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JohnnyGage

JohnnyGage

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This was the first rig I bought at 20 yrs old for 6k,  1978 Dodge Warlock. 318 engine, 3 speed on the floor, bucket seats, gold pinstripping, am/fm stereo. Fun truck to drive, a few more modifications I could have had my own EMERGENCY SQUAD 51 rig!... Alas, had it for two years, then had to trade it for something practical that could accomodate a baby seat and diapers...

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68jk09

68jk09

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"55 Chevy's were great cars....i had two at different times in the late '60s / early '70s..... the first one had a transplanted '65 327 mated to an automatic....the second one had an original 265 with 283 heads mated to a Hurst 4 speed....neither one were show class but they both were straight & ran great.....wish i still had at least one.
 
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I just noticed that some of my previous post inks above did not refresh when the new server went online awhile ago ....i hit "edit" then "save" & the links are now functioning again.
 
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68jk09 said:
"55 Chevy's were great cars....i had two at different times in the late '60s / early '70s..... the first one had a transplanted '65 327 mated to an automatic....the second one had an original 265 with 283 heads mated to a Hurst 4 speed....neither one were show class but they both were straight & ran great.....wish i still had at least one.
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JohnnyGage

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I was going through the Big D in 1982. Decided to ditch my Volare and bought a reconstructed black 55 with a 327 to have "fun" from a fireman. During this time I was called from DCFD to FDNY. I had parked the car in proby parking lot first week of school, brought some attention from the instructors then they noticed my red IAFF decal and wondered "who was this guy?"... talk about staying under the radar, one instructor broke my shoes: kept telling me "this ain't DC anymore". Guess he did a little investigating. Lucky for me, I joined a carpool thereafter. Gave the car to my brother when I bought a used Merc Cougar to go back and forth to Bronx, he wrecked it.
 
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68jk09 said:
I just noticed that some of my previous post inks above did not refresh when the new server went online awhile ago ....i hit "edit" then "save" & the links are now functioning again.
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*** Yes Chief, on a side note that is exactly what is required for any older links the guys posted before the changeover need to be revisited by the original poster and then hit "edit" and "save". The link will then work. I've been trying to catch up on mine too. ***

Like so many of us, don't we wish we had our old 1955 Chevys still with us. I remember buying my first used car for $100.00. A beautiful '55 Chevy that was built solid, like a tank. I guess you could say it was Willy's first buff mobile.

And how many of those Drive in movies did guys like us go to with our latest lady friend and maybe a little "taste" hidden away for something to go with the fresh hot buttered pop corn we bought at the refreshment stand.

Great story too Dan, aka "Johnny Gage".

P.S. - By the way Chief JK, "Happy Birthday to the Mrs on this Valentines Day".
 
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Back around '70 I had a '64 Wagon as my ghetto cruiser....it also had a pushbutton transmission selector....funny now many new GM Trucks have a pushbutton trans selector but now they are electronic the old ones were cable.
 
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I had a 1964 Dodge Lancer that had the push button tranny . . . bought it in '71 after getting back to the states to have something to drive while waiting for my primary car to make it back to the US. Paid $300 for it. There was no way that thing would go more than 43 mph. Which was OK . . . except that we needed to go 170 miles on Texas highways to get where we were going. Must have been 5,000 cars and trucks that went sailing past us . . . but we made it.
 
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The top row were the selector push buttons for all but PARK which was the horizontal lever similar to a heater selector.... https://www.curbsideclassic.com/aut...pushbutton-automatic-a-government-conspiracy/. ....... my '64 Dodge Wagon had them lined up like the link above .... other manufacturers had them in a vertical arrangement & some were on the right of the steering wheel & others on the left ....my 2021 GMC truck today has buttons (now electronic) in a horizontal row right above the console in an awkward spot easily blocked by containers in the cup holders...some other GM models have then vertical more up on the dash away from the console & more in your line of sight also some GMs have a shifter sticking up from the console also taking up space....nothing is as convenient & simple & close at hand as a shift lever on the column within a few inches of your hand & with the indicator just below your forward facing normal driving line of sight..... JMO
 
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