tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513530212135845449.post1445164582886657494..comments2024-01-22T05:17:25.688-05:00Comments on Ohio River Blog: Preserving memories of steelohio981http://www.blogger.com/profile/16148481765181570598noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513530212135845449.post-86979760521952821452010-06-11T19:11:38.052-04:002010-06-11T19:11:38.052-04:00Dodge Dart.
1963. Brand spanking new, with 1.4 m...Dodge Dart.<br /><br />1963. Brand spanking new, with 1.4 miles on the odometer, $2683 delivered, with a $500 trade-in on my old 1957 Ford Fairlane. Slant six engine, on the dash torqueflight automatic transmission, four doors, narrow tires, weighed in at about 1800 pounds. No backpressure against the transmission, when you got it up to eighty on level road, it held eighty far longer than any other car I ever owned. Only one minor problem, the pinion gear seal kept disintegrating. Had the car for a year and a half, 39,000 miles and replaced the seal, under warranty two times, and it was bad again when I traded it in.<br /><br />Pure white exterior, solid red interior (I got those clear plastic seat covers, put on the seats, and they were like new when I got rid of it. By the way, it had a narrow formed steel chromed bumper that would push around any modern one, had a crease along the bend and I didn't even have guards put on it.<br /><br />Oh, I traded it in on a 1965 red with black rag top Mustang, 289 V8, auto, and ran that one until 1973 and sold it for $350 in Texas. After a complete rebuild, the new owner sold it and three weeks later the buyer ran it underneath a semi on I-10 Eastbound near McCarty Drive in Houston. He died--and so did the Mustang.tanstaaflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773550058928944931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513530212135845449.post-15200539342632687052010-06-08T08:36:42.325-04:002010-06-08T08:36:42.325-04:00You removed your item about OHIO& INDIANA, the...You removed your item about OHIO& INDIANA, they are downbound, apparently with the MC&S logo's removed.Henry M.noreply@blogger.com