polara71
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Back then the grille bar and tail light housings just came out. Today you can build a whole car with aftermarket parts, including the frame
Cover of new Haggerty mag.
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Back then the grille bar and tail light housings just came out. Today you can build a whole car with aftermarket parts, including the frame
Mr C
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A vette?:Groaner::Groaner:
My Vette was Cobalt Blue. It's an amazing color.
A vette?:Groaner::Groaner:
commando1
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I had a need for a car that I could click through six mechanical gears that topped out at 187 mph.
After the need for speed and a blonde, I got it out of my system. Getting banned in both Corvette forums helped....
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After the need for speed and a blonde, I got it out of my system. Getting banned in both Corvette forums helped....
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commando1
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I would love to do that. Pick the best of everything, scrutenize every nut and bolt, and hand assemble a tri-5 exactly the way I would have ordered it if possible.
56 base 2 dr post, V8 manual, A/C. Period!
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bluefury361
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Theres a bunch of reproduction parts being used on this car..... And there not as great as they tell you they are. It can take as much to make a repop part fit right as it takes to restore an original part. I perfer restoring and using originals just because they fit better,but it takes more time. Still glad the repops are avaliable though.
tbm3fan
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Here is an example of what I call crazy nuts and it is on the Hagerty site You can now use their site to create and track your car portfolio investments against the DJA, S&P, NASDAQ and gold no less. I can see land, gold, master paintings and stocks as being forever investments. I can't see cars as being forever investments in changing times which have zero effect on the first four mentioned. I'm sure some of you can remember certain cars, me it is Shelby's in the early 80's, which were going for 5-8K in Mustang Monthly back in 1983. I have the magazine back to 1982 when there were a used car for sale section. Quite large in fact and I cannot even bear to look at it today and then seeing what happened to all the pony cars for that matter. I bought my Mustang in 1983 which is why I started the magazine. Lucky for me I could still get parts from the Ford dealer for the car and not expensive like OEM fenders, valance panels and trim. It and the Cougar are the only two cars that have upside for me as the Mustang cost me $5,500 total and the Cougar is my first car (44 years) with both worth around 12K. Now clapped out pony cars are insane.
http://www.hagerty.com/valuationtools/Portfolio/Overview
commando1
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That's an interesting question.
What car got you into a long term addiction to a certain magazine.
What car got you into a long term addiction to a certain magazine.
tbm3fan
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Well the Mustang of course. It is the car I wanted in 1969 yet instead got my father's 15 month old 68 Cougar. Since the Mustang was going to be the first car I ever completely stripped down to the bare bones, doing all the interior, all the exterior, all mechanical systems and assembly of the engine I thought it would be good to have a guide from those doing the same thing. That was the magazine back then, a bunch of ordinary guys restoring Mustang for pleasure and their use.
You know if I lay out all the 31 years of issues in front of you and you look at the covers and what they say closely you will see the total evolution of the hobby from ordinary guys to the big buck restorers, buyers and auctions. It is almost like looking at the rings of a redwood and you can see the good years and bad years over the centuries. It goes from people like you and me restoring cars for fun, then you can see the ads when the repop suppliers start to show up, then the stage where a group starts going nuts about building a perfect 100 point car to outdo the other guy for bragging rights, to less hobbyists, the birth of the shops, to the guys who buy a rare Mustang and then write a check for 35K to have the car restored, to when the movie Eleanor came out, to the birth of resto mod, the coming out of the auctions and now inclusion of the Fox bodies in 50% of the magazine. Rarely is there an article on a car done by an ordinary guy anymore to be seen. Rarely anything in it anymore that is directed towards me so I am thinking of dropping the magazine when the year is out.
You know if I lay out all the 31 years of issues in front of you and you look at the covers and what they say closely you will see the total evolution of the hobby from ordinary guys to the big buck restorers, buyers and auctions. It is almost like looking at the rings of a redwood and you can see the good years and bad years over the centuries. It goes from people like you and me restoring cars for fun, then you can see the ads when the repop suppliers start to show up, then the stage where a group starts going nuts about building a perfect 100 point car to outdo the other guy for bragging rights, to less hobbyists, the birth of the shops, to the guys who buy a rare Mustang and then write a check for 35K to have the car restored, to when the movie Eleanor came out, to the birth of resto mod, the coming out of the auctions and now inclusion of the Fox bodies in 50% of the magazine. Rarely is there an article on a car done by an ordinary guy anymore to be seen. Rarely anything in it anymore that is directed towards me so I am thinking of dropping the magazine when the year is out.
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'68 Dodge Charger, I couldn't take my eyes off the one across the street from me when I was a child of 5 years old. My parents always new where to find me in the evenings during the summer, sitting on the curb at the bottom of the driveway watching the 20 year old gear heads working on that car.
polara71
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It made you the man you are today
commando1
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I can't stand spending money on magazines anymore.
You read one particular magazine long enough and you can already predict what same advertisers will be on the same page again.
Mopar Action is the only one I might possibly be lured into buying. But even that one I haven't bought in 2 or 3 years.
A hand me down Hemmings is a good one for the shelf next to the toilet.
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Greg B.
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Got my copy today. Can't wait to read the article, Rexus. Well done.
rexus31
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Thanks Greg!
polara71
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Hemmings muscle is the best there is by far. An equal spread of all brands. Most are originals
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http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=672487
This discontinued series from Cars and Parts Mag. was about the best overall in depth publication.
This discontinued series from Cars and Parts Mag. was about the best overall in depth publication.
commando1
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rexus31
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Still waiting.
They must send them out in order of the value of your car.
Don't fret Stan. I haven't gotten my copy yet either!
commando1
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Like I said, the most valuable go out last. LMAO.
Greg B.
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Hey, nice new profile pic!
uke::rolling:
The good news about the article is that there are lots of pictures of Rexus' car.
The bad news is that the article itself is one of those generic overview articles about a bunch of different makes. Hemmings Classic Car is notorious for wasting several pages in each issue with these type of articles. The info in them is generally already known by anyone who would be reading this kind of magazine anyway, except for the mistakes that the author inevitably makes. Sadly, nothing specific about any of the cars pictured.
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