Checked, but no skellys in there.Pre WW2 but not sure the year. Any gangster remains in there?
Checked, but no skellys in there.Pre WW2 but not sure the year. Any gangster remains in there?
Nice! I still prefer the old warbonnet redheads. The blue/yellow looks much better than the warren buffet age BMSF orange. The warbonnets were classy. I grew up within earshot of ATSF mainline, and only 20 miles from Burlington, and the CB&Q mainline. We had Santa Fe shops. Burlington had bigger CB&Q shops.
That's very cool scrounge to drive home with after work... instead of an empty bed...Another successful lunchtime scrounge, a little oak and some beech. will be ready for the 2025/2026 burning season.
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It's possible we are related somehow,, For a long time I traveled with my favorite Jonsered and a maul.. Didn't ride around with an empty grocery getter truck... Sometimes just stop long enough to fill up a Subaru. Nothing like a good physical work out instead of going to a gym.. someone say "free heat"..?I used to never travel without my Husky 41. If I saw it down, I'd cut and take it home. For a few years they cleared the power lines near me and every weekend I was cutting and throwing beech, birch and maple into the truck. The clone 543xp $120 saw I just bought I think will take it's place in the truck bed.
I learned to drive on a 65 Country Squire with a 390 4bbl that was pre-owned by Charlotte Ford (she got a new car every 6 weeks),Probably drive like a tank compared to today's standards, but I'd take a 65' Galaxie 500 over just about anything
You do know I had a 427 Ford engine in my 1970 Boss Mustang (302 body). The 302 had spun bearings when I bought it and I had purchased the 427 short-block when I was at college. It was a 1966 Holman + Moody seasoned side oiler block with cross bolted mains. The crank had been trued (cut 10 + 20), but it had low riser pistons, so I put 428 CJ heads on it. (Medium and Hi Riser heads had larger combustion chambers and needed pop up pistons). 428 CJ head had valves and combustion chambers like a low riser, but intake ports like a medium riser. They were developed by Tasca Ford because the larger valves on the Medium Riser heads would not fit in the smaller 428 bore.I so want a 500 with the 427. Saw one at a car show painted deep green and my wife had to drag me away before I did something stupid.
I love me a 67-68 fastback, but I will just have to live my life looking at pictures, no average enthusiast can afford one when rusted hulls are selling for 10k. Dad has a '67 coupe that was his first car, its super fun to drive. We put stiffer springs and dropped the front end an inch or so, and put a Ford Racing T5 in it. IT really needs the 289 rebuilt, the crank isn't in the best of shape when we stuck a set of bearings in it 10 years ago. To be super nice it needs a touch of body work and paint but its a super straight/solid car otherwise.The only reasons I don't have a classic Mustang (my favorites are 67-68 Fastbacks followed by 69-70 Fastbacks) is that they are ungodly expensive and far less reliable than the Mustang I currently own. They just cannot compete with the combination of performance, handling, reliability and economy of my current Mustang.
Next on my list would be a 66 or 67 Fairlane.
I'm of the age that I would rather drive it than work on it, so I remain content with what I have. Few of my friends still drive "hotrods"!
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