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Old enough to remember?
« on: January 19, 2010, 02:10:11 PM »
I got this batch of photos from my older sister.  Take a look -- there are some cool ones and some just plain "Who cares?" cars.  I sure hope the identifiers made it through the photobucket system.





























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Re: Old enough to remember?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 02:59:52 PM »
No ids but here there (from my archives)
1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt
1951 Buick Lesabre Concept
1951 Chrysler K-310
1953 Buick Wildcat
1954 Buick Wildcat II
1958 Lincoln Mk III
1953 Chrysler D'Elegance
1960 Rambler American
1956 Ford  Convert
1952 (or close) Hudson sedan
1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser
1959 Plymouth Fury
1950 (maybe 51) Studebaker Starlight coupe
1973 Buick Riviera
1958 Edsel

Yeah...I remember 'em.  I wouldn't mind having one of each, but the city I live in would probably cite me for having an illegal junkyard.

How about one I shot yesterday?  AC Cobra serial number 2002 (2nd one ever built...on an AC Bristol platform.)



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Re: Old enough to remember?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 03:27:18 PM »
Not bad, Ray.  I could go through the list (that I got from Karen), but I think you're close enough -- and you'll no doubt be corrected by some of the other old farts folks on this Forum if you're wrong.  Thanks for your input.
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Re: Old enough to remember?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2010, 06:25:55 PM »
I guess this is going to make me an old fart folk.

The Riviera is a '71.  Louvres on the trunk lid are the giveaway.

'72 - no louvres.

'73 had the license plate in the middle.

I thought they were ugly when they first came out, but few cars of that time period look as good to me today as the Riv.

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Re: Old enough to remember?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2010, 06:52:14 PM »
The '59 Plymouth is actually a Sport Fury. They were each built to order for the individual customer and had a plaque on the dash that said something like "This car was especially built by Chrysler Corporation for XXX XXXXXX". I can't remember the exact phrasing. One of the guys whose race car I did a lot of work on had one.

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Re: Old enough to remember?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 08:15:01 PM »
the red car was build at Ghia,on a chrysler frame, named Duel Ghia. some had hemi's in them. I have made many parts for them over the years, they ended up being a real rusty car the way they were built. 

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Re: Old enough to remember?
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2010, 08:32:53 PM »
I guess this is going to make me an old fart folk.

The Riviera is a '71.  Louvres on the trunk lid are the giveaway.

'72 - no louvres.

'73 had the license plate in the middle.

I thought they were ugly when they first came out, but few cars of that time period look as good to me today as the Riv.

Chris



I had a 66 Riviera when I was a kid, I still remember the license plate number 185 BML . .  :cheers:  A girlfriend of mine later had a 64 that I really wanted....Natalie Nicosia...those were the days... :wink: