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Sorry! I didn't mean to scare anyone here, though I can fully understand that one's thoughts could have turned to the "darker side" after reading my topic heading after the seeming upturn in accidents lately among many of our "thawing friends" here now back on the roads, but..... I just had to say goodbye to my trusty ol' '69 El Camino today.  Sold her to a young man who is going to fix her up again...the way she deserves to be. Funny ain't it how some of these inanimate objects somehow become "members of our family" after a while?!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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i cried my eyes out when i sold my first mc to buy my first ex's wedding band. i cried out in joy a year later when i left that beeyotch.
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
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Funny ain't it how some of these inanimate objects somehow become "members of our family" after a while
Fully understand that. I was heartbroken when i sold my Triumph TR7 soft top. I LOVED that car, and if I could find it I would try my best to ship the thing over here from the UK.
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I have a buddy with a TR7. I'm not sure if its a soft top. It needs work! Its been sitting under his carport with crap all over it for years. I think the body is clean and we was talking about selling it. I'll look into it for you if you want.
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Wondering how many MGBs were seized in lieu of repossession by Snap On tools?
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Gee Dwight, it's just a cage.  If you ever think about selling your old Triumph, can I get first dibs?
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I'll look into it for you if you want
Thanks for the offer. But it would not be the same. It has to be MY Metallic Lime Green soft top, registraion number KAV 532W. Nothing else will do. Look at that, sold it 18 years ago and the reg number rolls of the tounge.
But I appreciate the offer.
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I have a buddy with a TR7. I'm not sure if its a soft top. It needs work!
Those things needed work when they were brand new... And if it didn't break - it rusted to the ground before the tires wore out.
I think the average Renault had a better service record. It wasn't even hard for the French to out-do the Brits and their '7' 
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ahem....you realize don't chu Barry that what you just said is akin to tellin' poor ol' Mark here that his old girlfriend who he's still holding that torch for, "wasn't exactly" Ava Gardner in her prime???!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Those things needed work when they were brand new... And if it didn't break - it rusted to the ground before the tires wore out
Yes and No. The last of the TR7s were genarally known as being quite sound. The last ones are easy to spot. They have a large circuler enamel badge on the hood. All the earlier models had decals on the hood.
The "official Triumph built" TR8s, of which about 80% of those built were shipped to the US were also meant to be pretty sound cars.
Which brings up something that i always thought was a real shame. The TR8s were good cars, Triumph got that one right just in time for the number crunchers to drop the line. What a shame.
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Gee Dwight, it's just a cage.
If you ever think about selling your old Triumph, can I get first dibs?
Yep! True enough! But remember ol' buddy...some cages are "more equal" than others. 
And BTW...Okay! You've got first dibs on the Streettracker...but don't hold your breath waitin' for THAT sad day to happen DUDE!!!  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Gee Dwight, it's just a cage.
Oh i beg to differ. I can think of a few cars i would sell the bike for in an instant. Just about any Red two seater from Marinello for one.
And if some one was to offer to swap my bike for a Jaguar E-Type. Well I wouldn't even have to think about. Done, sold, give me the keys.
Man i love those cars.
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I've never really got attached to cars,not like bikes but if one stands out it's got to be my old Austin Princess,good car, strait six motor across the frame,power steering,bungie suspension and like sitting in a smoking room in St.Georges Club,the only thing that was annoying was the bloody steering wheel in the way,Whoops ,that's why it was there,Had to drive as well
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Ohhhhh! E-Types! NOW you're talkin', Mark! OR maybe an Austin-Healey , OR maybe a '66 Mustang GT350 , OR maybe a Beck(Porsche replica) 550 Spyder , OR maybe a '69 El Cam  ....El Cami ...... (sorry...I just got a little "verklempt" again....but I'll be okay...don't worry)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Sniff...
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So Newbomb is stuck driving the Pie Wagon, huh?
Can you live in El Camino CA without owning an El Camino....
A little old lady in our church has a 69 SS with a 396 and four-speed. Original paint, still in pretty decent condition. She uses it as a truck a few times a year. I keep trying to buy it, but she's not selling!
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I had a 68 Mecury XR7 Couger wich I restored top to bottom. Had a 351 Cleveland motor with a blower.That thing was a rocket. Still miss it...........
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1967 Mustang Rag top...spent 3 years doing a frame up restore...289 punched out .030 offy intake, Hooker headers,Thrush turbo muff, Crane Cam, Holly 750 4bbl, sweet sweet ride...sold it for a deposit on my 1st house...yep still miss it
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I have a '67 Buick Skylark convertible that I keep at my mom's
which must go because she wants to sell the house.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Dude! You had a '69 Camino? Those are so teh cool.
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I had a 65 buick special convertible..3 speed amnual..cool car.this was like 25 years ago.
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I really want a 50-53 Merc. Slammed, chopped and slotted with a Caddy 402 in it. SOOOOOO F-ING Sexy!!!!!!
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OR maybe a Beck(Porsche replica) 550 Spyder
Now, those are SWEEEEEEET!
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ahem....you realize don't chu Barry that what you just said is akin to tellin' poor ol' Mark here that his old girlfriend who he's still holding that torch for, "wasn't exactly" Ava Gardner in her prime???!!!
I'm not saying Mark's ol' flame wasn't good to look at - Just that you couldn't depend on her for a 'ride'. Using that analogy, again, cars and women are much alike...
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I've never really got attached to cars,not like bikes but if one stands out it's got to be my old Austin Princess,good car, strait six motor across the frame,power steering,bungie suspension and like sitting in a smoking room in St.Georges Club,the only thing that was annoying was the bloody steering wheel in the way,Whoops ,that's why it was there,Had to drive as well
Ya know Stewe, I've been thinkin' about this Austin Princess car o' yours, and started wondering why I've never seen one o' those on the american highways. And then it hit me!
Besides the fact that Austin never really made any inroads into the american car market to speak of, I think that maybe that particular car's name itself "just might have" held back a few sales if they would have ever tried sellin' any o' those puppies over here.
I mean, Datsun(now of course, Nissan) never imported the "Fairlady Z" into the The States EITHER as far as I know, but there SURE were a hell of a lot of those plain old "Z"s zippin' down american highways a few decades ago.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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66 Impala 22 convertable red with black interior and black top. 427 hurst shifter muncie m22 4spd. That car was FAST!! sold it for $2500 worth way more now.Had a 71 LeMans sport i loved to that still sits out back in pieces. LOL Still have my 55 Studebaker Champion 2 dr hard top. 77,000 origonal miles on it and I'm 2nd owner.My grandparents bought it new.Its buried under junk in the garage and a foot of dust on it!! LOL was driving it in 92.
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oops that would be 69 Impala SS
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66 Impala SS ... I'll find my way around the keyboard yet!!! and I don't even drink!!! LOL
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I was wondering what an Impala 22 was.
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LOL I know I'm so ****** tired from moving snow I can't type!!
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I can't believe that was censored it was only dam with 1 extra letter!
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I was afraid your dog "ole blue" had to be put down Well at least the guy is going to fix up your trusted friend, I'm sure El C. is gettting good home.
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Don't take it personal, Dog. The censor thingie,(computer techno-language), I've found from personal experience to be automatic. Just use one of these $&*# things instead of letters.
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Or you could've just said dam in the first place, without
the n, we woulda known what you meant.
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Or do a double "mm" -damm- to carry the meaning.
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Or do a double "mm" -damm- to carry the meaning.
Wait a minute Bill!
Ian(Dog33) here already seems to have a little problem with those double letters ALREADY!(22 instead of SS, REMEMBER???!!!) And you're expecting him to pick up on this handy little helpful hint o' yours??? 
(sorry Ian...I couldn't resist that one....BTW, Welcome to the site....NOW do ya see what you're in for around here???!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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