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more about #1952 more comments → Six Flags Over Tomsk: Wow. Two orphans I'd be more than happy to adopt. more » BlueBomb: Starfire. Wow! Haven't heard that name in a minute. The family's pale green Starfire was named Betsy. She replaced my father's worn, faded. blue/green... more » tonyola: The Pontiac is a '53 and looks like a base Chieftain. Hard to tell whether it's a straight 6 or straight 8, but it doesn't matter much since there was... more » Novaload: That red beauty is a perfect--interior looks black? Also, the logo in the taillights is a lost art. It seems like every old Pontiac--say, pre 56, was ... more » stephdumas: the Starfire was revived in the 1970s as a H-body Vega/Monza variant [en.wikipedia.org] more » MushyHeirloom: The rust attacks the rockers, but the Silver Streak lives on. Gotta love the simple, classy lines on the Olds, too. I always thought "Starfire" was a... more » Novaload: I'll buy Henry J A drink any day. more » MushyHeirloom: Well, that's a pretty solid Allstate of affairs. more » Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable: Well hey, the $1400 you plunked down for your Henry J Vagabond may not have gotten you things like a trunk, glovebox, radio, heater, blinkers, or reve... more » Mad_Science: For all you guys ruminating on cheap cars with long options lists, Senor Baruth over at SpeedSportLife has an interesting writeup on how we got here f... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Nice find. That wee beastie has a hell of an underbite. When my Mom bought her rambler, the heater was an option. When she got her Nova, the cigaret... more » A strolling player got drunk and: This is excellent: "Frank Zappa recalls in his autobiography the torment and horror of travelling cross-country sitting on the bench-like rear seat of... more » tonyola: Nasty little car that help to sink Kaiser as a viable automaker, but these were popular with hot-rodders in the later 1950s because of the size and li... more » TriumphRacer: I know a guy who has one of these. His has the extravagant trunk lid. It also has paint and a front bumper. He tells me that they used to be sold out ... more » engineerd: I wonder what sort of motive force the owner has planned. Those rear tires look a little wider than stock. Is he planning to drag race this? What w... more » -
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Rust Hasn't Forgotten Staten Island, But It Hasn't Yet Eaten These Two GM Survivors
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Nuyear68 has found a couple of The General's old soldiers. More » -
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DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Henry J
A car that was so cheap when new that a trunklid was an option? The Henry J was such a car, and Evestay has found an example that still survives on the streets of Denver. More » -
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1953 Chevrolet Pickup Truck
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Truck Monday is upon us again, and we're going way back!
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1952 Dodge Pickup Truck
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. It's Truck Monday once again, and I've finally got a really old non-General Motors truck to show you- not that we don't love rattly old GMC and Chevy pickups with beer cans rattling around in the bed, of course, but we mustn't forget that The General had some competition back in the 1950s.
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