Beautiful Cars Appreciation Thread

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[A Horse With No Name]

Interesting mix of stuff, especially the cathedral

On 8/30/2023 at 4:38 PM, oldshurst442 said:

 

That Fury is a rare damn car. The Fury owners club suggests that about 150 are left on the planet.  they were never offered in Red, that is fiction from Stephen King. And also, they used lower model cars other than Fury's for many of the cars in the film. 

[A Horse With No Name]

Jeep outside of the Ford dealer when I dropped the Ranger off for its 100,000 mile service. Seems like yesterday I bought it, the wife and I have really been travelling to new places and enjoying it. 

I no longer want a Wrangler, would prefer a Bronco but not this next one...

Woman who previously owned that was a breast cancer survivor. She did it up in Pink as a memento to her survival, it originally was dark green. 

Old school Bronco 2 in the service bay when I dropped the Ranger off...

This clean Prelude was there as well, have not seen one of those in awhile. 

 

Rare "Montreal special" Canadian edition bathroom at another dealership I visited..

[A Horse With No Name]

 

Saw this on a car at work this morning, proud of my own son who is an Eagle Scout. 

 

I am as sarcastic as ever, good chatting with you folks. 

 

Why I enjoy wrenching on cars...

If Olds can post music I can also, Blink 182 in vinyl on my stereo. 

Lastly, a fortune cookie. i am trying to expand my automotive horizons, but VERY little being currently built interests me at all. 

[A Horse With No Name]

 

From a music standpoint though, Bluegrass is always awesome. 

I still love Shoebox Fords...

 

 

 

You don't often see a Land Rover as a wide load chase vehicle...

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Like a B-17 tail gunner...

 

Why the Ranger is at 100K, from a hike my wife and I did in Indiana. Heading to Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma in a couple of weeks. 

[G. David Felt]

@A Horse With No Name I really have been taken with the New Kia EV family of style.

[oldshurst442]

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Interesting mix of stuff, especially the cathedral

yeah...

I heard Heart's Who Will You Run To on the radio several days ago. Havent heard that song in a loooooong time. Forgot it existed but always had their other hits on my mind. Regardless, as soon as I heard it and the song remained in my mind ever since, tons of memories flooded my mind from that time period.  1987 to be exact. 

Those are pictures of Montreal. The church is right next to the Eaton center downtown and was 'lifted' to expand our underground city. In 1987...   Along with the Champ-de-Mars pictures, the area, and all of Old Montreal really, is what keeps on playing in my mind as the songs make me reminisce of 1987.  Heart and Soul is also a song that I think about when I think about Downtown Montreal and Old Montreal in 1987. 

The song Alone, also in 1987, makes me think about my highschool. And yup, that would be my highschool. The other buidling is Paul Sauve arena. I used to play hockey for my highschool in that arena. It was close to my highschool as you could guess. 

That specific Hitachi VCR and the cable channel box is what we owned in that time period. The cars play a part of my life as well during this time.   

Went to Greece for a couple of months that summer. I got a different set of music and cars for those memories of Greece.

Yup, that post was a very personal one.  The memories are still vivid in my mind. 

1 hour ago, A Horse With No Name said:

If Olds can post music I can also, Blink 182 in vinyl on my stereo. 

 

LOL

I do it with some sort of connection to the cars I post.  Meaning, I have a car or cars in mind, then I partner them to songs.  Different reasons on how I partner up cars to the songs.  

But you do you.  Just entertain us is what I ask.  

Edited October 16 by oldshurst442

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2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Rare "Montreal special" Canadian edition bathroom at another dealership I visited..

Funny, but I dont understand or I dont know of this "Montreal special Canadian edition" bathroom is all about. 

Hopefully its not how foreigners think about Montreal.

But then again our Olympic stadium might have influenced the foreigner views of our city. 

 

Toilet bowl and the surrounding pathways are the pvc piping in the picture there... 

[G. David Felt]

11 minutes ago, oldshurst442 said:

yeah...

I heard Heart's Who Will You Run To on the radio several days ago. Havent heard that song in a loooooong time. Forgot it existed but always had their other hits on my mind. Regardless, as soon as I heard it and the song remained in my mind ever since, tons of memories flooded my mind from that time period.  1987 to be exact. 

Those are pictures of Montreal. The church is right next to the Eaton center downtown and was 'lifted' to expand our underground city. In 1987...   Along with the Champ-de-Mars pictures, the area, and all of Old Montreal really, is what keeps on playing in my mind as the songs make me reminisce of 1987.  Heart and Soul is also a song that I think about when I think about Downtown Montreal and Old Montreal in 1987. 

The song Alone, also in 1987, makes me think about my highschool. And yup, that would be my highschool. The other buidling is Paul Sauve arena. I used to play hockey for my highschool in that arena. It was close to my highschool as you could guess. 

That specific Hitachi VCR and the cable channel box is what we owned in that time period. The cars play a part of my life as well during this time.   

Went to Greece for a couple of months that summer. I got a different set of music and cars for those memories of Greece.

Yup, that post was a very personal one.  The memories are still vivid in my mind. 

LOL

I do it with some sort of connection to the cars I post.  Meaning, I have a car or cars in mind, then I partner them to songs.  Different reasons on how I partner up cars to the songs.  

But you do you.  Just entertain us is what I ask.  

Life is amazing in that regards as two critical points in my life was my college days in Japan for my love of the R33 and R34 Skyline cars and Depech Mode Music for the Masses concert I went to in Japan. Otherwise all my other music connection from College is Jazz, specifically Keiko Matsui - YouTube and toshiki kadomatsu - YouTube

For Keiko, the first time I saw her and heard here was her Dream Walk Concert and got her album.
Keiko Matsui — Dream Walk (youtube.com)

For Toshiki it was his Sea is a Lady Album, My wife walked down the asle to his June Bride music on this Album.

 

[Robert Hall]

Catching up on this thread after not checking it for a while...loving the Cadillac and Corvette pics, and the 80s cars...

[A Horse With No Name]

On 10/16/2024 at 5:04 PM, G. David Felt said:

@A Horse With No Name I really have been taken with the New Kia EV family of style.

Its gorgeus

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This is a cool Video. The PRR T1 is one of Drews favorite locomotives, and at the 7:50 mark one is being used in freight rather than passenger use. 

 

Not a car, but cool...

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12 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually one of your better posts....I love this post....so much fun. 

9 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

 

 

 

I so want a Meyers Manx....

[A Horse With No Name]

Piece of junk....this is the opposite of beautiful. Definite Illinois/Indiana/Wisconsin/Ohio truck. 

 

 

[G. David Felt]

50 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Piece of junk....this is the opposite of beautiful. Definite Illinois/Indiana/Wisconsin/Ohio truck. 

 

 

Just melt it down and recycle.

@oldshurst442 That is allot of Buggy Power!  

[A Horse With No Name]

Bit of drag racing action for Thursday....

 

On 10/22/2024 at 4:28 PM, G. David Felt said:

Just melt it down and recycle.

@oldshurst442 That is allot of Buggy Power!  

A lot of people are like "how much for that, i could fix that...."

[A Horse With No Name]

About the 4:30 mark, unusual late model Impala SS junked with 50 K, interesting Indianapolis Speedway Edition.

 

[G. David Felt]

This Cracks me up. 

 

This shows why EV will surpass ICE as it already is destroying ICE records as the EV CobraJet 1400 is faster than the CobraJet 1400 ICE.

 

[G. David Felt]

Love the Lincoln EV at this website, same folks that built the Mustang Zombie EV.

Zombie 222 Electric Muscle car by Bloodshed Motors

[Robert Hall]

On 10/21/2024 at 11:25 PM, oldshurst442 said:

 

 

 

There is a new version of the Meyers Manx being built with a 3 cyl radial engine...pretty wild.   They are also doing an EV version.

 

https://meyersmanx.com/pages/tarmac-touring-edition

 

 

 

 

[oldshurst442]

 Just a little reminder to Donald J. Trump about requesting his generals were like Hitler's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I especially would LOVE to remind him about this incident regarding loyal Hitler generals.  One of several...

And yes Fox News, all those generals were NAZIS.  Even those who wanted to kill Hitler. And there were many of them wanting to kill Hitler. 

 

His best general wanted him dead. But karma bit his ass too and well...cynanide pill. Same death like Hitler's a little over a year later. 

 

Therefore, do I see a suicide cyanide pill death for Donald J. trump too?

 

f@#k Nazis, f@#k Hitler and all of his generals and f@#k Donald J. Trump along with all his rotten supporters. 

[G. David Felt]

Interesting times we live in.

[A Horse With No Name]

14 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

 Just a little reminder to Donald J. Trump about requesting his generals were like Hitler's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I especially would LOVE to remind him about this incident regarding loyal Hitler generals.  One of several...

And yes Fox News, all those generals were NAZIS.  Even those who wanted to kill Hitler. And there were many of them wanting to kill Hitler. 

 

His best general wanted him dead. But karma bit his ass too and well...cynanide pill. Same death like Hitler's a little over a year later. 

 

Therefore, do I see a suicide cyanide pill death for Donald J. trump too?

 

f@#k Nazis, f@#k Hitler and all of his generals and f@#k Donald J. Trump along with all his rotten supporters. 

Your finest moment posting here. 

12 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Interesting times we live in.

Insane, yes. 

18 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

There is a new version of the Meyers Manx being built with a 3 cyl radial engine...pretty wild.   They are also doing an EV version.

 

https://meyersmanx.com/pages/tarmac-touring-edition

 

 

 

 

I could so see owning either version. 

Interesting save on a Mercedes.

Neat railroading video....

 

[A Horse With No Name]

The worlds rustiest Thunderbird rides again ....sort of..

[A Horse With No Name]

Off topic but if Olds can post music, I can also. Great female vocalist cover of this song, one of my favorite songs for driving fast. 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Interesting, low mileage Buick just dropped off at the salvage yard...thankfully cleaned up and put back on the road. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-VTX7Z7bz3Q

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4 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Off topic but if Olds can post music, I can also. Great female vocalist cover of this song, one of my favorite songs for driving fast. 

 

 

I never did like Rush. A couple of songs here and there.  This is one of those songs that I kinda like.  LOVE the guitars and the drums. ESPECIALLY the drums in this song.

She has a thousand times better voice than Geddy Lee.  I prefer her rendition of this song.

BUT...Neil Pert is UNTOUCHABLE and especially in this song so the cover lacks greatly as compared to the original. a

But...Ill let you into my mind by showing you my thought process when I post songs and cars together in this thread. 

I either choose a song or car or era.  Then I try to marry them together with the other elements.

We (you) chose the cover of a Rush song. Tom Sawyer.

1. OK...Rush is a Canadian band.

2. Tom Sawyer...and American mythical character.  Mark Twain is the author of which the subject is named Tom Sawyer.

3.   Both lyrics of song AND Mark Twain himself are about being a rebel of free spirited mind.

I try to think of a car that closely matches these descriptions...   And I got one.

 

 

 

1. I chose the Ford GT because its an American icon with a free spirit and rebel attitude.  427 cubic inches of raw American V8 power winning against puny motored European and Italian sports cars.  

2. This version that I chose is built in Canada. With an even more rebelious and free spirited mind in that its a turbo V6.  Always keep them guessing what your next move will be. Rush is Canadian.

3. The pics: the first one is snow covered in the backround, possibly in Canada. But snow and Canada are synonymous one could say.  The second pic is photograghed in Montreal.  

And theres you have it.  What the thought processes are. 

Edited October 25 by oldshurst442

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9 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Your finest moment posting here. 

Thank-you.  I got pretty angry that someone could possibly admire a thing as a Hitler. We could praise some things that thing managed to do but as a former political leader (Trump)trying to get back into power its just appalling of Trump trying to emulate some sort of emption for that thing.  What is worse, the so called 'news' platform of which he announces such admiration for a monster like Hitler enables him to do so. Which makes me even angrier. And Im amazed and confused and even angrier still that DJT still has followers.  I would love to administer Mr. Trump's dosage of cyanide if he admires Hitler so much and wants to emulate him. Ill just cut to the chase and avoid all the unnecessary fascism and destruction and go straight to the conclusion...  We ALL know bhow it ends with Hitler. Why go through all of that?  Cyanide to Trump right now  and cut the middleman, right?  

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RIP Quincy Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Colt 45 as in President 45

P47 as in President 47   (Look at the cartoon. Its as if it was meant to be) 

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Colt 45 as in President 45

P47 as in President 47   (Look at the cartoon. Its as if it was meant to be) 

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23 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

 

 

So true that we are entering the BOZO clown administration.

[Robert Hall]

15 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

So true that we are entering the BOZO clown administration.

Strange days indeed...

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On 11/23/2024 at 11:21 PM, oldshurst442 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That Era of midsized GM products was probably in a way the high water mark for GM IMHO. 

 

Beautiful even in death, I love the Patina. This will become a derby car, not mine. 

 

Keeping with the theme of 70-s-8-0s and Green, neat piece of history. Posting some average, different stuff today. 

 

 

Firebird Derby car, it was a rust bucket so don't get your panties in a wad...not my car...