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  5. ah, back in the day when the males & cars had testosterone

    … even the Dodges

    @old exjarhead ~ had a ’55 Chevy Bel Air (I’m assuming you meant Bel Air), my dad had a ’54 T-Bird w/ a bolt-on Moon roof … baby blue & white … sold it to my cousin … Dad! are you effin’ kidding me???? didn’t rule the road, but the girls loved it! also had a ’58 vet that my dad got on a trade-in on a Cadillac …. took it to a car auction in Memphis where we got an offer we couldn’t refuse (hated to depart w/ that car) … also, one of my favs I had was a ’67 Camaro w/ triple 2-barrel hollie carb manifold … damn, that thing could breath! … almost killed myself several times just cruisin’ home from work!

    damn, my nostalgia is workin’ overtime now!

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  7. I’d like to pose a hypothetical question that perhaps should have been asked @ Abigail’s open thread:

    Given the opportunity, is there anyone on earth who you would trade lives with?

    I am no Leno-type comedic genius, have no enormous wealth, combat vet, divorced, two sons in their twenties with physical and emotional issues, daily anxiety about their futures, etc….

    Would I trade with ANYONE? No, but I cannot explain why.

    A magic wand and the horrors are over? I think not.

    I’ll stay where I am and keep fighting, thank you anyway.

    Pls help me to understand my thinking about this.

    Cheers,

    Fritz

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  8. That’s why I enjoy watching Barrett-Jackson auctions. The large engines and manual 4 speed all numbers matching cars bring the big bucks.

    Real guys knew what was under the hood.
    440 Magnum six pack meant something.
    Today we have a 1.5 L turbocharged motor with a start/stop mated to a CVT.

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  9. @TonyR ~ you are correct … got caught up in the ’54 Vet thing & went w/ it … funny thing is, never cared for the ’54 Vet

    no, wait … it was the ’53

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  10. Yes,
    1955 Thunderbird first year
    1956 Thunderbird added continental kit for spare And potholes in clip on hard top
    1957 Thunderbird stretched so no need for continental kit. Also, tail fins copying 1957 Ford sedans.
    After that, back seat added and downhill from ther.

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  12. I still remember the glory days of the HEMI, not the phony POS they produce now but the big cast iron boat anchor that would eat up everything on the track. Especially if Richard Petty was runnin’ it!

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  13. Fritz, any ‘for-whatever-they’re-worth’ ideas from me would probably have to happen over a good ale. 🍻

    But I’ll offer this: the loose ends of our lives are worth resolving. We all have them. And the recently-expanded battle in front of us looks like the largest loose end of all, now. You’re a warrior – and warriors stand their ground.

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  19. I wanted to build street rods in about 1990. I took down an old dairy calf barn and put it up on a property that my Dad and I owned…I had to sell out in 1997 because his c**t, sl*t, whore, bitch of of a wife didn’t want to live there anymore. My inventory included:
    1930 ton an a half Ford beet bed truck…excellent condition
    1937 chevy coupe street rod from the 60’s….runner
    1940 Ford coupe street rod project from the 60’…srunner
    3 1941 chevys….good projects
    1956 buick convertible clean, clean, clean project
    1959 cadillac convertible….running but in need of restoration
    1960 coupe de ville….running and drivable
    5 1958 buick’s….from drivable to maybe restorable
    Gosh many more….
    A 1937 Ford 2 door humpback sedan that I gave to my Dad for his 60th birthday….85k original miles
    I temporarily had these cars in a work shop that I built for me and my Dad and had these cars for about 7 years .It all disappeared because some women didn’t like the bedroom she was sleeping in.

    I miss those cars to a point. It cost me a bunch of money and a lot of grief, but I learned that I can live without all of those temporary earthly benefits and still be happy….I also learned where I could bury ‘Diane” if I needed too….LOL…maybe?…

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  20. I like 60s muscle… but today’s muscle is no match. I drove a box stock 2018 Mustang GT and it just might eat a 67 Shelby for lunch on the track. And what is more, I rode in a 67 Shelby GT 350 to Spokane and was pretty well used up by the time we got there. The braking alone is no comparison, the handling is way better and power wise they were maybe not there either. You can go WAY deeper into the curves before braking, you can go through the turns at Way higher speed and with substantially more adhesion (control). I‘m inclined to think that if you have one get away from you in a turn though that it is Katie bar the door and there is no recovery at the speed you will be going through the turns at. Lose adhesion and centrifugal force will end you up way out in the weeds. Or on the wall.

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  21. @Aaron Burr – 1970 F100 in good condition? How much?

    After I am ‘allowed’ to leave the House and State, I’ll ‘pickit up’, that great ole pick up truck.

    What desolate highway rest area do we meet at for the transaction?

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  23. Jimmy, you’ve lived it, but I read Blind Man’s Bluff (pretty sure that’s the name) a couple times. Submariners are a rare breed. I can’t imagine what that was really like. Was it the Halibut that sat on the bottom to tap Soviet cables. Unbelievable story!

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  24. Heh, joe6pak. I ‘know’ (:-P) a lot of stories, including many I witnessed. But I don’t know that one. But, generally, submariners…

    …DO IT DEEPER!

    Actually, the trick for submariners is being able to put up with their shipmate’s smelly socks.

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  25. I bet you had to put up with a lot more than smelly socks. If you’re looking for a book to read Blind Man’s Bluff comes recommended. It will probably make you homesick.

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  30. Thanks @Jimmy for your service…drawing down the sails for the night, waters are calm…for now and periscope down too, but raise…as required and radar constant.

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  32. COM + GET UM!

    Yes Bel Air! My Best Man had a 57 Bel Air. Week before my wedding had it painted fo under $10. I wa”In the Corpswhen Christ was a corporal!”!

    TONY

    please read above.

    Im old!

    Still willing to fight; jost not well

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