Join: Aug 21, 2007

Name: raconter1

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Location: Florida, US

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Books: Anything about cars and architecture.

Movies: The Three Stooges, Horror Flicks, All of Monty Python, Old Science Fiction, Old movie serials (shown before the main feature, usually involved spies, secret hideaways)! Anything Mel Brooks. Old mysteris involving secret rooms, hidden passages, squeaky doors!

Music: The Eagles (the best ever), Mama Cass, Supertramp, Al Stewart, Steely Dan, Hall and Oates, Jim Croce, Jefferson Starship, U2, Counting Blue Cars

Hobbies: Cars, particularly old ones. History of cars, restoration. Historic places, Route 66,old buildings, architecture in general. License plates, old padlocks, advertising including car ads and promo stuffed animals.

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1970 Torino GT convertible

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  • Author: raconter1

Tags: raconter1  antique  car  show  1970  Ford  Torino  GT  convertible 

Beautiful car! Understated elegance, in my opinion! The color and stripe are just what the car needs to make it the ultimate in sportiness. Torino is one of my favorite cars!

1950 Oldsmobile 88 Holiday

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  • Author: raconter1

Tags: raconter1  Olds  88  Holiday  1950 

Beautiful restoration! Note the curved one piece windshield..the rear window was made in three pieces because of the radical curvature of the glass for the time. Soon complicated windshields and back windows with compound curves would be molded in one piece. This car has, of course, the Rocket V8...

1958 Buick Century

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  • Author: raconter1

Tags: raconter1  antique  car  show  1958  Buick  Century 

Great car...nice two tone paint combination! This year was certainly a year of ostentation particularly at Buick and Oldsmobile. The grille and decklid areas always had been a center for styling exercises....note the elaborate grille on this one! However, this model shows that side rear quarter...

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