The Ford Barn

GB SISSON · 06-20-2025, 09:44 AM

To the generation now coming into the hobby a 65 mustang IS an old car and to many it's an ancient car. A stock prewar ford is as exciting to them as a stock brass era model T was to us. 'Quaint, but what do you do with it?' As far as labor rates, 2 days ago I learned that the three primary auto repair shops on the island are 165.00/hr, 185.00/hr and 200.00/hr. Fortunately it's been many years since I have had a car worked on.

PeteVS · 07-01-2025, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

To the generation now coming into the hobby a 65 mustang IS an old car and to many it's an ancient car. A stock prewar ford is as exciting to them as a stock brass era model T was to

A friend just bought a 2000 Lincoln? Here in New Jersey you can put "QQ" (historic) plates on anything 25 years old or older. He put them on his newest car.

BlueSunoco · 07-02-2025, 09:56 AM

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A friend just bought a 2000 Lincoln? Here in New Jersey you can put "QQ" (historic) plates on anything 25 years old or older. He put them on his newest car.

I saw Antique Plates on a guy's 1999 F-150 the other day. It caught me off guard and then I remembered you can run them in Illinois on ANY vehicle 25 years old and older

Man am I getting old, or what! For all of Illinois' faults so far they have been very good to the antique and classic car hobby folks!

tubman · 07-02-2025, 11:42 AM

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I saw Antique Plates on a guy's 1999 F-150 the other day. It caught me off guard and then I remembered you can run them in Illinois on ANY vehicle 25 years old and older

Man am I getting old, or what! For all of Illinois' faults so far they have been very good to the antique and classic car hobby folks!

The only thing keeping me from running antique plates on my 1999 F-150 is that I need one vehicle with regular plates in Minnesota.

1942deluxe · 07-03-2025, 08:33 AM

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The only thing keeping me from running antique plates on my 1999 F-150 is that I need one vehicle with regular plates in Minnesota.

Pennsylvania has gotten stricter on antique plates. They want pictures before they'll issue plates. What they don't want is people using antique plates to keep a vehicle on the road that is unsafe and can't pass state inspection.

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GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,881	Re: Thoughts on this Hobby To the generation now coming into the hobby a 65 mustang IS an old car and to many it's an ancient car. A stock prewar ford is as exciting to them as a stock brass era model T was to us. 'Quaint, but what do you do with it?' As far as labor rates, 2 days ago I learned that the three primary auto repair shops on the island are 165.00/hr, 185.00/hr and 200.00/hr. Fortunately it's been many years since I have had a car worked on. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)