Shoe by Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins

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  1. pouncingtiger

    pouncingtiger said, 2 months ago

    I’d call it a clunker on its way to the junkyard.

  2. sjoujke

    sjoujke said, 2 months ago

    I might be dating myself but those fins sure make me feel nostalgic.

  3. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, 2 months ago

    It’s not a clunker. It’s a classic.

  4. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    It’s not a car, it’s an aircraft carrier.

  5. Dutchboy1

    Dutchboy1 said, 2 months ago

    I had a car like that, a ‘73 Cadi. BIG ol’ boat. It sucked to get rid of it.

  6. Lewreader

    LewreaderGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    I got rid of my 59 Plymouth the easy way, 14 guard rails. Someone was a guzzler

  7. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Fuelishly challenged historical classic .

    Passing anything on the road except a service station .

  8. BC13

    BC13Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    It belongs in a museum, not the highway.

  9. crazyolnick

    crazyolnick said, 2 months ago

    I’m not really sure, but that might be an Desoto, or maybe from the Chrysler or Dodge lines…anyway what a smooth ride….

  10. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    1959 Dodge Custom Royal boasts the rare Super D-500 V-8 engine option. Maybe .

  11. ♠Lonewolf♠

    ♠Lonewolf♠Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    I’ve got one of these. The fuel mileage is only part of the problem. It also has it’s own zip code!

  12. FishStix

    FishStix said, 2 months ago

    Here’s the real thing:

    http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1950-1959/1959-Desoto-Firedome-2dr-ma-2.jpg

    DeSoto was a Chrysler product.

  13. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Well now I can get to sleep , thanks FishStix .

  14. EarlWash

    EarlWash said, 2 months ago

    Those 59 Desotos hardtops were beauties in their day, and oh how they did ride. I ended up having to settle for a 56 Chrysler post. Still nice, though.

  15. whmIII

    whmIII said, 2 months ago

    Nice car, but ready for the scrap heap.

  16. Ronscooter

    Ronscooter said, 2 months ago

    Great car…just because it is old, don’t get rid of it…let’s not replace what is old, but enjoy it while we can…

  17. BC13

    BC13Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Yeah, but with an mpg of 5, it’s time to upgrade. If you were on a road trip, you’d have to hire a fuel tanker to tag along with you.

  18. algurka

    algurkaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    I hear Jay Leno is missing one in his collection. Might be worth more to Leno (even if it’s just for spare parts) than any gov’t clunker program.

  19. jtpozenel

    jtpozenel said, 2 months ago

    I’d love an old car like that, but the cost to maintain it would be too much for me. And those old cars were much more unreliable, even when they were new. I remember a lot of broken down cars along the freeway, especially in the winter. You really see very few now.

  20. OldHipster

    OldHipster said, 2 months ago

    I used to have a somewhat modern car that got 5 miles to the gallon. Everytime I started the engine, it was like flushing a toilet. The gas gauge dropped a quarter of a tank, just going to the other side of town. This was a former Sheriff’s pursuit vehicle with cooling fins on everything (including the power steering pump) and heavy duty anti-sway bars.
    I had to have the freeze plugs replaced on it, which normally take a few hours to remove the engine, 20 minutes to r & r the plugs, and another few hours to resettle the engine back in the bay. It had so much heavy duty crapola, that the mechanic had to have the car 4 days over a 3 day weekend! He never wanted to see me or that car around his shop again!

  21. Anandgyan

    Anandgyan said, 2 months ago

    Hey thanks FishStix for the pic and Lewreader for the smile…
    That beauty of a car can have its drinking disorder for it’s more often “parked” than not, isn’t it? Either in Shoe’s garage or at the mechanic’s one!

  22. PatPiano

    PatPiano said, 2 months ago

    Ahhh, those were the days, when gasoline was hovering around 15 to 19 cents a gallon - it took 3 dollars to fill up my 8 gallon VW gas tank!

  23. shelty

    shelty said, 2 months ago

    My gads! how the time flies by! Why it seemed only yesterday when all my friends owned one.

  24. Ushindi

    UshindiGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    BC13: My RV only has 38,000 miles on it, and it gets about 7 MPG. I don’t use it a lot anymore, mainly short-trip camping - for long trips, it’s cheaper to take the car and stay in motels or hotels.
    RV for sale - cheap (boat may be included).

  25. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    The ONLY GOOD idea that Wartime Chancellor (aka The Monster) ever had .

    Volkswagen means “people’s car” in German, in which it is pronounced [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡən]. Its current tagline or slogan is Das Auto (in English The Car). Its previous German tagline was Aus Liebe zum Automobil, which translates to: Out of Love for the Car, or, For Love of the Automobile, as translated by VW in other languages.

    Happy first day of Sukkot . Same Volks celebrate it for the Messiah’s birthday .

  26. dkram

    dkram said, 2 months ago

    I had a 1970 T-Bird, w/ a 429 4 barrel engine under the hood, it was a screamer. Had a full couch for a back seat.
    Hated to lose it, couldn’t afford to keep it up.

  27. Atma

    Atma said, 2 months ago

    That Desoto was from the days of the Land Yachts.

  28. Susan001

    Susan001 said, 2 months ago

    Nowadays, there’s a new make of Chevy that actually contacts the driver when he crashes and asks if he had an accident!
    What does this high-tech gizmo do if the driver is unconscious–or dead?

    Ah, technology!

  29. stonehenge1951

    stonehenge1951Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    @Ronshua - Sukkot doesn’t start until sundown on October 2nd this year.

  30. Groversfather

    GroversfatherGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Hey Susan: You might be thinking about OnStar. The onboard computer in the car senses the accident and sends a message to OnStar and the nice folks there will call you (if you have the service) to see if you are alright. I’m assuming that if they don’t get a response…they will call emergency services.

  31. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Indeed, Ronshua and stonehenge1951. Otherwise the full moon of Abib would occur well before the spring equinox (which never happens) - and Sukkot would occur entirely in summer (which never happens either).

    On top of that, the most likely day (in the middle of a two-week period) of Jesus’ birth is on Sabbath (also Trumpets or Rosh ha-Shanah) in 4 BC – not on the first day of Sukkot in any year.

    But I digress…:)

  32. Ronshua

    RonshuaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Sorry a mouth early .

    Rakkav –It’s there if you can follow the “course” of Zacharias , John’s father . Plus a little math 3+6 .

    http://www.messianic.com/articles/dates.htm

  33. MatureCanadian

    MatureCanadianGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    And the size of the back seats in those old boats. Ten people at least to the drive-in, at $2.00 per car! Oh, youth, wasted on the young! If I knew then what I know now, oh boy!