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What I got for Christmas
me ^ | 12/24/17 | eastforker

Posted on 12/24/2017 10:21:40 AM PST by eastforker

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To: eastforker
... for the repaint job.

Richard Rawlings(Gas Monkey)would probably say, "patina is in, just put a clear coat on it..."

41 posted on 12/24/2017 11:37:38 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: eastforker

I drove one once, called it the Blue Goose. Threw a rod on the freeway at about 70. Never stut down. Drove it to the the shop running on 7 with a 2” gash in the oil pan. Didn’t have much oil left when I got there but it was still running. Not sure what happened to the cars behind me. Still sold it for $700.


42 posted on 12/24/2017 11:40:25 AM PST by keat
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To: Tax-chick
I have a 1983 Mazda RX-7.

And I have 1979..... it was purchased right off the floor of the Montreal Auto Show and it was essentially one of the very first RX-7s that were shipped to North America. Still have it... haven't driven it for quite a while. Stored it away for that great rebuild project in the future 'when I have time'. Has about 60,000 miles on it.<./p>

43 posted on 12/24/2017 12:26:33 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: hecticskeptic

Mine has new-ish silver paint, the original interior, but a replacement engine. One of my cousins fried the original motor.


44 posted on 12/24/2017 12:27:53 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It is better to have a home full of misbehaving children than a silent house."~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Tax-chick

Mine is also silver, original interior and has the original engine..... this is motivating me to try to see if I can get it going over this bit of a break over Christmas.


45 posted on 12/24/2017 12:37:29 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: Chode
a true land barge

You have no idea Chode, just like a barge if the motor stops you have no control whatsoever. Wherever it was pointed at the time is where you go, no steering and no brakes. Quite the eye opener for a brand new driver I can tell you!

46 posted on 12/24/2017 12:45:16 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: hecticskeptic

Ours needs a new battery: a child opened the door and the light came on ...


47 posted on 12/24/2017 1:21:54 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It is better to have a home full of misbehaving children than a silent house."~Kevin Williamson)
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To: Mastador1
i heard that, but you don't get killed if you hit a dog and the backseat, well... like a playground
48 posted on 12/24/2017 1:24:35 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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I once had a 65' Rambler station wagon, and all the seats including the front laid down - talk about your playground! After getting broadsided in the driver door of my 63' Stude GranTurismo by a kid in 65' Ranchero doing 45 mph I have an aversion to small cars.

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49 posted on 12/24/2017 1:48:08 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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heh heh, beats hell out of a Camaro, kind of a cross btwn sexual athletics and self abuse
50 posted on 12/24/2017 1:51:10 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode

There is great truth to “where there’s a will there’s a way”


51 posted on 12/24/2017 2:10:23 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: eastforker

Geez, that thing looks like it might have Jimmy Hoffa in the trunk.


52 posted on 12/24/2017 2:16:16 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Mastador1
oh yeah...
53 posted on 12/24/2017 2:16:41 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Well it has been parked since Reagan was President.


54 posted on 12/24/2017 2:22:06 PM PST by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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Well it has been parked since Reagan was President.

I wish I had been, at least for the Clinton and Obie years.

55 posted on 12/24/2017 2:24:50 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: eastforker

“Sorry, this content isn’t available right now”


56 posted on 12/25/2017 3:51:52 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: eastforker

The links in post # 16 work.


57 posted on 12/25/2017 3:54:13 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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