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#8026
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
Posts: 46,057
Bikes: everywhere
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#8027
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 26,286
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4,955 Posts
#8028
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,841
Bikes: Trek Domane+, Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, ICE VTX WC
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2,311 Posts
#8029
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Greenville SC
Posts: 4,271
Bikes: 1975 Motobecane Grand Jubile, 2020 Holdsworth Competition, 2022 Giant Trance 29 3
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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
#8030
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 19,392
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
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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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"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
#8031
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,841
Bikes: Trek Domane+, Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, ICE VTX WC
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#8032
Administrator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 33,399
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
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Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
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#8033
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 52,249
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
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1,444 Posts
#8034
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,841
Bikes: Trek Domane+, Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, ICE VTX WC
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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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#8035
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
Posts: 46,057
Bikes: everywhere
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#8036
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: 757
Posts: 11,688
Bikes: Madone, Emonda, 5500, Ritchey Breakaway
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2,402 Posts
#8037
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 19,392
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
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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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"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
#8038
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
Posts: 46,057
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Woah, he just scored a GM tissue dispenser for it:
#8039
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,841
Bikes: Trek Domane+, Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, ICE VTX WC
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#8040
Super Modest
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 23,841
Bikes: Trek Domane+, Trek Emonda, Giant Propel, Colnago V3, ICE VTX WC
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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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#8042
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
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#8043
dot dash
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Land of Pleasant Living
Posts: 12,578
Bikes: Shmikes
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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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#8044
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Bristol, R. I.
Posts: 4,340
Bikes: Specialized Secteur, old Peugeot
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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.
#8045
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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.
#8046
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At Large
Posts: 57,074
Bikes: Have two wheels
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2,650 Posts
#8047
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At Large
Posts: 57,074
Bikes: Have two wheels
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2,650 Posts
#8048
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Westminster, CO
Posts: 21,890
Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
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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.
#8049
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At Large
Posts: 57,074
Bikes: Have two wheels
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#8050
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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.