Definition of old age...

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
If you can easily identify every make of car in this video and maybe the model year then you might be old.

All of them including that Nash can station wagon being followed.

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

I know every car there. I have owned many of them. I drove that street once in my 65 GTO.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

I saw two Bell Telephone vehicles, a 56 Chevy station wagon and 53/54 Chevy truck used by installation and repair crews.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

I saw two Bell Telephone vehicles, a 55 Chevy station wagon and 53/54 Chevy truck used by installation and repair crews.

 

[CourierDriver]

Those were the days.......................

 

[OneEyeJack]

A few of those cars would have been a good investment.

 

[Cujet]

Pedestrians? What pedestrians, just go.....

It sure looks like smog. I'll bet all that raw exhaust smelled great!

 

[SeaJay]

Originally Posted By: AZjeff


What's to like here... bias tires, carbs, 3K on 30 wt, not a thought about safety, worn out by 100K. Fun as a hobby today sure but as a daily driver now no thanks. Now put some of those bodies on today's drivetrains and you've got something.


For sure, not much to like about that. Other things about those cars were tune-ups needed every year, tires shot after 15K or less, mufflers that rusted and fell off after three years. Manual steering, manual brakes and no air conditioning except on the higher priced luxury cars (which had their own set of problems with these options).

 

[spasm3]

Originally Posted By: SeaJay
Originally Posted By: AZjeff


What's to like here... bias tires, carbs, 3K on 30 wt, not a thought about safety, worn out by 100K. Fun as a hobby today sure but as a daily driver now no thanks. Now put some of those bodies on today's drivetrains and you've got something.


For sure, not much to like about that. Other things about those cars were tune-ups needed every year, tires shot after 15K or less, mufflers that rusted and fell off after three years. Manual steering, manual brakes and no air conditioning except on the higher priced luxury cars (which had their own set of problems with these options).


But the average car owner knew how to adjust valves, set point gaps and timing, and tweak a carb.