What Vehicle Do You Drive When Wearing Your Flight Jackets.?

[bn1966]

My first Abarth

 

[ZuZu]

3 part series .. here’s part one , you can find the other parts thru this one .

Thanks

 

[MauldinFan]

August 1944 Willys MB.

 

[ShanghaiJack]

@Silver Surfer
Yes.. All three cars are mine... I'm trying
to accumulate as many cars as I am jackets.

 

[B-Man2]

@Silver Surfer
Yes.. All three cars are mine... I'm trying
to accumulate as many cars as I am jackets.

Those are awesome SJ !!
All I can say is .. Beauties All !!

 

[ShanghaiJack]

Thanks Gentlemen, should you find yourselves in my AO,
give me a heads up, free rides are guaranteed.
(unless it's raining)

 

[Cocker]

Thanks Gentlemen, should you find yourselves in my AO,
give me a heads up, free rides are guaranteed.
(unless it's raining)

That Cord is absolutely amazing! We had one in our WH last month (among some other very stunning cars), bound to ATL, and I immediately fell in love with it!

 

[flyincowboy]

When i think about CORD just thinking of ART on wheels.

 

[ShanghaiJack]

@Cocker
What you had in your WH was Amelia Earhart's Cord 812, literally her Cord.
The JBS Collection owns it.

https://thejbscollection.com/project/1937-cord-812-phaeton-convertible

 

[bn1966]

One cool car that Cord

 

[Cocker]

@Cocker
What you had in your WH was Amelia Earhart's Cord 812, literally her Cord.
The JBS Collection owns it.

https://thejbscollection.com/project/1937-cord-812-phaeton-convertible

Ah hell, didn't knew this was her's! So I sat at the same spot as Amelia Earhart (someone needed to go behind the steering wheel while we pushed it on the ULD)... That's quite humbling.

And now, to brag a bit, I also had the opportunity to sit into Dale Earnhardt's 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo, for the exact same reasons:

You guys wouldn't believe the cars we see going through our warehouse, mostly collectors and old racing cars, some true piece of arts!

Edit: @ShanghaiJack I'm sorry, I have to add this, this is now only hitting me full time. I sat where Amelia Earhart once sat, I "drove" her car. This is slowly sinking in, and I'm getting quite emotional about it. Thank you for letting me know, this is a memory I for sure will keep very dearly.

 

[ShanghaiJack]

@Cocker

We that spent our lives in aviation share a kinship
with those that came before us. You are one lucky
Gent to have had the experience with her Cord.

Amelia smiles from the heavens.

 

[tjoenn]

 

[B-Man2]

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Lovin it Tjoenn

 

[Pa12]

Just finished a nasty job on the mustang. When I was getting it ready for winter I noticed both rear axles and differential leaking. This is the type of job I would usually farm out to a shop as it’s nasty without a hoist. Which I did 5 years ago. Obviously that was a mistake as they usually last for decades. As soon as I pulled the axles, there were the garder springs from the seals floating in the rear end. Don’t know how they managed that. But the hardest part was pulling the third member. It’s a 9 inch rearend with the removable “pumpkin “ but it weighs near 80 pounds. This is why I do everything myself. Just can’t find quality guys anymore. Oh well, it’s done. And instead of 5 or 600 bucks it cost me 50 for seals and gaskets. But that doesn’t cover the copious amount of Advil I’ll be taking for the next few days

 

[leper-colony]

Nice '68. I'm partial to the '67.

 

[Pa12]

Nice '68. I'm partial to the '67.

They’re close enough you could go either way when you’re restoring. Mechanically there’s a lot of 67 stuff on the 68, depending on which month it was built. Ford was especially bad for that all the way back to the model A. They made changes part way through a production year.

 

[Saint-ex]

Ford was especially bad for that all the way back to the model A. They made changes part way through a production year.

Sounds like Ducati.
I know somebody who purchased a 900 Supersport brand new during the 90’s with foot-pegs grey on left side and black on right side !

 

[Pa12]

Sounds like Ducati.
I know somebody who purchased a 900 Supersport brand new during the 90’s with foot-pegs grey on left side and black on right side !

I guess they want to use up all their stock. But something that obvious is pretty bad.

 

[Smithy]

I used to hurtle around in this back in 2003/2004. Stupidly fun but also terrifying in the wet.

Moss gearbox so no synchro on 1st, basically a detuned D-Type engine.

Shit it was fun...