A morning's stroll in the Big Easy

[The Fresh Prince]

Nice thread Roobarb.

I think a Po-Boy is a breaded shrimp sandwhich, I'm a sure an American can confirm.

[Dead Metal]

Thanks, nicely put together. Another one for the "bucket-list". I hope you do some more ? a great read.

[cdnski12]

Thot that was a 1970's Dodge Polara, but internet Photos don't have that weird front Bumper setup.

[cdnski12]

The yellow Machine on the flatbed truck is a Blacktop Pavement grinder/loader. The front part grinds/gashes/chews out about 1.5"-3" of the top portion of blacktop, the rear conveyor loads the ground up blacktop into a tandem wheeled dump truck backing along behind the Grinder Machine. The truck then goes back to the asphalt plant where it is recycled and hauled back to the sit e a few days later. Bigger units do everything in one pass, but they are truly massive. X-Ref: In Situ Asphalt re-Cycling. See: HOME

[malc123]

I just love New Orleans been there many time's just to stay with friends and for Mardi Gras. Hoping to visit again next year to see old friends.

I now live in Udon Thani.

[Ceburat1]

Wow, man. You just made me homesick. New Orleans is my home town. A very great city. A Po-Boy is, the original, hot roast beef and gravy on french bread. You can add tomatoes and lettuce if you like. Maybe I have eaten a thousand of them and the more modern version with fish, shrimp, oysters, and such are great. Go to Charleston, then on to Savanah, Ga (my favorite), and end up in New Orleans. About two weeks in each city and that will be a vacation to remember. Thanks for the photo trip - great job.

[BarnacleBill]

Thanks so much for a "New Look" at New Orleans. Just shows what one can see if you get up early in the morning! I did something similar way back in the 80's in LA, but without the aid of an iPhone! I wandered the back streets behind the Motel and saw some unusual sights. My American hosts told me I was crazy! I considered myself fortunate!

[Roobarb]

Guys, Thank you all for the responses you've posted. much appreciated

Malc123 - Honoured that my thread got your first ever post, especially given you have been a member for 4 years... Welcome aboard, have a green! You're in Udon, start a thread about it. It's years since I've been there.

[Roobarb]

Thot that was a 1970's Dodge Polara, but internet Photos don't have that weird front Bumper setup.

cdnski12 - thanks for the input on the pavement loader/grinder.

Got to say though that I'm not so sure about the car being a Dodge Polara, I had a look on the net and none of them seemed to ring true to the one I saw.

As I have a marginally higher resolution photo of the back end than the one I shared on TD I could see that the logo above the license plate definitely began with a P. Pontiac/Plymouth/Peugeot/Porsche/Proton/Pagani... start with the first two I think.

I did a bit more fishing and reckon that it's a '72 Plymouth Fury III




^ The Roobarbmobile from the front




^ A cared for version (or given that the background is almost identical perhaps the new owner is a tad careless)

1972 Plymouth Fury III | Flickr - Photo Sharing!




^ Rear view




^ Rear view (OK, it's the 4 door and not the coupe, but the you get the idea). Oddly enough this last one is Swiss which may explain why it is in somewhat better condition. The rear bumper (fender) on the New Orleans one is different, but given it doesn't fit that well it may be off another model. I suspect that the current US owner may be less concerned about originality than perhaps the Swiss one.


Wondering why they all have a vinyl roof?



Nice to see that the New Orleans one has had a change of tyres at least once in its life.

Actually, the main reason for posting all this though is simply to do with the name. A Dodge Polara sounds like a medical condition and is just no way as cool sounding as a Plymouth Fury.

I doubt the mainstream manufacturers would be brave enough to call a car a Fury today. It needs to be something nice and cuddly like a Panda, meaningless such as Altis, or an inoffensive string of numbers and letters such as a 320i.

"I have a Fury" - it's slighly scary just to listen to anyone who mentions that. You wouldn't want to get too close in case you unwittingly upset them.

"I have a Dodge Polara" - You wouldn't want to get too close to someone who said that either but largely because it sounds like it might be contagious.

[bangkokbonecollector]

Tx for these great pics, sure has some stunning buildings