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Certainly good looking!

Cribbs74 wrote:Certainly good looking!

I found the original invoice on this car.  $3510  

I have kept them on almost every car that I have ever owned in a loose leaf binder.  Everything from Fords to BMW's, from MG Midgets to four door Buicks.   Over a hundred in there.



First one, 1935 Ford two door, $5 bought with a friend.  I was 14.  Last one 2007 Nissan 350Z. A lot more than 14.

OVERLORD wrote:I remember those little Fiats from when I was in India. They were made under license and many were used as taxis

Indeed, Lieven. You must be referring to Mumbai, where Fiats are almost exclusively used as cabs. Oddly, the  
Oxford Ambassador(the backbone of the cab industry in India) is a rare sight in Mumbai.
Bob

Neat Lieven having that history.

I forgot, I bought my daughter a 1974 124 four door sedan. Very similar. I think I drove it more than she did. Stopped at a stop light heading to Washington DC I was rear ended by a lady that thought the accelerator was the brake. Knocked me into the car ahead of me, big chrome bumpered American Iron. He got out all huffy as asked "What got into you?" I pointed at the car behind and said "She did". He looked at my smashed grill and his undamaged Buick or whatever and drove off.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-fiat-1200-cabriolet-vetture-special-3/

Nice ones keep showing up on Bring-A-Trailer.

rsv1cox wrote:

Cribbs74 wrote:Certainly good looking!

I found the original invoice on this car.  $3510  

I have kept them on almost every car that I have ever owned in a loose leaf binder.  Everything from Fords to BMW's, from MG Midgets to four door Buicks.   Over a hundred in there.



First one, 1935 Ford two door, $5 bought with a friend.  I was 14.  Last one 2007 Nissan 350Z. A lot more than 14.

Wow Bob. That would definately be an interesting read to see your history of car purchases over the years. It is truly amazing.

I refer to it frequently Chancey, interesting to see what I paid for cars years ago.  That '67 Plymouth Sport Fury with the 383 at $3700, was 10 times the better car than the 82' Camero Z28 was at $13,000.

Remember when they used to glue the window stickers on, and if you wanted to keep them you had to carefully peel
them off.  By 1995 when I bought the Volvo they were just attaching them by the edges.





One of the more interesting additions.  MY wife's Uncles driving license.

I was thinking something like this Lieven.



Picture of 1918 Boston.  Tremont street, been there many times.  My whole paternal family was from the area.  Mom taught school in Boston right out of college not long after this picture was taken.



At the time uncle John was 18 and 6' 1".  Last time I saw him in the 1970's he was driving a Chrysler Imperial and pushing my VW Bug in the snow to get it started.  Over ran the rear bumper and smashed in the hood covering the engine. We beat it out somewhat, and we (wife and three kids) drove the 50 miles back to Tiverton Rhode Island in the snow.

 No cell phone, no seatbelts, no covid, no government breathing down our necks, Gawd those were great times.

Currently $6000 USD on Bring-A-Trailer Lieven.

Yup, the Corvair was just a look-alike shot on #7.  I always liked the clean design of it.

Mark keeps steering me to these little cars.




https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1955-nash-metropolitan-2/

but anymore my tastes run to something like this. Sold on Bring A Trailer for less then a new Honda Civic.




Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith

Can anyone say Arthur...........

My Dad bought a new Nash Statesman in 1953 followed by several Ramblers after he retired.  Mom drove a Willys.  Perhaps where I got my penchant for different.  Only common sense keeps me from buying that Rolls or something similar.

How about this for wings.............1954 Dodge concept by Ghia..............

It's a crazy world out there. Sold on Bring A Trailer

1985 Mercedes Benz Station Wagon = $11,500. Beautiful




1969 Ford Bronco = $79, 000. Not so beautiful




But it has a Bikni top Ron.

Bronco's are hot right now. M/B station wagons not so. But I have always wanted one.

My first car.  (One like it)



1956 Simca Aronde A90.  Mine was blue.  I nave no pictures of the original and I remember seeing it squashed by an excavator and loaded into a scrap-metal truck, so no chance of ever seeing it again.

It belonged to a British back-packer who boarded with us for a while.  Dad stupidly went guarantor for his loan and ended up with the Simca when the back-packer did a runner.  He drove it for a while until it was no longer fit for the road.  I inherited it when I was about 14 to learn to drive on around the farm.  I had some fun in that car.  It was also the car that I started to hone my mechanical skills on.  First engine rebuild I ever attempted, using all second hand donor parts from other cars/engines.  It's a shame I never got a picture.  All I have to remember it by is one hub cap that I kept.

Here's a 1963 Rod.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-simca-aronde-p60/

OVERLORD wrote:"Aronde" is an ancient French word for "hirondelle" meaning swallow. The swallow was part of the Simca logo. It was found on the hubcaps and also as a bonnet ornament as on Rod's picture. Our local Ford garage still has a P60 stored in the attic.

We did also have a P60 as a donor car.  Dad used the "Rush" engine from the P60 to re-power the A90.  The "Flash" engine from the A90 was notorious for breaking crankshafts.

I well remember the swallow symbol.  I actually recall that Simca and Mopar had some connection.  I remember this decal on the firewall of my Valiant SV1.


Chrysler in Australia released the Chrysler Centura in 1975, which was apparently a Simca which had a lengthened bonnet (hood) to fit the Aussie 245ci Hemi 6. Chrysler Aus even tested one fitted with a 318 V8 but the body couldn't cope.

Saturday morning I was sipping my coffee and checking the Forum, when a low rumble caught my attention. Saw an older 911 cruising along the small road on the other side of the river. Then an old Valiant, an early ’70s Corolla, ’80s Bentley... Remembered that a vintage car club was having a picknick cruise, and apparently their route went right by my house.

Went out to the dock to see better and recognized a few familiar silhouettes from the contest Lieven posted lately. An Octavia, the Sunbeam whatwasit with the wings, a DKW, a P60... I was not in a perfect spot to get pictures, But still, here’s a few. The cell phone camera has a delay, and the gap between the shrubs was just about the length of a small European car, so some of them are slightly covered up, even though they were driving maybe 10mph (gravel road). How many can you recognize?