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having recently posted "harmony in blue II", I was struck in the head with curiosity and interest on what the community here like about cars and if they ever thought about transforming them into personalized rocket machines or just making them look cool while driving bone stock under the hood.
I've been into cars pretty much my whole life ever since watching The Fast and the Furious when I was like 6 or 7 and seeing sports cars (and even regular coupes and sedans) become extreme rides was such a radical concept in my mind.
I've been into cars pretty much my whole life ever since watching The Fast and the Furious when I was like 6 or 7 and seeing sports cars (and even regular coupes and sedans) become extreme rides was such a radical concept in my mind.
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Ya had to start that subject didn't you?
I still have the first car I bought 49 years ago. I have a box of Weber carbs in the attic along with tons of spare parts. I just finished a bunch of rust repair on the daily driver, a 2008 civic with only 440,000 Kms on it. Next comes the yearly rust proofing spray/injection on our two 'regualar' cars...messy and smelly but essential here.
For me, cars are all about the experience and sensations. Speed and acceleration are for kids....I love firing her up early on a Saturday morning for the drive along the river into the city for breakfast and some shopping at the market. The *snap...blap*! when she first catches that settles into a purr as that old engine warms.....as we motor up the bridge I toe into the throttle and listen to the purr become a growl, then, now warm and gaining the old highway, we stay in third and let the cat howl.
I enjoy it for a moment then drop into fourth listening.....the same men that designed that engine also built Spitfires in Bromwich castle during the war and sometimes I'm sure I can just make out the crackle of a V-12 Merlin engine as we drone along with the sun just topping the trees. The view out the front over that long bonnet never gets old.
Modern cars are incredibly fast and powerful, but nothing....absolutely nothing delivers the heady driving experience of an old British roadster. Even an MGB; it handles weird and shares more technology with a bloody old tractor; is impossible to drive without a huge grin on one's face. I drove my buddies MGTD once (you youngsters can look that up) and found it positively medieval...but what a hoot! He has a newer Porsche but still prefers the 75 year old MG.
Excuse me while I go out in the garage and lick my old car
I still have the first car I bought 49 years ago. I have a box of Weber carbs in the attic along with tons of spare parts. I just finished a bunch of rust repair on the daily driver, a 2008 civic with only 440,000 Kms on it. Next comes the yearly rust proofing spray/injection on our two 'regualar' cars...messy and smelly but essential here.
For me, cars are all about the experience and sensations. Speed and acceleration are for kids....I love firing her up early on a Saturday morning for the drive along the river into the city for breakfast and some shopping at the market. The *snap...blap*! when she first catches that settles into a purr as that old engine warms.....as we motor up the bridge I toe into the throttle and listen to the purr become a growl, then, now warm and gaining the old highway, we stay in third and let the cat howl.
I enjoy it for a moment then drop into fourth listening.....the same men that designed that engine also built Spitfires in Bromwich castle during the war and sometimes I'm sure I can just make out the crackle of a V-12 Merlin engine as we drone along with the sun just topping the trees. The view out the front over that long bonnet never gets old.
Modern cars are incredibly fast and powerful, but nothing....absolutely nothing delivers the heady driving experience of an old British roadster. Even an MGB; it handles weird and shares more technology with a bloody old tractor; is impossible to drive without a huge grin on one's face. I drove my buddies MGTD once (you youngsters can look that up) and found it positively medieval...but what a hoot! He has a newer Porsche but still prefers the 75 year old MG.
Excuse me while I go out in the garage and lick my old car
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Bobb
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Tue, Sep 23Forgot to mention that my first job was installing the front bumpers of the new Chrysler Cordoba in 1974.
thirdeyezennicai
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Tue, Sep 23I totally feel you on experiences and sensations. every drive I've been on meant something to me (including late night cruises on the highway). from the sound of my 2006 Chrysler 300c growling to passing by old spots me and my family used to go to.
a lot of my favorite experiences involved riding with my dad in a '96 Jeep Cherokee we had where we would go off-roading in the forest and taking in the morning sights of the sun rays beaming down through the leaves and branches, truly mesmerizing stuff.
a lot of my favorite experiences involved riding with my dad in a '96 Jeep Cherokee we had where we would go off-roading in the forest and taking in the morning sights of the sun rays beaming down through the leaves and branches, truly mesmerizing stuff.
bonj
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Fri, Sep 26"Excuse me while I go out in the garage and lick my old car " XD
And to the spare Weber's in the attic. My first job was a mechanic and I have diesel in my blood i'm sure of it. Car's are great but I love my trucks too.
And to the spare Weber's in the attic. My first job was a mechanic and I have diesel in my blood i'm sure of it. Car's are great but I love my trucks too.
I was never into the modification thing, but I did love every car I ever owned and I used to polish them a heck of a lot
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My dad drove a number of company cars during his career, ranging from lemons (Morris Marina) to reliable workhorses (Toyota Cressida). At one point he also subscribed to a number of car magazines, which I read for the articles about snazzy exotic supercars that few could afford. Lately I've been doing virtual kitbashing of numerous cars.
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Two cars I wish I had not sold in the past were a 1985 Chrysler Daytona Turbo, and a 1987 Chevy Celebrity 2 door coupe.
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thirdeyezennicai
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Fri, Sep 26you had a Daytona Turbo???? aw man, that's a totally sick car !!
glad you cherished every moment you had with it, though.
glad you cherished every moment you had with it, though.
TechWorks
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Sun, Sep 28It was actually the Chrysler Laser - the Chrysler version of the Dodge Daytona. I had the Laser EX Turbo, and that thing ripped! Fun times...
Yep I'm a big petrol head.
Not so much recently as I'm on the pc now but my many freelance jobs often required a variety of licences. I have pretty much everything on my licence including a lot of plant machinery. When a dangerous job needed doing with a telehandler it was one of our crew who did it. My friend and ex boss was a JCB display driver and we learnt a lot from him. We had a few weather disaster events over the years and it's was up to us to do the driving, pretty extreme to recover live electrics in a flood.
I had to drive on the front wheels using the boom with the generator loaded as a ballence device. Like a squirrel lol. I recovered the 80kva generator driving on the two wheels for most of the 700 metres.
The fuel bowser was still full due the the event being cancelled. I tried but the live load sloshing around sunk the front wheels into the mud. My boss took over after shouting at me for F.... mucking it up and he made it look easy.
Wheelie a forklift on rough terrain, no problem
Not so much recently as I'm on the pc now but my many freelance jobs often required a variety of licences. I have pretty much everything on my licence including a lot of plant machinery. When a dangerous job needed doing with a telehandler it was one of our crew who did it. My friend and ex boss was a JCB display driver and we learnt a lot from him. We had a few weather disaster events over the years and it's was up to us to do the driving, pretty extreme to recover live electrics in a flood.
I had to drive on the front wheels using the boom with the generator loaded as a ballence device. Like a squirrel lol. I recovered the 80kva generator driving on the two wheels for most of the 700 metres.
The fuel bowser was still full due the the event being cancelled. I tried but the live load sloshing around sunk the front wheels into the mud. My boss took over after shouting at me for F.... mucking it up and he made it look easy.
Wheelie a forklift on rough terrain, no problem
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Bobb
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Fri, Sep 26*chuckle* At one point in my career I was driving the MJ-1 weapons loader. Not as dramatic as what you did though.
I dropped in at a friends place a few weeks ago and had a look at the 'car lot' he has on his property. There's a wide variety of running and 'becoming-one-with-the-earth' stuff all over. A Dodge Valiant and the car I learned to drive on, a 62 Chrysler Saratoga. I'm trying to get him to let me take the dashboard. If you've ever seen one you'll know why.
In his garage was a 60-something Mustang being restored, his Ford Capri race car being un-bashed, and a late 30's Ford in perfect condition. In the lean-too outside he has a HUUUUGE Pontiac wagon with that rumble seat in the back, a Camero, Subaru, a few other cars and a late 30's Packard. He also has two Triumph TR4A's (only one runs) and some obscure Rover.
I'm embarrassed at the folks I know with yards full of old cars. Some even run. I had a ride a couple of months ago in a friend's 1937 Hudson. The old suspension and balloon tires made for an exciting ride. It felt like it would roll off the road at any second.
I dropped in at a friends place a few weeks ago and had a look at the 'car lot' he has on his property. There's a wide variety of running and 'becoming-one-with-the-earth' stuff all over. A Dodge Valiant and the car I learned to drive on, a 62 Chrysler Saratoga. I'm trying to get him to let me take the dashboard. If you've ever seen one you'll know why.
In his garage was a 60-something Mustang being restored, his Ford Capri race car being un-bashed, and a late 30's Ford in perfect condition. In the lean-too outside he has a HUUUUGE Pontiac wagon with that rumble seat in the back, a Camero, Subaru, a few other cars and a late 30's Packard. He also has two Triumph TR4A's (only one runs) and some obscure Rover.
I'm embarrassed at the folks I know with yards full of old cars. Some even run. I had a ride a couple of months ago in a friend's 1937 Hudson. The old suspension and balloon tires made for an exciting ride. It felt like it would roll off the road at any second.
bonj
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Fri, Sep 26The MJ-1 Nice bit of kit. You have skills for sure. I spent some time in service when I was young. Was fortunate to be able to go back to college and become an animator in my early 20's It was quite a boring job so I set up my own company in multi media.
After divorce and closing the business freelance work came easy and getting a ticket to drive site vehicles got me even more work. I have to admit festival production and huge concerts was a lot of fun and the vehicles were a bonus.
62 Chrysler Saratoga is a beautiful thing. I don't think I have seen one in person in the UK . My uncle had a TR4 in the 80's he let me have a go and another uncle had a 3 litre Capri that flew like shit of a stick!
The folks with yards full of old cars sound awesome. I'd be lost there for days.
we do have the Haynes Motor Museum from the guys that produced all those car manuals. We had a day out there a few years ago looking at the old classics.
Most of my vehicles were trucks, land rover or Toyota hilux, Had a chevy van for a while too. My personal favorite car was a 1984 Vaxhall (opel) astra 1800 GTE. after a few rally mods is was quick, quicker than the later models because it was so light.
Freelance event work got me working for Toyota their first year in formula 1. I spent fore years working for Toyota F1, RenaultF1 and Audi as an event engineer (corporate but track side occasionally).
I have done a lot of freelance stuff very diverse but always related to production of some kind. Some of my best memories are the extreme driving. They used to ask me to test if the fire lanes were wide enough at one event, meaning drive the route in a gator atv - flat out usually sideways XD I have rolled one of these and got some serious air jumping ditches lol
I could go on all night but I should actually write a book about it all. Arctic trucks on their side in the mud, we'd get the chains out and flip them back up before pulling them offsite to safety. It was a buzz.
One day I will buy one of these
https://www.arielmotor.co.uk/ariel-vehicles/ariel-atom/
After divorce and closing the business freelance work came easy and getting a ticket to drive site vehicles got me even more work. I have to admit festival production and huge concerts was a lot of fun and the vehicles were a bonus.
62 Chrysler Saratoga is a beautiful thing. I don't think I have seen one in person in the UK . My uncle had a TR4 in the 80's he let me have a go and another uncle had a 3 litre Capri that flew like shit of a stick!
The folks with yards full of old cars sound awesome. I'd be lost there for days.
we do have the Haynes Motor Museum from the guys that produced all those car manuals. We had a day out there a few years ago looking at the old classics.
Most of my vehicles were trucks, land rover or Toyota hilux, Had a chevy van for a while too. My personal favorite car was a 1984 Vaxhall (opel) astra 1800 GTE. after a few rally mods is was quick, quicker than the later models because it was so light.
Freelance event work got me working for Toyota their first year in formula 1. I spent fore years working for Toyota F1, RenaultF1 and Audi as an event engineer (corporate but track side occasionally).
I have done a lot of freelance stuff very diverse but always related to production of some kind. Some of my best memories are the extreme driving. They used to ask me to test if the fire lanes were wide enough at one event, meaning drive the route in a gator atv - flat out usually sideways XD I have rolled one of these and got some serious air jumping ditches lol
I could go on all night but I should actually write a book about it all. Arctic trucks on their side in the mud, we'd get the chains out and flip them back up before pulling them offsite to safety. It was a buzz.
One day I will buy one of these
https://www.arielmotor.co.uk/ariel-vehicles/ariel-atom/
Bobb
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Sun, Sep 28Now THATs a career to look back on!
I have Haynes manuals for my old Brit car, Strombergs and the Volvo P1800 (which I've never owned).
Something I like to do is help haul old cars out of garages, fields, barns and wherever. We have a loosely organized gang we call the Travelling Road Show and Pit Crew that is always available to rescue a car before it becomes one with the earth. The latest was an early 40's MGYT...a rare beast for sure.
I have Haynes manuals for my old Brit car, Strombergs and the Volvo P1800 (which I've never owned).
Something I like to do is help haul old cars out of garages, fields, barns and wherever. We have a loosely organized gang we call the Travelling Road Show and Pit Crew that is always available to rescue a car before it becomes one with the earth. The latest was an early 40's MGYT...a rare beast for sure.
bonj
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Mon, Sep 29Thanks, I was very lucky.
It's not over yet. I just taken a few years off to home school my son who will be going to college in September next year. Then I can freelance again or maybe produce a game. I have started making an adventure driving / survival game on unreal. May that will come of something.
I had to double check if I was thinking of the right MG and wow that's a rare find, especially over the pond. I lived in Abingdon (where they were built) for many years and occasionally one would be seen on the high street. Rare as rocking horse shit as they say.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Y-type
Hats off to you and your crew for rescuing these relics and preserving them.
It's not over yet. I just taken a few years off to home school my son who will be going to college in September next year. Then I can freelance again or maybe produce a game. I have started making an adventure driving / survival game on unreal. May that will come of something.
I had to double check if I was thinking of the right MG and wow that's a rare find, especially over the pond. I lived in Abingdon (where they were built) for many years and occasionally one would be seen on the high street. Rare as rocking horse shit as they say.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Y-type
Hats off to you and your crew for rescuing these relics and preserving them.
Because of the need to rebuild the UK after the war, foreign sales had priority. The economy in North America exploded because of the massive manufacturing potential after the war, helped by the rush of skilled emigrants leaving bombed out Europe. My Dad and his family came from the UK and my Mom from Austria.
Brit cars where readily available here and I remember the dealership not far from my grade school. As a result, far more cars wound up here and British cars are a huge hobby. I bought an 8 year old E-Type for my first car in 1976 and it was cheaper than a new Honda or Toyota. I still have the thing *chuckle*.
There's lots of oddball Brit cars floating around in barns and garages. We just rescued a Mini (a real one) 'Innocenti'. He also has 3 Rover 3500's in a garage in the next city. Old classic 'Landy's' are also popular. One of my friends has several and is rebuilding one of them.
I'll PM you with the link to our clubs blog, and some of the stories.
Brit cars where readily available here and I remember the dealership not far from my grade school. As a result, far more cars wound up here and British cars are a huge hobby. I bought an 8 year old E-Type for my first car in 1976 and it was cheaper than a new Honda or Toyota. I still have the thing *chuckle*.
There's lots of oddball Brit cars floating around in barns and garages. We just rescued a Mini (a real one) 'Innocenti'. He also has 3 Rover 3500's in a garage in the next city. Old classic 'Landy's' are also popular. One of my friends has several and is rebuilding one of them.
I'll PM you with the link to our clubs blog, and some of the stories.
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