Old Car Pics

**MoparDan** · April-24-09, 10:23 PM

I was at my Dodge dealer today getting a tire rotation & alignment on my Durango. They had several old cars on display in the showroom, so I took a few pics.

**Ray1936** · April-24-09, 10:44 PM

Sweet! You can park that '59 Dodge in my garage any day. There was a time when I thought that was the most beautifully designed car ever.

Tail fins. Sigh.

**MoparDan** · April-25-09, 08:26 AM

Just for you Ray!

It even has your name in Spanish on the license plate: "REY".
I sure wouldn't mind having that for a Saturday night cruiser as it is a creampuff. I tried taking a picture of the interior but the windows were up. All you could see was the reflection of the lights instead of the chromed dash & push button transmission.
My best friend of 40+yrs Mark took me to pick up the Durango & we checked out the Challenger SRTs. According to a salesman, despite the woes Chrysler is experiencing, the SRT & RT are still hot sellers. Mark owned a '70 440 'Cuda when we were in HS; he sold it in '81 when he & his wife were expecting their first child. It was in running condition & needed some work, but he had trouble unloading it at just $1200! I bet he could get around $50k today, even though it needed more bodywork/paint. How the times have changed!

**Ray1936** · April-25-09, 01:19 PM

That plate would be fine if only it wasn't a California plate, Dan. Everytime I see a driver doing something goofy out here in NV, I notice that the car has a CA plate.

Sort of like Ontario drivers in Michigan. [[Wooops....sorry 'bout that, you Windsor DY'ers.......)

**eriedearie** · April-25-09, 01:39 PM

Mopardan - those are soooo sweet lookin'!

- One of my friends had the '59 in shades of brown that we would cruise all around in. Made many a trip through A&W, Woods, Teds, and Big Boy Drive Inns in her vehicle. Thanks for sharing those sweet pics~! That's when cars had Style!

Originally Posted by Ray1936

Sort of like Ontario drivers in Michigan. [[Wooops....sorry 'bout that, you Windsor DY'ers.......)

LOL - hubby drives like an outta towner when we go over the river - that's why I drive - taught at Pershing how to handle a car, raised on freeway driving. If you're going 70 mph or less, stay in the right lane or you deserve whatever happens to ya!

**MoparDan** · April-25-09, 02:12 PM

LOL
I know where y'all are coming from. I still see Californicators driving their Hummers here; the latest seems to be an influx of Floridians.

There's a Mopar yard I go to occasionally. A few yrs back I was there when they were clearing out a bunch of their late 50s/early 60s stuff to be crushed...a few old Senecas, Coronets, etc.
Here's a link to their page to witness American Iron being compacted only to be eventually shipped off to the Chinese or Indians to sell it back to us. To paraphrase Lee Iaccoca: "What do you call a country that sends out raw materials only to buy it back as finished goods? A colony."

http://www.drmopar.com/funstuff/funstuff.html
Ok, I'll get off my soapbox.

**oladub** · April-30-09, 08:49 PM

Goodbye Pontiac-

Close the door and turn up the speakers and sing the eulogy. Might as well have some fun at the wake.

First the words so you can sing along-

Little GTO, you’re really lookin’ fine
Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389
Listen to her tachin’ up now, listen to her why-ee-eye-ine
C’mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO

You oughta see her on a road course or a quarter mile
This little modified Pon-Pon has got plenty of style
She beats the gassers and the rail jobs, really drives 'em why-ee-eye-ild
C’mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO
~ Ronnie and the Daytonas

Then the song. Hell yes, Americans know how to build cars.

Little GTO by Ronnie and the Daytonas -- GTO's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44kg0...eature=related

**reddog289** · May-01-09, 01:59 AM

Damn parental controls, Found this now I gotta log off.

**lizaanne** · May-01-09, 09:11 AM

Ahhhhh - Finzzzz

ccbatson · July-21-09, 07:31 PM

I see Rb...green so long as it doesn't have an impact on your own individual freedoms and desires...nice.

**jiminnm** · July-22-09, 07:41 PM

Dan, here are few more Mopar pics for you.

From the Gilmore Car Museum in Kalamazoo:

**jiminnm** · July-22-09, 07:43 PM

From the Gateway Auto Museum in Colorado:

cheddar bob · July-22-09, 09:04 PM

Here's my old car...well, not this particular one, but pretty much identical. What a fun car. I still miss it.

**Sstashmoo** · July-22-09, 09:30 PM

Cheddar, Congratulations, you actually made a post without trying to insult someone. Good job!

ccbatson · July-25-09, 11:05 PM

Side splitting Cheddar...a Fiero? Why is this not a surprise to me?

**MoparDan** · July-26-09, 08:43 PM

Great pics again Jim. I can see why the Airstream was ahead of its time. A classic car museum opened up in a town about 20mins south of us & I'm hoping to get over there next weekend...a local station did a piece on it & the cars looked amazing. I can only imagine what'll be like standing next to some of them.
I was on Flickr recently & someone posted a pic of a rusted '54 Packard Clipper they'd stumbled across. While doing a search on images for one I ran across this website. This is the Packard page of models from the '50s...I'd love to own a few of these beauties!
http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Packard/1950.html

**lpg** · July-28-09, 07:07 PM

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This is yours truly, summer of 1968, with my new 1968 Plymouth Road Runner. I had just started working at Chrysler Trenton Engine Plant a couple of months earlier. What was said about the quality was very true. Mine came with rust flecks in the paint and the front seat fell apart in a year.

**MoparDan** · September-26-09, 08:56 PM

Took advantage of an oil change special the Dodge dealer had going. They've added a few more classics to their showroom. First time I saw a Packard that was drivable & not a rusted hulk. Talk about a beauty!

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