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Didn't the little piggy go squealing all the way home ........Only four...???
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Better than six!!Only four...???
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Welp, that explains it!Didn't the little piggy go squealing all the way home ........
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You know how some things shrink when it's cold? Wellll……Only four...???
The calves are bigger than the thighs. It's a weird look of too little body fat
My free 1955 Cadillac. With strings attached, it wasn't running. Right after I got back from Vietnam in 1972, this car was abandoned on a roadway near my parents home. It sat there for weeks. We finally looked up the owner, he said, "It doesn't run, you can have it, the keys and title are in the glove box." And they were. We dragged it home on a rope. The engine oil pan had two holes in it where the connecting rods on one crankshaft journal let go at the same time. I went down to the junkyard district and bought a used engine for $50 and we put that in.
I had the 55 Cadillac for several years early in my marriage. Because it was old and wore out, it wasn't the best car I ever owned. But it's been one of my favorites. Very hefty and well made, it was a quality ride. With the four speed Hydramatic transmission, it didn't do all that badly on fuel consumption for its weight either.
I could never figure out why Cadillac was still using ball bearings in the front wheels in 1955 when Ford had gone to tapered roller bearings way back in the flathead engine days.
The 55 Cadillac still had one of those big around, flat steering wheels almost like the bus that Jackie Gleason drove.
At the time I got married in 1974, I owned three cars. 1965 Mustang, 1957 Lincoln, and 1955 Cadillac. As we became more acquainted, I divulged this situation to my fiancée one car at a time. I thought she might think I was crazy for having three vehicles. More like she was amazed, because she grew up in a family that got along on just one car for the lot of them.
The pictures were taken in front of a little wood frame bungalow that we rented when we were first married. It came with a little garage out back in an alley that had originally been built in Ford Model T days. Navigating the 55 Cadillac into that little garage was a job of work. Still, there was room in one back corner for a small, rude bench that I used for reloading shotgun shells.
On one of his shows, Redd Foxx once said, "I had a fitty-fo Cadillac. In seventy-fo." He might've been talking about me.
I had the 55 Cadillac for several years early in my marriage. Because it was old and wore out, it wasn't the best car I ever owned. But it's been one of my favorites. Very hefty and well made, it was a quality ride. With the four speed Hydramatic transmission, it didn't do all that badly on fuel consumption for its weight either.
I could never figure out why Cadillac was still using ball bearings in the front wheels in 1955 when Ford had gone to tapered roller bearings way back in the flathead engine days.
The 55 Cadillac still had one of those big around, flat steering wheels almost like the bus that Jackie Gleason drove.
At the time I got married in 1974, I owned three cars. 1965 Mustang, 1957 Lincoln, and 1955 Cadillac. As we became more acquainted, I divulged this situation to my fiancée one car at a time. I thought she might think I was crazy for having three vehicles. More like she was amazed, because she grew up in a family that got along on just one car for the lot of them.
The pictures were taken in front of a little wood frame bungalow that we rented when we were first married. It came with a little garage out back in an alley that had originally been built in Ford Model T days. Navigating the 55 Cadillac into that little garage was a job of work. Still, there was room in one back corner for a small, rude bench that I used for reloading shotgun shells.
On one of his shows, Redd Foxx once said, "I had a fitty-fo Cadillac. In seventy-fo." He might've been talking about me.
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Lilac and a sand dollar
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Wait, @Andy54Hawken posted a photo???? Congrats!!!!
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Yeah finally figured out how to do so...welcome to the 21st century...
( Still a PITA )
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Another almost free car that I had. 1969 Ford Fairlane base model. On my way to work, I used to see this car sitting stationary in an apartment building lot. It sat there for months and didn't move. So one day, I stopped by after work and looked up the owner. It belonged to a single mom with three kids that all looked different. I think I gave her $150 for it. It wasn't running, so I had a friend help me tow it home with a rope.
This base model sedan was a little different. It had a little sticker in the back glass that said, "Ford Family of Recreational Vehicles - Trailer Towing Special." It had the optional 351 Windsor engine, FMX transmission, front disc brakes, heavy duty suspension, and heavy duty 3 row radiator. It had a hitch receiver on the back.
The car was inop because the fan had sliced into the radiator and the coolant was lost. The fan sliced into the radiator because the left engine mount was defective. The radiator had already been recored before, so all it took was a repair at the rad. shop to fix that. The car had less than 100K miles on it, and once I got these deficiencies fixed, it was a good outfit. It had a big burn hole in the back seat cushion (like 8 inches across), I assume from a burning cigarette flung out the window that landed in the back seat instead. So I had an upholstery shop replace the cloth seat cover inserts, but they were able to reuse the original outer bolsters. After that, it had real nice upholstery, the new insert fabric was a velour for a 1990-something Pontiac.
I never drove this car as a daily driver, it was just an extra car but I took a couple of out-of-town trips to Northern Calif. with it. It hummed right along with all five family members of the time in it.
The picture above was taken out by Spada Lake, at one of my former favorite woodsy shooting sites. The car was just dinged and skinned up enough that it didn't matter if it got a few more blemishes through use.
With the hitch receiver on the back, I was able to tow my M416 trailer with it. This was taken in town where I worked, I guess I had a little hauling job set up for after work. I think I had this car for 15 or 20 years, then let it go when I was down-sizing vehicles.
This base model sedan was a little different. It had a little sticker in the back glass that said, "Ford Family of Recreational Vehicles - Trailer Towing Special." It had the optional 351 Windsor engine, FMX transmission, front disc brakes, heavy duty suspension, and heavy duty 3 row radiator. It had a hitch receiver on the back.
The car was inop because the fan had sliced into the radiator and the coolant was lost. The fan sliced into the radiator because the left engine mount was defective. The radiator had already been recored before, so all it took was a repair at the rad. shop to fix that. The car had less than 100K miles on it, and once I got these deficiencies fixed, it was a good outfit. It had a big burn hole in the back seat cushion (like 8 inches across), I assume from a burning cigarette flung out the window that landed in the back seat instead. So I had an upholstery shop replace the cloth seat cover inserts, but they were able to reuse the original outer bolsters. After that, it had real nice upholstery, the new insert fabric was a velour for a 1990-something Pontiac.
I never drove this car as a daily driver, it was just an extra car but I took a couple of out-of-town trips to Northern Calif. with it. It hummed right along with all five family members of the time in it.
The picture above was taken out by Spada Lake, at one of my former favorite woodsy shooting sites. The car was just dinged and skinned up enough that it didn't matter if it got a few more blemishes through use.
With the hitch receiver on the back, I was able to tow my M416 trailer with it. This was taken in town where I worked, I guess I had a little hauling job set up for after work. I think I had this car for 15 or 20 years, then let it go when I was down-sizing vehicles.
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1960 GMC Fleetside
Yes..BUT..it has a name..
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Are you referring to the C/K...?
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