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Walter P. Chrysler

scotttie — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:25:31 GMT

Birthday. This video is so great. Take a look.

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/april-2-walter-p-chrysler-born-date-1875-122100828.html

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MickD — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:32:11 GMT

Scottie ~ Wow....I luv the crash tests! Great archival footage, thanks!

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scotttie — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:35:26 GMT

Mick Wasn't that great??! DH is a car ""nut"" and he pointed it out to me.

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MickD — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:41:39 GMT

Scottie ~ My DH is a car fanatic....his baby, a 65' Ford Galaxie just came home yesterday after being at a shop since last Fall!!

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azgal — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:57:20 GMT

On 4/2/2014 MickD said:
Scottie ~ My DH is a car fanatic....his baby, a 65' Ford Galaxie just came home yesterday after being at a shop since last Fall!!

When I was in high school, my dad bought a brand new 65 Ford Galaxie. It was blue-green and one big beautiful car. I learned to drive on a Falcon and was scared to death when I had to drive that car. My dad kept his cars pristine and did all the work on them. Fond memories.

Scottie- those crash tests were something else.

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MickD — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:00:30 GMT

Azgal ~ No way!!!! DH's car is red and was originally a blue green color...the next thing we're going to do is to restore it to its original color. I dorve the car once after a few glasses of wine...never again...it's a hog!

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scotttie — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:01:01 GMT

On 4/2/2014 MickD said:
Scottie ~ My DH is a car fanatic....his baby, a 65' Ford Galaxie just came home yesterday after being at a shop since last Fall!!

DH used to have some REALLY old cars. A 1930 pontiac and a 1929 Model A phaeton. He sold them but he really loves cars!

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azgal — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:13:22 GMT

I know what you mean about it being a hog. We were driving that car to take me to college and when my dad got tired he made me drive. My mom wouldn't drive it. The Falcon was her's. I didn't get my licence until after I graduated so you can imagine how scary that was especially on roads I'd never been on.Dad has confidence in me which was nice. Of course he was the one who taught me to drive. LOL

I don't remember the name of the color was it was really pretty.

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MickD — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:17:19 GMT

Azgal ~ It is just a big boat of a car....It turns like a bus, and I think gets 7 miles to the gallon. It must have been pretty intimidating for you to drive!

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azgal — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:31:11 GMT

Wow! 7 mpg. Gas was cheap then. isn't the horsepower about 350?

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MickD — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:33:21 GMT

Azgal ~ The engine was replaced and I am assuming that the gas mileage will be better....DH is gonna start driving it to work....so we shall see!

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azterry! — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:34:10 GMT

On 4/2/2014 azgal said:
On 4/2/2014 MickD said:
Scottie ~ My DH is a car fanatic....his baby, a 65' Ford Galaxie just came home yesterday after being at a shop since last Fall!!

When I was in high school, my dad bought a brand new 65 Ford Galaxie. It was blue-green and one big beautiful car. I learned to drive on a Falcon and was scared to death when I had to drive that car. My dad kept his cars pristine and did all the work on them. Fond memories.

Scottie- those crash tests were something else.

are we the same person?

We had a blue green '65 Galaxie when I was in high school!

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azgal — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:34:57 GMT

Sounds fun. Good for him.

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scotttie — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:35:09 GMT

On 4/2/2014 azgal said:
Wow! 7 mpg. Gas was cheap then. isn't the horsepower about 350?

Who else remembers gas at 29.9? LOL!

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azgal — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:45:56 GMT

I was thinking it was 25 cents but maybe that's something my dad told me.

We moved to Az in 1995 and I remember gas was .99 for a little while. I remember being excited about it so it must have been unusual then. I know. Weird what I get excited about.