Allan Songer Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 My wife drives a 1955 Studebaker 1/2 ton pickup-- All original, frame up restoration but now has about 35,000 miles on. Still looks and drives as new. It's got a 224 cu in. V-8, a Borg-Warner T-85 overdrive and a Dana 44 3:73 rear end. My wife is an engineer (or was) and loves PURELY mechanical vehicles. No power anything, rubber floors, no radio, no A/C (does have a heater), etc. It's got a hand-rubber powder-blue laquer finish on it and draws "thumbs up" wherever she and her bull-terrier go! We also have a 1957 Chrysler 300, a 1952 MG-TD and a 1964 Sutebaker Station Wagon once owned by Andy Granatelli, one of only nine factory "Avanti Powered" supercharged wagons. It's currently undergoing a frame-up that will set me back about $25K. When it's done I'll probably put in on permanant loan at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have also owned two Lotus Elans, one Lotus-Cortina, one Lotus 7, one Lotus 51 (Formula Ford), an Austin Healy 3000, a 1957 Chrysler Imperial, a 1966 Chevy Nova Super Sport, a 1962 Ferrari 250GT, a 1967 Aston Martin DB6, a 1969 Dodge Super Bee with a Hemi, a 1970 'Cuda with a 440 and a 1959 Chevy Impala with a 348. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clipped and Shorn Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 If you are in LA, check out this museum, great stuff! Peterson Automotive Museum 6060 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. / (323) 930-CARS. -C&S ------------------ Cornwalls currently upgrading to all tube components Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Allan - That's an awesome list of cars you have owned! I have only owned one muscle car and it was a 1968 Firebird with the 400 in it. I have always been in love with Corvettes, since I saw my first one in 1965. I have owned my '92 since 1995 and drive it almost every day. I set it up to road race and autocross, and have had it on the track on many occasions... Mike This message has been edited by Mike Lindsey on 08-13-2002 at 12:14 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 Just so everyone knows, the "original" muscle car is making a comeback in 2004. Chrysler is going to make the new "300N" a HEMI-powered, REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE rocket! I will buy one. The return of the HEMI!! (Actully, the HEMI will make it's official comeback in 2003 1-TON RAM trucks). I'm not sure if these will be 426 cubic inches, but who cares!?!?!? A MOPAR HEMI BACK ON THE STREETS!!!! The 300N will have a Mercedes 5-speed automatic and a Mercedes "S-Class" rear end. I guess this will be the first vehicle that really melds the two divisions of Daimler-Chrysler. To HELL with the Maybach, give me my HEMI!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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