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Bill Baka wrote:
Krypsis wrote: snip His shares have a long term history of stability and regular dividends which was his goal, income, not growth. Can't be an American company then. All Aussie shares, not a foreigner amongst them. snip Same here except my dad drank and smoked himself into a stroke at 83. 83 is still a reasonable innings if he had reasonable health up until then. I'd be happy with that as long as I was in good health and able to do all that I wanted to do without limitations. His wife or kids might just try to auction off the cars. He didn't have any kids and his wife is at a loss right now just what to do. Money isn't a problem for her in the short and long term as share dividends will see to that. More of an issue is her remote location and inability to drive a car. Her home is in the hills outside the urban limits with limited public transport options. She can't drive? What is up with that? Sounds like a 1920's kind of problem. More common here amongst older women than you would realise. Younger generation women all seem to drive these days. Anyway, the cars are all in bits. There was only one person who knew how they all went together and he's gone. It would take weeks to just find everything. In my brief visit to the workshop, I saw bits scattered all over. Interestingly, he had been working on converting the engine bearings to full pressure fed lubrication. He'd drilled the crank and was in the process of building a larger oil pump to supply the extra requirements. He even had a new sump and pan cast to provide the extra room for the pump. He had been talking about doing this but I hadn't realised he was as far along as he was. I did say his restorations were "unconventional", didn't I? In other words, you or I or any car nut would be in heaven just trying to find parts to match to the cars. Found a manifold, must be for that one, radiator must go there, etc. Then the cars would get worked on as I found the parts. Damn, am I dreaming. Nah, I'd only see their potential as a rod. But then, I prefer fifties and sixties era cars. They were what I grew up with. Nobody under 40 seems to give a crap about cars anymore. Yep. I don't know what will happen to my garage full of rods when I drop off the perch. None of my kids are mechanically inclined, the grandkids are more interested in partying and hooning. Damn. I wasn't even allowed to drive my first car (with a legal permit) until I could convince my dad I could change a tire, diagnose a no spark or bad fuel pump, and fill every last one of my fluids. Only then did I get to go anywhere. My daughter, BTW, could care less about anything mechanical, so I don't know who to give the car too. Maybe I'll be buried in it like that rich woman was in her Ferrari. I have one grandson who might want it, I hope. Waste of a good car. Don't think I could ever do that! Might leave them out of my will and let the family fight over them. That'll sort out who really wants them. Guess the great grandkids are my only hope. Would hate to see the rods get sold off. Don't want to risk using them, don't want to risk losing them. What a conundrum! I have that too. I am still looking for a 1962 to 1964 Ford Falcon to mileage up. You could've bought mine from me ... in 73 He will be missed whether I knew him or not. Bill Baka Sure will be missed around here. Used to have long phone calls about his projects. Sometimes an hour, sometimes 2 but always interesting. Miss them already. Krypsis I guess I'm getting to where friends will start going. Lost 3 in three years. Sigh Bill Baka When I was in my teens and twenties, a lot of my friends died in car wrecks. Now I'm in my seventies my friends are all dying of more natural causes. Most of my friends from the teen years are gone already as they were ten and twenty years older than me then. I was the youngster of the group. Guess I'm used to seeing friends depart this life. Trouble is, a lot of the departures these days are friends younger than me! Krypsis |
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Detroit Iron, a moniker I like to use for all American Brand Names
Vehicles, American Manufactured Vehicles.Detroit Iron, can't be beat. Superior School Buses (formerly, Pontiac Coach Company, something like that anyway) are Manufactured in Kosciusko,Mississippi, since 1951.Detroit Iron.Best in the World. cuhulin |
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D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 11/30/09 03:06 , Bill Baka wrote: I have you beat by about 4 or 5 times as many cars over the years. My favorite for quiet running was a 1948 Studebaker at 65 in overdrive. Flat head again so no notice able engine noise. I miss Detroit iron. Bill Baka Um...that '48 would be South Bend Steel. Or Los Angeles. OK, Close but no cigar. The fun thing about the Studebaker and the 1961 Rambler was that a friend was actually leaning on the Rambler and asked to hear it run. He almost fell over when I said it was running. I replaced the generator with an alternator, breaker-less ignition, and super quiet mufflers. The Rambler was about as stripped down as I have ever seen an American car and the Studebaker was an example of how good American cars could be. Bill Baka |
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Krypsis wrote:
Bill Baka wrote: Krypsis wrote: snip His shares have a long term history of stability and regular dividends which was his goal, income, not growth. Can't be an American company then. All Aussie shares, not a foreigner amongst them. snip Same here except my dad drank and smoked himself into a stroke at 83. 83 is still a reasonable innings if he had reasonable health up until then. I'd be happy with that as long as I was in good health and able to do all that I wanted to do without limitations. He was good until about 75 but I could not get him to stop smoking. His wife or kids might just try to auction off the cars. He didn't have any kids and his wife is at a loss right now just what to do. Money isn't a problem for her in the short and long term as share dividends will see to that. More of an issue is her remote location and inability to drive a car. Her home is in the hills outside the urban limits with limited public transport options. She can't drive? What is up with that? Sounds like a 1920's kind of problem. More common here amongst older women than you would realise. Younger generation women all seem to drive these days. True. My aunt just died this year just short of 90 and never in all those years got behind the wheel of a car. Why have one when the market and most of your friends are only a block or two walk? My youngest daughter is 30 and still can't drive a stick, a rapidly vanishing ability among drivers. Anyway, the cars are all in bits. There was only one person who knew how they all went together and he's gone. It would take weeks to just find everything. In my brief visit to the workshop, I saw bits scattered all over. Interestingly, he had been working on converting the engine bearings to full pressure fed lubrication. He'd drilled the crank and was in the process of building a larger oil pump to supply the extra requirements. He even had a new sump and pan cast to provide the extra room for the pump. He had been talking about doing this but I hadn't realised he was as far along as he was. I did say his restorations were "unconventional", didn't I? In other words, you or I or any car nut would be in heaven just trying to find parts to match to the cars. Found a manifold, must be for that one, radiator must go there, etc. Then the cars would get worked on as I found the parts. Damn, am I dreaming. Nah, I'd only see their potential as a rod. But then, I prefer fifties and sixties era cars. They were what I grew up with. Me too but I would happily be seen in a 1931 Dusenberg model SJ. Nobody under 40 seems to give a crap about cars anymore. Yep. I don't know what will happen to my garage full of rods when I drop off the perch. None of my kids are mechanically inclined, the grandkids are more interested in partying and hooning. Damn. I wasn't even allowed to drive my first car (with a legal permit) until I could convince my dad I could change a tire, diagnose a no spark or bad fuel pump, and fill every last one of my fluids. Only then did I get to go anywhere. My daughter, BTW, could care less about anything mechanical, so I don't know who to give the car too. Maybe I'll be buried in it like that rich woman was in her Ferrari. I have one grandson who might want it, I hope. Waste of a good car. Don't think I could ever do that! Might leave them out of my will and let the family fight over them. That'll sort out who really wants them. A friend of mine died about 20 years ago and the family totally self destructed suing each other over a half acre and a useless, really old house. They spent more on lawyer fees than the property was ever worth. Yeah, leaving a will is definitely the way to go. Guess the great grandkids are my only hope. Would hate to see the rods get sold off. Don't want to risk using them, don't want to risk losing them. What a conundrum! I have that too. I am still looking for a 1962 to 1964 Ford Falcon to mileage up. You could've bought mine from me ... in 73 Dang. He will be missed whether I knew him or not. Bill Baka Sure will be missed around here. Used to have long phone calls about his projects. Sometimes an hour, sometimes 2 but always interesting. Miss them already. Krypsis I guess I'm getting to where friends will start going. Lost 3 in three years. Sigh Bill Baka When I was in my teens and twenties, a lot of my friends died in car wrecks. Same here, cars, motorcycles, and drug overdoses. (1970's). Now it's the years of smoking catching up to them. All of the new dead friends smoked and/or drank. Now I'm in my seventies my friends are all dying of more natural causes. Most of my friends from the teen years are gone already as they were ten and twenty years older than me then. I was the youngster of the group. Guess I'm used to seeing friends depart this life. Trouble is, a lot of the departures these days are friends younger than me! I have had that too. Even John Ritter was a few months younger than me. Krypsis Jagger may have been right. Getting old is a drag. Bill Baka Feel free to snip as this is getting long. |
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On 11/30/09 19:20 , Bill Baka wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote: On 11/30/09 03:06 , Bill Baka wrote: I have you beat by about 4 or 5 times as many cars over the years. My favorite for quiet running was a 1948 Studebaker at 65 in overdrive. Flat head again so no notice able engine noise. I miss Detroit iron. Bill Baka Um...that '48 would be South Bend Steel. Or Los Angeles. OK, Close but no cigar. The fun thing about the Studebaker and the 1961 Rambler was that a friend was actually leaning on the Rambler and asked to hear it run. He almost fell over when I said it was running. I replaced the generator with an alternator, breaker-less ignition, and super quiet mufflers. The Rambler was about as stripped down as I have ever seen an American car and the Studebaker was an example of how good American cars could be. Bill Baka I've had three, myself. No argument there. |
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Suzuki begins construction of E-CO car plant in Thailand.
www.wardsauto.com Do you solo Suzuki? Yawnnnnn,,,, move over doggy, wayyyyy past my bedtime. ///don't forget to set that garbage can out front for the garbage truck in the morning!/// You wants a cookie? ///WOO WOO WOOF!/// cuhulin |
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