Wintery Ride

[55 Fargo]

Hi all, after being quite ill for 2 days, with who know's what, I am feeling much better, infact had to take a winter cruise in the 47.

Before anyone shreeks, what is Rockwood, doing taking his car out in the snow. I only went down my road, it is fairly snow free, no salt, and quite cold 5 above farenheit.

I went for a short cruise up and down my road a few times, car ran great, nice and quiet, warmed up good too, it's always nice to go for a ride in this old car....

[P-12 Tommy]

Good for you Fred. Enjoy your car.

Tom

[1940plymouth]

Fred, glad you were able to enjoy the '47. I take mine out during the winter when the roads are dry and the salt has had time to disapate

[oldmopar]

No such thing as a bad time for a ride besides most of our cars have survived many winters I am sure they can take a few more.

[Chester Brzostowski]

Fred,

Your car is looking real nice. How is the heater working ?

Chet…

[55 Fargo]

Fred,

Your car is looking real nice. How is the heater working ?

Chet…

Heater works great, blower fan is got good force too. Of course these heater and defrost systems of yesteryear, are not what we have in modern vehicles today.

If the clock ticked back 50 or 60 years, I would have frost shields on my windows, the back and the side doors, to allow me to see out, even if the vehicle was warm, the windows would frost up.

My heater would be awesome, with a 180 t/stat, I am running a 160, and it gets toasty warm blowing out of the heater by the time the gauge is registering 130

BTW Chet your car looks A1

Edited December 16, 2010 by Rockwood

[T120]

..Glad you're now feeling okay,Fred.Nice photos,your car looks great

[55 Fargo]

..Glad you're now feeling okay,Fred.Nice photos,your car looks great

Thanx Ralph, I have no idea what I had, other than some type of "flu", very strange dreams, with a high fever and major chills, glad that did not last long, no pleasant....

[PatS....]

Walter P seems to have a cheeky grin on his face. Going for a drive, even in winter, beats sitting in the garage with no scenery.

Nice and cold here too, but they put lots of salt on the roads.

[Frank Elder]

Thanx Ralph, I have no idea what I had, other than some type of "flu", very strange dreams, with a high fever and major chills, glad that did not last long, no pleasant....

Fred my boy, you are one lucky CO, cause walking amongst the cons is the same as being cooped up on board ship with a bunch off sick salty dogs......there is always something trotting around for you to catch.

[moparbenny]

Hi all, after being quite ill for 2 days, with who know's what, I am feeling much better, infact had to take a winter cruise in the 47.

Before anyone shreeks, what is Rockwood, doing taking his car out in the snow. I only went down my road, it is fairly snow free, no salt, and quite cold 5 above farenheit.

I went for a short cruise up and down my road a few times, car ran great, nice and quiet, warmed up good too, it's always nice to go for a ride in this old car....

my cars were rusty when i got them and they will be rusty when i sell them...never worry about driving them because if you can drive them your really lucky:)..besides they had snow in 1947...and nobody cared. one old timer told me that fluiddrive was great for the ice and snow:)

[55 Fargo]

my cars were rusty when i got them and they will be rusty when i sell them...never worry about driving them because if you can drive them your really lucky:)..besides they had snow in 1947...and nobody cared. one old timer told me that fluiddrive was great for the ice and snow:)

I suppose that FD would be, you get the engine and drivetrain spooling up, something like a snowmobiles drive clutch.....Fred

[55 Fargo]

Fred my boy, you are one lucky CO, cause walking amongst the cons is the same as being cooped up on board ship with a bunch off sick salty dogs......there is always something trotting around for you to catch.

You got that right Frankie....LOL

[Rodney Bullock]

Fred that road looks very cold:eek: I like driving mine when it gets cold too. My heater works well and the car does get toasty. I think my Plymouth runs better in the cold. You must have all your kinks worked out at 5 degress my car might not start. Great background. hope you get fully recovered. I know what it's like to just want to get out;)

[55 Fargo]

Fred that road looks very cold:eek: I like driving mine when it gets cold too. My heater works well and the car does get toasty. I think my Plymouth runs better in the cold. You must have all your kinks worked out at 5 degress my car might not start. Great background. hope you get fully recovered. I know what it's like to just want to get out;)

My car/engine never sees 5 degrees, for cold starts, as inside it is rarely below 30 f, except for the coldest weather, where it might drop to 25 f inside.

Now my shop is well insulated, and if I turn on the heat, it gets nice and warm in there too. I generally keep the heat off in there as it is electric, which equals big $ to run all day.

My car is never stored outside, so never sees real cold temps for starting.....

[thrashingcows]

Great pics!! Thanks for sharing.

Glad your over your mystery bug...I've had a few of those. One time I was so weak I could barely walk or sit up, chills and shakes. Lasted about 24 hours and then went away....I was in the hospital and they had no idea.

I'll drive my cars in the dead of winter...with salt and snow...like mentioned above, they've been through many winters with owners who didn't care. I just wash the car top and bottom when I get home and then put it in the garage to dry out.

[1940plymouth]

Fred, first off, glad you are feeling better, after working in the state prison system for 30 years, I have to agree, one just never knows.

Partly cloudy afternoon here, with temps in the middle 20's so I fired up the "Wayback machine" and put ten miles on it. Cooper was upset with me as he stayed home, but he had fun helping my wife hang Christmas garland over the living room picture window

[55 Fargo]

Hey Bob, thanx for the pics, what Body Of Water is that in the pics.

Most water except some rivers, and fast moving creeks, are froze over up here.....Fred

[1940plymouth]

Fred,

That is the Neversink Reservoir about two miles from our house. It supplies drinking water to NYC, which is approx 125 miles south of here. It was built right after World War Two. The original town of Neversink is located at the bottom of the reservoir.

[TodFitch]

Fred' date='

That is the Neversink Reservoir about two miles from our house. It supplies drinking water to NYC, which is approx 125 miles south of here. It was built right after World War Two. The original town of Neversink is located at the bottom of the reservoir.[/quote']

So Neversink was sunk....

[1940plymouth]

Tod, you got it, some of the original buildings now make up what is the hamlet of Neversink, but Neversink is no where near as big as it was back in the day.

[55 Fargo]

Fred' date='

That is the Neversink Reservoir about two miles from our house. It supplies drinking water to NYC, which is approx 125 miles south of here. It was built right after World War Two. The original town of Neversink is located at the bottom of the reservoir.[/quote']

Okay, now it makes sense, you don't have the kinda snow like upstate NY gets, like around Buffalo. The Atlantic, keeps you a little milder there I would imagine......Fred