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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/5/2014 6:09 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 1/5/2014 12:19 PM, T0m $herman wrote: >> >> Modern cars are wondrous in many ways - just wish someone made one >> without all the unnecessary crap - get the weight down to 1,800-pounds >> or so, and eliminate the power steering and power brakes. >> > 1800 lbs is a good weight for a simple car. I had cars close to that > during the 80s. These days, I drive a VW Passat wagon. It seems like a > small car but the darn thing weighs in at 3800 lbs. It's simply amazing! Of cars I have had, the MG Midget, VW Rabbit (Golf I), and Renault R5 were all around 1,800 pounds, and the Renault 11 just under 2,000 pounds. Sad that a car such as the Miata weighs a porky 2,400 pounds. -- T0m $herm@n |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/5/2014 6:05 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 1/5/2014 12:10 PM, T0m $herman wrote: >> >> Well, I was thinking of a conventional needle gauge >> Speed-O-Meter, but >> in a silly wide rectangular shape, e.g. >> <http://home.comcast.net/~Plyfury/74furydash.jpg>. >> > That 70s tech was awesome - fitting a round gauge in a > square hole! Some designers got it right: http://carsinpedia.com/editorimg/IMG_0404.JPG -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/5/2014 3:39 PM, JR wrote:
> > Some of those people in Sweden like to buy big old American cars and fix them up. Fill them up with chicks and drink cheap beer and listen to raeggae music while they are driving around. > Well who the hell doesn't enjoy doing that? :-) |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/6/2014 7:48 AM, A. Muzi wrote:
> On 1/5/2014 6:05 PM, dsi1 wrote: >> On 1/5/2014 12:10 PM, T0m $herman wrote: >>> >>> Well, I was thinking of a conventional needle gauge >>> Speed-O-Meter, but >>> in a silly wide rectangular shape, e.g. >>> <http://home.comcast.net/~Plyfury/74furydash.jpg>. >>> >> That 70s tech was awesome - fitting a round gauge in a >> square hole! > > Some designers got it right: > http://carsinpedia.com/editorimg/IMG_0404.JPG > Volkswagen 911? -- T0m $herm@n |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/6/2014 6:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 1/5/2014 3:39 PM, JR wrote: >> >> Some of those people in Sweden like to buy big old American cars and >> fix them up. Fill them up with chicks and drink cheap beer and listen >> to raeggae music while they are driving around. >> > Well who the hell doesn't enjoy doing that? :-) Not so fun when it is really cold out and you have to find a tree to pee behind. -- T0m $herm@n |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/5/2014 5:10 PM, T0m $herman wrote:
> > Of cars I have had, the MG Midget, VW Rabbit (Golf I), and Renault R5 > were all around 1,800 pounds, and the Renault 11 just under 2,000 pounds. > > Sad that a car such as the Miata weighs a porky 2,400 pounds. > Well, I suppose the cars are much safer these days. Safety weighs a lot! |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/6/2014 3:48 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 1/5/2014 6:05 PM, dsi1 wrote: >> On 1/5/2014 12:10 PM, T0m $herman wrote: >>> >>> Well, I was thinking of a conventional needle gauge >>> Speed-O-Meter, but >>> in a silly wide rectangular shape, e.g. >>> <http://home.comcast.net/~Plyfury/74furydash.jpg>. >>> >> That 70s tech was awesome - fitting a round gauge in a >> square hole! > > Some designers got it right: > http://carsinpedia.com/editorimg/IMG_0404.JPG > The should have had special labeling on the faces so that the lettering matches the orientation. I like the gauge set on my 67 Barracuda. It had an in-dash vacuum gauge and an ampmeter. I don;t recall if it had a tach. |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 1/6/2014 2:39 PM, T0m $herman wrote:
> On 1/6/2014 6:28 PM, dsi1 wrote: >> On 1/5/2014 3:39 PM, JR wrote: >>> >>> Some of those people in Sweden like to buy big old American cars and >>> fix them up. Fill them up with chicks and drink cheap beer and listen >>> to raeggae music while they are driving around. >>> >> Well who the hell doesn't enjoy doing that? :-) > > Not so fun when it is really cold out and you have to find a tree to pee > behind. > This is a good point. I guess I got the Swedes mixed up with the Jamaicans. |
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Radial Ride Rough on 71 AMC Matador
On 01/06/2014 07:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 1/5/2014 3:39 PM, JR wrote: >> >> Some of those people in Sweden like to buy big old American cars and >> fix them up. Fill them up with chicks and drink cheap beer and listen >> to raeggae music while they are driving around. >> > Well who the hell doesn't enjoy doing that? :-) *shrug* -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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