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Last fall I bought a 1950 Dodge Coronet for 500 bucks from a dealership about an hour away from my house. Everything was cool, it seemed in decent shape, ran, even had brakes. So I decided to buy it. The dealer had advertised the car as a 1951. After looking up Coronets on the net I quickly...

It seems that bad luck has been sneaking around and getting the best of my 53 210. Yesterday the poor car overheated and blew anti-freeze everywhere. When I got home I noticed a curious trail behind my car. Today I drive to the grocery store and noticed a large pool of oil under the car. I get...

I've been tinkering on my 53 210 a little more now that the weather has warmed up. It took me putting ashes down on the icy driveway to get the old beast to move under its' own power. There are quite a few bugs to work out on it (like the brakes for starters) but overall the motor seems to run...

I originally set out today to try and start up my 51 Plymouth Cranbrook. It did not want to cooperate so I decided to try and get the 53 210 started. The previous owner threw in some plugs but he never tried starting it. I could never figure out people who didn't try at least once to start up...

Maybe this goes back to the days when I used to be into 4x4s but I am not a big fan of lowered vehicles. I'll admit there are a lot of cars that look cool lowered but for myself tall is where it's at :) I have a 53 210, part of my liking the car is because it isn't stupid low. I have a couple of...

My daily driver (65 F100) broke down on the way to work tonight. Right before this happened I was thinking to myself how it sorta sucked I had to work on a Friday night. I then thought how it would be convenient if the truck had a small but easily repaired breakdown so I would have a ligit...

Saturday there was a wicked blizzard that went through. When I woke up this morn there were drifts everywhere. I looked at the trusty F100 and fired it up. Since I am a lazy cuss I decided not to try and shovel my way out first. Well I was going good for a while by slowly backing up and going...

I used my trusty 65 F100 to haul in a load of scrap. I've been hauling in a bunch lately to help pay for a new ride I just bought (53 210). So far I've managed to pay for 300 bucks of the 550 dollar purchase price with scrap metal money. My 51 Chevy has been getting a little bit of a work...

Well I got a little dumping of snow on my place. Decided to take a picture.

Well knew better than to weld without a helmet. My welding helmet broke so I figured I'd lay some blind man beads on my car. I closed my eyes and did a little bit of welding. Well that was a big mistake. My flippin' face feels like it is on fire. My eye lids got burnt too :mad: I weld without...

http://wausau.craigslist.org/cto/2073081717.html How does a 300 dollar 64 Rambler sound that runs and drives :) If I didn't have a kazillion projects I'd buy it myself.

After messing with the original carb and failing miserably trying to get the truck to run right I gave up and robbed a carb off an early 80s AMC. Works much better. Truck needs a crap load of work but at least I can drive it now on the back roads :)

Everytime I get near Craigslist my wallet seems to magically loose weight :D This time I found a 51 Dodge Coronet for 500 bucks. It looked pretty straight so I decided to have a closer look. I had just sold off a couple of clunkers so I figured this would be a good way to make sure my money...

Last weekend my friend purchased a 49 Plymouth Super Deluxe for 750 bucks. It runs, has a recently rebuilt brake system, and it is super snazzy looking :D Since he didn't have a way of getting it home it now sits at my place. I made sure I took it out today to get some exercise ;) Gotta say this...

The other day I stopped by a guy out in the middle of nowhere. He has his own private stash of pre 60s era vehicles. There are probably at least 50 different cars and trucks. I have bought some OT rides from him in the past but this time I decided to ask if he had any 50s cars he would part...

A while ago my old faithful 77 F100 was hit by a Semi. That truck had done me well for the past 7 years but there is no fixing it now :( I had a 93 GMC Sonoma that I put on the road right after the 77 got hit. That truck was a real POS, the driver's side door was falling off and I am pretty sure...

I should really stay away from Craigslist. I found two 57 Chevy 210 four doors for 1000 bucks. Figuring it was a decent price on them I drove the 170 miles one way to look at them. The floors were shot but the frame was solid. I bought the cars and hooked up a tow bar to the front of one of the...

I did some welding today on my 53 Willys Aero [;) Since I am out of work I've been trying to do the metal work as cheaply as possible. So I've been using old computer cases and some angle steel I found in my fallen down barn. Since I like doing things the hard way (more like don't have any cash...

Darn blizzard dumping snow everywhere! I think it snowed like 10 inches. I tried putting up a lean too next to the mobile home in a day before the snow hit but I just couldn't pull it off. One guy can only do so much :( Luckily what I did put up kept most of the snow off the slab so I shouldn't...

This truck has been a landmark for the entire time I have lived in the area (about 15 years). Back in my school bus riding days (before 2000) I would pass this thing twice a day but I never paid much attention to it. Instead my old car efforts along with my friend's were directed toward an old...