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    When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!

    Get Off My Lawn! And My Bumper!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    Where's Charles? I doubt I'm the only one who would love to have him weigh in on this piece, though I suppose he might take offense to how tame it is by today's standards.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    I was gettin into that bluesy boogie-woogie jump.
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    Uncle Bo was starred Uncle Bo was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    Could be a 1940 Plymouth but it's definitely not Chrysler. Chrysler headlights were much closer together (insert boob joke here).


    The sad part is that if your car breaks down, and you plus your friend are practically naked by the side of the road, and no one stops---you are driving some super notoriously bad or lame car--"Yeah, I know they're young and half naked but Jeez, that was a Achieva!" (or Renault 5 or Lucas riddled malaise Jag..)

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/12/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: The quasi-decorative vents on the side of the hood suggest 37-40 Oldsmobile, but that's about as good as I can do.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/12/09

    @Murilee Martin: Actually, I agree with wannabewannabe: it's a 1941 Chevrolet.



    The grille is what sold me on it. Those vents are pretty well shown in this picture, too.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/12/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: Also, the bumper sells it: the '40 Oldsmobile had only one of those, uh, vertical parts, dead centre. The '41 Chevy's spacing agrees with the video.
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    A strolling player was starred A strolling player was unstarred
    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/12/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: My paternal grandfather bought a '41 Chevrolet business coupe new. They were pretty sharp looking cars for their day and price point.


    I wonder how well a Vortec straight-six would fit...

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/12/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: Well, at least I guessed GM...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/12/09

    @Murilee Martin: Pssh, hey, if I were guessing I could have told you, "err... early '40s?" Only after spending literally minutes on Google Image Search I produced a result.
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    A strolling player was starred A strolling player was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/13/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: I tried to use the Standard Catalog.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/13/09

    @Murilee Martin: Awwh there's your problem! Books and internet don't mix!
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    A strolling player was starred A strolling player was unstarred
    Image of scottcom36 has Weekday DT's, Weekend OD's scottcom36 has Weekday DT's, Weekend OD's
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    That strapless bra is an impressive piece of engineering...
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/12/09

    @scottcom36 has Weekday DT's, Weekend OD's: Was there anything the Greatest Generation couldn't do?
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    Now I resent being born in the 80's. Thanks a lot.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/12/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: That's what I said about yesterday's NHRA Nationals vids. This only reinforces my belief.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    This must have been NSFW back in those days, but then again, people actually worked and studied rather than Jalop-ing in those days.
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    Image of vetteracer vetteracer
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    Maxx Cracker
    3:47 PM "We'd never have to show our jugs if we bought a Toyota, Agnes."
    --------------------------------------------


    Hey joystick jerker you'd not find any old TOY ota as they have a lifespan of less then 10 years


    Every try and ball a chick in a riceball ?


    Thanks for the Olds as in the 1960's it was the damn best thing for a Friday night at the drive in movies and a young hot ass chick.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/12/09

    @vetteracer: The only thing that kills pre-2000 Toyotas is rust.


    They still lasted about 15 or 20 years in the Rust Belt. Most of 'em are still kicking in the Southwest.


    Facts. You're doing it wrong.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/12/09

    @vetteracer: Yes. Yes, I have. And successfully.
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    A strolling player was starred A strolling player was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/12/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: An electric riceball! That smelled like granola!
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/12/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Though, to be fair, I balled quite a lot more in my previous riceball.
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    A strolling player was starred A strolling player was unstarred
    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/12/09

    @vetteracer: Wow, man.


    I've got bad news for you:

    The year is 2009, you think it's 1969 and there's no such thing as time-travel, so you're going to have to learn to live in the modern world.


    Also, my two Toyotas were going strong when they were stolen. One had 270k miles and was 18 years old, the other had 180k miles and was 17 years old.

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    Image of JamesHunt||ShhhI'mHuntinWabbits JamesHunt||ShhhI'mHuntinWabbits
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    I guess Fleshbot circa 1940 would have resembled Jalopnik then.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/12/09

    @JamesHunt_: Perhaps, but in order to view videos, you'd have to build another barn to house all the additional vacuum tubes for your computer.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    Thank God almighty.
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    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    Full disclosure: I did not watch the video (at work; no sound). I did, however, click through to the Road Rage Roundup, and will now call any rage-inducer in traffic a "scrote".


    Thanks!

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    A strolling player was starred A strolling player was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/12/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: Yeah, I stopped doing Road Rage Roundup because looking for road-rage stories made me so depressed. Jeannette did a great logo, though.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/12/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: "Jalopeños". I like it.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/12/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: No need for sound on this one
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    something_unique_and_descriptive was starred something_unique_and_descriptive was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/12/09

    @Murilee Martin: And here it is:
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/12/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Good call. I now find myself wanting to see the 2009 equivalent of this... hm...


    Hey, now that I think about it, '40 Oldsmobile? That was the first car to get the HydraMatic, the first fully shiftless transmission, ruining driving for 95% of Americans everywhere! Sweeeet!

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    A strolling player was starred A strolling player was unstarred
    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    GRANDMA?!
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    "The baton of a disapproving..." Oh, Murilee, you thing you.
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    John Krewson was starred John Krewson was unstarred
    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/12/09

    In reply to When The '40 Oldsmobile Breaks Down, These Resourceful Ladies Know The Score!
    So this is what porn looked like in the '40s...
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    If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was starred If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was unstarred
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