Cool Pic Thread - Vehicles

Buug959 wrote

The sad truth.

I'm not buying it. Through our older, wiser, possibly more tired eyes, everything may have seemed better in the good old days, but in reality it wasn't really better.

Back then, not all cars were vibrant colors. In fact, if someone was brave enough to buy a red car, they paid for it a couple of years later when it started to fade badly.

Today, while white and various shades of grey are very popular, there are many cars on the road in bright and vibrant colors.

sygazelle wrote

I'm not buying it. Through our older, wiser, possibly more tired eyes, everything may have seemed better in the good old days, but in reality it wasn't really better.

Back then, not all cars were vibrant colors. In fact, if someone was brave enough to buy a red car, they paid for it a couple of years later when it started to fade badly.

Today, while white and various shades of grey are very popular, there are many cars on the road in bright and vibrant colors.

Looking at the right mid to late'50's parking lot, the manufacturers offered a good number of pastel choices, but you're right, they weren't necessarily bright or vibrant. Sure thought many of the colors were outstanding though.

3798j wrote

Looking at the right mid to late'50's parking lot, the manufacturers offered a good number of pastel choices, but you're right, they weren't necessarily bright or vibrant. Sure thought many of the colors were outstanding though.

Especially the two-tone colors.

https://carbuzz.com/american-automakers-that-built-tanks/

Wow, when a Ferrari was the epitome of style and speed

sygazelle wrote

I'm not buying it. Through our older, wiser, possibly more tired eyes, everything may have seemed better in the good old days, but in reality it wasn't really better.

Back then, not all cars were vibrant colors. In fact, if someone was brave enough to buy a red car, they paid for it a couple of years later when it started to fade badly.

Today, while white and various shades of grey are very popular, there are many cars on the road in bright and vibrant colors.

While I miss the days when I could work on my car, including the
engine (I could actually SEE it), I don’t miss the frequent tune-ups
that were required back then, not to mention the every 3000 mile
oil and filter changes. And there’s more, of course, like shitty tire
balancers at your favorite tire shop. That used to drive me crazy.

I used to be one of those "shitty tire balancers". I couldn't tell you how many wheels I "balanced" with one of these bubble balancers. I mean, it was all we had at the time and it was better than nothing, but not by much.

Guess the car...without using google.

That sound though.

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1966 McLaren M1B Group 7 at Riverside International Raceway...Bruce McLaren at the wheel.

Buug959 wrote

I used to be one of those "shitty tire balancers". I couldn't tell you how many wheels I "balanced" with one of these bubble balancers. I mean, it was all we had at the time and it was better than nothing, but not by much.

This brings back some memories. I balance many tires using that same exact model. At the time, we though it was a state-of-the-art tool.

I also got really good at fixing flat tires. I'd remove the tire and patch from the inside until the owner got the newfangled tire repair plug kit. From that moment on, we used to plug tires if the hole was in the tread area, but never on the shoulder or sidewall. I never once had a customer come back complaining that the plug didn't hold.

3798j wrote

1966 McLaren M1B Group 7 at Riverside International Raceway...Bruce McLaren at the wheel.

If my fading memory serves, that's the article where they compared the 1/4 mile time with a B Gas dragster. The dragster got there first, but the McLaren was going faster, and it also was capable of slamming on the brakes, whipping a U-turn, and doing it again immediately. Google is failing me at the moment so I can't find the article text.

wdb wrote

If my fading memory serves, that's the article where they compared the 1/4 mile time with a B Gas dragster. The dragster got there first, but the McLaren was going faster, and it also was capable of slamming on the brakes, whipping a U-turn, and doing it again immediately. Google is failing me at the moment so I can't find the article text.

Think you're memory is correct!
The McLaren wasn't exactly built for a jump off the line...Check out it's gearing...that 3.25 diff gave the first gear an 88mph top.

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Special Pagani Huayra Tempesta at the studio yesterday!

I go to Car Week every year. I'll be there again this year. I booked a hotel sort of last minute this time and it makes me sick to pay 900 a night for a 300 dollar a night hotel and it's all the way in Pacific Grove unlike downtown Carmel which is normally where we stay. Here's one of many pics from last year

Desking101 wrote

... I booked a hotel sort of last minute this time and it makes me sick to pay 900 a night for a 300 dollar a night hotel...

No option for sleeping in the car?

A lineup of 1969 Porsche 917 race cars parked outside the factory in Zuffenhausen (V12 engine designed by Hans Mezger) The scene shows the required 25 units produced for homologation for the 1969 season.

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Holy crap Batman is this thing fast!

https://x.com/metroTM33/status/2076569961284198494/video/1