http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/02/rachel-and-her-1964-comet-caliente-time-capsule/ Products and ideas to remodel your mid century home in authentic vintage style Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/02/rachel-and-her-1964-comet-caliente-time-capsule/comment-page-1/#comment-55623 Rebecca Prichard Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:45:10 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14973#comment-55623 Awesome! Awesome!

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/02/rachel-and-her-1964-comet-caliente-time-capsule/comment-page-1/#comment-54124 transam Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:49:41 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14973#comment-54124 My grandmother drovw a mint 1964 Buick Riviera until the day she died. It's great to see people not driving today's throw away cars. I would like to know what kind of oil she uses. That's a bg part of making an engine last. My grandmother drovw a mint 1964 Buick Riviera until the day she died. It’s great to see people not driving today’s throw away cars. I would like to know what kind of oil she uses. That’s a bg part of making an engine last.

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/02/rachel-and-her-1964-comet-caliente-time-capsule/comment-page-1/#comment-40106 John Korolow Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:40:28 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14973#comment-40106 Wonderful! This is why many old cars are NOT clunkers. As a fan and owner of 1960s American cars for many years, I can tell you that these cars were made to last (and when they don't have tons of power accessories like power windows, power locks, power this n that...) they are even better because the manual accessories are just simpler and a snap to fix if they ever do need maintenance. Many of these old Fords from Falcons to Mustangs to Fairlanes to Galaxie 500s and even Country Squire station wagons get very decent gas mileage and one simple trick to further improve gas mileage is to use steel belted radial ply tires (they were not around in the early 1960s but to the eye a steel belted radial will not take away from the originality of these cars as tires basically look like all tires on the outside). I like the fact that she didn't muck around with the original body, chrome or interior. These cars look best by being as original as possible. Wonderful! This is why many old cars are NOT clunkers. As a fan and owner of 1960s American cars for many years, I can tell you that these cars were made to last (and when they don’t have tons of power accessories like power windows, power locks, power this n that…) they are even better because the manual accessories are just simpler and a snap to fix if they ever do need maintenance. Many of these old Fords from Falcons to Mustangs to Fairlanes to Galaxie 500s and even Country Squire station wagons get very decent gas mileage and one simple trick to further improve gas mileage is to use steel belted radial ply tires (they were not around in the early 1960s but to the eye a steel belted radial will not take away from the originality of these cars as tires basically look like all tires on the outside). I like the fact that she didn’t muck around with the original body, chrome or interior. These cars look best by being as original as possible.

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