Street Rods/Old Cars - anybody have one?

[Colorado Cowboy]

I have a 49 Chevy Street Rod. It's a 2 dr Fleetline Deluxe . Has a 350 chev engine , turbo 400 trans, 9" Ford rear end, Mustang 2 front clip. I drive it a lot in the summer, getting ready to store it for the winter.

 

[JF_Idaho]

Nice ride.

I have a 65 Olds 442. Needs bodywork/paint. Been sitting on it for years. Thinking about getting out of it for a while. Hard to let go though.

 

[AK Troutbum]

I have a 1936 Ford 3 window coupe that’s in storage in Northern California. All metal, balanced and blue printed Chevy 350 w/B&M blower, 350 turbo transmission, Ford 9” rearend, stainless steel exhaust (headers to tip), stainless steel brake lines, disc brakes all around, air conditioning, tilting, and telescoping Cadillac steering, original mohair interior, and 7 coats of black lacquer paint. Full disclosure though, I had very little to do with the building of this car. My father purchased it from a farm in Northern California when I was 17 years old, and I was with him when we went to pick it up (in pieces), on a flatbed trailer. I helped him with the build for the first couple years, then I moved out of California and never went back (to live anyway). My father passed away in Oregon, in December of last year, and I inherited it. I flew down to Oregon and a buddy of mine brought a flatbed trailer up from California and hauled it back down to the Bay Area this past March. After my dad finished the build, it just sat in his garage collecting dust. It literally didn’t move for almost 25 years. After changing all the fluids, new battery and tires, and a good cleaning, my daughter and I flew back down to Santa Rosa, CA. and put it in a car show this past June. When I drove it for the first time, it only had 74 miles on the odometer.

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[Colorado Cowboy]

Love it.

 

[AK Troutbum]

Love it.

Yeah, me too! Here’s a few more pics of the odometer when I picked it up, a couple of the original plates, and sitting in the garage where it lived for over two decades, with the man that built it in the background.

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[Colorado Cowboy]

This a picture of a 57 Ranchero I did about 40 years ago, my cousin has it now. I put in a 351 Cleveland out of a Pantera. The picture of it blue id when I started.

 

[nphunter]

Currently no but I’ve had a few. About 20 years ago I traded an 81 vet for a 1964 Plymouth Sport Dury with a 426 max wedge with 40K OG miles and always garaged. The lady I traded bought it new and paid her way though collage racing the car, she changed cam shafts but the OG was in the trunk along with the original build sheet under the plaid cardboard liner. The car was a 4 speed, black with white leather. Foolishly I sold the car for $16K, I’ve seen restored cars sell for over $125K, the one I had still had perfect factory paint.

I also had a 1968 Chevelle SS, i sold the 396 and put a 502 in it. That was a fun car, sold it to a family member and he was suppose to keep it or sell it back to me. He ended up a pill popper and sold it without me knowing. I had the car from when I was 16 to my early 30’s.

Sadly I don’t have a picture of either car. The sport fury sold on eBay back when they first started in the late 90’s.