$500 hard earned dollars. It must have belonged to someone from the
hard winter states. It was very rusted on the underside. Probably
from driving on salt treated winter roads. I didn't have enough sense
in those days to do a thorough check on the condition of a used car.
I just saw this shiny metalic kelly green convertible and fell in love
with it. It was sitting on a used car lot over on Figueroa and it
looked so great under the lot's night lighting. (Another thing you
shouldn't do is buy a car at night.) I kept it up until about 1961
and then abandoned it to the junk yard. Today I try to keep my cars
for around ten years and they're still in pretty good shape when I
give them up.
Johnnhy
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> Topic Title*:The 1936 Stainless Steel FordFirst Topic Comment*:This is from Diane's topic back last year. Just thought I'd throw it on the new SBD blog. The link is http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/11/1936-stainless-steel-ford-coupe-fear-no-rust/
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An aside to that "rusty chevy" story has to do with my stay in Minnesota for about 8 months. You may know that in those areas many people will keep there regular car in the garage all winter. They buy a "winter beater" to use during the bad months. That "winter beater" is usually an older car that has seen better days body-wise but is still in good mechanical condition. I bought an old Datsun thinking I was going to have to winterover in Minnesota. I bought a new battery and replaced the old rusted out floor pan under the driver's side. After getting it all fixed up I learned that I would be sent back home. The good part was I was able to sell the car back to the guy I'd bought it from. After seeing how I'd improved the car, he said to come back and buy the car anytime I wanted.
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