Words we used to use

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Johnny McCrae

#180
May 24, 2008, 03:15:58 AM
First time I've looked at this Topic.... Its like a trip down memory lane!

How about "Bubble Skirts", "Lake Pipes", "Shaved Trunk"?

Take a look at my 1953 Ford Victoria. Bought it in 1957 and drove it to high school my junior/senior year. Wish I still had it!

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk81/jvsaffran/misc/53FORDLG.jpg
You need to learn to like all the little everday things like a sip of good whiskey, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk,  and a feisty old gentleman like myself

Delmonico

#181
May 24, 2008, 09:01:14 AM
Nice, did ya have all the goodies on the flat motor.  BTW was talkin' 'bout that at work the other day, one a the younger guys couldn't believe that them things sound very different than any other V8.  Told him one of the reasons was they only have 6 exhaust ports and the middle ones use the same one.  He looked at me like I had antlers growing out of my head. ::)
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Texas Lawdog

#182
May 24, 2008, 09:10:14 AM
My Dad loved the old flatheads.  He was a self-taught mechanic. When I was in grade school in the 50's, he was the service manager at the local Ford dealer in town.  When I was in high school, he helped me build a '53 Merc flathead to put in an old 52 Ford 2-door wagon. It had Offy heads and a Edelbrock 2 carb manifold. He put an ISKY cam in it.  I painted the wagon Red/White enamel(not a very good paint job). That thing ran like a bandit.
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litl rooster

#183
May 25, 2008, 08:46:52 AM
had a 53' Police model, back in the 70's Flat head, "3 on the tree" with overdrive. Like many things the family come first.
Mathew 5.9

Texas Lawdog

#184
May 25, 2008, 08:55:45 AM
It had a 3 speed with OD also.  I pulled a boat out to Lake Mead from the Texas Panhandle with that thing and it got about 18 or 19 mpg.
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   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

Johnny McCrae

#185
May 25, 2008, 05:34:46 PM
Looks like we got a few old timers here!

My 53' was also "Three on the Tree". Wow, I have not heard that phrase in forty five years! It was just a stock flat head with glass-packs running through the lake pipes.

I bought it bone-stock in 1956 at the age of sixteen. Get this... my mother found it for me. She noticed it on a car lot and told me to look at it. It was love at first sight.
You need to learn to like all the little everday things like a sip of good whiskey, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk,  and a feisty old gentleman like myself

Texas Lawdog

#186
May 25, 2008, 06:17:52 PM
Senior Citizens?
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   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

Leo Tanner

#187
May 25, 2008, 06:26:28 PM
Quote from: Texas Lawdog on May 25, 2008, 06:17:52 PM
Senior Citizens?

Naw Tex.
     
     I drove a three on the tree just about ten years ago.  Belonged ta a guy I was workin for and had ta make a dump run.  Decided about half way that syncronizing first gear was probably the best innovation in trannys ever ::)  If that man had been there ta hear all the grinding I caused, he'd a kilt me right then an there ;D


Leo 
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Johnny McCrae

#188
May 25, 2008, 07:21:22 PM
Opps! I meant Senior Citizens.

It seems like it wasn't too long ago when I had to show my I.D. to buy beer. Now I have to show my I.D. at McDonald's to get the Senior Citizen discount on coffee.
You need to learn to like all the little everday things like a sip of good whiskey, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk,  and a feisty old gentleman like myself

Steel Horse Bailey

#189
May 25, 2008, 11:52:16 PM
Quote from: Johnny McCrae on May 25, 2008, 07:21:22 PM
Opps! I meant Senior Citizens.

It seems like it wasn't too long ago when I had to show my I.D. to buy beer. Now I have to show my I.D. at McDonald's to get the Senior Citizen discount on coffee.



Hey - I look at my gray hair like this:  I EARNED every one of 'em!

Cool old car, Johnny!
"May Your Powder always be Dry and Black; Your Smoke always White; and Your Flames Always Light the Way to Eternal Shooting Fulfillment !"

Major 2

#190
May 26, 2008, 08:25:24 AM
Quote from: Johnny McCrae on May 25, 2008, 07:21:22 PM
Opps! I meant Senior Citizens.

It seems like it wasn't too long ago when I had to show my I.D. to buy beer. Now I have to show my I.D. at McDonald's to get the Senior Citizen discount on coffee.

now that's funny ... it's true

Like Jeff ..I've EARNED every one of 'em! gray hairs ...it a shame I have such a wide part though !

as to words...
Anybody remember Church Keys, Skate keys
when planets align...do the deal !

litl rooster

#191
May 26, 2008, 08:33:11 AM
  The college town of Madison Wis. favorite local hang out of the students and a scene from Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School"
was called the "Church Key" the devise to allow entry to "Barley Pop" containers ;D ;D ;D

Glad I'm too young for the discounted coffee
Mathew 5.9

Texas Lawdog

#192
May 26, 2008, 12:28:55 PM
LR< hang in there it won't be long!
SASS#47185  RO I   ROII       NCOWS#2244  NCOWS Life #186  BOLD#393 GAF#318 SCORRS#1 SBSS#1485  WASA#666  RATS#111  BOSS#155  Storm#241 Henry 1860#92 W3G#1000  Warthog AZSA #28  American Plainsmen Society #69  Masonic Cowboy Shootist  Hiram's Rangers#18  FOP  Lt. Col  Grand Army of The Frontier, Life Member CAF
   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

litl rooster

#193
May 26, 2008, 03:03:17 PM
Quote from: Texas Lawdog on May 26, 2008, 12:28:55 PM
LR< hang in there it won't be long!



I refuse to grow up
Mathew 5.9

Trinity

#194
May 26, 2008, 03:14:04 PM
Quote from: litl rooster on May 26, 2008, 03:03:17 PM


I refuse to grow up

Is that why you're still dressin' up and playin' cowboy? ;D
"Finest partner I ever had.  Cleans his paws and buries his leavin's.  Lot more than some folks I know."

                   


"I fumbled through my closet for my clothes, And found my cleanest dirty shirt" - K.Kristofferson

Texas Lawdog

#195
May 26, 2008, 06:07:49 PM
 Trinity, What's wrong with that?
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   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

Trinity

#196
May 26, 2008, 06:25:01 PM
Not a thang a'tall.  Jus' makin' an observation. ;D

"Finest partner I ever had.  Cleans his paws and buries his leavin's.  Lot more than some folks I know."

                   


"I fumbled through my closet for my clothes, And found my cleanest dirty shirt" - K.Kristofferson

litl rooster

#197
May 26, 2008, 06:31:10 PM
who is that...he looks familiar
Mathew 5.9

Texas Lawdog

#198
May 26, 2008, 06:39:22 PM
LR, I've been lookin' through my WANTED Posters, but haven't come up with a match.
SASS#47185  RO I   ROII       NCOWS#2244  NCOWS Life #186  BOLD#393 GAF#318 SCORRS#1 SBSS#1485  WASA#666  RATS#111  BOSS#155  Storm#241 Henry 1860#92 W3G#1000  Warthog AZSA #28  American Plainsmen Society #69  Masonic Cowboy Shootist  Hiram's Rangers#18  FOP  Lt. Col  Grand Army of The Frontier, Life Member CAF
   Col.  CAF  NRA  TSRA   BOA  Dooley Gang  BOPP  ROWSS  Scarlet Mask Vigilance Society Great Lakes Freight and Mining Company  Cow Cracker Cavalry   Berger Sharpshooters "I had no Irons in the Fire". "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie"?

Cyrille

#199
May 26, 2008, 06:54:43 PM
"Pistol packin mama"
CYRILLE...  R.A.T. #242
"Never apologize Mr.; it's a sign of weakness."
Capt. Nathan Brittles {John Wayne} in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon."

"A gun is  just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool----- Think of it always in that way. A gun is as good--- and as bad--- as the man who carries it. Remember that."
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