Re: We need more
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:25 pm
More Laurie Bird...
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Re: We need more
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:34 am
TGA; Looking at that video clip it is not hard to see where the Aussie FB/EK (1962/63) Holden came from!
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:08 am
...and the grille is reminiscent of the FC.Pinky the pilot wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:34 amTGA; Looking at that video clip it is not hard to see where the Aussie FB/EK (1962/63) Holden came from!
My first decent car was a '64 EH.
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:40 am
Back in the early 70's a Mate had an EH with a very worked 179 engine. Used to wind the speedo 'off the clock' at full throttle.My first decent car was a '64 EH.
Genuine top speed would have been somewhere around 105MPH.
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:10 pm
My old man owned a Holden Special Station Sedan in the early 60's, in South Africa. All our holidays were started in that car. Good memories and a good car.Pinky the pilot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:40 amBack in the early 70's a Mate had an EH with a very worked 179 engine. Used to wind the speedo 'off the clock' at full throttle.My first decent car was a '64 EH.
Genuine top speed would have been somewhere around 105MPH.
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:11 pm
You can never have enough oxygen... actually that isn't entirely true...
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:20 pm
Can't get Laurie Bird out of my noggin!
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:35 pm
https://www.hotcars.com/the-real-story- ... ary%20life.Pinky the pilot wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:34 amTGA; Looking at that video clip it is not hard to see where the Aussie FB/EK (1962/63) Holden came from!
Two-Lane Blacktop remains one of the most underrated and lesser known films within the automotive community, but for over 50 years, has entranced audiences with its existential perspective on car culture and drag racing during the early 1970s. Although the film was never a commercial success, it's been critically hailed for decades and has achieved cult status among notable car movies.
Still, Two-Lane Blacktop remains a forgotten treasure, and also contains the only starring film roles for musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson. The duo play the main characters, known only as "The Driver" and "The Mechanic," contributing to an interesting trend shown throughout the movie. The heavily modified 1955 Chevrolet 150 featured throughout Two-Lane Blacktop steals almost every scene that it's in, which amasses to nearly the entire feature. Even after filming, this unique Chevy would go on to live an extraordinary life.
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:18 pm
Recognized the car immediately as a '55 Chevy.Pinky the pilot wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:34 amTGA; Looking at that video clip it is not hard to see where the Aussie FB/EK (1962/63) Holden came from!
Freshman year of high school I would catch rides after school from two brothers (senior and sophomore?) who had a very tired baby blue '55. It seemed about every third or forth day we were under the hood in the school parking lot troubleshooting whyever it wouldn't run.
Learned to differentiate '55, '56, and '57 models from the taillights and fins on the '57
.Only learned later of the GM-Holden connection.
PP
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:34 pm
Vauxhall Motors became part of General Motors in 1925.
In the 1940s and 1950s into the 1960s, although Vauxhall models were 'unique', they bore a striking resemblance to American models - if only in styling features.
In the 1940s and 1950s into the 1960s, although Vauxhall models were 'unique', they bore a striking resemblance to American models - if only in styling features.
Re: We need more
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:11 pm
Chevy, as American as apple pie.PHXPhlyer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:18 pmRecognized the car immediately as a '55 Chevy.Pinky the pilot wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:34 amTGA; Looking at that video clip it is not hard to see where the Aussie FB/EK (1962/63) Holden came from!
Freshman year of high school I would catch rides after school from two brothers (senior and sophomore?) who had a very tired baby blue '55. It seemed about every third or forth day we were under the hood in the school parking lot troubleshooting whyever it wouldn't run.
Learned to differentiate '55, '56, and '57 models from the taillights and fins on the '57
Only learned later of the GM-Holden connection.
PP
[Chorus]
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey 'n rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die"
"This'll be the day that I die"
- Don McLean
Re: We need more
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:11 am
Had to do some checking, but the 55 Chevy must be the basis for the Aussie FE Holden (56) and the FC (58)
The FB was released in '60. The front end being slightly similar to the FE/FC but a somewhat different rear end, having 'tailfins.'
The famous 57 Chevy looks remarkably like a larger FB.
The FB was released in '60. The front end being slightly similar to the FE/FC but a somewhat different rear end, having 'tailfins.'
The famous 57 Chevy looks remarkably like a larger FB.
Re: We need more
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:31 am
Gardens of Lake Como, Italy / Walking Tour [18:07]
Featured locations: Villa Cipressi, Villa Monastero, Lake Como, Italy.
Exquisitely lovely vistas, glimpses, and prospects.
I imagine an army of gnomes and devas comes out, when everyone has gone, to tend and tidy, weed and water.
Featured locations: Villa Cipressi, Villa Monastero, Lake Como, Italy.
Exquisitely lovely vistas, glimpses, and prospects.
I imagine an army of gnomes and devas comes out, when everyone has gone, to tend and tidy, weed and water.
Re: We need more
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:22 pm
We all need more Larry the Cat 
Re: We need more
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 12:59 am
A short story:
Why Snow Falls at Vernet: A Legend of St Saturnia
by Rudyard Kipling
16th March, 1911
https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/tale/w ... vernet.htm
Why Snow Falls at Vernet: A Legend of St Saturnia
by Rudyard Kipling
16th March, 1911
https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/tale/w ... vernet.htm
Re: We need more
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:05 pm
Hidden secret German WW2 fortress on top of a mountain [20min]
Much of interest at that channel:
WW2 HistoryHunter - YouTube
Much of interest at that channel:
WW2 HistoryHunter - YouTube
Miss..
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 4:17 am
Any woman (or women) you have loved....
Re: We need more
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 5:13 am
So, you stroll nonchalantly out to the letterbox of a morning...
... and here's this coming at your fluffy slippers:
55sec. YouTube video
... and here's this coming at your fluffy slippers:
55sec. YouTube video
Re: We need more
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 7:50 pm
More episodes of 'Better Call Saul' on Netflix.
I belatedly started watching the series today and am hooked!
Tony The Toilet Buddy!
I belatedly started watching the series today and am hooked!
Tony The Toilet Buddy!