Thread: If only i'd known.

Who knew? Oxidation maybe I should just keep this inside. But really who knew? 50 some thousand miles and she sits and rusts day by day. Well hell so do I and nobody's lining up to change my oil.
But then again I'm not Keith Richards.

the only reason to own a classic these days is as an investment.

pick a good one, wrap it in cotton wool for a few years, hope the market is kind to you and then sell it on, to either another collector or to one of the many deluded dreamers in the middle of their mid life crisis and who think that driving one in todays motoring environment ( insurance costs, repair and maintenance costs, clogged roads) will be both affordable and fun.

Originally Posted by OhOh

The teenage fantasies in you head?

No idea what you're talking about.

So that makes two of us.

Originally Posted by taxexile

the only reason to own a classic these days is as an investment.

pick a good one, wrap it in cotton wool for a few years, hope the market is kind to you and then sell it on, to either another collector or to one of the many deluded dreamers in the middle of their mid life crisis and who think that driving one in todays motoring environment ( insurance costs, repair and maintenance costs, clogged roads) will be both affordable and fun.

It's the classic car expert.









Who doesn't own one.

Nice car.

Are there "slow" bowlers?

I wished for this...



I got this...

Been there done that!

Originally Posted by taxexile

the only reason to own a classic these days is as an investment.

What a load of bullshit.

People (and I'm not one of them) own them for the pure enjoyment.

My uncle and his best mate, now both deceased, restored many vintage and veteran cars and motorcycles.
They were both bakers in Melbourne, working permanent afternoon shift.
Every morning before going to their paying jobs, they met in one or the others garages to work on one of their projects.
Pride and joy was a 1917 Studebaker. It had won some big competition. It had lost 3 points out of a total of 1,000.
1 for a small brush mark in the paint, 1 for a scratch on a chrome nut and another for a small oil leak.
They wouldn't have sold that car for any amount of money.

The only reason that they ever sold a car or bike was to make room for the next project.
Both had backyards full of additional sheds to try to hold on to as many of their finished projects as possible.

Originally Posted by TizMe

People (and I'm not one of them) own them for the pure enjoyment.

You might as well be talking Swahili - taxi simply doesn’t understand ‘enjoyment’ as a concept. He’s miserable and bitter and can’t even countenance that anyone else could be anything else but.

It’s why he’s even in this thread in the first place trying to superimpose his own subjective ridiculousness.

here's my uncle on one of his bikes.
I can see its a Triumph, but not sure what year it is...

I learnt to ride in his backyard, on a (pre restored) 1935 BSA 500 cc..

I was looking for a photo of his Studebaker, but cant find it.

I did find another photo here of another uncles ute though.
He is quite a talented artist. He painted the artwork on the back of the ute and the shed, and also welded up the bike , trike and car behind the ute out of bits a pieces.

I’ve been looking at cars in Aust for a while now but unfortunately the import costs just don’t make it worth it.

Which is tragic because you could look for a lifetime and never find a hardtop or Charger like that for sale in NZ.

They won't notice.

Err, wot?

For want of a better place to put it I'll just leave this here:



Mustang for sale here in CM (B550,000).

Not that I'm interested. It's fugly.

Its probably got a 4 cyl toyota engine anyway.

That would actually be a performance and value increasing improvement.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

A 1972 Chrysler Charger 770 E55

What the hell did they do to the Dodge Charger!?

Completely different car, related in name only.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

A 1972 Chrysler Charger 770 E55

Originally Posted by SKkin

What the hell did they do to the Dodge Charger!?

Improved it?



Just joking ... imposing set of wheels above

Quite enjoy both myself although I’ve never had the chance to drive the US version.

Like 99.9% of other’s around my age I assume first exposure was from ‘The Dukes of Hazard’

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Improved it?

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

the US version.

There were some sketchy US versions. This IMO was an abomination.



OMG! The Mushy-Pea-Mobile

Superbird.

Can’t say I disagree but we might be in the minority on that - those things are worth a mint.

The 78 Monte Carlo in the background.
They both have some Tales to tell. I should have hung on to the 70 Plymouth Satellite. Had a 383 that was rock solid. Same engine that was in my Plymouth Fury 111. That one was a beast. Talk about horsepower, some kids were screwing with us so as they jumped in their car and peeled off ( as we closed the tavern of course ) I got behind and gave them a few pushes here and there. I knew the roads really well so I was kind enough to back off on the turns. They must have shit bricks.