Classic car photos

Wow I love the classic things because they are old, unique and expensive.... Thanks for sharing these priceless photos of great cars.... actually today most of them are seen in museums so that why I am glad to see them outside. Good sharing.

Most of the old cars had really low compression because the gas was crap. Barely above Kerosene. They also had spark adjustments on the steering wheel to facilitate the starting process.
Cadillac had electric starts as early as 1912. The Model T came out with electric start in 1926.
The hand crank ability was held over until the 60's on some vehicles like the jeep. There was a hole through the radiator to the front pulley but I don't think a crank was provided.
What the heck, the foot start on motorcycles was a long time in dying too. My 1973 Honda 500/4 had an electric starter and a kick pedal too, also.

I had a 1969 Nissan Patrol that had a crank handle. I used it a couple of times too. It took quite a crank to turn over the six cylinder engine.
I also used the crank handle, out bush, to cook rabbit rotisserie style. []

My Dad took a 1969 Nissan Patrol in as a down payment for a house he built in Ouray, Colorado. I remember the crank but, never used it. Kind of a clumsy thing that had a tendency to die out in the mountian roads. I borrowed it to go sking up on the Mesa and did a slow motion roll down the mountain as it had bald tires.....[] It was interesting rolling around in it with all his tools. Put a dent in the roof that got banged out but, because it was deep powder it made out OK...better then I did:becky:

I used mine to circumnavigate the country in 1973. Got badly bogged in outback South Aus. In the process of de-bogging, a lock washer in the gearbox broke, a nut fell off and the clutch shaft and main shaft joined up and welded themselves together. The outcome of this was no gears, and direct drive from motor to rear wheels. Luckily we had got out of the bog.
The only way to get the vehicle moving was to slip the clutch and have my two mates push and jump in when we were rolling.
We drove like this for about 50 miles to the nearest town, Ceduna. We were stuck in Ceduna for two weeks waiting for parts to be flown in from Melbourne. To fill in time, we got a job with the local council, and helped build the Ceduna Tennis club. []

The upshot from this is, even the Jeep CJ5 was a better 4X4 then the Datsun.....the Toyota Land-cruiser of the time was an even better choice for hitting the "jeep" trails. Land Rover bailed out of this country in the earlier 70's as Leland was self-destructing...

Good stories. I had 2 jeeps. A '65 CJ5 and a'66 CJ6.
My '90 Trooper was more sophisticated than the jeeps.
My 2001 4Runner is the most comfy but I wish I still had my '80 Toyota 4wd truck. I loved that thing.

Looks like something found in nearly 80% the fields and front yards in Oregon....without any fancy-schamncy hydraulics and such.

I saw the review of the Atom on Top Gear.. looks like a hoot but, I wouldn't want to do any winter driving in the thing. Basically an over blown go-cart.

The Atom. Somebody's channeling Colin Chapman.

When I was in grade school the neighbor across from us had one. Black with red interior. I thought it was the coolest thing since the Schwinn Singray.