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I hung around with a kid who had a somewhat ratty 68 442........ he beat the living crap out of that car, and it never flinched. I don't recall ever working on it........
he'd mat the gas pedal and drop it in low at 5K, couldn't kill it........ we had a blast in that car for at least a couple of years
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My dad was a life long Mopar guy, but he owned a ‘67 Vista Cruiser in the 70s, and it was a great car.
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My dad, god rest his soul, drove
nothing but Oldsmobiles his
entire life. My memory recalls a
'55, 2 57's, 2 59's. One of the '59's
served as his pickup. With a trunk
big enough to haul two folding saw
horses and 5 gallon buckets full of
tools of a sheetrockers' trade.
The other '59 was a stunning black
on white/white interior convertable.
He also owned a '62 Starfire
convertable, chrystal blue with a
matching interior.
Don't know where his son went
wrong. He (me) owned 24 different
vehicles up til now. Mostly Fords,
until my very first Mopar. It has
since captured all of my intrests.
nothing but Oldsmobiles his
entire life. My memory recalls a
'55, 2 57's, 2 59's. One of the '59's
served as his pickup. With a trunk
big enough to haul two folding saw
horses and 5 gallon buckets full of
tools of a sheetrockers' trade.
The other '59 was a stunning black
on white/white interior convertable.
He also owned a '62 Starfire
convertable, chrystal blue with a
matching interior.
Don't know where his son went
wrong. He (me) owned 24 different
vehicles up til now. Mostly Fords,
until my very first Mopar. It has
since captured all of my intrests.
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one of the few jobs I had early on was in a eurocar resto shop......... rich girl and her boyfriend were into Porsche's and her Daddy opened up a shop for them. I had worked under the boyfriend at another shop prior and he drug me along for the ride.
Anyway, she was a bit of a snob....... I was just a poor boy with my ratty GTX and she always looked down on American cars; But her father was a super nice guy and always talked about his 59 Olds, and how he's gonna find another one and bring it in the shop.
this would get "Susan's" panties in a wad every time...... the very thought of some huge, old, American car with goofy fins in her Porsche shop made her nuts. I'm not sure if the old man ever got his 59, but I sure hope he did........ what a bitch she was, lmao
Anyway, she was a bit of a snob....... I was just a poor boy with my ratty GTX and she always looked down on American cars; But her father was a super nice guy and always talked about his 59 Olds, and how he's gonna find another one and bring it in the shop.
this would get "Susan's" panties in a wad every time...... the very thought of some huge, old, American car with goofy fins in her Porsche shop made her nuts. I'm not sure if the old man ever got his 59, but I sure hope he did........ what a bitch she was, lmao
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Beautiful car....fins be damned.
Americana defined for that era.
Enough sheetmetal to build two
cars of today.
"Sonnofabitch would freeze up in the middle of summer on the equator!"
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When do WE become "Old Timers"!? I'm 73, am I an Old Timer yet? My father was always good for a "When I was a kid" or During the Depression"!
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The organizers of my high school reunion committee decided we were old timers when the list of departed classmates got too long to present as a slide show. Started doing the reunions annually, instead of every five. Class of '71.
Novacane for the soul.....cause mother said I was a great mistake! Cool Oldsmobiles!
Alice Coopers song Billy and Millie.....riding along with her dead husbands corpse in the trunk of their 68 Olds!
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in one of the early giveaways, I mentioned getting lucky several times in an Olds 98 (high school, her car) .......not a joke 
also borrowed a friend's 75ish Cutlass Supreme exactly like this one to pick up a little cutie; I assume my car was down, and it was an emergency........Oldsmobiles were lucky for me
also borrowed a friend's 75ish Cutlass Supreme exactly like this one to pick up a little cutie; I assume my car was down, and it was an emergency........Oldsmobiles were lucky for me
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Winning!in one of the early giveaways, I mentioned getting lucky several times in an Olds 98 (high school, her car) .......not a joke
also borrowed a friend's 75ish Cutlass Supreme exactly like this one to pick up a little cutie; I assume my car was down, and it was an emergency........Oldsmobiles were lucky for me
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WS23U1
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You're old. Ask me how I know.
Older than dirt!
Reminds me of, " wouldn't start if you walked by with an ice cream cone!"
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