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December 19, 2008

My boss’s car

Filed under: 1949, Ford — savagenation @ 7:29 pm

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1949 Ford. Nice, huh?

24 Comments »

  1. Thanks for posting the article, was certainly a great read!

    Comment by Bruce McIntire — December 19, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

  2. I’m not much of a car person and don’t know much about them, but that is a pretty car.

    (Remember, I’m a lady so it’s not as cissified for me to refer to a car as “pretty” :) )

    Comment by rainydayweather — December 19, 2008 @ 8:10 pm

  3. It’s quite a car. Dave blueprinted the entire machine. 70% original parts and the remaining 30% are custom parts made from the original factory machines Ford used in 1949.

    Apparently there is some guy back in Michigan that makes a tidy sum of money doing this for restorers.

    Comment by savagenation — December 19, 2008 @ 9:17 pm

  4. #2 savagenation
    Even though I’m not a “car person,” I do admire all the work he put into it.

    But if he’s married, I feel for his wife!

    I could just imagine her yelling at him, “You spend more time with that car than you do with me!,” LOL.

    70% original parts and the remaining 30% are custom parts made from the original factory machines Ford used in 1949.

    Wow, that is cool!

    I like the color.

    Does he take it out for drives often, or does it stay in a garage most of the time?

    If it were mine, I’d be torn between wanting to take it out to have fun and show it off and being afraid of damage and wanting to keep it indoors.

    Comment by rainydayweather — December 19, 2008 @ 9:22 pm

  5. rdw,

    Dave has that car tattooed on his right forearm. I’m not making this up.

    He takes it to a lot of car shows in California.

    Comment by savagenation — December 19, 2008 @ 9:26 pm

  6. Sweet!

    My Dad had a ‘42 Lincoln Continental.

    Comment by DJM — December 19, 2008 @ 9:31 pm

  7. Mom had a ‘56 Crown Vicky. Also had a ‘59 Fairlane, 2 tone dark blue/baby blue. Mom and Dad brought me home from the hospital in the Fairlane. :D

    Comment by savagenation — December 19, 2008 @ 9:35 pm

  8. I beat it runs better than any garbage produced today.

    Comment by avideditor — December 19, 2008 @ 9:36 pm

  9. yep, and it gets 30 mpg too

    Comment by savagenation — December 19, 2008 @ 9:41 pm

  10. #4 savage
    Dave has that car tattooed on his right forearm. I’m not making this up.

    LOL. I’d say he’s pretty devoted!

    Comment by rainydayweather — December 19, 2008 @ 9:46 pm

  11. re 8 Wow!!! Do you know the HP on the car?

    Comment by avideditor — December 19, 2008 @ 9:51 pm

  12. I think it puts out 300 hp

    Comment by savagenation — December 19, 2008 @ 10:02 pm

  13. re 11 NIce. Does he let you drive it?

    Comment by avideditor — December 19, 2008 @ 10:05 pm

  14. Are you nuts? He won’t even let his wife drive it.

    But she has a ‘56 Chevy with the Continental kit LOL

    Comment by savagenation — December 19, 2008 @ 10:09 pm

  15. I do not think I am nuts. But you where just using the expression right? I am the person that would ask to drive a cool car where I know a person that has it. You would be supprized at how many people said yes.

    Comment by avideditor — December 19, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

  16. http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/

    Check out J Leno’s cars, insane.

    Comment by bar — December 19, 2008 @ 10:57 pm

  17. wow. Thanks bar there are decent videos too. I think the people at Top Gear do a better job with the videos then Jay Leno’s crew.

    Comment by avideditor — December 19, 2008 @ 11:10 pm

  18. Back in the day it was Quality before Quantity. Now it’s Quantity before Quality.

    But then again most stuff produced today is chinese slave ware, no wonder there’s no quality anymore.

    Interesting piece of Chinas slave imperialism
    PETER HITCHENS: How China has created a new slave empire in Africa
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1063198/PETER-HITCHENS-How-China-created-new-slave-empire-Africa.html

    Oh and nice looking car there.

    Comment by Born Again Bible Believer from Sweden — December 19, 2008 @ 11:41 pm

  19. #16 avideditor

    Now this clip is very interesting, don’t think it was too bright to write ‘Nascar sucks’ on their cars and drive through Albama. :)

    Top Gear take on the US part 2: close call in Alabama – Top Gear – BBC autos

    Comment by Born Again Bible Believer from Sweden — December 19, 2008 @ 11:51 pm

  20. re 18 I think Top Gear is good for its car reviews. I do not agree with there take on America and I thought that was the worse thing they did. At least they are not blowing themselves up for not believing like them or Nazis. What do you expect from the British?

    Comment by avideditor — December 20, 2008 @ 12:32 am

  21. Off Topic

    Medical ‘Conscience Rule’ may be ethical hot potato

    Step aside, inaugural prayer furor, a new controversy is burning — the Bush administration’s newly approved “conscience rule” for health care workers.

    Under the rule, which takes effect mid-January, anyone from the brain surgeon to the pharmacy cashier can opt out of participating in care to which they have a moral or religious objection.

    Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt described it as a rule to protect “the right of medical providers to care for their patients in accord with their conscience.”

    ….Currently religion-based health care service providers, such as the vast Catholic health care network, have complained that some federal and state laws require their employees to provide care in opposition to the teachings of their faith. The new rule would override state laws that require hospitals to tell rape victims about access to emergency contraception, for example.

    Opponents of the rule are outraged (of course, opponents of anything are always “outraged” but the anger here is sizzling).

    Their case: Women seeing reproductive health care, gay individuals and couples dealing with emergencies or even routine treatment, even people who see vaccines or antibiotics for their babies will face health care roulette on all fronts. Who knows the beliefs of the triage nurse in the ER?

    Comment by rainydayweather — December 20, 2008 @ 2:42 am

  22. That is SWEEEEET. I’m looking for a replacement for the car I loved that my parents donated for a tax deduction (dammit). If anyone has a Mark 2 Toyota Supra I’m game! Consider that my “LGF2’s List” ad.

    Comment by Lex, Agent of Chaos — December 20, 2008 @ 7:21 am

  23. RDW: I doubt that urgent care will be an issue but elective care (abortion [NOT life-of-mother], birth control, sterilization, etc.) might be.

    I also doubt that health care workers would judge people (gays, etc.) and decide not to treat them. Hospitals will have to spell out in contracts what is expected of their employees.

    Comment by coward and I admit it — December 20, 2008 @ 7:55 am

  24. Lex, you think that’s bad? My grandpa had a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere with the 426 Hemi in it. I think that engine put out close to 600 HP.

    Grandma wouldn’t let him give me the car so he traded it in on a Toyota Corona. ACK!

    Comment by savagenation — December 20, 2008 @ 4:13 pm


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