[or-roots] automobubbles

[DanM]

<sigh> I always like the auto shows and remember the cars I used to have and
fixed up over the years.
   I don't own them any more, but I stopped with 1978 as far as upgrades and
I still have ours
 I still have 1976 Toyota Chinook, 1978 Dodge 1/2 ton Sportsman van and 1975
Dodge 1 ton turtle top vacation van.  Oh yea my Dau gave us a 1985 Buick
Park Ave too many elect gadgets.
   I was thinking since a few years ago of collecting pictures of all the
cars I drove with a caption of what I did to them .
   My very favorite car was a 1954 Olds convert - cherried, black hand
rubbed laquer 12 coats, you could see deep in there, red tuck n roll seats,
2 tone top, black when up and red when down with a white pull over sun
protector, did this in my 20's it used to be nice to do such things, a
rebuild kits with all the parts was around $25 with chrome or cast rings.
   Long time ago to think about. To expensive to reconsider any more.
  I also lived on a farm and drove the equipment - also fun memories, and a
lot of work l;-)
Dan M
www.wvi.com/~wb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "Oregon List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: [or-roots] automobubbles


> Still remember it, heck I still own it. After an eight year apprenticeship
> driving an 1949