Just stumbled across this picture:
(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/801251531f77db70b.jpg)
Nice going Gary
It looks like the three two two door cars are retractable. I wonder what kind of engine they used in the cool looking tow truck. someone out there will know. Jay
If this makes sense to anyone, the older I get the cooler older stuff gets, maybe it's just me.
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-10-27 16:17
If this makes sense to anyone, the older I get the cooler older stuff gets, maybe it's just me.
Nope, not just you, there's at least two of us!
It's funny I'm 51 and I'm not to bad at guessing the year of cars from the 40's to the mid 70's, I couldn't tell you the year of any new car unless it's in my driveway!
The new cars all look the same to me. I don't even give them a second look. They are boring.
Jay.The engine in the hauler was probably a Lincoln style y-block.
Thanks Tom
I kind of thought that it would have had to be something big like that to haul all of that weight across the country. I fondly remember those days seeing the fifty seven Fords getting delivered in Boston. Never thought of taking a picture. Didn't have a camera anyways. Jay
Fast forward to 2013 and a transporter full of new Fords just doesn't seem the same.................
(http://www.hunwick-transporter.com/images/FrontPage.jpg)
I have a similar photo somewhere with a light colored Custom tudor on the back...it is in my screensaver, I'll find it and post it later...
Quote from: Limey57 on 2013-10-28 06:49
Fast forward to 2013 and a transporter full of new Fords just doesn't seem the same.................
(http://www.hunwick-transporter.com/images/FrontPage.jpg)
Wife would love a pick from that load, she's nuts about that color green.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Quote from: Zapato on 2013-10-28 12:38
Wife would love a pick from that load, she's nuts about that color green.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Same here, when the wife need a new car ( used ) a few years ago and I asked what she was interested in she said a green one. Thank God she didn't buy an ugly green...
It would seem that they saw enough of that color in diapers over the years. My wife, however, likes that color too. Ick.
Over here that green and orange are the "in" colours for hot modern Fords (the sporty "ST" Fiesta and Focus). I quite like the orange but I can't help think in a few years time they'll look awful.
(http://hobiesbyqiqi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ford-focus-st-green.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/New_toy_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg/800px-New_toy_-_Flickr_-_exfordy.jpg)
Those greens and orange I couldn't deal with, I though they went out in the 70's. I got off lucky and she bought a 08 Fusion that is a light greenish/gray, I don't even what they call it..
The orange is similar to my 71 GTO called Orbit orange. It's okay I've since sold it and bought a big boy toy... my 57.
Limy 57 Gary
Are you sure that those little green things on the transporter are Fords? WOW! I really have not been paying attention to the new cars and don't know what's going on.
My friend Jim Highball would be proud of me If he saw what happened today. A person came by today for some 57 parts and brought his 18 year old nephew with him. The kid saw that the 57 is not finished and not on the road so he asked me.. " What do you have for an every day car"? I pointed at my 40 Ford and told him "That's my every day car", but when the 57 is done , that one will be my every day car. He just gave me a puzzled look. The fact is that I'm just never going to buy a new car. Jim knows what I mean because he also seceded from new cars. .
. Jay
Jay, I guess they will never teach us old dogs new tricks :003: I've never owned a new one and nothing after the 60's. The wife has a 08 Fusion, it's been a great car, nothing but brakes, a battery and tires in 80,000 miles. But it is so boring to drive, like watching paint dry. It doesn't even sound like a car, it just hum's and tries to put you to sleep..
Hey now...watching paint dry ain't so bad. Couple of cold ones, a little Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee and all is good!
Quote from: Ford Blue blood on 2013-10-28 22:31
Hey now...watching paint dry ain't so bad. Couple of cold ones, a little Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee and all is good!
Thats what I do on days I watch the weeds grow :003:
Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee and all is good!
Funny...today I was watching a video on youtube with Brenda Lee, Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, and my favorite (but wierder than hell) KD Lang. "shadowland"...one of my all time favorites.
Quote from: Ecode70D on 2013-10-28 20:51
Limy 57 Gary
Are you sure that those little green things on the transporter are Fords?
Yes, they are Ford Fiesta ST's (around 170 bhp with a 6 speed manual transmission in something that weighs the same as a Big Mac). You guys now get the latest European Fiesta but you missed out on the previous "hot" versions.
Not my kind of thing but for a quick city car that goes & handles well I guess they're okay. My wife has a 2012 Ford Ka, they're even smaller than a Fiesta and are about as powerfull as a worn out vacuum cleaner....
My daily is my 61 f100. It was down for a couple months getting a new engine but since power tour its been in daily use again. I love my old stuff. Yeah I still havevthe suburban to pull my racecar around with..
I agree , my daily ride is a 88' Bronco with a 300 straight six, and a C6 behind it. Bullet proof, simply bullet proof! I like it because it is just basic fuel injection, nothing so complicated that I can't fix it in the yard. Tim :unitedstates:
When I had my GTO I was at a set of lights and a Civic pulls up beside me, wanted to race..... never do that again!
This thread has gone from, Cool old transporter to little 4 bangers and GTO's...I'm not to blame!
who brought up the GTO ?
Zap- :unitedstates:
Someone brought up orange... which triggered my GTO response. Cool transporter picture by the way!
All in fun, hrd...........
Zap- :unitedstates:
I'm with you Zapato, most of my comments are in fun, I stopped posting on another forum because I couldn't post in fun. It's hard to read the the tone of someone's post. mine will always be in fun. Cool transporter by the way! : )
HRD, life's too short to take few things other than family serious.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Zapato, what does HRD mean? Is to do with Human Resources? I feel like I should know!
It could stand for H. ot R. od D. onnie
WOW! That went right over my head. I wont be posting for a while!
Donnie
I have a feeling that you are going to have a new name.
Yip! My new friend Zapato gave me that.... sure cuts down on the ink.
Lazy is as lazy does.........
Zap- :unitedstates:
I've given thought to referring to gasman as "GM" but that probably wouldn't go over very well on this site. Not to mention all the bad Karma points that would come my way.
lol...you guys are too much..
I know these are a little early for this site, but very cool.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_AovfzNXgQ/TRv3HRwKo4I/AAAAAAABZ-M/SeLBHXqAtko/s1600/0%252520-%252520%2525201%252520-%252520Cionvoy%252520Auto%252520Transport%252520with%2525201955%252520T-Birds.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img801/9587/hgzy.jpg)
(http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2067466&d=1383524227)
Quote from: Boss/Cyclone on 2013-11-04 18:31
I know these are a little early for this site, but very cool.
(http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2067466&d=1383524227)
Man..... even the trailer looks cool! Designed by a designer, not by a penny pincher!
Very Art Deco..who woulda thought? I wonder if any of those still exist....would make a hell of a transport...purple and gold. Love the convertible too.
There is one of these, very similar to this one along the high way east of Marmaoth North Dakota, I'v driven by it many times but never stopped. I'm sure its for sale. Would be neat to have, but I'm getting to old and lazy.
The transporter may not be very cool, or old, but the treasure on board sure is.
Cool picture Junior58, makes you wonder what was wrong with those cars to sit for years...probably a blown trans, or eng! I'm 51 so I didn't get the privilege to live in the 50s, all the stories that have been told about guys scraping cars because of little things and picking up another one for 50 bucks, mean while today we are busting are balls and spending tons of money trying to rebuild them.
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-11-08 06:23
Cool picture Junior58, makes you wonder what was wrong with those cars to sit for years...probably a blown trans, or eng! I'm 51 so I didn't get the privilege to live in the 50s, all the stories that have been told about guys scraping cars because of little things and picking up another one for 50 bucks, mean while today we are busting are balls and spending tons of money trying to rebuild them.
Too bad you didn't get to live in those times. I use to hang out at a junk yard in the mid 60's and besides parts I ended up with two cars. I got a mint condition 48 OLDS that an old lady junked because she was to old to drive, $40 a new battery and fresh fuel and it ran great. Also bought a mint 55 Ford 2 dr wagon with a rod through the side of the block for $50 and a Yblock out of the engine pile for another $25 and I was on the road..
HRD, I grew up in the 60s , Viet Nam era, and scrap metal put more money in your pocket than trying to sell just anther old 50s car. Can't tell you how many times when I'd stop and ask about a 57 long sitting in a driveway and the owner would tell me ''the scrap guy'' offered me $(insert a ridiculous number here) and if you upped up 10-15 bucks you usually bought a car. Never paid more than $50 for straight solid cars that had just been parked when the family just had to have a new/newer car. I stuck with 57s, cherry pick the best parts off them ad swap them from car to car and after a good bath drive them to school with a for sale sign and for $75/125 they would disappear in a day or two. After all they were just old cars and the guys with money were buying the muscle cars.
Now to correct the term ''solid cars'' here in the pacific northwest some 57s were already rotting out the bottoms of the front fenders. But without the use of salt on our roads they were solid compared to say Ohio or Minnesota cars.
Sadly it wasn't unusual to buy a ''dead'' car for $25 pull the rearend or tranny and then sell it to the scrap guy the next day for 10-15 bucks. My dad didn't mind my temporary second car so much but as soon as one was brought home to be just a parts source a 24 hour rule was instantly put into effect. We had a scrap guy on the next block and looking back my buddies and I put a lot of groceries on his table. If he didn't haul 6-7 cars in a day it was a bad day. And he was one of dozens of guys hauling cars in Portland. He was one of the honest ones lots of cars were stolen from driveways as scrap values soared. Eventually the feds came to town and a lot of guys ended up in jail.
Few of us ever thought about the future as there was always another one down the street. I even bought a really nice one owner low mile car from a friend of my mom. Recently widowed she needed someone to mow her lawn, so for 5-6 months I'd swing by spend at the most 20 minutes a week and I had a driver anytime my 57 was torn down. And The real bonus I parked it in her driveway so it still would look like nothing had changed at her place.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Interesting stories. Guys that had scrap yards back in the day must shake their heads when they see the stuff getting pulled out of fields...rust buckets being restored, can't see someone haulin my 08 Montana out of the bush to restore...but just in case maybe I should get her rust checked!
Still haven't figured out why my 57 was parked in 73 and not moved until my guy found it 5 years ago and brought it to NZ. Everything works, it has NO rust, so it beats me. I guess, as you guys say, not worth anything to sell back then so just parked up. My good luck tho, so I'm not complaining.
We saw this transporter at the LA Roadster Show (Pomona, CA Fairplex) on Father's Day...
Zap, this goes on today, the prices are adjusted by inflation. How do you know what cars are destined to become classics or collectible. My brother who was influential in me being into the 57 fords, defected to the dark side. I stripped out dozens of tri-five Chevys, and threw the interiors and stainless, door parts , chassis parts , whatever, into the trash. That stuff would be gold if anyone had the sense to keep it, Mark
Quote from: Frankenstein57 on 2013-11-08 20:14
Zap, this goes on today, the prices are adjusted by inflation.
Absolutely right, minimum wage was $1.25 hr., I was working as a busboy and made more money from share of tips from the waiters. So $50 was a bunch for a high school kid. Next job was janitor at a local hospital making $3.32 hr, Then Uncle Sam called and was making just under $100 a month which quickly jumped to $220 a month. When you figure 720 hours a month Uncle Sam was pretty stingy.
Back in the 60's on the east coast tow trucks charged $50 to tow your hulk away. Guess it was too expensive to ship the steel to japan!
We used to drag our old rides out to the woods with a chain at night. Could always go retrieve parts later though. Made my spending money with a paper route and cutting copper wire out of the junkers and burned it in the bar-b-que pit to sell. Bought my first car (a 51 Victoria) for $150. Second was a 51 Woodie wgn for $150 and then a 57 Skyliner for $175 (still have it and 2 more!).
Noticed one of the 57's on the truck had light colored wheels (all 57's were supposed to be black, body colored wheels didn't start till 59 and only on small hubcap cars). Great to see these old photos.
Ron.
That's cool that you still have your 57 Skyliner Ron! We have a local guy here where I live, he has had the same 32 Ford hotrod for close to 55 years...It hasn't changed to the point that it has made a full circle and all that is old is new again!
Quote from: SkylinerRon on 2013-11-09 02:07
Back in the 60's on the east coast tow trucks charged $50 to tow your hulk away. Guess it was too expensive to ship the steel to japan!
Ron.
Ron, they were just making money off both ends of the deal. Out here it was almost like the metal drives of WW2 with a few steel mills in town its amazing anything is left.
Curious, have you revisited your old dumping grounds lately.
Rob...that's an incredible hauler you posted pics of. That thing is a work of art. Is someone using this to haul their showcars to shows? LOL Is their last name Trump?
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2013-11-10 07:51
Rob...that's an incredible hauler you posted pics of. That thing is a work of art. Is someone using this to haul their showcars to shows? LOL Is their last name Trump?
Rich...
There are so many incredible pieces of automotive artwork at these shows! A few great cars in the hauler that were hard to see.
....and that hauler was basically in the parking lot where non-displayers could park/show.
I'd prefer some bigger/more robust ramps!
(http://57fordsforever.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4530.0;attach=8225;image)
Hadn't seen this one on here before. Thought I'd share.
Skyliner Ron, I have had a lot of 57 Fords with colored wheels, most were lower body color, some were black wheels with just the front face of the wheel painted body color. As you can see in that last transport picture the cars have colored wheels.Every 57 Thunderbird I have ever had has had colored wheels.