it but how often you had to fill the tank. kids today will never know the rush of hearing a 4 bbl holly open up on the highway. and to make matters worse, my damn kids went thru all of my old photo albums and I have no idea where one tenth of my shit got too.
one of the most fun cars was a 1962 bonnie ragtop. best back seat I ever had !
cost 200 bucks to get the top redone back then (a lot) and the tank held like 27 or more gallons, but it was a highway cruiser if there ever was one.
it could hold 5-7 GI’s in a pinch easy. had leather seats that I spent at least 2-3 days cleaning at first. 421 super duty engine with a 4 speed auto trans.
it would roll at 80-90 mph all day long, until you needed to get more gas.
as for 50’s pickups, most could be had for under a couple of hundred back then.
Me and my brother drove a 210 in high school. only modification was an 8 track added. Yes we never should have sold.
You sure about the last one? Looks like a Ford station wagon to me, maybe ’60-’62 or so.
My apologies–it’s a Chevy, ’62 at the latest.
Always enjoy these old car/truck postings.
Thank you, I do too. The fun part is looking at all the web sites and blogs I steal them from…
Damn nice blowout set of chrome today Cederq.
That 442. I have the cutlass sitting in my garage as we speak. 1 owner, my F-I-L gave it to his wife as a 25th anniversary present.
She was a hottie convertible chick in the day and at 90. He willed it to my wife. It’s drivable but needs about 25 thou to get it where I want it.
like they used to say back then, how fast do you want to spend
the days of getting a yard engine under a hundred bucks are long gone.
or gasket sets, complete for 50-60 bucks. another hundred for new pistons and rings. machine shop work was 125 or a little more for a rebore back then. I think I got the 283 small journal engine machined ,balanced and new rod and main bearing for under 200. add a 348 cfm holly 3 barrel carb and I sure I had a least
a grand tied up in that engine.
had a lot of help from a older guy across the street. he was a engine machinist
for the local gas company he showed me the math involved in doing it right.
there are not a lot of cars today that inspire people the way the older ones did.
they all look the same almost, perform the same. boring as hell.
I don’t go to car shows anymore as I hate to see what people are selling these cars for these days. last one I went to was at hershey and I sold a old MGA twin cam engine that I pick up along the way years ago.
made some money and had a bit of fun doing it though over the years.
just wished I had a place to store a lot of the cars I got rid of because I had no place to put them. I never see any of those cars again. like back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s
funny fact, back in the 1960-70 when the US Gov’t was paying farmer not to grow food, a lot of them sent the kids to school in the big city. pickups are not good for getting girls back then. so it seems like all the kids bought sports cars and drove them home. which didn’t work out too well on country roads, so they parked them
in or behind the barn. and got a truck. that is where you find the cars back then.
found some with the keys still in the switch. title, no title didn’t matter as they where easy to get from the state back then.