Sweet rides

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 2:18 am

Evinrude Rooney Lakester 1970

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:21 pm

It may have looked ok in the water with the wheels submerged, but when you drove it down the street, people would point and laugh and call you an idiot. And rightly so.

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:32 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:54 am

↑ You'll trigger shemp.

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:44 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:18 pm

https://www.shorpy.com/node/25548

My father steers our 1966 Rambler Classic station wagon through Sequoia National Park's Tunnel Log in this Kodachrome slide I took on our summer vacation in July 1967. ...
A sweet ride for the kids in the back.

The proper comparison is not with the Corvette, but with one of today's sport fertility vehicles.

Igotta tell ya, that really catches my eye. I'm glad they didn't spoil it with a Low Bridge warning.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 2:55 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:35 am What's so funny?

The Corvette was a sweet ride.

Not the car, the blather.

Buick Flamingo with rotating front seat, 1961.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:41 am

Jean Bugatti standing next to his Bugatti Royale, one of seven built (1932).

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:12 am

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu May 07, 2020 9:30 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu May 07, 2020 10:33 pm

Paul Arzens' electric cabriolet, Paris, 1940 – 41.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:43 pm

solely · Post by **solely** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:32 pm

Eclectic.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:46 pm

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:57 pm

Went down to the junkyard and welded everything he could find to it.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:02 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:44 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:11 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:12 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:21 pm

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:49 pm

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:18 pm

Tumble machine!

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:50 pm

https://presurfer.blogspot.com/2011/02/ ... rship.html

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:37 pm

Goodyear molded the tires in specialized molds, then heated them to 250 degrees. The end result was a tire which was built more like a thick mesh net. They were tubeless tires even and performed well up to 65 MPH.

The problems turned up in rain or when braking hard. Any skateboarder can tell you what a hard sideways slide does to urethane wheels. You get a flat spot where it melts.

The tires also had one other negative effect. They were so distracting, other drivers stopped driving or worse, drove through stop lights when they debuted them.

Over the top.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:42 am

↑ Color & form of a soap bar.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:32 pm

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:06 pm

But none of them fly!

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:40 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:53 am

Giz · Post by **Giz** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 1:34 pm

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:49 pm

I’d be worried that Mario would come and jump on it

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:03 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:02 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:27 pm

It's a computer rendering from a black original, I gather.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 2:51 am

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:12 pm

The quintessential boat

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:47 am

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:36 am

Needs more camber.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:52 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:51 pm 1959 Cadillac.

Peak tail fins.

My family had one, in purple. We called it the purple people eater. You could fit 12 people in it. 4 adults and 8 kids

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:56 pm

dashboard.jpg

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:14 pm

In an accident both the steering wheel and dash would literally kill you

DJ · Post by DJ » Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:35 pm

robinson wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:14 pm In an accident both the steering wheel and dash would literally kill you

But easy to clean, which enhanced the resale value.