OK, all steamed up, coal oil burners and gasoline powered washing machines

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Ranch 13

#140
July 27, 2009, 10:51:39 PM
 Well it was sort a fun riding the binder. But then there were always the sweatbees, and flying ants, but then there was the cool drink of water from the flax water bag hanging off the front of the tractor radiator, or swinging in the shade of the wagon.
Eat more beef the west wasn't won on a salad.

Texas Lawdog

#141
July 28, 2009, 12:04:35 AM
I never got to enjoy the modern conviences of farming. I didn't get to drive a tractor with a cab till was in college in the late 60s. I was a lot younger and in a lot better shape. It would be tough on me now.
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Ozark Tracker

#142
July 28, 2009, 10:58:02 AM
Tex, I think everythings harder on us now.  ;D  I know iI'll get out and work pretty steady all day and I'll pay for it towmorrow,  it'll take me a while to get limbered up in the morning.
used to work hard all day and coon hunt all night and come back in from coon huntin and climb right back up on the tractor and drive it again all day.    wouldn't even want to attempt that now days.
but I still get out and work every day, just not quite as intense about it as I used to be. ;)
We done it for Dixie,  nothing else

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Four-Eyed Buck

#143
July 28, 2009, 11:01:04 AM
Amen, brother OT ;D 8)
I might be slow, but I'm mostly accurate.....

Forty Rod

#144
July 28, 2009, 11:53:58 AM
One of the guys at our local ACE Hardware has two Metropolitans.  One is a Nash, the other is an AMC.  Both are restored and he drives the Nash to and from work every day.  It's red and white, the AMC is black and white.  The owner is 6'2" and weighs about 165 pounds.  It's fun to watch him get in or out, kinda like an animated Erector set.
People like me are the reason people like you have the right to bitch about people like me.

Delmonico

#145
July 28, 2009, 12:27:09 PM
Back in 2006 there was a National Metropolitan meet in Lincoln, there were herds of them all over town, about 350 showed up.
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Four-Eyed Buck

#146
July 28, 2009, 12:58:59 PM
I stand corrected on the country of origin for the Metropolitans.............Buck ::) 8)
I might be slow, but I'm mostly accurate.....

Leo Tanner

#147
July 28, 2009, 01:44:00 PM
This has ta be done...

"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"

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Texas Lawdog

#148
July 28, 2009, 04:00:49 PM
Leo, Did you notice the Rambler had Texas License plates on it, I believe the tags are 63, the Inspection sticker is a 62. Back then they put the inspection sticker on the right side of the windshield, now it's on the drivers' side.
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Leo Tanner

#149
July 28, 2009, 04:43:52 PM
Yeah, I caught that.  There were some good motor shots in that one too. 
I can't look at a Nash without hearin that song in ma head. 
"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"

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Delmonico

#150
July 28, 2009, 05:25:28 PM
Yeah but that car in the video is not a Nash, it's a 61-63 AMC American, btw it would have a flat-head six in it. ;)

Also known as a Rambelr American.
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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.

Leo Tanner

#151
July 28, 2009, 05:30:28 PM
Well if I at least got that song stuck in yer head my work here is finished.
"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.

Delmonico

#152
July 28, 2009, 05:39:34 PM
Nope, didn't work, btw, a 1950 Nash Rambler convertable looks like this:







And came in at least 3 colors. ;D
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Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

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

Texas Lawdog

#153
July 28, 2009, 05:51:13 PM
The Rambler dealership in Amarillo called itself "The Home of the Teeny Weeny Gasburner"!
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Four-Eyed Buck

#154
July 28, 2009, 06:55:52 PM
Lady friend of our family had an American that she went up to the factory to pick up, a '59 if memory serves. 6 stick, replaced a '53 Studebaker that she called Nellie Belle.............Buck ::) :o 8)
I might be slow, but I'm mostly accurate.....

Texas Lawdog

#155
July 29, 2009, 09:46:40 AM
I had a extradition trip to South Bend, Indiana one time. I took a tour of the old Studebaker plant which is now a Museum. The got a bunch of cars and also a collection of Studebaker Bros. wagons (Conestoga). I really enjoyed it. We had a Studebaker dealership till about 62 or 63. One of my Dad's friends put a Chevy V8 in a 56 Champion. I always wanted a Silver Hawk, a Golden Hawk, and an Avanti.
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Wireman

#156
July 29, 2009, 11:02:09 AM
Avanti's were cool. I saw a pristine one when I was at Puke Unisparsity. The Wife of the long ago President had ah Big House right on campus. We did the maintenance on it. He obviously had some really good perks.

I'd take ah Rambler over ah Smart Car!

Texas Lawdog

#157
July 29, 2009, 11:30:32 AM
I couldn't have a "Smart Car", My 6'3'' 350 body would not fit in one.
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Arcey

#158
July 29, 2009, 12:36:10 PM
My 5'10" 210 ain't fittin' either cuz I ain't gettin' in one.

Have to admit we're seein' more of 'em. The folks what own the Toyota store was sellin' 'em outtah the 'Miscellaneous' store. They've taken over a bulidin' from a defunct furniture store ta sell 'em outtah now. Think they have the Mini-Coopers in there too.
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Delmonico

#159
July 29, 2009, 12:39:57 PM
Freind has one, but he's a full blowed Conservative Yuppie. (yep a bit strange)  At his Dad's funeral last yer he set the seat all the way back and told me to take it for a spin, 6' 1 1'2" and 230 don't fit either.  Told him we could get the pall-bears to toss it in the back of my pick-up and he could ride back to the church with me. ;)
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