- Thread starter Bill(Wis)
- Start date
J Hamilton
Well-known Member
- Location
- Southern Illinois
Steve@Advance
Well-known Member
By Fred Eaglesmith.
Down on the corner, up on the avenue
People are pointin', calling out after you
Hands on their hips, their eyes geting wider
They can't believe the thing that yer drivin'
28 feet from bumper to bumper
The last of the sweet old time gas guzzlers
Hard to drive harder to park But
When you do somebody remarks
That's a mighty big car
That's a mighty big car
That's a mighty big car
Elvis had one and so did Hank
It don't look like money
It looks like the bank
Makes a scene every time you stop it
Rides like a dream
Goes like a rocket
That's a mighty big car
That's a mighty big car
That's a mighty big car
Headlights thick as mason jars
Everybody says that it looks like Mars
Shiner than a country star
And nothing ever looked as good in your front yard
Brighter than an aluminum trailer
Curvy windshields and tinted mirrors
Grill looks like a cafe sign
And the whitewalls drive ya out of yer mind
That's a mighty big car
That's a mighty big car
That's a mighty big car
Thats A Mighty Big Car
Gambles
Well-known Member
Since I'm a Ford man, the exact car of my post might be off a couple of years, but here's a woulda, shoulda post. It was the early 80s and I was going to automotive Vo-Tech school. Two other classmates and myself quite often hung out at the local salvage yard. We got to be good customers and friends of the two hippies who ran the place, so we would make some really good deals there. In the yard was a complete Caddie of about that vintage, but this one was either a hearse or an ambulance as it looked like a panel van. I remember that it was complete and it was a 3X2 carburetion. (Side note: Google says Caddie had the tri-power from 58-60. I know this car was not a '59, though) The hippies liked cheap beer, Double Eagle recycled motor oil and I suspect their weed, so the car was for sale, at a very reasonable price. Since it was getting toward the end of the school year, I was short on money and I wasn't able to buy it. I wished I could have swung it!
The hood was open and the air filter was rusting away in the grass beside what remained of the car.
It was a Tri-Power and, at the time, I did not know that Cadillac had ever offered Tri-Power engines.
At the time, I knew that it was not a 58 and expected that it was a 57. If so, it must have been a 57 El Dorado, a million dollar car today.
Before I had a drivers license, while visiting the same junk yard 5-10 years previously with a friend and his father, I looked into a small wooden shed where engines and transmissions were piled. I noticed a Chevrolet six cylinder engine with a cast iron power glide transmission and three carburetors sticking out from the side of the cylinder head. I had never heard of side draft carburetors at the time, and only years later figured out that it was a 53 or 54 Corvette engine.
The little junk yard has been gone for over thirty years and, no doubt, both the El Dorado and the Corvette six cylinder engine went to the scrappers decades ago.
Dean
flying belgian
Well-known Member
Similar threads
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters
Website Accessibility Policy