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Came across some Tornado action today.  Edit: \/\/\/ haha, phone post 
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Whoa, check out them side pipes. There's another 'o' in Toronado, though.
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Jul 4, 2013 03:37
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I love advertisements from the 80's & early 90's. Most of them were in your face with "our car is better than their car" attitudes. Volvo was probably the best at it.     (if anyone can find this in a bigger resolution that would be awesome)
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Jul 4, 2013 03:43
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Devyl posted:I love advertisements from the 80's & early 90's. Most of them were in your face with "our car is better than their car" attitudes. Volvo was probably the best at it. I'm trying to collect old volvo ads like that.    
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Jul 4, 2013 03:54
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Gotta love the turboTURBOTurboTURBO era.
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Jul 4, 2013 03:54
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I always thought this one was a bit silly
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Jul 4, 2013 03:55
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Hog Obituary posted:I always thought this one was a bit silly You misspelled awesome.
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Jul 4, 2013 03:59
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Hog Obituary posted:I always thought this one was a bit silly Clearly you've never been to San Francisco.
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Jul 4, 2013 04:01
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They were right!
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Jul 4, 2013 06:10
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Got to do a quick shoot of a friend's 1950 Mercury tonight - I'd prefer to shoot during the day (ISO 6400 and metal halide parking lot lights leave.. a bit to be desired), but this is the only time we were able to actually meet up anytime soon. His dad left it to him when he passed away - it hasn't run in at least a decade (possibly as long as 20 years?) until recently. It's definitely a bit rough as it sits, but he has lots of plans for it. Interior is from a 1964(?) Thunderbird, engine is a late 70s Chevy 350, no idea what the hell the steering column/wheel is from. I assume the trans is a TH350, he's not 100% sure on it. The windshield has a sticker from a long-defunct dragstrip, which made me chuckle a bit. Wish I'd remembered to get a photo of the sticker..      
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Jul 4, 2013 06:43
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Looks like a steering wheel and column from a 70's Trans Am. Cool car, that thing has potential.
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Jul 4, 2013 07:30
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It's definitely from some kind of GM - the ignition key has a GMC logo. Looking at it closer, I'm pretty sure you're right. It's got tons of potential. Mechanically, it's solid, just slow (late 70s smog-era engine), he even claims working a/c. The body is straight, though the welds that attach the top are rusty as poo poo. Windshield is cracked, I don't think Safelite is going to stock something for a 63 year old car with a chopped top though.  Since the handles/locks are shaved, he has to leave the windows down whenever he parks it  - whatever electric door opener mechanism it has doesn't work. It usually lives in his garage though - and he has a solid daily driver (mid 00s Focus), so this is very much a weekend cruiser for him.He plans to keep it mostly as-is, aside from power and body repairs. He was very close to his dad and doesn't want to ever get rid of it, nor make any major changes. Just wants to improve upon what's already there. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Jul 4, 2013 |
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Jul 4, 2013 07:42
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You can tell which trans it has by the shape of the pan.
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Jul 4, 2013 08:17
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some texas redneck posted:He was very close to his dad and doesn't want to ever get rid of it, nor make any major changes. Just wants to improve upon what's already there. You'd be mental to get rid of it whether it was his father's car or not. I love it. 
Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Jul 4, 2013 |
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Jul 4, 2013 09:10
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It's the first day of this years Big Power Meet in Västerås, Sweden, and my first jawdropper was this 1959 Cadillac Eldorado that must have been polished and cleaned minutes before I got there. No other explanation of the cleanliness I saw all around.  Got the 8mpx originals from my phone in case anybody wants the full detail. Heading out Friday to shoot the actual judges-award cruising with my DSLR.
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Jul 4, 2013 15:03
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MrLonghair posted:It's the first day of this years Big Power Meet in Västerås, Sweden, and my first jawdropper was this 1959 Cadillac Eldorado that must have been polished and cleaned minutes before I got there. No other explanation of the cleanliness I saw all around. Oh my god that is so awesome. That is a $100k car in the USA, I cant imagine what it cost to buy/maintain over there.
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Jul 4, 2013 19:28
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Fart Pipe posted:Oh my god that is so awesome. That is a $100k car in the USA, I cant imagine what it cost to buy/maintain over there. Holy poo poo. I knew they were very collectible but had no idea they were in that range until you mentioned it.
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Jul 4, 2013 19:33
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some texas redneck posted:He was very close to his dad and doesn't want to ever get rid of it, nor make any major changes. Just wants to improve upon what's already there. I hear that. 
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Jul 4, 2013 19:54
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Great plate, or greatest plate?
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Jul 4, 2013 20:02
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Saw the motorcycle my friends dad made some time back. It's got a car engine, so I thought it fit here: 
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Jul 5, 2013 07:11
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There were a whole bunch of cool cars here for my town's 4th of July parade, both in the parade and parked. I took photos!  A neat Beetle (neatle).   Convertibeetle!  '49(ers) Beetle.  Cool BMW from the local anti-environmentalist group!  Old fire truck.   America trucks!   hoers  There's nothing more American than a Mini!   Bitchin' Sebring convertible.     Some kinda old coupe or something? It said "California Special" on it so I guess it's the emissions control version.    getcher milk   LARKINS, complete with original Larkins   Firebird.      These guys forgot to put the hoods back on their cars when they were done working on them.    the coolest car ever (notice the skull hanging from the bumper)  truk As for parked cars:   The rear window was sealed with duct tape.  These two were across the street from each other:   vrom   vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Jul 5, 2013 |
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Jul 5, 2013 07:23
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The proper way to fix a dent.
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Jul 5, 2013 11:08
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travisray2004 posted:Holy poo poo. I knew they were very collectible but had no idea they were in that range until you mentioned it. We had a 59 Biarritz sell at my auction, unrestored, for $80,000. Restored they go for a quarter million. 59 Caddies are the end all, be all of Cadillacs.
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Jul 5, 2013 11:15
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VikingSkull posted:We had a 59 Biarritz sell at my auction, unrestored, for $80,000. Restored they go for a quarter million. 59 Caddies are the end all, be all of Cadillacs. Holy poo poo, I never knew they were that much. No wonder that guy parked a million miles from the other cars.
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Jul 5, 2013 13:32
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KozmoNaut posted:The proper way to fix a dent. Putting your instagram tag is pretty much the worst thing
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Jul 5, 2013 13:47
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This was the drugstore & alcohol-shop (Sweden, alcoholic drinks above 3.X% can only be sold by special shops) side of this shopping block, even my moms old Mazda felt safer. People were stocking up on groceries rather than just alcohol, which surprised us both. And this background feature from the front shot almost qualifies for hella-scrape in some speedbump-rich parts of town, saw a Murcielago taking on a bump at a 45 degree angle in order to pass it. 
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Jul 5, 2013 13:52
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atomicthumbs posted:
What do the signs say? All I can make out is "private property, no entry."
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Jul 5, 2013 16:51
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Spotted this bad boy yesterday 
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Jul 5, 2013 18:21
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DropShadow posted:What do the signs say? All I can make out is "private property, no entry." Probably "I hate poors." 
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Jul 5, 2013 18:47
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Hung at the main cruise line of Power Meet for an hour, got the crankiest lumbar from shooting what was finest cleanest looking year of PM in recent memory. Gimme an IMG_ number and I'll clean it up and put it in here for display (requests via PM are ok, also okay with sending raw .CR2 files of choice to your email). Never seen so many clean mirror-shine surfaces in a Power Meet cruise. 1965 and on is where the competition cruise of 200 judge favourites ends up in my lane (great choice of position, me!) 2076 and on document a little traffic jam by the grocery store and a Silverado with funny Swedish written on it
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Jul 5, 2013 19:09
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MrLonghair posted:Hung at the main cruise line of Power Meet for an hour, got the crankiest lumbar from shooting what was finest cleanest looking year of PM in recent memory. Gimme an IMG_ number and I'll clean it up and put it in here for display (requests via PM are ok, also okay with sending raw .CR2 files of choice to your email). Never seen so many clean mirror-shine surfaces in a Power Meet cruise. At least these please. 2004,2006,2015,2016
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Jul 5, 2013 19:30
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toplitzin posted:At least these please. Converted to 1920 width for easy self-cropping and background-making, here the four are on a gallery page: http://imgur.com/a/QwzBh (Because I don't understand how to revert whatever I did into something I can embed as tImg)
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Jul 5, 2013 19:53
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MrLonghair posted:Converted to 1920 width for easy self-cropping and background-making, here the four are on a gallery page: http://imgur.com/a/QwzBh mmmm, sexy. THANKS!
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Jul 5, 2013 19:56
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DropShadow posted:What do the signs say? All I can make out is "private property, no entry." "Private property, no entry without owner's permission." Basically it's a group formed because the rich homeowners around here were pissed at the local environmental non-profit for promoting regulations that restrict development around the creeks that a kind of endangered salmon lives in. Their slogan is "helping fish AND families", but they don't actually help the fish at all. People on their side have also threatened the non-profit's director, and destroyed a fish-trap device that counts young fish (probably killing a few of the fish in the thing at the time), but have (of course) been disavowed by the organization. Reichstag posted:Probably "I hate poors." Less that, more "gently caress You/The Fish, Got Mine".
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Jul 5, 2013 20:06
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Maybe those fish should get a loving job. on topic: fishcar 
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Jul 5, 2013 20:15
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Best hood ornament of this years Power Meet-car  
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Jul 5, 2013 20:21
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Moxie Omen posted:on topic: fishcar B13 Sentra?
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Jul 5, 2013 20:28
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Saw a super clean later model NSX in my town while I was heading downtown to watch 4th of July fireworks last night. It's the first NSX I've seen in this town and drat it looked good. The driver noticed my girlfriend taking pictures and revved it a bit next to us. I'm not sure what these sound like stock but it was loud and delicious.
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Jul 6, 2013 00:53
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So I saw an incredibly rare car today. I had to chase it down to get a picture. It sounded loving marvelous. The turbo spooled just off idle and I could hear it all the way down the street when it accelerated. Driven by an older guy. Love the plate too.
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Has it been long enough that those are exempt now? I googled the plate and found more photos: http://followgram.me/thedaniel/204514987668624410_143796
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