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Going for walks, seeing some cool cars.
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Very cool. When I was in high school, in the early eighties, my dream car was an MGB. Best of luck with the final steps of your resto!
Good sign if you own vs. rent!Thank you, ShawnG.
Mike N was right.
I think you can see my confusing it with the Miata in post #85.
A thought which just came to me: All these nice, very expensive cars are starting to show up in my neighborhood lately.
What is going on?
Mike
Hey gang, I've been AWOL from this thread for awhile, but tonight I saw this thick slab of 1970s awesomeness right in downtown Philly, which is truly inspiring. It's a Mercury Cougar, and I remember my grandfather having similar Lincolns back in the day. This particular cat was really decked out, with fur wraps on the seatbelts and--dig this--a naked inflatable doll in the front passenger's seat! Time to fire up Foghat's "Slow Ride" on the eight-track and drive to Vegas.
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I don't care how impractical they may be...I love those '70s "land yachts"! I'm especially partial to the Lincoln Continental Mark IV with the opera window:
Awesome! I love it. My grandfather had that exact model with the opera window. He got a new Lincoln every couple of years, and in the late 1970s the trunk liner of his then-current Lincoln caught fire when he was on his way to a business meeting. He couldn't show up to the meeting in a charred Lincoln, and he was now ticked off at the brand, so he pulled into a Cadillac dealer and bought one on the spot to go to the meeting. From then on, he was a Cadillac guy.
Some very nice cars posted here recently.
The red car above reminds me of the car below; the 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. Not that many around, but doubtless many fewer convertibles.
If it looks familiar, it was one of the cars used in the movie, "Blue Velvet."
Sorry, not my pictures.
The red car above reminds me of the car below; the 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. Not that many around, but doubtless many fewer convertibles.
If it looks familiar, it was one of the cars used in the movie, "Blue Velvet."
Sorry, not my pictures.
Forgive me, because the picture below is not car-related, but I think most of you will like it.
I live near Jamaica Bay, and have a few friends that have boats that they take out almost everyday.
My one friend sends me pictures of fish he caught or planes taking off from JFK or anything he finds interesting.
This brings us to the picture below.
The boat below has 4 outboard motors. I asked my friend, what are they? How many horsepower?
He replied, "300 each."
I live near Jamaica Bay, and have a few friends that have boats that they take out almost everyday.
My one friend sends me pictures of fish he caught or planes taking off from JFK or anything he finds interesting.
This brings us to the picture below.
The boat below has 4 outboard motors. I asked my friend, what are they? How many horsepower?
He replied, "300 each."
A car picture.
Not mine; courtesy of my friend who lives in Manhattan.
He said the picture was taken on 88th Street. A 442?
Not mine; courtesy of my friend who lives in Manhattan.
He said the picture was taken on 88th Street. A 442?
Came across this looks to be in pretty good shape
The reason this caught my eye btw this square body pickup, is the car like front end
with the lights set side by side
both trucks I owned the lights were stacked. I looked around the truck all emblems had been removed, so not sure what this truck is. I figured it's old maybe 80 something judging by the chrome pull up handles and the chrome bumper and grill anyone know that this is?
both trucks I owned the lights were stacked. I looked around the truck all emblems had been removed, so not sure what this truck is. I figured it's old maybe 80 something judging by the chrome pull up handles and the chrome bumper and grill anyone know that this is?
Mike I was thinking that as well, but the thing that has been throwing me off was the grill has 3 bars, but I believe it to be a Datsun 720 range 81-86
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Here is my Jeep family, from L-R: Ruby, Rusty, and Bentley. I wasn't really a Jeep lover until getting my wife's Unlimited this past January (btw, it's August already???) Took the fam in 'Rusty' out to a local sand pit that had more water in it than the last time I was there, had water going over the hood due to one of the puddles! Too much fun. The other two are mall crawlers. 
Hello again, car aficionados.
Someone owns this Jaguar a few blocks from me, and I would love to buy it off him. I love the older Jags that were long and lean. I'm guessing it's a year 2000.
Forgive me if I've already posted this.
Enjoy.
A 2000 Jaguar
Someone owns this Jaguar a few blocks from me, and I would love to buy it off him. I love the older Jags that were long and lean. I'm guessing it's a year 2000.
Forgive me if I've already posted this.
Enjoy.
A 2000 Jaguar
Going through some pics I found this from our trip to Cuba.
Fishheadjoe
Fishheadjoe
I see what you mean - almost looks like a touch of Chevy Celebrity in there - but I think Mike is correct. I can't tell if the grille is original, mostly because I'm not an expert on mid-80s Nissans, but it looks like there may have been some hacking there. Or the photo could be fooling me.
Unless you're handy with a wrench, I'd avoid a Jaguar of this era..... reliability has never been one of their strong points.
Haven't had this one out for a while, I'm thinking I'm gonna sell her to make room in the garage.
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