Rainy day classic cars

[Old Crank]

Small car show at our Dorffest, village festival, I think the numbers were down because of the rain.
These ones get driven and not owned by the trailer and QTip crowd.

Chevy Impala






GMC pickup


No cupholders visable


Dodge Charger r/t

[Silent Type]

1. Like that orange pickup.

[KS Toronado]

2. Be a nice one to have no doubt

Kinda surprised with the new dash and gauges it still had the original steering column. IMO most of the
50s & 60s pickups are more comfortable to drive with a tilt wheel. I know my '54 Ford was.

[crud]

3. I learned to drive

in a 57 chevy flat bed pickup (farm truck). I would love to have that orange truck.

[AZ8theist]

9. A buddy of mine had a similar truck in high school....

Everyone tried to talk him into getting one of those small chrome chain steering wheels.
His response was "no power steering NO WAY I'm getting rid of the big steering wheel!!!"

Right decision.

[Old Crank]

11. Like my 67 Land Cruiser

Power steering by Armstrong.
The large wheel gives good leverage.
Also the 10 turns lock to lock

[erronis]

4. Must be an aficionado to afford the petrol for those.

Probably not run that often or long on the autobahn either.

Still, it's fun to see the old carriages being well maintained.

[Old Crank]

14. Yes. the R/T

was rates at between 9 adn 12 mpg. at the time. In European terms 25-28 liters per 100 KM.
At Euro 1.9 / liter about $8 per gallon, you could be looking at $1.00 per mile for gas.

Undoubtably it is used once in a while for show and picnics.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. saw a souped up model t w v8 and blower onboard . loved the sound of power.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. me loves the instrument pannel of the orange pickup , simple and clean looking. me hearts the fuzzy dice

as well.

[Bo Zarts]

7. Nothing like rain beading on a good wax job!

1980 Porsche 911SC

[AZ8theist]

8. REALLY nice Impala and Charger....

Kind of an unusual paint job on the Impala, no?

[Old Crank]

12. I like the simplicity

of the paint job. It worked nice with the silly little running board they had on it also.

[AZ8theist]

15. True.

Never a big fan of running boards, myself.
Although with my arthritis they sometimes help on my Avalanche.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

10. That Charger looks mean!

[Old Crank]

13. Don't think that is the original hood scoop

but if it is indeed a 69 R/T it came with a 427 4bbl.
It was pretty mean. Drum brakes on all four corners also....
So it would have been a real handful for the uninitiated.

[KS Toronado]

16. Thought my buddies '69 Charger (318) had front disc brakes

Checked on rockauto, they listed parts for both drum and disc brakes on the front, so disc was probably an
option that year.

[Old Crank]

17. The site I saw

showed drums.
Discs were some fancy stuff for US cars back then. I didn't check to see what this one had.

I know my Datsun roadster had front discs. No power assist. You had to use them with authority.