What is it?
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Damn. And I thought the crappy phone picture might make it harder....1977 Silver Shadow. Now a gorgeous fire engine red.
Joehand1
Tungsten GT Owner
One trick is to not have anything that says "LUCAS" on it fail (which would include anything that has electricity applied to it). And somehow they managed to remove the ground/return from the body! The other trick is not have to rely on the brakes for stopping. Then it's all good. Except maybe for the fuel delivery system. And parts that carry freon.
Billion Dollar Baby.
Gentlemen,
I had a mid 70's Silver Shadow. I took it in trade on a blue Trans Am and I kept it for a few months before selling it. It drove like a late 1940's full size Buick and the two things I remember most vividly about it both concerned the steering wheel. A great big black plastic steering wheel that....
1. Had no tilt feature.
2. In the Arizona summer sun that steering wheel heated up to about 1600 degrees!!
Still it was fun for a 25 year old kid to drive and it had been traded in by fellow Scottsdale resident Alice Cooper.
Chip
Gentlemen,
I had a mid 70's Silver Shadow. I took it in trade on a blue Trans Am and I kept it for a few months before selling it. It drove like a late 1940's full size Buick and the two things I remember most vividly about it both concerned the steering wheel. A great big black plastic steering wheel that....
1. Had no tilt feature.
2. In the Arizona summer sun that steering wheel heated up to about 1600 degrees!!
Still it was fun for a 25 year old kid to drive and it had been traded in by fellow Scottsdale resident Alice Cooper.
Chip
PL510*Jeff
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HiloDave
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2112
Blue/white 06'
Shelby#18
GTX1 Owner/Moderator
Kingman
GT Owner
I hate that there are so many car experts here! At least it wasn't the first guess (thank you 2112). 1960 Lincoln Continental Mk V. All original, as one can tell from the pitted paint.
2112
Blue/white 06'
I was born with cars flowing through my veins. When I was very little (4-5yo) my dad (who was a railroad engineer) would bet his friends that I could name any make, model & year of car that I saw. One day he was talking to a friend and they bet (just for fun). The next car coming by worried my dad that I wouldn't get it right. I looked and said "1951 Hudson Hornet". My dad always loved to tell that story RIP 2003. I miss him.
Most anyone can tell a 55 from a 56 or 57 Chevy. But it gets down to the minor differences I like. Like a 49 Ford has an exposed gas cap. A 50 Ford has a gas door. 64 Chevy pu has the "10" down low on the fender. 65 up high. 66 is square down low but different from the 64 and it has backup lights (64 & 65 do not). I could go on and on.
Someone posted a pic of a car at a Ford club meeting in Dallas here on the forum a couple of years ago. It said 56 Ford Crown Vic......but it was a 55. I still remember.
Ruins a good movie for me when they use another car for a scene and to me it is obviously not the same car. At least they could use the same year. One was a 79 Camaro and when it blew up it was an early 70s chrome bumper car.
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This is way too scary. In the late 60s and early mid 70s my Dad would bet passengers in the car that I would be able to tell a car make and model just by looking at the front of the car while we were in transit - IN THE NIGHT TIME!!!!
We are just going to have to meet and settle this face to face. :lol
Perhaps we can start a "reality" car TV show.....or a game show.:thumbsup Jalopnik TV!
It looks like its from the 1930's or late 1940's - split rear window, hmmmm - ?
maybe - a Packard from the late 1930's to 1940, or a De Soto?.
maybe - a Packard from the late 1930's to 1940, or a De Soto?.
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