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Posted
14 hours ago, BlackSheep214 said:

Ooooh... what would the new generation of kids do when they find out it comes with no PW, PB, and God forbid... no AC.

To say nothing of the mystery of manipulating a choke with a cold engine.

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Posted
4 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said:

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I had an Ex Brother in law years ago who had a pumping business. He had "Honey Dipper" painted on the side of the tank on his truck. I guess such a job is a little more enjoyable if you have a sense of humor. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, crazyjim said:

Holy cow is that thing BIG!

Sure Jim . . . Even for American cars of the 1950's . . . this is BIG !  ( 21 feet long I think )

David

Posted
44 minutes ago, Anglia105E said:

Sure Jim . . . Even for American cars of the 1950's . . . this is BIG !  ( 21 feet long I think )

David

No, "just" about 18 and 1/2 feet. ?

Posted
9 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

No, "just" about 18 and 1/2 feet. ?

Yeah, the largest American regular cars were about 235 inches or 19 feet and change.  The only cars over 20 feet were limos like Cadillac Fleetwood 75s, Crown Imperials, etc…

Posted
4 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

Yeah, the largest American regular cars were about 235 inches or 19 feet and change.  The only cars over 20 feet were limos like Cadillac Fleetwood 75s, Crown Imperials, etc…

Thank you Robert . . . and I stand corrected ! . . . My 1968 Pontiac Parisienne 4-door that I owned back in 1977 was 19 feet in length if I remember correctly.

David

Posted (edited)
13 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

Thank you Robert . . . and I stand corrected ! . . . My 1968 Pontiac Parisienne 4-door that I owned back in 1977 was 19 feet in length if I remember correctly.

David

They were just a tick over 18 feet.

The Electra that's been in out family since '74 is 18 and 3/4 feet and it's definitely longer then a Parisienne. 

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Posted
4 hours ago, Can-Con said:

They were just a tick over 18 feet.

The Electra that's been in out family since '74 is 18 and 3/4 feet and it's definitely longer then a Parisienne. 

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Thank you Steve . . . Okay, so I don't know my facts when it comes to the lengths of American and Canadian cars. Guilty as charged . . . Sorry guys !

That is a nice Electra you have there Steve, and you must be proud to have the car in your family since 1974.

David

Posted (edited)

I was driving so didn't get a picture, besides it was in the opposing land going the other direction. I will try to describe as best I can. Believe it to be some form of Toyota, not from this current decade. The paint is what caught my eye.  Looked like the body had been chrome plated, then shot with candy green, it had yellow headlight buckets.  Reminded me a whole lot of earlier hot wheels cars. IMHO it looked like the north end of a southbound goat.

Edit: It was the same color as this.

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