Fond memories: I, too, had a 1940 Olds with hydramatic while in high school in the late 1950s. It was a wonderful car, completely reliable and in great condition, but was perhaps a bit slow :-) when pulling away from a stop light.
@tbnagle To think, this was an everyday car back in the time, another reliable work horse. Yes, they could be pokey, the in-line 8's were not known to be the most wild of performers.
What a beautiful car, I noted the owner told the kid you have to pump the accelerator to start it! It is weird-such an old car without a clutch pedal!
@JSneaker It was very unusual to see this. Many dealer service mechanics at the time, when these cars had to be moved, froze like cats on a glass table when they saw only two pedals.
Fond memories: I, too, had a 1940 Olds with hydramatic while in high school in the late 1950s. It was a wonderful car, completely reliable and in great condition, but was perhaps a bit slow :-) when pulling away from a stop light.
tbnagle 6 months ago
@tbnagle To think, this was an everyday car back in the time, another reliable work horse. Yes, they could be pokey, the in-line 8's were not known to be the most wild of performers.
spikedpunk 5 months ago
What a beautiful car, I noted the owner told the kid you have to pump the accelerator to start it! It is weird-such an old car without a clutch pedal!
JSneaker 7 months ago
@JSneaker It was very unusual to see this. Many dealer service mechanics at the time, when these cars had to be moved, froze like cats on a glass table when they saw only two pedals.
spikedpunk 7 months ago
@spikedpunk OH WOW!
JSneaker 7 months ago
Gorgeous car. That handbrake handle looks uncannily like the one used on Corvairs, just mounted at a different angle.
fjp912 8 months ago
@fjp912 It is so beautiful in person indeed. Many cars used a hand brake as such for a long time, when a hand brake was just that.
spikedpunk 8 months ago
awesome thanks for sharing :)
Bl4zz3r 9 months ago
@Bl4zz3r You are welcome, I try to bring the cars not too often seen as this for others to see.
spikedpunk 8 months ago
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LordKorlik 9 months ago
@LordKorlik I had an idea you would like this car!
spikedpunk 9 months ago
@spikedpunk you now me all to well howie
LordKorlik 9 months ago
Niiiiice ride!
jbrunsonjr 9 months ago
@jbrunsonjr Jack, hi, to see it in person is something the camera can't reproduce. One could feel much emanating from this car.
spikedpunk 9 months ago
A window to the past!
ELSOULEY 9 months ago
@ELSOULEY A very much decorated window at that too!
spikedpunk 9 months ago