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Old 05-17-2018, 06:49 AM   #81
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Having experience with 1935 and 1937 Chevys, the knee action front suspension sent many many Chevys to the junk yard prematurely. Next came the vacuum shift which sent more Chevys to the junk yard. Cost of ownership for a Chevy was not good during the 1930s.
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Old 05-18-2018, 11:38 AM   #82
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally like the '34 and the '36 Chevy coupe styles very much and think they are beautiful. But that may have something to do with riding in a '36 with my mom and her friend where my "seat" was laying on the package shelf behind the front seat.

Then when about 14 yrs old I had a '34 coupe with a cracked block. Loved the car but never got it running.

Point is, we all tend to love the cars we grew up with or our parents owned. Nostalgia influences our ideas on what is beautiful or not. Opposite is when you had a bad experience with a particular car, hate it and never want to see one again.

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Old 05-18-2018, 03:32 PM   #83
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My first car was a 1933 Chev bought in 1967.


Never had axle problem and drove well.


My picture shows me with the car.


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Old 05-18-2018, 04:06 PM   #84
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nice looking car, they were very good cars. There were still some around when I grew up. I never had a 33. But I had a 29 pickup, 31 coupe, and a 32 coupe.
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Old 05-18-2018, 06:34 PM   #85
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I was following a '37 Chevy pickup to a car show in my '36 Ford pickup one day. Both vehicles stock.

I got real tired of following him at 45 and 50 so I blew around him no sweat. That Flattie was wanting to get out and stretch her legs.

I talked to him later at the car show and he was real miffed that I passed him!!
I have raced my friends 34 Chev sedan many times and always won. From a standing start my Ford leaves him looking at my luggage rack . However I suspect if we were on a straight run over a long distance and he was a more aggressive driver it might be a close run thing -Of course I would never tell him that . Karl
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Old 05-18-2018, 06:54 PM   #86
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Ok so I have not read all the post, but the title reminds me of a song; Were have all the flowers gone....

Several Chevrolet's for me. 50 5 window pickup, 50 4 door fast back, 65 impala (2 door and convertible) not Chev but GM product 67 GTO. Wish I still had them seeing the price they bring. Too bad the 65's and 67 didn't have matching numbers.
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Old 05-18-2018, 09:01 PM   #87
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I was driving on 128 in Massachusetts with my 1933 chev, when a Model A challenged me to see who had the highest speed. I passed the Model A when he max out at 60 mph.

Oh to be young again!

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