Random Thoughts Thread

[G. David Felt]

46 minutes ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

I saw a couple of the vintage GT-Rs in the parking lot at the Coronado Island Festival of Speed in San Diego a  few years ago...love the looks of these cars...along w/ the early 90s R32 generation. 

R34 is a lovely Skyline as well:

R33 was a nice version too

have to say that while the 72 & 73 are very nice, or what is known as R30 and R31. The R33 was nice but too rounded for me and the R34 just nails it with the right angles and roundness. Then the R35 is just  

R32 and R35 are my least favorite Skylines with the R35 being the ugliest.

R32

[balthazar]

Lot of MoPar in those otherwise generic, family-sedan datsuns.
I certainly can understand performance attributes, but stylistically they see-saw from boringly bland to kinda ugly.
You can make anything go/stop/turn quickly, might as well do it with something nice to look at.

[Robert Hall]

2 minutes ago, balthazar said:

Lot of MoPar in those otherwise generic, family-sedan datsuns.
I certainly can understand performance attributes, but stylistically they see-saw from boringly bland to kinda ugly.
You can make anything go/stop/turn quickly, might as well do it with something nice to look at.

I think they look great...they aren't 19 ft long 50s finned cars, so not your area of interest, I can get that.    Also, these were never badged as Datsuns..get your facts straight. 

Edited June 12, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[G. David Felt]

ouch 4 days before the reveal of the new BMW 8 series, a BMW engineer giving his girlfriends mom a ride in the prototype crashes and she dies. Sad.

http://www.thedrive.com/news/21451/passenger-killed-after-bmw-8-series-prototype-crashes-in-germany-days-before-official-debut

Another reason Unions need to change and stop protecting long term employees that have criminal records. This guy should have been fired for his driving while drunk, instead due to seniority, after his assault and DUI in 2016 he gets to keep his job and assault people again 2 years later.

http://www.thedrive.com/news/21443/brooklyn-garbage-truck-driver-totals-at-least-9-cars-while-drunk

[G. David Felt]

I want to play this, Indianapolis 500 in Mario Kart 8. I love this, it would be a fun 4hr play time with lots of Pizza, bananas and everything else that would be fun.

http://www.thedrive.com/video/21077/we-recreated-the-indianapolis-500-in-mario-kart-8-and-simon-pagenaud-approved

[G. David Felt]

BEST SOLUTION EVER!

https://jalopnik.com/dominos-is-fixing-americas-crappy-roads-for-pizza-safet-1826736405

If dominos can do this and cities are willing to let them patch and tag it for advertising. I say open up the roads to other companies to pay for patching and tagging.

Love this story of the top 11 auto's at the concourse.

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/eleven-favorite-cars-2018-concorso-deleganza-villa-deste/

My favorite is 

[balthazar]

1 hour ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

I think they look great...they aren't 19 ft long 50s finned cars, so not your area of interest, I can get that.    Also, these were never badged as Datsuns..get your facts straight. 

'Datsuns' was a dig, Cap't Deadpan.

They don't have to be "19 feet long" to look good, they just have to look good.The old ones either look like poor approximations of MoPars (Coronet, Charger), or not that far from such stirring product as the Datsun B210.

[balthazar]

[ocnblu]

7 hours ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

I think they look great...they aren't 19 ft long 50s finned cars, so not your area of interest, I can get that.    Also, these were never badged as Datsuns..get your facts straight. 

Of course they're Datsuns. 

[balthazar]

[ocnblu]

I can only make out "HAS BEEN" and "THE STREET" in the message on the trunk.  It's not the full text of the U.S. Constitution, is it? 

[Robert Hall]

Not sure who the skinny guy w/ the Pontiac is, kind of looks like Syd Barrett in the late 60s.

[balthazar]

Correct- that's Syd. One can google 'syd barrett pontiac' and there's a number of shots.
Further, the Pontiac is a Canadian, 'standard track' Parisienne convertible, so it's Chevy-powered. Scripts look like Bonneville scripts but car has Catalina taillights.

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Edited June 13, 2018 by balthazar

[Robert Hall]

4 minutes ago, balthazar said:

Correct- that's Syd. One can google 'syd barrett pontiac' and there's a number of shots.
Further, the Pontiac is a Canadian, 'standard track' Parisienne convertible, so it's Chevy-powered. Scripts look like Bonneville scripts but car has Catalina taillights.

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Interesting...googling turned up a color image and text that referred to it as a Pontiac Parisienne (Canadian).   Which makes sense, Canadian market cars often were exported to the UK. 

 

[balthazar]

Those little marker lights below the headlights must be mandated by either Canada or the UK, as the US cars don't have them.

[G. David Felt]

46 minutes ago, balthazar said:

Those little marker lights below the headlights must be mandated by either Canada or the UK, as the US cars don't have them.

Kinda like the stupid requirement to have a single tail light extra bright as a fog light in Europe. Those auto's then look wrong on the US roads with a very bright tail light on one side.

Such crazy regulations. Some day one set of rules to follow for all.  

[G. David Felt]

Awesome Chevy Tahoe Sleeper: 6.2 L V8 638 HP

https://jalopnik.com/we-all-need-this-totally-normal-looking-1998-chevy-taho-1826773855

FYI, what you see in the video is Issaquah Washington. A lovely area and the Lake Sammamish. Yes everything here is named after indian tribes or leaders. Plenty of details on the engine, transmission, differential and more on the story link above.

Here is the listing where the Tahoe is up for sale. Sweet details.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1998-chevrolet-tahoe-2/ 

[G. David Felt]

Who knew that SAAB built a 6 wheel station wagon back in the day.

https://jalopnik.com/you-should-know-about-the-biggest-best-saab-ever-it-1826778621

Course leave it up to the crazy innovative folks that build the concepts for SAAB.  

[G. David Felt]

Perfect Unique auto for @ocnblu 1974 Baldi Frog is for sale. It has a manual Trans too.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-baldi-frog/

 

[Robert Hall]

23 minutes ago, dfelt said:

Perfect Unique auto for @ocnblu 1974 Baldi Frog is for sale. It has a manual Trans too.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-baldi-frog/

 

20 inches shorter than a Fiat 500... put on a 7 slot grille, and it could be the Renegade's baby baby brother--the Jeep Usdi.  ('usdi' is Cherokee for baby). 

Edited June 13, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[balthazar]

It'd make an excellent companion to the G-wagon ("Mini-G"), it's even got the external door hinges and surface-mounted lighting.

[ocnblu]

6 hours ago, dfelt said:

Perfect Unique auto for @ocnblu 1974 Baldi Frog is for sale. It has a manual Trans too.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-baldi-frog/

 

I've never driven that fast.

[balthazar]

[ocnblu]

I forget what those are called.  Is it a Phantom Corsair?

[Robert Hall]

1 hour ago, ocnblu said:

I forget what those are called.  Is it a Phantom Corsair?

Si...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Corsair

[balthazar]

[G. David Felt]

Very cool, Daily Driver Gen 6 camaro that can do an 8.8 Second 157 MPH Quarter mile blast with 1,238HP, 968 lb-ft of torque at the wheels on E85 fuel.

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/8-second-sixth-gen-camaro-soon-fastest-kind-country/

4 hours ago, ocnblu said:

I forget what those are called.  Is it a Phantom Corsair?

That is called Sex on Wheels!  

[G. David Felt]

 Morons are everywhere but these idiots take the cake.

 

 

[ccap41]

I'm curious what they are going to do with that and how they plan to get it out. 

[G. David Felt]

Very cool story on 10 Forgotten Muscle cars that deserve to be restored. Love it.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/automobiles/10-muscle-cars-deserve-restored.html/

Of the 10 on this list, which one if you could only pick one would you want to have?

[G. David Felt]

Seems Skoda is setting track Records!

https://www.motor1.com/news/247711/skoda-kodiaq-rs-nurburgring-record/

 

@balthazar Thought you would like this story on the 16 Russian made auto's. Some cool new and old stuff, but I think it is all old stuff.

https://www.motor1.com/features/247900/soviet-cars-russia-world-cup/

[ccap41]

21 minutes ago, dfelt said:

Very cool story on 10 Forgotten Muscle cars that deserve to be restored. Love it.

https://www.cheatsheet.com/automobiles/10-muscle-cars-deserve-restored.html/

Of the 10 on this list, which one if you could only pick one would you want to have?

I just think this one looks the coolest.

1969 Oldsmobile Rallye 350

[Robert Hall]

29 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

I just think this one looks the coolest.

1969 Oldsmobile Rallye 350

That is actually a '70.  But cool nonetheless...

From that list, I'd go with the Chevy Kingswood 427 wagon or '70 Chrysler 300 Hurst.

My favorites, though, aren't on the list...kind of under the radar biggies w/ 429 v8s...

'69 Ford XL GT and '69-70 Mercury Marauder X100.

 

 

[ccap41]

35 minutes ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

That is actually a '70.  But cool nonetheless...

Hahaha, that's funny because that's the picture they even used. 

36 minutes ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

 

That blue and white is beautiful. 

MORE PICS OF THAT CAR! 

[Robert Hall]

4 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Hahaha, that's funny because that's the picture they even used. 

That blue and white is beautiful. 

MORE PICS OF THAT CAR! 

I love the '69-70 big Fords.. 

[balthazar]

None of those listed musclecars are 'forgotten'.
The Catalina 2+2 actually came out in '64, but the 421 wasn't standard, it was optional. A '64 Cat 2+2 421 would be tops for me.

 

[G. David Felt]

Gotta Love this, HellCat Crate motor installed into Ram Rebel.

http://www.trucktrend.com/how-to/engine/1806-ultimate-mopar-swap-installing-a-700hp-hellcat-crate-engine-in-a-2017-ram-rebel/

[G. David Felt]

Porsche is promising a Soul for the Taycan, something Tesla seems to be missing!

 

Latest RAMJET

 

[ocnblu]

11 hours ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

Si...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Corsair

Seriously?  There was a Phantom Corsair Si model?  How much extra horsepower, or was the Si package just swaybars and decals?

[Robert Hall]

3 minutes ago, ocnblu said:

Seriously?  There was a Phantom Corsair Si model?  How much extra horsepower, or was the Si package just swaybars and decals?

Hahah..that was 'Si' as in 'Yes'...

[ocnblu]

1 minute ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

Hahah..that was 'Si' as in 'Yes'...

NO WAY JOSE

[ocnblu]

5 hours ago, balthazar said:

None of those listed musclecars are 'forgotten'.
The Catalina 2+2 actually came out in '64, but the 421 wasn't standard, it was optional. A '64 Cat 2+2 421 would be tops for me.

 

No plastic cladding?  (In fact, I see no plastic AT ALL except for Morrokhide seat upholstery)  How did ppl recognize it as a Pontiac?

[Robert Hall]

4 minutes ago, ocnblu said:

No plastic cladding?  (In fact, I see no plastic AT ALL except for Morrokhide seat upholstery)  How did ppl recognize it as a Pontiac?

No silver streaks either... this was a particularly tasteful period in Pontiac styling, IMO.   

[balthazar]

Only plastic on the outside of that car is the front turn signals, the taillights and the backup lights.
Silver Streaks died after '56, quite a bit before this generation. I don't care for the dual Streaks, but I always liked the single, centered Streaks.

[G. David Felt]

12 hours ago, balthazar said:

Only plastic on the outside of that car is the front turn signals, the taillights and the backup lights.
Silver Streaks died after '56, quite a bit before this generation. I don't care for the dual Streaks, but I always liked the single, centered Streaks.

I was a take it or leave it on the streaks, never really cared about it, I loved the Vertical headlights and the Beak nose in the grill.

[G. David Felt]

Cool New Taxi Options from Ford: https://www.autoblog.com/2018/06/14/ford-fusion-hybrid-taxi-diesel-transit-connect/

Fusion Hybrid with Cop suspension and brakes or a Diesel Transit Taxi. ?

[ccap41]

32 minutes ago, dfelt said:

Cool New Taxi Options from Ford: https://www.autoblog.com/2018/06/14/ford-fusion-hybrid-taxi-diesel-transit-connect/

Fusion Hybrid with Cop suspension and brakes or a Diesel Transit Taxi. ?

Interesting options as a cab driver. I wonder if Joe Schmo could buy one o these and use it as an Uber or Lyft driver? 

[G. David Felt]

22 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Interesting options as a cab driver. I wonder if Joe Schmo could buy one o these and use it as an Uber or Lyft driver? 

Bet a Fleet mgr would not turn down Uber or Lyft from buying them.

Fusion Hybrid police package does make an interesting used auto purchase when they hit that magic 100,000 miles retirement point for the police department.

[balthazar]

Beautiful day here for a ride ~

[Robert Hall]

Beautiful day, after work went downtown to the 55th St pier to enjoy sun and Lake Erie..snapped this pic of sunlight on the water.