Strike one off the bucket list!

Onkel Neal · 03-07-12, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Today I can strike one off my bucket list. It is a short list but none-the-less a list. On my list since the age of 16 years is a desire to have a car from the 50's. The desire started when I looked through the fence surrounding a junkyard. There sat a 1959 Buick Invicta. The car, rusty but complete was going for $600.00. Big money back in the 80's. The love affair for cars of the 50's began that day. I approached my mother about purchasing and putting the old car in her driveway (sound like Steven Kings novel "Christine'). She said she was not having a pile of rusty metal in her driveway. Thus ended my dream of a 50's project car. Until today!

This is my 1954 Buick Special. Bucket list: 1. Car from the 50's. CHECK

Way to go, nice car!

How about a video when you get time, you know, a 360 tour, under the hood, and a ride. That would be great. Enjoy!

AVGWarhawk · 03-07-12, 03:04 PM

Will do Neal. I have to get her tagged. That will be sometime next week. Then I can row through the 3 on the tree.

Penguin · 03-07-12, 03:55 PM

niiieece!

Is she ready to roll, or do you have to put some work into her?

AVGWarhawk · 03-07-12, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

niiieece!

Is she ready to roll, or do you have to put some work into her?

She is ready to roll. She needs a new headliner. Mechanically she is sound. Runs very well. The motor as rebuilt 2006. Has little miles since then.

Sailor Steve · 03-07-12, 10:56 PM

Having lived through the '50s that is not exactly my cup of tea, but the best car, bike, drink in the world is the one that turns you on. You got yours, so life is good.

Congratulations!

Penguin · 03-08-12, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Having lived through the '50s that is not exactly my cup of tea [...]

heretic!

I have noticed that the forms of cars from the 50s are generally seen as pleasant and elegant even among those who are not particulary into cars. Shame on all car designers after the 50s!

However, I can understand where you are coming from:
Having lived through the 70s, I have no tolerance when I see people who wear bell-bottoms:
"Is this some kind of sick joke? Do you know how much we had to suffer back then when we had nothing but bell-bottoms? Ahh, I still remember the day when I wore my first pair of pants in which I could spot my feet! Oh the youth of today! (rant, rant, ranty-rant...) "

Reece · 03-08-12, 02:51 AM

Wow!!

what a beauty! You deserve it Chris!

Osmium Steele · 03-08-12, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

heretic!

"Is this some kind of sick joke? Do you know how much we had to suffer back then when we had nothing but bell-bottoms?

My Schwinn Stingray loved eating my bell-bottoms. I took to wrapping a rubber band around them to keep the cuffs out of the chain. Until it hit 60 degrees, then I just cut them off.

Sailor Steve · 03-08-12, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

heretic!

I have noticed that the forms of cars from the 50s are generally seen as pleasant and elegant even among those who are not particulary into cars. Shame on all car designers after the 50s!

I came back from Vietnam in 1970 to find that my dad had bought a '67 convertible 'Vette. I see no shame at all in that design. Mustang? Charger? Challenger? Nothing from the '50s compares.

gimpy117 · 03-09-12, 12:10 AM

...and I'm just struggling to find/ pay for a new engine for my 97' 626 before it dies

Nice car though

AVGWarhawk · 03-09-12, 09:59 AM

The 2 ton baby girl was delivered this morning at 0600. She is resting peacefully in her new crib.

Jimbuna · 03-09-12, 10:07 AM

Nice car Chris

03-07-12, 03:04 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Will do Neal. I have to get her tagged. That will be sometime next week. Then I can row through the 3 on the tree. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-07-12, 10:56 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Having lived through the '50s that is not exactly my cup of tea, but the best car, bike, drink in the world is the one that turns you on. You got yours, so life is good. Congratulations! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-08-12, 02:51 AM	#7
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,798 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Wow!! what a beauty! You deserve it Chris! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

03-09-12, 12:10 AM	#10
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	...and I'm just struggling to find/ pay for a new engine for my 97' 626 before it dies Nice car though __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

03-09-12, 09:59 AM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The 2 ton baby girl was delivered this morning at 0600. She is resting peacefully in her new crib. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-07-12, 03:55 PM	#3
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	niiieece! Is she ready to roll, or do you have to put some work into her?

03-09-12, 10:07 AM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nice car Chris __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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