The old gent next door left a '52 when he passed on and my dad bought it, traded it in on the '55 Buick I learned to drive on. I did get rides in the Chevy when I worked with the man in groundskeeping as a teen. I did 'enjoy' a stuck trans once. I was up above Harrisburg when my new (to me) '64 Polara stuck in 1st. That seemed long enough. Fortunately the 5/50 warranty was still in effect. The only other problem I had with it was a tendency to overheat.
Bill Banaszak, MFE
Thanks for the heads-up:
I picked up a Minicraft Titanic yesterday for $40. Don't have any idea how good this kit is, but I've always wanted to do a model of the Titanic. I couldn't pass it up.
Regards, John.
Mine never overheated that I remember (grew up in Seattle) but it sure had a tendency to require a 'Rolling' start down the driveway in the mornings. If I shut it off on the flats and parked, I was SOL! But hey, for $25 w/ a hole in the block and $20 for another complete running motor in '66 I couldn't whine too much....... I was going to go camping at Baker Lake and had just gotten to the town of Concrete(WA) when she locked up in 1st. I finally got it into 2nd and thats how I drove it back to Seattle. Speed limit on the freeway was 70 then and here I am,
18 at the time, doing maybe 30 on the shoulder in this ugly 2 tone brown turd, with cheater street slicks on the back, holes drilled in the muffler and turned shackles on the rear - cuz it was cool............. JohnPolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.