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Hi yawl my name is Rank and I am addicted ....
I linked here from OSR and I gotta say the Chevy script on the logo is really classy.
I am 59 (WOW!) and have a '59 Chevy Sedan Delivery which has been a fun project .... and still a ways to go.
Have messed around with cars forever.... got my first at eleven years old , a 53 Chev and have dirty fingernails since.
So if their are no futher questions then I will just take a seat.
Now...........that didn't hurt that much did it?;)
WELCOME!!!
Brought my first car (a 33 Ford roadster) home by the wheelbarrow load at the ripe old age of 13. Have owned 62 more since and I'm 70!!
Don't worry, you won't outgrow it.
Post some shots when you have a chance. A picture of number 22, a 59 Chevy wagon, is enclosed. Note the left front wheel off the ground.
Painless Bob, purely painless.
Yeah Geezer, the "X" frame seems to have natural propensity to torque up a little ... reminds me of a outlaw sprint car coming outta turn four ... sends chills up the back.
I doubt if mine ever catches air with a 350/350 but it should be a nice little grocery getter.
I had a 76 Seville about ten years agon, talk about a nice road car ... sorry I dumped it now!
Greetings Rank,
How far north of SF?
Jack.
I think you handled that very well Rank. WELCOME.
Jack, first stoplite past the Golden Gate on 101 .... about 130 miles!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack F
Spent a life time in San Diego and bailed out about twenty years ago.
Thanks for the welcome Rick. I totally agree with your sig . I first came here to help spread the word on a POW imposter and here I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickomatic
Gotta stay vigilant!
I spent six years in the US Navy and now my son is in the Army. He is a combat medic and was just sent over to Iraq the first part of July. It will be a long 400 days (the length of his deployment)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rank
I would like to see some pics of your 59 sometime.
Rick,
Thanks to you and your son For your service.
Rank,
Its been quit some time since I have traveled north of the Golden Gate on the 101. I didn't think there were any stop lights anymore between SF and Eureka. I'm guessing somewhere around Laytonville. If it truly is a secret there is no need to answer:LOL:.
Oh no secrets here , but the "1st stoplite" thingy is a local joke because we are , in fact the first one .... I think the next is another 130 miles up the 101 in Eureka. I am in Willits, just 20 miles south of Laytonville.
We also have a arch across 101 that is sorta unique.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judiberdis/2262666680/
Hi again, Rank,
Thanks for the reply. I was born in Eureka and lived in one city or another on the 101 from 1942 till 1975 when I moved to Wa. Still have cousins in Eureka and need to get down there to visit before they forget who I am:LOL:. Have been thru Willits many times in the past, in fact the last time I remember it was 115 degrees when we passed thru. What do you do in Willits?
Jack.
Jack
Considering the present economy around here I think you are asking "Do you grow dope?" The answer is a reverberating "No!" LOL ... there definatly is a sub-culture here that does.
I pound nails, probably always will considering how my retirement dwindled with the stock market.
Speaking of weather, I drove up the Columbia River to purchase my C-4 about five years ago and crossed into WA at The Dalles .... the temp was in the triple digets the whole time. Funny who we percieve the attaction of locations on the weather conditions at the time.
A Navy Jet also crashed into the river during that trip.
Hi Rank,
:)That thought never entered my mind although a family member years ago used to grow that stuff in the Garberville area.
Have been thru The Dalles many times on my way to the Dechutes river. We would launch my drift boat at Buck horn creek and do a 4-5 day float to the mouth just up river from The Dalles. I would like to do it 1 more time before I feel too old to do it:LOL:.
Jack.
Welcome Rank, just went through Willets last month! Been a while. Last year we did the "shake and Bake cruise" on the full length of hiway 20. Up in the foothills and around clear lake it must have been 100 plus degrees, and then on the coast maybe 50 in the fog!
Quite a diverse climate we have just here in northern ca.
Anyway welcome and post some pics!
Stovens, welp your about the fourth person to ask me to post pics. Guess I better dick with photobucket and get that done before I get a whuppin LOL.
The drive around Clearlake is always nice in the early evening and when we come back out on twenty we usually head over to Williams for pizza (granzella's) , makes for a nice Sunday drive.
I'll work on the picture thing but dang, all through my life iI just never took the time to save the memories. I had some really fine vehicles but sometimes I think its all in my head.
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/t...e/whardtop.jpg
'93 40th Anniversary convertible with factory hardtop .... just a fun cruiser!
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/t...e/59sidebf.jpg
This was taken the day I got my 59 sedan delivery. It hadnt been registered for the road since 1969 and just rusting in place .... why do people do that?
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/t...sideshot59.jpgI bet you all thought the car was green .... that was moss! Cleaned up to have a old metallic blue paint job over white. I will mess with the body when I am done with the mechanicals.
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/t...ride/59eng.jpg
I put in a 350 300 hp four bolt with 350 tranny
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/t...arsindrive.jpg Gabriel Air shocks in the rear makes the car sit just where I want it. Still need to change out the rearend gears to 3.08s ... a few more odds and ends then I am working on the body next. I am thinking painting it glacier blue with a artic white lid ... a 55 chev color combo
Hey, do I see 64-67 El Caminos in the background?
Are you in NAPA valley?
I'm originally from the Boston area and love to see old cars with sheet metal below the door handles!!:LOL: