I love the old ones. My first car was a ‘57 Chevy Belair with a straight 6 and a “three on the tree”. It was 10 years old when I got it in’67. I soon enough blew the 6 banger and put in a 327 v8 with a 4 barrel carb. What a difference! Loved that car. Also had a ‘65 Caddy convertible and a ‘68 and also a ‘71 Olds 442. Never should have sold any of them. The good ole days. You have a good day and no, you’re not the only one who loves the classics.
Just wonderful indeed. Did your Bel Air have the Thriftmaster or the more powerful Blue Flame six-cylinder? Yes, by American standards they might not have been that powerful - but still worlds apart from a French 2cv Citroen or an Italian Fiat Topolino or the West German Bug 😂
By the way: I had no clue that the famous Small Block V8 saw the light of day in the Bel Air in the mid-fifties, iirc 🙂 What a fabulous engine, which managed to outlast not only its bigger brother, the Big Block, but also the Northstar, its designated successor (which, I think, never got the credit it truly deserved, but there might have been some reliability issues with it).
These cars looked like something from a science fiction movie to European eyes.
And I‘m going to look at all the others you had, but which I don’t know by heart, sorry 🙂
And it is very regrettable that you couldn’t hold on to these beautiful cars, but sometimes they might become too expensive or something…but as the old saying goes, hindsight is always 20/20…🙁
Yes, and I‘d like to wish you a very pleasant day, too. It was great chatting with you about beautiful motor cars from the past. May we meet again on this forum😀