pimp my ride: a fairlane isn't cool?

I have always wanted to own a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door hardtop car.Also, a 1958 Chevrolet Impala 2 door hardtop car. I think they are plenty cool. cuhulin

Nate Nagel wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news5.newsguy.com:

I'll take the Fairlane too, please.

I'm also doing laundry!!! (Wife is working late; I'm saving her the trouble.) Have you also discovered the liquid detergent is way better than the granular stuff?

It's a "Reality Show"

on t6he Speed Channel (originally, the series was aired on MTV). 1900 EST.

The host (X-Ibit) picks up a "crappy" car and has "West Coast Customs" fix it up. It's a "California" thing and most cars are old and beat up but not rusty.

Look for lots of neon underneath and X-Boxes in the trunk.

I saw an episode where they took a '68 mustang that had rusted out floor pans and they *MADE* simple ones out of sheet.. no rolling of beads or anything, just bent the sheet metal. Mustang floor pans are a phone call or web browser click away... ones that would fit right and look right unlike what they were doing...

I used to email chat with a retired operating room nurse in Arlington,Texas.One time I was talking to her about my over grown toe nails and how difficult it is for me to trim my toe nails. She told me to put some soap on my toe nails to soften them up. cuhulin

I do remember one episode where they "fixed" some kid's rusty VW bus... with lots of bondo... (shudder)

nate

I think my opinion of "Rusty" may be skewed as I live in Michigan.

I watched an original Arizona Datsun 260 vaporize before my eyes in three Michigan winters. It went from not rusty to structurally unsound in that time.

Didn't I mention something along those lines a couple-three weeks ago? :)

Honestly? I dunno! But...

My 260 went from nice to rusted out in three winters in the 80's.

When I see "old" cars from "dry" states with interior or mechanical issues, I makes me think about how many times I have gone to look at a "Michigan" car for sale that was so far "gone" due to rust that I couldn't offer "scrap price" for it.

That is probably why my rusted out opinion is skewed.

Brent wrote in news:gp77aj$2pq$ snipped-for-privacy@news.motzarella.org:

Yes, another one of those "mechanic" shows where the most popular tools are the adjustable wrench and linesmans pliers. It *would* be nice if SPEED started to show a profit from the buyout by FOX so they can ditch some of this crap.

just trying to be funny because I was catching some flack for saying that cars like that disolved in chicago winters.

Same as mine. I'm used to crawling under an old car for sale and finding severe structural rust. (while the owner believed the car to be just fine because someone repaired the visible cosmetic rust)