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  1. After a lot of discussion we decided to not use the 1947 Desoto Suburban for our cross country retirement travels. The big issue is that we now live in an age where: 1. People just have no patience on the freeways and in the mountains for slow 1940's cars. 2. No trunk. We are seeing more and more reports of people with cars, both classic and not, getting broken into by bashing the windows to get to things in sight. The 1947 Desoto Suburban does not have a trunk. We do not want to worry about someone looking in and deciding to break a window to get to things while we are in some diner someplace. By dumb luck we ran across last week an 88 year old man that had a few cars. He cannot drive any more. One of the cars was a 1964 Chrysler 300K hardtop. It was his mothers that she purchased new in the fall of 1963. FACTORY paint still on it. The sheet metal unibody is perfect. A couple of small dings here and there but where it counts the metal is just fantastic. The car has a documented 98K miles on it. Now you have to understand that my mom and dad, in addition to the 1949 Desoto that a got back and restored, purchased a 1964 Chrysler 300K in the fall of 1963 as well. I restored that car as well a convertible. I sold them both in the late 1990's. I regret to this day selling the hardtop. Neither of the 300K's would fit into the garage space here in San Francisco at the time. So, we are going to rebuild a stock 265 for the big Desoto and not do all the fancy modification I was contemplating. We will use it for spring and fall cool weather trips in Northern California for fishing and the like. The 1964 Chrysler will be completely rebuild for cross country trips. James
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  2. The thermostat is there to set the minimum temp (ie 160, 170, 180, 195, etc) once the coolant temp rises above thermostat value, the thermostat cannot open (further) or close, so the temp keeps rising if the radiator and fan are not affective enough to reduce the temp.
    1 point
  3. Some of the conversations are fun. This morning I took my Chrysler to the grocery store for the weekly refill. A friendly older lady approached to voice her approval of my car. “Is it a Studebaker?”, she said. I smiled and told her no. She praised the car and said “I guess you had to install seatbelts?” I replied “I don’t HAVE to install them. A stunned, confused look appeared on her face. “What do you mean, you don’t have to?”. I told her if the car did not originally come with seat belts, you don’t HAVE to install them. She paused and asked, “Don’t you want them?” I replied “Well, not really. I do wear one if I am leaving town on a hiway. Although I’m not convinced it would do anything to save my life.” I went on about how safety was far down a list, if at all in 1938. There was laminated glass in the car and that was about all the safety improvements I could think of. If someone hits me at 30 mph or less in town where I travel 95% of the time, I’ll likely be alright. Above 30 mph, I put the seatbelt on. Yet, I won’t be alright if someome hits me. “Its just some of the risks we take to drive these old cars” I told her. She was surprised. A trunk shot after I put a few items in that massive cavity.
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  4. my current other collection... ’87 4runner, my primary DD, since 2013. ‘87 volvo, wife’s DD ‘88 volvo, son #2’s DD ‘89 camry, son #1’s DD ‘87 4runner #2, my primary summer DD ‘88 4runner, a beater and the one i’ve owned the longest, since 1993
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  5. Sniper- you found the pic in the parts book I could not! Thanks for the confirmation! I guess my memory is nor totally- gone- -yet! ? DJ
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  6. the tour heading to lunch.... and, what road trip would be complete without a little bit of road construction delay? got home, and the odometer was exactly 100 miles higher than when i left the house in the morning.
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  7. the line-up.. proof that i made it...
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  8. soon joined by the pic-nic crowd.... and the tail end....
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  9. early arrival at the "cars & coffee" stop.....
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  10. thrilled you came out with the truck! Let’s meet again some day this fall.
    1 point
  11. enjoyed a great day with the picnic tour. super nice cars, and an even better group of people. will post pics once i’ve loaded them to the computer. perfect weather, too.
    1 point
  12. I posted a coupla pics of my Roadster back in 2014. They are long gone. Here's an update. The folding stowable top is a recent project. I may never get to the '40 Sedan. It's perfect for a resto. No one is interested.
    1 point
  13. What a great coach of the KC Chiefs he was...excellent broadcaster too! Oooooooppppps....wrong Len Dawson....??
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