Remember a few post ago that covered MOPAR’s in Sweden? (Short Link: http://wp.me/pKHNM-174) I wrote how interesting it was to see US sheet metal in other countries.
Well check out this car show in Rothrist, Switzerland. This is from Andres Palomares who lives in Bern, Switzerland. There are some great examples of US car history in this show.
Switzerland is beautiful and visited Interlaken several times while living in Europe.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Another classic spotted in my local supermarket (does anyone actually use the word ‘supermarket” any more?).
This 1957 Chevy has all the chrome you might want. It appears to have fairly new paint. I love the wrap around windows and the exhaust exiting the rear bumper. (If I could figure out how to make that happen with my Mustang I would!!)
Of course I couldn’t hang around in the parking lot waiting for the owner, but would have loved to see the engine compartment.
You can tell the ’57’s a mile away.
Love bumper chrome and the wrap around windshield. Oh…that’s my grocery cart in the background.
Paint looked flawless on this car. Not labeled as a Bel Air or Impala and clearly not a ‘plan jane’ One Fifty.
Love the exhaust exit location on these cars!!
Chevy‘s standard engine for these cars was the 6 cylinder. The V8’s were considered a separate series and not an option. Chevy produced over 1.5 million cars in 1957, second only to Ford.
Have a really cool parking lot find? Drop me a note and we get it posted up.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
It’s not that often that I get out to a car swap meet. Here in Arizona you are in for a hot time…tempature-wise, do to the lack of shade. Car parts so hot you’ve got to have oven mitts to handle ’em. But the are still fun.
Down the street at the local drag strip they had one this weekend and I thought I’d pass on a few of the gems they had for sale. There was a bit of a car show there as well.
You could pick-up some ‘Field Fresh’ projects like this coupe:
“Trailer Not Include”read the sign
Love the rear window
The floors are solid.
$3500 and the cob web are no extra charge.
Or this Pick-Up:
You could also find some project that the owner just couldn’t finish…some with some very extensive ‘restoration damage’ like tons of bondo holding the fender together.
This Chevy wasn’t the worst, but it had a lot of bondo.
This Dodge pickup wasn’t horrible. It would make a nice starter project.
This Plymouth Barracuda was pretty stripped down.
I actually think the owner had a lot of the parts laying on the ground for sale separately.
This ’65 Chevy is has been lowered and that’s about all.
Lot work left on this project.
Some cars did find new homes:
This Dodge found a new home.
I love this car!!!!
Going to need some interior work. This one sported the push button shifting.
Coming up… some of the show cars. Some nice rods.
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Tim
Following the precedent set by Ford with its hot new NASCAR Fusion, Dodge unveiled a muscular Charger that’ll be running Sprint Cup during the 2013 season. Dodge enjoys the distinction of being the only Cup car that’s based on an actual RWD V8 civilian version, but the reveal also comes at a problematic time for the manufacturer: with Penske Racing having just announced that it’ll be leaving Dodge for Ford, the only Charger in the field is run by independent Robby Gordon. SRT Motorsports chief Ralph Giles says all options are on the table, including pulling Dodge from the series altogether. What do you think, does Dodge have a future in NASCAR? After seeing this new Charger, I kind of hope so. More info at NASCAR.com, pics via Autoblog.
Ok… time for another give away.
I have a National Motor Museum Mint die-cast car to give away. It is the 10 millionth car Ford produced. It was 1924 and the 1924 Model T Touring Car was the car of choice.
When new, the “real” car would cost between $295 and $380. There were 773,102 produced and it was powered by the L-4. With 176.7 cubic inches displaced it muscled out 20 Horse power.
In the original box and with Certificate and "baseball" card
How do you win? Post of a good picture of your 1920-1950 engine, tell us what it is and get someone to like the pic. The engine picture with the most Likes wins.
You can post it on our Facebook page located here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Average-Guys-Car-Restoration-Mods-and-Racing/185827701454279
You can’t win if you don’t play.
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Tim
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Well I’m beginning to think that my local grocery store is really a car show 7 days a week!!!
Case in point is this ’39 Ford coupe I saw over the weekend.
Great Hub Caps, Great Paint.
You’ve got to love that split rear window.
Pretty stout looking tail pipes.
Besides the tail pipes I’m liking the chevron tail lights.
1939 brought hydraulic brakes to the Fords for that year. Ford produced 487,031 cars that year, coming in second to Chevy.
Love the rolling fenders and the dog dish hup caps with the V8 log pressed into the centers.
Love the grill and the V8 and Ford badges.
You can't tell from my 'most excellent' photos, but there is a huge difference in the width of the rear vs. the front.
The V8 engine was the Flathead, which was originally developed in 1932. For 1939 the flathead was the V8-91A, compression increased to 6.15:1, power rose to 90 hp.
This is a great looking car.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
I love combing through ads for selling cars. Every now and then you read some really good ones.
1. ” 1960 Plymouth Fury donor car. Seems to be complete including chrome and emblems. Glass not broken. No bullet holes. Frame and floor pans rusted through. Guaranteed NOT to run. Absolutely as-is. Will help load; no hurry to move. Strip what you want and leave the rest if desired. No title. Worth ~$400 for scrap iron.”
2. “I HAVE NO INTERIOR AND MOTOR IS ALL THERE BUT STUCK.”
3. “…have to get rid of all my rides but a bike and my work truck. I don’t know a lot about older cars like this besides that it runs and drives good and seems like a good deal to me.”
4. “I purchased this car in late 2010 as a project car for my son and am now selling it due to his lack of fulfilling his obligations in order to keep it…..OH SNAP!!!”
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Tim
1955 Ford Sunliner
Ok, so one engine plant is located in Canada and the other Ohio. What else is different?
The 351 Windsor (biggest displacement of the Windsor family – which included the 289 and 302) had a beefier block than the Cleveland, which in theory allowed for more abuse and longer life-span.
The Windsor also came first in the history being used from 1969 to 1998.
The Cleveland was used from 1970 to 1974 (much, much shorter run), with 1971 bringing 351 C Cobra Jet.
Unlike the Windsor the Cleveland had canted multi-grooved valves. It also required larger rounded intake and exhaust ports.
There is another major difference and that was how the engined were cooled. No we aren’t talking water vs. air (these weren’t VW engines) we are talking about water flow.
Like the 289 and 302 the 351W used a front cover and water existed the intake manifold face of the cylinder head through intake manifold to the radiator. The 351C don’t have the front cover. The block is extended and the covered with a flat stamping. Water existed the combustion face of the head and into the block and then to the radiator. This is important to note, particularly for me. Why:
The Cleveland and Windsor heads are interchangeable only with modifications to the water passage. I currently have a set of 351C Cobra Jet heads to put on my Windsor family 302. I’ll have to have those mods done when I have the heads rebuilt.
Not the same location as the 302 Windsor.
There you have the basic differences between the Cleveland and Windsor families.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
I have a Ford and as I’ve said before, though the years (ok….40’s, 50’s and 60’s) they produced some of the more interesting cars with some of the most powerful engines. Of those engines the Cleveland and the Windsor were major players.
I’m not alone thinking that the only real difference between the two were the names each being made in the plant they were named after. The Windsor was named after the Essex Engine plant in Windsor, Ontario and the Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio.
1914 Photo of the Essex Engine plant in Windsor, Ontario
Cleveland Casting Plant where the Cleveland engines started.
Totally different plants and countries about the only they had in common was displacement.
What were the differences? That’s coming up.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
