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12-08-20, 10:31 AM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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12-08-20, 10:33 AM
#8027
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12-08-20, 10:34 AM
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12-08-20, 10:34 AM
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If it's in clean, rust free shape, he needs to get ahold of Wayne Carini.
https://www.f40.com/Meet_Wayne_Carini
https://www.f40.com/Meet_Wayne_Carini
I will keep that in mind, thank you
12-08-20, 10:35 AM
#8030
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Imagine that - 2 gallons of gas, and enough change to buy an issue of Road & Track, from A DOLLAR.
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12-08-20, 10:36 AM
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12-08-20, 10:40 AM
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12-08-20, 10:40 AM
#8033
VFL For Life
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12-08-20, 10:41 AM
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Around the corner from where I lived, a high schooler had a cherry red e-type. I would see him go by the house every morning as I was leaving for work in my Midget.
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12-08-20, 10:41 AM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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12-08-20, 10:43 AM
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12-08-20, 10:44 AM
#8037
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Every so often I get a quixotic desire to own a classic car. Not one of the ones people generally think of, like E-types or Corvettes. No, I want one of those big, so-ugly-it's-beautiful Chrysler Imperials from the early 60s, with headlights on stalks, and fins, and bullet taillights. They're just so emblematic of that era, when we did everything BIG! and OUTRAGEOUS!
Then I think about the cost to maintain, or god forbid restore, a car as old as I am, and where would I find the space? And where would I drive it?
So instead, I collect American watches from that time. I can put a surprising number in a couple dresser drawers, and I can fix them myself and my whole "garage" for that is about 6' x 4'. And if I mess up in fixing them, they won't be 2 tons of steel careening out of control. They'll just stop. Much safer!
Then I think about the cost to maintain, or god forbid restore, a car as old as I am, and where would I find the space? And where would I drive it?
So instead, I collect American watches from that time. I can put a surprising number in a couple dresser drawers, and I can fix them myself and my whole "garage" for that is about 6' x 4'. And if I mess up in fixing them, they won't be 2 tons of steel careening out of control. They'll just stop. Much safer!
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12-08-20, 10:45 AM
#8038
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Woah, he just scored a GM tissue dispenser for it:
12-08-20, 10:46 AM
#8039
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12-08-20, 10:49 AM
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The Jaguar E-type 2+2 was on the cover of the very first car magazine I ever bought, back in 1966, with the change from buying gas for the lawnmower from the dollar Dad had given me.
Imagine that - 2 gallons of gas, and enough change to buy an issue of Road & Track, from A DOLLAR.
Imagine that - 2 gallons of gas, and enough change to buy an issue of Road & Track, from A DOLLAR.
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12-08-20, 10:50 AM
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12-08-20, 10:50 AM
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12-08-20, 10:50 AM
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I don't want to own a car at all, much less a classic, but I do admire from a safe distance.
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12-08-20, 10:51 AM
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The Jaguar E-type 2+2 was on the cover of the very first car magazine I ever bought, back in 1966, with the change from buying gas for the lawnmower from the dollar Dad had given me.
Imagine that - 2 gallons of gas, and enough change to buy an issue of Road & Track, from A DOLLAR.
Imagine that - 2 gallons of gas, and enough change to buy an issue of Road & Track, from A DOLLAR.
12-08-20, 11:00 AM
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My wife would like me to get an air cooled 911 someday, but I just can't drop the money on it considering current pricing.
This one, for example,: 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe 6-Speed for sale on BaT Auctions - ending December 8 (Lot #40,184) | Bring a Trailer I'll be surprised if the bidding doesn't jump to at least $90k by the end.
Of course, that would mean having to work twice as much, giving up food for a few years, and riding my bike nekkid.
This one, for example,: 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe 6-Speed for sale on BaT Auctions - ending December 8 (Lot #40,184) | Bring a Trailer I'll be surprised if the bidding doesn't jump to at least $90k by the end.
Of course, that would mean having to work twice as much, giving up food for a few years, and riding my bike nekkid.
12-08-20, 11:01 AM
#8046
Mostly Harmless
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12-08-20, 11:05 AM
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12-08-20, 11:10 AM
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So it is
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My wife would like me to get an air cooled 911 someday, but I just can't drop the money on it considering current pricing.
This one, for example,: 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe 6-Speed for sale on BaT Auctions - ending December 8 (Lot #40,184) | Bring a Trailer I'll be surprised if the bidding doesn't jump to at least $90k by the end.
Of course, that would mean having to work twice as much, giving up food for a few years, and riding my bike nekkid.
This one, for example,: 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe 6-Speed for sale on BaT Auctions - ending December 8 (Lot #40,184) | Bring a Trailer I'll be surprised if the bidding doesn't jump to at least $90k by the end.
Of course, that would mean having to work twice as much, giving up food for a few years, and riding my bike nekkid.
12-08-20, 11:12 AM
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12-08-20, 11:13 AM
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We could not live without cars in this area. I only live 4 miles from my office, but I would not ride my bike to work due to the congestion and traffic. The route I would have to take is just too dangerous on a bike. Plus, I have to get around for my job from time to time (less now with Covid, but that will eventually revert). My wife and I currently have three plus our son's car. We've had more, but I'm somewhat of a car nut.