Topic: Rear air shocks

[66GTKFB]

Cool. Nice color. A "Sunday go to meeting" car. A wise shot from behind me - "What, no radio?" And I see you have a rototiller too.
Jim

[65springtime]

     Nope, my Grandad had no radio or air, no, I take that back. Pushing the windshield out was the Air back then.  The car did have heat. But no blower. I am affraid they did not have radios, lighters, power brakes, power steering, Power windows and you did not even need brake fluid back then. No turn signals (except your arm), About as basic as you can get. The radio was the beautiful sound of the engine. I have had it up to 65mph befor but did not want to push it. Really a fun car to drive. Back then you knew you were driving a car.     

[Joe AZ 2 PA]

     Nope, my Grandad had no radio or air, no, I take that back. Pushing the windshield out was the Air back then.  The car did have heat. But no blower. I am affraid they did not have radios, lighters, power brakes, power steering, Power windows and you did not even need brake fluid back then. No turn signals (except your arm), About as basic as you can get. The radio was the beautiful sound of the engine. I have had it up to 65mph befor but did not want to push it. Really a fun car to drive. Back then you knew you were driving a car.   

I love it. . . . . 

[66GTKFB]

While in high school, I "acquired" a 1937 (38?) Buick straight eight, four door sedan. It was the kind of car where you opened the rear door, got in and walked to the rear seat - big. My uncle made me return it to the junk yard before I joined the Navy. The car was later procured by another party, repaired, driven for several years, restored in the late 70's and still exists in a collection. I don't know if I could have done all that, but I'm making sure my Mustangs survive.
Jim

[65springtime]

You opened the rear door and still had to walk to the rear seat? Man, that is one long car. Just think about all the classics that went to the salvage yards. Better yet, best not to think about it. I can remember going to the salvage yards to get the front spendels off of the 57's to add to my spendels on my 57 to make the car a little higher all around. A friend of mine back then would weld the two together to make one for each side and that would raise the car. But just thinking about all those 55-57 Chevys out there in the 60's in the salvage yards. No one was that interested in the 57 Chevy Rag tops back then and I got a set of spendels off one in the salvage yard. It was the rage back in Kansas to raise the car a little back then. Now they want to lower them. I can remember seeing a lot of 65-66 Mustangs also in the salvage yards and even fastbacks. If you only knew you could have really stocked piled them up.

[Joe AZ 2 PA]

My favorite junkyard was 2 miles from our house and I new the owner well enough to knock on his house door if he wasn't in the yard. He'd toss me the keys and said to lock the gate when I left. The late 40's and early 50's Fords and Merc's were there for the asking. lot's of 30's but I never had anything older than a 46. When he got to old to run the yard he had a crusher come in and that was all she wrote. . . . . 

[65springtime]

Them crushers have destored many a classics.

[Joe AZ 2 PA]

And dreams. . . .