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My Grandson is becoming a car guy.
He has gone down to da place on Sat. Morning where the local Lamborghini guys assemble.
I'll probably get him some car books.
Last night we played the 'I'm going to buy you any car you want.'
'Which car do you want?'
After thinking a minute or so, I reply 'I want a Mercedes Gull wing.'
He didn't know what is, so I told him to google it when he got home.
So what car would you like my GS to buy for you?
 

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'57 Corvette, fuel injected
 
THE PILGRIM said:
My Grandson is becoming a car guy.
He has gone down to da place on Sat. Morning where the local Lamborghini guys assemble.
I'll probably get him some car books.
Last night we played the 'I'm going to buy you any car you want.'
'Which car do you want?'
After thinking a minute or so, I reply 'I want a Mercedes Gull wing.'
He didn't know what is, so I told him to google it when he got home.
So what car would you like my GS to buy for you?
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I will be happy to get ANY car that sells for over a million dollars at Barett Jackson or Mecum auction!:D

Thank you for asking!
 
I changed my mind. I'd hate to see another 300sl coming the other way, so please let him know that the Alfa Disco Volante would be preferred.[/QUOTE]

Way back when, I had a Alfa.
I got to be a better mechanic than I ever wanted to be and invented new profanity.
I have told the tale of voltage regulators going out as fast as I put them in.
In frustration, I Put in a huge ugly Delco Remy.
 
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THE PILGRIM said:
Way back when, I had a Alfa.
I got to be a better mechanic than I ever wanted to be and invented new profanity.
I have told the tale of voltage regulators going out as fast as I put them in.
In frustration, I Put in a huge ugly Dell Remy.
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Maybe a Lancia Stratos would be more reliable?

Probably not...


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E Jag - I had seen the pictures, but was not prepared when I saw my very first one in person.
Got to be one of the slickest, sleekest streamlined machines on the planet.
Austin Healey?
One of my old buds used to loan me his down in Ft. Worth.
The heat off that hump would cauterize you leg up to the hip.
And of course it had a tranny situation.
Second was out. Gun it in grandma, quick shift to third.
That could explain why I'm so shifty.
Then I did see the dude get killed out in CA in a Healey.
 
arjay said:
When I was a kid in the mid 60s one neighbor had a yellow xke and in the opposite direction was a couple with two AHs.We had a studebaker [emoji22]
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...I had a friend...his big brother had an AH 3000 that he swapped a 327 Chevy into...we thought it was cool then...he also had an AH Sprite...and he was going to try to shoehorn a 327 into it...he liked 327s...probably because he had one in his '64 fuel injection Vette ...375 horsepower...4.56 rear gears...we'd run up Lookout Mountain with the speedo hangin' around 70...
 
ParadiseRoad said:
...I had a friend...his big brother had an AH 3000 that he swapped a 327 Chevy into...we thought it was cool then...he also had an AH Sprite...and he was going to try to shoehorn a 327 into it...he liked 327s...probably because he had one in his '64 fuel injection Vette ...375 horsepower...4.56 rear gears...we'd run up Lookout Mountain with the speedo hangin' around 70...
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I had more fun on that road when I got the old MB running again [emoji1]
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arjay said:
I had more fun on that road when I got the old MB running again [emoji1]
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...I hope the road stays open to car traffic...but I wouldn't bet on it...new signs say not to park up there after sunset...I wouldn't doubt it ends up bicycle and skateboard friendly only at some point...I used to drive my dump truck down it when I was trying to get around the portable scales the DOT would set up...
 
Squaw pass is another fun climb,but it's the same problem with too many bikes.Early on a week day seems to be about it anymore.Barreling up a hairpin turn and seeing a kid on a longboard coming at you [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33]
 
arjay said:
Squaw pass is another fun climb,but it's the same problem with too many bikes.Early on a week day seems to be about it anymore.Barreling up a hairpin turn and seeing a kid on a longboard coming at you [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33]
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...those guys are scary...you'd think a basic requirement for public roadway would be brakes...
 
Had one of those (Austin-Healy MK II 3000) as a young AOC stationed in Pensacola, Fl. Triple Weber carbs. Loved that car. Got married and you know the rest of the story. Hope to find another one day.
 
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