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New TV Show Aims to Reunite People With their Old Cars

Posted September 20, 2012 9:00 AM by dstrohl

Perhaps the only fantasy in the collector car world as common as the "I wish I had a time machine to go back and buy all the cool cars before they got expensive" daydream is the one in which people wish they had their old high-school car back. In most cases, however, that old high-school car disappeared decades ago, presumably never to be seen again. A new TV show, however, aims to change all that.

Restoration Reunion, a show currently in development from London- and Santa Monica-based Firecracker Films, has put out a call for classic car enthusiasts who would like to find their old cars. "You know, the one you took to the drive-in filled with all your friends, or the one you paraded the love of your life in, or the one you religiously washed and waxed every weekend while the neighborhood kids watched," Firecracker Films wrote. The producers are also opening up the show to people looking to surprise spouses, partners or parents with their old cars. While it would be ideal for interested people to have the VIN and photos of the missing car, the show's producers said it's not necessary.

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09/20/2012 4:05 PM

If you can go to Cuba and other South American countries, there are old American cars by the thousands. When I was in Chile in 1970, I saw people driving around in model T's and coming-and-going Studebakers. In fact my brother-in-law had one and we piled 7 of us in there for trips.

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09/20/2012 4:26 PM

Come back '66 corvette ragtop, all is forgiven....

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09/21/2012 1:13 AM

'77 Pontiac Sunbird with the 231 odd-fire engine.

Or my '67 Ford Galaxie 500 with the 390 "Hypo" engine

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09/21/2012 2:23 AM

You and S.E. had cool cars. My first car was an Austin 8 1949 vintage, the same age as me. Big wire wheels and a ragtop, looked fast but the top speed was 50mph.

This one was at the annual car show at Whiteman park Western Australia.

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09/21/2012 7:34 PM

That's a cool looking car,,,in a country doctor sort of way....Would make a cool hotrod though.....Reminds me of an old Volvo without the top and an MG front...

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No thanks.....

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09/21/2012 8:09 AM

Well, I wish I could have back my 64 Impala SS and my 57 Chevy 2 dr hard top or my dad's 1960 Rambler wagon.

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09/21/2012 7:21 PM

I could show the programmes producers the various scrap yards where most of my cars ended their lives.

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09/24/2012 11:28 AM

Yep same here. I ran them until there was nothing left to run then put a bullet in them and got what I could for the scrap metal.

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09/24/2012 11:52 AM

Still got my first Studebaker!

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