Showing posts with label fat fender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fat fender. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Old Man Parker's 1937 Oldsmobile, from the movie "A Christmas Story" hasn't went far from where the movie was filmed in Ontario, and it's been fixed up a bit for dependable driving




While the movies story takes place in Hammond, Indiana, A Christmas Story was largely filmed in Canada. It was a low-budget affair, and many of the classic cars that appear in it were driven by locals braving the salty, slushy snow of an Ontario winter.

A couple of months after filming wrapped, and before the movie premiered, the car was sold to a local who planned to restore it, but after 10 years passed, and nothing happened, it was bought by John Heary in the 1990s.

He fixed the rust and installed a Chevy 350 V-8 and a GM TH350 automatic transmission, and updated the electrical system voltage from six-volt to 12-volt. He passed away and his neighbor, Al Grondin acquired the Olds about six years later. 

Monday, November 07, 2022

It's like a magnet pulled in all the old iron, fat fenders, and patina in the entire state! Around 900 trucks are getting auctioned








That is the Sioux Ordinance Depot. It was used for ammunition storage and later became Western Nebraska Technical College that was merged with Western Nebraska Community College. They closed the school down. Rob Van Vleet Sr. was the owner of Convert-A-Ball trailer hitches


Friday, September 14, 2018

1937 Hupmobile, rumble seat coupe


17,000 mile, rust-free Hupmobile Aerodynamic Rumble Seat Model G Coupe is just one of two in existence

The car’s owner was Maple McElvain of Spokane, Washington. There was a newspaper article where she was featured standing next the Hupmobile in front of her house. The article explains how this 94 year woman performed her own oil changes and never drove in the rain.


https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/04/15/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1937-hupmobile/