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notchback
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 Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| Tram wrote: |
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I’m amazed at the dichotomy of these things
Once guy shows up with 3000 hours of skills in a build or restoration, while guy 2 shows up with a new Jag he just bought.
I guess the worst part of being a dick is not realizing you look like a dick. |
As a friend of mine says... "If you have one, you are one." |
Tram is an ass.
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ach60 
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:22 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| TDCTDI wrote: |
| Abscate wrote: |
I’m amazed at the dichotomy of these things
Once guy shows up with 3000 hours of skills in a build or restoration, while guy 2 shows up with a new Jag he just bought.
I guess the worst part of being a dick is not realizing you look like a dick. |
That's right up there with the jackasses that entered & are proud to have won the "Best Paint" award with their 3 month old car. |
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| I can't believe any judge would be stupid enough to award such a thing to a new off the shelf car! |
I would agree that there isn't any "Factory" finish on any new car worthy of "Best Paint Award".
On the other hand a new car that has been customized and prepped, re-painted, and polished,
Could be a car worthy of "Best Paint Award".
Cars and Coffee - I'll show any car I please.
Bugoramma - New Beetle stays in the parking lot
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 7:26 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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1976 FMC, I think of it as the Testarossa of the RV world.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:06 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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^^^ Wow, don't think I have ever seen one of those before. Crazy styling.
Found this little tidbit of history. http://fmcmotorcoach.com/Thestory.html
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Jacks
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 11:36 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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How much did they want for it?
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| How much did they want for it? |
$20,000.
Which seems outrageous, until you compare it to a VW bus.
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
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ach60
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| Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:47 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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I got passed by a Audi R8 today.
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:02 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:53 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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just popped in to the supermarket and found this citroen big 6 from 1954, note how we've parked in the far corner of the car park away from the thoughtless door denting, trolley scraping, can't walk 50 yards hoi polloi...
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bluebus86
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:59 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| finster wrote: |
just popped in to the supermarket and found this citroen big 6 from 1954, note how we've parked in the far corner of the car park away from the thoughtless door denting, trolley scraping, can't walk 50 yards hoi polloi...
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Thoughtless is parking over the line, cant that person park properly? Thats asking for a dent parking so crooked.
Nice Bug in the background, parked correctly!
Bug On!
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rcooled
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| Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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I saw one of Jerry Seinfeld's Porsches recently...this 911 RSR.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Nothing from 1976 was noteworthy
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calvinater
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| Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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awreed
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| Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| Nothing from 1976 was noteworthy |
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What significant event happened in 1976?
Iceland and the United Kingdom come to an agreement over fishing rights in the North Atlantic during June of 1976, ending a series of conflicts known as the “Cod Wars.” The first Cod War took place from....
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ok, never mind. You're right. |
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calvinater
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:59 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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America's bicentennial
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:56 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Well, there was this little event...
"Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak." |
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grandpa red
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| Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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1976 FMC, I think of it as the Testarossa of the RV world.
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I saw one of those last week.Looked like it was in good shape.
There was a guy in Morgan Hill that use to sell and repair them but closed a few years ago.
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ach60
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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I saw a First generation (1974–1981) VW Scirocco in the parking lot at work today.
The scale of today’s Automobiles & Trucks & SUVs made the Scirocco seem tiny in comparison.
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iowegian
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Today I went to a car show in Fruitland, Iowa-------yes, there really is such a place. Good sized show. Probably well over 100 cars with the usual mix of 50s Detroit iron, street rods, Muscle Cars, Rat-Rods, etc. The only air-cooled VW was a tired old dune buggy. But then, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a bright red Renault Alpine in pristine condition. The owners were thrilled that I actually knew what it was. They bought the car used when they lived in Austria and brought it here with them.
I have only seen one in real life once before, and that one was a vintage road-race car at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin years ago. |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 6:08 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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