Nostalgia

[AutoliteParticipant]

Twist wrote:

Had one in the family – agree an absolute piece of s~~~. The era (beginning 1973 in force) of EPA regs that totally neutered power.

The Mustang II was a total abortion for sure. They should’ve called it something other than a ‘Mustang’ just outta respect for the original.

Similar in brand, I did have a 1972 MachI. 351C, headers, Crager SSs, Cherry bombs. Still fast – but compared to a modern car it was a death trap. Fast in a straight line, but zero handling and it took FOREVER to stop.

Compared to modern cars they were all death traps really. One car I would have liked to have had was a ‘Maverick Grabber’. Not a particularly great car but it would have likely been fun to drive having a 351 small block Windsor V8 stuffed into such a small, light weight little package. On the outside it had a sort of ‘sleeper’ persona that I really liked…

[AutoliteParticipant]

Hermit wrote:

Wish I could find another one.

Here ya go… 😀

https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1977/chevrolet/malibu/100861862

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Im too young for these old beautiful cars to be nostalgic for me but I sincerely wish they would create the new models in the same size.

Like the Challenger! The modern Challenger is like a spaceship, not a quick little car with right angles and metal corners.

I “get” that people love the old stuff and want to recreate that. But they always goof it up by making it way too large. All modern vehicles are like clown shoes.

[AutoliteParticipant]

I ‘owned’ a ’97 Lincoln Town Car once. For about three hours.

I bought it (out of province) in British Columbia. The BC government wouldn’t let me take it off the lot without first registering in British Columbia. Then they wouldn’t register it because I didn’t have my Canadian birth certificate on me. The dealer refunded my money because they wouldn’t keep it on the lot for me until I could go get my birth certificate. True story…

[HermitParticipant]

Autolite wrote:

Hermit wrote:

Wish I could find another one.

Here ya go…
https://classics.autotrader.com/classic-cars/1977/chevrolet/malibu/100861862

Too far away, but I guess if those are the original miles, I suppose it’s not too bad a price.

The evil in women’s hearts leaves them no moral bounds as to inhibit them from descending to the lowest levels of darkness to acquire their self entitled desires.

[Branched offParticipant 10932]

I would like to go back to a time when they didn’t fine you for not wearing a seat belt and when you could let your kids ride in the boot or even the back of a pickup on a quiet road.

I quite like the benefits of seat belts but I also sometimes like to not have to wear one and I am dammed if I am going to be told to wear one. Makes me feel like when I was small and my mum said I had to be strapped in my toddler seat! Bloody cuck state.

A woman is like fire -fun to play with, can warm you through and cook your food, needs constant feeding, can burn you and consume all you own

[OgreParticipant 5863]

One word. Motorcycle. There’s no rules.

I failed to realize in my youth that I was the prize. I was going to work. I was going to earn. Little did I realize that due to feminism, that no longer meant I had to share. Road soon, Desert after.

[HermitParticipant]

Branched off wrote:

I would like to go back to a time when they didn’t fine you for not wearing a seat belt and when you could let your kids ride in the boot or even the back of a pickup on a quiet road.
I quite like the benefits of seat belts but I also sometimes like to not have to wear one and I am dammed if I am going to be told to wear one. Makes me feel like when I was small and my mum said I had to be strapped in my toddler seat! Bloody cuck state.

Same thing with having to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle. My state doesn’t have that law, but the next state over does. Most of the time if I’m riding on the back roads, I take my chances and sneak around without a helmet. I have no idea what they would do if they ever caught me. Would they make me abandon the bike? Hopefully I never have to find out.

I hate wearing a damned uncomfortable helmet while riding a bike. It ruins the whole experience. I’ve been in many motorcycle wrecks in my lifetime and not once did I ever hit my head. Took plenty of skin off my legs and arms though. What damn good would a helmet have done me then?

The evil in women’s hearts leaves them no moral bounds as to inhibit them from descending to the lowest levels of darkness to acquire their self entitled desires.

[EGParticipant 1853]

Awakened wrote:

It would be perfect to go to a Drive In and watch just about any movie from the interior of my Red 66 Chevelle SS 396 4 speed with Cragar rims and Thrush mufflers with 60’s in the rear and 70’s up front.

My mom had a silver and navy-blue ragtop 67 Chevelle with the smaller engine, the 307 or 308 I forget which one. I never did get to drive it before she sold it though, I was too young.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Ogre wrote:

One word. Motorcycle. There’s no rules.

In Canada, apparently you don’t even need to wear a helmet in some cases…

On October 18th, Ontario joined Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba in allowing sikhs to ride helmetless.

https://mitchellwhale.com/blog/sikh-motorcycle-helmet-exemption/

https://motorbikewriter.com/sikhs-allowed-ride-turban/

Hermit wrote:

I hate wearing a damned uncomfortable helmet while riding a bike.

Just do what they did in Canada. Wrap a towel around your head and force the state government to change the law just for you and your specific religion…

[AutoliteParticipant]

EG wrote:

My mom had a silver and navy-blue ragtop 67 Chevelle with the smaller engine, the 307 or 308 I forget which one. I never did get to drive it before she sold it though, I was too young.

I don’t know much about Chevys but IIRC the 307 was a popular and reliable engine…

[EGParticipant 1853]

It was a great car. She only drove it in the summer and she bought it off an old man up the street who did the same. She had it for years and sold it to a cousin who’s a gearhead once she downsized.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Ogre wrote:

One word. Motorcycle. There’s no rules.

exactly. the Law really doesnt matter if youre never going to pull over…

Probable Cause and No Chase Policy.

[Daryll55Participant 2950]

Autolite wrote:

Daryll55 wrote:

Autolite,This was my 1st car:

Nice! What engine? (Mine had the big 290 six cylinder…)

The custom had a 352 V8 with a 4 bbl carb. Nothing fancy, but it had steep gears! Could do nasty 1-wheel burn-outs and had 103 mph top end.

The charger had a 440 V8 with a huge Carter AFB 4bbl carb. Had a 20 gal tank that I filled every 2-3 days when I could afford it! most times I just threw $10 in which got me 9 gals of gas. (3 days if I took it ez and just went to work).

Marry again, Hell NO ! ( Even JESUS was hung on a cross just once)

[AutoliteParticipant]

Daryll55 wrote:

The custom had a 352 V8 with a 4 bbl carb. Nothing fancy, but it had steep gears! Could do nasty 1-wheel burn-outs and had 103 mph top end.

I like the ‘face’ on those cars. It makes me think of those big old NASCAR Ford Galaxies… 😀

[Daryll55Participant 2950]

Seeing how you like the “face” of those Fords, and you posted a Merc pic, you may like this:

Five-O Merc

Marry again, Hell NO ! ( Even JESUS was hung on a cross just once)

[AutoliteParticipant]

Daryll55 wrote:

Seeing how you like the “face” of those Fords, and you posted a Merc pic, you may like this:
Five-O Merc

My Dad bought a brand new red Mercury Meteor Rideau in ’68. That was the first year for the 302 V8. What’s not to love about that face??? 😀

[Branched offParticipant 10932]

Hermit wrote:

Branched off wrote:

I would like to go back to a time when they didn’t fine you for not wearing a seat belt and when you could let your kids ride in the boot or even the back of a pickup on a quiet road.I quite like the benefits of seat belts but I also sometimes like to not have to wear one and I am dammed if I am going to be told to wear one. Makes me feel like when I was small and my mum said I had to be strapped in my toddler seat! Bloody cuck state.

Same thing with having to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle. My state doesn’t have that law, but the next state over does. Most of the time if I’m riding on the back roads, I take my chances and sneak around without a helmet. I have no idea what they would do if they ever caught me. Would they make me abandon the bike? Hopefully I never have to find out.
I hate wearing a damned uncomfortable helmet while riding a bike. It ruins the whole experience. I’ve been in many motorcycle wrecks in my lifetime and not once did I ever hit my head. Took plenty of skin off my legs and arms though. What damn good would a helmet have done me then?

Oh I hate helmets. Here in the UK you have to have them to ride a motor bike and some of my kids get worried when they go out on a push bike without one. Funny because when I was a boy wearing a helmet would have meant you were the kind of boy that comes home from playing football with white knees, the kind of kid who gets a daily wedgie or two at school. All through my rock climbing and mountaineering career I never wore a helmet except when on hard aid (not in case of a fall but in case of pulling pieces of gear out on your head testing them and that really hurts and you get blood in your eyes and its all a bit unnecessary when you are already far from any gear that would stop you. I do however wear a helmet to cut trees. The visor protects the eyes from twigs and it is surprising how often something nasty and dead gets dislodged from a canopy above you. Chain proof trousers however I don’t wear (even though it is a UK legal requirement for professionals). I can’t stop debris falling but I can avoid cutting my leg by being careful. The nanny state however says I can’t be trusted to. My greatest nostalgia is for less infantilising regulation and less cucks who say it is a good thing.

A woman is like fire -fun to play with, can warm you through and cook your food, needs constant feeding, can burn you and consume all you own

[HermitParticipant]

Branched off wrote:

Hermit wrote:

Branched off wrote:

I would like to go back to a time when they didn’t fine you for not wearing a seat belt and when you could let your kids ride in the boot or even the back of a pickup on a quiet road.I quite like the benefits of seat belts but I also sometimes like to not have to wear one and I am dammed if I am going to be told to wear one. Makes me feel like when I was small and my mum said I had to be strapped in my toddler seat! Bloody cuck state.

Same thing with having to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle. My state doesn’t have that law, but the next state over does. Most of the time if I’m riding on the back roads, I take my chances and sneak around without a helmet. I have no idea what they would do if they ever caught me. Would they make me abandon the bike? Hopefully I never have to find out.I hate wearing a damned uncomfortable helmet while riding a bike. It ruins the whole experience. I’ve been in many motorcycle wrecks in my lifetime and not once did I ever hit my head. Took plenty of skin off my legs and arms though. What damn good would a helmet have done me then?

Oh I hate helmets. Here in the UK you have to have them to ride a motor bike and some of my kids get worried when they go out on a push bike without one. Funny because when I was a boy wearing a helmet would have meant you were the kind of boy that comes home from playing football with white knees, the kind of kid who gets a daily wedgie or two at school. All through my rock climbing and mountaineering career I never wore a helmet except when on hard aid (not in case of a fall but in case of pulling pieces of gear out on your head testing them and that really hurts and you get blood in your eyes and its all a bit unnecessary when you are already far from any gear that would stop you. I do however wear a helmet to cut trees. The visor protects the eyes from twigs and it is surprising how often something nasty and dead gets dislodged from a canopy above you. Chain proof trousers however I don’t wear (even though it is a UK legal requirement for professionals). I can’t stop debris falling but I can avoid cutting my leg by being careful. The nanny state however says I can’t be trusted to. My greatest nostalgia is for less infantilising regulation and less cucks who say it is a good thing.

When we used to ride in a large group, none of us liked wearing the damn helmets, but we were never sure if we would have to ride through a state that had the helmet law. A somewhat preferable solution to the problem is that we would pack with us those “non-DOT certified” helmets called “novelty” helmets. Wouldn’t do a damn thing for you in a crash, but they are very light weight and much more comfortable to wear AND the cops wouldn’t bother to stop you as long as they saw something on your head that looked like a real helmet. I still have one and used it just a couple weeks ago since I got paranoid when riding in the next state over that has helmet laws. Still much more preferable to go without a helmet at all. That’s what riding a motorcycle is all about, being free in the wind.

The evil in women’s hearts leaves them no moral bounds as to inhibit them from descending to the lowest levels of darkness to acquire their self entitled desires.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Hermit wrote:

Still much more preferable to go without a helmet at all. That’s what riding a motorcycle is all about, being free in the wind.

In Canada, helmet laws are justifiable because of socialized medicine paid for with taxes. You crack open your skull, I have to pay a doctor to fasten it back together. I’m not sure how they justify helmet laws where the medical industry is completely privatized…

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