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Hello Gord,
Maybe an English Opal that is lurking somewhere in better condition might be available. (Removed to make a special perhaps)
Best wishes,
Robert.
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Location: British Columbia
Car type: 1937 Opal
That is my dream Robert but very few arrived here. This one has 16" wheels, 4 blade fan, bench seat (what's left of it) and LH drive. One came up for sale in California a few years back but getting it here was prohibitive. I'm still kicking myself over that one! I'll keep buying lottery tickets.
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Location: Ripon
No doubt "engine at both ends" to quote Flanders and Swan from the intro to the Gnu song...
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Location: Auckland, NZ
04-10-2020, 07:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-10-2020, 07:30 PM by Bob Culver.)
The characteristic Buick grille was known as "the dollar grin"
The first common "coming and going" three box car was the Studebaker about 1947. As a schoolboy they were a source of intrigue to fellow youngsters, many whose fictitious uncles owned one!
Much is made of crumple zones etc in moderns but given a seat belt I would prefer the Buick.
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Location: Llandrindod Wells
Car type: 29 Special, 30 RK, 28 C Cab
Hi All
I’ve not posted on this thread yet as I am completely in awe of the beautiful Chevy in the first post. Envy written all over me! I have a line drawing of one on the spare bedroom wall ( brought back from Cuba by my son a year out so back) and I constructed a Revel model of one some years ago. AND my all time favourite film “American Graffiti” featured one as the bad guy driven by a very young Harrison Ford. Although I’d still take home the deuce coupe in preference.
However all my neighbours refer to my Austin’s as the “cars bach”. Hope I don’t need to translate this as little cars in Wenglish ?.
Cheers
Howard
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My favourite so far is Ray's Dodge.