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Likely they got it part way up, then when one started to tip the operator slacked off causing the whole load to transfer to the other truck and the trailer pulled them over. I don't see any outriggers deployed on either truck.
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I had one of those engines, '53 Dodge Super Red Ram, in a Plymouth. Bet my folks would swear that car was more than 138 db. :lol2:
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It's Gremlin...
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My cousin had a stock Gremlin decades ago. It was surprisingly fast. I thought it would be like a Rabbit when I got in as a passenger, but it was not anything like a Rabbit. I think it had a V8?
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Yeah, I bought my wife a 6 cylinder Gremlin, it certainly kept up with traffic. Just don't try any tricky maneuvers on the tall narrow tires. But with a decent set of tires, '66 Galaxy bucket seats and a decent Sony stereo, it was quite acceptable for camping trips in the Rockies. Oh, and some sound proofing behind the interior panels.
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I, too, have had the inline six, manual transmission Gremlin privilege. Pep-py.
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Now that's a motorhome, roughing it in style.
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Gremlin?
That's *MISTER* Gremlin to you and me. W.O.W. |
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Anheuser-Busch pushing BEVO and Bud...
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What's with the nautical theme, I wonder?
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Back before Ford decided the rabble should all drive the same black car, many of the cars were built by coach builders on chassis made by someone else. Some of the high end coachbuilders realized some of the people who could afford cars were attention whores, and one of the ways to show off wealth was their boats. First Labourdette built "skiff" bodies which at 200 lbs, were stronger and lighter than steel. Then Silver in NY picked up on it to stand out in NYC. Anheuser-Busch, with attention whoring the primary intent, bought one of Silver's cars.
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Three years of work and tons of money, to make a vehicle which can't be registered and driven. Beautiful metal working, but for what?
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Mechanic spends £5,000 turning car into world's fastest shed.
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Gardener Kevin Nicks from Chipping Norton driving his road legal shed. Quote:
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What about the poor people he's startled into the ditch? :haha:
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Volvos in Seattle...
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I like that blown gasser.:devil:
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James Dean's Little Bastard Porsche...
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Just fucked that car all up. Mr Dean didn't fare too well either.
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Some people are cheering Global Warming thinking this will be a thing of the past. Boy are they in for a surprise.
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So, Jerry Seinfeld had some cars he didn't want, so, to the auction block!
Out of 18 cars, 17 sold. And 17 cars and $22.2 million later here's what went, and, for what: 1966 Porsche 911 Base $275,000 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera $440,000 1964 Volkswagen Van Campmobile $99,000 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder $5,335,000 1957 Porsche 356A Base $682,000 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR $2,310,000 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera $363,000 1990 Porsche 962C Base $1,650,000 1963 Porsche 356B Carrera 2 $825,000 2000 Porsche Carrera GT Base no sale 1997 Porsche 911 Cup3.8 RSR $935,000 1958 Porsche 597 Base $330,000 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup $462,000 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am $3,000,000 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo S $1,017,500 1958 Porsche 356A GS/GT Carrera $1,540,000 1960 Volkswagen Beetle Base $121,000 1959 Porsche 718 RSK $2,860,000 |
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Seinfeld's car had star power added to the value and still got ten million less than Gooding predicted. The one that didn't sell was "non operational".
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I wonder if it came with a Zoot Suit? :eyebrow:
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Fairly interesting read in wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegaso
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That car is, uh, unique.
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Drove by the muscle car guy and caught a couple:
This LTD made me think of the one Burt Reynolds drives in This one is just cherry: Attachment 55635 While I was taking the pic of the LTD, a customer drove up in this old Rally Nova with factory sunroof: Attachment 55636 |
The first car I can remember driving in was a ford Ltd. I think that was the car my mom had when I was born. White. With a black vinyl simcon top. I closed one of the doors on my fingers just as we arrived at a carnival one day. That was a panic. Missed the carnival. Just one of many trips to the ER for young Jimmy.
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Baby blue, vinyl top, four door, LTD? Grandpa citizen car, soccer-mom before there was soccer, trade for a minivan, drop me a block from school before somebody sees us, so uncool it's warm. :yelsick:
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My first car was a 1977 Ford LTD Brougham. Painted silver by the previous owner via Krylon cans and it had the blue top. Didn't even make it home before dying.
I spent a long time cursing my father for talking me out of the Camaro and into this heap. Once I got a bit older and wiser, I realized that I would surely have crashed the Camaro within the first year. I also realized that I now was capable of most any minor to intermediate repair on a car due to my father having taught me how to repair that junker, one breakdown at a time. Now, I bless his wisdom, although I never got around to telling him so. One of my few regrets in life. |
The one in my pic is most likely a big-block car. The guy builds/restores muscle cars and hot rods. It was probably bought out of grandpa's barn for the drivetrain.
For several years in my teens, the fastest car in town was an old (older than the one in my pic) LTD, big block, straight pipes, and, in a time when cars were being jacked up in the rear to allow for bigger tires, this one sat level and low, and was insanely quick. It had "The Boss" painted on both rear quarter panels. And it was. |
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Brembo carbon ceramic rotors with aluminum 6-piston monobloc fixed front calipers; aluminum 4-piston monobloc fixed rear calipers. Half the reason it cost money to go fast.
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Bugatti for the 1%...
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If you have money left over after you buy that Bugatti, Here ya go...
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Also called a "people toaster".
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Jaguar has come up with a gimmick to get some press, make some money, and tout how good the used to was.
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The glory of the open road...
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An apparently 2 wheel drive 2015 GMC Sierra makes it up the Kamloops WidowMaker Hill:
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It's not power, but momentum and reaction that makes it. I wonder if he had ballast in the bed?
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I think the designers in the 60s were doing acid...
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Customizing doesn't have to be expensive...
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So sleek, many aerodynamic...
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If you don't nip that shit in the bud, it leads to the hard stuff, like this poor Corona...
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Even Totota's doing it...
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I've seen a lot of V-8 bikes, and of course those V-10 Tomahawks, but this one has two(2) wheels, and lots of real world miles.
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1978 Dodge B200 Sportsman Van
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OK, say you buy it. I doubt many strangers would make the connection and ask about it, but mostly just think it's another ambulance. Each of your friends individually, or in groups, say WTF? You explain the connection to the 35 year old Burt Reynolds movie to smiles and nods.
Now what? You're driving a crappy '70s Dodge van (I had a '74 Maxi), with a hundred grand on it, and attracting the attention of every cop around(don't rob the 7-11), and better not turn any of those lights on. Car shows? Burt's fan club conventions? Hire a medic and make money with it? |
Just kick my puppy next time whydontcha?!:mad:
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Why, you gonna buy it? Then what, is my question.
I can see it in some museum or Hardrock Café, but own it? Fuck that. |
I'd buy the beast, as long as I can get this guy...
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If Farrah Fawcett had let him perform the exam he wanted desperately to perform, she might still be with us.
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Oh, no you dint!
It's true though. |
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Nevermind how many rims (2, two, btw, for you Wendy's employees), it's the sales pitch:
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Expensive replica.
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Back when Henry was disgorging Model-Ts, this is how Packard would break in engines before they were ever fired.
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Wow. I did not know that.
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No wonder Packards were so good.
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Popdigr drove a Packard when he was a young man. He says he's never, to this day, experienced a smoother engine. I believe it was a straight-8.
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