Old gas stations

[2jakes]

Except the power steering was a little too powerful and you tended to overcorrect and bounce around in the lane.

One of my sisters drove with just two fingers holding on to the steering knob.
(suicide knob).

She drove me nuts doing that!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

One of my sisters drove with just two fingers holding on to the steering knob.
(suicide knob).

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She drove me nuts doing that!

I've got several of those...I like using them (but, I use more than two fingers, since my hotrod has manual steering, lol).

Rob

 

[2jakes]

I've got several of those...I like using them (but, I use more than two fingers, since my hotrod has manual steering, lol).

Rob

 

[David Conwill]

What's your hot rod, @Ghostsoldier ?

 

[2jakes]

ESSO TIGER BIKE

 

[Ghostsoldier]

What's your hot rod, @Ghostsoldier ?

'62 Falcon 2-door Ratwagon, with Mustang suspension, 8" rear end, '72 Hi-Po 302 and C4 combo...it was a father/son project for me, a few years back.

Rob

 

[dh66]

'62 Falcon 2-door Ratwagon, with Mustang suspension, 8" rear end, '72 Hi-Po 302 and C4 combo...it was a father/son project for me, a few years back.
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Rob

Sweet!

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[Ghostsoldier]

Sweet!

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Thanks! It's a lot of fun to drive, and I got to teach my son the manly arts of knuckle busting and cursing, while building it.

I put the steering knob on the inside of the wheel, so it doesn't snag my clothes and kill me. Plus, I use a heavy duty tractor type, with a big, wooden knob.

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Thanks! It's a lot of fun to drive, and I got to teach my son the manly arts of knuckle busting and cursing, while building it.

I put the steering knob on the inside of the wheel, so it doesn't snag my clothes and kill me. Plus, I use a heavy duty tractor type, with a big, wooden knob.

Rob

Trico fan!

 

[tonyb]

'62 Falcon 2-door Ratwagon, with Mustang suspension, 8" rear end, '72 Hi-Po 302 and C4 combo...it was a father/son project for me, a few years back.
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Rob

Had a two-door Falcon wagon myself, in, like 1974. Straight six, three on the tree. Of course I wish I still had it.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Had a two-door Falcon wagon myself, in, like 1974. Straight six, three on the tree. Of course I wish I still had it.

I drove this one with the 144 inline six for about 10 years, until my oldest son got the "car itch". Since my father in law gave us the car for free, we decided to ratrod it out, back when that was the going trend.

After this adventure, we bought him a '72 Plymouth Duster with a small block, for another project....but, that's another story.



Rob

 

[Frunobulax]

Gee, why didn't mauve-wall tires ever catch on?

My guess is it was a protective coat of some sort for the whitewall tires. It's been a long time since I purchased a whitewall, but they use to come with a green coat of some sort on them. This would wash off after a couple of rains or a car wash to reveal the bright whitewall.

 

[tonyb]

I drove this one with the 144 inline six for about 10 years, until my oldest son got the "car itch". Since my father in law gave us the car for free, we decided to ratrod it out, back when that was the going trend.

After this adventure, we bought him a '72 Plymouth Duster with a small block, for another project....but, that's another story.



Rob

That stock setup made for decent fuel economy and still enough leg for long trips on the SuperSlab. Long uphills had it in second gear and in the right lane, that little six-banger revving about as high as you'd wanna rev it. But it got you there.

I was acquainted with a fellow from the Colville Indian Reservation who was sometimes known as Michael Two Falcons because -- you guessed it -- he had two Ford Falcons.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Benzadmiral]

How iconic is that two-tone station wagon, but of course, I have to ask our car experts, what exactly it is?

I'm reasonably sure it's a 1957 Ford. A glance at the front grille would clear it up, but the '57 had round taillights like that.

 

[Benzadmiral]

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Rob

Early to mid-Sixties, though it could be a little later. That dark car pulling in is a Mercedes W111 or W112 chassis, the 220SE/250SE/300SE coupe (and convertible) that MB sold from about 1961-1971 -- remember the MB convertible in the movie The Hangover? And the car to the left of the fuel pumps is, I think, a '63 or '64 Ford.

The presence of the MB in the Sixties -- they were still fairly rare outside the largest metro areas -- and the mountains and palm trees make me think the station was in S. California.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

The 56 and 57 look similar...the swooping side trim differs a bit between the two...
1956 (first) and 1957 (second):

The 57 looks to be somewhat squatter looking, which leads me to believe that Benz is correct.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Swanky, lol.

Rob

 

[David Conwill]

I have a set of those coveralls. I bought them deadstock at a barn sale. The dark parts are red on mine.

 

[1955mercury]

The 56 and 57 look similar...the swooping side trim differs a bit between the two...
1956 (first) and 1957 (second):

The 57 looks to be somewhat squatter looking, which leads me to believe that Benz is correct.

Rob

The 1955 Ford's had 15 inch wheels and the 1957 Fords had 14 inch wheels. That made the 1957's look lower and longer.