Any WV people???

UTfball68

UTfball68

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Winifrede to be more exact. Been looking for one of these for a coyote swap to be the wife's next DD. Owner is a little old lady, knows nothing about it, husband died years ago. Just need someone that knows what they're looking at, to look at it.


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RatLabGuy said:
take a road trip
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Usually do/would...wife says no trips until the baby is here.

rodney eppes said:
Wow! Two of them, even if they are 4 doors. Vintage is Vintage!
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There are actually 4 fairlanes and ranch wagons in that pic, just cropped it. And I actually prefer the 4 doors on the wagons, especially for mommy mobiles. Bailee has always wanted a '50's car'...and said she'd DD it if it was reliable and had heated/cooled seats. Already have the wrecked 2013 Mustang drivetrain. I figure I can do something like this for $20-25k...that's cheaper than a new crossover/SUV.
 
I agree, 4 door wagons. I can't tell without seeing taillights, if there 58 or 59? 59 would stand a better chance of having a 352, if it mattered. Then again, Ford ran 6 s, & 292s til early 60s.
Most don't remember, the 332, but a friend's Dad, had a 57, with the 332 Police Inceptor in it! :burnout:
 
UTfball68 said:
Usually do/would...wife says no trips until the baby is here.



There are actually 4 fairlanes and ranch wagons in that pic, just cropped it. And I actually prefer the 4 doors on the wagons, especially for mommy mobiles. Bailee has always wanted a '50's car'...and said she'd DD it if it was reliable and had heated/cooled seats. Already have the wrecked 2013 Mustang drivetrain. I figure I can do something like this for $20-25k...that's cheaper than a new crossover/SUV.
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Since fabrication doesn't seem to scare you, look into fabricating proper LATCH anchors into the design of seating for it. Don't skimp on them. They make mounting a car seat SO much easier. Bear in mind also that there are like 4 different types of car seat mounting based on the age and size of the child so you want something that can adapt easily to all of them. Vintage cars only had a lap belt in the rear (if they had anything at all). Most hospitals won't even release the baby to you until you can prove that your car seat is installed properly. Sounds like this is your first baby? CONGRATS!!!!
 
ManglerYJ said:
Since fabrication doesn't seem to scare you, look into fabricating proper LATCH anchors into the design of seating for it. Don't skimp on them. They make mounting a car seat SO much easier. Bear in mind also that there are like 4 different types of car seat mounting based on the age and size of the child so you want something that can adapt easily to all of them. Vintage cars only had a lap belt in the rear (if they had anything at all). Most hospitals won't even release the baby to you until you can prove that your car seat is installed properly. Sounds like this is your first baby? CONGRATS!!!!
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Thanks for the tip. And yes first child, thanks for the congrats. This would end up being a 12-24 month project, I figure that's how much time left she has with her current vehicle.

Fabrik8 said:
So there's 2 door ranch wagons there too? I love those, the 2 doors are super cool.
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Yessir
 
Just ride up there and get it. You've got a solid 8-12 hours from the time she goes into labor before anything happens. Should be plenty of time.
 
shawn said:
Just ride up there and get it. You've got a solid 8-12 hours from the time she goes into labor before anything happens. Should be plenty of time.
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HA! Yeah.... take Shawn's advice..... and tell your wife it was his idea. Good luck, @shawn ..... she will find you I'm sure.

When I met my wife, she had two daughters from her previous marriage. When she was pregnant with our first daughter, she wanted to be all natural and health conscious because she wasn't with the other two. She even didn't die her hair to keep chemicals out of her body. No pain killers for birth, just natural. 15 hours of labor later, Lily was born, but badly bruised from her head being pushed against my wife's pelvis. She looked like a mangled mess. After that, my wife said, "Next time, I'm taking the drugs." Sure enough, epidurals for both of the other two. Kendall was out in 45 minutes. Zach was similar. I didn't even pay attention to time for him, I was just happy to finally have a boy.
 
<shrug> they're all different.

Sara took like three days. Robert almost fell out in the parking lot, in spite of being over 10#. William took his sweet ass time. All three were 100% w/o drugs and not in a hospital.
 
shawn said:
Just ride up there and get it. You've got a solid 8-12 hours from the time she goes into labor before anything happens. Should be plenty of time.
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mostly, yes.
Delaney was born 90 mins after Rachael's water broke. < 5 mins after we got the hospital after a hair-raizing 25 mile race down I-95. 4 weeks early. I wasn't even there b/c they made me park the car and fill out forms (assholes!)
So... yeah...
 
ManglerYJ said:
HA! Yeah.... take Shawn's advice..... and tell your wife it was his idea. Good luck, @shawn ..... she will find you I'm sure.

When I met my wife, she had two daughters from her previous marriage. When she was pregnant with our first daughter, she wanted to be all natural and health conscious because she wasn't with the other two. She even didn't die her hair to keep chemicals out of her body. No pain killers for birth, just natural. 15 hours of labor later, Lily was born, but badly bruised from her head being pushed against my wife's pelvis. She looked like a mangled mess. After that, my wife said, "Next time, I'm taking the drugs." Sure enough, epidurals for both of the other two. Kendall was out in 45 minutes. Zach was similar. I didn't even pay attention to time for him, I was just happy to finally have a boy.
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I just did some math work and this image came to mind:
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ord.sgt.26NC said:
I just did some math work and this image came to mind:
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That's about it! I plan to own at least one mini-van pretty much for the next 10 years. Doesn't help that they all have long legs too. At one point I looked into a 15 passenger van as a daily driver/ travel vehicle, then settled on a Toyota Sienna.
 
hmmmmm,not exactly what I was a meanin when I posted the picture of the clown car but I guess this direction will work too?
 
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