Where have all the old cars gone ? ...

[dogtag]

To the crusher I guess. Every year like clockwork I get a letter
from the Air Quality Board or some such entity offering me
$1000 if I let them crush my old Truck. And every year I ignore it.
I can spend a whole day driving around doing my errands and not
see a car or truck older than late 90s. I know they're new because
I can't tell one from another unless I see the grill of a Mb or a BMW.
All the others look the same. Over the last couple of years I have
seen a 70s something Datsun, a Chevy Apache painted a hideous green
and an 80s something Chevy Impala. There used to be a 46 Ford truck
driving around near where I live, but that's disappeared - hopefully
not to the crusher. I've had this Truck for seventeen years and only
three things have given me trouble. Years ago It stopped on a lonely road.
I popped the hood and found a bad condenser. Seeing as how I
carry a spare of just about everything, fixing it was no big problem.
Another thing was a bad clutch slave cylinder meaning a AAA tow home.
Got a new one from Kragen - didn't even have to bleed.
Last was a bad coil. Replaced that, Kragens again. She'll outlive me.
My Son has a newish Range Rover - there's nothing under the hood that
I recognize - no carb, no distributor, no coil, can't even see the plugs.
Oh, there's a bottle containing windscreen fluid. I recognized that.

[togor]

Year, make and model? Condenser suggests early 70s or before.

[Gun Smoke]

Rust, neglect and parts availability.

I have an old '90 Silverado w/8' bed that I use to haul stuff including limbs that scratch the paint. I've had it over 20 years now. Except for the faded and scratched paint it's in pretty good condition. It has less than 150K miles on it, ins is cheap and I would trust it to go anywhere.

I can't leave it in one place for more than a few days because people stop in off of the highway and ask for it. They don't want to buy it---they just want it. Due to its age and seeing it parked in the same spot for a few days they feel it is theirs for the asking.

[clintonhater]

During the summer, for 6 or 7 months, I drive my '80 Land Cruiser (bought new), but that ends when the road salt begins in Nov. My "antique" plates cuts liability ins to $130/yr.

[dogtag]

Year, make and model? Condenser suggests early 70s or before.

61 Chevy. Had no tailgate when I bought it. Still has no tailgate.
Three on the tree (tends to pop out of second) Oh well, no one's perfect.

[dryheat]

I would say mostly rust. But you are right, how would you 'collect' cars these days? They all look the same. More cars were ruined by kids. They just have to mess with stuff. That can be corrected by someone who knows what he's doing.

[togor]

61 Chevy. Had no tailgate when I bought it. Still has no tailgate.
Three on the tree (tends to pop out of second) Oh well, no one's perfect.

What do you run for motor oil?

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During the summer, for 6 or 7 months, I drive my '80 Land Cruiser (bought new), but that ends when the road salt begins in Nov. My "antique" plates cuts liability ins to $130/yr.

Do you have a winter/storage rodent protocol that works? Share please if yes.

[lyman]

61 Chevy. Had no tailgate when I bought it. Still has no tailgate.
Three on the tree (tends to pop out of second) Oh well, no one's perfect.

straight 6?


I learned how to drive in the city one summer in high school driving my grandfather around in his work truck

did not find out until after he passed that he had lost his license that summer for a few months,


65 Chevy shortbed, 250 six and 3 on the tree,

no power anything,


scrawny 15 yr old with a learners permit wrassling a pickup thru alleys, side streets and parallel parking, (this was in 79)


good times, and a good truck


he had a friend that had a 1/2 dozen of the same style parked on a farm,

used them for spares

[clintonhater]

65 Chevy shortbed, 250 six and 3 on the tree,

no power anything,

Had exactly the same vehicle for several years. Bet you didn't drive yours to Monterrey, Mexico? If not, demonstrates your superior intelligence. Starting from Houston, just getting to the border was a long trip.

[barretcreek]

Cedar oil, lavender, peppermint, spearmint oil. Overwhelms the olfactory system. Makes 'em paranoid so they avoid areas with it.


Do you have a winter/storage rodent protocol that works? Share please if yes.[/QUOTE]

[togor]

We had no joy with mint oil the winter before in the Jeep. Took all summer to get the musty mouse crap smell out of the air box.

This past winter I opened every storage bin (wedging stuff in place to keep the courtesty bulbs from operating), and then set some old school mouse traps on the mats, baited with peanut butter. Caught two, a few months apart.

I know where they get in, but the air box inlet is located in a place that is hard for a human to plug, or unplug.

[dogtag]

Yes straight six. Fairly large engine but looks small in engine compartment
because there's just engine, nothing else. Makes it easy to work on.
Had a family of mice a while back set up housekeeping in the truck.
Caught them one by one and set them loose a mile away.
When I was setting one of them free, there was a woman cop sitting
in her Sheriff car - wondered what I was up to so I showed her the
mouse in the cage - she thought it was cute but didn't want to take it home.

[bdm]

I had a 1956 V6 Chevy Apache barn find with 12'000 original miles on it was a delivery truck for a small store here really good condition original wood bed not to bad some rust kept inside for all of its life i was offered a price i could not turn down and sold it it was completely restored i see it around once in a while beautiful truck

[clintonhater]

Cedar oil, lavender, peppermint, spearmint oil. Overwhelms the olfactory system. Makes 'em paranoid so they avoid areas with it.

Likewise with moth balls. Fellow I knew spent about 5 Gs restoring a very early Piper Cub. Field mice got inside the wings & all but destroyed it.

[lyman]

Had exactly the same vehicle for several years. Bet you didn't drive yours to Monterrey, Mexico? If not, demonstrates your superior intelligence. Starting from Houston, just getting to the border was a long trip.

I don't know what happened to that truck,

after Grandpa passed, Dad sold it off to someone,

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Yes straight six. Fairly large engine but looks small in engine compartment
because there's just engine, nothing else. Makes it easy to work on.
Had a family of mice a while back set up housekeeping in the truck.
Caught them one by one and set them loose a mile away.
When I was setting one of them free, there was a woman cop sitting
in her Sheriff car - wondered what I was up to so I showed her the
mouse in the cage - she thought it was cute but didn't want to take it home.

my first pickup was a 77 Ford short bed, with the big 6 (300)

when I needed work on it, change the plugs , etc,

I was skinny enough to set up on the fender well and work on it,