Why? There are nude statues and paintings in many museums. Do you get turned on?
Florida principal fired after display of Statute of David.
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Why? There are nude statues and paintings in many museums. Do you get turned on?
Dutch Uncle
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An excellent point, RB, but two wrongs never make a right.
So why not let both stand?
Dutch Uncle
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I'm against tearing things down. The whole anti-Confederacy movement is idiocy. So they tear the statues down and leave only green grass. The past is forgotten, but the division of Americans into Us vs. Them remains.
IMO, a better solution would be to build around it. Put history in context and teach Americans why now is better than then. Teach Americans why we are stronger together than divided.
I agree, and I'm from the North. The division of Us vs. Them has been rekindled by the left. Look at what liberals say about Southerners? Look at what they say about black conservatives?
I'm all in for teaching minorities (American citizens, that is) that they have an equal opportunity to succeed in life here in America because they have the same freedoms as anyone else.
The problem starts when placing blame on "old whitey" and not pointing out where women and minorities have made positive contributions to this country. There is no longer a "victim culture."
I'm all in for teaching minorities (American citizens, that is) that they have an equal opportunity to succeed in life here in America because they have the same freedoms as anyone else.
The problem starts when placing blame on "old whitey" and not pointing out where women and minorities have made positive contributions to this country. There is no longer a "victim culture."
Dutch Uncle
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IMHO, there's so much blame to go around, I'm not in a position to name who is most at fault.
NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
Normally it's much cheaper,
albeit certainly not cheap,
to build a replica of a classic collector car
than to buy an original,
the latter more likely to be displayed in a collection than actually driven.
A Boss 429 is a horse of a different color, perhaps, as it's not a garden variety 385 Series big block like the regular 429 and 460.
Kaase, I believe, is the principal source of new Boss Nine engines, and while he offers beautiful ones, bring plenty of money.
An FE-powered MACH ONE is more manageable.
Also, the Boss 429 is a drag strip car. Your Cobra would kill it on a road course, but it would also kill the Mach One, come to think of it.
But you can also go megabucks on a Mach One.
Brand new Dynacorn steel reproduction body.
Roadster Shop Fast track chassis.
The latter over the unibody gives you coil-overs instead of leaf springs.
Rack and pinion instead of recirculating ball.
4 wheel discs instead of disc/drums.
IRS instead of a live rear axle.
And you probably don't want an original four-speed manual with no overdrive, especially with a big rear axle ratio.
Performance hobby cars are a bottomless money pit.
A brand new C8 would blow the doors off my C1 and not be as expensive to buy than the latter was to have built.
By the way, does your Cobra have inboard rear brakes like an old Jaguar?
Are they difficult to service?
Diesel
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What was my first post?
Lightbringer
Loves Me Some Souls
Have you not understood yet that you're going to hang?
You are going to hang. You can't play your way out of this, your little bitch ass is going to hang.
Diesel
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No, not at all
I'm shocked.
Diesel
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Yet you took the time to type this mess. You're a fucking loser.
Diesel
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Dutch Uncle
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Biden destroyed America?Go eat your applesauce and keep your idiot mouth shut.
Captain Earl's thinker has been broken for a few years now. If he wasn't both an emotional and physical cripple, he could be dangerous.
Yes, no doubt, you can build a better car than the original using today's technology. Better frames, brakes, and engine blocks (mine has an aftermarket standard bore block, much "beefier" than the "stock" 427 and is capable of handling over 1000 HP), to name a few upgrades. Of course, I couldn't buy an original Muscle Car (Mustang or other) in good condition for what I have in my Cobra because rich collectors have a lock on their market and rarely put any mileage on them. Myself, I want a car I can drive whenever the mood strikes, and to take to car shows with my friends.
While my car was in storage waiting for my engine to be built, a guy had a sweet '70 MACH I (there was also a '69 MACH I there too) at the garage and it was very nice, although it needed the heads repaired (that cost him $1800) and some front suspension work. He didn't want to sell it, I wouldn't have either. IMO, it was an 8 out of 10 car.
The BOSS 429 was a limited production, specially built machine so Ford could use the BOSS 429 engine in NASCAR and stuffed into the (heavily modified) engine compartment of the Mustang.
Yes, Master Engine Builder Jon Kaase took the "BOSS Nine" to new heights, both in reliability and HP, but his engines, like you said, are not cheap!
No doubt, these cars can be/are a money pit, but so far, I should be able to get most of my investment back out of it since I went with the period correct (except for the block, cam and pistons) heads, intake and Toploader 4 speed. I did consider a 5 speed, but after spending just shy of $30,000 on an engine, bell, clutch and labor, I figured that was plenty at the moment.
Yes, it does have the inboard brakes, but they look to be pretty easy to get to. It has racing brakes on all 4 corners (they are hard as a rock!), so I should never have to change them The E-brake has it's own disc and set of pads on top of the rear end, and you have to remove the drive shaft to get to them (I had that fixed while the drive shaft was out).
All in all (despite being the most uncomfortable car I've ever had), it's by far the most fun and attention gathering machine I have ever driven. I'm keeping it as long as I can still get in and out of it.
NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
Same to you.
Yes it is (although expensive!).
Yes we are lucky.
Do you take your Vette to car shows? Lots of good people and nice cars at them, I've made a number of new friends and acquaintances (and politics are very rarely discussed...and that's a good thing). It's all good.
NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
With aftermarket chassis, aftermarket drivetrain, and very mildly customized interior, the Corvette is too restomodded for Corvette shows.
It's not even painted a Corvette color.
It's Cadillac Black Diamond TriCoat...more pop than Corvette blacks.
We do cruise nights, however.
Wherever we stop, the people get a free car show.
The "pro-street" builds idle like cement mixers.
The "pro-touring" builds purr like kittens.
Most of the shows I go to aren't super particular on what goes in a class. I enter a few different ones, depending what classes the show has. I've been fortunate to have won over 2 dozen trophies, including Best Of Show. Our car club has a cruise-in once a month. It's free and a local church has a stand and sells $2 burgers and $1 hot dogs, plus we have door prizes. We draw 80 to 100 or so cars and trucks. Our club also goes on road trips, But I rarely go. 6 hours in a Cobra is next to torture.
There's some mighty wicked cars around here. Alcohol burning Pro Street Opel, Pro Street Camaro and this guy has a '70 Challenger 426 HEMI with a 6:71 blower, everything done very tastefully. I'd swap the Cobra in a heartbeat, and I'm a die hard Ford man.
But yeah, I bought it to drive. And my mother likes it. I take her to her favorite drive-in. She puts on this red scarf and sunglasses and off we go. We get the stares when I help her out and they see a 96 year old lady. We smile. Sometimes I get it out by myself on a nice evening and run the back roads until dusk. Yeah, like you said, we're lucky.