Some old Photos for your enjoyment
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Emmett,
If you are talking about the car two down from the two guys talking, that's a '57 Plymouth.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
I think it is a '58 as it has quad headlights. '57's had singles with the turn signal on the inside.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Nope, the Gladiator was the square bodied Jeep product. That's a Willys Pickup.
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the '57 had quad headlights, a year before Chevy.
My first car, a $100 '56 Plymouth, had fins a year before Ford and Chevy.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Front of the '57 Plymouth, inside lights are turn signals.
IMHO the '56 Plymouth Fury's were the best looking of the 1956 Model year cars. The '56 301 cid engines were very popular back where I grew up because the '55 and earlier Dodge "Red Ram" hemi heads were a direct bolt on for better high rpm power and higher compression. There was a lot of "5 liter" dirt track racers in Canada, OH, IN and MI at that time.
IMHO the '56 Plymouth Fury's were the best looking of the 1956 Model year cars. The '56 301 cid engines were very popular back where I grew up because the '55 and earlier Dodge "Red Ram" hemi heads were a direct bolt on for better high rpm power and higher compression. There was a lot of "5 liter" dirt track racers in Canada, OH, IN and MI at that time.
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Mitty38
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Thing of beauty .Don't have that ugly double bumper a lot of Chrysler products had back then. Big and beautiful, yet sleak at the same time.
That "Jeep" is definitely a Willies. I know a fellow that has one. Except he ruined it by cutting off the top and throwing a Buick V6, home made roll cage,, painting it flat black, and a lift kit in his.
That "Jeep" is definitely a Willies. I know a fellow that has one. Except he ruined it by cutting off the top and throwing a Buick V6, home made roll cage,, painting it flat black, and a lift kit in his.
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Ric,
I stand corrected.
There were a lot of spiffy looking cars, in the '50s and 60s, then the feds got involved. Now, they all look the monochromic and charmless same. No small wonder the chrome-bumpered Ford F-150 remains the largest selling vehicle.
I stand corrected.
There were a lot of spiffy looking cars, in the '50s and 60s, then the feds got involved. Now, they all look the monochromic and charmless same. No small wonder the chrome-bumpered Ford F-150 remains the largest selling vehicle.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
462, The Feds killed automobile styling between "don't hurt the bicyclists when you hit them" and CAFE requirements. They all look alike to me and haven't followed cars since about 1980.
Growing up, a six year old car was a rust bucket. I would buy one for $40-50 off of the car lot, tune it up so it would start, put plywood down and fiberglass it to what was left of the floorboard. Made sure everything worked and would pass inspection, then sell it for $150. Was doing about 10 cars a year from 1963 to 1968. So I got a lot of experience with cars from about 1948 to 1963 models.
Growing up, a six year old car was a rust bucket. I would buy one for $40-50 off of the car lot, tune it up so it would start, put plywood down and fiberglass it to what was left of the floorboard. Made sure everything worked and would pass inspection, then sell it for $150. Was doing about 10 cars a year from 1963 to 1968. So I got a lot of experience with cars from about 1948 to 1963 models.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
RB, you and my Dad and the Chryslers. One of my Dad's hobbies was hunting up cherry old cars and driving them for a year or so. In 1968 he found a cherry 1963 300 HT with less than 10,000 miles, cheap from an estate. It was his favorite car until the OPEC gas crises, but by then it was pretty much a rust bucket too. Baby blue with a 383 two barrel and a great 80 MPH cruiser on the freeway.
Yeah.....didn’t they have both flat and pointed grill?
46-49? Was flat?
Some had the Hurricane OHC Six
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
'47 thru '49 where flat, then the "V" grill.
The 62 OHC "Tornado" engine was basically the old Hurricane with overhead cam. The flat head was barely good for about 3,000 rpm and the new one 4,000. Pretty good for a 5 plus inch stroke! I worked one summer for my future FIL who was a superintendent with Kaiser Engineers and they had Jeep pick-up. They were good job site trucks with 4.88 rear ends and real 4 wheel drive (but top speed was about 70).
The 62 OHC "Tornado" engine was basically the old Hurricane with overhead cam. The flat head was barely good for about 3,000 rpm and the new one 4,000. Pretty good for a 5 plus inch stroke! I worked one summer for my future FIL who was a superintendent with Kaiser Engineers and they had Jeep pick-up. They were good job site trucks with 4.88 rear ends and real 4 wheel drive (but top speed was about 70).
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
How the world changes. Below is the crash fire rescue truck from the local airport when I first went into the fire service. It was one built for running on the deck of aircraft carriers in WW2. Next to it is a 1954 Diamond T truck chassis with a 1936 pump and body built by the firemen.
Next is the next crash fire rescue truck to be delivered next month, cost $1.1 million. One diesel engine and everything else is hydraulic and electric.
Next is the next crash fire rescue truck to be delivered next month, cost $1.1 million. One diesel engine and everything else is hydraulic and electric.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Yeah, they changed over the years. The Willys-Overland website gives a pretty good run down on them. I've read they were all bult on the same frame. rated as 1 tons, even if sold as a half or 3/4 ton. Same for the FC's. I regret passing up several FC's and Pickups, wagons too. Great farm trucks.