[DaxtonBrown]

We probably need a ping list for classics. I will be working on my 57 Bel Air this afternoon. Still a little rough, but getting there an inch at a time.

Once you get used to driving the old cars they aren’t bad at all. But there is a reason for those big steering wheels, when I got my car the previous owner had a dinky aftermarket wheel on there that was scary..

[reg45]

But there is a reason for those big steering wheels - Armstrong steering.

[Lazlo in PA]

There should be a old car ping.

I have a lot of old stuff. I had the family out in my 1969 Vista Cruiser today. It has drum brakes. You really need to pay attention with that one. The only worse car to drive is my 1969 Camaro that was ordered with manual drum brakes. You sometimes need to use two feet and pull up on the wheel to get enough pressure down to get that to stop. I doubt though that the old lady hot rods like I do.

[PowderMonkey]

"Once you get used to driving the old cars they aren’t bad at all.

Absolutely. True "motoring"at its finest, especially at the wheel of classic. My buddy let me keep his 1953 Mercedes 180 while he was on overseas assignment. The column mounted shift gate seemed to span 36," and the engine exhibited the neck snapping acceleration of an advancing fog bank, but she was a dream to drive. A one-car parade some days, as other Mercedes owners would flash their lights, wave, and honk as I drove by.

[Hot Tabasco]

will be working on my 57 Bel Air this afternoon

Too bad you don't live where I do. The Woodward Dream Cruise is going on today (last couple days and this weekend) which is approximately 10 miles worth of classic cars..........

Woodard Dream Cruise -live

Whoa, I just clicked on the video and it looks like it's pouring rain there now.......guess it's coming my way.

Anyway, the Dream Cruise is the biggest weekend of classic cars on parade that you could ever imagine.......

[Stoat]

We probably need a ping list for classics.

 

According to what I understand to be the latest list of pinglists,

UPDATED MASTER List of FReeper PING LISTS; Vol. VIII - SPRING Edition!

there used to be an "automotive" pinglist managed by Sully777 but that person was banned during The Giulani Wars of  2007.  You can see his/her final posts here:

Posts by sully777

There's a "Motorcycle Hooligans" pinglist managed by Martin Fierro which is still active but I haven't seen a current, active pinglist for classic autos.

I would enjoy seeing more threads about classic cars and I feel that they're entirely appropriate for a conservative website, as they remind us all that we don't have to drive a battery-operated rollerskate.  Driving an older car can be viewed as a political statement....a rejection of the uncomfortable, unsafe, generic little toys that so often pass for cars these days and an embrace of an era where comfort, style, individuality, safety and raw power were the defining benchmarks of automobiles.