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Post by cherokeescot on Apr 20, 2023 13:13:26 GMT -5
I just bought this vintage car yesterday to drive around Ocala and hopefully take to car shows and have some fun with it . Any old timers on here with recommendations for me (apart from increase my life insurance ) 😜   |
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Post by 5wide on Apr 20, 2023 13:41:12 GMT -5
Very Nice runaround. Will catch many eyes.
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Post by tenfurlongs on Apr 20, 2023 14:34:04 GMT -5
I just bought this vintage car yesterday to drive around Ocala and hopefully take to car shows and have some fun with it . Any old timers on here with recommendations for me (apart from increase my life insurance ) 😜 View AttachmentView Attachment1956 Olds 88 ? Looks like you could take up smoking with all those ashtrays at your disposal. Put some gloves in the box, too.  TW |
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Post by 1hooper on Apr 20, 2023 14:34:22 GMT -5
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Post by 1hooper on Apr 20, 2023 14:38:04 GMT -5
Number 1 song 1956.
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Post by cherokeescot on Apr 20, 2023 15:13:59 GMT -5
Thanks Jim , I ordered it . Have driven it around the farm several times today and it’s moving good so far but definitely needs work on the brakes before I venture much farther 😱 |
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Post by 1hooper on Apr 20, 2023 15:25:41 GMT -5
"moving good so far but definitely needs work".
Forum slogan.
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Post by tc on Apr 20, 2023 15:29:08 GMT -5
Nice Bev.
That car and the kilt will definitely turn some heads.
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Post by spankyupinclass on Apr 21, 2023 5:15:37 GMT -5
chrome as much as possible.
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Post by cherokeescot on Apr 21, 2023 15:17:21 GMT -5
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Post by merasmag on Apr 21, 2023 15:24:35 GMT -5
always carry a screwdriver (opens many stuck carbs etc) and wd-40 justincase. duct tape never hurts
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Post by shoes on Apr 23, 2023 9:18:18 GMT -5
Love it!
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Post by merasmag on Apr 23, 2023 13:02:02 GMT -5
my one and only car was a 69 buick skylark deluxe...bought for 200 dollars two days b4 i started law school (those books were HEAVY)...put 200 into it for muffler etc on a road trip and sold for 200 2 days after graduation to a first year. almost NEVER drove it in the rain (practically no brakes) and had to open up the choke constantly. the back was like a flintstones car but the guy i sold it to swore he wouldn't let his kids fall thru the holes in the floor.
ps-i guess the electric thingie evens out the carbon footprint of this guy
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Post by bobtailnag on Apr 23, 2023 15:34:04 GMT -5
I had 1957 Olds 98. To keep it in the tradition of the 1950s hang a pair fuzzy dice on the rearview mirror.
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Post by cherokeescot on Apr 23, 2023 18:54:58 GMT -5
I had 1957 Olds 98. To keep it in the tradition of the 1950s hang a pair fuzzy dice on the rearview mirror. I like that idea. Was out driving it today playing Chuck Berry |
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Post by bobtailnag on Apr 23, 2023 22:35:36 GMT -5
And as long as you own it you have to watch "American Graffiti' at least once every year. Dell would have made a great Wolfman Jack.
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Post by cherokeescot on Apr 24, 2023 12:54:47 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice guys. Two of the recommendations already implemented 👍  |
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Post by 1hooper on Apr 24, 2023 13:34:28 GMT -5
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Post by cherokeescot on Apr 24, 2023 16:31:42 GMT -5
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Post by 1hooper on Apr 24, 2023 19:21:21 GMT -5
You women have heard of jalopies
You've heard the noise they make
But let me re-introduce my new Rocket '88
Yes, it's straight, just won't wait
Everybody likes my Rocket '88
Baby, we'll ride in style
Movin' all along
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Post by cherokeescot on Apr 24, 2023 21:04:46 GMT -5
Great find !
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Post by shoes on Apr 25, 2023 7:08:49 GMT -5
Not the same thing at all, and not nearly as cool, but I bought a used 1979 Delta 88 which lasted me a long time and which I drove from Michigan to Southern California when I moved out there in 1986. It was a very comfortable car for long hours on the road.
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Post by bobtailnag on Apr 26, 2023 9:22:02 GMT -5
This is of little consequence. Just a side note to the song Hooper found - Rocker88. While it shows the band was called the Delta Cates in was actually a St Louis band - Ike Turner's band. Ike was 19 that that time - 5 years before hooking up with Tina. "Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. The single reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart. Brenston was a saxophone player with Ike's dand. Many music writers acknowledge its importance in the development of rock and roll music, with several considering it to be the first rock and roll record.[4] In 2017, the Mississippi Blues Trail dedicated its 200th marker to "Rocket 88" as an influential record.[5] The song was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1991,[6] the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998,[7] and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.[8] Lyrics for Rocket 88 by Ike Turner www.songfacts.com › lyrics › rocket-88 The song was written by Ike Turner and recorded by him with his band, the Kings of Rhythm. Brenston (1930-1979) was a saxophonist with Turner and also sang the ... |
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Post by shoes on Apr 26, 2023 14:47:16 GMT -5
Thanks for the history bobtail!
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Post by spankyupinclass on May 6, 2023 22:01:13 GMT -5
how are the wheels bev?
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Post by cherokeescot on May 6, 2023 22:53:45 GMT -5
Drove it to the Derby party today. Won best turned out 😉
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Post by spankyupinclass on May 7, 2023 7:20:02 GMT -5
and no doubt you were wearing a kilt that matched with your ride! You need a personal press secretary!
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