# I'm getting up there
**URL:** https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185
**Category:** Much Ado About Nothing
**Created:** [October 26, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185 "2018-10-26T00:53:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185/1 "2018-10-26T00:53:56Z")
It’s a sad day when I post something to Facebook, before I post here… (_sigh_.) But, it’s a sign of the times, I guess.
Here’s a vid from way back when, before I had my driver’s license - circa 1966, I’m 15 years old. If I look geeky, it’s because I was! And am!
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### Author:  [@william0431](https://59plymouth.net/u/william0431)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185/2 "2018-10-26T13:38:51Z")
What a super neat video Dan!! Do you happen to remember what you were doing under the hood that day?
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### Author:  [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185/3 "2018-10-26T14:24:25Z")
I do! It was just a routine tune-up - cleaning and setting points, cleaning and setting the gap on plugs - stuff I could do and my pop could fix it if all went south, before he had to go to work the next day 😃
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### Author:  [@GaryBitner](https://59plymouth.net/u/GaryBitner)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185/4 "2018-10-27T16:20:30Z")
Super 8 movie camera? And is that a 56 Dodge Royal?
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### Author:  [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185/5 "2018-10-27T16:34:56Z")
It was a plain old 8 mm - not much super about it 😃 My dad had been making movies with it since the late 40’s.
It was a ‘56 Dodge Suburban - were those ever branded as Royal? This one wasn’t. Would love to have it back. He thought the Powerflite was beginning to slip, so he ditched it for a Pontiac wagon. Would love to have that too! 😃
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### Author:  [@GaryBitner](https://59plymouth.net/u/GaryBitner)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185/6 "2018-10-28T11:03:01Z")
Looks like Exner’s '55 Royal Sierra morphed into the '56 Regent Suburban. [https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1955-dodge-royal-sierra-station-wagon.htm](https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1955-dodge-royal-sierra-station-wagon.htm)
I grew up with a '53 Meadowbrook, like this one: [My '53 Meadowbrook - American Torque .com](http://www.americantorque.com/page/0/2678/)
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### Author:  [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/im-getting-up-there/3185/7 "2018-10-28T16:31:30Z")
Ah! I recall that branding now. No, dad’s was a plain Jane Suburban - the Regent had chrome fin caps, his did not. Here’s how his would have looked if it were a Regent:
Love that Meadowbrook! Hey, Christopher Housecat Neapolitan is indicating that [he might sell](https://www.facebook.com/christopherdino.neapolitan/posts/10212009268927786) his Suburban… Hmmm…