Ya can tell Summer is getting near....
05-10-10, 07:35 PM
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Ya can tell Summer is getting near....
...when you roll into the local burger joint and see that it's CRUISE NIGHT! 
I don't remember my old Falcon sitting this high off the ground, well except for every other week when it was up on a lift.
See anything familiar in this picture?
There were only about six cars total, but it's a start. I expect two things kept the turnout low; the Penguins at Montreal and the fact that it is pretty cold out.
Speaking of cold I noticed this window wide open. I wonder if it matters...
Probably not going to be a problem...
I don't remember my old Falcon sitting this high off the ground, well except for every other week when it was up on a lift.
See anything familiar in this picture?
There were only about six cars total, but it's a start. I expect two things kept the turnout low; the Penguins at Montreal and the fact that it is pretty cold out.
Speaking of cold I noticed this window wide open. I wonder if it matters...
Probably not going to be a problem...
05-11-10, 06:18 AM
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Nice pics.
If summer is near it sure is taking it's time. 30 degrees at the start of the 6AM ride this morning. I was dressed in full tights, two layers of fleece, glove liners & gloves, show covers and balaclava. This is getting rediculous for mid May.
Why you hiding that recumbo-cruiser behind that chopped roadster?
If summer is near it sure is taking it's time. 30 degrees at the start of the 6AM ride this morning. I was dressed in full tights, two layers of fleece, glove liners & gloves, show covers and balaclava. This is getting rediculous for mid May.
Why you hiding that recumbo-cruiser behind that chopped roadster?
05-11-10, 06:27 AM
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Nice pictures! I came of age (a long time ago) in a small NC town where our main form of entertainment was cruising....from one end of town (the Gulf station) to the other (the White House Grill) and back again. I don't remember any of our cars looking quite so nice though.
05-11-10, 09:16 AM
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the title caught my eye. was 53 deg this am and 65 with rain yesterday. come on summer....
nice pix. I had a 63 Falcon about that color and it was never that high off the ground. fun car.
nice pix. I had a 63 Falcon about that color and it was never that high off the ground. fun car.
05-11-10, 10:44 AM
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Memories
I have some very fond memories of a robin's egg blue 1964 Ford Galaxie with a small block V8. I got married the first time in that car, it broke down on the honeymoon and so did that marriage. It was still a nice car though.
05-12-10, 07:26 AM
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I only drove it when it wasn't practical to take my motorcycle.
05-12-10, 02:04 PM
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I had a '62 Falcon Squire wagon, with bucket seats and a console. The exhaust pipe fell off during the test drive, but I took it into a fellow who specialized in old Fords, and had him go through it completely. So it was a pretty dependable car. Sadly, I lost it in the divorce. Happily, it got swapped for a Specialized Hard Rock my ex had.
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my second girlfriend's brother had a Falcon... that Summer i pooled $10 with five friends and we bought a '62 Rambler (the one with the push-button transmission on the dash)... we drove that sucker all the way through Fall, even though we had to build part of a new muffler out of Bud cans...
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