Reminiscing about older vehicles

[3930dave]

My Grandfather died from injuries sustained to his chest from the steering column in his 1956 Ford. He was going 20mph in thick fog, crossed a T intersection and hit the opposing road bank head on. With a new radiator and some front suspension repair the car was still driveable.

Sorry to hear about your family being affected ovrszd. Pickups into the seventies still had this issue. Some things have come a long way, for the better.

Human factors today is a dominant issue. People now routinely walk away from 50mph crashes, so some of the hard-earned safety gains have been eroded by people taking chances today that they wouldn't in the past.

Rgds, D.

 

[ovrszd]

Here's my old girls; as you can see they are rusting away and neglected.

'59 and '60 I believe?? Either one a 348V8?

Brother had a '59 with the 348 and 3spd. Had problems twisting rear driveshafts in two. Must have been defective material.

 

[turnkey4099]

Sorry to hear about your family being affected ovrszd. Pickups into the seventies still had this issue. Some things have come a long way, for the better.

Human factors today is a dominant issue. People now routinely walk away from 50mph crashes, so some of the hard-earned safety gains have been eroded by people taking chances today that they wouldn't in the past.

Rgds, D.

Yep, people not wearing belts. Seems almost every fatality nowadays is a 'belt not worn'. Ejections mostly. I had a new 1959 Volvo with the 3 point. Loved that and hated any car without them. I feel naked driving without the belt fastened.
Harry K

Harry K

 

[2LaneCruzer]

'59 and '60 I believe?? Either one a 348V8?

Brother had a '59 with the 348 and 3spd. Had problems twisting rear driveshafts in two. Must have been defective material.

Both were originally equipped with a 283; the '59 has a Powerglide and the '60 had a Turboglide. I put a 348 and 700R4 in the '60. The '59 has been in the family since new; it has the original paint, interior, engine, transmission and rear end...57,000 original miles.

 

[ovrszd]

Both were originally equipped with a 283; the '59 has a Powerglide and the '60 had a Turboglide. I put a 348 and 700R4 in the '60. The '59 has been in the family since new; it has the original paint, interior, engine, transmission and rear end...57,000 original miles.

Very, very nice. The changes between the 59 and 60 were dramatic in regards to appearance. But were simple in regards to engineering. I always thought the '59 was basic and simple in it's statement. The '60 had a more refined and elegant look. Great cars.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Yep, people not wearing belts. Seems almost every fatality nowadays is a 'belt not worn'. Ejections mostly. I had a new 1959 Volvo with the 3 point. Loved that and hated any car without them. I feel naked driving without the belt fastened.
Harry K

Harry K

Exactly. All the safety features in the world are useless if you don't use them. My mother-in-law died when ejected during a rollover, in a newer chevy trailblazer. Single vehicle accident, slow speed, gravel road, not wearing her seat belt. No witnesses, I suspect she was run off the road by an atv or dirt bike, but have no proof. If she had only worn her seat belt... she would have walked away. Driver compartment was intact, aside from broken glass.

 

[Rustyiron]

Nope, it is just you..... :laughing::laughing::laughing:
I drive quite a bit in cruise control and I think this allowed me to see that start of the CPS failures.

Very interesting.
I just never use cruise, if I had only known this?..

 

[Kenneth in Texas]

not to keep beating a dead horse but whats causing my sensors to keep going out? any thoughts? Voltage spikes? Crappy engineering? Extreme heat or cold or not made right to begin with in 3rd world countries?

 

[Dutch445]

I have a '66 mustang that I've restored and dropped a 1990 5.0 HO and an AOD transmission into it. I get the best of both worlds, fuel injection and overdrive transmission with a vintage mustang...lol. Runs like a scalded cat with EFI.

I looked into buying a 65 convertible last fall, 289 auto, mostly all original. it had it's quirks, starter was tempermental, wouldn't start when hot etc,
ended up passing on the car because there had been a paint job with lots of bondo in the critical areas. but i did drive it, and was amazed at how
different it was to drive an old car like that, it sure didn't handle like anything i have owned! it is the oldest car i have ever driven though, as my
first ride was a 71 camaro. but i don't remember my cars handling like that old mustang, maybe it was the tires, but it seemed to be all over the road.
would have been a cool car to take out on weekends and to shows though.. from 50' it looked good, but not so good up close.

nice car GW!

 

[ovrszd]

not to keep beating a dead horse but whats causing my sensors to keep going out? any thoughts? Voltage spikes? Crappy engineering? Extreme heat or cold or not made right to begin with in 3rd world countries?

I asked my mechanic Son. He says modern electronic sensors, relays, etc., are very susceptible to voltage variations. The commons source of variations are connectors. Very hard to locate the problem. If after searching and finding nothing and the problem disappears you have touched the source and in unplugging, cleaning and replugging the connector you fixed the problem without having ever seeing it...... So, when all else fails, unplug and inspect every connector that might have something to do with the problem area. Understanding the problem might be clear back to the large connector on the firewall or PCM.....