'58 Complementary Triumph TR3 Motorcar

They bought them from the City of Santa Ynez as surplus when the city bought new
cars. They must have had twenty or thirty of them at one time.

Jim



Don Tuite
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Another random thought or two, starting with California aviation
-history: For many years, the FBO at Santa Ynez had '58 Chevy
-Biscaynes as their rental fleet. Maybe they bought them from a
-Tijuana taxi company.



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Don Tuite wrote:

Typically, V8s of the '50s got 12-13 miles to a gallon. Caddys got as
much as 17. Remember the "Mobilegas Economy Run"? 20 mpg was
unheard-of for Detroit iron. Until the Falcon and Corvair. (OK. I'm
slighting the Nash Metropolitan.)

What, no King Midget?

Don Tuite wrote in message . ..
Another random thought or two, starting with California aviation
history: For many years, the FBO at Santa Ynez had '58 Chevy
Biscaynes as their rental fleet. Maybe they bought them from a
Tijuana taxi company. I seem to recall that they went for $8/day in
1970. Gas was thirty cents a gallon.

They still have one of them, but not for rent any more. I suspect that
they were bought in a Government Surplus auction at Vandenberg AFB.

David Johnson

"David Johnson" wrote in message
m...
Don Tuite wrote in message
. ..
Another random thought or two, starting with California aviation
history: For many years, the FBO at Santa Ynez had '58 Chevy
Biscaynes as their rental fleet. Maybe they bought them from a
Tijuana taxi company. I seem to recall that they went for $8/day in
1970. Gas was thirty cents a gallon.

They still have one of them, but not for rent any more. I suspect that
they were bought in a Government Surplus auction at Vandenberg AFB.

David Johnson

I remember flying to airstrips in Idaho in the 70's. Many of them had '58
Chebby's parked there. They were retired state vehicles which, instead of
being auctioned off, were taken to remote airstrips and left for the use of
transients. You'd use one for a day or two, fill it with fuel, throw a
couple of bucks in the ashtray for maintenance and leave it for the next
guy.

Seems like another planet from this one.

Rich S.

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Rich S. wrote:

I remember flying to airstrips in Idaho in the 70's. Many of them had '58
Chebby's parked there. They were retired state vehicles which, instead of
being auctioned off, were taken to remote airstrips and left for the use of
transients. You'd use one for a day or two, fill it with fuel, throw a
couple of bucks in the ashtray for maintenance and leave it for the next
guy.

Seems like another planet from this one.

Rich S.

I have found many free loaner cars lately. The one at Clearwater
Florida is/was a brand new Buick!

George Graham
RX-7 Powered Graham-EZ, N4449E
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