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I find the idea of people actually watching moronic car “building”(?) show on TV much more troubling than the vocabulary used in said shows, not to mention people debating their objections to the said vocabulary used in said shows.
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4 hours ago, CarlLaFong said:
Language is continuously evolving.
2 hours ago, JimKB1MCV said:I think the English language is constantly evolving.
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Not the largest group I’ve been in a single passenger vehicle, but over 35 years ago, one summer weekend* night I ended up as a “designated” driver in a ‘59 Cadillac convertible** with 11 other individuals on board.
At one point during the evening, there were at least 4 occupants, including the driver, engaged in intimate activities more commonly associated with and conducted in a bedroom between 2 consenting adults, all while we were (slowly) cruising in the said Caddy through downtown streets/traffic of a mid-size (close to 1000 years old European) city with countless other vintage cars engaged in similar activity, i.e. cruising (not sure about the “other”, but I assume we weren’t the only ones doing that either).* First of handful times I’ve taken one of my cars to exhibit in a car show and only did it because a good friend who was one of the organizers called, pleaded and said they’ll pay all expenses, including meals, fuel & 3 nights in a hotel (2-day indoor show).
The complimentary room came handy to continue aforementioned “intimate activities” with the young lady I met that evening and who for some unexplainable reason found me either attractive(?) or just compatible enough for whatever "close combat" desires she was harboring (and yes, they were plentiful).Or maybe it was just the Cadillac ?
Aah, to be young and carefree again !
** Coincidentally, I spoke with the owner of the Caddy just last week and apparently he still owns it.
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“Car show opinions” ???
Hmm, I’m pretty sure most of mine would be considered inflammatory and/or worse, so I refrain myself by just saying that in 40+ years in this hobby and dozens (100+ ?) of vintage cars I’ve owned during that time, I haven’t bothered to “show” many of them and the few occasions I have, they were due to somewhat unusual circumstances.
OTOH, I have “presented” some of my clients cars (ones I’ve restored) and receive invites to judge at some concours events, although for aforementioned unspecified reasons, seriously considering to decline latter activities in the future.
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23 hours ago, TTR said:
I learned to drive in a COE 3-axle dump truck w 10-spd gearbox, air brakes, etc.
Forgot to mention the above truck was essentially a new or very late model example, owned by and registered to the driving school, used solely for educating individuals to drive in general and operate (heavy) trucks with myriad of attached equipment and features, including various "exchangeable" beds, dump feature, on-board crane/lifts/PTOs, etc.
Most driving schools (all were are/were private enterprises) usually had 2-3 similar trucks along with a fleet of regular passenger cars, all equipped with clutch and brake pedals on the passenger (instructors) side.
Last I heard, the cost of obtaining a driver license (for passenger car/small truck only) was around $1800, but this was about 15 years ago when I paid for it on behalf of my god-daughter.
To use a car with an automatic transmission for learning to drive required special permit, usually granted only to those with some serious physical disability preventing the use of clutch and/or manual shifting.
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2 hours ago, 8E45E said:
You might in for a surprise when it comes to some Italian one, or two-off cars built by a smaller coachbuilder.
They are well known to modify production items 'to fit', most often, in unseen places, such as inside the door panels, and chassis, etc. I have seen an Italian one-off by Frua where the door strikers and latches were off-the-shelf parts, but the connecting rod from the latch to the inside door handles were welded together from two separate pieces, as an example. One could see the extra effort Frua's staff took to 'make it work'.
Craig
These kinds of "methods" aren't/weren't limited to one- or two-off examples.
Many smaller Italian car manufacturers like Ferrari, Maserati, etc had all their production cars coach work + related components "make it work" fabricated, modified (or used "as is") from generic, "off-the-shelf" components readily available from parts vendors producing small items for the entire "industry" of vehicle manufacturing.
This apparently was a common practice up until at least '70s/'80s by aforementioned and similar (exotic) brands.
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I learned to drive in a COE 3-axle dump truck w 10-spd gearbox, air brakes, etc. Does that count ?
First lesson (and occasion ever operating any motor vehicle on a public roads) in above truck was a 1 hr drive in and around downtown of a major metropolitan city, fortunately in the middle of the day and not during rush hours. It was exiting, to say the least.
While automatics are "convenient", let's not forget they were one of the first steps into "vehicle control nannies" most modern cars/small trucks are now plagued with.
Again, most of the the blame belongs to my generation (baby boomers).
Next step will be self-driving cars, which I had hoped not to see take over the roads in my lifetime, but...
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2 hours ago, SC38dls said:
The moral of these stories is go to someone that you can talk to a knowledgeable person
dave sNow that makes sense, but wouldn't that prevent all these people accustomed buy everything (cheap) online to start or participate in these silly forum debates about the validity of their choice ?
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Perhaps this car and subsequent discussions would be more appropriate on that HAMB website where they are accustomed to and accommodating of vehicles being claimed or pretending to be period correct, even if a car is completely made of new reproduction parts and modern technology components.
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On 9/24/2021 at 6:20 AM, 58L-Y8 said:
This poor Packard, what a terrible mish-mash of styling features: a narrow late 1920's boat-tail roadster mounted on a mid-1930's quasi-streamlined fully-filled out width chassis. Industry styling had moved so dramatically beyond that late 1920's theme that mash-ups such as this rarely work visually. The conflicting styling here is painful!
I agree.
OTOH, there aren’t many “boat tail” style coach works designs I’ve ever found appealing.
Most look rather silly, or if I may, cartoonish/childish, especially ones with “skiff” type wooden bodies.
But then again, while many like “woody” type production cars (“Town & Country”, etc) I’ve always viewed their appearance as something like from depression era when perhaps steel was at premium and the wood frame constructions was just a low cost alternative.
6 hours ago, Pilgrim65 said:… but great looking car , has class ,not like some frankenstien creations I’ve Seen which ruined the original car completely.
It has been said (I’m paraphrasing) “the greatness of appearance or beauty is in the eye of…”. so I respectfully refer to above comments.
Besides, which or how many “original” cars were “ruined”(?) when this was created and/or further modified (hot rodded) over the subsequent decades ?
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So basically, this car is just another “Hot Rod”, nothing more, nothing less, right ?
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Another suggestion (this one is based on some first hand experiences):
Do not let mice use your car as bathroom. 🙄
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Sounds like you two may need to get a room... 😳
All kidding aside, I was in La Quinta (near Palm Springs ) about a week and half ago, delivering the car I showed an interior shot/still image of on a thread about taking videos while driving. I was riding shotgun with the transporter so didn't time for any social visits.
Wife and I usually spend couple of days around New Year in the area for close by access for our annual visit to welcome the New Year at sunrise in Joshua Tree Nat'l Park.
Last year we (mostly me) went through a bottle of Herradura Reposado, one Champagne and one Pinot Noir in just couple of nights.
I also end up there few times a year during some of my Sunday drives up on San Jacinto mountains.
And if I get a chance to stop by, I'll be happy to help with any Macallan 18* (or anything similar) you have collecting dust. 😉
* Finished what little was left in a bottle last night, but fortunately had some 12 y.o. (+ other brands/varietals) and therefor able to avert a drinking problem. 😥
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I’ve heard cat pee will eradicate the smell of mice or their urine. 😉
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3 hours ago, alsancle said:
The worst thing that could happen would be for the truck to be unmovable in a million pieces and have to be moved.
According to OPs comments, this ship ^^ unfortunately has already sailed.
As I’ve mentioned previously here somewhere, I grew up in the culture/society where many (young) vintage car enthusiasts/hobbyist didn’t have a garage of their own to work on them, so many of us pooled our (very limited) resources together, formed and registered a formal (often nonprofit) car/hobby clubs with official charters, etc and with such were able to lease/rent commercial shop building, etc in which each club member had his/her individual space(s) to store and/or work on their vehicle(s).
Everyone paid annual membership fee (often minimal) and then paid their own share for the space their car occupied.
Any leftover funds collected from membership or space rent fees were often used to buy larger equipment (air compressors, lifts, etc) for all the members to share the use of.
These arrangements also often provided friendly help (for lifting heavy items, pushing cars, etc) or borrowing tools etc being easily available.
Some of my lifelong friends still work on their cars in such “communal” garages and some of them even own such buildings now and lease/rent them to younger generation car enthusiasts/hobbyist to ensure those kids also have a place to work and keep their cars in.
Heck, on few occasions over the years, even crusty old me has provided space in my shop for local (young) vintage car enthusiasts to work on theirs, usually in exchange for some little help with my projects or shop cleaning, etc.
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Well, perhaps some here don’t know or realize it, but most of the modern/western world societies abandoned use of checks/money orders and like over half a century ago.
And after advent of these gizmos like these computers, etc (I’m told) handling/managing financial transactions has only become easier, faster and safer.
Besides, PayPal fee on that $20 distributor sale is less than 60 cents.
How much is a $20 money order + postage + envelope ?Perhaps it’s time to grow up, leave that 19th century horse & buggy mindset behind, step up to the brave new world of motorized machinery of automobiles, airplanes, space flight, …
… and did I mention computers/internet/etc.
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If you do business, whether domestically or internationally, with any seller/vendor that can’t provide a safe/secure way, i.e. bank or PayPal, etc. account for direct deposit, credit card processing or old fashioned check via mail, to accept payments, you probably shouldn’t be doing (remote) business with them in the first place.
Or if you do and something goes wrong, it’s your own fault.
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Only time I attended Amelia (& showed a clients car I had spent 5+ years restoring) was nearly 15 years ago.
Things might’ve changed since, but at the time it wasn’t much more than a single day event + 1 or 2 auction venues, when comparatively “Monterey Car Week” is 10-day complication of multiple events and some days do feature several overlapping each other.
So yes, “apples and oranges”.I’m glad I went, but unlike Monterey, no future plans to attend again.
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6 hours ago, 1912Staver said:
Here is some of the best point of view footage I know of. Completely Vintage cars , all late 1960's , early 1970's at Spa. Modern tires and car / track safety.
Camera car is a early 1970's , British Chevron. 2 liter Ford Cosworth , NO turbo, just injection. Several of the other cars use American V8's . Watch him devour the Corvettes, and P cars.
Sorry E car fans, NO tire smoke. On a course like this at these speeds you actually want to survive the event. Tire smoke means you are probably leaving the track surface and headed for the dirt, trees and safety barriers.
And yes, a very good driver!
Quite cool !
I've seen few similar (private, i.e. not on internet) onboard videos and commented to those who filmed them that they could/would be more relatable to a casual viewer if the footage/imagery included some sort of "embedded"(?) visuals for ongoing speed and tachometer reading.
Does any amateur level onboard camcorders have such capabilities, at least for the speed via GPS/satellite tracking (since most race cars usually don't have a speedometer) ?
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On 10/23/2021 at 1:29 PM, GregLaR said:
Can you just imagine the red tape, permits and cost to pull off this commercial? Not to mention the problems of clearing all those streets and roads!
Probably nothing different than location filming for any other commercial or movie.
BTW, like most commercials and movies, this one also seems to feature some CGI and heavy (speed enhancement & sound) editing. 😉
Still a super cool compilation though.
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Did some "road" testing in two 4.4 liter 4-cam V12s earlier today and although their redline is only at 7700 RPM (one was actually tested up to 8200 in a dyno right after rebuild), I kept shifting conservatively between 6K-7K RPM range, in which they still sound quite delicious.
While I didn't video record any of these "test sessions" since they were mainly for A/C design improvements I've developed for these cars, I did replenish fuels for both at a Shell station. 😉
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Does your friend have a factory service manual ?
If not, I would recommend obtaining one before continuing any work on the car, especially if objective is to make/keep everything OEM.
in the meanwhile:
Is the contact plate assembly still under the horn ring (held on to the steering wheel hub with couple small screws) ?
If yes, is the (black) wire leading from it through inside the steering shaft to the “contact wheel” further down on the (outside of) steering shaft still there ?If yes, is the “contact wheel” still on the (outside of) steering shaft (may have to remove steering column to see this) ?
If yes, is the contact switch assembly still on (outside of) the steering column, under the dash ?If yes, is the (black) wire leading from the switch to horn relay (on the left front inner fender panel) still there ?
All the above is necessary to just create (internal) grounding (=earth) for the horn relay to activate it.
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And people think I’m nuts, but that certainly takes it to another level, although I’m not sure it qualifies the proprietor as a “nut”.
I think above behavior is that of an “idiot” or “moron”, but if it allows him to prosper, who am I to question his methods. -
4 hours ago, Restorer32 said:
There are modern air ride kits for Caddys but we want to keep it original.
Just out of curiosity, (approximately) how many or what percentage of late ‘50s Cadillacs came with air suspension and how many have retained it to this day ?
I know some Imperials of that era had such feature, but not sure if anyone ever reproduced fresh OEM type “bags” for them. I looked into it years ago during a restoration of a car, but found the idea excessively cost-prohibitive.
P.S. What or who’s “the nut” you’re referring to ? Being that I’m often referred as one, I’m always interested in kindred spirits and learning why “others” view them (us ?) as such. 😉
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What makes a car interesting to you?
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While there are umpteen million different details, features or things that make different cars “interesting”, but if attempting to narrow them down to something I’d like to have in my cars or in cars I’d like to own, practical usability for its originally intended purpose would probably top that list.
And this applies only to owner driven road cars (my daily driver appliance notwithstanding)
I’ve never had interest owning race (only), chauffeur or employee driven “professional” carriers (i.e. ambulance/hearse/limousine/town car/etc) type cars/vehicles.
Oh, and a car/vehicle has to be running and drivable or progressively being worked on toward that goal, otherwise it’s not a car/vehicle.