Old School New Again

[atec77]

I was on my way to the Grand Plaza this arvo about 4pm when the wife spotted a really nice old car in the car park opposite a wheel alighnment place so we propped for a look , she insisted
1957 489 BB th 700 9"
very clean tidy and sounded tuff enough , only took him 10 years
will be shown at Munchies in a few weeks

[Trevor 57]

That is a pharken nice car

[atec77]

Originally Posted by Big Trev

That is a pharken nice car

That is an understatement , in a couple of weeks he will be visiting Munchies , he said his first drive will be around 7 to 8 pm this evening out to Beaudesert area and back , on close inspection bearing in mind it needed final buff and brush touch was near ferpect

the sound is somthing else

you can't beat a big one

[Trevor 57]

Prolly got a big one looking at it -

[DJR-351]

To this day my most desirable car is a 57' Chev, i love em........sorry....

[jlef5]

That's one nice looking car.

[geckoGT]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

To this day my most desirable car is a 57' Chev, i love em........sorry....

No one could hate you for that.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by Big Trev

Prolly got a big one looking at it -

Nah , remember I started driving in the 60's , I owned a 56 and thrashed it , along with a 54 blue flame plus ford v8's from 38 39 48 52 and 54 63 64 etc , plus a lot of cars which people today fuss over , best was a chopped channeld 1937 plymouth coupe that cost me less than a grand to build complete with 352 v8 , my daily at the time was either the mini cooper or or the 38 ford ute , the stuff you guys drive if it lasts will have the same effect in a generation
and that chev is primo , no idea what it owes him but mine I paid a couple of hundred dollars for with it's little 289 and thrashed it

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by atec77

the stuff you guys drive if it lasts will have the same effect in a generation

I'm not so sure. I don't think anyone will ever fawn over an EL Falcon or a BA XT, no matter how much time passes. There's something about those old tanks..the fins, the lashings of chrome.. If I had the coin I would love to have either a '57 Chev or a Customline.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

I'm not so sure. I don't think anyone will ever fawn over an EL Falcon or a BA XT, no matter how much time passes. There's something about those old tanks..the fins, the lashings of chrome.. If I had the coin I would love to have either a '57 Chev or a Customline.

I think some models will draw a hit on the wish list , some of the japper monsters and some of the gt style cars and maybe something like the more rare bmw and similar , the mid 1950's fords and chevs never were that common and those that existed were killed off early by what I knew as rockers and bodgies , most of whom couldnt drive to save them selves. If you want a classis go find one , the chevs and fords are "belly buttons"as in everyone has one , I recently bought a 1946 chev 1 ton truck for very little money which when I finish my current projects , an '82 Bronco (6 months work) and a 1966 ground up restore Jaguar 420 G (1000 + hours over 4 years ) well not sure what will happen to the old truck but be certain it will be v8 and different , maybe buy a small pommie toy like the bloke at Munchies with the reworked Morris 8 pickup and v6, or maybe a Ford Zephyr convertable , those cars are pretty and easily worked on , affordable and certainly within your reach . What about a small dodge or C1100 International pickup , or maybe an effie ?
Get out here and start learning

[last fairlane]

Im with you Atec
the crap we threw away in the sixties and seventies
it hurts now
just a few
34 Ford 3 window coupe paid 10 Quid ($20) and sold for 50 Quid ($100)
that was in 1964 with the cash I bought a 53 anniversary Customline
for 25 quid ($50)
after 3 months sold it to the wreckers for 20 ($40)
bought a Mk1 convertable $200 and it eventually went to the great car yard in the sky actually in the ground
now on to the seventies when we lost the plot
bought a 327 Monaro for $1750 and after 2 kids and 3 years
traded it in on a Valiant wagon I got $1000 as a trade in on a $2000 wagon
I was thrilled at the time if only I had known
then if I could have read the future I would have bought a lotto ticket and I would be rich now
**** happens
thanks John

[Trevor 57]

I sold a 1948 Nash for $10

[302 XC]

The stuff we threw away or sold cheap
Gee its not just u older gen that now cry
Was only 15 or so years ago
People couldnt give away ruff looking first generation monaros
10 years ago a bloke paid 20K for an LT1 factory HT/HG Monaro
(I thought he had rocks in his head,whos larfin now)

1957 Chev
Ill find space in the shed real fast
And a
1967 Mussy coupe for the minister

edit:
The old stuff was cheap in the day,cause noone wanted it
XDs,VK commos,ect (early 80s stuff)is still cheap and theyre all
Elligable for historic rego
Old doesnt mean expensive

[atec77]

Originally Posted by Big Trev

I sold a 1948 Nash for $10

I bought a Buick straight 8 for $20.00 back in 1968 with a busted axle