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#280,381
Nocturnal said:
They are acceptable to me.



I found them at Costco, but pretty sure I also saw them at the grocery store.
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You guys are making me want to go over to Target tight now. I really shouldn’t. I was at a good fighting weight before I broke my ankle and didn’t worry too much about occasional snacks. Now I’ve got to stop eating so much. And the pool won’t be warm enough to start swimming for another three months. But they sure sound good.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
can’t disagree with anything you said and have thought exactly this for years..what if it stayed original…….biggest diff with the vette would have probably been weight….as fast as some mustangs were they had a back seat (one of the reasons I find the AMX so appealing, it could literally be placed in the same category) so not a fair comparison….
by a step further, I meant exactly that, a more exotic, better performing much more unobtainable car…..Chevy kinda confirmed the whole thing with the short lived Cheetah….interesting topic…:thumbsup:
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An AMX is an odd but great cross between a more traditional sports car and a pony car. It is its own thing. I should have bought the one my brother had when he sold it. Woulda coulda shoulda.

I saw a Cheetah race as a young kid. It was memorable. I guess they were an absolute disaster to try to make work as designed. The frame and running gear were woefully incapable of dealing with what the drive train could do. That is another one that could have been amazing if GM had bothered to put some development into. Like a continuous evolution of original Thunderbirds. Another pleasant daydream.

At least Gibson still makes Thunderbirds.
 
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Gaolee said:
The current Mustang doesn't appear to be much of a slouch, either. You have a point, but Cobras and GT40s are unobtainium and were rarer than Corvettes. A Corvette has never been unobtainium, relative. And there are a whole lot of those floating around, expensive or otherwise. A Thunderbird that evolved over time to be a GT40 or even something else that wasn't a bloat-mobile and that stayed in production as continuously as Corvettes have been would have been great. I don't see Cobras or GT40s as what it would have become. Who knows. It didn't happen. A man can dream.
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Looking from afar, I think Ford has the Mustang as their premier sports model, as Corvette is the GM sports “flagship”.
I dont think either company respects the Camaro in the same way.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
can’t disagree with anything you said and have thought exactly this for years..what if it stayed original…….biggest diff with the vette would have probably been weight….as fast as some mustangs were they had a back seat (one of the reasons I find the AMX so appealing, it could literally be placed in the same category) so not a fair comparison….
by a step further, I meant exactly that, a more exotic, better performing much more unobtainable car…..Chevy kinda confirmed the whole thing with the short lived Cheetah….interesting topic…:thumbsup:
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The Chaparral is an interesting topic as well. Though not road cars afaik
 
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JIO said:
The intro scene shows him pulling up in that car and chasing a 'criminal' through the 'hood' while dressed like a pimp complete with big hat. Classic '70s Blaxploitation. Curtis Mayfield singing 'Fred is Dead' in a local bar is worth the price of admission.
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Curtis Mayfield is always worth the price of admission.
 
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JIO said:
The intro scene shows him pulling up in that car and chasing a 'criminal' through the 'hood' while dressed like a pimp complete with big hat. Classic '70s Blaxploitation. Curtis Mayfield singing 'Fred is Dead' in a local bar is worth the price of admission.
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You guys need more “Ozploitation”, some of these movies were cited as inspirations by Tarantino. Ozploitation - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozploitation
They are from a little before Mad Max and not quite as classy. :laugh:
Some of the actors and crew actually went on to the first Max.

Here is the Trailer for one of them, a kung fu international (Aus & HK) cops n robbers film, The Man From Hong Kong.
 
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RedVee said:
Looking from afar, I think Ford has the Mustang as their premier sports model, as Corvette is the GM sports “flagship”.
I dont think either company respects the Camaro in the same way.
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Mustang, Camaro, Barracuda, and Javelin were all competing with each other. And with a couple derivatives of those. That seems to have been the case, with gaps and attrition ever since. GM seems to be turning Camaros into something entirely different now. Ford started that way with a bloated electric SUV they call a Mustang. They haven't abandoned the gasoline powered one, and maybe it is heading into some kind of Corvette-like future iteration. The latest Corvette can be had as a hybrid, and I guess those are ungodly fast.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
can’t disagree with anything you said and have thought exactly this for years..what if it stayed original…….biggest diff with the vette would have probably been weight….as fast as some mustangs were they had a back seat (one of the reasons I find the AMX so appealing, it could literally be placed in the same category) so not a fair comparison….
by a step further, I meant exactly that, a more exotic, better performing much more unobtainable car…..Chevy kinda confirmed the whole thing with the short lived Cheetah….interesting topic…:thumbsup:
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Vettes looked kinda boring for a while. The most recent style is one of the sexiest Vettes ever.
 
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Gaolee said:
That's still a two seat Thunderbird. After '58, they aren't what they should be any more. Imagine what Ford could be building if they had continued to compete with Chevy like they did in the '50s. A modern Thunderbird would be like a modern Corvette. Ford blew it.
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Yeah, I think they really got it right with the lines of the 57*. Brakes, motors, and trannies can be replaced w/o effing up their lines.
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1957-ford-thunderbird
 
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TBird1958 said:
That's it, I'm hurling.........:vomit:
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Everyone to their own bag(or as I like to say "tweetchie zone"), but if I poured any of y'all a glass-without saying what it was-you'd barely notice the "PB". It's more of a hint than a strong flavor.
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Like me, it's cheap-I bought a 1 liter bottle today for $19.95, plus tax-and a recappable tire.(<trucker reference)
 
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