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Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:47 pm
by tclements
If this was aimed at me, I apologize. Please re-email me.....
.sorry.
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:28 am
by alfredr
Sometimes, what it means is that it isn't meant to be yours, and if you got it, it would fall far short of your requirements.
But then I think of the Aesop's fable of the fox and the grapes.
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:13 am
by roweenie
Stryk wrote:58mark wrote: It's never easy, is it
I bought a Model T from my cousin a few months ago. I thought the shipping would be the easy part. WRONG. Hopefully it will be here in the next couple weeks after having to find a second shipping company.
What year and body style?
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 1:37 pm
by The Big Ben
the elephant wrote:Mark, it probably has sawdust in the differential, large floor pan holes under the carpet, mice in the wiring and 45 pounds of fiberglass patches and Bondo hiding all the rust and dents under that shiny paint, man. There will be another along eventually, and Life will not try so hard to keep you from it.
A magnet is your friend! A cheezoid body/paint job is easy to spot. Flat things aren't flat, straight things aren't straight, curved things aren't curved.
And, yes with a few exceptions (finding Grandpa's pickup, a genuinely rare car, etc.) another one *will* come along.
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:01 am
by Three Valves
Mine was a '67 4dr Le Mans. It was pale yellow with a black vinyl roof. It had a V8 but not the 400.
Go for it!!
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:15 am
by roweenie
Stryk wrote:roweenie wrote:
What year and body style?
It's a 1926 Tudor - was one of my uncle's many old cars.
Heavy ("closed") car for a 20 hp engine, although I've always liked their styling....
I've got a 1924 touring (much lighter).....when I rebuilt the engine, I "souped" it up so it's now up to about 30 hp. I've pushed it up to about 55 mph (only once, it's as scary as s#!t....)
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:39 am
by Three Valves
That's cool too!!
Out house was built in 1926 and the garage was obviously made for cars of that era...
Just like the closets.
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:08 am
by swillafew
This car came from San Diego too. I have it because the guy moved to Illinois and sold it here.
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:38 am
by iiipopes
Until my hips and knees give out and I can't manually shift anymore (picture taken in the late '80's right after I got it - notice I am wearing a green Jaguar sweater purchased at the factory in Coventry):
E-Type in Late 1980's.jpg
Re: Rant about Sellers
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:21 am
by Donn
Mark Finley wrote:the ac didn't work and the carb bogged a little when you stomp on it
Both problems that would be some inconvenience in your area, I suppose. (AC is somewhat superfluous up here, and driving style is a little less intense.) Carburetor easy to get out and clean? I was surprised how simple it was with my old Plymouth, but that was a few generations older.
