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Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:27 pm
by Cousi
That is an awesome car.

Netflix has a new series called Car Masters: Rust to Riches that I recently binged. It's a fun show centered around the Gotham Garage in Telumaca California. The cast are amusing but very real and the cars they produce are just awesome. For example, this chrome wrapped thunderbird:
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Their main mechanic/engine girl Constance Nunes doesn't hurt the show's watchability at all either.
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Yes, she does the actual engine work. She is not there just for her looks. These builds provide plenty of pretty sights:
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Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 11:23 am
by n11pilot
Cousi, That T-Bird looks like a sample of Mid Century awesome. The show looks pretty good too and it isn't just my pilot's respect for a really good mechanic that makes me say that. 8-)

Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:39 pm
by Cousi
n11pilot wrote:
Tue Sep 25, 2018 11:23 am
Cousi, That T-Bird looks like a sample of Mid Century awesome. The show looks pretty good too and it isn't just my pilot's respect for a really good mechanic that makes me say that. 8-)
Of course not! We fedora aficionados are nothing if not gentlemen. ;)

Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:18 am
by n11pilot
Cousi wrote:
Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:39 pm
Of course not! We fedora aficionados are nothing if not gentlemen. ;)

True, we are delightful, roguish perhaps, but still delightful. :)

Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:15 pm
by Herb Roflcopter
n11pilot wrote:
Tue Sep 25, 2018 11:23 am
Cousi, That T-Bird looks like a sample of Mid Century awesome. The show looks pretty good too and it isn't just my pilot's respect for a really good mechanic that makes me say that. 8-)

I usually don't want my mechanics undressed while examining my car, but sometimes there are exceptions.
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(and while I'm not certain what Ms. Nunes is doing, I'll not raise a fuss since she's the mechanic and I'm not.) ;)

Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:59 pm
by n11pilot
Herb Roflcopter, Now this is a prime example of two people looking at the same thing and seeing something different. You sir, look at this photo and see a mechanic who is without clothing and I think you are assuming that it is for no good reason. "The mechanic forgot clothing", "The mechanic is too lazy to get dressed", "The mechanic fell asleep and the clothing was stolen", etc.

I look at this photo and see the consummate professional who is willing to remove any item, including clothing, that could possible scratch or otherwise mar the finish on the machine in question. I am sure that this ultimate professional is worth every penny of the presumably exorbitant, extra fee charged for such a service. Two drink, er, oil change minimum. :)

Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:36 am
by Herb Roflcopter
n11pilot wrote:
Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:59 pm
Herb Roflcopter, Now this is a prime example of two people looking at the same thing and seeing something different. You sir, look at this photo and see a mechanic who is without clothing and I think you are assuming that it is for no good reason. "The mechanic forgot clothing", "The mechanic is too lazy to get dressed", "The mechanic fell asleep and the clothing was stolen", etc.

I look at this photo and see the consummate professional who is willing to remove any item, including clothing, that could possible scratch or otherwise mar the finish on the machine in question. I am sure that this ultimate professional is worth every penny of the presumably exorbitant, extra fee charged for such a service. Two drink, er, oil change minimum. :)

Touche'! :)

(and just to keep the thread on topic)
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Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:31 am
by n11pilot
....And classy. :lol:

Re: An Actual Car or Truck

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:38 am
by n11pilot
Armoured Car Lanchester, Mark II.jpg

Something in the automotive realm that has always fascinated me is the armored car. Today when we hear the term we think of those boxy vehicles that deliver money to banks but in past times they had a real niche in warfare. Starting in WWI and reaching its apex during WWII the armored car was often the only armored support available in areas where terrain or current technology prevented tanks from treading (Pun intended). Today the MRAP and vehicles like the M1117 are the descendants of those early slab sided road warriors.

Shown above is the Lanchester MKII an interwar British design that saw use in places like Egypt and Palestine as well as in northern Ireland.