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| Thread ID: 93419 | 2008-09-16 01:29:00 | For Surfer Joe, as America goes into crisis..... | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 705456 | 2008-09-16 01:29:00 | Just to reassure you Joe, that things can go bad, yet amazingly, survive long after perceived successes are dead and buried, here is a little something from my neighbourhood that you might enjoy: An (www.imagef1.net.nz) Enduring (www.imagef1.net.nz) yet Endearing (www.imagef1.net.nz) Mistake (www.imagef1.net.nz) alive and well in Godzone. I always wanted to see one of these in the metal, and whaddayaknow, one turned up just a few streets away from Chez Billy. It is registered, warranted and mobile. Cheers Billy 8-{) :thumbs: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 705457 | 2008-09-16 03:21:00 | What we call here in Kiwi land,a "yank tank." | Cicero (40) | ||
| 705458 | 2008-09-16 03:27:00 | Just to reassure you Joe, that things can go bad, yet amazingly, survive long after perceived successes are dead and buried, here is a little something from my neighbourhood that you might enjoy: An (www.imagef1.net.nz) Enduring (www.imagef1.net.nz) yet Endearing (www.imagef1.net.nz) Mistake (www.imagef1.net.nz) alive and well in Godzone. I always wanted to see one of these in the metal, and whaddayaknow, one turned up just a few streets away from Chez Billy. It is registered, warranted and mobile. Cheers Billy 8-{) :thumbs: Oh gosh....it's nice to see that an icon of American industrial brilliance and pulse-feeling has found a (reclusive) home in a foreign land. It seems to have a leg-up on the municipal curb-stonework, yet somehow looks forlorn by being parked on the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD!!! (Interpretation: Some sorta Freudian statement and solace in a singular package) Gotta love the original fuzzy upholstery I can see in the rear window. Mixed with the cyclops brake lamp on the package tray; the true uniqueness of olde world doggedness fusioned to techno-modern shows the vehicle's true legacy: "Risk-taking before- during- and after- it's time". |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 705459 | 2008-09-16 03:28:00 | My God, its an Edsel!! I thought Ford had tracked them all down and destroyed the horrible things. Along with those other horrible things (forget the name) that used to explode in a ball of fire when rear ended. What were they called please Joe? There was talk of using the boot lid (trunk - Joe) as landing places for choppers. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 705460 | 2008-09-16 03:40:00 | I notice it's parked in the typical New York manner (Floor it then slam on the brakes, landing on the kerb). | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 705461 | 2008-09-16 03:54:00 | Chev Corvair, I think kenj. Engine mounted in the rear. Independent rear suspension. The engine mounts would fail, go to full acceleration and cut the brake lines. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 705462 | 2008-09-16 04:03:00 | My God, its an Edsel!! I thought Ford had tracked them all down and destroyed the horrible things . Along with those other horrible things (forget the name) that used to explode in a ball of fire when rear ended . What were they called please Joe? There was talk of using the boot lid (trunk - Joe) as landing places for choppers . Ken The Pinto . . . FORD PINTO! The top of the gas tank (NZ= petrol repository) was the floor of the trunk . Pinto:Driven by more Buddhist Monks than any other car . But the Mustangs and Capris had the same design . . . and did FORD get sued over them? N-o-o-o-o-o! Ralph Nader went after GM and some bad motor mounts (NZ= moutour pillars) on a vehicle that had already been design-changed by the factory . Nobody could stop the Edsel though . . . . we have the 2009½ "Preview", road hungry models on the showroom floors (NZ= flours) right now . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 705463 | 2008-09-16 04:06:00 | Pinto - Driven by more Buddhist Monks than any other car. To get to Nirvana quicker than non believers no doubt! Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 705464 | 2008-09-16 04:18:00 | Chev Corvair, I think kenj . Engine mounted in the rear . Independent rear suspension . The engine mounts would fail, go to full acceleration and cut the brake lines . Not the engine mounts . . . it was the swing axles in the rear that could get under the car in a hard turn and pogo it over into the outside of a turn . Very nasty little habit . Chevrolet came up with swing limiters that would only let the rear axle drop a few inches for road deflection . . . but that was the first year . . . right after that, they made the rear suspension a total redesign . I had a 1960 Corvair (second production year) that I could throw into a turn with any TR, Healey and D-Jags at will . . . and usually smoke them coming out ahead of them and their silly Tams and Fox-n-Hound scarves . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 705465 | 2008-09-16 04:36:00 | . I had a 1960 Corvair (second production year) that I could throw into a turn with any TR, Healey and D-Jags at will...and usually smoke them coming out ahead of them and their silly Tams and Fox-n-Hound scarves. Aaah yes Joe... but remember, there is a difference between arse and class. Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
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