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fine69

fine69

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Saw this on Christmas Eve just east of Humboldt, SK. I took these pictures on Christmas Day…. Very interested to know what happened here. Not very often you see a mopar muscle car in December around here considering it’s -27C and the highways are saltier than McDonald’s fries.
Looks like they tried to shovel her out but ultimately left her there for a while.
Left me feeling uneasy…

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Im thinking young and didnt know how to drive in the snow.I would not leave my baby.
 
Minus 27 there would be minus 40 anyplace else. Its cold here. Minus 26 with extreme cold warning in effect. It would be nasty cold digging that from the ditch. Burrrrr
 
Ya, you gotta learn how to drive in the snow and have the correct tires.
 
I know about driving my car when I was young and dumb. This was taken over 45 years ago by my sister who was riding with me. The road was slick and eventually was snow covered.
Terry

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I know some people would cringe but, you say they use salt there in SK? Do they also use brine? I know when I lived in North Dakota near the Canadian (Manitoba) border back in the early 2000s they used a sand/gravel combination on most roads there from what I remember. Not sure how it is there these days. Seen fairly clean older cars and trucks there then.
 
The brine is the real metal killer. It's designed to stick to the road, and anything else it contacts. If you have a decent driver, you'd better be stopping at the car wash joints, with the chassis sprays. At least the wash removes some of it...
 
streetmachine said:
I know some people would cringe but, you say they use salt there in SK? Do they also use brine? I know when I lived in North Dakota near the Canadian (Manitoba) border back in the early 2000s they used a sand/gravel combination on most roads there from what I remember. Not sure how it is there these days. Seen fairly clean older cars and trucks there then.
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Towns and cities usually use sand at intersections for traction (I’ve even heard of sawdust too) but I’m pretty sure the dept of highways are still using salt.
 
VANDAN said:
The brine is the real metal killer. It's designed to stick to the road, and anything else it contacts. If you have a decent driver, you'd better be stopping at the car wash joints, with the chassis sprays. At least the wash removes some of it...
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Yeah, not a fan of the brine at all living here in this part of the Midwest (Great Lakes Region) now.
 
fine69 said:
Towns and cities usually use sand at intersections for traction (I’ve even heard of sawdust too) but I’m pretty sure the dept of highways are still using salt.
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Thank you. Salt is bad enough but, combined with the brine stuff or other it'll definitely make things rusty real fast. If they don't use brine it's a little less bad. Anyways, I'd figure I'd ask since it's a 73-74 Satellite/RR and still going on the roads up in that part of the country.
 
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fine69 said:
Saw this on Christmas Eve just east of Humboldt, SK. I took these pictures on Christmas Day…. Very interested to know what happened here. Not very often you see a mopar muscle car in December around here considering it’s -27C and the highways are saltier than McDonald’s fries.
Looks like they tried to shovel her out but ultimately left her there for a while.
Left me feeling uneasy…

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Thought at first it was a crazy driver photo?:thumbsup:
 
Different look to that car. Started as a 73-74 Satellite, then got some 71 GTX stripes, followed by some 19????? scoops, and topped of with a wing. Not judging, just saying it has a different look.
 
Builderguy said:
Different look to that car. Started as a 73-74 Satellite, then got some 71 GTX stripes, followed by some 19????? scoops, and topped of with a wing. Not judging, just saying it has a different look.
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It has personal touches. Some folks visions are different than others. We did it back in the 70s 80s when the good cars were out of reach price wise.

I drove my 67 GTX year round back then. As most did with with there high performance cars. Now adays it sits in the corner of my garage along with my 66 Charger showing there years .
Its hard to believe how much has changed over the years and time has flown by so fast.
 
Yup, Yup! Drove my 69 Roadrunner year round in the UP of Michigan. Snow, salt, or even a blizzard could not stop me from getting to the bar. Good snow tires and four bundles of roofing in the trunk helped a lot, but I still put it in the ditch a number of times. Good times!! Great memories!! Slowly starting to fade, and that makes me a little sad.
 
I'm old enough to remember them using cinders (burnt coal from the power plant) on the roads.
 
I was a downhill ski racer in the '70's. Races every weekend all around MN, WI, the UP, and three or four weeknights locally. My '70 Barracuda, although not an ideal snow car, got me where I needed to go. I had snow tires that worked very well and sometimes a little extra weight in the trunk. After I swapped in the limited slip it was really good and controllable. Each state/county had it's own version of what they put on the roads.
 
Yes, it's a 73 or 74 Satellite, shame to see it stuck in the snow. Love to hear the story what happened to be in that situation, shame to see it driven in the winter.
 
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